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The Express.
London, England, 1853-05-07

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—FRIDAT, MAT 6.
Tb. LORD CRASCILLOR took his seat at 6 o'alock.
PETITIONS PRESENTED.
INSPICTION or N vssieni ea.—By the Earl of
SHAFTESBURY, from Lindell, signed by 33,370 Persons
.I.lsiblin, Peckham, Walworth, Walthamatow, Royston,
Worcester, Hertford, end Maryport, praying for the in-
spection of nunneries.
COVNTT COURTS.—By Lord STANLEY of ALDER LEY,
from Manchester, praying for the extension of county
courts. _ _

rIIE SA 11.—By the Bishop of SALISBURY,
Irma several places, preying for a better obeervenee of the
Sabbath.

COMMON LAW AMENDMENT.
Lord BROUGHAM wished to call attention to a hill,
which he had introduced, and which had been read a second
time. fur making areat amendments in the law of evidence
nail procedure. The Common Lsw Commissioners by their
second report, recently presented, approved of this mea-
sure ; and he begged to give notice, that upon going into
committee on the bill on Monday next, he should propose to
divide it into two pmts. with a view of passing those clauses
about which there was no material difference of opinion,
and he should reserve the other puts of the bill fora sepa-
rate measure.
London, England, 1853-05-07

SPAIN.

The Madrid Gazette of the Ist publishes a royal
decree ordering the Royal Council to examine all the
applications and documents relative to proposed
railroads now before the Minister of Public Works
and Commerce, and to report upon them with as little
delay as possible, declaring which are the most urgent.
Another decree orders the cessation of the conver-
sion of the deferred debt into 3 per cent. consuls,
accorded by decree of the Ist of October last. The
Gazette publishes several decrees for appoint-

meats of governors of provisces, &c. The Ileralda
states that the postal treaty with England is on the
point of conclusion, all the leading points having been
agreed to. A Madrid letter of the Ist says: 6' A
rumour prevails that some important measures
adopted in the Council of Ministers on the proposi-
tion of the Minister of the Interior, are about to be
made public. Amongst others is mentioned one on
the corregidors, limiting them to certain grand locali-
ties, determined on. At present there arc 170 cur-
regidors iti Spain.
London, England, 1853-05-07

ALGERIA.

The last accounts from Algeria state that in the
neighbourhood of La Calle, the Kronmirs and the
Ouled-Ali had attempted to attack the native sharp-
shooters, who defend the frontier of Tunis, but that
the various troops having assembled, and opposed
the men collected there, the attempt was imme-
diately put an end to, after a few men had been
killed.
London, England, 1853-05-07

ATROCIOUS MURDER IN NORTH WALES.

CONWAY, THIIMUMIfo—A Met barbarous and
cold-blooded amsoise hoe Jae bees m eke
locality. Teem des widows at present It span
that yesterday the ammuid platy, William William a man
who bears an la" Gadded • Mai swag
named hey William, MI fat of itte Mike Co..
way, late a pahllebeme, and over • glees ell ale premed 1
that they elesid amend ea adios* ampealala to NI
rabbits. The tedeteente lemma eamaMed, bat
"
that he bad set •eta, ea whist presser mid VI,
alludis le ete he had Pr balm sernplitioady
conveyed ken the lea to whirl it end Make
behind • veil. He then seat he come gespowdse, and the
two proceeded lip the easaatra. Whoa about halfway up,
the primmer issued Ids pm, and deliberately shot bossy
Williams. Ha thou TIM the body of a valuable mark
and some . The watch is supposed to have
excited his dlty, it having just been made foe
deceased. Primer thee returned to the inn, and
quietly reseseed the pia to its plass. Whoa
questioned area W aseapairoa ha said hi had goes farther
up the moustele, where ha expend better sport. Some
heirs after • men with a dn was messing the mountein,
and discovered a large pool of blood. Oceriseal dro mays
of blood appalls, be tracked them a essidembl. tre.
tam" sad enetnally arrived at a prre= dawn vrtleh
the body red bees thrown. Having the spot,
dreamed the emfortunste young man, shot Wallet the
back. Memwhile the prisoner proceeded to the tarn who
had made the watch for deceased, !ad said be }rd bees

seat by tbelatter to obtain same useful articles instead of
the wash. The watchmaker, after ezyreselarj surprise,
pie is Man as old watch, an Americas del*, tee:.
niissad lON articles. Hearing soon aftw r that Jail
fsiis bad bus murdered, be informed to 40 polite that
his wets bed boa exchanged by the prime ,er. They the
same a Ma= into custody who. u in bed, The
inquiry sew ng. So unusual I, chtwodonee oa
a dal bei s Mau in the mountainous districts of North
Waft bee awed the most intense emit, anent,

Tue LAW OP -BANKRUPTCY.— -Yesterday a govern-
ment bill, in thC Commons, was P' Anted, to amend the Paw
relating to .osoksoPtsY is Sco' .land. The object of the
bill is to ,oelish the office of int
.erim factor, and the as.,eriffs'
clerk is to take immediate Pam ,anion of a bankrupt's estate.
cues where the assets are
tration is to be recalled. found to be wider 10'„g. wpm.
London, England, 1853-05-07

CATHEDRAL APPOINTMENTS BILL.

The hoese went into committee oa thu bill and the va-
rious clauses were Weed to.
The Bishop of OXFORD gave notice that on bringing up
the report he should move the addition of a clause suspend-
ing the operation of the act, under which the capitular
bodies at present have power to Resign their estates to the
Ecclesiastical Commission in return for fixed stipends, till
parliament shall have considered the report of the cola.
The bill then passed through committee.

LUNACY REGULATION BILL-LUNATIC ASY-
LUMS BILL-LUNATIC CARE AND TREATMENT
BILL.

Thew bills sees severally read a third time and passed.
London, England, 1853-05-07

THIS DAY—Two o'CLocx.

The English Funds remain steady, in face of a
very quiet business. Consols are again marked as
low as 1004 for cash, but have scarcely been fairly
sellers at 100; ; and the present quotation is 100;
to d, both for money and next Thursday. The
Three per Cent. Reduced mark 991; to 1004 ; the
Three-slid-a-Quarter per Cents., 103 k to ; ; Bank
Stock, 228 ; South Sea Old Annuities, 99; ; Ex-
chequer Bills, June, par to 4s. prem.; ditto March, par,
45. to ls. prem.; India Bonds, 27e. to 325. prem.
Foreign stocks are generally steady, but business
is almost at a stand still. Mexican bonds mark 27 ;
Spanish Old Threes, 481 to 4; ditto Deferred, 24k ;
the Certifs., 61, per cent.; SWedish Scrip, 11 dis. ;
Brazilian Old Fives, 101 ; Dutch Fours, 961. The
above is a complete abstract of the morning's busi-
ness list.
LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
London, England, 1853-05-07

SWITZERLAND.

A collision has taken place at Bulls. is the canton
of Friburg, at the election of a member of the Grand
Council. The Swim Gazette, an organ of the priest-
hood, asserts that the conservative candidate obtains*
• colossal majority; the beard, nevertheless, declared
the candidate of the minority to have been duly in
turned. A great agitatios ensued; the civic
drew their swords and attaclced ths_peasants, wlrddes-
fended themselves with *ticks. There were many
wounded. According to the new Zurich Gazette, it
was the liberal candidate, President Franashebond,
who was elected by 3,000 votes, his competitor, M.
Vnilleret, having only obtained 1,500.
Pear of the insurgents of the 22nd ult. have
recently died of their wounds, increasing to 12 the
number of dee.ths arising out of the late attempt. The
=e°at Freiburg state that the gunshot wounds
11; the conical bullets with which the military
of Freiburg were supplied are far more dangerous
than thoso received from the old fashioned round
balls.
London, England, 1853-05-31

AUSTRIAN ITALY.

The Atiphuni Ginette states from Milan, 22nd
jag., that several persons hare been arrested at Cre-
mona. on political charges, and that some dangerous
coffespundence of a recent date has been seized. The
same letter states that a gentleman was stabbed at
Milan on the 20th, while stepping out of a house. No
names are given, and the cause is nut stated.

The roiter 6u:ette announces, from Rome, that
Monsignor Spaceapicrm has been entrusted by the
l'upc nah a special mission to San Domingo, for the
puepo.,c of crowning Emperor Fattstm L, in accord-
ance u ith his request.
London, England, 1853-05-31

BELGIUM.

The King of the Belgians returned to his capital
on Saturday. The Brussels newspapers publish the
addresses presented by the various Belgian towns
through which he passed, with the answers of the
King. In several of the former the approaching
marriage of the crown prince to an Austrian arch-
duchess was the subject of congratulation. The
King, in replying to this allusion, spoke of the
event, which he said was not very remote, as one
that would create new guarantees for Belgium, and
fortify its political situation. At Malines, ,where the
Cardinal Archbishop was the spokesman of the
town, the King said, "The event which is in pre-
paration, and for which I shall have to invoke your
Excellency's assistance, is happy in every aspect.
Of all the alliances that I could seek, this is essen-
tially favourable to the interests of the country."

RUSSIA.

Letters from St. I;t7cr:burg state that the lately
contemplated interview between the Emperors of
Russia and Austria is indefinitely postponed.
London, England, 1853-05-31

OF THE THREE PER CENTS.-

SUITORS IN CHANCERY.

Ic reply to o qessliss from Lord Bs. LEONARDI, which
was sot heard in the 'slimy,

The LORD CHAHCILLO R said he had termed his at-
Whoa to what he had better do with reference to those
ashen who had stock us the fends. It was sot the butane of
a Lord Claaceller to he entering into any description of ape-
calatim on the subject, bat rather to be motive, and receive
the nosey when it became payable. Ho had thought it
right, however, to otemalt with the other judges of the
men, and amoral ef them were of opinion that he ought to
asseat at ease to take the lowest denomination of stock,
beams* it was the principle of the court to invest in the
lowest description of stock. He had, however, thought it
best to see what had been done in similar cases of the
convenion of higher stock into lover stock ; and he had
found that in all those cases, whether the new stock was to
be taken by assenting, or only if no dissent was signified,
in every one of sack cases his predecessors, from Lord
liblon downwards, had always elected to take the new
stock. He had thought it best to make an order directing
the accountant-geaeral to take the Two-and-a-Half par
Cent. Stock, unless aay one came forward to state that
it would lie more to their interest to take either of the
ether rates. He had yielded rather to precedent, and the
opinions of the other judges, than to conviction ; but he
had reserved three days fur parties to apply for any altera-
tion in their particular eases, and he bad signified that no
application should be made later than the 31st of this
month, meaning to reserve from that time until the 3rd
of lone, to alter the 0011110 of the Accountant-Oeneral in
cues where it might not be thought beneficial. The Ac•
countant-Omaral had his instruction. not to signify his
treat, until he beard farther from him. He should on
what the state of the market was, and should endeavour to
do the best he maid in the matter ; and if ha thought it
would be at ill impradent,he should desire the Aoeettataat-
Ofeterel not to signify any assent at all.
Lord ST. LRONAADS mid he should repeat hie yew
tioa to a day or two.
London, England, 1853-05-31

SWITZERLAND,

A letter trim Berne, of the 27th instant,
the sitting of the Federal Council, to-
day, the complications which have arisen with
Austria were brought under discussion; all the
ma,N.rs were present, but no resolution wu
idopt,d, Count do Ksrnicki left yesterday.
th• i, gone direct to Vienna, to which place
b„ n summoned. lie was accompanied to the
post I,..ie,ebv the attache of the Embassy and some of
the principal inhabitants. The Grand Council, at
its sitting of to-day, continued the deliberation
on the propositten of the government to have thei
approbation of the Grand Council to the letter ad-
dre,Ad by it to the Fed, &al Loincil relative to the
sign. of Friburg. After >ome discussion the order
of the day, pure and simple, Nl Ir proposed by M. liul-
zeherger, and n jeeted by n majority of 106 to i 6, and
the government prop anion was adopted by 9(1 to 00.
The session is now closed.'
The .Serlitcyt: Gazette announces that the enrolment
of recruits for Naples has been stopped in the canton
of St. Gall.
London, England, 1853-05-31

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLocx.

The English funds have experienced a further de-
pression to-day, and a feeling of gloom continues to
pervade every department of the security markets,
although the actual fell is still not severe. Consols
opened 100/ to 1 for money, and after being sold at
par have rallied to the opening prices. For delivery
to July, the price is 100/ to 1. The Three per Cents.
Reduced mark 991 to 1; the Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., 102 to; ; South Sea Old Anne., 991 • ditto
New Anne., 1001; Bank Stock, 230 to 1; Exche-
quer Bills, 3s. die. to Is. prem.; India Bonds, 20s.
prem.
The foreign stock market is heavy throughout, es-
pecially for the speculative Aissiriptione, including/
Mexican and Spanish, bat still sales are not p
heavily. Russian stocks have not experienced any
further fall. Mexican Bonds mark 231 to 264;
Russian Fives, 1181; ditto Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 1021; Spanish Deferred, 231 to I ; Swedish
scrip, 11 to 1/ dia.; Venezuela Active, 37 ; Dutch
Fours, 931 to 96.

tor ACCULIIII.

PARIS, May 30.

For
Mosey.

Spec Cgs*.
44 per Ceuta 1925
14 per Oran., 1832
41,a Dents.
3 ter CentnNew Loin! ... 11 ... I ..._ 1 ... ._
F.:change on Landon: k t sight, 23 3; 90 days, 24 974.
Belgian, rigen Money 1 Bilden Hints • ..... ilifter•
130. 4 ....... ..... Roman 3 tort:eats ...
Do. 3
Piedmont a p.Ol 93 ; Treasury Bondy ... 33 ...
Do. 3, 1932
PAWS, MAT 30.—St. Germain, • .Vetiathes (ritihe
beak), —; ditto (left bank), ; Pieria 'and Orleans, 1,0 3;
Parks and Rouen, 1,100; Bourn and Havre, 320; Handling
and Ada o-n (Converted), • Strasbourg and Cale, 340;
Northern, 093 ; earls and :.‘trybOsug. 912 30 ; Part. and Lyons.
933; Lyons and Mediterranean, 733; Ducat, 760; Parts - and
Cherbowg, G3O ; Dijon and Besancon, • Midi, 640 ;
Montereen and honk 440; Orangemen and Beskre, 303; liordsenz
and Taste. aOO ; Blame nd 81. Lida to Gray, 543; Dieppe and
Fenemp, 330 ; Central Bailee, —.

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London, England, 1853-05-31

SPANISH MAIN.

The resignation of the Vice- President of New Gre-
nada, Senor Jose de Obaldia, not being admitted, a
alight riot took place at Bogota, caused by the stu-
dents and other young men having met and proceeded
to the Senate,vociferoualy requiring that the above re-
signation might be admitted. The troops were called
one, but without effect. Senor Florentine Gonzales,
however, made a short address to the youths which
had the effect of inducing them to disperse quietly.
They, however, remained outside of the senate house,
and on the appearance of Senor Gonzales their en-
thusiasm again burst forth, accompanying him to his
resident*, crying "Viva Fiorentino Gonzales, down
with 'Jboldia."

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION BILL.—At a special
erecting of the Leads town council held yr.terday (Monday)
afternoon, it wu agreed to petition vtiaat the government
Education Dill by a majority 01 73 to 11.
London, England, 1853-05-31

PUBLIC BUSINESS.
LANCASTER ELECTION PETITION.

The SPEAKER announced that he had received a com-
munication from the agent to the petitioners against the
return of Thum. Greene. Esq.. for the borough of Lamas
ter. iodinating that it was not intended to proceed with the
petition.
BERWICK-ON-TWEED ELECTION. _ _

Sir J. TROLLOPE reported that the Committee of Se-
lection bad appointed the following numbers aa the com-
mittee to inquire into the chirp of bribery at the election
for Berwick-on-Tweed as reported by the committee on the
election petition : Kr. Laseelles (chairman), Sir F. Theater,
the lion. C. W. Howard, Kr. C. P. Attlerley, Kr. Balk's
Currie, and Lord Hostages Wm. Orabam.
London, England, 1853-07-04

THE DANUBUN PRINCIPALITIES.

A telegraphic despatch has been received from
Berlin this morning announcing the reception of the
manifesto published by the Emperor of Russia. in
which he declares his determination to occupy the
Danubian Principalities, the order for which only left
St. Petersburg on the 27th ult.

BRUSSELS, SUNDAY.
The following paragraph appears in the Independ-
nice Beige, of this evening:
Cossrsasvisorus, JUsn 20.—The refusal, on the part of
the Divan, to sign the note left in the hands of the Minister
of Foreign Affair', is grounded on the absolute impossibility
of seceding to the demands of the St. Petersburg cabinet with-
out impairing the Sultan's dignity and rights of sovereignty.
The Porte terminates its reply (to the note of Count
Nesselrode) by declaring that it will be obliged to consider
as a declaration of war, the passage of the Russian troops
across the frontiers, a passage retorted to in the note of
Count Nesaelrode.
London, England, 1853-07-04

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

OXFORD, JULY 2.—TILE LADY MARGARET PRO-
Fuson or DIVINITY.—A meeting of the graduates in divi-
nity was held this morning iu the Convocation House, pur-
suant to notice, for the purpose of electing a fit and proper
person to the office of Lady Mi.rgaret Professor of Divinity,
with a canonry of Christ Church annexed, in the room of
the Leto Rev. Dr. Faussett, who had held the professorship
nearly thirty yens. The numbers at the cline of the poll
were u follows, for—

Mr. Heurtley 53
Mr. Woodgate
Mr. Hassell
Mr. Foultes
_ . _

141 voters (out of 'kola 320) recorded their votes.
AI PourflitENT.—The Lord Chancellor has pre-
sented the Be,. Peter A. L. Wood to the living of Stant
field, near Clare, in the County of Suffolk. The Lord
Chancellor has also appointed the Rev. John Blackburn
to the living of Yarmouth, Isle of Wight.
London, England, 1853-07-04

HOLLAND.

ROTTERDAM, S tTURDAY.
The bill regulating the various ecclesiastical com-
munities of Holland—a bill j
ust laid before the Second
Chamber—will be discussed in committee on Tues-
day next. In the preamble the government declared
that the bill has in view the maintaining of equal
rights and equal protection for all religions, the
guaranteeing of the liberty of internal organization,
subject to the rights of the government to demand
guarantees for the preservation of law, peace, and
order, and the guarding of society from any prejudice
which may spring from the free professing of any
form of worship.
Letters from Batavia state that the master of the
American schooner, the Flirt, who was imprisoned
in Weltevreder, had escaped on board the American
ship, N. B. Palmer, Capt. Lowe. The price of rice
has risen in Socrabaza.
London, England, 1853-07-04

[r-11t1EPENCE.

OURCL 6
Four weeks ending 13th Nor. 1852
Do. do. 11th Dec.„
Do. do. Bth Jan, 1933
Do. do. sth Fcb. „

Do. do. 6ih Mir. „
Do. do. let April „
A large proportion of the produce of the Ovens
gold field is carried by escort to Sydney,
The annexed comdintiation, which has been
handed to ne by the committee of Mexican Bond-
holders, contains some remarkable disclosures, and
is deserving of the serious attention of the bond-
holders. The conduct of the committee in virtually
encouraging the idea of allowing the Mexican go-
vernment to appropriate to its own use (under the
flimsy pretext of a loan) a portion of the funds so-
lemnly made over to the English creditors will pro-
bably excite strong comment. The committee, ateord-
ing to their own showing, have not even the merit
of knowing their own minds, for whilst in oue part
of their communication to Mr. Falconnet they insi-
anate that it might be the wisest plan to voluntarily
offer the government the funds of their constituents,
in another passage they own that such a proposition
is " deprived of every chance of being entertained."
Pour months' revenue, it would appear, has thee
bass lost to the bondholders.

Miscellaneous stocks generally receded to-day,
showing, however, more firmness at the close. The
after hours' quotation of Australian Agriculturals was
66 to 6; ; Peel River, 11 to 1 preen.; South Aus-
tralian Land, 40 to 43; and British American Land,
65 to 68. Crystal Palace shares were also worse.
Australian Bank shares ruled about I/. per share
lower for the old stocks. The Scottish Australian
Bank was very flat.
Annexed are the latest reports from continental
bourses, as received by Mr. Renter's telegraphic
express :—Amsterdam, Friday, closing prices:—
Dutch Four per Cents., 84 5-16; ditto Two-and-a-Ralf
per Cents., 63 3-16; Spanish Deferred Three
per Cents., 22Z ; the Coupons, 6; ; Portuguese
New, 36; ; Austrian Five per Cent. Metallice,
81 11-16 ; Equador, ; Greek (Blue), 5; ; Granada
Deterred, 9 13-16 ; Peruvian New, 82.

THIS DAY.—Two o'CLoCW.
The funds opened at a rally this morning, which,
however, was only maintained for a moment, and
prices are now rather worse than the final rates or
Saturday. Console opened 971 to 98 ex div. for
July, bat quickly receded, and are now quoted 97a to
only. The Three per Cents. Reduced mark 98!! to
1; the Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 1001 to 101 b
Bank Stock. 2281 to 2291 ; Exchequer bills, is. to
3s. prem.; India Bonds, 251. prem.
Foreign stocks remain dull. Mexican Bonds do
not rally ; Equador continue fiat, and Spanish are
worse than on Saturday. Generally in this market
the disposition appears to be to sell. Swedish, how-
ever, is better : Mexican marks 261 to 27; Equador,
54 ; Peruvian Deferred, 69; Russian Fives, 1171;
do. Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 994 to 100 ex die.;
Sardinian, 93; Spanish Old Threes, 431 to 4t ex
div. ; do. Deferred, 22 tot ex. div.; Swedish Scrip,
934 to
prem.; Portuguese Fours, 39 to 1; Dutch Fours,
4.
London, England, 1853-07-04

GERMANY.

A telegraphic despatch from Vienna received in
Paris on Saturday, states that Count Giulai had arrived
there from Milan, and was to leave immediately for
St. Petersburg on a private mission.

THE PENINSULAR MAIL.

SOUTHAMPTON, SUNDAY Evaxxxo.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam-
picket Tagus, Capt. Joy, has arrived here, and landed
her mails under the charge of Lieut. G. A. Ellerman,
R.N., Admiralty Agent. Her dates are Gibraltar,
Jane 23 ; Cadiz, 26, Lisbon, 29 ; Oporto, 30 ; Vigo, 30.
The Tagus brings 73 passengers. Her cargo consists
of 402 boxes of raisins, 63 half-chests of oranges, 58
boxes of almonds, 20 bundles of cork, 393 half-chests
of lemons, 120 boxes of potatoes, 55 boxes of onions,
85 boxes of eggs, and 3 boxes of specie to the amount
of 6201.

The new light on Cape Finisterre was first seen by
the Tagus on the evening of the 30th; a good light.
The Tagus was detained nearly six hours on her
passage from Southampton to Vigo replacing a
crank pin carried away.
The weather was rainy and cold on the passage
out, but tolerably fine on the homeward-bound voyage,
with a northerly swell.
On July 2, 4.50 p.m., let. 48.0 N.. long. 6.19 W.,
the Tagus exchanged signals with the Belgian
schooner, Joseph. On July 3, 6.20 a.m., she passed
a large steamer with two funnels, outward bound,
let. 49.37 N., long. 3.56 W.
Her Majesty's ship Cruizer was at Lisbon, and
Her Majesty's ship Antelope was at Gibralta. The
Spanish steamers, Pizarro, 6 ; Castilla, 3; schooner
lCruz, 6; French steamer, Newton, 8 ; were at Ca-
Idiz. The French steamers Euphrate, 5; and Petrel,
4, were at Gibraltar. The Portuguese squadron was
at Lisbon. Isabella Catolico, 4, Spanish, at Vigo.
London, England, 1853-07-04

NAVAL.

PORTSMOUTH, JULY I.—A court martial was held
to-day on board the Victory, flagship, to try Mr. John It.
Richards, second master on board the Arrogant, 46, screw
frigate, Captain Fremantle, on the charge of having, on the
25th of June, attempted to escape from arrest on board the
Arrogant's bulk, the Camperdown. Rear-Admiral Corry
presided; and the members of it were—Captains Cbads,
H. B. Martin, Gain, Sir T. Maitland, E. H, Scott, Hen-
derson, Ramsey, J. Shepherd, Goldsmith, Watson, Hutton,
and Giffard, and Mr. G. L. Greetham, deputy judge advo-
cate of the fleet. Captain Fremantle prosecuted. It ap-
pears that prisoner was under arrest at the time for the
purpose of receiving a reprimand for intoxication, when he
got out of one of the lower deck port-holes into
a waterman's boat lying alongside the hulk; but
being observed, he was ordered by the officer on
duty, Mr. Howell, a midshipman, to return to the ship.
This he did, and he was then taken before the esptain,who
ordered him to be placed under close arrest. Whilst he
was under the arrest of the master at arms he escaped from
hlm, and made another effort to recaps by jumping over-
board. In this, however, he was also defeated. Several
witnesses having been examined, the prisoner in his defence
said that his object in getting into the boat was to pick up
something he bad dropped into it from the port-hole, and
that he did so with the assent of the sentry, and immedi-
ately returned on board without being ordered to do so.
With regard to the jumping overboard he attributed it to
excitement. The captain had told him be would try him
by court martial, and then placed him under close arrest,
disallowing all communication with him and all lights.
This had greatly excited him, and caused him to jump over-
bard. The court found the ease fully proved, and ad-
judged him to be dismissed her Majesty's service.
The Cyclops, steam sloop, arrived at this port to day
from Woolwich, with a portion of the machinery of the
Princess Royal, 90, just launched at this port. The Fire
Queen, steam vessel, went out of harbour this afternoon
with some foreigners of distinction, who went on board
the Duke of Wellington, 131, screw ship, Captain H. B.
Martin. The Nerbudda, 12, Commander Boyd, is ordered
to remain at Spithead until further orders. The Victoria
and Albert, royal yacht, proceeds on a cruise down Channel
to-morrow to try a new description of coal.
London, England, 1853-07-04

CASUALTIES.

Alciope, Lewis, fmte Calcutta to Liverpool, was struckhy
lightning and totally consumed, April 9, in lat. 11 3.,
lon. 88 E. ; crew Paved.—Mauritius, May 9.
Barbara Gordon. of London, Lilley, from Adelaide, S.A.
to Swansea, was lost on the west side of Cape Agu:har,
May 8; five passengers and one seaman drowned.
Gondar, loading cotton and resin at Charleston, for Liver-
pool, was destroyed by fire, June 16.
Weimer Castle, Hill, from Liverpool to San Frandsen,
sprang a leak at sea, and the coals having ignited when
making for this island, she was run on shore on Barbuda,
June 4.—Antigua, June 12.
London, England, 1853-07-04

AUSTRALIA.

The Melbourne, so notorious for " breaks down"
and failures, arrived at Plymouth, on Friday.
The Melbourne's dates are :-31elbourne, March 13 ;
Adelaide, March 18; Cape, May 17 ; and fit. Vincent,
June 14.

That intelligence bought by her from Australia, has been
anticipated both by Overland, Mail and sailing vessels, her
passage having been protracted by various accidents to her
machinery.
London, England, 1853-07-04

ESCAPE OF TWO CONVICTS FROM THE
ROUSE OF CORRECTION.

Soon after one o'clock on Saturday afternoon
great commotion existed in the vicinity of the House of
Correction, Coldbath-square, in consequence of the escape
of two prisoners, by scaling the prison walls. The spot se-
lected was the west side of the prison, and the prisoners
were seen descending on the outside by means of a rope.
They were not interfered with by passengers who saw them,
and when they reached the ground they walked delibe.
rately away in different directions. Oa information being
conveyed to Captain Chesterton, the governor, he ordered
the warders to be despached in every direction in pursuit.
The prisoners, only being sentenced to twelve months' impri-
sonment, were not under such strict surveillance as others
sentenced to a longer period, and being bricklayers,
they were employed at work about the building.
It appeared on examination that they had con-
trived to put together several ladders, which they
had found under the wheel of the treadmill, when at
work, unobserved, and also • hook attached to a rope which
they bad fixed into the wall, and then passed over to the
other side On alighting, one of the men passed through
Dunham's cow-yard, leading into Gough-street, and on to
Gray's Inn-lane, and this one, on golng along Guildford-
' street, was observed by a man in the service of Mr. Crick,
butcher, of Warner-street, and who, serving the governor,
I was acquainted with the prison dress. He told a policeman
he saw directly after that, that there was a man going
along who had escaped from the prison, but the constable
paid no attention to him. It is the intention of the governor
to report this man to the Chief Commissioner of Police.
Notwithstanding that the news "of the escape was at once
circulated to every police station throughout the metropolis,
and the telegraphs of the various railways were set to work,
up to last night no tidings of the fugitives had been ob-
tained. A prisoner made his escape at the same spot, about
twelve months back, and it is stated that the governor is
responsible, in the sum of 1001. for the safe custody of each
prisoner.

THE ARAEIA.—On Saturday afternoon, about five
o'clock, the British and North American Royal Mail steam-
ship Arabia, Captain C. H. E. Judkins, sailed from tbo
Mersey for New York with the usual mails for the United
States and British possessions is North Amerces, about
eighty passengers, and a largo and valuable cargo.
London, England, 1853-07-04

THE BRAZILS.

LIVIRPOOL, SATITILDA.T.
By the clipper 'hip Oberon,Capt. Williams, which
arrived in the Money this forenoon, we have received later
news (rota the Brazils.

The Oberon sailed from Pernambuco on the 3rd June,
and has consequently made the run in 27 days. On the
4th, spoke a large ship, supposed to be the Karl of Egra-
mont, with pasesogers for Sydney, in lat. 6.38, lon. 24.29.
On the 18th spoke the brig James, from Bahia to Liverpool,
in lat. 21.11 N. lon. 41 W. On the 30th, spoke the brig
William Nicholson, bar London, in lat. 49.48, len. 13.28.
On 3lst ult., off Cork, pared the brig William Pantos,
from Harbour Ones to Liverpool, with loss of bowsprit and
other damage, having been in contact with a steamer.
The weather at Pernambuco was floe, and although fever
had made its appearance, it had not mods much pro-
The arrivals of sum were slow, and prices were very
stiff.

COTTON was also advancing in value,the last price quoted
being 6.800 per artobs.
HIDES WINS quoted at 140 rs. per lb.
Is raziours, the last rate done for the Channel for
mien was 465. to 47e. 6d. Cotton to Liverpool, Id. per lb.
EXCNANOI on this country, 280.
The Bryn y Mor was to sail a few days after the Oberon*
for the Channel.
London, England, 1853-05-09

TUX EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING.

THE CASE OF CURRIE AND CUNNINGHAM.

The Observer says, that Mr. Currie was not bailed
out by hie friends as was anticipated on Saturday, although
notice to that effect had been served on the solicitor for the
prosecution. The officers have discovered that the Ike.
Mr. Gordon, who is a member of a highly respectable
Scotch family, and related to many distinguished persons in
that country, has been for some considerable time leading
an irregular and profligate life. Three years ago he suc-
ceeded in seducing a young woman, who lived a servant at
the house he lodged at. On making her rev. seducer ac-
quainted with her pregnancy, he endeavoured to prevail on
her to take some pills, but she peremptorily refused to
comply with his request, and the consequence was a natural
birth. The child was christened Gcorge Campbell Gordon,
with the addition of the mother's name, and
Mr. Gorden contributed to his support until
the week before last, when the mother received
a letter from Mr. Gordon, to the effect that the
amount he then Beat was the last money she might expect,
as he was about to leave the kingdom, and her friends and
herself must therefore look to the future maintenance of the
child. Mrs. Morden his also received a letter from the so-
licitor of the Rev. Mr. Gordon, to state that that gentle-
man had resigned his clerical appointment in the parish of
St. Andrews, Holborn, and had left the country ; but this is
supposed to be a /surto put the police off their guard. The
opinion generally expressed on the evidence which has up
to the present appeared, is, that there is nothing, or at least
not sufficient to implicate the Rev. Mr. Gordon in the se-
rious end disgusting charge ; but the fact is, that the evi-
dence in reference to the part he enacted in the affair has
not been touched on, except in so far as it was necessary to
the guilt of the prisoner Cunningham, and the payment to
that parson of ten sovereigns, which Miss Morden had re-
ceived from Mr. Gordon.
London, England, 1853-05-09

DLITICAL TESTAMENT OF PETER THE

GREAT.

While the friends of the Cur Nicolas are disavow-
ing on his behalf any contemplated aggression on Turkey,
it may not be inopportune to compare what we know of
recent Russian proceedings with the directions contained in
the memoranda:it drawn up by Peter the Great for the
guidance of his successors. The following are the 100,11 th,
and 12th articles of that remarkable document:—
" My successors must carefully seek and maintain rela•
Lions with Austria, and apparently support her designs upon
the sovereignty of all Germany, but secretly straiten the
jealousy of the German princes. Further, either the Em-
peror or the Princes must be brought to seek the aid of
Russia, which must then exercise a kind of protectorate
over the land, and so prepare the way for its ulterior pos-
session.
0 The House of Austria must be interested in the expul-
sion of the Turks from Europe, and in the event of the
taking of Constantinople its jealousy must be neutralised
either by exciting the other states of Europe to make war
with it, or by rehnquishing a share of the conquered terri-
tory to be taken again at a later period.
" All the Greeks in Hungary, Tarkey, or Southern
Poland, now divided into parties, must he rallied 'round
Russia as a central point; Russia must be their support,
and by means of a certain ecclesiastical supremacy must
prepare the way for complete sovereignty."
London, England, 1853-05-09

SPAIN.

It is quite certain that M. de Torre-Ayllon, the
Spanish ambassadoi at Vienna, has refused to accept
the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

GERMANY.

PRUSSIA.
The Duke of Brabant, eldest son of King Leopold,
who accompanies him in his visit to Berlin and
'ienna, has received from the King of Prussia the
order of the Black Eagle. The young duke, on his
part, is to confer the grand cordon of Leopold upon
the son of the Prince of Prussia. On the evening of
May 6 there was a grand dinner at the palace, fol-
lowed by an entertainment, at which the court was
present.
London, England, 1853-05-09

ISAILAD.

ANN RANIERI-fiord Liverpool, May 7, to Quebec
Atone-from Liverpoo!, May 7, to New Teek
Beam-from Liverpool, May 7 to Sabla
CET/lONA -from Liverpool, May 7, to ....C.aleutta
CORM/ON-from Gravesend, May 7, t 0...... Beliae
CALPIIMINIA-Iron Gravesend, May 7, to Melbourne
Downs-from Gravesend, May 7, to
Duo Fisorsu.s -from Quometown, May 3, to London
Evaora-from Swansea, May 6, to Deana
• Faserrare -from Liverpool, May 7. to Cakutta
FANILION-from Gravesend, May 8, to Norway
FIALENCIA -from Gravesend, May 6, to
PIMA-Moro Liverpool, May 7, to R. Janeiro
VIDZIA-from Falmouth, May 6, to London
Goa briar-tom Falmouth, May 6, to Landon
Harems -from Gravesend, May 7, to Melbourne
Ittacrtii-from Liverpool, May 7, to Philadelphia
RENST-from Liverpool, May 7, to ... Cala
leaua-from Liverpool, May 7, to Antigua
J ACIOA OE2INA-from Liverpool, May 7, to Liebau
JACOBA RATUANINA-from Liverpool, May 7, to St. Petersburg
Joir.Ly Routh-from Liverpool, May 7, ire Feu Frabeisto
Joint Bomar -from Gravesend, May 7, to Van Diemen's Land
JOY•2I CA IDIDA-from Gravesend, May 8, t 0.... Ferrol
Kars KEARNEY -from Liverpool, :314 7, to Singapore
LIM/RUA-from Queenstown, May 5, to London
MNIMUIT-from Gravesend, May 6, to Petersburg
Nnvvo ROSAMO-from Gravesend, May 8, to Candid&
OULU, QUALM-from Portaniouth, May 7, to New VINE
PALYIIIO -from Liverpool, May _7, to Montreal
PANUANIINT-from Liverpool, May 7, to
Portal-from Dartmouth, May 6, to London
Ittrio-from Queenstown, May 5, to Landon
SWANTIMoNt- -from Gravesend, May 8, to Bombay
ILaan-from Gravesend, May 8, to St. hate
Seers i sou-from Gravesend, May 8, to Norway
Sonaucia-from Liverpool, May 7, ito Croartadt
TAM RI AD-from Gravesend, May 8, to Constanunople
London, England, 1853-05-09

&oak= hand Casks... 34,718 43,239 24,384
Delivery last week
Do. from let June
Arrival last week 1,130 1,618 864
Do. from lit Juas
Price T. C. per owt. 1 335. 6d. 360.6 d. 474.34.
Do. Town 1 3995. 6d. 381. 9d. 495.3 d.
Arrival for the week ending May 17, last year, 283 casks,
and delivery 1,221 casks. The arrival last work comprised
297 casks from Australia, 213 South America; lit other
places; total, 884 casks.

SOUTHWARK POTATO MARKET.—THIS DAY.
During the past week the supply has been more limited,
huh coastwise and by rail; this, coupled with cold wet
weather, has increased the demand, and prices are a little
better. The following are the quotations :—York Regents,
120 s. to 160 s; Lincolnshire, 100 s. to 120 s; Scotch, 100 s. to
1305.; do. reds, 90s. to 100 s.; French, 80s. to 00e.;
Rhenish, &Os. to 90s.
London, England, 1853-05-09

THE MURDER NEAR COAIVA Y.

The inquiry into the cause of death of the unfor-
tunate young man, murdered on Cerrig-y-pryfaid mountain,
near Conway, terminated late last night in a verdict of
" Waal murder." It appears that the names of both the
murderer and his victim are Roberts, and not Williams, as
stated in our Saturday's impression. So great was the ex-
citement throughout Conway, and so numerous were the
reports current, that it was with the utmost difficulty the
real facts of the case could be obtained. The youth was a
teacher in the British School, had just obtained a prize, and
was much respected in the neighbourhood. The scene of
this deplorable event is the village of Roe, about 4 miles
from Conway. At the inquest, which was held before E.
G. Powell, Esq., of Carnarvon, the father of deceased, an
old man upwards of 60, deposed to the murderer coming to
his house on the evening of the event, and asking
his sin to accompany him rabbit shooting. They went
out together, and he never saw him alive again.
Jane Williams swore to seeing the prisoner ascend the
mountain with hisi-victim ; noticed that prisoner wore a
white Jim Crow hat, and a velveteen coat. Saw him late
the same evening. Ile had changed his hat and coat.
The Jim Clow, spotted with blood, has since been found,
but not the coat. Mr. J. Salisbury made a post mortem
examination of the body. Several large shots had entered
at the shoulder blade, and passcd upward into the brain,
causing instantaneous death. The shirt of deceased was
saturated with blood. The body was found at the base of
a large cleft in the rocks, lying face upwards. l'risoner,
who as a labourer on the Chester and Holyhead line, was,
at the close of the inqnest, conveyed to Cimarron, to
await his trial at the next assizes. Hundreds of people
assembled to se him finally secured, and were lsiud in their
execrations.

MURDER OF A NAVAL OFFICER.—WO deeply
regret to announce the murder of the paymaster of her
Majesty's ship Redalus, at San Bias. The unhappy victim,
Mr. Michael Feeley, wlto had gone on shore at that place,
was found dead by the crew of the boat that left the ship
on the morning of the sth March for the purpose of ob-
taining frs sh beef. A man suspected of the murder was
captured, and was in priens at the date of the lettar (15th
March) announcing the melancholy cvc nt. Some money
was upon Mr. Feeley's person when discovered, but it is
supposed he had been robbed of a p'rtion of that previously
in his possession. We regret to add that Mr. Feels), has
left a widow and young family, who were wholly dependent
upon the unfortunate deceased.—lfontputtre Ttiegrapli.
London, England, 1853-05-09

BELGIUM.'

BRUSSELS, FRIDAY.
During the adjourned discussion this afternoon in
the Chamber of Representatives, of the bill for in-
creasing the Belgian army from 80,000 to 100,000,
and for forming a strong reserve, the Minister, of
War declared that the military law of 1843 was in-
sufficient for the defence of the country. M. Mani-
lius, (the rapporteur of the central committee,
stated that that committee was decidedly op-
posed to the formation of a larger per-
manent force. For his own part he was willing to
vote for the increase of the army under extraordinary
circumstances, and that increase, when really neces-
sary, might bo provided for in the budget, front year
to year. The Minister of Finance declared that
the financial state of the country was satis-
factory, and that the proposed increase of the army I
would not necessitate any new imposts. M. Thiefry
declared that the Belgian army could not, under any
circumstances, successfully resist the French one,
that invasion could be only apprehended from the
direction of France, and that the Belgian fortresses
ought to be demolished, so that the war budget
might be reduced to 23 millions of franca, instead of
$2 millions, as now proposed by the government bill.'
The hon. member was about to read a communication
addressed to the military commission, when the
Chamber decided on going into a secret committee.
All strangers were then ordered to withdraw. The
Chamber shortly afterwards adjourned.
London, England, 1853-05-09

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 9, 1883.

whole corps diplomatique of Paris was present ea
/kande texas. The-Emperor was inpruseated by owe
of his aidce-de.camp. General Ms•tuas,' as eon,mandet4n.eltid of the army of Park ; General
Lowcostine; commanding the Nitional Guard ; Mar-.
dial Names, and most (tithe Spaniards of diatmo.
Lion now in Paris, besides s very large following of
private Mends, joined the cortege.
Cloning prices at the Bourse.—For money : Three
Fr •Cents., 81f. 75c., Four-and-a-Ralf par Cent
852), 101 L For account : Three per Cents., 82f. 5c.;
ur-ancla-Half per Cent., 104 f. 10e. Bank Stock,
2,895. Railways: Northern, 928 f. 75e. Strasburg,
935 f. Orleans, 1,115 E

warmly touched by these friendly assuranoes frau the other
side of the Channel.
r Yee, let us seat, with the ever dear remembrenee of na-
tional glories—let aa 'hammy ourselves Le respecting them,
both at home and shooed, but let to direct oar activity to.
wards new careers, which, though lees echoing, an not leas
honourable. •
Your letter, friends, and our answer, bear witness of the
identity of our aspirations. The hospitality of Brittany will
be wanting to the children of Newcastle, who leave
the banks of the Tyne to visit the borders of the Loire.
May year ships come among us to seek the bread of life—
the corn which the husbandman claims from the furrow ;
and may oars go to you, seeking the bread of industry, the
coal which the miner digs from the bowels of the earth.
This exchange, friends and brother, of Great Britain, is
better than that of bullets and grapeshot.
London, England, 1853-03-24

SPAIN.

On the 16th the committee of the Senate, char
to examine the bill relative to railways, and which is
composed of tho Duke de Sotomayor, the Count de
Towemarin, and MM. Infante, Collantes, Conchs,
Canter°, and Lopez de Oordora, assembled at the
residence of the duke. The report will be presented
'at an early sitting of the Senate, but which will not
probably take place until after the Easter holidays.
As soon as the Chamber of Deputies shall have been
definitively constituted, the ministry will bring for-
ward its project of organic reform, which consists, it
is said, of the revision of the electoral law, a new
organisation of the Senate, and a reform in the regu-
lations of the Chamber of Deputies. A communica-
tion of the 18th, received by express, states that the
Chamber of Deputies is definitively constituted. M.
Martinez de la Rosa has been re-elected President.
Two of the vice-presidents have not been re-elected,
although they were supported by the ministry. The
secretaries have been confirmed in their functions.
London, England, 1853-03-24

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, MARCH 23.
The season still retains its wintry aspect, and this
morning the surface of the earth was once more
covered with a white mantle, a quanti•y of snow and
hail having fallen during the night, accompanied by
a bitter frost. No agricultural writer has yet given
the public the benefit of his opinion on the probable
effects of the long continuance of this state of the
weather; but there can be little doubt that to all
kinds of crops, except the wheat alone, it must be
more or less injurious. While I write a heavy shower
of sooty is falling.
In most cif the provincial papers received to-day we
find fresh accounts of the progress of emigration.
The Limerick Reporter enumerates a long list of
respectable persons leaving the vicinity of Limerick
for Australia. via Liverpool, while a crowded emi-
grant ship was just sailing down the Shannon with
her human freight bound for America. The Cork
Constitution bays:

Great was the rush to emigrate from this port on Satur-
day to Liverpool, t. take chipping for New York and the
gold fields of Australia. The steamer of the Cork Com-
pany wee unable to afford accommodation, and as the num-
ber of imisengers .. limited to the tonnage about 300 were
left behind. l here could not have been fewer than 500
persons on board the steamer when she left l'enrose's
quay.
The Freeman's Journal announces that " Bulls
have. just arrived from Rome, appointing the Rev.
Patnck Fallon, parish priest of Touclea, Ennis-
tymon, to the bishopric of Kilmacduagli and Kilfe-
nora, vacant by the death of the late Right Rev. Dr.
Drench." The Rev. Mr. Fallon was the "
moss" of the three priests whose names were trans-
mitted by the local clergy to Rome. He has always
borne the character of being a peaceable and respect.
able country priest, and was never, as far as I am
aware, mined up in political movements.
The deputation sent to London from a meeting of
the Tenant-right Association of Ulster, to watch the
progress of the measures now before the Irish Land
Committee, have published a formal report. They
have acted entirely independent of the body styled
the Irish Tenant League, from which the friends of
the tenant farmers in the northern province have
virtually seceded since the recent factious outcry
about the " independent Irish party" has been raised.
Their report seems ealcula..ed to be satisfactory to
their friends at home.