The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-21 00:00:00

CURIOUS CUSTOM ON GOOD FRIDAY.

This =rata( betas Good Friday, the follow's;
InfieSe notate was observed is the churchyard of St.
Bartholomew the Gent, Smithfield. It eppeen that some
naterlis siege, a !sty whn resided to the p'vM►, it ft by bin
will seven penprty tt for• a feed f r the preschlag a
mann Ina 0 rod-Filday, sad to g• vie to forty peer widows
of the pain 61. such every year lea ever, sad it wee
direct wl that the sun should be pined ea the tooebstens
ewes ►er gran. No gremlins, however, havhig beta suds
f r keeping the rone in npoir, it has so cosaplmaly gone to
decay, that not a vestige remain. The es as, is therefore
sow depaind on the you'd, ate vs where the coma
was placed. The runway was peifirmed is the premien
an* enter, the Rev J. Abbis, 11. A., sad the churn-
tendon sad ins.'s' eider the will. ♦ greet manner of
poems general *Wed ea tbs.'s...sloe.

ARTISTS' BINEVOLINT FUND.—Yesterday, the
animal g -se ral meeting of this 4o p .retlos wen k.ll at the
FrOSIBIL,OIIB. Tar. ra—Kr. Henry Tw nng is the their.
A report Wes troested, i o wing th•t the belteee in hied
es the let of leaury ' 1866, was 1381. 8.. 9d., rewired
daring the year (ineled,apr a reeekt *nth desee'r,e of 100
Ipaiseas frank her Majesty), 1,1381. Ile.; total, 1,2741.
19..9d. The ova paid to fifty two widows bad hoes
812( 18..; to tweet,-a z probes., 1231 154.; t 11,9371.13 e.;
septum of la went. 1871 17* 81.; balance in hand,
Dreemb^r 31,1491 9 Id. The repott laving been adopted
and the alms rr-dated, the testis; adjourned.

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XATICBT IIryELLIGENCE.
TOKEY.
CONSTAZITINOPLE, TIMIDLY, MADAM 18.
Yesterday the sea and land batteries of the French
and the Allies saluted the birth of a French Priam
The ships in the Bosphorus were dinned in honour of
the nomies.

THE BALTIC.

HAMBURG, TZVIIIDAT, MAftent 20.
•
'MU(Ha frigate Amphies, after having met
with a violent storm in the Belt, went ashore on a
mad bank. She was got off by the Samples, and
sniffed in Lied without further accidents

RUSSIA.

BERLIN, FAIDAY.

Letters from ISt. Petersburg announee--- that after
the mmelosion of penes, conferences will be bold to
examine and discus plans of reform in commercial
PacY._

This joansey of the Emperor into Poland is post-
poned instil after his anoestion.

There are indications of s bad feeling between
Ramis and Austria.

THE EAST.

Zs Nord publishes th. following :

"Letter• from Constantinople to the 10th, inform
no that • gre►t dearness of provisions was felt in
that capital. General Bonnet had assumed the com-
mand there. 1,700 Russian prisoners had been mat
to Mena.

.IThe news from the Crimea reports a peat mor-
tality, die French army being in great need of me-
dical men."

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

Thu ova °wit aoi/LII.IOXDMIT.)
PARIS, Titvasnay Ryinture.

There will probably be much difference of opinion
uto the policy of the note in to-day's Monitory,
which announces in substance that no political am-
nesty will be granted on the occasion of the birth of
the Prince, because none is necessary to enable all
political exiles or transports to return t•, France on
the simple condition—which many, perhaps most
people, will think very just and reasonable—of ac-
knowledging the existing Government. The Emperor,
therefore, merely renews the offdr which he made on
the occasion of his sr Tuition of the throne, the which
offer has been contemned, as it appears, up to this
day by 1764 people, who have preferred for years
to endure the miseries of exile, the grinding pains of
poverty in a foreign land, and even the horrors of a
convict's life in a penal colony, rather than return to
their country upon the condition of passing under
the yoke. Is it wise to admit to the world that
these 1764 men are so dangerous to the state that
they cannot safely be permitted to enter France?
The eleventh sitting of the Congress, which was
announced for to-day, did not take place. It is un-
certain whether the meeting will be held to-morrow
oe Saturday.
The bulletin issued at the Tuileries to-day is as
follows:

March 20, bait-put U e.u.
The silk-fever is ea the decline. The elate of bet Ma-
Jot, is eacellent.
The heath of the Prince-Inipanial continues to be quite
eatiefecon. -

General Count de Sooner, Chevalier of the Su-
preme Order of the Annuotnatioe, ham arrived in
Paris ea a mission from the King of Sardinia, to
congratulate the Emperor on the birth of a eon. He
ia the bearer of an autograph letter from Victor Ent-
vaanteL

The Bourse contraries without improvement. Dar-
ing the greater part of the day but little business
was done in the Rents, and the fluctuations
did not exceed 100. In the afternoon there
was a decided falL The last prices were
72fr. SOct. for cosh, and 72fr. 300. for account, the
fall being 36c. and 43c. Credit Fowler fell 201 r.,
and Credit Mobilier 17fr. 00c. Railways fell from
6fr. to 10fr. The Austrian railway, in consequence
of over speculation for the rise, is much depressed.
It fell sfr. to-day.
All the outside brokers, the conliasiers, as they are
called, have received a summons to attend the Pre-
fect of Police tomorrow. It is expected that they
will be ordered peremptorily not to deal
in aerials securities, especially the Credit
Mobilier of Austria and Spain. The ques-
tion of creating thirty new agens de change is seri-
ously on the tapir. They will be asked what com-
pensation they propose to make to the parquet, and
the caution money hitherto demanded from brokers
will be reduced one half in their can. There is a
talk of prohibiting mon than Mr. being taken for
reports.

The circulation on the railway between Frontignan
and Com, has been interrupted by a flooding from
1 the Mediterranean during a late storm.

Aeoordiog to lb. Epees of Madrid, several Carlist
Alan an mimed in cavvviog on Um civil war la Mealso.

The Clorrirre Mereastileot Genoa of Moodsy last
stake that the enlistments for the Aoglo-ltdiaa Lesloa
have Wee swrsded, is eoserqueseo of orders from Los-
dot. Tba woad resiseot, stationed et esse, le shordy
to proceed to Chaos, theses to be skipped to Malta.
_ . _

The raise of the Temple of Diana, which wen
kaowa to Ism existed at Kamilla, have jast been dia.
covered by the workmen employed is digging the rounde-
-1 tioa of the proposed sew c►thedral.
_

Pisan Written in commemoration of the restore-
time of peep ass already is rehearsal at lb* Perim theatres.
MANUFACTURES FROM BERT ROOT.—We read I.
the 'rush papers : A sew tp c.“ of masofeetsre has just
bees treated in France—the fabtioatioe of pasteboard bon
the pulp of best root. This faerieatioa is carried on to
sons *lnset is the comatose of Foolsis (ffente-Mar(e),
sad sen be emu loved, it is said, with advantage in onus.
mate, %steer, aid tuber each articles.—A us alimentary
predestine ham jut been invested, made front beat net.
It very closely resembles toffs., and km received the
same of hawses torriAidet. Wheat &zed is equal pre-
parttime wilt Wen India coffee, the taste is by some per.
toss thought more agreeable than that of the seasias arti-
ste ; it is has heating, and dens set regain above *tenths
gautity of wear.
MART'S °Mallet:L.—You are well aware of the
desa.thas ut the Beitia. soldiery pent out from the fair sex
in Soaked, boat the lowll.st epttager to the very highest
sty it the Trains. Aesnog these presents wire some des.
col shirts. One of these fell t. the lot of Sergeant
the other day (I am renneetert sot to riot the same, but I
hoes the man well); this shirt he oproed, and then, inside
it, he diechwered eseeiel y pinned, a lock of hair and the
followiae l•Ver, eh.ch I subjo o earboiss. The letter is
directed thus:—
"Thin is for yes and I
hope it te A yeas(
era
If sot Of.. It .on was.*
Inside, the words ran this :

I write most fro lines to you hoping tSat that' Chest you A little.
I think you are doll, but holy) you. I am A young woman
Awl I hope that .ou ate A young man, this is my Dirt (Ms. for hair)
Keep it for My mks
bon

Ton ore new Whin. It is had writing.
So ends the It tier. N. t or snout) nor tame is mentionod
in it ; it was watered, it.k re.led, and the stamp on the en-
velope is a "fOrgrt-me-nct " The lo•a of hair eael.oed is
light Mown Is colour, and plaited in three, tied with Moo
and yell.w silk threads. Who Is Katy ? Crimean Cup es-
Poneni of ihe Hera&

THE BERLIN DUEL.

The Gazette de Cologne states that the judicial mili•
tar, inquiry into tie eivercestanoaa et the above duel is hit
saiested, sad that the dienioa is daily expected.

The (Java. Nationale of Berlin publishes the following
statement fun the brother of the unfortunate victim:—
" Viewing the general interest excited by the death of
my bristlier, and the allegations published on every side, I
believe it my duty to add ate on my part the following
feats—the authenticity of w►ieb I g s which
will not be found altogether useless in forming a jut and
impartial appreciation of the whole of the effete.
L The conduct of Pile* Lieutenant Duna, as it•
fates to the jockey club, was seriously blamed by my hrt-
tber, sad—contrary to a lies rigorous view of the matter
taken by the assebere of the presidency of psliee—be
demised him, for bees& of discipline, to a floe of twenty
Balm, and this was, in feet, paid.

"2. At II late, date, Police Lieutenant DIMS wee rat
to Paderborn, by order of the Minister of the Interior, bet
without inerease of salary or peonect!en.
"3. Oa September 8, 1866, the Director-General of
Pollee rendered an aeoosat to the King of the dispute
awed by this affair. The papers len by my brother do not
acquaint oh with the niche of this stop.
"4. The papers before me chow that my brother did not
leave any honourable mune Wattled to effect an amicable
arrangement of the differenees and if the form proposed by
him for such a pere.ote, did not obtain his adversary's as
seat,—neitlier was it possible for him on ►is pact to accept
the pretensions est up by the adverse party.
"6. Tao duel between my brother and M. de Bochow took
place, according tv the statement comminute:4W to me by
en honourable eye witness, after the ezieting Jews in suck
matters. Nevertheless my brother was tar from indicating
by words or deed', any intentlon of killing his 'Annul—
so fir from it, he even rejected the invitation to wear epee-
why, made to him on account of his shortaens of sight.
6. My brother addressed ao challenge to any one but
to M. de Rochow. " 0. D. HIXCIiILDRY.
" Berlin, March 18, 1866."

The :North Prussian Goons, of the 17th intent, roc-
Una the folk:lias dordoratnou, sent to it for publican=
by Herr no Rochow, of Koine, the brother of Herr von
Heaekeldrie opponent

"Tito accounts, partly theortect tied partly false, that
have ben eircalated emesterning the cease of the duel be-
tween the Direcor General of Police, Herr von Hiackeldey,
and Herr von Heehaw, of nesse+, make It Mainsheet oa
me, ae the brother of the latter, to make known the follow-
lag particulars, the truth of which is every mass I use-
net... The coadact of the police towards the members of
the Jockey Club in the month of Jane last year in-
' chased my brother to lodge a complaint, 'filth led
to the poni-hisont, for breach of discipline, and
the removal of Hort D—, the lieutenant of police,
sad it afforded to my brother the utisfaction of seeing the
official ►cts of Hen D— condemned se ucjuatiflable, and
as irjurions to the patties who had suffered by them. In •
conversation that t-ok place reepectiog this affair between
ay brother, sczompaniod by Herr —, and the Director-
0, natal of Polka vote Hiackeldey,the latter made to them a
cusasaunication which my brother consioered himself

bound—after he bad taken down the expreisioje, and
verified their accuracy by written sal verbal oonferenee
with Herr —, to repeat to two other gentlemen, the parties
most concerned. One o 1 theses gentlemen, belonging to the
military profession, considered himeelt obliged in come-
queues to lay the case before the Council of Honour, which
step caused the putting of a question to Herr von
Hinckeldey. In reply, Herr von Hinckeldey deemed
officially that he had not made that communicatins to Herr
von Rozhow and Herr —. The military tribunal above-
named, upon receiving this answer, declined proceeding
further in the amt. lhr„ugh Herr von Hinckeldey's da-
cha declaration, my brother lay under the imputation of
having attend en untruth; bet being, on his side, esse-
ironed that he had strictly and faithfully reported the en •
premions of Hen von Hinckeldey, be caseplained through
the official channel, nod demanded, by stating the affair
and bringing forward Herr -- as • witness, that Herr
von Hinckeldey should he made acquainted with his plaint,
and that be should be induced to make such a declaration u
to reader it passible for him (the oomplaiiaint) to alter his
cp:nion that Herr vita kinclieldey bad c tlicially uttered an
untruth. This plant led to mites other steps,
bat in the camas itself to no farther result than
the judicial decision, imparted to my brother, that
no r.iisson appsnesd for cam/ally proswentina the matter.
Is the coarse of these negotia•io-is it transpired that Herr
von Hinckeldey thought and maintained that his com•
sinniestion had aot been ea represented, and that it did
not bur the conetracdon put on it by Messrs. von Rochow
and —, but that he bad merely made it hyjothetically,
and, moreover, onlidentia;ly. This latter suiertion wee
not sainted to by my brother; oar the contrary, it was
declared positively by him, aa well as by Herr —, that
Herr von Hinekeldey had made no appeal to the discretion
of himself or Herr —, in so far as that expression wee
eorcerned, but solely for another part of the conversation,
end upon this point ha and Herr -- were entirely agreed
from the very first, when the purpoit of the conversation la
ireestiora was verified between them. My brother attached
such importance to this point that be made the omission of it
by Heir von Hinckeldey the condition of a settlement
sought to be arranged by tie mediation of a third party.
This condition was also accepted by Herr von Hinckeldey,
and thus en understanding was effected respecting the con-
tents t f • &eh ration which the latter was to maks touching
the disputed expression that had given rise to the proceed-
ings. But an indentanliog not be effected respect-
ing the form in which this declaration was to be drawn up.
The nee appeared quite as little to the judicial authorities
es it did to Herr von Hinckeldey himself to warrant a legal
plaint, 'Tee on the grounds of private wrong, elthongh
my brother emphatieajly repudiated the insinuation
made of his wishing to provoke • duel, and
although he expremiy resorted to this judicial mode
of vindication. Under such circumstances, my brother
thought he need entertain no serape of presenting
to one of the Ran leases named shave, who requests it, a
copy of the rraolutio a adopted by the military tribunal, de-
clining the mediation of the Council of Honour, together
with c mason of his own on the steps mistily taken cr
intended to be taken by Dimwit with toe auttaritin in
order to obtain as official settlement. Having been made
acquainted with the reielution in question, Herr von Hine-
ketch y sent my ir.aber • chill, lige to fight a duel with
irstols. The loses of that doel his been already made
hums by the umpire, Herr v. d. Marwits, whose statement
wee published in No. 51 of the New Prussian Gantt* fur
the 12th of Merin, this year.

" A. vox Rocnow, of Kraus.

" Bulls, Much 17. 1856."

NEW BILL ON MARRIAGE WITH A DECEASED
iris Sierza.—Lord St. Oirnsa•is' bill to emend the
! law to no. tilled with a dtheesed mite. sister hat jest
been printed by idler of the Hons. • f Lord*. It ,5 et titled
Marriage Law Anseadmid still." Ti.,. are eight arc•
tioas la the essessts. The pr, amble dea sr, c that it is
"thritiort to mend the law as to merrier. with ad-
eeded wife's sitter or a demisted wife's n:ece. The bill r ro-
poses to r p -el im3 math of any act f r acts iif petlismed se
weeders void er v inlable any marriage ciilebriitth between a
sae sort his die-awed miff s sister or nice Such mimeses
before the pawing of this (intended) set the not to be "raid
or v.idable ' by reason only of the &albite of the poetise
thereto. To enabl. meth marriages to he ce added under
the 6 and 7 Wee. IV., e. 85, the affinity it ited is t 3 be no
WNW impedisamt There Is a proviai,m is to mooted
eases where marriage was already illegal, and another
provision a. to property, which has already b. c-me vested in
cosethatheri of .he imps limed now existing wall r..ipeet t 3
merry-re with a deceased wife's dun or niece. The act is
sot to *Met settlement& of personal property uprise wills or
testaments administered to du ric the minim/ o' the same.
The law did dithipline I f the United Church of England
sad Ireland, or of the Cherub of &Nand, are not to be
affected. Neither of the parties to any na,ri.ge between a
mad and his deceived wife's sister or niece by roost of the
affinity between the parie. it to Iss liable to any Cenflafe
or tnant.hmene. It is not p- powd to extend 'me new live
to Set tienJ. The bill Mani s tor the 'mad ruling on the
ifthpiodsc
THE ASSYRIAN EXCAVATIONS.—The public are to
be c tartratuhted up. n the s f, airivol of about 160 tons of
sculpture hos tie Assyrian eon Lval..ont, •h.ch are e
dered the finest specimens of t at art hith-it . found, having
bees brosght home by Messrs. 8 Lynch and C.'. in the
Christiana Carmel. There has been much anxiety about
they. infrrrttirg relies, in rorsequenre of the loss ree-
-1 Weed by the French nition of a much larger quantity,
ombye twothe
*sank
'mug lions true S in flatylon, pro ur.d by Mr.
Lynch when there, which, we ere informed, will be pri -
tented by Aldermen Finals •0 the Z welovical Otrdent, in
Itegent'sliark. Those are the more iot•restine, as bang the
Ant specimens of that animal brought to England from the
valley of the Eulehrato s.
CRYSTAL PALACL—ONE SHILLING DAs, MARCH
Agegreeienee on payment, 794; ditto by season tickets,
j 222; total, 1,016.