The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-13 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS,

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PARIS, FRIDAY EVININC.
Las been made to-day of the opinion that
sill be no war, attributed to M. Rouher,
„;,„1, I have already inentimied. It is reported in
~;,- with the variation that "four
,i.,„ he believetl ill war, but is now " certain

,t •h, n m ill he peace." The Bourse was disposed
. if neither of the contending parties,
and Prussia, really wished for war,
milt invent some combination to

;;„.,,, casy and witisfy what is called

~eeptibilitiem." The mischief is that
pr‘,el:! .iitlietolty were patched up fora little

nhii.• that u •n hl afford no security against an
ffipt ..f Ft.un•v to "rectify her frontiers" by
uui 1,,, hen Ale shall have affected the reorgan-
...,ii,,,, the ;may. The real pinch of the
vr..liably whether M. do Bismarck

s polite enough to wait for the Emperor
convenience to begin. It. would
reasonahle that he should demand
. •,..• ~...nrity against future aggreaaion, and in-

r %%heiher Francs: persists in her armaments.
~•,, ro,c 4:ic. for cash and 471 e. for account,
44;fr. 90c. and 66fr. 671 c. Mobilier rose
:;11.. 75c. The Northern and Lyons railways
;fr. 50c. each.

The petition published by the Prrme, purporting
anitiate front certain citizens of Luxemburg,
i praying for annexation to France, is declared
,i,.• f",,:.,. of Luxemburg to be a forgery.
Th. F says it knows from " private
•,irta:s that the difference between England and

yin is in a fair way of settlement.
M. Emile de Girar.lin, who defended himself on
4areh G, will be represented at his trial next
t,ek by M. Allan, the butustait r of the Parikbar.

A man named Daoulas was arrested a few days
at Treves and sent to Brest under tho extra-
dio.m tr,aty, under tho impression that he was
..1 thy• murderous crew of tho Fo-deris Arca,
~.1 mi. It turns mit that the authorities

.t the wrung man. This Damana was not on
1....Lnl the Fualeria Arca and was never a sailor in
lus life.

A paragraph in several pap2rs stated that the
students of the Military College of St. Cyr were to
pass their examination this year sooner than usual,
and drew• the inference that officers were wanted
for war purposes. A onumuniqui to the Arenir NO.
IF ~,,,, 'explains the facts, and denies that there arc
any hut scholastic reasons for them.

The Emperor has ordered an augmentation of
salary for all the employs of his household as a
ompeusation for the increased dearness of living
lurieg the Universal Exhibition. To meet this
supplementary expenditure an extra credit of
2:10,000fr. has been accorded to the minister of the
imperial household.

M. ile Budberg, son of the Russian Ambassador,
was thrown from his horse yesterday in the Bois de
Boulogne. While riding with M. Casimir Perier,
his horse ran away, and got its legs entangled in
the net-work fence surrounding the deer park. M.
tle Budberg was unseated, and in his fall dashed
his head against a poet. He was taken up
insensible, and carried to M. Casimir Perier's
house, in the Avenue de l'lmperatrice. His mother,
the Baroness do Budberg, and Dr. N4laton were
immediately sent for. A brain fever set in this
morning, and the state of the patient is reported
most precarious. The Corps Diplomatique and
very many members of Parisian society called at
the Russian Embassy to-day to make inquiries.

DREADFUL COLLIRRI ACCIDRNT.—At Brightaide
tolfiery, near Sheffield, five men were killed yesterday
evening. They were descending the pit to begin work,
when the wire rope broke, and they fell to the bottom, a
depth of 200 yards. All were killed instantly, being fear-
'ully mangled. The ceouc of the accident is not yet
mown.

INSTITUTION OP NAVAL ARCHITMCIN. —The pro-
reeling!' •of the annual meetings of this institution were
-mined yeeterday morning in the hall of the Society of
Ins, John-street, Adelphi, Sir Edward Belcher in the
chair. Captain L. G. Heath, R.N., C.D., read an exceed-
ogly interesting paper "On the construction of the sides
of armour-plated ships." In his opinion the time ham
woe foe getting rid of wood in the sides of our ironclad.,
sad he therefore favours the abolition of what is called
backing," and suggests the pushing of armour plate
`tom a ship's " skin " by horizontal girders. What
be saw at Shoeburyness has entirely removed his
faith in wood for resistive purposes, and the principle
he lays down is that armour plate should be as solid as
possible, that it should be separated from that which
is to protect by an air space, and that the ship's side
bonld be strong enough to resist the broken pieces of shot.
In the course of the discussion which followed, Mr. Scott
Rummell concurred with Captain Heath as to the inefficacy
of wood in the sides of iron dada ; and Mr. Reed, the chief
constructor of the navy, although not disagreeing entirely
with Captain Heath, advocated the interposition of a mo-
derately yielding material between the armour and the
" skin," and urged the undesirableness of putting a rigid
object, such as the girders proposed, between those two
iurfacea. The great end to be attained is the protection
of the "skin," and the armour or outer surface should
bear the momentum. Major Palliser read a paper
on "Armour fastenings," and illustrated his inven-
tion of the stretching bolt, which he represented
a. having more durability than any of the existing modes
of armour fastenings. Mr. Reed said that although Major
Palliser might reasonably complain of slowness with re-
gard to the consideration of his invention, yet it was to
be hoped that notwithstanding the difference of opinion
which prevailed in respect to the question that some com-
pwould be come to. A paper "On ships of war,"
rre. F. Henwoocl, which was looked for with much
interest, was net read, in consequence of the unavoid-
able absence of that gentleman. Mr. C. W. Lancaster
lead a paper treating on the " caponniere," or iron-keep
slstem, as applied to seagoing ships, and which it was
rated was not started iu opposition to the turret, but as
in improvement on the broadside system. The fol-
lowing papers which were on the paper were not read:
On the construction of the parts of armour-plated and
Aber ships," by Captain Symonds, R.N.; "On mechanical
,Peliances for working heavy guns," by Mr. H. D. P.
'unninghare ; and "On naval ordnance,"' by Captain
'takely, R.A. The meeting adjourned at 4 o'clock. The
ceding of papers and discussion were resumed at the
seeing meeting, when Mr. F. K. Barnes read a paper
.uwin? the importance of water-tight compartments in
.eri ships as affording security against foundering. Mr.
i.G. P. Cunninghamn also read a paper, "On working
nips' yards," accompanied by a practical illustration of
is invention for bracing round ships' yards and saving
Aour and rope, as well as helping the navigation of ships.
it stated that with the aid of his patent bracing machine
ail braces two or three men can do the work of ten or
'ore in working ship, and its usefulness is great in ships
Mb decks much encumbered. After the reading of one
two papers of a peculiarly technical character the meet-
eg adjourned till this morning.
GAROTTERS FLOGGED AT LIED& —ID accordance
rith the sentence passed by )lira Justice Lush at the Leeds
-sizes on the sth instant, the cat-o'-nine-talle was yeater-
ay morning oulminietered at the Leeds Borough Gaol
la George Haddock and George Monks, two men
thtericed to penal servitude for assaulting Mr. Joseph
`.."44ini,,ton, dyer, Pontefract-lane, Leeds, and robbing
,rn of rd., and a gold watch and guard, on the
th of last month. The circumstances of the outrage
:on Mr. Waddington were of a very atrocious character.
...block, said his lordship, in priming sentence, had
no his career ten years ago, and in 1863 bad been aen.
-aced to three years' penal servitude for a precisely simi.
4 offence, and it had done him no good Monks had also
'"es convicted about the same time of a like crime ;
refore, under these circumstances, he should sentence
aril of them to ten years' penal servitude, and as Had.
elc had been guilty of kicking the prosecutor he should
`weber him in addition to receive twenty-four lashes
eel. The cat-o'-nine-tails, and Monks to receive eighteen,
"the conduct of the latter had not been quite so etre-
Th. Yesterday morning (Rays the Leeds Expruts)
the men were, in the words of Justice
"'hi made to know what corporal punishment
oily is and we have not much doubt that the
';'^n so vigorously instilled into them by the warders
all have made an impression which not even ten years
ell wipe out. It is impossible to convey with proper force
hideoes yells that rung the walls of the corridors of the
,01• or the imploring, anxious looks given to the warders
-Isceen each stroke. Those prisoner, who were "
Kee the operation, shuddered as they saw the
eeniaing writhing. of the two garotters.