The Express.
London, England, 1862-02-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 15, 1862.

Or Court.

OSBORNE. Fes. 14.
The Crown Princess of Prussia arrived
at Osborne to-day at half-pact eleven o'clock. The
royal yacht Victoria and Albert conveyed the
Prisms% who disembarked at Osborne Pier, when
the Primes Alice and Prince Arthur were waiting to
eceompsey the Crown Princess to the house. The suite in
Woodman are the Counter Schuleubsrg, Gr►nds Maitremw
Counter Blucher, Count Funitensteith Baron Ernest Stock-
and Dr. Wegner.
The Hon. Eleanor Stanley arrived yesterday, and n•
to-00l to London today.

A deputation, consisting of the Rev. H. Moule and Mr.
John C. Beane, and introduced by Lieut.-Colonel Napier
Sturt, M.P.. had an interview yesterday with the Right
Hoe. C. P. Villiers, at the office of the Poor-law Board,

Her Majesty 's Commissioners for the International Ex-
hibition, 1862, held a meeting at their offices in the Strand
yesterday.
A deputation from the parish of Dartford, consiatiDE of
the Rev. G. J. Blomfield, the vicar, Mr. Gitioa, and Mr.
Hayward, had an interview with the Poor-law Board yes-
terday at their office in WhitehalL
Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office
to the Governors of the Bahamas and Canada.

The Earl and Counteas of Donoughmore have
left the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, for Paris.

Lord and Lady De Blaquiere have left towu for
Paris, Rod wig remain abroad for a taw weak.

The will of Sir Peter Laurie, Knight, was proved
ht Loudon au the 30th ult. The personalty was sworn
leader 160,000 L This well-known pothers' and popular
oleic alderman attained the advanced age of 83, sad died
panned of a large fattens both reel sod personal. To his
nephew. Peter N. Laurie, all the freeholda, with a legacy
of 10,000/., and the residue of the entire estate, both real
and Perstual, are bequeathed. The sum of 50,000/. is left to
his niece, Yin Y. T. Laurie, who resided with him, and to
whom he leaves the residence, furniture, carriages, and
other effects. A legacy of 5,003 f. to his nephew John
Laurie also, 5,000/. to his greataapbew Robert Peter
Laurie (the only child of his late nephew Peter Laurie,
Esq.), and there are several other legacies to nephews,
1110[411, and other relatives, and to personal friends ; and a
legacy of 50/. to the Scottish Hospital, Crane-court, Fleet-
street

The will of Samuel Oxenham, Esq , of Chester-
termaii, RepaCtsprk, was proved in the London °Dart by
hie son, Henry Oxenhane Esq., the vole executor. The
personalty wee sworn under 70,0001. This gentlemen, who
naked a handsome property as an auctioneer and 'date
epee died having reel and personal property. He hen
bequeathed to his two sons his premises in Osfortletreet
and Illeoileim.mews. To his sou Hugh he lessee ten shams
in the Auction Mart, city of London, end • legacy of
10,0001. ; to his sou Healy he has bequeathed the entire
residue of his estate, real and personal ; to his grandson,
Thomas Hugh Oxsoham, a legacy of 10,0301. ; and to his
Louiddanghter, Emily Marie °sachem, 5,0001. (the son and
daughter of hie sou Hugh). To his nephew, Hugh Hobbs,
and his niece, Rived► Hobbs (the children of his sister
Samh). 5001. each ; to his pniener and two other servants,
1001. each.

The anniversary meeting of the Geological So-
ciety will be held at the society's apartment., Somerset
House, on February 21. The annual dinner will take place
the same evening, at Willie's Rooms, K4ig-street, St.
Jima's. A special general meeting of the society will be
held, previous to the ordinary meeting, on the evening of
February 26, to consider certain proposed alterations in the
bye-laws Maio( to the annual contributions of resident
and oms-resident fellows.

It in stated that Mr. Millais has in hand three
pictures for the Royal Academy this year. One is to be
the Parable of the woman who lost the piece of silver and
diligently sought for it until it was found. Another (very
large), Polooius giving his paternal lecture to Lurks before
the latter 's departure for Paris. The third will be entitled
"The Ransom."

We read in the Illustratel Tinva:—" M. Pechter
appears on the 24th as logo. About Easter be will pity
the principal dander is a new and original drama written
by him in conjunction with Mr. Edmund Yates."

Herr Wagner, according to a report fraih from
Germany, b writing a comic opera—wont and music.

It is possible (says the A Motown') that the Brad-
ford Festival will not be held this year, provincial mana-
gers (to rum the reason given) being mule cautions, by
apprehensions of the monopolising interests of the Great
Exhibition.

M. Sainton's four s.irf,es will commence on the
4th of next month ; the Philharmonic Concerts on the 11th,
and the concerts of Mean. Klindworth and Blagrove on
the 12th.

The monster schedule of contributions for the
benefit of the sufferers by the Hartley Colliery accident
cuntains several entries which may fairly be termed " curi-
osities." Fur instance, " The English language of the order
of St. John of Jerusalem," of which his Grace the Duke
of Manchester is "Grand Prior," sends 201. ; "Collection
made by the Citizens :mil Comic Inoffensibles of the City of
Lushingtou Society, 1/. 2s. 6d. ;" " Implacable, 161. 12s. ; "
"The boy. at the Reformatory, Brixton, Db.," is it touch-
ing entry; and then we have, "Collection by little Miss
Mary Cock, of Hackney-terrace, 2/. 25."

The It riemil of Lidia Kays :—" Another English
feature has been added to the many that Howrah already
possesses. The English Church has been furnished with a
peal of hells. They cost needy three thouland r apees, and
are said to be the only peel in India."
A correspondent of the Ldmre Chronicle describes
the present condition of the Cawopore Well :—" The earth
has been raised by is gentle slope round the old mouth of
the well to the height of about twelve or fifteen feet, on the
summit of which, immediately above the spot where the
bodies of those massacre' lie, stands the graduslly•risiog
monument. It is now breast high, completed to the mould-
ing which surmounts the inscription. Standing on the bass
of the monument and facing the church the eye alights on
the left, on the cluster of green mounds which at present,
with untabteted simplicity, denote the graves of those of
the 64th who were killed in action."

The Bombay Gawtte, in an article on tho Cal-
cutta and Bombay Universities, ridicules the idea that
bemuse this year tampering with the Caleutt I examine-
tioo ropers has been detected, all past examinations are
worthless, and states the precautions adopted to present
and discover such tampering in the past, which were not
resorted to this year. "Indeed, of the necessity of tho
rstmoat are in this matter, we need not go further for
proof than to a case that has already occurred in the history
of the Bombay University, in which a pressman wu found
to hare ingeniously slipped two sheets of paper into tho
press at once, and so obtained an extra impression (not
inked of course, but perfectly legible) of an exam nation
paper, under the very eye of the person waiting to see that
no more copies were printed than were to be sent to the
Registrar."

THE ALBERT MEMORIAL FCNll.—Yesterday
Viscount Pahnerston, Eon Granville, Mr. Dierseli, and Sir
Charles Eastlake, the president of the Royal Academy,
signified to the Lord Mayor their readiness tc serve on the
general committee of the fund now being raised at the
Mansion House for a memorial of his late Royal Highness
the Prince Cocoon. The total sum subscribed down to last
seresisg amounted to 32.1;00/. Among the donors yester-
day were : —The Duke of Devonshire. 100/. ; Earl Spencer,
WIC ; the members of Lloyd's, 2104 ; the Drapers' Com-
pany, 10.1. ; the Speaker of the House of Commons, 501. ;
Messrs. C. de Marietta sad Co., 100 f. ; the Earl of Ellis.
mere, 50f. ; the Earl of 7.etland, SW. ; Lord Ehury, SW. ;
the officers of the 16th Lamers, 501. • Lord Foley, •
Earl Fortescue. 501. ; Sir T. 1). Arced, 501. ; the Eari of
Wilton. 50f.; Messrs. Minton and Co,. 611. 100. ; the Earl
' of Chicheater, 20f. ; the Bishopof Durham, 201. • Viscountess
Down', 21W. ; Lard Begot, 88. • Sir .1. Rowdy, 211. • Mr.
Christopher Turner, 11l • the Earl of Lovelace. 254 ;lad
Waterlork. ; CoesneiLluillower, 251. ; the Earl of Sem,
borough. 25/. ; Mn. Mewrietta Montellore, 201. ; Major.
Geocral Aegerstein, SW. ; Lord Crewe, 251. ; the Vintners'
Company, 211 ; Mr. J. R. Gardiner. 25/. ; Mr. J. B. Stan-
' Mope, M.P.. 201. ; Hos. Speneer Cowpm, 251. ; Rom F.
Leeson" Gower, M.P.. lOC • Dr. and Mrs. Jenner, 26/. 55.;
the Philharmonic society, 1"./. ; General Sir J. Galas, 101.•
Mears. Rea. Marshall, and Taylor, 26/. rst. ; sod Sir Walt.;
and lady James. :Al.
RAMELAoM YAPHT CLUR.—Viscount Ranelagh
has been eleete.l honorary member of the above club, and
Lieutenant Colonel Evelyn, commodore, vice Mr. Talfourd,
who has retired from ill health. The new commodore brine
to the club the advantages of a thorough kuowledawri
yachting, and his kind consent to become its chief
land apply his influence and energy in its service, his Mess
hailed with much gratification by the whole at the
reen.bera

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lAATMST INTELLIGENCE.
Nunes
THE WAR IN COCHIN CHINA.
PARIS, Pu. 15.

The Munifetir of to-day publishes despatches
from Admiral Bonard, giving details of the taking
of Bien Boa.

The Annamites energetically defended the town.
The result of the last operations assures to the
allies the possession of an uncontested base for
operations in Cochin China.

ITALY.
ROME AND THE INTERNATIONAL
EXHIBITION OF 1862.

(fox oua own 00111181.031 DIM)
ROME, FEL S.
In my letter of the 15th January I gave a brief
account of the contributions to the sculpture gal-
lery of the London Exhibition, which are being
despatched from Rome. Having then described
the works sent by Gibson, Story, Harriet Hemmer,
Spence, Gatley, and Shakespeare Wood, I shall
now mention those of the remaining English and
American sculptors of eminence. Among the
I most original will be considered Mr. Rogers's
cape d'opera, the bronze gates intended for the
Capitol at Washington. Like the Gates of Para-
dise at Florence the bas-reliefs on the panels of
these doors constitute a continuous history, and
Mr. Rogers has, with excellent taste, chosen his nine
subjects from the life of the great discoverer of
America ; the large semi-circular space on the sum-
mit being occupied by the triumphant figure of Co-
lumbus planting the standard of Spain on the
island of San Salvador. The doorposts and lintel,
the rails and styles of the doors, are also enriched
by beautiful sculpture of arabesques, intermixed
with heads of the historians and statesmen of Ame-
rica. The bronze casting of this fine work has
been executed at Munich in a superior style, and
of a deep golden-coloured bronze, which must pro-
duce an exceedingly rich effect.
John Adams sends a statue of a boy playing at
the favourite Roman game, still in common use,
though described so long ago by Ovid in his
"Elegia de Nuoe :"
.Wor in nueibua, non amplius, alas tots sat
Oum sibi suppoeitis sdditur Ina tribal..

Macdonald's contributions consist of a mendicant
and a bacchante. I cannot but regret he has not
added another of hie works, an angel kissing a
sleeping child. A beautiful statue is the Diana of
Mr. Cardwell. He has treated admirably a subject
which modern sculptors have rarely attempted.,
albeit it was as great a favourite among their pre-
decessors as Venus or Apollo. The noble figure—
no mere nymph, but a stately goddess—is prepar-
ing to descend into her bath, languidly leaning
backward meanwhile in an attitude of great repose
and grace. The face has a soft and dreamy ex•
pression, such as actually suggests the thoughts of
moonlight, and well befits the celestial Luna, the
goddess-lover of Endymion. The same artist has
already sent to England, for exhibition, a group re-
presenting the mythical form of the venerable adage,
00n4ia rincit Amor ; iu other words, Cupid con-
quers Pan. The contrast of the graceful limbs
of Love and the brutish form of the
Satyr. is very fine in an artistic point
of view, but the subject is less pleasing
than the Diana. The Americans, who so warmly
hail ou all occasions the talents of their countrymen,
will rejoice to see two national works by Mr.
Mosier an Indian girl celebrated in the early his-
tory of the colonies, and a young lady who was long
lost among the Indians and at last restored to her
parents, and who is well known in American ro-
mance as "The Wept of the Wiahtou-wish." Besides
these, Mr. Mosier sends a group of the Prodigal
Sou and two statues—ono of Queen Esther, the
other of Jephtlia's Daughter. The latter seems juat
the damsel of Tennyson's " Dream of Fair
Women," ready to die since she could boast

it is written that my race
Hewed Ammon, hip and thigh, from Aroer
On Al.lo{l unto li;oneth,
and then passing away chaunting—

Thridding the .omen boskige of the wood
Toward the mortal's star.

THE MEDI'

(nom oua OWN

MALTA, Fn. 8.
Ramiro Barbaro is connected with moat of the
noble families in Malta, and is nephew to the ex•Arolibiahop
of Rhodes and Malta. He is a young man of about 20 years
of age, and has lately arrived front Naples, where he has
spent the greater part of his life. He has just become very
notorious in Malta from having published a pamphlet en-
titled "Napoli, i liorhoni' ed it Govern Italiano," con-
taining a very simple statement of facts (I have enclosed
you the pamphlet, and the pastoral it has called forth), but
this has given grave offence to the Roman catholic church,
end on Sunday last the bishop'. pastoral, warning the
prople against it, was read in all the Roman catholic
churches of Malta, and now the great masa of the people
will neither read nor touch the book such is their obe-
dience to any mandate from their dery The present
pastoral is in some respects different from former ore..
In the first place, it disclaims any interference with the
politics of the pamphlet, and confines itself to the moral
and religious portion, and it admonishes rather
than commands, 111 a friendly Christian spirit. It
has had the effect of saving the pamphlet from
obscurity, and calling itinto notice. There was ale w passed
in Meta in 1828, when the ecclesiastical court was abolished,
onlei:ug that every act tending to endanger the civil
rights of any of her Majesty's subjects should bo submitted
to government before its publication ; and on several occa-
sions, on the archbishop endeavouring to issue pastorale
against the reading of several public journals, the publisher,
ou being informed of the intention, applied to the ewers'.
meet, who took the necessary steps to prevent the publica-
tion of the pastoral.
Them is to-day handed about Malta a very long and
well-written protest to the Pope, printed at Naples,. and
signed by about 8,000 of the Roman catholic priests.
Several chapters have affixed their official seal to it, and it
looks very like Protestantism, but they call it pure Roman
catholicism. It urges upon the Pops to abandon his tem-
poral power, restore the church to its primitive state, and
to remember that a great majority of his clergy are from the
people.f The docuromment admirably
very itz ral moofired,rhe and must
have emanated alians
appear to approach nearaer to the Reformed Church than we
do in Malta.

Her Majesty 'ship 13ansbee arrived, with the Earl of Hight,
on the 4th, from Narseilles. His lordship landed for a few
boors while the steamer was coaling, and in the afternoon
of the same day proceeded on iu the same vessel to Alex-
andria.

Ou the 3rd the London left for Gibraltar, and on the sth
the Neptune for Corfu. The crews of nearly all the ships
have been paid down, but much to their credit most of
them have remitted the greater portion of their money to
England.
Hi■ Excellency the Governor Lan prosentotl to the Cham-
ber of Commerce a large dish of magnificent strawberries,
the produce of his garden, with an offer to any one to take

Letters from Vienna mention that tho nephew of
Covet Degeofeld, Minister of War, bad been devoured by
wolves. He was returning from hunting in a sledge when
he was attacked by two of these animals ; he fired on them,
and the coachman put his horse to a gallop to escape, but
in doing so precipitated the count from tho sledge. The
coachman was nut aware of the accident for some time,
and on returning found only the mutilated body of the
count.

The Maartn journals of tne lUth state that, on
that day, the funeral of M. Martinez de la Rosa took place
with great pomp, and that notwithstanding the severs
cold, en immune crowd assembled to witness the melee.
choly pageant. No funeral oration was pronounced over
the tomb of the deputed sLitesinau.

The Matta 01 ue rrer reports that the number of
telegrams sent by the Alexandrian telegraph is largely M.
creasing, and now amounts to between GOO and 700 weekly.
'the average time for a message from London to Alexandria
is twelve hours, but several have arrived in the short space
of four.

The Italian freemasons have just introduced an
important innovation into the statutes of the society.
There are now sister masons, venerables, and great Lois.
tresses. The Correrwomimoy, of Rome, describes the
ceremony of installation with much minuteness.

The Swiss Federal Assembly, before closing its
session, voted a law, authorising the divorce of couples
belonging to different religious professions.. In spite of the
protests of the Swiss episcopacy, the law was voted after
having undergone a modificatiou which renders it still more
annoying for the Roman catholica ; for while the project of
the Federal Council maintained the principle of the iodis-
solubility of catholic marriages, the National Assembly has
suppressed that reserve, and decided that the cantons may
regulate that matter as they think proper, so that the
cantotal legislatures are authorised to permit a divorced
catholic husband to remarry during the lifetime of hie pro-
testant wife, and vice reran.
A LUCKY Hem.. Some fishermen at Fleetwood
made a lucky hit last week. Six fishing boats picked up
among them thirty-nine puncheons of whisky. They found
them floating about twenty-three miles west of Blackpool,
and it is supposed th►t the puncheons are part of the cargo
of a wrecked vowed now breaking op. The whisky has been
bonded, but the tishertnen will get their salvage on it whe-
ther it is claimed or not.— Weatmoretand Gazette.