The Express.
London, England, 1866-08-20 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENING.

The troops at the Chalons Camp received the
news only on Friday that the Emperor would not
come. Up to that time they had been led to
believe his presence certain, and it was particu-
larly said that he would distribute with his own
hand decorations to a certain number of officers
and soldiers of the guard. These decorations
were brought down to the camp on Friday by an
orderly officer of the War-office, and were to be
distributed by the Marshal commanding-in-chief
this day. . A last grand review was given on the
17th, in the presence of several foreign officers.
General Feray mancenvred his cavalry division
during three hours for the inspection of an English
general (Grant). The committee presided over
by General Bourbaki, which was charged to select the
best model of a breech-loading rifle, has decided in
favour of M. Chasaepot's, which it reports to be
far superior to the Prussian needle-gun. The
troops are not to leave the camp by rail, as it is
desired to exercise them in long marches. The
Guards will therefore not reach Paris till towards
the end of the month.

The news that the Empress of Mexico had left
Paris for Brussels was premature. She is still at
the Grand Hotel, and is expected to remain till the
end of the week. She desires to be considered
incog. The other day she went to Versailles to pay
a visit to Madame Beauvais, who was her governess
for many years after the death of Queen Louise, and
for whom she retains a great affection. It is not
yet decided whether her Majesty on leaving Paris
will go to Brussels or Vienna first.
It was reported at the Bourse yesterday that the
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Italian government, feeling the necessity of eco-
nomy, and renouncing all thoughts of war, has re-
solved, as soon as peace is signed, to effect very
large reductions in the army and navy.
The illustration publishes an account purporting
to come from Head Centre Stephens himself of the
grand dinner given to him in Paris by the Anglophobe
the Marquis de Boisay. A large party of senators,
generals, and titled and decorated personages was
invited to meet the Fenian. Before dinner he
conversed for a long time at a bay window with
Viscount de la Gueronniere, in answer to whose
questions he gave an account of his career. When
the chief butler announced " Madame la Marquise
est Genie," the marquis requested him to give his

arm to the Marchioness de i3oissy to take her in to

dinner. Stephens confesses to have blushed a
little at this distinguished honour. At table he
sat on the lady's right hand, and at dessert the
Marquis de Boissy, getting on his legs, introduced
him to the company as the " future President of
the Irish republic."
A tragical and mysterious event is reported from
Havre. On August 15 a boat floating on the Seine
at a point near the ruins of Oreslain Abbey, was
found to contain two dead bodies : one was a man,
from 40 to 45 ; the other a woman, from 24 to 26.
The boat bore the word " Havre " on the stern.
The bodies are not yet identified. The Havre
journals say the cause of death is unknown, and
do not mention whether any marks of violence
were found upon the persons of the deceased.
The sanitary state of Paris is reported as improv-
ing. Cholera has almost disappeared from Amiens,
but has broken out at Beauvais.

This is likely to be a very bad wine year. The
protracted cold and wet (this 19th of August is like
a winter's day) forbids hope in many places of the
grapes ripening, and the quality must almost be uni-
versally bad. It is stated that three-fourths of the

famous Chateau-Margaux vintage, now the property
of MM. Aguado, is utterly lost. In the neighbour-
hood of Paris, grapes which at this time last year
were ripe on the sunny side of cottages are now as
hard as bullets. This is all the greater disappoint
ment to the growers, because the quantity is very
great.
A Berlin letter states that the Hungarian legion
under General Klapka, which was falsely reported
to have deserted to Austria, is in cantonments in the
district of Leobachutz. The general with his staff
has been since August 10 at Rakau. The Hun-
garian flag is hoisted at his headquarters. The legion
is under the surveillance of the director of police,
M. de Rigahki. There is as yet no talk of its dis-
solution.

DEPARTURE OF THE PRINCESS OF WALES FROM
YOREsHISIL—On Friday last her Royal Highness the
Princess of Wales, attended by the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge
and other ladies, and General Knollys, visited Lady
Mary Vyner, at Newby Hall. Daring the day it
became generally known that the Princess would leave
Studley Royal at midnight, and notwithstanding the
lateness of the hour, many Lidice and gentlemen deter-
mined to witness the
tuber
of As the time of leaving'
drew near, a large number of respectable persons applied
for admission on to the platform of the station, but the
privilege was refused by Mr. Christisou, the superinten-
dent of the passenger department, and consequently there
wee no alternative but to wait outside, which they did
with great patience until the arrival of the royal party at
12.53, at which time there would be upwards of 50 per-
sons present. The Princess and the infant princes ar-
rived in a elms carriage, accompanied by Earl de Grey and
Ripon, and were received with loud cheers. Prince Albert
Victor was earned across the platform to the train, and
appeared quite lively and to enjoy the novelty of the scene.
and repeatedly waved his hand in acknowledgment of the
cheers. Prince George was asleep. The Princess looked
remarkably well and in excellent spirit., and repeatedly
acknowledged the cheers until the train passed out of the
station. Her royal highness was attended by General
Knollys and the Hon. Mrs. Hardinge. The special train
was under the charge of Mr. Christiiion, and left the
station at 12.57 precisely. Earl IN) Grey and Ripon was
loudly cheered on returning to his carriage, and as he was
entering it he expressed his entire satisfaction with the
police arrangement. as carried out by Capt. Ormsby, of
the West Riding_ oonstabulary.—Leecis Mercury.
DEATH OF SIR GILBSET EAST. —There seems to
be no doubt about the death of Sir Gilbert East, inasmuch
as the members of his family have formally announced it
this morning. The deceased baronet was born in 1873,
and married m 1846, the daughter of Mr. Sebastian Smith,
of Coanaught-plaou He is succeeded in the baronetcy by
his son °Mut, born in 1t46.
Yesterday the Rev. Andrew Boni Suter,
incumbent of All Sainte Church, Mile-end New-town,
preached his farewell sermon to his oongregatkm, on his
=rag oaaseatation as Bishop of Nelsen, New

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A./BRUTAL SCENE.
A letter from Martorell (Catalonia) of August
llgires the following account of the capture and
slaughter by Narreees Eibirri of the famous par-
tisan chief, known as Noy de las Baraquetas :
I have already told you that Narvaes's amnesty was but
a respite, or rather a snare, to throw the liberals off their
WiFnaillades go on ; and, worse still, people am
red, and the helpless and wounded ran through and
through with bayonets, just as in the palmy days from
1851 to 1854. For each purposes recourse is bad to the
genies' of the civil guards, and especially those famous
Moms de la Famed:a, whose mew exploits were re-
counted in January last, when they fired point blank upon
the elegant crowd of promenaders under the arcades of the
Place Royale of Barcelona. Don Vincent Marti (commonly
called Boy de lea Bars quotas) is one of the richest and most
esteemed landed proprietors of Martorell. He was at one
time an ardent partisan of Prim, in whose last pronuncia-
mento he took part ; but inJanuary last he quarrelled with
Prim, because the latter would not transfer the theatre of
his operations to Catalonia. Ever since he has lived
quietly on his property. He rallied to O'Donnell, and was
considered so much a man of order that sines May last he
dined almost daily with the Captain-General Cotceor. But
he refused, in spite of threats and entreaties, to pronounce
for Narraes, and therefore, although he did no hostile
act, it was resolved to take his life. On August
11th an armed force surrounded his house, and made him
a prisoner, one of the Moses telling him that he would ho
taken to Barcelona, where " his affair would be settled."
Marti knew what this meant, as did his brother and his
friends. If they must die, they said it was better to die
with arms in their hands than to serve as targets for trem-
bling recruits to shoot at. They collected together to the
number of thirty, and armed with blunderbusses pro-
ceeded to the railway station with the intention of rescuing
the prisoner. Finding the waiting room full of people
they fired at the ceiling, and brought down a shower of
duet and plaster, At the same moment M. Marti's
brother, a man of herculean strength, knocked down
both the guards, who were holding the prisoner on
either side. A combat ensued. M. Marti was ran
through the belly by a bayonet, and his bowels gushed
out. One of his party with the blow of a gun stock knocked
down the Moto who had inflicted the wound ; and two of
the band laying hold of M. Marti the whole party made
off with him into the field hoping to find a hiding place.
The Mores, recovering from the surprisecaused by the dust
shower in the railway-station, pursued the fugitives and
came up with them in an olive garden. U. Marti's party,
protected by trunks of old trees, forced the Morns to re-
treat, and, after an hour's march, they found a spot where
they thought M. Marti might be concealed. But he
feeling himself dying, told them to leave him and save
themselves. Three hours later the Motes, guided by
blood marks on the ground, came to the spot where
the unfortunate M. Marti was lying alone. " Ah,
ha !" they said, " this time you shall not escape
us." Instead of putting a ball through the head of
the dying man, they recalled him to a sense of life by
pricks with the bayonet's point, and stabbed him all over
in so many places, that you could not have lain a crown
piece upon any unwounded part of his body. The indigna-
tion in the country is so great that the captain-general
felt it necessary to come to Martorell in person with an
entire regiment. The band, headed by the deceased's
brother, swells every day, and a good many of the Mots
who are fighting with them have been killed. It is certain
that M. Marti was murdered in cold blood, for he was
lying helpless and alone, with a death-wound which he
had received three hours before he was hacked to death.

THE FEARFUL COLLISION BETWEEN TWO
STEAMERS OFF THE SUFFOLK COAST.

LATEST PARTICULARS.

The terrible collision which took place early yes-
terday morning off Aldborough, on the Suffolk coast,
between the General Steam Navigation Company's steamer
Bruiser, from Hull to London, and the Haswell (not
Oswald) screw collier, bound to the Tyne from the Thames,
has not been attended, it is believed, with the very exten-
sive sacrifice of life which was first reported. Unhappily,
however, there has been a sad Lou, and it is stated that
many who perished were children and women.
The collision took place about ten minutes to three
o'clock yesterday morning. The Haswell had recently
undergone some repairs in the Victoria Dock, and was
going down light to the North to receive a cargo of coals.
The Bruiser left Hull on Saturday for London and had a full
complement of passengers. Both vessel, were pursuing
the usual course some few miles off the land. On the
part of the Haswell it is averred that she kept a
port helm, and that the Bruiser must have sud
denly altered her course to have brought her
across the bow of the Haswell. The Bruiser was
struck right amidships on the starboard side. The shock
is described as havicg been of a most terrific character and
for the time it was apprehended that both ships would go
down. The Bruiser was cut down below the water line, and
the sea rushed into her hold with considerable force. The
cry was raised for the passengers and crew to save
themselves by getting on board the Haswell. Captain
Hartz, the master of the Bruiser, is reported to have been
below at the time of the collision, having left the chief
officer on deck. In about ten minutes the Bruiser
went down in several fathoms of water, and as she
disappeared several hands, apparently of children
and females, were seen above the companion. Many
of them were asleep in the berths when the
collision took place, and in the confusion were unable to
get on deck. Two of the stokers of the Bruiser were
killed in their berths, and a sailor belonging to the same
vessel was drowned. Amongst the passengers who came
on board at Hull was a German woman and two or three
children, and it is thought that they have all perished. A
passenger alao lost his wife.
Considering the character of the catastrophe and the
short time that was allowed them to save themselves, it is
somewhat providential that the loss of life was notgreater.
The number who perished is computed at about 20 or 25,
but some of the passengers may have been picked up by
Fussing ships.
The Haswell, after remaining about the spot for some
time, returned to London. She sustained a fearful rent on
her port bow, the iron plates being driven in,but fortunately
she was light, and the forward bulkhead held firm. She
arrived off the Victoria Docks last evening, when the pas.
sengera were landed.

HEALTH op MIL M. T. BAgs, M.P.—We learn
that a considerable improvement has taken place in the
health of Mr. Bass, and hopes are entertained that he will
loon be enabled to return from Bcodand.—Licensed Vic-
tuallers' Guardian.
THE FIART IN CANADA WITH THE FENIAN IN-
VADERS. —The Military Court of Inquiry, ordered on
the application of Lieutenant-Colonel Booker, in con-
sequence of charges made against him in the Canadian
newspapers, have reported that on the day of the engage-
ment he found himself for the first time in his er
perimce in command of a larger body than one weak
battalion on parade ; that he had not the assistance of
any staff or orderlies ; and that a large portion of his men
were youths, not more than 20 years old, many then firing
ball cartridge for the first time in their lives, 'but no force
could have advanced in finer spirits. The court find that
the attack was well and skilfully managed up to a certain
time, when some of the skirmishers raised a cry that
cavalry were advancing upon our force--an alarm of the
truth of which a moment's reflection on the part of the men I
with whom it o'iginated would have shown the impend-
bility. Assuming the cry to have its origin in feet, Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Booker, who was standing with the re-
serve,
gave the order " Look out for cavalry," and
squares were formed. The mistake was discovered directly,
and he endeavoured to remedy it by the order to
" re-form column ;" but he found the men rapidly falling
back, and the attempt to re-torm not having been suc-
cessful they mingled together and were disorganised. An
advance at this moment would have quickly routed the
enemy, but the commanding officer hesitating whether to
advance or retreat unfortunately gave the order to retire.
The court are of opinion that to adopt the idle rumour
that the enemy's force was partly composed of cavalry in a
country where such an arm *mild scarcely be of any value
in attack, or to mime for a moment that a mounted corps
which he could not see was advancing at such erste as to
render it necessary to give the words of caution which he
used, was ill-judged, and moths first act which gave rise
to the disorganisation of his force which then followed.
But so far as concerns the courage of Lieutenant-Colonel
Booker, the court find there is not the slightest founda-
tion for the imputations which have been east upon him •
and that at no period of the day could want of personal
coolness be im.puterl to him.
PRESTON BANK.—A meeting of the shareholders
of the Preston Bank (which recently mopped payment) hem
decided to resume the business of the ocespany. nine.
tenths of the creditors having vented to a proposalby
which they will receive the full amount of Oak
four instalments, the payment of which is I. mimed even
two years.