The Express.
London, England, 1865-04-27 00:00:00

To Mn. B. Cobden, Midbunt.

Paris, April 4.
Madam,—l have just learnt the death of Mr. Cobden.
I participate moat deeply is your groat affliction.
The personal relations which I have had with that good
man, so illustrious and Do medest, inspired me with a great
esteem and a sincere frisodahlp for hies. I was happy to
see him as a member of the Imperial Commission over
which I preside, assoniated in our labours far the Universal
Exposition of 1867. He has rendered as much service to
France as to England by the grandeur of his ideas and 6e
part which be tool; in our commercial reform. His memory
will among us. Receive, madam, the expression of all
my keen regret'.
Richard Cobden will be wept by all true friends of liberty
sad of progress. Men of hie character and of his value
are rare ; they belong to humanity.
Accept, madam, the "'ammo of my most distinguished
sentiments. NAPOLION (nit 01116).

CIVIL SERVICE ESTIMATES.
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PUBLIC WORKS AND BUILDINGS.

A statement of the estimates of 1865-6 of public
works and building was issued this morning. The total
sum required is 799,3704, being • decrease as compared
with last year of 54,1481. The vote for the new foreign
office is 15.0001. less than lase ear, and that for the harbours
of refuge 20,0001. less. There are the following reductions:
in the vote for the new record buildings at Dublin, 12,0001.
in the came of Holyhead and Portpatrick harbours, 7,9461.;
I public buildings, 6,9414; furniture of public offices, 5,3001.;
royal palaces, 3,4224; and other votes, including 55,0001;
for land, he., at Kensington-gore ; end 20,0001. for West-
minster•bridge approaches, which appeared in last
year's estimates, are sheen this year. The total
decrease would, in fact, have been 152,0841.1 had
there not been new and increased items. The new
items are :—Publicofficee site, 20,000/. ; Metropolitan Firs
Brigade, 10,0001. ; Patent-office, 4,000/. ; Isle of Man
Lunatic Asylum, 4,0004 ; Leption Houma, Tangier, 1,5591.
The sum required for the new houses of parliament
is increased this year by 17,3121. ; Probate Court
and Registries take 8,3191. more ; and the British
embassy houses, Paris and Madrid, 4,1911. more; public
buildings in Ireland are increased by 6,2251.; lighthouses
abroad by 5,7711.; the Nelson column by 5,5001.; the shard
court-homes, Scotland, by 3,0004; the Pablie Record Depo-
sitory by 2,7501.; the ladustrial Museum at Edinburgh by
2,3084; royal parks and pleasure gardens by 1,0964 ; New
Weelmininer-bridge by 1,0701. The net reduction, however,
as cowered with the mate for 1884-5 is, as we hennaed.
54,1484

"The Cobden family," Mr. W. Durrant Cooper
says, " were Lammers in Sasser is the time of Henry
if not earlier. William oobere, jos., was owner of I
lands in West Dean, part of the Hospital of Arundel. He
died on the 4th of February. 1563 (see 'Sumer Arch. Col-
lections,' vol. xvi., p. 511. For this same property, as
worth 401. a year, his deeesedent woe fined is 1623 for non-
attendance
at the coronation of Charles L to receive his
knighthood ; and for the same property another William
Cobden voted at the county election of 1734 ; • relative, I
Richard Cobden, end the ancestor of the late Richard Cob-
den, voting for a freehold at Midhuret."
The opening of the Philharmonic-rooms in
Southampton was inaugurated by a grand fancy ball oa
Tuesday night. The rooms form one of the most elegant
baddinp in the town.
RIPRIZINTATION or WIICDSOZ.—We are in-
formed that Sir Henry A. Hoare, eon of the banker of that
name, will oder himself as a madiclate for the representation
Of the borough of New Wisdom., in the liberal icairest, at
the apposseing reseal 'lmam. Mr. Flower, of Stratford-
-1DOO•AVOC, haring retired from the coaled, the candidates
who will be was tormed by the liberal pert, in opposition
to Mr. W. Vanaittart and Colonel R. H. Vise (both of
whom are staunch coessevatives) , the present sitting mem-
here, will thus be Mr. !Abut:pliers and Sir H. Howe. As
mum very peat alumna's in the siesta& roll of the
beessagh of New Windier have ben saga slime the hi
election the mated Mend likely to pone a men NW

LATICST rf4TELLIGENCL

AMERICA.

THE STATE OF MR. SEWARD.

THE
ASSASSINS NOT APPREHENDED.

(zzam's TILIKIZAIte.)
ARIVAL OF THE ETNA.
(Via Roches Mat)
NEW YORK, Aram 15, 5 P.Y.

Mr. Stanton telegraphs as follows :
" Mr. William Hunter has been appointed Act-
ing Secretary of State during Mr. Seward's illness.
" President Johnson has announced that he will
make no changes in the cabinet.
"Mr. Seward's throat is not cut, but his face is
gashed. He saved himself by throwing himself out
of bed. The surgeons report his condition un-
changed, and that he is doing well. Mr. Frederick
Seward's condition is eritital.

•
" The assassin• have not yet been apprehended."

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, Amin. 27.

Herr von Bismarck was present to-day at the
sitting of the committee appointed to examine
the bill for the increase of the Prus-
sian navy. The minister expreesed a
hope that the government would succeed
in obtaining the port of Kiel for Prussia,
and under certain conditions for the Ger-
man navy. The latter will grow out of the
Prussian fleet by developing the maritime
resources of the other States of Northern Germany.
Herr von Bismarck further said that he wished in
the interest of the country that the Prus-
sian Diet would declare that the acquisi-
tion of Kid was necessary. The acquisition of
this harbour was intended by the government
but on the basis of a common understanding.
The tract of land situated between Holtenar
and Friedrichsort and the opposite vil-
lages were also required by the government.
He declined to state whether under certain emer-
gencies the realisation of this scheme so far as
foreign powers were concerned would be effected by
force.

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, Ann. 27..

- .
Baron Werther, the Prussian ambassador at the
court of Vienna, read yesterday to Count /dens-
dorff a note proposing the convocation of the Diet
of Sleswig-flolstein. The note does not mention
that the elections are to take place on the basis of
the electoral law of 1848, and it is therefore sup-
posed that the electoral of 1850 will be the basis of
the election.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, Arm 19.

The Sultan has ordered machinery and engineers
from England to work the coal mines in Turkey on
his own account.
The Russian railway between the Black and
Caspian seas is progressing rapidly, 20,000 forced
labourers being employed. It is to be finished next
year.
Letters received here from Bokhara state that the
Emir is preparing an expedition to assist the Khan
of Kokan against the Russians.