The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-17 00:00:00

'G, OCTOBER

nsteesary.,By his present judgment, Mr. BROUGHTON
shrinks from declaring anything as to JetaAN, but
has HO screple in convicting all the witnesses for
SMITH of 'Wholesale perjury. Mr. BROUGHTON MIT
not, and probably does not, see this. But it is, never-
theless, the sum and substance of his most sapient
award. He has fallen very heavily to the ground
between the two stools of the Bethnal-green and
K division depositions.

The suspension of the storm of polemics on the
marriage question produced by the Genevese revolu-
tion among the Parts journalists was but momentary.
It has recommenced with unabated fury. The
despatches of our Paris correspondent of Thursday,
which have arrived by. the ordinary express with the
French and other foreign journals, assure us that the
leading journals of both sides, having recovered
breath, have returned to the charge with increased
vigour. It would be impossible within our necessary
limit to give even an abridged view of the articles pro
and con which appeared on that day in the Paris
papers alone, to say nothing of the provincial press.
If the space devoted by the press to this question be
any modulus of that which it fills in the public eye
in France, great indeed must be the interest it excites.
In ten principal political Parisian papers, eight oppos-
ing and two supporting the marriage, there are
actually 32 leading columns devoted to it, 23 being
opposed to and 9 in favour of it!
On the eve of the marriages the royal printer issued
a programme of the ceremonial which La Presse not
only gives textually, but assures the Parisians that it
was " stitched in a blue cover and stamped with the
Royal Arms."
The Debuts also continues its journal of the princely
progresses and the nuptial festivities to the night of
the 10th inclusive, on which, at a few minutes before'
midnight, the marriages were solemnized in the Salle
der Trune, in the royal palace. The archbishop the
patriarch of the Indies performed the ceremony.
Besides Monsieur Alexandre Dermas, the novellist, and '
MM.,;Earl,'Girardet, and Blanchard, painters, commissioned
to perpetuate, the one by his pen and the others by their
pencils, the various scenes of the marriage festivities. Two
leadiugfeuilktoniats, MM. Theophile Gautier and Amadee
Achard, have accompanied the princely suite for the purpose
of sending home from day to day reports for the ministerial
journals, which reports occupy a conspicuous place in the
columns of the D4ats, the Epoque, &e. &e. On the Bth, at
half-past nine o'clock in the ev,ning, the court marriage
took place, which consisted of the usual formal signing
and attesting of the acts of marriage. The witnesses
being assembled in the apartment called the Camara,
at half-past nine o'clock precisely (says the report)
the door was opened, and Queen Isabella entered the
salon, accompanied by the queen-mother, the Infanta Donna
Fernanda, the Infante Don Francisco de Paulo, with the
son and one of his daughters, and the Dukes of Aumale and
Montpensier. The two infantes wore the uniforms of cap-
tains-general with all their orders. The Duke d'Aumale
that of a lieutenant-general, and the Duke de Montpensier
that of field marshal, both wearing the cordon of the Legion
of Honor. The two brides wore red dresses of a simple
fashion, the queen-mother being dressed in white. The con-
tract being formally read, Den Cirnega, Minister of Justice,
presented the pen to the queen, who first signed, and was
succeeded by the queen-mother, the infante and his
two children, and the Dukes d'Aumale and Montpensier.
The only individual present, besides those who signed the
contract, was the French ambassador, who affixed his signa-
ture as the representative of the King of the French. The
royal family then retired, the French princes taking leave
and retiring to the embassy. On the 9th, after paying his
respects at the Palace, the Duke de Montpensier received
numerous deputations at the embassy: the first of which
was the diplomatic corps, all of whom, except the British
minister, were present; Mr. Bulwer, however, sent an
logy, expressed in the most polite terms, to the effect that
peculiar circumstances compelled him to be abeent, profess
mg. neverthelen,the most respectful devotion towards the
King and royal family of France. A grand dinner suc-
ceeded at the embassy, and in the evening the receptions
were continued.
On Saturday last, the 10th, in the evening, the religious
solemnization of the marriage took place; in the course of the
day (being the birth-day of the Queen) the Duke d'Aumale
waited on her Majesty with the felicitations of himself and
the Duke de Montpensier, usage obliging the latter to
confine himself to his apartment during the day. This
custom requires that on the day before the public celebration
of the marriage, the patriarch, charged with prsnouncing
the nuptial benediction, should;demand of the august bride if
the consent given by her proceeds from her own free will,
and if any reason or religious vow is opposed to the celebra-
tion of the marriage. From the moment at which the answer
to these formal questions has been rendered the bridegroom
is not permitted to see the bride, nor to appear in the palace
she inhabits until the solemnisation of the marriage.
In the evening the ceremony took place in the grand
Sella da Trone. To the right of the throne, were placed
five seats fur the Infanta sister of the Queen, the Infante Don
Francisco de Paulo, his eon the bridegroom, and the Dukes
d'Aumale and Montpensier. To the left of the throne was
erected the altar, with its ornaments. Behind their Majes-
ties, who occupied the throne stood the Great Officers of
State, and behind the Infanta and French Princes stood the
Ministers and Presidents of the Chambers. On the left of
the throne were ranged the Ladies of Honour of the Queen,
the Lady of the French Ambassador, the Archbishop and
Bishop, and the Commission of the Royal Council. Oppoeite
the throne stood the corps diplomatique. When their Ma-
jesties took their places upon the throne, and the 'dental'
their seats, two processions were formed, each composed of
four Grandees, four Major Domes, four Gentlemen of the
Chamber, and four Gentlemen Ushers, who went to seek the
august bridegrooms. The latter being thus conducted, and
having saluted their Majesties, took the seats reserved for
them. All being prepared for the commencement of the
ceremony, the Queen rose, and, descending the naps
of the throne, presented herself at the altar. The
Infante, her intended husband, placed himself at
her left side, giving her his right hand. The
Queen-Mother then assumed her place to the right
of the Queen. The Infanta Luisa placed herself to
the right of her mother. Then came the Dukes de
Montpensier and d'Aumale. The Infante Don Francisco de
Paulo stood on ee left of his son. The Patriarch now ad-
vanced, wearing the mitre, but without the crosier, and ad-
dressed to the brides and their bridegrooms the customary
questions. After the expression of their assent, the mem-
bers of the Royal Family interchanged felicita ions and their
Majesties retired. On the next morning (Sunday) the
royal cost,* was to proceed in grand state to the Church of
Atocha. The procession was to consist of an escort of ca-
valry ; bands of music ; the carriages of the grandees of
Spain and majors-demo; the carriages of the Duke d'Au-
male, Don Francisco de Paulo, the Infanta Luisa and her
husband, the Queen-Mother, the Queen and her husband,
the Captain-General, the Etat-Major, and an escort of ca-
valry. The Patriarch, seated at the door of the church,
with his cope, mitre, and crosier, was to receive the cortege.
On its arrival, laying aside his crosier, ho would celebrate
the nuptial mass.
The Onistitutionnel ridicules the version given
by the Ileraldo of those negotiations which have
caused the estrangement of England and have
broken the entente confide. According to the
Herald°' Lord Palmerston happening to be absent
from London when M. do Jarnac called at the
Foreign-office to inform him of the arrangement
which was proposed with regard to the double
marriage, believed himself to be sported with on
receiving the first intimation of the measure from
the columns of the Debuts. Hence arose the com-
plaints made by him to M. Guizot, and the dissatis-
faction expressed by Queen Victoria in her letter to
Louis Philippe. This difference was, however, ar-
ranged by explanations from Paris, when despatches
arrived from Mr. Bulwer, at the Foreign-office, an-
nouncing that the proposed marriage of the Infanta
was raising in Spain an opposition that would lead
to civil war. Lord Palmerston then required that the
departure of the Duke de Montpensier should be
delayed, and upon receiving a refusal, he laid to the
charge of the French government the events which
might, in consequence of this alliance, disturb the
peace of Europe.
The Constitutionnel thinks that
" The Recident of Lord Palmerston being not at home
when M. de Jarnac called on him, should be the cause of
the rupture of the entente cordials and the estrangement of
two great nations, was about as reasonable as that the earth.
quake at Lisbon was produced by the nod of the head of a
Brahmin in India. In short," says the organ of M. Thiers,
" the double marriage is perpetrated and the entenre cordial*
broken. There remains a dispute to settle between England
and France. Will England silently submit to what she has
endeavoured to hinder, Evidently not. We believe that '
the offer of the renunciation of the Duke of Montpensier of
his succession to the crown of France will not be accepted.
It is probable that the renunciation of the crown of Spain
by the Infanta will not he required, for that would be the
occasion of immediate war. But it is probable that England
. will immediately declare her resolution to oppose the succes-
sion of the Infanta or her children, if the Queen should not
have issue. Such a threat hanging over the politics of
Europe, would be productive of serious consequences, even
though the contingency it contemplates should never
actually occur. Nor would the presence of direct
heirs to Queen Isabella remove these consequences.
The relations of France and England, the probability of
peace or war, the safety of the Spanish monarchy, would
all fluctuate with the varying health of a young woman
and her first infant. Suppose a year or two to pass with no
signs of issue. Duriag all this time, mutual distrust in-
creases between England and France; peace becomes pro-
blematical, and protracted uncertainty puts in peril interests
which need to be supported by the assurance of the future.
Is this perpetual state of dissent and distrust a favourable
position for the two nations to assume? Thus the political
relations of three constitutional countries—France, England,
and Spain—are hazarded for the sake of a petty family inte-
rest, and the continuance of peace is suspended upon the
existence, the health, and the nursery incidents of an infant
yet unborn. Meanwhile, our family ministers and *mess
sailors have obtained a fine triumph in the cold reception of
our princes, the irritation of a part of the Spanish nation,

and the rapture of the English alliance, with all the quarrels
which the mutual ell-wal of the countries may excite in
every part of the globe. And these are the ministers who
for six years have prostrated themselves before England, and
thought no sacrifice too great, no humiliation too debasing,
to *mediate a country whose good-will is nowunhesitatingly
sacrificed for a marriage and a dower."
The revolution at Geneva is consummated, and the
city restored to tranquillity. The provisional govern-
ment appears to have acquired the public confidence.
When we compare the calm which reigns at this moment
in Geneva, says the Revue de Genire, with the agitation
which prevailed here some days ago—when we see the
extreme confidence exhibited by the provisional government
which has not hesitated to reinstate the militia, which three
days ago had marched against the people. We cannot but
consider that things have already returned to their ordinary
state. The former government was the cause of constant
irritations, because it belied its origin. Springing out of a
constitutional regime, this government lately sought support
in ultra-Montane fanaticism,sought equoroceal majorities, and
damped the popular sympathies. Assuming a false position,
by the incompatibility of its retrograde policy with the
spirit of our new institutions, its existence has been
marked by a continued attempt at reaction, manifested
sometimes by unconstitutional laws, sometimes by the
toleration of illegal acts on the part of those who
desired to effect a counter revolution. Thus the
constitution was falsified on the one hand, and a for-
midable reactionary party was allowed to be formed on the
other. So early as the 13th of February, this illegal farce
produced disturbance in Geneva, in endeavouring to pre-
vent the public from attending the debates of the Grand
Council. The situation of Switzerland soon encouraged
again this faction, ever ready to attack the constitutional
laws. It declared openly the omnipotence of parliament,
and put aside those articles of the constitution, which
guaranteed the liberties of the people, In lending itself to
the ultra montane faction it showed the intention to destroy
those rights which the people had vindicated on the 21st
November. It was very natural that the people of Geneva
should be strongly excited on this occasion, its union with
the liberal cantons was menaced, it was drawn towards an
alliance at variance with its sentiments, and it was not con-
sulted in an affair which concerned its independence,
although the constitution required that it should
be. Moreover, when the people exercised its right
of assembling, when they protested against an
unconstitutional decree, the government took arms, issued
warrants, and attempted to occupy by the military the
e Faubourg St. Gervais. What was to be done ? To await a
massacre of the Trient—to accept stupidly the unlawful
yoke openly attempted to be impesed on us. That was im-
possible. The people, in their turn, took arms, entrenched
themselves in the Faubourg, and waited the event. It was
then that the republican government resorted to cannon,
regarding neither property, nor women, nor children, bru-
tally pouring, upon a population which had not attacked
them, murderous missiles, and which, until the moment
when the necessity of a legitimate defence arose, had never,
for a single instant, exceeded the limits of strict legality.
Public opinion, however, soon exerted its power—the can-
nonade was silenced, the reactionary government fell, and
the moment of its fall, tranquillity, security, and confidence
were restored. The present peaceful state of Geneva
affords the most unequivocal proof that the fall of the
former government was called for by the public. The justice
and moderation which seemed likely to mark the conduct of
the successful Liberals, is rendered apparent by theannounce-
ment, that the establishment of an exceptional tribunal for
the trial of the authors of the attack upon the people has
been rejected, as not being conformable to the true wishes of
the population, which is very far from entertaining any idea
of vengeance.
It appears by a return published in the Journal de
['Ain, of the 12th inst., that the number of killed and
wounded has been as follows : In the city, five killed
and forty wounded ; in the Faubourg, two killed and
five wounded.

The Commerce denies that the Gexevese revolution
is to be laid to the account of the Anti-Catholic party
exclusively, and as a proof quotes a Catholic paper,
La Sentinelle, in which au article is given strongly
favorable to the new government.
A great protectionist meeting took place at Lille
on the 13th.

According to the Courrier Francais the last news
from the Indian sea is of serious preparations at Ma-
dagascar, and that the government will, in spite of
itself, be compelled to act to a certain extent. For a
long while the Comores Isles, on the east coast of
Africa, have been ravaged by the Nlalgaches pirates,
who have ventured even to the roadstead of the Isle
Mayotte, belonging to France. The Commandant
Paasot has informed tho Governor of the Isle de
Bourbon of this, and he has sent an expedition to
chastise the pirates. The corvettes Prudente and
Zelee, after taking troops on board, have gone to
Mayotte, with instructions to coast along as far as
Cape Amber. The expedition having reached the
Isle de Sables, it was reported that Captain Remain-
Desfosses was preparing to land in the bay of An-
tongil, at some distance from Tamatave or Foulpoint.

El Herald° of the 10th says that " the man on
whom were found two pistols on the day of the Due
de Montpensier's entering into Madrid was mad, and
it appears has been sent away from the capital."
The Dukes de Montpcnsier and d'Aumalc took
with them, besides several decorations for high func-
tionaries, three grand., cordons of the Lelgion d'hon-
neur, one for Don Francisco, another for Isturitz, and
the third for the Duke de Rianzares (!).

The Madrid Gazette informs us that if Don Fran-
cisco de Paula does not come to France, as it has
been reported he will do, he is to take up his resi-
dence at the Palace of Buona Vista. The Heraldo
says:
Two days ago it was reported that the British govern-
ment had sent in another energetic note against the conse-
quences of the marriage of the Infants; but yesterday we
were assured on the contrary that Queen Victoria had written
a very satisfactory letter to Louis Philippe, iu reply to one
which she had received from him. The rise of the funds
here yesterday is attributed to this announcement."
Letters from Valencia and from Saragossa are said
to have arrived, announcing that a Carlist insurrec-
tion had broken out in the Maeztrazgo. This news
has come at the same time from two opposite
quarters, and is given in very positive terms.

ITALY.—NAPLES, Ocr. 7.—A terrible storm, ac-
companied by waterspouts, bunt over Naples on the morning
of the 7th. It is feared that great damage has been done to
the country. At Portici two or three houses fell in, and
fifteen persons lost their lives. On the railway two bodies
were found, washed away by the torrents. In the evening
of the 6th the telegraph was at work, but owing to the fog
all that could be made out was, Alessiaa disaster. It seems
that Messina was visited by a terrific storm. Seven villages
are said to have been destroyed by the flood ; but the ru-
mours on the subject are vague.
GERMANY.—BERLIN, OCT. 11.—We are assured
that a rigorous Cabinet order has been addressed to the
authorities of Nuremberg, on account of the resolution come
to by the municipality not to send representatives to the
Diet, on account of the expense and its uselessness. The
government informs the inhabitants that they have not only
a right, but that it is their duty, to elect a representative ;
and to this is added a threat of a dissolution of the Assembly
of Delegates of the town.
ELECTORATE OF HESSE.—CASSEL, OCT. 10.—The
Anita Gazette of Cassel of the 2nd inst. contains the follow-
ing ordonnance, relative to the execution of the second
paragraph of the resolution of the Diet of the sth July, 1832,
published the 20th July of the same year, concerning the
prohibition of political associations:
We, Frederick William, Prince Elector, co-Regent of Dense, refer-
ring to our ordonnance of the 20th July, 1832, concerning the
ulterior measures resolved by the German Confederation for the
maintenance of legal order and of tranquillity in Germany, make
known : —The Feder II Diet, having reed ved in Its 23rd sitting of the
6t i August that communist associations are to be COOSidered es coin-
priest expressly under the head of paragraph 2nd of the resolutions of
July, 1832, whence it follows that the authors, leaders, or members of
such associations, in so far as they nourish plans of high treason, arc
liable in all the states of the confederation to the penalty of high trea-
son, conformable to the established laws: the authorities, and all
persons whom this concerns, are called upon to pay attention to It.
(Signed)
}foes D'ARNBERO, countervigned BICKEL.
Cassel, October 2, 1846.
FRANKFORT, Ocr. 10.—The anxiety caused from
fear of political dissensions, owing to the affair of the Spanish
marriages has subsided. Austria willl remain as hitherto in
a neutral position. Nevertheless, the state of the Bourse is
anything but statist ctory. 'the money-market is depressed
for want of cash, which is to be attributed principally to the
railway-speculation mania, as also to the increased price of
provisions. The Prussian government is taking energetic
steps to come to the aid of the Berlin Bourse ; new bank-
notes, to the amount of ten million dollars, are to he i-sued,
and advances are to be made by the royal bank on available
scrip. Some of the railway companies, who owing to the
want of cash were on the point of stopping the works,
received direct aid from the government ; 200,000 dollars are
to be advanced for the Msulgeburg and Wittenberg line.
These energetic measures will save Germany from the scan-
dal of a railway bankruptcy. A stoppage of the works at the
present moment, when the price of corn is on the rise, and
winter at hand, would have led to serious consequences. The
news from Berlin operated favourably on the Frankfort
exchange.
GALICIA, 2.—ln the lust week seditious
pamphlets, supposed to have been printed at Paris, contain-
ing communist ideas, have been distributed among the
pessantry : the peasants, it is true, informed the authorities
of the fact, hut, at the game time, manifested a sort of resis-
tance, which causes some anxiety to the government. The
government has ordered large quantities of provisions for
the needy districts. Tisisowskt, the ex-dictator of Cracow, is
treated with great severity. It seems that by doing so the
Saxon government seeks to avoid his extradition being
demanded, and, at all events, the fortress of Knnigateiu is
preferable to the mines of Siberia.
POLAND.—Waasaw,- Ocr. s.—On the Ist Oct.
the Jews at Warsaw were obliged to appear in the dress pre-
scribed by the authorities. It was a day of wailing for many
who held it derogatory to their faith to appear in the
European dress, and it fell heavy on many who were short
of means to procure the necessary foods. Some of the
wealthy Israelites still retain their own costume, by paying

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clergy sent in a memorandum to the convention a necessity of a reform in the organisation a the ink*
the labouring classes.

.01t AND THE )
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MAURITIUS.
—The strong measure adopted by Sir Willi Gee
compelling the Abbe Eggermont to quit the colon,a
certain to be brought before parliamentis
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government do not avert the necessity by meZt
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decision that will allay the popular ferment pen---/gd,
island. Our latest journals from the ISlauritia—
us to state the case in detail. The fats, as far .;•.!
gather them from the colonial journals, are ;
during the late visit of the Bishop of Mileve (thsei
Catholic bishop in partioui for Mauritius) to Le;
selected the Abbe Eggermont, a native of bteigiu.
data in the colony. The choice was &paramFs;
Secretary of State for the Colonies. The Abbe pre,
Mauritius, was appointed cure of the district of
annual paid by government. Ile was indeagi
in the discharge of his priestly functions. 19seal
evinced any excess of proselytising zeal, we lime
unable to learn. About the time of his
aPPiI
however apprehensions from Protestant prose's-ft.'
widely spread among the Catholics of the diatriet;
dissenting minister had established himself in the ri
a gratuitous school was countenanced or supported be
Gomm ; and the foundations of a Protestant ciau4
laid at Plaines Wilhems. This was all very proper
part of Protestants, but necessarily awakened a ps
acting zeal on the part of the Roman Catholic clergy.
Abbe Eggermont was pre-eminently zealous is his d
reclaim or win souls for his church, and the ji •
cautious and moderate journal, says : " Ile was 114
with jealousy; he was even injured on account of hag
as we can prove." Affairs were in this state when lan
occurred which, we give in the words of the**
" At the beginning of the month of May (the itl
curate, having had occasion to go to administer sg
consolation to a dying man, on his road visited ah
who had from the beginning of the year bees &alai
consumption, and was then in a state that left little/
of her recovery. He left her, satisfied that in a ye?
time she would terminate her existence. Oa his
towards the presbytery he was called by the hashed
woman to announce that she had just died. They e
the desolate house. There the curate is told orris
that the woman had been pregnant some remittal
recognised that the infant still existed. He ex*
the husband and to those who were present that an
Bible to save the child ; and, authorised and mks
them, he performed as operation, and succeeded, is
as the child lived a few hours and was baptised by his
its existence was of short duration, as it was not sulkiest
vanced to live any length of time." It requires tobern
here that the abbe possesses some chirusgical sad g
skill, and had been accustomed to avail himself of it I
benefit of his poorer parishioners. The district of Mol
not contain a single medical prathitioner. A short Ma
this transaction Sir William Gomm wrote to tie
Mileve' calling his attention to it, asserting the
excited "disgust and amazement" in all classes of tb
munity, and inviting him to concur in exacting th
from the colony. The Bishop refused to accede te the
nor's wishes ; and it was then notified to him that tie
salary would cease at the end of the month, and ti
chief commissioner of police had orders for his dept
the month of June. To this the Bishop replied by I:
against such an excessive exercise of authority,
appeal to the Secretary of State for the Colons
the 12th of July Abbe Eggermont said his fi
mass at Moka, in the presence of a eonsiderableca
both of the higher and lower classes. " Though the e
was unfavourable, " says the Cerneen, never vas'
more numerous congregation ; a protest at once ekes
peaceful against the order by which that respectable
elastic is expelled from our island. When the Able
mont bade farewell to his parishioners, in words fa,
of regret and propriety, the emotion was lathers's&
taneous, and broke forth in sighs and sobs." Tkid
look like " amazemen• and disgust" on the part of ti
munity. And Sir William Gomm cannot pretend
in that sentiment, even if it had existed. In his lees
Bishop, he said that "the cond::ct of Abbe Egress:et'
from any imputation of immorality,. his motives we
and he had even obeyed a conscientious comet
acting as he had done." " Why, then, is the
without either formal trial or specific charge of
deprived of his salary, and driven from the i
He may be an alien, hut he has been ea
and paid by the British government, and ens
common right of all its employes, not to be dismissed Ili
specific and adequate accusation, and opportunity!
him for defence. Sir William Oomm lays noting
Abbe's charge sufficient to warrant dismissal; as
he says about the general sentiment is disproved by th
at the Abby's farewell celebration of the maw I
Circumstances, conjecture is afloat. Some attribute
pulsion to the Governor's sectarian zeal ; othen tOri
him a declaration " that in Mauritius they ought only
English priests." On this assumption, even theta
Maurieien exclaims :
" We do not hesitate to say that this is intolersi
that the question of individuals disappears—the Al
germont is no longer the only person offended. '
spectable priest may leave our shores without fear of!
disgrace accompanying him. It is not the man that
missed, it is not the priest—it is the alien, the alien
lie ! Oh, if English priests are sent here, they sod
ceived with joy if they are like those whom we could!!
they have the same affection for the colonists as the e
have respect and affection for them. But when it I
cult to compose as English clergy for a colony soh
French language alone is understood, would it sot
lation of the liberty of conscience to refuse to the pot
the right to choose their spiritual guides elsewhereth
Great Britain ?"
The decision of the British government on the q
the Bishop of Mile ve will be anxiously looked h
conduct of Sir William Gomm is ill-calculated to eon
loyalty of the Mauritians ; and this incident
in the b
Mauntius will make the priesthood of Ireland as
flocks pause before they accept of donations or ',oh
from the British government.

Me Court.
WINDSOR, FRIDAY.—Her Majestr, arm
by H.R.H. the Princess of Hesse and HAUL tl
ditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg Strelitz, w
Frogmore this morning, and paid a visit to 11.1
Duchess of Kent. The august party returned to th
in a pony carriage and four.
Prince Albert, accompanied by tbi
ditary Orani Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, enji
sport of shooting this morning.
Her Majesty the Queen Dowager and 11.1
Princess of Hesse left the Castle to-day and tel
Cashiobury Park, Herts.
H.S.H. Prince Edward of Saxc Weimar
Castle this forenoon and returned to town. Earl I
left to-day.
The royal dinner party at the Castle this
is expected to include 11.1 CH. the Duchess of Ki
R.H. the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand D
Mecklenburg Strelitz, the Earl of Auckland, and S
Couper. The band of the Scots Fusilier Guards w
during dinner. Her Majesty's private band will a
attend in the Castle.
Their H.H. the l)uke and l)uchess of Cat
and H.S.H. Prince Frederic of Hesse honoured
market Theatre with their presence yesterday mai
THE DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.—Oat/
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester,
been sojourning for a few days with the Marquis of
derry, at Wynyard Park, visited the Dean of Dart
the same occasion, Lori Scmham and his young Si
their first visit, since their marriage, to the city. I
occupied six c trriages and four. As a mark of M
attachment to Lord and Lady Scaham, the horses sac
out of the carriage in which they were mated, and t
drawn two or three times round the market ph
lordship briefly addressed the crowd, thanking the
courtesy and kindness they had manifested toward
and Lady Seaham. Her Royal Highness, after a
at the Deanery proceeded to view the cathedral, al
wards proceeded to Wynyard.
. _

THE CABINET.—Lord J. Russell has i.qm
of invitation to all the members of the adriiinisn
attend a Cabinet dinner at his residence in Cholla
oa Tuesday, the 27th instant. The Noble Lord a:
town yesterday morning from Wimbledon, sad tr
business at his official residence in Downing-street..
Despatches were sent off yesterday, evenl
the Colonial-office for the Governors of the We
Colonies.
Sir H. Pottinger, C. 8., takes his departure
Cape of Good Hope immediately in Her Majesty's°
Sidon, Capt. Henderson, now lying oil Weolwieh D
The newly-appointed Minister front the
States, Mr. Bancroft, in the room a Mr. Y
petaled by his lady, as arrived in town from New
COLONIAL APPOlNTMENTS.—Thedoubtswhi
been so long entertained as to the destination o
D' Urban arc at length definitively set at rest by his
ment as Commander of the Forces in the Wind',
Leeward islands. This extensive command (of ww
badoes is the headquarters) comprehends the wball
British West India Islands, with the exce_ption 0!
and some minor dependencies. Sir B. exception)
appointed Captain Kirkland, of the 20th Foot.
military secretary. This is the only staff &opium
made by the gallant general, hie aides-de-canip and
major not being yet nominated. The doubts yip!'
to whether Lord Cathcart might not continue to re
appointment of Commander of the Forces
la
although superseded by Lord Elgin t
vernor-Gcneral, would seem to be without
tion, as we understand an offer of that it
command was made to Lieut.-Gen. Sir J, fir Done,
although the offer has been for the present declined
gallant and distinguished veteran, little or no doubt

mined that ultimately either he or some other general officer
uoll be sent to fill up the vacancy which the retirement of
Dig Cethcart sill create. With respect to the Cape of
Good Hope, we are informed that the command of the
threes, under the governorship of Sir H. Pottinger, has been
meme..l to Sir A. Woodford. Sir Alexander has not as yet
sigoka his accePtaoce of the offer ; but, as he has been
requested to reconsider his determination, which in the first
inane, seemed rather adverse to the proposed arrangement,
ion theaght more than probable that ultimately he will
undertake a duty for which he is considered by competent
authorities to be particularly well qualified.—Britannia
Her highness Princess Nicholas Estcrhazy was
opined on the sth inst. at Vienna, of a sou. The infant
win baptised according to the rites of the Church of Rome
ths nest dsy, when the infant prince took the name of
e Adolphus,' after his godfather, H.R.H. the Duke of
mminnsey Highness Prince Esterhary, Prince Nicholas
i.terb, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, and Lady Cle-
;,—lnna Villiers, and a select family drcle, were present at
aptismal ceremony.
ROYAL BENEVOLENCE.—The whole of the chesnuts
sown upon th • royal domains in the Great-park at Windsor
cr." bens placed at the disposal of the parochial authorities
for the purpose of their beteg sold and the proceeds applied
towards the relief of the poor of the parish, in any wcy which
my be considered by the churchwardens and overseen meet
it to their comforts during the approaching winter.
The quhtity already gathered amounts to upwards of six
bandied bushels. At the present market price of chesnnts
ia expected that they will realise at least one hundred
.minns. A large quantity still remain to be gathered ; and it
lii-upemed, when the whole are housed, there will be very
1.1. y one thousand bushels.
THE RIGHT HON. SIR BROOK TAYLOR, G.C.H.—
A distinguished diplomatist expired at an early hour on
Thursday morning, at his residence, in Eaton-place, after
rather a short illness. The deceased', who was third son of
the Rev. E Taylor, of Bifrons, Kent, and brother of the
pats Lieut.• General Sir Herbert Taylor, was born in 1776,
and was consequently in his 70th year. Re was employed
in his diplomatic capacity at the courts of Heme Cassel and
ipumenkerg. In 1842, when Envoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary at the court of Bavaris,hc was
anted by George IV. a Knight Grand Cross of the Royal
Hanoverian Guelphic Order. Sir Brooke subsequently, in
1828 was appointed minister at the court of Benin, and of
the privy Council. By the dmise of the right hon. gentle-
man, an annual pension of 1,336/. reverts to the public puree,
behaving enjoyed that yearly in come nearly twenty years
his &clop:tam services.

[From last night's Gazette.]
Wutransu., OCT. 14.—The Queen has presented
the Rev. D. S. Rae to the united parishes of Lethend
Perth_y and
Xioloeb, in the presbytery of Dunkeld and shire of ,
vacant by the
OFFICE &privation of Mr. T. Clark.
OF ORDNANCE, Om 14.
Rqal Eogineers.—First Lieut. A. U. Freeing to be second eaPt,
yin peiler ee, dec. ; Sexed ',beet. A. R. V. Crewe to be first lieut.:
Second kiest. F. C. Belson to be Bret Wet.

• THE REGISTRATIONS.
LMinoN.—Mr. Arnold yesterday delivered judg-j
anent in the case of Mr. Henry Edmond Gurney, who had
been objected to by the Conservatives. It appeared that
the Meson. Gurney occupied a house, No. 6-3, Lombard.
Atleet, until March, 1846, when they removed to a home,
"No. 71, in another parish, but in the same street, in order
:that the honer house might be pulled down an't rebuilt.
The house had been razed to the ground, air which nothing
. was left but an empty iron safe, for the purpose of being
refixed. The house was not yet rebuilt. Meters. Gurney
had a lease of the premises, containing the usual
to repair, de. The case entirely depended on the construc-
tion of the 29th section of the Reform Act, and the ques-
tion was whether Mr. Gurney could be said to have occupied
a how, when the house itself was not in existence. It
appeared to him that the section to which he had referred
required not only a tenancy, but the actual occupation of
galas building of some kind or other. Now, during a con-
siderable portion of the twelve months' the house in Lim-
hard-street was not in existence, and therefore there could
be no occupation, although there might be a tenancy But-
- ficient to entitle the landlord to recover for use and occupa-
tion, The name must therefore be expunged.—Three other
names were expunged under similar circumstances.
Mr. Arnold, in the course of the day, revised the lists for
the parishes of St. Gabriel, Fenchurch-street ; St. Mary
Woo Moth ; St. Nicholas Aeons; Allhallows Barking; and
- St. Hunstan.in-t'ie-East. The business of the registration
finally terminated at four o'clock. In our next we shall be
able to give an accurate summary of the result of the entire
revision.
ALLOW AN CE TO VESTRY CLERAI3.—Mr. Arnold said he had
consulted several gentlemen as to the scale of , charges
which ought to be allowed to vestry clerks for making out
the lists, and he had determined on fixing the following as
the scale : —one shilling per name, including every charge
connected with making out the lists, such as attendance on
overseers, posting on church doors, but not including
printer's bill, attendance on secondaries, and at the court of
the revising barrister.
MlDDLESEX.—Yesterday the Court was held at the
Chandos Arms, Edgeware, when the barrister (Mr. Shad-
well) revised the lists for Harrow, Pinner, Hendon, Edge-
ware, Kingsbury, Great and Litte Stanmore, and Finchley.
In the Pinner list, Sir William Millman, who had been
• objected to by the Liberals, claimed costs, there being no
person present to support the objection. It appeared that
there had been an understanding come to between the agents
en both sides to withdraw all objections, but as Sir W. Mill-
man had not received any notice of the withdrawal in his
ease, the barrister having amended the description by insert-
, hag the name of the residence, awarded ss.
PItOVINCIAL.—SotTti LEICESTERSIIIIIE.—The
i ' revision of this district is concluded, and the Conservatives
'"' elaim a gain of 437 votes.
WEST RIDING OF YORW"HIRE.—The Bradford
• Observer publishes an elaborate table, showing the results
• Cl the revision in the various polling districts in the western
El
I of the county, and from these we find that there is a ma-
yof Liberal votes to the number of 1,883. Last year
, some party had the ascendancy to the amount of 2,142,
r mist in two years the Liberal ranks have been strength-
! • tined by the addition of 3,825 voters.
Lt ICESTER.—The Le>certer Journal states that by
j the revision of this borough, the Conservatives have gained
. 90 vote*.
BATIL—The gain in this city and borough is on
' the side of the Liberals. They claim a majority of 27 votes.
KIDDERMINSTER.—In this borough a majority of
12 has been obtained by the Conservatives.
WEYMOUTH.--The revision of the burgess lists for
the borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis resulted in
a pin of 37 Liberal votes.

ABOLITION OF DEATH PENALTY.
A very numerous and highly respectable meeting
took place last evening in the'lleatre of the Southwark
Literary and Scientific Institution, for the purpose of taking
into consideration the propriety of immediately abolishing
the practice of legal strangling on a public scaffold through-
out the British Empire. The Rev. H. Christmas, in the
temporary absence of Mr. Apsky Pellatt, took the chair, and
stated that the objects to accomplish which the meeting had
been called together, were certainly most difficult, but
the difficulties were not insuperable. The attempts to
abolish the punishment of death had been a long time in
progress, and the objections that were made to them
were ali but universal. But the assistance which had been
afforded by criminal statistics, had enabled the advocates of a
more humane legal policy to overcome most of the objections
formerly urged. It had never at any tier e been contended that
the punishment of death was productive of benefit either to the
individual or to society at large. The only plea that had
ever been urged in its defence was, that death was an evil
inflicted only in order that a still greater evil might be
avoided. Now, if it could be shown that capital punish-
ments had totally failed to effect the ends for which they
were inflicted, and if it could be proved that the practice of
putting men to death was productive of the utmost degree
of demoralization amongst the community at large where it
prevailed, then he conceived that there would be established
two insuperable reasons for its immediate abolition. (Hear,
hear.) Acting, therefore, on the experience which had been
already obtained from the history of the past the advocates
for the discontinuance of hanging were prepared to go to the
legislature and to assert that this dreadful punishment
could be pros,. d to be productive of so much mis-
chief as to call for its immediate abolition. It
had been said by the advocates of the gallows that
the expiation of crime (as it was styled) on the scaffold, acted
as a determent to others to commit similar offences. But
wait the fact so? (Hear.) In order to show how utterly
futile such a pretext was, he needed only to refer his hearers
to the descriptions which had eo often been given of the
scenes and occurrences which took place under the gallows
whilst executions were going on. (Hear.) If there were
any country where the full force of the terror which the
example of a public execution was especially calculated to
impress itself on the minds of the people, it w: s in Spain,
where the criminals were strangled (not hanged) publicly on
*scaffold. The parents were in the practice when a public
execution took place in Spain, to hold their children up in
front of the scaffold in order that they might witness the
dying agonies of the man, and thus in order to impress the
scene upon their infant minds, and to make them regard it
in the light of a dreadful occurrence, they were wont
to pinch, box their ears, scratch, or otherwise torture them,
until they screamed with pain, so that the recollection of having
witnessed the punishment of the "garotte" might operate as
a terrible warning to them in after life. In so far, therefore,
the Spaniards were consistent, by making the public exhibi-
tion of the punishment of death subservient to such views ;
hut did those intentions become realised? Was a moral
le.son thus held out to the rising generation of Spaniards?
So far from it, he believed there was not a country in the
whole world wherein there were more murders and other
capital crimes committed than there were in Spain. With
respect to the punishment of death, he was ready to admit
that at a former period of his life he had certainly thought
It was right to inflict it in some cases, and he conceived its
infliction was warranted by the word of scripture. He had,
however, greatly altered his sentiments in this respect.
(Hear, hear.) Nor was he alone in having done so.
!den of all ranks and stations, and of every grade of
intellectual acquirement, had been led to change their
opinions on the same grounds that he had done,
namely, after a full inquiry and upon the complete
Conviction that the state of society in which the scriptural
authority warranted the infliction of death was one which
had been totally changed by subsequent occurrences, and,
consequently, that the laws under which that punishment
had been authorised were now obsolete, and ought to be no
longer enforced. (Hear.) The rev. gentleman then intro-
duced the Rev. Dr. Jabez Burns to the meeting, for the pur-
Pose of proposing the first resolution :
Mr. AINLEY PELLATT, who had entered the theatre during
the last sentences of Mr. Christmas's speech, now took the