The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-06 00:00:00

DIPLOMATIC DESPATCH:M.

THE OONGIUMB, POLAND, GIMEDE, AND THE

lONIAN ISLANDS.

This morning were published various diplomatic
documents relative to the above subjects. The coffeepots.
desos respecting the 0014711115 proposed to be held at Paris ha s
already been published in the Gentle. There is, however,
sa axtract given from a despatch addressed by Earl Cowley
to Earl Russell on the 28th of November, in which,
after stating that he bad communicated to M. Droops de
Lays Earl Rumell's despatch giros the rum why her
Majesty's government could not swept the invitation to the
eosins, Lord Cowley adds :—"M. Dronyn de Lays, atter
perusing your lordship's dispatch, said that be eould not
bet express' his dissent from the ressoning which bad led
her Majesty's government to the decision which your
lordship's despatch announced. He still retained
the opinion that the assembling of a congress would have
been the best means of settling the questions which now
agitate Europe. It would be melees, however, to prolong
the discussion. The mind of her Majesty's government
appeared to be made up. He would communicate your
lordship's despatch to the Emperor."
The "Correspondence minting to Poland" is also, so far
as oar goverment is coucerned, known to Eighth readers.
There is a brief note in the paper published to-day from
Lord Napier, in which ha states that he has given Earl Bea-
son's despatch to Prince Gortchakoff, and adds :—" The
Vice-Chancellor reed your lordship's despatch through aloud
without offering any remark. At the conclusion his excel-
bossy observed that in the communisation with which I was
charged he saw a proof of the friendly disposition of her
Majesty's government, and an act conformable to the true
Interests of Poland, for the moderation of her Malesty's go-
vernment must discourage the exaggerated expectations of
the revolutionary pasty, and hasten the moment when the
Emperor would be enabled to carry into effect his benevo-
lent intectioes towards his Polish subjects."
The " Treaty relative to the &realm of Prince William
of Denmark to the throne of Greece," slimed by Baron Gros,
Earl Russell, Baron Brunnow, and M. Bills ea behalf of
Pass, Great Britain, Ruda, and Denmark, consists of 15
articles, the nature of which is known. In no sue are the
crown of Greece and the crown of Denmark to be united
under the same head. The legitimate anconseces of Kiag
George I. most proles the toasts of the Greek Church.
The British government is to reornmend the government
of the lonian Weeds to appropriate annuelly the sum
of 10,0001. to augment the civil list of the King,
and each of the this. courts will give up in favour
of Prier William of Newark 4,0001. a year out of the
mums which the Greek Tressury has engaged to pay
annually to each of than, in pursuance of the arrangement
concluded at Athens by the Greek government, with the
concourse of the Chambers, in the month of June, 1880
It in *tweedy understood that thee, three sums, forming •
total of 12,0051. sterling annually, shall be destined to'
°institute • personal dotation of his Majesty the King, in
addition to the civil list fixed by the law of the date."
In the treaty Prince William bears the title of "George
the Feet, King of the Greeks," but attached to the treaty
are two protocols of conferee es held at the Foreign-office,
sae on August 3, and the other on October 13, in width i '
was agreed, in compliance with the desire of the new King
to "conform to the usages which prevail in Greece, and to
identify himself as much as possible with his adopted
cocutily," to norther in the articles of the treaty the
title of "King of the Hellenes" for that of " King of the
Greeks."

The treaty relative to the lonian Islands is between
Austria, France, Great Britain, Prussia, sad Bassi► The
lonian Wands, after their union with the kingdom of
Greece, are to enjoy the advantages of a perpetual sen-
tralityr ass Decemary consequence, the fortifications at
Coda and its immediate dependencies ars to be
demolished previous to the withdrawal of the Eighth
troops. The onion of the lonian Wends to the
Hellenic kingdom is not to involve any changer to the ad-
vantages conceded to foreign commerce and aavigation by
treaties and oonveations concluded by foreign powers with
the British government ; oar is it in anywise to invalidate
the principles established by the existing legisla-
tion of those islands with regard to freedom of worship
and religious toleration ; the principle of entire
civil and religious eqsality between subjects be-
longing to different creeds is to be likewise
In force. According to the treaty, the English forces an
to be withdrawn in three months, or sooner if possible,
alter the ratification of the treaty. The ratification, were
arehanged in Loudon on the 2nd of last month.

At the ball on Wednesday night at the Tuileries
the Emperor Napoleon is reported to hare said to the group
al marshals and generals with whom he wee careening,
" It appears that they hare began to exchange cannon shots
is the north : let them go on, gentlemen—let them go on ;
It is no affair of ours ; oar policy should be acei-iater-
relation."

On Wednesday night Patti and Mario had a
peat mem at Paris is Dos Pasquale, in which they wars
ably sodded by Dell* Sadie and the new beau Iliatlau.
Mario was is excellent voice, and wu encored is "Com' I
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At the request of the communal council of Vienna,
the direction of the Imperial Opera of that city is basin a
metallic curtain meanfactured, for the purpose of sepa-
rating the audience part of the theatre from the stage in
ease a fire should break out.

A young Frenchman named Gamier, aged 23,
residing at Naples, has just met with lie death accidentally
at a fencing-school in that city. While within to tab
his lesson, he was practising with the young Count Lotti,
when the button of the letter's foil me off, and the
weapon passed through IL Garnier's hang, killing him on
the spot.
There is every prospect of additional steamers
being pot on shortly hetwees Lyiniogtoa and the Isle of
Wight. Owing to the ootnpletiou of the Lynsiegkin Railway,
West of England pesesugere now reach the We of Wight by
• abort route. The sea tame serum the Solent from
Lymington to Yarmouth ocsupies but • very abort time ;
Yarmouth is close to Alum Bay, the Needle', and the
Wand fortilicatiou, end • regular communication has been
established between Yarmouth and Freshwater inland, the
latter plane celebrated as the residence of the poet laureate.
The Dorsetehire papers announce the death of
Captain Brice, R.N., the senior magistrate of Poole. Re
was olio of the tint batch of justices appointed by Lord
John Russell after the pealing of the Reform Bill.

Great preparations are making at Drury-lane for
the revival of Shakespeare's first part of Henry tht fourth,
which is intended to emceed the holiday estartaismeat.
Mr. Phelps will aweigh the part of Falstaff three eights of
tie week, sad Mr. Addison the other three. Mr. Walter
Mnetsoniery hes, we hear, been tagged to play the part
of Hamm. The scenery, costentes, sad stye memories
are to be on a greed scale.
DRATH OR SIR CHAIM= HARDINOR—The death
of tie Bey. fkr Charles Mardis's*, Bart., took place on
Wednesday last, at hie seek Bouads Park, sear Thebridge
Wells. The rev. gestlentan, who wee the eldest brother of
the late Via:oust was bore is 1780, sad wag
educated at University Oxtord. when he graduated
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-D-Lm or raw How. Mss 0. Z. Law. —We
bare to aummace the death of the Hoe. Elisabeth
Sophia Lew. mother of the heir presumptive to the
barmy of Ellsolcoroesh, which osourred oe the 18th ult.
Hrs. Law wee hers in 1790, and wee the daughter of Sir
Edward N ei=tb Woo* of Ithessworth Hall,
Oast ; she rearried May 22, 1811, the Hen.
Charles was Law, Q.C., ace of Lord Chief Justice E
bereugh, sod sad *ether to the preent Bert of Ellen.
harem/b. This reatlemaa, who wee well-thaws cc Recorder
of Lemke, aad for essay years Y.P. for the Unlversity of
Cambridge, died is Amu* niBo. BY him lb* iimemmt
lady Is. lane the roe and three daughters. The eldest
daughter is married to Lord Kilmaise, sod the second is a
nue, superior of a Franciscan cos vent at Corey,
Her only soo, Charles Edomod, heir °motive to the
heresy, in • coloael ia tbs ansy.— bodepaufasit.