The Express.
London, England, 1863-05-11 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, SCIDAT EVI2IIIG.

The following paragraph in the Pays, intended
to break the shock of the stunning Turkish
despatch which I sent yesterday, only serves to
throw out in stronger relief its great importance,
and the soreness which it has produced in official
quarters :
By an isdiscretion, the responsibility of which it would
be painful to charge upon the Ottoman government, the
despatch addressed to the ambassadors of the Sultan ►t
London and Fens on the subject of the isthmus of Sues
has been prematurely published. We ourselves borrowed
this document yesterday from • journal which did not
state the channel through which it bad received it. It
would be seriously to mislead public opinion if it wise
sought to deduce from the knowledge of this document
consequences neoeinarily adverse to the enterprise in which
such considerable interests' are engaged. The communica-
tion from Turkey hes, as we yesterday observed, no other
object, and aka have no other consequence, than that of
!listening, on the part of France ►od England, the exami-
nation of certain questions the solution of which has arra-
edly incompatible with the interest► of ► work
which deserves in such • high degree the sympathies of all
the powers, inoltiding those of Turkey herself.

The Pay? delicate way of putting the case seems
to me merely a mode of letting M. de Leaseps down
easy. The Turkish despatch is evidently a well-
considered document ; and the three conditions
which it categorically lays down are manifestly
incompatible with the whole scheme as conceived,
and hitherto carried on, by its author.
The following remarkable letter from M. de Per-
signy to an ex-high functionary, soliciting him to be
• government candidate against the ultramontanist,
M. Keller, has just been made public :

(Ministors' CaUset.)

Paris, April 5, 1863.

My dear M. West,—Yon know that I have long been
anxiously looking out for an opportunity to call you to •
grand prefecture, and you know else that the Emperor,
who in well aware that you ware only removed from
Toulouse in consequence of • misundentanding, is
quite disposed to restore you to an important post
as soon as possible. And yet on the very eve of
the realisiitiou of our just hopes I am now 'going to
make an ,appeal to your devoteduem and aak you to make
• sacrifice. You know the reasons which compel the go-
vernment to oppose M. Keller. If Y. Keller were simply •
religious man ardently devoted to the Pope, the govern.
meet would not hesitate to accept him no matter which
way he might have voted, just as it did in the case of M.
—, who voted as be did. B•t IL Keller
does not confine himself to wishing the triumph of religion ;
he seeks that triumph at the expense of the empire sod of
the prince who is the firmest pillar of religion. Inspired by
parties who are enemies of the empire or by passions dan-
gerous to the cause which he defends, he is, I regret to
any. one of those blind men who,while endeavouring to set
the Pope and the Emperor against each other, are in reality
enemies of religion and of their country, and deserve the
reprobation of all sensible people. I therefore appeal to
your devotedness, and ask you, in the Emperor's name, to
present yourself es government candidate for your circum-
scription, against M. Keller. Your capacity, your talent,
your knowledge ma► be usefully employed in the service
of the state and of your fellow-Alums. The coofi-
dem» which the Emperor's government accords to you
will enable you usefully to serve your fine country.
Aleatia. Aod I, for my own part, shell be happy to hear
that you have united the suffrage■ of your fellow-citizens to
the testimony which the government invariably bears to
your services and devotedness. Accept, my dear M. West,
the assurance of my sentiments of esteem soil friendship.
A true copy. F. Ds PZIUSIONT.
The Prefect of the Haut Rbio, Pew. Ouriir.

M. West, to whom the above letter is addressed,
was Prefect of the Haute Garonne (Toulouse)
about five years ago; and very extraordinary
things were said at the time about the reasons for
his dismiaaal, which, however, M. de Persiguy
now says was owing to a "misunderstanding." The
curious feature of the letter is that it holds out the
bait of high office to a retired functionary under •
cloud if he will make the "sacrifice' of becoming a
government candidate, and that it bears ou the face
of it evidence that this offer was promulgated in an
official circular. A copy of the letter, " eertitied
true," was, in point of fact, sent by the Prefect of
the Haut-Rhin to all the mayors, commissaries of
police, and other functionaries iu the circumscrip-
tion. The half German electors of the Haut-Rhin
must be singularly puzzled. They were some years
ago made to elect Count Migoon as a government
candidate, He fell into disgrace, and at the last
vacancy M. Keller was set up against him by the
government. A good many honest Alsatians could
not understand this change, and although M. Keller
wasbroughtin, the majority was not overwhelming ;
but now this same Keller is proclaimed a dangerous
enemy of the empire by the very ruluiinistration to
whose patronage alone it is owing that the con-

stituenoy ever took any interest in Lim. Whoa
will they do nowt The liberal party does not
certainly wish the re-election of such a bigot as M.
Keller ; but if the Alsatian electors are oleo of
metely average intelligence, they surely will not K.
cept " dear M. West," who is sent to them as a pi,
alter with his "grand prefecture" in perspective.
The Foi Brctonne has received a warning for an
electoral article, in which M. de Persigny sees "a
calumnious allegation, an attempt upon the fairuesa
of the electoral operations, and an attempt to dia.
parage the government."

- The following is the definitive democratic hst for
Paris, as agreed upon by the committee, which
the Temps alone, of all the opposition pap,ra,
refugee to join : Candidate de Fopposition--
Ist circumscription, L. Havin, political di.
rector of the Bieck ; 2nd circumscriptioa,
Ed. Laboulaye, member of the Institute ; 3nlcir
cumecription, Emile 011ivier, ex-member ; 4th
cumscription, Ernest Picard, ex-member ; sth
circumscription, Jules Fevre, ex-member ; 6th sir.
cumscription, Adolphe Gudroult, editor of Me
Opinion Nationale; 7th circumscription, Alfred
Darimon, ex-member ; Bth circumscription, Jules
Simon, member of the Institute ; 9th circumscrip-
tion, Eughue Pelletan.

M. Thiers, who was a candidate for the 2441 cir-
cumscription, has resigned in favour of IL
Labonlaye ; but M. Thies will stand a good chum
of being elected in the provinces.

MUSIC.

ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

Adelina Patti has resumed her place on the Costa.
Arden stage. She has re-appeared in two of her very ii
parts ; on Thursday last as Amine in the Sonnaritindis,nd
on Saturday as Ronne in the Barbierc di S‘ri;;lta, Oe
both nights she was received with the utmost enthusiasm,
and it is evident that she will be during the season a mat,
attraction than ever. Her beauty has increased. Lad ha
oontioentaltriumphs since last seasoo, with theadditioeal ex.
perience they have given her, seem to have had the elle:tog
further developing her gifts of nature and art. Her voix,
without any lose of flexibility, has pined io strength lad
volume ; her style has acquired a more exquisite fioish, sad
tier execution greater firmness and brilliancy. As a sinter,
we believe that she has nothing more to gain, and we eel,
hope that she may long preihrve what she possesses.

At the same time made his first appearance this
imams in the character of the Count Almaviva ; • pan ti
which he is, as be has ever been, without a rivaL When he
presented himself be was greeted with occlamations from
all parte of the house, • just tribute to one who
has so long and so deservedly been esteemed the great*
tenor in Europe. He appeared in the {full enjoyment of
health and vigour, nod his voice hos gained in strength mice
last sauce. He personated the young Spanish gentleman
with all his usual ease and spirit ; and *rig with the del►
cious sweetness and gnu* which have always given a ptql•
liar charm to his performance. The other characters were
admirably oustainiscL Reword is an inimitable Figaro.
Ciampi, though not a Lablache, is • very good Barthel°
and Tagliadco's Emilio is measliest both in active awl
singing.
To-morrow this parfortnarios is to be repeated ; and on
Thursday Mlle. Patti will appear as &whoa, in Dok
Giovanni.

WEATHER, REPORT.--(THIS DAY.)

MOXIMIN, MAT I'. • L.Y.

11. 11.1 D. W. /di. ILI.I L Ind IL 8.
—,-.-
Nan 29.66401 P.W. ' 912 0.14 1
Aberdeen 29 81,47 N.N.W. it e 1 0.11 1
Leith 29.87'43 W. 1 .261 co - ?.
Ardrerea 29.6946 W.B. W. 2! 1 r - 3
retire& 29.88'18 W. 1261 r - I
(Wear W. 74 49 3W. 28 r 6 O.Y) 2
Yalentla 29.3.5 50 8. W. 28 r 6 0.21 5
es 29.9453 S.W. 18 i•' 5
rerrlie"ed 2e.96 4: W.B. W. 22 e 2
Liverpool 34.02 50 W.B. W. 16: 0 2
Pembroke 110.1e1:31 W. 16 , b , 1
Peasanee 301131 W. 32 ' e S
lop
RNA 10.2060 N. 4 SD 2 5 —, 3
L'Orient 30.1046 N. N. W. 121 b 1
11.06660664 ").ls'64 N.B. 31_ A 1
10.13 51 8.8.1.. ; 8 0 c S
Disath
e7riicleo '0.1151 W.N.W. 14 30 c i
Porte/moat& •0.07 31 W. i 4 32 c 2
Kew. 10.6660 W.B.W.
Loodon ... 30.08 40 N.M. 14 30 c
Dover 29.9752 W.B. W. 1, 4 b 1
Yarmouth ._ 30.01 50 N.W. 312 1, r
flearborouida 29 96 48 W NW. 2 8 0 '— 2
Shiekle . „ 11,9 95 49 N.W. 116 • s I— 2
Heligoland 12.86 48 N.W. 1 12 , 0 3

PitaIISABLI.

ITraDAT. WZINSIDAT.
W. to & end to N.W., SOOrt.sso W.W. to S.W., strode,
trod to striusg, relay.
rainy.
N.N.W. to W.S.W. and lhatAato &NW. to W.N.W.
8.8. W., dr mg, rainy. fresh, showery.
As nest 01.00,.. W.CS.WreAt. As neat above.
N. to W. and &B. W., 11.Fooscs. W. to S., strong, rainy.
fresh to strung,
showery.
W. to 0., droog, rainy, S.W.ILIKLAND B.W. to N.W., strop/,
showery.
W.N.W. to B.S.W, 8.& ENOLAID W.S.W. to N.S.W.,
fresh, 'borer,. freak unsettled.
As neat abuse. i 00.1L11. As neat above.

The Empress Eugenie hat; purchased at the
dog-•how a I,ttle Havannah lap-dog, which rejoices is
the name of Coquette. This &Dime is • bsaatifai
specimen of her race. "Her hair is folly R inches lam,
and of snowy whiteness and silky fineness. The body is
very small, as is also the head, but the tail appears as
enormous fleece, and the sera of proportionate size.
Coquette lives iu a glass house, on the floor of which is s
Persian carpet. She lice upon • cushion covered with
crimson silk, and seems a very dainty being. Her food sad
the water which she drinks are planed in • corner of the
aforesaid glass-house on a porcelain plate and is • silver
cup which she woo for her late proprietor."

It is agaiu said that the Empress Eugeuie proposes
to pay a visit to the Pope shortly, and that the Prince lin.
portal is to accompany her.

The Neapolitan satirical paper, Arta-chine, treats
the Pope's journey disreerectfully io one of its last carica-
tures. His Holiness i■ represented in a rather crazy rertera
approaching Ceprsoo. with Cardinal Antonelli beside
sod Moasignorti de 3lrude on the box, acting ss coachmen.
The ex-King and Queen of Naples, nested in the dickey. are
earnestly scanning their quondam dominions in the distance
with opera glasses. Under this significant sketch ate the
no leas significant words of the Neapolitan proverb, "Ceti
Napoli a poi tuori!" (See Naples stud then die), to *inch
Arlecrhino heartily ejaculates, by way of response,
" Amen."

It is a fact that one night last week an English.
me at Cracow went deliberately into A wood between San.
downs sod the CaHeim, frontier and slept there. Whet. he
wee asked why he did so. be replied that he wished to gee
whether the life of se insurgent would wit him. His desi-
siou has not ,) et been made known.

Servants are leaving Cracow in large lx•r.
A lady engaged to dine ► few days ago with a frilled out to
excuse herself on the greeted that her °mamas had sod•
dealy gone off to fight the Russians. She received a reply
to the effect that it was of no consequenle, as the cook bad
started on the none mission the night before, leaving be.
hind a bail of fare for the following day, and an apology for
not being able to carry it out..
The Russian soldiers driven over the frontier
during the action of the 27th were taken care of toy the
Prussians in the most subservient manner. The imperial
troops were conducted back to the kingdom of Poland
between two bawls of Prussian infantry. While they were
on Prussian territory the Russians were kind enough to
fraternise with their feudatories. The Russian soldiers
are said to have complained that they bed not changed
their shirts for three months, and their Prussian hosts seem
to have had reasons for believing is the truthfulness .d the
lament. Some of the letters from Posen speak of the
satonishment caused by the Russians taking cigars from the
mouths of their ignoble allies as they passed along the
/treats.

In the American papers there are uutucrou.•
advertisements of persons wishing to adopt children wade
orphans by the war. One advertisement commences thus:—
" Children taken for adoption and adopted out to ;:nsl
homes.—Wanted, three little girls, from I year to IS
moths old. Also one young male infant, blue eye•. from
birth. Also the lady will please call. Little
ready."

LAW INTELLIGENCIS.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.

After Term Sittings at Nisi Prim at Weeteduster.—(Befor•
Lord Chief Justice Cookbura mod Common Junco.)

ATT6IIDOROUGH Y. LLOYD.

This wu an action to recover rd. on • bill of eschews.
Mr. Griffiths was counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Bosley for
the defendant.

The plaintiff is • bill discounter and silversmith, carrying
on business at the West-end, and the defendant is •
builder and brick maker. A person named Tingay, •
bill discounter, through Atteuborough, had discounted bills
for the defendant to the extent of between 6001. and 7001.
Lloyd became bankrupt, and the plaintiff and Tilley proved
under it. Afterwards Tingay saw the defendant, and agreed to
withdraw his opposition on the latter giving him hills for
200 f. The bill in question was one of them, and was dis-
counted for Tingly by the plaintiff. The bill visa dated
during the pending of the bankruptcy, and the uestion was,
did the plaintiff know, from all the surrounding circum-
stances, bow the bill was given to Tingay, Imams in that
case he could not recover.

The jury returned a verdict for the defendant.
HARROLD V. GAITL
•

This was an action to recover compensation in damages
for injuries received through the alleged negligence of the
defen&tot's servant. The ddimidant pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. Shaw, were counsel for the
plaintiff ; Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. C. Pollock for
the defendant.

The plaintiff is a bticklayer's labourer, and the defendant
formerly carried on business at Hangerford-hall. In
January,
.1863, the defendant was constructing a large ice
well oo his premises in the Caledonian-road, Islington, when
the roof fell in and the plaintiff received the injury com-
plained of. Before the learned counsel had time to state
the particulars of the accident the action was terminated by
the defendant's consenting to a verdict for the plaintiff
for SOL
Verdict mmordiegly.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Wore Mr. Comminioore doulbarn.)
IN HZ SIR ellAlL3ll SULLIVAN. HAM
His Honour, referriog to this case, which was before him
on Saturday, said that it was a :mistake on the
part of Mr. Lawrence to minion that the bankrupt had
only to wait till the registrar's visit to the prison, and
obtain his discharge as • matter of course. The discharge
was entirely discretion'!" with the registiar, after examming
the bankrupt. It was importiat that this should be known,
as otherwise bankrupts is prison might be misled by Mr.
Lawrence's statement. The power of the registrar was
confined within the same limits as that of the court.

IN RE DILISA-JUDOMINT.
The haakrupt,a cab proprietor, of Itobert-street, Bedford-
row, sad famer in the employ of Messrs. Reid, brewers,
recently applied to pars his examination.
His Honour, in giving judgment, said this was one of
the casco where a men came to that court solely
to get rid of one debt, arising out of a judg-
ment obtained against him for 1001. odd, his other debts
only amounting to 19/. This was clearly not the
class of cases to which the relief of the new act was
meant to apply ; and it was to be hoped that when any
alteration of the law was made, a stop would be pat to this
species of fined. This clue was a very bad one, and one in
which the court ought to order an indictment, under the
Snot victim, for manufacturing and 00000cting books for the
purposes of this bankruptcy. In doing this, be had been
aided by one Surridge, who bad been twice bankrupt. The
court only refraioed from ordering a prosecution under the
6th and 7th clauses of the 721st section, because the
parties who had been examined were not persona whose
evidence could be relied on. The bankrupt bad got rid
of his bases and Gabe, no one knew bow ; the manufaetured
book had clearly been bought after the bankruptcy.
examination would be adjonroed sae die, on the ground
that the accounts were false and fabricated. The basher*
would have protection for six weeks, renewable only on
application to the court.
APPLICATIONS FOR RILRANIL -ROMS TO CREDITORS.
In the ease of • debtor who applied for his Moue, and
who had creditors residing in Ireland, his Honour (after eon-
fening with Mr. Commissioner Helroyd) held that the
ordinary four clear days notice was not sufficient, but that
there ought to be at Isnot six days' notice where there were
creditor' in Ireland.

Cf El DOWYT.
The bankrupt, a builder rod innkeeper, of Good Easter,
Fir:, came before the court, owing 9601., and giving op
to meta

Mr. i/d ridge opposed. The bankrupt had given a bill of
sale to a relative, snider which the whole of his property
had bees takes two or three days ►efore the adjudication.
The bankrupt stated that he had given the bill of sale to
onadderatios of the coeditor having paid out some execu-
tions He had incurred a loss of MI. on cootracts for the
'tedious of two churches. Your yews ago he had cow-
penaded with his creditors for Ba. to the pound, and had
paid

Hie Honour rid that this was a cue in which lion
ioquiry w
ars. s iserieswary, and dinselhd an adjournment for
that pu

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

The May eassion of the Central Criminal Ormrt was
opened this morning before the Right Hon. the Lord Boyce,
the Recorder, Alderman Challis, Alderman Finnis, and
Alderman Sir R. Carders, the Sheriffs, Under Sheriffs. km
It appears by the drat edition of the ealeodar that there
are 130 prisoner for trial at this session.
The Recorder, in charging the grand jury, said he was
serry to observe that the number of prisoners is the calendar
Rom somewhat larger than might be accounted for, although
a somewhat larger interval had elapsed since the last sae-
doe. He was sorry to observe that there were five
eases of murder, one of which was of rather a patellar cha-
near. A Porteguess, on hoard a ship in which a =Way
teemed some time age, was charged with musing the death
of the deseased indirectly. e deceased, it appeared, did'
sot belong to tire ship ; but bad measly game oe heard to
visit ow of the officers, sad, whilst there, the databases
took place, and the cabin deer ••• burst own, and the
poisoner was identified se having rushed into the cable with
• bayonet in his hand. and then deceased jumped oat 'gibe
cabin window, apparently intend* to swim *theta but
Ina drowsed, If the demised was so fa pawed that
there were as other mesas of imam the primer would
be 'wearable ler his death, but he did not see that there
was soy severe pressure to cause the deceased be take the
stir he did, inasmuch as the other party who was in the
cabin was quite safe, and if the pressure were not so severe
as to cause him to jump out of the window as the only
mode of escape, the prisoner was sot so much aneweethis.
In two of the other mew of murder his lordship laid he
believed a defence of insanity would be set up, but he need
sot remind the grand jury that in that rose, if the facto
were made out, it would be their duty to return true bills,
and leave it to tbe petty jury before whom the cane would be
tried to decide whether there were any circumstances in-the
case which would justify • decision that the prisoners were
in an unsound state of mind at the time the omurreoce took
place. There were two cuss of arson is the calendar, one
of which was against a woman called an able-bodied pauper, li
who had set fire to some portion of the workhouse. fthe
appeared to have made no secret of her intention, but openly
expressed her determination to doso on accounted barium been
deprived of her tea for not having done Rome work which she
was required to do, end it seemed to him that they bed leo
alternative but to return • true bill. In the woad aim
two parties, husband and wife, were charged with
setting fire to their own house, but from the depositions
it did not ewer that the evidence was conclusive against
the husband, inasmuch as he was absent at the time. There
was soother charge, however, against them for obtaining
money from an [memos °Mos under false preteucen. An
insurance had been effected on some goods, and • claim
was made for them under the pretence that they had
been destroyed by fire, whereas thly had been re-
moved from the place. Both prisoners had taken part
in this transaction, and both bad been privy to the
removal of the property, sod therefore be thought the
jury would have to return true bills against both as re-
garded that part of the cane. His lordship then alluded to
some eases of child murder, whale, he remarked, appeared
from the number of masa which were brought before the
court to be a crime of very ?request occurrence in the
metropolis, but which, If one might judge from the results,
took place, as it was not within his recollection that
one oonvictoon had alms place. His lordship thought than
were all the eases to which it Ins necomary ha all the at-
tention of the paid jury, ami they proemial to their
duties.