The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-11 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 11, 1862.

meat likely to trouble the peace of Europe.
All we have to do now is to timid aloof, and in no
way assist or oppose racy internal party, but
frankly acknowledge any ruler or any form of go-
vernment which the Greeks may choose for them-
selves. If we cannot do this, we have not learnt
the modern doctrine of non-intervention, nor
remembered what is even more precious, the old
respect due to the rights of independent nations.

be ;ours.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Dzo._lo.

The Queen, accompanied by the Princeas Louis
Of Here end Princess Helena, walked in the grounds this
morning.

The &whets of Cambridge and the Prinoms Mary visited
her Majesty.
Earl Russell arrived at the Castle yesterday and bad an
audience of her Majesty, and left today.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left town yesterday
for Broadlands, Hants.
Despatches were sant yesterday from the Colonisl•olFice
to the Governors of Malta, Ceylon, Hong Kong, and lebuan.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
returns to town on Saturday from visiting the Earl and
Countess of Derby at Knowsley. His royal h;gbuses ii
expected to pay as official visit to the Royal lEditery Col-
lege at Sandhurst, on the rime day.

The Marchioness (Maria) of Aileebury has ar-
rived at Tottenham Park, near Marlborough, on a visit to
the Marquis and Mvrchimseue of Aileebury. Her ladyship
has been spending the past week with the Earl and Coun-
ter of Chesterfield, at Bretby Park.

The Earl of Eglinton and Winton (says the
Edinburgh Courant) and his newly-marvel counter
arrived at Eglinton Castle on Monday, from London. It
was the express wish of his lordship that there should be
no demonstration at their home-coming, and consequently
their arrival at the castle was quiet, and unattended by
any public welcome.
Viscount and Viscountess Hill have arrived at
Thomas's Hotel, 131.rkeley-square, from Hawkestone.
Viscount and Viscountess Holmeedale have left
town for Montreal, near Sevenoaka, on a visit to the Earl
and Counter Amherst.

Lord and Lady Leigh have left Fenton'a Hotel
for Stoneleigh Abbey, Warwickshire.

Lord Rivers has left Thomas's Hotel, Berkeley-
square, for Rwdunore Lodge, near StLisbary.

The Ladies Cornwallis are at Present staying
with the Earl of St. Germans at Port Eliot, his lordship's
seat in CornwalL

Sir A. Buchanan, K.C.8., and the Hon Lady
Buchan►n have left Fenton'e Hotel for Berlin.

Vice-Admiral Sir H. W. Bruce, naval commander-
in-chief at Portsmouth, is fast recovering from his late levers
attack of illness, and is expected to be able to resume his
official duties in a day or two.

A concert took place on 'rumlay evening in the
Riding-house at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, in
aid of the Lancashire Relief Fund. Madame Lemmens-
Sherrington, Madame Ernestine Smyth, Mr. Lindsay Sipper,
Signor Piatti, and other well•known musicians gave their
services gratuitously. The house was well tilled, many of
the ladies of the garrison participating with the resident
ladies of the town in the "Hallelujah" and other choruses
with exceedingly good effect. The performances were highly
applauded, and were under the special patronage of the
poem' commanding, Sir Richard Decree.

An Admiralty survey of the harbour of Antigua
has taken place, in onler to test its eve Jity for being the
West India packet station.

FRENCH SYMPATHY WITH IaNCLIIIHRE. —A sub-
scription bas been opened at Lyons in favour of the cotton
spinners of France and of Lancashire. M. Arles Dufour,
serior, beads the list with a donation of 500 f. to each fund,
and the firm of which be is the head contributes • further
sum of 600 f., which is to be equally divided between both.
In the letter which accompanies his subscription, M. Dufory
says :—" At a perk 1 when the sentiment of human bro-
therhood is everywhere developed and among all classes of
society, nobody, I am sure, will blame the thought
which has essociated the misery of France with
that of England. Let us not forget, besides, that
at the time of the inundations and during the
terrible winter of 1861.2 English sympathy came spon-
taneously and fraternally to our aid." The Saha
Public of Lyons, commenting upon this letter,says :—" We
support • tth all the more sympathy a movement which
does so much honour to our city, because England is at this
moment the great outlet for our trade, and because it has at
various times assisted our operatives. The warm welcome,
too, which our delegated workmen received from their
English comrades at the London Exhibition is fresh in all
memories." Subscriptions amounting to 25,000 hence
(1,0001.) have already been collected in Lyons for the Lan-
cashire distress, and forwarded to London. It is expected
that other sums will follow.

Dskru or Miss Goaa Ousaux.—Miss Alexan-
dria& Gore Ouseley died on Monday night, at her nuidence,
co-Howe'
Frome, at the age of 47. She was the
daughter of Sir William Gore Ouseley, the distinguished
diplomatist, and the god-daughter of the Emperor Alex-
ander 1., having been born at St. Petersburg during her
father's residence in that capital ; and his Imperial Majesty
testified the esteem in which be held Sir William by be-
coming sponsor to his child. In her father's lifetime, Miss
Ouseley mixed in the highest society, the late King
William IV. being a frequent guest at Sir William's house.
But she and her sister chose lowlier hearths, and for many
years devoted their lives to works of charity, and in
ministering to the wants of the poor, in comforting the
sick, and in educating poor children, sought to perform the
mission which their Master bad given to them. It is scarcely
• year and a half since the elder Miss Ouseley died, and now
that her sister has also pseud away many poor homes will
lack their benevolent aid—many a aiek person miss their
comforting sympathy, and, especially, many a poor child
mourn the affectionate ogee who supplied their every want.
The Hey. Sir F. A. Gore Ouseley (professor of music at
Oxford, and founder of St. Michael's College, Tenbury)
was with his sister during her last hours.—Bristol Pest.—
The interment took place Mat Saturday in the pariah church.
DONALD'S STORY.—" I ken it weel," he said,
" and gold richt I have—nave better noo. I was • wean at
the time, and she was • bit lassie bersel—a bonnie lassie,
wi bricht een, and early red hair, that hopped roue' her like
a hood. It was in the hard time afore the war, when the
bail country was fairly wicked wi' hate and hunger. Her
fey thee was yens chief wi' the yerl—a strap& stout chiel.
that spoke his mind freely. But he was hard on the starrin'
folk, and 'the boys' swore that he Audits live past Mary-
mai. Sae it chanced that ae mirk nicht in the fa' a band
o' them cam r r hie boose—he was • fearless man, and
wudna steek the door for a' the &evils not o' bell, he wad
say—and into the room where he was sittio' wi' his wife
Maria), and little Elsie upon her lap, beside the fire. There
was a dull licht, for the peata were low, and they dragged
him cot, and never a word spoken, for man end wife kent
what was come upon them, and that it behoved not to pray
to them that shed innocent bluid. They stickit him like a
stirk at has ain door! Weel, the wife jsloused that they
wad finish wi' her (for she had ever backed her man up—he
was aye richt, the rest were aye wring) ; and when they
were awe, ahe grippit little Elsie, sad steekit her into a
closet in the wa. There was a chink in the buird, and she
says to her, • Noo. lass, they are Ulla' your feyther oot-
aide, and when they hoe kilt him, they will come back and
kill me. Look weel at them when they come, and mind
you swear to them when you see them in curt.
I'll cast • peat on the fire the last thing to Wu a bleere,
and struggle hard that you may take • guid look.' Marion
Gray was • keen-spirited wife ; she was ane o' the wad Les-
lie clan, and man ied her man for luve, but she was noo
clean daft, and her last thocht on earth was to hang the
loons. Auld Elspit had • picture o' her mither, that was
painted by • foreigneer when she was • lave—a lauchin
face, rafter-like than Elspit's. The bairn keeked tbro' the
chink and saw them murder her mither. It's • terrible but
true story," said Donald, wiping his brow, over which the
sweat was running. " But she had marked them weal, and
swore to them afore the lords. I was there muel ; and
weel I mind it. tho' I was but a wean at the time--it's
sixty year this very fa'. There were the twa lords, sitting
erackin' in their red gowns, like twa howdise, and a
wheen glib lads wi' horsehair wigs, and the prisoners
ahint them. There was nee& little against them,
though; and the writer briy—a fat man, wi • red noun'
fats like a haerst moon—was cock-sure they wad won off,
till the lass was fetched ie. Her face was deadly white,
but her een burned like live pests. The writer•bodies were
motor lattin' her speak at first ; but she was sae quiet, and
deuce, and keen, that the lords pit her in the box, cad
spurt at her aboot the Catechism, and the Testament, and
the ten commudmenta, and die answered every word
freely and fairly. Then she looked lug at the men, and
says quite quiet, pointing to ane and anither o' them, ' You
were there, andou were there, sod you were there.' It
was like as if shed spoken in • denim, or aff a buik
there was ace danotin' her. The three loons were b• t,
and Elspit gaed Name wi Whitey, that wee sib to her
feyther's guds brither. She grew lug and bonny, and
Sandy Gray courted her; but they say she never leach
solo. And 'deed, sir," he concluded, "it was a burniu•
trouble for a young bairn."—Fraser's Magazine for
December.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

TER NEW ITALIAN MINISTRY.

The following short biography of the new Italian
ministry is given by the Temps :

M. Facial, the President of the Council, is ► Roman ; he
was an eminent physician and a leader of the liberal party
when he was appointed director-general of the hospitals and
prisons of Rome, under the ministry of Count Rossi. In
1848, when the republic was proclaimed in Rome, he emi-
grated to Tuscany ; thence he removed to Piedmont, M.
Parini was for some time Minister of Public Instruction in
1850, and subsequently he was Minister of the Interior in
the Cavour cabinet. He was dictator of Emilia and lieu-
tenant-general of the Ring at Naples after Garibaldi's de-
parture. M. Farini was the principal negotiator of the
cession of Nice and Savoy to France. He was born on Oct.
22,1822.
M. Pezuzzi, the new Minister of the Interior, is a Tuscan.
He was a loader of the liberal party in 1848, and in 1859 was
at the head of the movement which transferred Tuscany to
Piedmont. He was Minister of Public Works in Ricasoli's
cabinet. He is a man of energy and undoubted liberalism.
It has been said by mistake that he is an enemy of the
Preach alliance.

M. Minghetti was, in 1848, Minister of Commerce to
Pius IX.; he his twice been Victor Emmanuel's Minister of
the Interior-once under Gomm and once under Ricasoli.
He is a distinguished political economist ; as Plumes
Minister he will now have an opportunity of showing his
talent.

M. Pasolink the new Minister of Foreign Affairs, is also a
Roman. He was for a long time mayor of Ravenna. In
1847 he was a colleague of Rossi, under whom he filled the
office of Minister of Public Works. A refugee in 1849, he
went into Piedmont. In 1859 he was appointed Governor
of Milan, which post he held till M. Rattazzi came into
power, when he resigned. Shortly afterwards, at the per-
sonal request of the King, he accepted the appointment of
Governor of Turin.

M. M►nna, the Minister of Commerce, is a Neapolitan.
He was a director•general of customs under the Bourbons,
and in 1860 was sent by Francis 11. to Turin to negotiate an
'thanes with Piedmont.

1L Menabsea, Minister of Public Works, is a general of
Piedmontese Engineers. He was secretary-general to
Axeslio in 1850, and Minister of Mine in the Rims*li
cabinet.

M. Amari, Minister of Public Instruction, is • Sicilian ;
one of the most eminent sa rants in Italy, and an Orientalist
of European reputation. He long resided in Paris as •
refugee, ands a corresponding member of the Institute.
IL Della Rover*, Minister at War, held that portfolio
under Ricasoli ; he his been lieutenant-general of the King
in Sicily.
IL Ricci, Minister of Marine, is • Genoese, end has the
reputation of being • capable naval officer.

(surna's =Luaus.)
FRANCE AND SWITZERLAND.
BERNE, Die. 11.

The following is the substance of the treaty con-
cluded between the French and Swiss governments
settling the question of the Valley of Dappee.
_ . _ _

Switzerland undertakes to cede to France that
portion of the Valley of Dappes situated on the
northern side of the Fauvelle road, while France
cedes to Switzerland a territory of equal extent
situated on the right side of the Valley of Dappes.
The treaty also expressly states that neither of
the contracting parties is allowed to construct
military works on the territories mutually ceded.
Switzerland, in accordance with the principle ex-
pressed in the memorandum of the Federal Council
of 1859, reserves to herself the right of communi-
cating this treaty to the powers who were repre-
sented at the Congress of Vienna in 1815, for their
approval and sanction.

AMERICA.

(ZZITIZIee

LIVERPOOL, Mc. U.

The Liverpool, New York, and Piiiladeltikiit
Company's screw steamer Etna, Captain Brooks,
from New York on the 29th ult., and which was
intercepted off Cape Race on the 3rd inst., arrived
in this port at 1.30 this morning.
A full telegraphic summary of her advicea,
received via Queenstown, has already been pub-
lished.

North, Ware renaming Itodilities: Such is the most gene-
ral interpretation I heard given to it among our public
oaken and in diplomatic circles.

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FitrDlT. SATURDAY.
N.W. to S.W., fresh, BOOMS= B.R.W. to W.N.W.,
some rain. fresh or strong,
As above, moderate to lagrAirn. ILTIXV.W., fresh.
strong, with rain.
W.N. W. to 8.8. W., W. Cutrrasi. As neat above.
fresh, unsettled.
W.N.W. to SAW., B.W.ENOLLND. W.S.W. to W.N.W.,
moderate to strong, strong to moderate.
some rain.
N.W. to S.W., mode. as, INGLARD. Similar to next above.
rate to fresh.
As next above. S. COAST. S.W. to N.W., fresh
to moderate.

We read in Gaiignani :—" A young Polish lady
of remarkable beauty, named Bassavinaka, recently arrived
from Warsaw, was burned to death the day before yester-
day while on a visit to a friend iu the Rtsellonthyon. When
standing near the chimney she happened to turn round, and
her clothes came in coolest with the fire. In a moment the
111111 enveloped in flames. She rushed to the door shriekiag
for help, which soon came, but too late to be of any ser-
vice, for before the fire could be extinguished she was so
dreadfully burned that she expired shortly after."

On Tuesday night, Mr. E. A. Leathern, M.P.,
delivered an address to his constituents, in the ?hike°.
phial Hall, Huddersfield. There was a large and crowded
audience.
A beautiful and interesting little girl, only nine
years old, was accidentally shot in Limerick en Moodily
evening by a playmate, a boy aged twelve. He took up I
gun that stood in the room where they were playing, not
knowing that it WY loaded, sad while handling it it went
a, sad the charge weed through the little girl.' heart.
CONTEMPLATED DUEL BETWEEN MENVITI GARI-
BALDI AID 0011:11AL PALLAVICINL —Several Turin journals
announce that a duel is to take place at Bologna between
Menotti Geribildi and General Pallavicini who commanded
at Aspronaoute. Various attempts had been wade, but
wiab‘ut success, it is said, to prevent the meeting.
Rain has fallen for the last 12 dayn without in-
termismion throughout the oath of France. Several hail-
storms have been experienced, accompanied by thnoder and
lightning--an erect somewhat rare at this man of the
year.