The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-03 00:00:00

DEATH OF THE DUCHESS OF PARMA.

The telegraph brings us intelligence of the death,
at Venice, on Monday last, of the Duchess Louise Marie-
' Therese of Bourbon, daughter of the late Prince Charles.
Ferduisod of Artois, Duke of Berri. The duchess minted,
in November, 1845, Prince Ferdinand Charles 111. of
Bourbon, Duke of Parma, who succeeded to the dukedom of
Parma, Plaisance, and the states annexed, on the abdication
of his father, Charles Lords, in March, 1849. His royal
highness did nut long reign over his duchy, nor was his
short reign by any means peaceful or happy. His career
was cut short by an assassin who stabbed him in the
abdomen with a dagger in the streets of Parma, on the
afternoon of March 26, IAI4, and after liopring for two
days he expired. Immediately on his death the late duchess,
his consort, was proclaimed rennet during the minority
of her son, Prince Robert ; the ministry of Parma was dia.
waived, and Baron Ward, a protige of the Austrian govern-
ment, was ordered to leave the country, never to return.
He had rendered good service to the Austrians during the
Italian revolution, and afterwards in the matter of the
customs onion, and received, as reward, the Commander's
Cross of the Iron Crown and the dignity of Baron of the
Austrian empire.
It will be remembered that one of the results of the late
war in Italy was that the ducheseregeot found it neces-
sary to quit her states, which were annexed to Piedmont
at the end of the year, notwithstanding a protest sent by
her from Zurich, and the clauses in her favour inserted in
the treaty of Vdlafrancs.

The young duke, Robert 1., the present claimant to the
duchy, who wee born in July, 1848, end was consequeetly
six years old at the death of his father, hat been living in
retirement with his mother since their withdrawal from
Parma in 1860. He bu one brother and two sisters, viz.,
the Princess Marguerite, Imo in 1847 ; the Princess Alice,
born in 1849 ; and Prince Henri, born in 18M.

The government, it is said, has determined
upon Miming, with the satire approbation of the Archbishop
of Canterbury, who will preside over it, a royal commission
of inquiry touching the expediency of retaining "Subscrip-
tion to the Articles" in the form and manner in which it
now exi.t•.

RTYRTALNTATTOIf or BRIOBTON.—MT. H. Moor,
who annouoced himself as the conservative candidate for
the seat to be rendered vacant by the resigaatioo of Mr.
Coningham, and who some days since retired from the con-
test, has reappeared in the field, prompted no doubt by
the detertninatioo of two liberal candidates to go to the
poll, and has jutted an address. in which he says :—" Whoa
Ileac had the honour of addressing you it was to express my
great regret that circumstances compelled me to resign my
pretensions to the seat about to be vacated. Since then I
have received a deputation from an itdoential body of
electors, which has cooTineed me that those circumstances

no longer exist, and requesting me to come forward again,
with the assurance that I shall receive a vary large measure
of support at your hands. I therefore gladly comply with
that request, and u an independent candidate 1 address you
SO independent electors. I pledge myself under any and all
circumstances to go to the poll, aad keep it open until the
list moment."

Tug YILTERTON CASE —Yesterday Major the
Hon. William Charles, Yelverton presented a petition,
through his agents, Meson. Tippetta and Son, to the
House of Lords, and which was served the same day on
the Hon. Mrs. Yelvertou's agent, stating that on the 10th
of February, 1863, he submitted • petition of appeal to'
their lordship' house, complaining of an interlocutor pp-
maimed by the first division of the Court of Session
Souland on the 19th December, 1862, in conjoined
actions of declarator of marriage at the respondent's in-
stance against the appellant, of putting to silence at the
instance of the appellant against her. That the respondeut
duly entered an appearance en the above petition of appeal,
and lodged her answer on the 29th of June. 1863. The
petitioner on the said 29th day of June, 186.4, lodged his
printed case with the clerk of the parliaments, and the
said petiti,n of appeal was on the 30th of June, 1863, set
down for hearing before the House of toed,. The peti-
tioner goes on to state that the "only" question for the
consideration of their lordships upon this appeal was
whether the respondent was the lawful wife of the amid-
last. The petitioner c-ineludes by asking that their lord-
ships will be pleased to Sr an early day for the bearing of
the said appeal.

THE gm. Tsx.—The Farmer's Club held a
meeting, at 3. Robert-street, Adelphi, on Monday evening,
when a discussion took place reapecting the malt tax.
The chair was occupied by Mr. T. Coegreve, of Leemiogtoe,
Mishap; Red Mr. J. Williams, of Bsydoo, Hungerford,
read a paper showing the unjust and oppressive character
of the impost bearing upon the various sections of the
community. To the working classes, who comprise the
bulk of the consumers of beer, and to the coltivator of
the soil, and the breeders and feeders of cattle, it was
• positive injustice, whilst to the mess of the popelatios
it enhanced the price of the national beverage and of
the animal food they consumed. He contended that
the perpetuation of the tax was a violation of the
principles of free trade, inasmuch as it shut out the
farmer from using his own produce in the manner most
profitable to him—namely, the feeding of stock with
malted barley—and by meats of the drawback encouraging
the foreign cattlodealer at the expense of the English
breeder. Mr. Williams also read several letters from gen-
tlemen who bad fed horses, beast; and sheep upon malt, in
onler to thew the value of its feeding properties in fatten.
log rapidly, promoting early maturity, and producing abut,
floe-grained, and nutrition' quality of meet. Several genia-
-1 men expressed similar °prairies. Mr. Fisher Hobbs ethy-
-1 rated the use of malt for &Miming cattle, on which the
tax scud I as a prohibition ; and Mr. Fullest!, the chairman
of the Central Malt-tax Repeal Amor:ration, tithing a leaf
out of the Liberation Society's book, urged that the
farmers should east aside all political feslisg, sad rate only
fur those who would advocate total repeal. Some of she
members of the club opposed the agitation, bat times so
vote was alien it was evident the Wong feeling of the
meeting was in &emir of the repeal
The President's amnesty proclamation will won
be presented to all the rebel prisoners now is our custody.
Their number is over 40.000. It is estimated that 30 per
•,,t,t. will bike the prescribed oath.— Washington ( United
States) paper.