The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-07 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARDI, TUESDAY EVINING.
The France, on the faith of a Vienna core-
spondent in whom it has "absolute confidence,"
gives a version of the animated Christmas conver-
sation between M.. de Bismark and Count Karolyi,
the Austrian ambassador at Berlin, which is in

every material respect conformable to that which
was telegraphed to you from the Pays of Sunday
evening. It, however adds a phrase as having
been pronounced by M. de Biamark, which would
go far to justify the heading " A cams befli," used by
the Europe of Frankfort. His Prussian Majesty,
we are told, declared by the mouth of his minister
that he would be deterred by no impediment

from attaining his ends (viz., "the historic
mission of his dynasty, and, more especially
since 1848, the influence of Prussia in the Fe-
deral Diet"), even if, in "defence of his good right,
he should be compelled to draw the sword."
But the France agrees with all the recent state-

meats that this affair, however menacing in ita first

aspect, will come to nothing. It would seem that
the good sense of diplomatists had, by a kind of
tacit convention, put an extinguisher upon the
braggadocio of the not over-wise Bing. The France,

continuing its narrative, says :
Omit de Bamark immediately informed Boron de Wer-

that, the Pruasian minister in Vienne, of this conversation,
directing him to repeat it, word for word, to Count de
Rechberg. But—and this is the material fact revealed by
our Vienna letter—Baron de Werther neither read nor in any
. .

way oommunicated to Ocrunt de Rechberg any Premien note
or despatch whatsoever; and the existent's of any such on
this subject is officially denied. Nothing pulsed but confi-
dential oonversation. Therefore it is that in diplomatic
circles, so far from there being any apprehension of a rup-
ture, sad still lees of a war, between the two great German
powers, it in expected that their differences will be speedily
nettled by a oompromiae, thanks to the efforts of the minor
data which ammo the part of medi►tors.

The Patric explains, and I believe correctly, that
the calling out of the reserves of Prussian regi-
ments in federal garrisons, about which a great fuss
has been made, is a totally inoffensive measure. The
War Minister, from motives of economy, and on
account of the delay in voting the budget, has
postponed for four months the usual levy of recruits.
In consequence, several purely Prussian military
stations have been reduced ; but, as Prussia is
obliged to furnish her full quota to federal
fortresses, it has been found necessary to call out
the reserves to supply vacancies. This measure,
thus accounted for, has evidently no bearing on'
the bickerings between Prussia and Austria.
The France formally contradicts the news, which
I think baa been sufficiently contradicted before,
that Victor Emmanuel was coming to Paris for the
christening of his grandson. The day for that
ceremony is not yet fixed, but whenever it does
take place the King will be " represented in due
legal form." The France also learns (and
this is no news either) that the King's New
Year's speech made a " great sensation." But
the France studiously leaves uncertain the reason
why the King's speech was particularly remarked.
We know from other sources that although he
avoided any mention of the word Rome, he spoke
confidently of the destinies of Italy, and was un-
derstood by his hearers as identifying himself and
his dynasty with the completion of her unity,
which he did not believe could be long deferred.
The France, however, pretends that "all political
men" are now fully aware that Italy will never
have a capital at the expense of the independence
of the Papacy, and that Italy has been for the last
three years "cherishing vain delusions." M. de
la Gueronnihre's journal wishes "that those who
now govern Italy" (this is the exact expression of the
France) "would have the courage to tell her the
truth."
M. de Golf", the diplomatist appointed to
represent Prussia at the court of France in the
place of M. de Bismark, has arrived in Paris, and,
like M. de Talleyrand at Berlin, will be received
with the rank of ambassador, instead of (as
formerly) that of a mere minister plenipotentiary.
The Bourse has not maintained the rise of yes-
terday. The Rents fell Ltie for cash and 20c. for
account, closing at 70fr. 55c. and 70fr. 60c.
Mobilier fell 28fr. 75c., and the Italian Loan,
25c. Railway shares were very much lower.
Bullier's Correspondence suggests the Gibraltar
question as accounting for the fall. Not, as
you might at first suppose, that there is any wish
to force England to give it up ; but, on the con-
trary, that France views with jealousy the advances
of England to Spain, after her having made of
Portugal an English province.
MM. F. Morin, Laurent, Pichat, and two or three
other liberal writers who lately separated them-
selves from the Courrier du Dimanche, have joined
the Semaine Universe/Le, published at Brussels.
This week's number of that journal is seized, on
account, as it is supposed, of some articles of the
new rcdacteurs. It is very difficult for independent
Frenchmen to write as they think without being
thought dangerous by the authorities.
The following matter-of-course paragraph in the
papers of the day shows how simple is the mode of
dealing with the "dangerous classes" in a country
not plagued with any habeas corpus, or hampered
by scruples about the liberty of the subject :
M. Illanchet, commiasary of police at the Saint ?demi
district, followed by a strong body of police and some gend-
armes, the night before lest entered a low lodging-house
in the Rue Matilicife, and arrested forty-five men, who had
no papers of any kind, and were without apparent means
of pining a livelihood.

The Belgian booksellers are again profiting by I
their free coestitutioa to the great detriment of the book-
sellers of Paris. The censor has just given a anal decision
on the " florciere." The second edition of that work will
neither be printed nor sold in the Freda& capital, although
the first was &Unwed to come out in it. No sooner was it
heard that the government had derided upon refusing the
author the asomeary permimion than the demand for the
•• Sorei4e" became so great that in the course of a few
hours the first edition vas entirely bought up.

WIG RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT
KNOTTINGMT.
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THIRTEEN !MONS INJURED.
fliat half-peat eight o'clock yesterday morning,
as maid of an alarming and somewhat destructive
ebarsater occurred near the railway station at &tottingley.
Af • dishiness of about 200 yards from the Knottingley
station there is a junction of two lines ci tails, one of them
be from York and the other from Leeds. Parliamentary
train leave York sad Leeds, for London, every morning,
arriving at the Knotting* station, where they form one
train, at half-past eight o'clock. Up te shoat ten minutes
past eight o'clock yesterday morning the weather was fine
and clear, but at that time it became suddenly foggy, and
at half-pastB o'clock, the time at which the trains were doe,
the fog was so dense that it was impossible to seamore the;
a few yards. It was at that time that the accident whirl' we
are about to describe happened. At about 130 or 140 yards
from the station there is a bridge spanning the railhead imme-
diately beyond this thorns apointsman'eandignalman's box.
The junction of the lass referred to is some 30 or 40 rude
beyond, and at some distance down the lime there are signs&
,by which the driven of the trains are informed whether
they can with safety approach the station. Whether the
slieele were wrong. or whether the drivers of one or both
the Imam wars matigent in their duties in not properly ob.
seawing them, or whether in consequence of the dense fog
which prevailed the signals were misunderstood, we are en
at meant able to my, but at all events the trains met with
an accident which is of serious onsequenes to the complain
and to several of the passengers. The two lines of mils are
joined into one at • distaste* GI • few yards from the
pcintsman's box, and it was just at the I when the
accident marred. As was perfectlyregnlr,the Leeds train
proceeded towards the station first, and in the usual
course the York train world have bees signalled to
approach when the line was clear, bat nnfortuntely it ran
forward before its time, became Mangled with the Leeds
bob, and caused serious mischief. Neither of the trains
was moving nay rapidly at the time, or the ssonsisqnseess
would have been most disastrous. As it was when the oar.
degas cam into collision two or three of them were thrown
elf the lies, and two althea were turned over arid smashed.
One of these carriages was empty, bat several of the occu-
pants of the other were very seriously injured. The screams
of the injured and frightened were of the most alarming
character. One person, Mr. Lanham, of Bighorn Fern,attempted to escape from the canine, but in doing
so his leg was jammed between it and • stout signal post.
Just at the point where the leg was caught there
was an iron lever and other arrangements for the working
el the signals above, and • small projecting iron 1 on
which the lever meted was craned into the leg in • f tful
manner. A woman named Mrs. Robinson, of II was
also caught between the compressed timbers, and was rather
severely injured. The driver of the Leeds trail, whose
name is Manton, attempted to ens himself from injury by
jumping off the engine, but he unfortunately broke his leg.
The stoker, who remained on the engine, escaped without
injury. in addition to the smashing of the arriages, the
line was injured to • slight degree and the levers of the
scud and tket connected with the points were broken.
The brickwork of the signal station was also much damaged,
but the accident did not, fortunately, interfere with the
traffic on the line. As soon as the accident happened, Mr.
Abbott, the station-muter, sent for all the medical men in
Knottingley, and for as many as could be had from Ponte-
fract, and then proceeded to see to the comfort and con-
venience of the injured pimentos. The persons injured
wave :
Mn. Brooke, Doncaster, fractured jaw, and otherwise
seriously injured.
Mr. Lanham, Higher° Ferrer., right leg crushed, and
since amputated.
J. Myers, docithamptou, slight eoneassion brain.
Alfred Malkin, Milford, small bone of right leg splintered.
Raison Allen, &fleshy, contusion of body.
Thos. Knapton, driver of the Lamb train, right leg broken
below the knee.
Walter Robinson, ship steward, Hull, alight bruises.
Mrs. Robinson (wife of the above), much bruised about
the body, and seriously injured intereally.
Jacob Freedman, Temphir.lane, Lents, braised and shaken.
Robert Davies, Hampton-place, Norwich, slight bruises.
Maria Woodforth, aged 13, lirattleby, Lincolnshire, alight
braless.
Mrs. Boulby, Barnby Moor, near Retford, slight bruises.
Wm. Munby, Brattleby, alight bruises.
Other per were shaken but as far as we could learn
none seriously. As the injured persom were extricated
from the &von they were removed by Mr. Abbott's orders
to the neighbouring hotels, where every Westin was paid
to them, and everything wee 4006 which could contribute to
their comfort. They were told that everything which the
hotels could provide was at their service, and for those who
wished it telegrams of the ocean's°s were forwarded to
their relatives and frionsb. The medical men were mire.
midair; in their attention to the requirements of the
wounded. In the afternoon Mr. Beckett Denison, the
chairman of the company, went to the scene of the
accident and ordered that the sufferers should have
everything they required, and that no expense should
be spared to make them comfortable. So serious
were the injuries of Mx. Lanham that it was
found necessary to amputate the limb. Amoonkt.ilh:
medical men in attendance upon the wounded were
Bywater, Simpson, Atkinson, Bouddon, Oxley, he. The
injured persons sent home were Mrs. Brooks (who was
accompanied b 7 • medical man), Friedman, Davies, Wood,
Boulby, and Munby, and it is expected that some of
the remaining persons will be able to return home to
day. Mr. Smeathen, of &Hord, and Mr. Symonds, of
Leeds, district superintendents, and Mr. Troward. engi-
neer ions, were sent for, and rendered valuable as-
sista:me. Steps were taken for the speedy removal of all
danger, and in • comparatively abort space of time all was
Blear. An investigation into the cause of the accident is
being made by the company, and if it b found that any ci
the servants have been guilty of negligence, they will be
punithed.
A Pontefract correspondent, referring to the C 6106 of the
accident, says :—" There being • great fog the distance sig-
nals were put on, and it appears that the distance signal on
the Leeds line was thrown off—that is, for the train to
pus on. It consequently did so, and the driver of It did
not observe the York train approaching until it was too late
to avoid a collision. Before the York train could get clear
of the points, the Leeds train ran through it, smashing two
of the carriages to atoms."

At the lev6e of the French Minister of the Inte-
rior, on New Year's-day, the Prefect of the Seine alluded
to the decree inserted in the Monitair of January 1, rela-
tive to the publicity to be given to the discussions of the
protectoral councils, as well as to the enlarging tbe func-
tions of the administrative bodies. "Your excellency,"
playfully added the prefect, growing bolder as he went on,
" your excellency bas given a very flue New Year's gift
to the councillors." The minister looked slightly puzzled,
as if he doubted whether his prefect was in earnest.
" What New Year's gift do you man'" " Why, your
excellency's report and the decree accompanying it, which
appeared in this morning's Afonikur." The minister looked
as puzzled as ever. He, however, replied, " Oh, yes—yes ;
very well." Some superficial persons present fancied for •
moment that the minister had not read or even seen the
decree countersigned by him ; and they began to repeat the
mot, rightly or wrongly attributed to the Emperor—viz.,
that M. Billault saw all and signed nothing ; whereas M.
Persigny saw nothing and signed everything.
M. E. Legouvii has just remonstrated in the
ghee against the exclusion to which comedians are subject
in the nominations to the Legion of Honour. The remarks
of M. Legouvi are made in favour of M. &MOON the actor
and professor.
Of all the characters in which Mdlle. Patti has
yet rung in Paris, that of Lucia Is (says Go/it/wan° ac-
counted by many the finest. Skills. Trebeilli, fresh from
her triumphs in London and Vienna, made her debut in
Lucretia, at the Italian Opera, on Saturday, for the first
time this memo.
The rehearsals of La Muette de Partici, at the
Grand Opera, Paris, interrupted by the sad accident to
Mdlle. Lirry, have been resumed, the part of the Mamas
being transferred to Mdlle. Vernon. It is expected to be
brought forward before the close of January.
Auber's Haydee, and a new operetta, La Devise
rile Beeper, are in SCUT, preparation at the Opera
Crimique, Paris.
M. E. Angier's new comedy, Le Psle de Gibuytr,
continues to be the vogue at the Francais, Paris. On the
first of the month no places were to be procured to see it
before the beginning of February. "In the meantime,"
says Geionmei, "critical opinion, with all fair allowances
for the merits of the piece, is really at a lons to discover
the cause of its extraordinary ancetas. The charge of its
being • libel on the clerical party has been of vast service
to its popularity, and the author ought to be immensely
obliged to those who brought it spiast him."
Mme. Pleyel is expected to play at a few con-
certs during the present month in Pairs.
Mdlle. Titiens has passed through Paris on her
way to Naples, when she is engaged at the San Carlo.
Mr. Wallace, the English composer, is at present
in Paris terminating an opera intended for the ensuing ewes
at Oovent-garden.
A report (according to a musical journal) is
abroad of the approaching marriage of Mdlle. Patti.
Mr. Paul Morphy, the celebrated American chess-
player, hes bees far some days in Paris. He has not, how-
ever, called at the Café de Is Eugene., and gives no intima-
tion of any design to play. As Bolick is also in Paris,
some plum between them would excite much interest.