The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST 7, 1847.

immense secession of strength. Re is young and
ambitions, not pledged to either party, bat standing
aloof to carve oat his own game—no doubt, with the
sword. Such a sword flung into the ministerial
scale, would do much to make the other kick the
beam, for recent events, without challenging display
of military talent, have done muck to increase his
popularity with the army. Awordingly, we may be
pretty certain that Don Manuel will be courted and
caressed as much as possible by all parties. Lately
he has exhibited a tendency towards liberal opinions,
which incline people to think that he will not show
himself insensible to the probable flatteries of the
court.
0 On the evening of the 28th the Queen gave a little
tea-party. The company was confined to about a
dozen persons. Among the ladies were Senora
Pacheco and the Marques& de Valverde. The prin-
cipal men were Santa Colours, Pastor Diaz, and
Generals Serrano, Dominguez, and Roe de Olano.
The Queen Nang, to a piano accompaniment, several
national songs, among others a Polo Andaluz and the
Toros de Puerto. The party lasted from half-past 10
to 1. Next morning at half past 11, the Queen set
out on the hunting excursion to Rio-Frio, where she
would pass the night, and probably return late next
day to 'La Granja. Monsignor Brunelli was expected
at the royal seat ; and when he made his appearance
all the magnificent fountains were to play in compli-
ment to the urbane nuncio. Meantime one or other
of the fountains played daily.
The order of the expedition to Rio-Frio was this :
the sertithembre was sent on ahead in three coaches
and a gakra or van. In the same carriage with the
Queen eat Santa Coloma and Pastor Diaz. An escort
. of cavalry followed, amounting to 15 horse, relieved
at Quita-Pesares by a similar escort. Then came a
berline with the Marquis of Ma/ pica, Pena y Aguayo,
Gen. Dominguez, Senor Vega ; Generals Carondolet,
Serrano, and Res de Olano ; and Senores Cami-
nero and Marqueai. The day was immensely hot,
and the gentlemen packed in the berline must have
found this part of their excursion anything but
agreeable.
Letters of the latest date from Barcelona announce
the arrival of 20 English ships of war in the bay. Of
course all the Catalans imagine that we are going to
push our cottons down the throat of Spain with can-
uon-balls.
The list of persons decorated by the Queen of Por-
tugal is given in the papers. It offers little interest.
Concha is decorated with the Grand Cross of the
Tower and Sword.

FRANCE.—HAVRE, At:i3.4.—Tile EXPLOSION ON
BOARD TILE COMTE to'Eu.—A letter from Havre Up :
" The dreadful accident which has occurred on board the
Comte d'Eu engrafts every one's attention. The vessel
was altogether constructed umber-work and machinery, by
private manufacturers. The hull, which was of iron, arid
ereatted by M. Normand, was remarkably elegant in its
form. The narrowness of %tile sides demanded a steam-
engine of great power; but occupying only a small space.
The best engine makers of the Oretteot employed all thwart
to meet these conditions. The system which they employed
has been used with the utmost success for the last eight
years en the Rhone and the Saone. Each boiler was com-
posed of two horizontal cylinders; huperporied and com-
municating by large tubes; the lower cylinder commu-
nicates at one end with the farnace, and the flame is
forced' to -pus through a numhar of tubes crossing the
cylinder la all its length, and ending at the chimney at
the other end ; water envelopes these tubes in every part.
Bars of iron, tinned firmly, strangers's-aka-upper pert of the
furnace. If any dangle of rupture was to be apprehended, '
it was in the tubes through which the flame passed, whereas,
on the contrary, it was the upper part of the furnace whisk
burst. What waalb• cause of Our ? Must it be attributed
to a fault in the Making, or to some defect in the metal at
that place ? Oe did the engine-men, charged to supply the
boilers, allow the water to fail so low se to leave the top of
the femme uncovered, and in that way exposed to get red
hot from the action of the Or, ii it the system itself
the is to be acefted, as ert
iitctplicated for the cir-
culation of the and attentive inves-
tigation cattgone ent, and decide on
all them questions. ~...rzlarre, in giving an
account of theintarmeett of the whit who were killed by the
bursting of the boiler on bottle *Monde d'En, states that
it had received an Acid aoomantoasking the number 10
and the wounded 8, reducing the %hal of sufferers to 18
instead of 20, as first stated. Bartels the morning ell the
rehab in the harbour and docks had their flags hoisted Itali-
an& high, and every other token of mourning was shown
both at the port sad in the town. At 8 o'alock there wee a
large assemblage In the chapel of the hospital, where the
funeftl melee was performed by the clergy of the pariah.
At 0, the procession with 10 coffins moved to theeemetery of
St. Roch, followed by the crews of the Brodeur, and every
other government shop lying off Havre, all dier civil, naval,
and military authorities, the national gaards,o ew of the
Cow* d'Eu, and a large train of the citizen, all classes.
When the bodies were laid side by aide in paves, the
ceremony was urnidaded by the flung of volley, or musketry
over them.
Two sittings of the Civil Tribunal of the Seine
have been occupied with the hearing of a ease of some in-
terest to the theatrical world. M. Itaroche, as advocate
of Y. de Caters, Winker of Antwerp, consul judiciaiee of
his too, M. Ernest de Cater', called upon the tribunal to
(helms null and void an obligation of 25,000 f., and a contract
of marriage, subscribed and entered into by the latter in
favour of Mile. Judith, a clever and handsome metre* of the
Theatre Frani* the marriage contrast setting forth that the
fair damsel bad remitted no lees a sum thanl7s,ooof. to H.
de Caters as her &raise, who acknowledged to have received
it. M. Bareche set forth that his client wt a member of
the Belgian senate, and a wealthy banker ; that his son, Y.
Roost de Caters, having unfortunately formed as intimate
connexion with Mlle. Judith, bad spent immense sums upon
her—in one year as mach as 175,000 f. i that to prevent him
from continuing to squander away his fortune, hie father
had got kiwis( appointed hie tensed jailiciaire, and had
remeeved him how Paris ; and that then Mlle. Judith
ed him to sign, before a notary, on Bth October,
Tart contract of marriage, by which it was stated that she
looped him 175,000 f. in money, &c., which he acknow-
ledged to have received, as also furniture, horses, diamonds,
' he. of the talus of 25,0001., and a promissory note for
26,0001, signed by him. The marriage never took place,
laid the learned counsel contended was never intended to
take place, the object of the contract being merely to con-
I statute H. de Caters, a debtor of 175,000 ft. to Mlle. Judith.
111 W Judith had brought an action for the restitution of the
I.lWr. before the tribunal at Antwerp. The learned
gpehidementergued that, being entered into after • conceit ja-
• • • had been appointed to him, the contract of M. de
Caters wee mall and void, and he entreated the court to de-
clare It null, in order to
toil
the son of him client from
doh eonsequeneet of his folly.—M. Ikon Duval, the advocate
of Mlle. Judith, raid that this " young man" was a child of
about forty years of age, and that with all his charming
want of experience, he wag one of those fine follows who
form relations with momss and women, under pretence of
being very wealthy, and who pay them in written promises,
and subsequently do not honour their signatures. At the
I time be was presented to Mile. Judith she was surrounded
by a circle of rich and liable/table admirers, and M. de Ca-
ters, as a Fleming, was not qualified to debut among them.
But he talked very arritinaly of marriage, and that caused
him to be favourably received. He also wrote letters in
which be solemnly protested his love, and stated that' his
family would sot oppose their marriage. Mlle. Judith was
I ttfr 17 oars of age, and it was not unnatural, as peers of
and France had frequently married activism,
a 'eMce ihould re that a son of a Belgian senator would
mange=
mums" as be had arrived at so ripe an age.
The road tsitors, in which M. de Caters be-
waitedites Isameste slide soul at being separated from hie
beloved, lineal that he had eatietained a gloomy idea of
seeking comnialloh in suicide, promissid that he would do
fine thieve kw a child of 1114.1ndith, whisk he called
" sets petit Oeseges," era glade solemn oaths that he
ocedilered himself bar Masa& and that he was determined
he how her. la another letter he spelt* of MM. Judith's
Miffier as his " dear and good mother-in-law." The learned
them Went on to state that H. de Caters had
=llMMlrremttr blighted to the puree of Mlle. Judith for
eiveasee, emi that She bad paid his gambling debts. On
was weemiiew Ise toot kw toe richly furnished house, and told
her that that furniture and house were her p ; but
mole days after Mlle. Judith was compelled to pay the bill
hr the l'arniture, and to make a eachfift to get out of the
contract for the purchase of the honest. It was to recom-
pense her for these disburiminusts that he had signed the
obligations. The horsed gentleman then read several let-
Jere from M. de Caters, in all ot whir& be mieke of Mlle.
Judith as his future wife. Ono of them leNiMi was dated
from a debtors' prison at London, into whisk ha had been
thrown by some of the numerous crediftre be bad is Eng-
land. The learned gestlemiga remarked with some severity
on the want of good faith which M. do Caters had shown in
signing a marriage contract after he krsew that a comma
jUtikkaril bad been appointed, when the contract booms
aster* call. But he ceatasied that the sum mestlemel
Ur `amilleset aloes is great part awe dishonoured pro-
of 3L de Caters held by Mlle. Judith, end
that 11z:tea formiarsthat they were without sabre.
mantises,
—K. , in esti7 M...ed that the conduct of Y. de
Cams lesd deed sed repeated that he had @even-
tide"' a greet pert of his - NUL Jutish is g very
IMO thne. He issalaWgwei • veausAV serious
la the obligation and twehhot he had ' That
he had never touched air-pert sf the 17 him' din
the contract, et the time It tem sakheleavelieshateweelear
fromthe fact that he was rhoftigoileein a a
et London. Mlle. Judithhed, in fasi,Weat her mule shot
.him to London, and it was there that he hat dreamed er a
marriage, and it was only them beim* the mother premed
it. The learned gentle:ma demied that 1), Oahn had
ever rehired MOTS this Iva lode huh 10e. Judith - and
as to
es the little child, Geier, who had been spoken of, he
I hxd we not, might be , the wma.ol De Caters, he
having been born before item bed say ameezion with
Mlle. Judith. After the rromersar-do-Rai, whoa
proposed that the obligeffen the 21,000 f. should be di►
dared good, and the makes contrast void, the UMW
its decision fora week.
poste wed
ITALY.—NAPLES.—Jobbing in the stocks has here,
as everywhere else, been the cause of much immorality,and
great misfortunes. The Chevalier Ferri •propoeed to the
King to enact a law forbidding time bargains ; and this

measure, Which wu immediately carried into effect, has pro-
dead all the good consequences which wen expected from
it, by puttiag an end to the speculation wh so often
brought families to ruin and placed public tranquillity in
jeopardy. The conversion of the Five per Cent. Steck,
who* is taking place, gradually, is progressing without diffi-
culty, and the reduction of duties on articles of importation
and exportation.
ITALIAN FRONTIERS, JULY 26.—1 n come-
gam* of news, just arrivedfrom Italy, and which gives
~Onto dread' crises mere or less violent. a body of 20,000
nom are to he east, on oblervaties, to Como, a few leagues
distant hem Milan. The troops are to 'be levied out of
the metre ef Austria and ether provisoes of the empire, so
that the army of Italy may not be weakened. It is sated
that Field Marshal Count Bodetsky has been invested with
tell powers to seed troops into the central parte of Italy,
amerstlng to need and eireumatanoes. Fresh distarbances
are laid to have broken out at Parma. At Rome the papu-
lees is said to have ',vociferated cries of insult as they passed
before the hotel of the Austrian ambassador. The Austrian
garrison of Ferrara is to be increased.—Correrpoodani de
Nuremberg, July .31.
CHIRMA/ff.—PRUSSIA.—BERLIN, AUGUST I.—
BASIQUIT TO Ma COnoBN.—A banquet was given to Mr.
Cabals, fa Berlin, on the 31st ult., by the members of the
Fres-trade Association. Mr. Cobden had gone on the same
day to Potsdam, by invitation of his Majesty, but made he
a at the dinner about 8 o'clock, when lie was re-
ared with great andante by some 150 gentlemen who had
assembled os the occasion. The chair was taken by Burgo-
master Nannye, who expressed his happiness at being able
to p esve to such a man as Mr. Cobden that the principles
which have been so victoriously carried out in England are,
so he SA a beginning is taken into consideration, sufficiently
powerfully represented by the influential assembly he
was then addressing. Mr. Cobden replied in English,
which was afterwards translated into German by Dr. Acher.
Amongst the Matte that followed there was one "To the
triumph of freedom of trade on equal conditions for
England and Germany," proposed by Professor DOnniger,
who introduced it with some remarks on the origin and
principles of the Zollverein. Dr. Acher referred to the
position of Hamburg with respect
.to the other portions of
Germany, in reference to the principles of free trade. The
North American consulleneral in Trieste, Herr Waren.,
ant delivered an eloquent discourse, which was greatly ap-
plauded. This gentleman, who was born in Sweden, and
brought up in North America, speaks German with the
utmost fiuency. During the evening, Dr. Spokler addressed
the distinguished guest in English. The speeches have not
t been published.
.CftEFELD, AUGUST I.—BANQUET TO HERE Von
Bicesturn.—A grand dinner was given on the 31st uIL
at Crefeld, to this distinguished member of the Prussian
diet. In responding to the toast to his health, Herr
Von Beckerath observed, that since the closing of the diet, a
remarkable movement had been observed Molest provinces
of the monarchy. " What," he asked, "is the meaning of
the frequent festivals which have lately taken place ? What
the signification of that movement, which, proceeding from
the diet, and mysteriously working its way, pervades not
only the educated classes, but every stratum of society.
Not without justice is a nation likened to an individual.
There is no more important, no sublimer moment in the life
of any man than when the first ray of a higher consciousness
breaks upon his soul, and when, recognising himself as a
morally free being, he takes his first eventful step upon a
self-chosen course. So, a nation is quickened with hitherto
unknown feelings in the course of its development; it be-
comes conscious of its very self, of its very life, in a general
organ, when, joyful and amazed, it beholds itself in the
mirror of a national representation, whose deeds are its
own." • • • "The Germans (subsequently observed
the speaker) are an unmixed ancient people, who have pre-
served their language, and their peculiar manners, under
obstinate contests and most difficult circumstances ; and who,
when they appeared almost weakened to death, rose up
again with a giant's might, and, scattering their adversaries,
asserted the indestructibility of their nationality. Their
defeats were not so much the work of overpowering &so, ea
the results of their own internal dissensions. Since the VIMII
of the war of liberation, the idea of a durable nations'
unity has been cherished by that people. That idea to
not satisfied by a mere system of confederacy. A seem
to the object in view was made by means of
rfferilt
erein." Towards the close of his address, Herr Von
Beedrarath spoke as follows: "Independently of any human
will, mart the people possess the nght of approaching the
throne respeedully at appointed periods, in order to ex-
ercise their rights in the legislature and in the ficallen of
the state, to express their wishes, to delibmilla shmenin
their weal and their woe ; in Mort, in order to bees= sis-
ledous of their independent existence in the hoe explodes
of opinion. Hence the eagerness with which Prussia-meg,
all Europe—looks forward- fbr the solution of that ques-
tion. One happy'dictum from the throne, and all will be
settled. The dangerous vacillation of our public affairs will
give way to rooted fixity, and the foundation-stone of Prue,
Nan and German greatness will be laid. Let us trust to
the Lints wisdom for the speedy utterance of that word."
AUSTRIA.—VIENNA, JULY 29.—The opening of'
the next diet in Freeburg is fixed for the 124 of November
next. According to accounts from Clificia, a considerable
mortality prevails among the peasantry and lower clam is
tha_t_provorm.
W USTEXBERO.--MORAL TOlTURE.—Aneitasel&
airy circumstance occurred at a recent siting. of one et*
eft* ilitre at Ulm. A peasant named Louis Redsteeker,
Ihse. of Ruhethel, was about to be tried for having
bleed r peasant of the same village. In answer to the
muntions of the presiding judge, he energetically denied hie
guilt. The judge told him that he had confessed et befog, des
memaining magistrate, when he said that he had done seem
meant of the moral torture to which the examining me.*
teats had subjected him. " This magistrate," he west es
to my, " threw in my face the hands of the murdered ass.
which had been cut off his corpse. He also showed an Ow
ribs of the corpse, and said that if I did not avow the elms
of which I was accused, the dead man wenld apprise at *let
before my bed, end would say to me, ' Louis Leal memo
me the life on have taken!' The magistrate Ora asked
=tt I in ghosts, and, on my answering in the
"re, toll me that a meat number of them would ones
sad drag me le bell if I did not confess! Terrified et the
lm*, I esseemed all that he wanted, and sibereresit
my esmilmion!" The examining meglinete wee
tel seemsoned before the court, mileele elheihrl
had emeeloyed the means ofintimidelisaileied by**
petemer, the mart declared the raisins meld=
sad memseal Or ease for times memdm. It Ora
to
th-e MAW/ of Justice a roped et the eimileet oldie eme-
Hl°Via
LL D.—A letter fie* fin Neve, pnbliebei
lin the Independence Beige, gives tbe amounts, the
difference which are said to exist in *royal family et
Holland Yon are aware that the lahallitents of the
royal radieneelave be • long time past been accustomed Se
have the med impesbable and the most scandshes rope*
circulated mess them, and believed, the gem* pond
which are am* devoid of faeadedia. We wmameeld
vary prudes*, and avoid Obq deenistien
rumours. Nevertheless, the repeet, exteivibrej to yid&
the Prince of Orange thinks of rename*. his eventual
rights to the throne, is given out mite such aus-
pices, and surrounded by such cirearestences, that I
think it my duty to communicate it to pm, without, how-
ever, wishing to give it more authentieigy than it really
deserves, For a time was Pohilb flossls fletakimit
of the serious differences Mama KM. sad
the Prince of Orange. On the ether band, the Prince of
Orange lives on the very worst terms with the Princes.,
his wife. This &thrown' we are assured, arises from
a cases so &Wats, sad the consequences of it would
be so driploratile, that we abstain from making it known.
At all events, If the cause to which these annoying dis-
sensions in the royal .family are attributed are true,
the resolution of tike Prince of Orange would be the
immediate and hosed nonce of it. In consequence
of thie to numerous others, the
Prime of Orange hat Me firm resolution to renounce
his rights to the enatianies to the throne. He is said to have
communirnted this readalita to the princess, who imme-
diately
_wrote to ha athar. the King of Wirtem=
enplaned to him 'tibia had led to a
which would ham lier-Sri throne
that bizuse ides alarms her se
to the her to., the prince, who, acme
day or ,_,photaid *so* I tothae. It is in this way
the nampodell *Mel of die Kb. of Wirteinherg at the
Rom but espleimid. eh* make ne itennelee err lice Om
sent I may ea wall swedes that the Wag et Wiries-
t:meg, in place of taking up his reeidease either at the King's
palace or that otitis son-in-law, hes takes repels in the Hotel
de 'Tempe,"
RUSSIA.—ST. PrrelitthrßO, JULY 27.—1 t
that at the assault of Oergebil the Rawlins had 7,700
killed sad *ended, of whom 83 were oaten. On the re-
turLettierM of Colonel Jewdoktedre On
fell into
an of Leighton', and lost 5 Mee end 14=
elbee tile setreat oftholioniens, nuesiewe
of and eppeared la Ms Smiles sad
the Meadatim dee aad epreallbg werer
iosellatles mew dm team which are= the
invaders. Siam diem semi* the came of is Mid
in Mill higher honour them mar. The whole
it in madon, and it amen that lismfi is a
▪ in nee important enterprise mei* the lifireime.
Woman, wad *Meg Irrelmsaa.. Oar alitive=
the esemy, le
st elm to renew the dim it
loorilloo lent b gob ts destroy the plese,-Ziomme the
impemelem whieMtbe Mast ef the imedembes puedneed
inset t berm as fie *has ho making
great ra bh,
important tion. ftaMe tehj, el.4as
the Techigenes bed wend time annul dm lads Hence
and Pi It is said that the And hm Mee We their
hands. Is aseeqnence, the commander-in-ehlet has rain:
forced the slight wing. The marching ef mum fres the
interior !em been suspended ea emmeat et the delere."

HORSE-FLEBH.—There is from association some
disgusting in the mere sound of this word, lint there
is nothing I assure you revolting in the thing signified,
;(pr I have tested and relished both young hone-flesh
Fwd wilt. The difficulty seems to me more in the name than
in the tante :—" Hass-meat" I suppose, would not do, as
it is understood to mean beans or oats. The Danish word
" mad," pronouns's' " mkt," signifies food of any kind ; the
second mop of hay called in England " aftermath" is au
doubt the same word. " Flesh " in Danish is restricted to
" pork." " Ede" (eat) in Danish is to feed; and the
Dana and Norwegians are always=sed at hearing the
Swedes make use of it as we do, it to hams bed-
ing. Thu ue the sigailmtims tame modified in Mar.
est laagames. This paladin, by way et apology to tie
deliesasioul ram& wiaL accetheorditish I have Sseas-
WWI teem a Dania Vow,
In eessepreees et the peeled deems gig= artistes at first
nmemetb jkePig lismlusat, Dr. With, a/shalom.,
Rhea', ass pima • ittle work "On ow et =sans/Ira as