The Express.
London, England, 1863-07-15 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS

(YZOM 011/1 OWN CORIMPONDINLI

PARIS, TUV4DAT EVETING.

Several French subjects have been lately arrested
in the port of Genoa and on board the Messageries
Imperiales packet Auuis. The Pays says :—" We
have not to discuss the greater or less culpability
of the parties arrested ; the Italian government
cannot fail to give the French government full
explanations, and we shall keep our readers in-
formed of them."
The Bourse has been rather firmer. Rente rose
10c. for account. Mobilier rose 15fr. Several
railways were considerably higher. Lyons rose
llfr. 25c., and Southern 7fr. 50c.
A smartly contested election for a seat in the
Council General has just taken place in the Haute
Loire ; the opposition candidate, the Marquis de
Lafrkstsaug6, obtained a majority of 392.
Nubar Paella, a personage enjoying the confi-
dence of the Viceroy of Egypt, and who has lately
been to Constantinople on a mission relative to the
Isthmus of Suez, is shortly expected in Paris.
A letter from Cairo states that the Viceroy is
preparing an expedition against the Abyssinians, to
avenge an invasion of Egyptian territory by a chief
calling himself the Emperor Theodorus, and who
has carried into captivity several Egyptian subjects
and an agent of the Porte.
The Duke of Hamilton is going on favourably.
The bulletin issued this morning merely says, "The
amelioration continues."

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 8 A.M.

IB.Li 10 W. Y. Y. Q. 11. R. o.
. ,
Nairn ':30.21 ss 4 W.N.W. 6 a; 24 0— 2
Lberdeen '30.16. 9 6 N.W. 6i 7 128 0 4
Leith 30.21 NI,. 6 W. 3• 4 94 c 3
Shields
Scarborough ,30.20 67' 3 N.W. lil I 32 b 1
Greencastle 30.36 57 2 81. W. 2;3 ' 10 0 2
Galway '50.39 60. 0 Z. 0 1 • 2 0— 1 1
Valentla '30.38 05, 5 Z. 0, 1 26 b I
Queenstowu
Liverpool
Holyhead
Pembroke ,30.3403 2 W.N W. 1 1 •30 m —I 1
Penzance
Brest ,3 ..24 63. 1 N.S. 2i 5 4 1 —I 3
V Orient '361063, 3 N.H.& II 6 2 m 2
Rochefort 40.16 66 5 N.H. 2, 4 4 I —I 2
Plymouth 4.2 .66 3 N.N.W. ,4; 4 ' 16 • b —I 2
Weymouth
Portsmouth . ;30.Z.11 0,3: N.N.E. 3'3 . 20 c —! 2
London 30.26 62! 3 I W.N.W. 2'228' b I -
Dover .30.03 —1 - N.W. I 1 ' 1 10 ' A —: 1
Vermouth -
30.3062. 2 , N.N.E. I 2 I 2 12 ; L :12
Helder 1
—I
- . - -.— I '
Heligoland '30.06 60 4 W.N. W. 8 7: 24 o 6

THURSDAY. FRIDAY.
N.N.W. to W.S.W.. NORTH-EAST. N.W. to S.W., fresh,
Toderate to flesh,

fie.
N. to W., light to Wen. N.N.W. to W.S.W.,
fresh, fine. fresh.
E. N. E. to IN.N.W, mo- 80trni. N.N E. to W. N. W.,
dente to fresh. tine. fresh.
N.E. W N.W., mode- Sinvii.E.a.gr. N. to W., moderate,
rate, flue. fine.
North.Enat Moray Firth to Norfolk. Wed= Donegal to Corn.
wall. South=Channel and Frvuen Couto. South.kialt=Struit
of Dover to Norfolk.

The Abetlle du Nord states that a company of
English capitalists have solicited from the Russian govern-
ment the concession of a railroad from Moscow to Sehaato.
poL They demand the full and entire enjoyment of the
revenues of the line for 100 years, kerb's to the govern-
ment the option of redemption after fifty years. The go-
vernment is, moreover, to guarantee to the company •
revenue of 6 per cent. during the period of the concession
and construction of the line.

A letter from Naples of the Bth says :—" The
St. George, 90 guns (Prince Alfred's recent vessel), 'crow
line-of-battle ship, Captain Egerton, which had been for
some time aorhored off Naples, sailed out of the bay on
Monday afternoon. It was high time for this vessel to take
its departure, for, in consequence of the continued rows
which were taking place between the English sailors and
the Neapolitan police, an ill-feeling had sprung ep, which
would inevitably have led to fatal consequences if the St.
George had remained much longer at anchor. Being the
beginning of the month the men were flush of money ; and
200 sailor' and marines—leave being given to about half •
guard at • time—are certainly an awful set to be rollicking
about all ►t once in a city like Naples."
The Counts de Caserta and de Girgenti, brothers
of the ex-Ring of Naples, have arrived at Vienna, with the
intention, it is mid, of entering the Austrian army.
A St. Petersburg letter says :—" The marriage of
Prince Nichols' Petrowich, eldest of the house of Olden-
burg, has produced • great sensation in this capital. The
ceremony took place with the greatest secrecy. The
prince, who is only 23 years of age and colocal
of a Russian regiment of Hussars in garrison at Char-
tow, decided on the marriage without consulting anyone,
and the wedding took place in a small village, in presence
of only two officers of his regiment. Re then proceeded to
Odessa on •leave of absence which be had previously ob-
tained, and thence to Germany, to present his young wife to
his family. The Emperor Alexander was not pleased with
this conduct of the prince."
The Botschafter of Vienna nays :—" M. fliers, when con-
serving in one of the lint circles of Vienna, summarily ex-
pressed his opinion on the Polish question in the following
phrase, which we can guarantee as authentic : 'lt it very
difficult, and very dangerous to interfere in the affairs of
a nation whom frontiers are not known.' This remark has
I had great sitcom hese.*

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION PRIZE

MEETING.

The attendance at Wimbledon yesterday pre-
sented • striking contrast to that of the previous day.
Although it was fixed u the commencement and probably
the termination of the second stage for the Queen's prize,
by the sixty who were fortunate to have obtained the right
to shoot for it at the respective distances of 800, NO, and
1,000 yards, together with the various other prizes that
were open, at no period of the day was the attendance of
the corrpany by any menus numerous. The other prizes
to be contended for, in addition to the Queen's, were the
All Comers' prizes at 200, 500, and 600 yards ; the first
stage of the House of Lords' prizes at 500 yards ; the Duke
of Wellington's prize of 501. to be shot for with breech-
loading rifles, seven shots each at the long range of 1,060
yards ; the Members' Cup at 200, 500, and 600 yards ; the
continuation of the contest for the Saturday Review and
Lord Vernon's prizes, at 600 yards ; the second and third
series of extra prizes, Enfield Sweepstakes, sighting and
pool targets, tic.
The great feature of interest in yesterday's proceedings
was the conclusion of the contest for the Queen's prize of
2501.. and the gold medal of :he association ; the powers of
those who formed the 60 who stood highest at the previous
ranges, being further tested by having to shoot seven shots
each, at 800, 900, and 1,000 yards. This severe trial in an
ordeal through which none but the best marksmen can hope
to pass with any degree of success., not only as regards
successful competitimi for the prize, but to maintain • re-
spectable position in respect of score. The prizes of the
National Rifle Association are numerous and valuable,
but no aggregate of them can make them of the same
interest in the minds of the volunteers as
obtaining the prize of honour, which is given
in the name of her Majesty. The shooting commenced soon
after nine o'clock, the sixty competitors being told off in
four squads, at the 800 yards range, and at this distance
the scores made showed, like they have done in all the
other contest., the great improvement which has taken
place in the art of rifle shooting since last year. The next
range fired at was 900 yards, and here the same principle
was fully carried out. The great sad final sta3e of 1,000
yards was commenced at about three o'clock, and as the
day advanced a large crowd of fashionable. were in attend-
ance to witness the result. One of the squads commenced
rather earlier than the rest, and concluded the whole of
their seven shots ►t the 1,000 yards before the others had
got more than half through, and in this squad was • Ser-
geant Roberta, of a Shropshire corps, wbo succeeded in
gaining in the three distances no less than 65 marks, which
was considered most superior shooting, and it was soon
communicated to those squads where the shooting was still
beiog continued. Mr. Roberta' score at the three ranges
Iwas as under :