The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-02 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 2, 1866.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS. 1

VENICE.

fifox °us mail. CORP2SPO-IDENT.)

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDIET.)
PARIS, TMOREDAT STILIING. VENICE, Ocr. 20.
There was yesterday a Cabinet Council at St. 1 The splendid result of the plebiscite in Venetia
Cloud, after which the Emperor and Empress came was officially proclaimed last Saturday afternoon,
to Paris to inspect the new cite eurriere (dwellings from the side window of the ducal palace. I had
for the working-classes), which is being erected in returned from Mantua in time to witness this
the Avenue Daumesnil, The result of the cabinet ceremony, and I found the piersetta of St. Mark
councils which have been held since the Emperor's crowded with citizens anxious to learn exactly how
return is that there will be no change in the many had voted for wn„ and how many had said
ministry, and no loan. M. Fould undertakes to it no" to the all-important question. There was a
supply the funds required for the reorganisation of detachment of the National Guard with a band of
the army, the inundated districts, and the mea- music drawn up before the window, the gunners
sums, whatever they may be, which the position of of the Italian fleet near at band stood ready to
the labouring classes renders necessary, without fire a royal salute, and the great tricolour standards
lhaving to reopen the grand Lim. . were hoisted in the piazza. It was a worthy an-
To-day, being All Saints', is a holiday, one of nouncement when it came to be made from the
the four stipulated in the Concordat, and as it is window at which newly elected doges had so often
Ithe eve of All Souls' the population is crowding shown themselves to the people. Venetia had
towards cemeteries with wreaths of insmorfelles, or given altogether six hundred and forty-one
iflowers, to lay on the tombs of those dear to them. thousand votes for freedom and indepen-
,ltis a touching custom, even in the eyes of us deuce. The cross-grained mortals who said
English, who have not been taught this continued , " no" were only sixty-eight, and there were
communion with the departed, although in practice , less than three hundred voters who said
the crowds which to-day throng the silty' of the nothing at all. Well might the cannon thunders.
huge cities of the dead at the different extremities well might the band play the national hymn and
of the capital seem bent rather on pleasure than ' the people wave their hats. They had raised an
on mourning. No doubt many a scalding tear is empty privilege to the dignity of a great political
shed, and many a heartfelt prayer is uttered ; but , landmark by their overwhelming vote for union
it is also too certain that the treasure and the and for Victor Emmanuel. The treaty between the
tnarchands de vin along the lines of road have reason Emperor and the King, with the intervention of
to rejoice in the annual mourning on the Fite des another Emperor, the yielding up of forts and
Marts. 1, exchange of diplomatic courtesies would form a
The Moniteur of yesterday contained a warning bright page in the appendix to. Italian history.
to the public against the manteuvres of persons But the plebiscite deserved a special chapter in
who solicit advertisements for pretended guinea to , large print. Young men wider age had won a
the Exhibition. No such works will be authorised, right to vote by their service in the field, cripples
and all documents and plans are the property of had been carried to the electoral urn that they
the commission, which will communicate them might say " yes" along with stronger folk ; and
only to the compilers of the official catalogue. This grey beards, tottering on the verge of the grave,
warning may be useful in London. had returned for a moment to their youthful
It is said that it is General Fleury who will go 11 enthusiasm, when it was explained to them that
to represent France at the triumphal entry of • deliverance had come. The more I hoar of the
Victor Emmanuel into Venice. The Prussian am- details of the voting, the more am I convinced
bassador here has sent out invitations for a grand lof the grandeur of the occasion. There was no
fate on the 15th, at which it is expected that district held down by force, no driving of discon-
General 3tlonabrea, who is coming here to seek re- tented sheep into a common, fold, not a shadow of
pose after his labours in Vienna, will be present. 1 difference between the wishes of rich and poor, of
I The city is now beginning to ammo its usual 1 the masters and of the workmen.
winter look of gaiety, and already in the Bois de . On Saturday evening Venice was illuminated in
Boulogne the long line of handsome equipages has honour of those six hundred and forty-one thou-
begun its evolutions. 1 sand votes, and yesterday morning a Te Ileum was
The Patrie says that, independently of the ' chanted in all the churches of the city. At the
Chassepot gun experimented on at Chalons, orders Basilica of St. Mark hid eminence Cardinal Tre-
have been given to study a plan fur the conversion of visanato blessed the tricolour standards of the Na-
the weapons now in use into breechloaders. This is tional Guard. His eminence is stated to have been
probably the weapon invented by M. Etienne no friend to Italy during the Austrian domination,
Bonnin, a naval lieutenant. The breech of this but recent events have proved to him that his
arm is quite independent of the barrel, and has former policy was a mistake. Some say that the
within itself the apparatus for loading and percus- ; tricolor should not have been blessed by an Am-
nion, so that it can be adapted to arms of all cali- ; trian sympathiser ; others maintain that, if the
brae It is extremely simple in construction and church will go with the state, even at the eleventh
leasy to use. hour, it is better to forget bygone quarrels and to
A new law on duelling is about to be ex- , secure every possible ally to the good cause. Dia-
ambled by the Council of State. At the time cussion upon what happened yesterday still runs
of the coup d'ltat the National Assembly had high, and bitter reproaches are flung at his etni-
a law on this subject before it which had nence the Cardinal, as also at the officers of the
been read once. The subject is resumed after National Guard. But I would rather tell
fourteen years, probably in consequence of the fre- what I saw than what is said, for the
fluency of duels in the last few months. In the blessing of the standards was an imposing
fatal duel a few nights ago it would seem that the scene. Under the richly gilded domes of the
aggressor (who fell) must have been intoxicated. Basilica there was collected a crowd of natives
The Zouave officer who was his antagonist seems and strangers, of women who knelt and crossed
to have shown great forbearance ; he was a very themselves, and of soldiers who stared around with
intimate friend of the unfortunate young man; and undisguised curiosity. A passage from the main
it was not till he had been twice struck that he entrance to the high altar was kept clear by armed
resented the outrage, although it was committed in citizens. Over the entrance were hung tricolour
a calif full of his brother officers. The hour was so festoons, and near the altar were the tricolour
late that only one carriage, in which the principals banners. Now the organ was pealing forth its
and their seconds took their places, during deeper tones, and there was a clash of brazen in-
the long drive from the Boulevard to strumonts which swelled to the yellow roof. Then
the Porte-Maillot, could be procured. M. the service was over, and a procession bearing the
Seguin again struck his antagonist, who not- banners, moved slowly between the lines of armed
withstanding this, when he thought he had touched citizens. There came many priests, marshalled
the other's arm with his foil, proposed to stop the according to their rank, and e silver crucifix, held
encounter. The other refused, and after a few high enough for all tea see, and his eminence the
passes received a wound, passing through the liver Cardinal, in a scarlet robe, flanked by two most
to the left lung. He was carried home to breathe Pertly ecclesiastics. The procession wound its way
his last in his mother's arms. The officer has been from the church door to his eminence's palace,
put under arrest, and it is said will have to resign. amid signs of respect which showed that the bless-
He seems to have behaved with rare forbearance, ing of the flags was no light matter in the eyes of
and however blameworthy the aoceptance of a duel the common people. When the palace had been
at night may have been, it is surely better than the entered, and Cardinal Trevisanato appeased at a
usual fashion here of spending several days in pre- window decked with tricolour bunting, he was
liminaries, advertising the approaching encounter, loudly cheered. Bowing in answer to the
and spending the interval in a fencing school. , salutation of the crowd, he blessed all pre-
The Bourse is closed. ; sent. Whatever they thought of his politics,
the Venetians who received this benedic-
tion treated with respect his sacred calling. Hats
It is understood that a reform demonstration on were lifted, and many of the poorer women knelt
rather an extensive scale is to take place at Newmarket
on the 22nd inst. Mr. Bright, M.P., and Mr. insides, are till the cardinal had ceased to speak. There was
expected to be present. a murmur of applause, and an attempt to raise
PRIVATE BUSINWE re Pantramerr.—A contem. another cheer, after he had retired from sight.
porary says it is understood that not one of the greet rail- Then the rt. fullremembered, and
en po 1 Ica were y
way companies intend promoting any new schemes during
the forthcoming session. Certain bills, namely, those for the crowd dispersed I heard bursts of merriment at
raising ultlitiohal capital, abandonment of lines, ke. the suggestion of how disagreeable tricolour de-
mist, as a matter of course, come before the legislature
for consideration ; but, irrespective of this class of bills, a corations must be to the priestly garrison of the
large number of gas, road, water, and general private bills palace. " Aye, aye, that's the way with them ;
will come before parliament. It is not anticipated, how-
h 'll than
ever, that the number of private bills of every clue to be teyge when they must. It will be the
deposited within the prescribed time will reach WO. same in Rome," cried a stalwart gondolier, as he
SALMON IN THE MEDWAY.—An adjourned public shouldered his way through the throng.
meeting, convened by the High Sheriff of Kent, Mr. T.
Fanner Bally, was held on Wednesday, at the Town-hall, To-day there has been a special service in the
Maidstone, to receive a report from Mr. Ffennell, govern- church of San Canciano, for the repose of the
meet inspector of fisheries, as to improving and stocking
with salmon and other &h. Italian martyrs to freedom. The temporalty is
the Medway and its tributaries
The chair was occupied by the High Sheriff, who an- more and more countenanced by the spiritual
nounced that the association recently formed had last week
powers,D - and by the time Victor Emmanuel arrives
made application to the justices at the West Kent Quarter he will find Venice full of loyal ecclesiastics. Every-
Sessions, to recommend the Secretary of State to form a
fishery district of the river Medway and its tributaries, and thing is being prepared for the triumphal entry,
that such application had been acceded to. An elaborate re
and if a snow storm should not intervene, which
port was then received from Mr. Ff ennell, to the effect that,
on Monday, the Bth ult., and the following day, be made a seems less probable, since the weather has grown
full inspection of the river Medway and its tributaries, as- somewhat milder, it will be a festival worth travel-
sisted by Messrs. Frank Bucklsnd, Wild, Arnold, and God-
dard. The door, it states, at the very entrance of the Med- ling across to behold.
Europe
way was completely barred to the admission of salmon, and
for a period of nearly 200 years these fish had been shut
out. A few stray tie h would still come up and jump at the .
lock, seeking to ascend and find a suitable bed of gravel . FATAL ACLIDENT TO A 'MIDLAND STATION MASTER.
on which to deposit their spawn. The lock-keeper had in- —Yesterday afternoon a sad occurrence took place at the
formed him that a few weeks back he had caught two Midland Railway4tation, Derby, by which the life of Mr.
salmon which had vainly attempted to get over. The river George Rickman. the reswted etotaon-master, was sacn-
was so barred by the locks that to enable the salmon to get feed. It appears that the deceased was in the exercise of
over by the use of ladders would be very expensive, and his duties at the time of his death, some new regulations
the stream was so obstructed by locks and null weirs that having been issued for the mouth of November, in.refe-
a great portion of it was useless for spawning purpose'. Fence to. the coupling of the trains at the south j.unction of
There were, however, several puts of the river and its the station. Mr. Rickman went down to the south junction to
tributories available if the fish could get at them, but in superintend the departure of some trains, and was walking
that case the produce would not be large. The Medway from thence towards the north junction on the line when
possessed large capabilities for the culture of noremigne the Nottingham train due at Derby at 3.10. p.m.
tory fish, such as river trout, and much might be done if came up behind him. The engine-driver whistled,
the proprietary would combine tegether
. and adopt a well and some men shouted, a porter being within
organised system of protection, which might be made self- a few yards of the deceased ; but Mr. Rickman did
supporting by issuing tickets at • certain price to angler
- not hear them until the engine was close upon bun,
He recommended the aseociation to take up the culture of when, as be stepped back and turned half round, the
fish generally, and to introduce salmon by way of experi- buffer struck him in the spine, and the train went over his
meat in those parts of the river suitable for spawning. Be body, his legs being Jou-fully mutilated. His death was
would reoommend that artificial propagation should be instantaneous. His lifeless body was picked up and car-
adopted in such experiment, which might be well intrusted ried to the North Stafford waiting room, and an inquest
to the care of Mr. Frank Buckland. He was of opinion will be held before Mr. Coroner Whiston. Mr. Rickman
that the existing law gave powers to deal with the mini- had been station master for the long period of twenty-
maces arising from the refuse proceeding from paw-mills seven years, and was held in high esteem by those who are
and factories. Tbe report was adopted, and after some in the habit of travelling on the Midland Railway, and his
addresses and a vote of thanks to the chairman the meat. shocking death bas canoed a painful eenution at Derby.
Us was a widower, and has left a large family.
het separated.