The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-08 00:00:00

ETU Court.

BALMORAL, Tlltts 6.
Her Majesty drove out yesterday morning,
accompanied by Princess Christian.
In the afternoon her Majesty and Princess Beatrice,
attended by the Duchess Dowager of Athole, rode on
ponies to the Shen in Glen Gelder.
Prince Leopold, attended by Mr. Sabl. went out riding.
Miss MacGregor and the Rev. Mr. Taylor arrived at the
Castle.

Dr. Robertson had the honour of dining with the Queen
and royal family. -

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday, at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The Ministers pre-
sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Mahnesbury,
the Right Hon. Osthorne Hardy, Lord Stanley,
the Duke of Buckingham, Sir John Pskington, Sir
S. Northoote, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the
Right Hon. H. T. L. Cony, Lord J. Manners,
and Lord Naas.

A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most Honour-
able Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council-
office, Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The
Lords present were the Lord President, the Lord Privy
Seal, Lord Robert Montagu, Lord Naas, and the Right
Hon. Stephen Cave. Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander
Williams attended the committee.

The Bishop of Oxford, the Bishop of Lichfield, the Yen.
the Archdeacon of Buckingham, the Rev. Canon Hawkins,
and the Rev. the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Ox-
ford had an interview with the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer in Downing-street yesterday.

Her Majesty the Queen, with the junior mem-
ber of the royal family and suite, is expected to leave
Balmoral about the 17th inst., and return to Windsor.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge re-
turned to Gloucester House yesterday from Cliveden, near
Maidenhead, where the duke had been staying with the
Duke and Duchess of Sutherland during the visit of the
Prince of Wales.

The Duchess of Inverness received at dinner on
Wednesday at Kensington Palace the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg•Strelits, the
Duke and Duchess d'Aumale, the Prince of Teck, the
Austrian Ambassador and Countess Apponyi, Viscount St.
Asaph, Lord Frederick Paulet, Lord William Osborne,
General and Lady Alice Peel, Lord de Tablet', and Hon.
Francis and Mn. Stoner.

The Earl and Countess of Macclesfield received
at dinner yesterday the (;rand Ducheu of Mecklenburg-
StreLitz, attended by Lady Caroline Cast. There were
present to meet her royal highness—The Archbishop of
Canterbury and Miss Longley, the Duke and Duchess of
Buccleuch, the Duchess of Northumberland, the Countess
of Tankerville, Viscount Hill, Viscountess Castlerosse,
Lord Methuen, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord and Lady Wen-
lock, kc. A small party met after dinner.
The Earl and Countess of Carnarvon took their
departure yesterday for Paris. It is the intention of the
noble earl and countess to return about the lath inst.

Lord Henry Lennox, M.P., hes left town en
rotate for Paris, where his lordship will pass -thiWhitsun-
tide holidays.
The Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas
and Lady Bovill entertained Lord and Lady Ewrtace Cecil,
the Bishop of Winchester, Sir M. White Ridley, Bark,
M.P., and Miss Ridley, the Vice-Chancellor Sir John
Stuart, Sir Henry Edwards, M.P., and Lady and Miss Ed-
wards, Sir Walter Riddell, General Lawrence, Mr. and
Mrs. Sumner, Mr. Selwin, Ro., at dinner last evening at
their residence in Eccleston-square.

Madame Lind-Goldachmid will sing at the Here-
ford festival.

Mdlle. Nilsson is advertised to appear this even-
ing at her Majesty's Theatre in the character of Signor
Verdi's Trariala. " The character is one to be refused,"
says the Atheatcton, " not solicited, by a new prima
donna."

On Monday, the second rhododendron show will
take place at the Botanic Gardens, Regent'a.park.
The Saturday promenades in the Zoological
Gardens have commenced. A military band plays from
4 until 6 o'clock. These gardens are now in their fullest
perfection.

Referring, at the late meeting of the London
Library, to the state of literature in Italy and the freedom
of the press in Rome, Earl Stanhope remarked that pro-
hibitory regulations often defeat one another. When at
Rome he had observed that Lord /Kannlay's " History of
England" was in the Index, while Tauchnits's " Editions
of English Authcn " were all (including Macaulay) ad.
mined. The large cumbrous volumes which few would
have desired to buy remained without the barrier, while
the handy and desirable pocket volumes were placed
within the reach of all the faithful. The Earl of Clarendon
added that he believed not only was that dangerous book,
Lord Macaulay's history, forbidden in Roma, but that still
more dangerous work, " The History of England," by
Lord Mahon. Earl Stanhope heartily joined in the merri-
ment which this remark drew forth.

MEETINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES FOR THE
ENMCING WEEK.—Tuesday, Ethnological, at 8, " An-
cient European Mines," Dr. Hyde Clarke ; " Claasifi-
cation of Races by Form of Skull," Mr. Crawford ; " Visit
to Kilbalan Village, Formosa," Dr. Collingwood. Wed-
nesday, Microscopical, at 8, " Binocular Compound and
Dissecting Microscopes," Dr. Carpenter ; " Anatomy of
Diptera," Prof. Jones ; " Classification of Objects," Dr.
Murk; " Parasite in Nerves of the Haddock," Dr. Mad-
dox. Literature, at 8, " Unpublished MS. of S. T. Cole-
ridge," Dr. Ingleby. Thursday, Syro-Egyptian, at 7i,
" Demoniac. of Scripture," Dr. Camps,

THE BAEHR OF CONVOCATION.—Iit is, it appears,
• very grave thing to present • hook to the Library of
Convocation. It must not be improper or untrue, or
heretical, or, in fact, anything upon which members of
convocation, having no serious business, can pounce for
comment. The Bishop of Oxford, being a man of the
world and interested in the " Red Book" as well as the
" Book of Life," recently presented • copy of " Debrett,"
and was, poor dear innocent man ! " severely censured."
Debrett, it seems, includes among his dignitaries
the Scotch Bishops who are nut recognised by
the State. We trust nobody will present convo-
cation with an almanac, for there is sure to be some
unorthodox saints' day ; or a dictionary, for it is sure
to contain some definition not ecclesiutically correct ; or a
directory, for it gives catholic clergymen illegal titles.
Really, what babies these bishops are ! Imagine men who
ought to be leaders of • great church expurgating " De-
brett," and talking of doing it in public debate ! We trust
the publishers of ' Debrett" will send an illuminated
copy of their volume to the Bishop of Oxford, as • small
testimonial of their gratitude for his services to the firm.
H. has given their peerage • monopoly of high-church
circulation.—Speclator.

THE 111/911 RAILWAYB—Lord Derby has ap-
pointed Thursday, the 20th instant, at 3 o'clock, at Down-
ing-street, for the interview with Irish peers and members
of the Rouse of Commons relative to the purchase of
Irish railways by the state,...

BOARD Or TRADE, WHITEHALL, JUNE 4. —The
Queen has been graciously pleased to confer the decor*.
lion of "The Albert Medal of the First Clus" on Samuel
Lake, of the Bombay Reclamation Company's Works ; W.
H. Millett, third officer on board the Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamship Hama ; and the Rev.
Charles Cobb, rector of Dymehurob in the county of Kent.
Her Majesty has also been graciously pleased to wafer the
decoration of " The Albert Medal of the Second Chun." on
John Batist, boatman at the Dymchurch Coast Guard
Station ; John Donovan, chief boatman in charge of the
Old Head Comet Guard Station, Kinsale; and Charles
Sprankling, chief boatman at the Barton Coast Guard
Statitm.7oazette._

ST. JAMES'S PALAVE, JUNG 4.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint the Hon. and ltev. Francis Ed-
mund Cecil Byng, late chaplain to her Majesty at Hemp.
ton Court Palace, to be one of the honorary chaplains to
her Majesty.—Gazeffe.
Dowarixo-arazar, JUNE s.—The Queen has been
pleased to appoint Hugh Bold Gibb, Esq., to be a mem-
ber of the Legislative Council of the colony of Hong
Kong. Her Majesty has alao been pleased to appoint
Thomas Brown. Esq., to be • member of the Legislative
Council of her Majesty's settlement on the River Gambia,
on the Western Coast of Africa.—Ort:eite.
ST. JAMES'S PALATE, JuxE4.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint the Rev. William Drake, honorary
canon of Worcester and honorary chaplain in ordinary
to her Majesty, to be one of the chaplains in ordinary to
her Majesty. —Gazette.
The Liberal Association (says the Western Times)
have resolved to call a meeting of the liberals of Exeter
on an early day, to consider the subject of a second liberal
candidate. Mr. John Bowring, Lorkbear, has been in-
vited to attend. in order to afford the party an oppor-
tunity of hearing the hon. gentleman's views on political
questions.

Barometrical pressure has Increajled dace yesterday, sad is
rising generally this morning. Winds are variable In the north,
and moderate to fresh from southwest on our widens coasts.
Weather Is still cloudy, and rain has fallen In plated. Thunder
has occurred In the southeast.

SOUTHERNERS IN SOUTH AMERICA. —A Rio Ja-
neiro letter says:—Some Southern planters have pur-
chased land in the district of Champinas, and are attract-
ing the attention of the Brazilians by using the plough
and other implements, and the dealers in these articles are
driving a brisk trade. Those Americans who settled on
the coast south of Rio have erected sawmill., and are now
supplying the Rio market with excellent timber.—Motile
Advertiser.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THE
CZAR.

(rsom ma ours coaszaromnirr.)

PARIS, FRIDAY Sunnis.
Of course nothing is talked of to-day but the
attempted assassination of the Emperor of Russia.
I give the leading facts---such at least as I have
reason to believe t-ue—in no other order than that
in which I learn them.

The Moniteur avoids stating that the Czar was
specially aimed at. It mentions only the literal fact
that the shot was fired "at the carriage" contain-
ing the Emperor Napoleon, the Czar, and the two
Grand Dukes, leaving the public to infer from the
nationality of the assassin, who " said he was a
Pole," that it was not Napoleon HI. but his guest
whose life was intended to be taken. This inevit-
able inference turns out to be perfectly true—the
Pole has confessed it. He told M. Gouet, the
Judge of Instruction, that he meant and hoped to
kill the Czar. He professed affection and grati-
tude towards the Emperor of the French. He de-
clared that he had no accomplices.
There are two ways of spelling the unheroic
syllables of the assassin of June 6. The Moniteur
calls him Bereyouski ; but the Prefect of Police's
placards, posted all over Paris, say B4rizowski.
He is a native of Volhynia. His condition in life
was that of a working engineer. He was employed
by the considerable house of Gouin and Co. He
is only twenty, and when sixteen served in a Polish
insurgent army. The Emperor Napoleon's equerry
(in French ecityer), who rode close to the door of
the imperial carriage the horse which received the
bullet in its head, is M. Raimbeaux. That horse
died in the course of the night. It is said that
M. Raimbeaux seeing the Pole approaching the
carriage thought he was coming to present a
petition, and spurred his horse to a curvet to keep
him off. The action made the horse's head in all
probability cover the Czar. At all events the Em-
peror of Russia,themoment he arrived at the Elyscce,
sent for M. Raimbeaux, thanked him for having
saved his life, said he should never forget it, and
at once gave him with his own hand the Order of
St. Stanislas.

The assertion of the Monitror, although echoed
by the placards of the Prefect of Police that
"nobody was wounded," was incorrect. It is true,
as I informed you last night, that. a woman remised
a ball in the cheek. The surgeons in an ambulance
near at hand immediately attended her. The Droit
says that her wound is slight. The Munikur
du Sole admits that a woman whom it calls a dame
(a lady) was wounded, and does not say whether
severely or not.
The blood which spurted from the wounded head
of M. Raimbeaux's horse stained the uniforms of the
Emperor Napoleon and of the Grand Duke Wladi-
mir, who was seated opposite to him. The Czar
thought for a moment that the blood was that of
his son, and was deeply affected. The horse's
blood on the Emperor Napoleon gave rise to
the rumour that his Majesty had received a
scratch. The pistol was a double-barrelled
one. It was at the second shot that it
burst in the hands of the assassin. He was badly
wounded, and fainted away before he was secured.
Some say ho has lost three fingers—others a thumb
and one finger. A few seconds after the event the
Emperor Napoleon, turning to the Czar and smil-
ing, said to him, " Sire, we have been under tire
together." The Emperor of Russia replied, "Our
destinies are in the hands of Providence." This
conversation is authentic.

Crowds of people of all ranks have called at the
ElysLce Palace to-day to inscribe their names. All
coiner' are admitted. Many add to their signa-
tures a word or two, such as " sympathy," "horror
of the crime," &c.
To-day the Emperor Napoleon in uniform, at-
tended by the officers of his household, the Em-
press, the Princess Mathilde, and several ministers
and great officers of state, the Emperor of Russia
and the Grand Dukes, the King of Prussia and the
Prince and Princess Royal of Prussia, went to the
Russian church to hear a Te /hum for the preser-
vation of the Czar's life. M. Raimbaux
with hie new decoration, was among the distin-
guished congregation which crowded the church.
It is a noteworthy fact that a catholic and a protes-
tant monarch thus joined with the head of the
Greek church in Greek worship.

At church the two Grand Dukes threw them-
selves upon their father's neck and wept.
The name of the lady wounded is Madame La-
borie, the wife of a councillor-general of the de-
partment of the Tarn. Her wound is not serious.
The assassin had placed himself near the cas-
cades, calculating that the great crush there would
prevent the imperial carriage from going beyond a
foot pace, and that he could, therefore, take better
arm. Fortunately M. de Bourgoing, in charge
of the procession, seeing the great crowd, took a
different avenue from the ono that was in the
programme. Berezowski (I think this will be the
ultimate spelling) then crept through the brush-
wood to the newly chosen alley. He fired when at
a distance of five paces, but the cortege was going
at a trot.

Berezowski has not worked for MM. Gouin since
April 30. He was first given employment by
them on Feb. 7, 1865. His first words on being
brought before the Prefect of Police were, " I am
much obliged to your agents, but for them I should
have been massacred by the public."
Berezowaki has been in the employment of MM.
Call and Co. He left their workshops on May 4.
He says he has since lived on his savings and a
pension of 35c. a day, which he received from the
French government as a Polish refugee. It is, I
believe, not true, as stated, that he came from
Belgium only two days ago on purpose to commit
the crime. Ho bought the double-barrelled pistol
on the Boulevard de Sebastopol on Wednesday,
and gave 9:r. for it, after being assured that it was
better than some which he had been shown at Bfr.
He first thought of trying to commit the deed on
the night when the Czar went to the opera.
On the sitting of the Corps Legislatif to-day,
President Schneider made the following speech :

Messieurs—Yesterday, at the moment when our glorious
army excited the admiration of the Sovereigns present at
the review, and of an immense assemblage of the popula-
tion, an odious crime was committed by a man of foreign
origin ; but Providence was on the watch, and the crime
was powerless. (Applause.) I cannot, gentlemen, but be the
interpreter of your sentiments and those of our noble and
hospitable country—(" Bravo, bravo," and long continued
applause)—in proclaiming the profound indignation which
this abominable attempt has provoked in every heart
(Fresh ►pplause)—and in expressing on this occasion our
deep and respectful sympathy for the august guests of the
Emperor of France. (Loud and long continued cheers and
cries of " Viva l'Empereur !")

Let me observe here, en pa cant. that this is the
first time I have seen Napoleon 111., the Emperor
of France, in any official speech or document. His
right title is the Emperor of the French—the
importance of the nuance needs no explanation.
There are to be very general illuminations in
Paris this evening.
M. Gressier's report on the Army Organisation

Bill will be presented probably to-morrow, but at
farthest by Monday. I believe there is yet a
a serious difference of opinion between the govern-
ment and the committee which the Chamber at
large must settle.

THE INSURRECTION IN CRETE.

(nom A 001111WONDENT.)

HEADQI7ARTERS, MINONAB, MAT 17.
The day before yesterday an important engage.
ment took place at Ayos Miron, and after thirteen
hours' hard fighting, the insurgents were victorious,
But I will give you the details of the last few days,
with the movements that led to this interruption of
the atatu quo position to which Turks and Chris,.
tians have lately adhered. It was reported that
some hundred Mahometan Cretans had pesessed
themselves of places in the province of Slalaviai
in order to levy contributions, and some said that
they had received carte blanche from Reachid Pacha
to indulge in cruelty and outrage against the Chris.
tians of Heraclea. However this may be, the pro.
visional government ordered the Cretan leaders to
drive the Mahommedana from their posts, and also
to intercept the Turkish troops, who, advancing
upon the eastern provinces, hoped to prevent the
disembarkation of volunteers and munitions of
war with which the Arcadi, there as elsewhere, as.
sista the insurrection. According to these orders
Petropoulaki marched towards the south-
east, and encamped in the ravine of Pen.
taxard, awaiting further orders from Kokinidis
and Skulas. The march had lain through a
rocky country, with scant vegetation and
low undergrowth, a landscape differing in itsglooniy
character from anything we had yet seen in our
Cretan marches. Then a fair high-lying valley
opened out before us, shaded by • few trees en-
closed by perpendicular walls of rock, and with a
bright carpet of green. Here we rested, and in the
night received the good news of the safe arrival of
the Arcadi, in the Gulf of Mirabolla, with rein-
forcements of 550 volunteers, and with 4,000 Mks.
The next day, on a hill in the middle of the valley,
was held a great council of war, under the presi-
dency of the general-in-chief, Petropoulaki. Here
the Greeks decided to march eastwards, upon As-
sites, a town to the south-west of Ayes Mime, to
offer battle to the Turks, then to turn rapidly to
the north-west and attack at once, and from all
sides, Omer Pacha, who, with 6,000 men, had ad-
vanced eastwards from Rethymno to Kamalevri.

At 10 p.m. on the night of the 14th we broke up
our encampment, and marched, through the bright
moonlight, along cross paths and ladder-like
valleys, which were often unusually difficult of
access for both riders and foot-passengers. Thee
we came to a defile, where the walls of rock on one
side had been overthrown by some natural convul-
sion, and where the picturesque effect of the deep
precipice and the wild view between the silt
masses of rock was heightened by the grotesque
shadows which the mountains dung across mr
moonlit path. Most of us were on foot, and all
found the roughness of the road tiring, more
especially the brave old chief, who suffers from the
many wounds that he has received in the war for
freedom. Two hours after midnight we paused to
rest where from our high position we could dis-
tinguish, through the early twilight, the shadowy
outline of the whole valley of Heraclea. After
short repose we formed line again, and marched
by daybreak upon Assites. Captain Kokinides
commanded the right wing, Leonidas Petropoulaki
the centre, and Captain Skulas the left wing and
the reserve : the last was placed on the heights
of Petali Castelo.

At six a.m. the attack commenced ; 500 Mahe-
medan Cretans who possessed the place being
already drawn up in order of battle. After an ob-
stinate resistance they retreated, and were punned
by the Christians. Meanwhile the Turkish garri-
son of Ayos Miron, having heard of the engage-
ment, took arms and sent two battalions of infantry
of the line, 300 Cretan Mahomedans, a squadron
of cavalry and two guns, to the support of their
allies. The battle grew warmer as the Turkish
troops approached, bringing their two guns with
them ; but volunteers and Cretans alike offered a
brave resistance from the heights of Assites. Mean-
while Reachid Pacha sent back to Ayes Miron
those troops which had started to suppress
the insurrection in the eastern provinces.
Thus fresh reinforcements arrived for the
Turks just as the insurgents began to
look anxiously at their rapidly diminishing
cartridges. About 2 p.m. the Cretan vanguard re-
treated slowly upon Petali Castelo, where was the
reserve, and the Christians were on the point of
yielding the battle when the order was given to
make a last advance and endeavour to redeem the
fortune of the day. As the fight recommenced the
courage of the Greeks redoubled, and they fought
with heroic contempt of death. Their leaders de-
termined to maintain the struggle till nightfall, a
they were persuaded that the Turks, tired with the
exertions of the day, exhausted by the heat of the
sun, and suffering alike from hunger and thirst;
would not be able to fight on through the nigh%
The Turkish guns sent ball after ball against urt
position, which their infantry vainly entleatourel
to storm. At length, at 7 p.m., after an
usually severe engagement, Itc. hid Pacha rt•
treated, and a bonfire on Petah Castel() announce'
the Cretan victory. Old Petropoulaki's face beanie.'
with joy as he ordered his men to turn to the stem-
plishment of their second tusk. I must add that
Leonidas, the son of Petropoulaki, is truly the
brave des braves, though, where all show the ni.a
remarkable fortitude and daring, it is almost us-
possible to distinguish one above the rest.
The,
his troops before Heracleum, and the insurrectionin the east is left free to develop itself. The
Egyptian Arabs have not yet been brought against
the Cretans. They stay quietly and comfortably
in the plain, before Ayos Miri on. It s generally
believed that they are far from eager tel tight the
Christians, as there are many Koos among them
professing the same faith. aacgccaltinied,inslceoxliitruthAd
objectro, their

A Paris letter says :—" Madame Ilistori is rpm
living in Paris, having returned from America. where sho
realised no less than 40,000/. clear money. Those of .our
readers who are visiting this metropolis and they sin
daily becoming more numerous—will lee glad to hear that
the celebrated tragedian intends playing during Om",
nights at the Theatre Italia'. Her first appearance rill
take piece on the 12th of the present month, on which oc•
casion she will perform in Elt.tahettn." The Xing of Prup
sea, who is one of the most fervent admirers of the talent
and genius of this actress, has alrewly taken a boa for the
first evening. On the 15th Histori willact in Mark
and on the ISth in Meeker.
It can be scarcely credited now that thirty year
ago the postage of a letter from London to the Isle
Man was Is. ;to Lerwick, in Scotland, Is. sm; an'i
Glenavy, in Ireland, Is. ltd. The postage on a letter
ti
Australia or New Zealand is now only 6.1.
An American archbishop and three Ameria
bishops landed st Southampton this week from aNO
York mail packet. The archbishop (Purcell). accoeilg
to the Sew Trirmae, is on his way to Rome. caM,ti,
a gift to the Pope, which consists of a silver model of tte
yacht Henrietta, with a cargo of 50,000 dollars is Pi
pieces. The Henrietta is the yacht which her ma':
offered to Prince Alfred of England last Christmas.