The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-29 00:00:00

THE DUCHY OF LUXEMBURG.

The Jour/pa du Havre has the following :
MI the journals, except the Moniteur, discuss the
question of Luxemburg—not that of the garden, of which
M. Guroult is the champion, but that of the Grand
Duchy, the annexation of which to France is spoken of.
Those which at first denied any foundation for the repoit
circulated are now less formal in their contradictions, and
a note, now published in the Fraser, is a model of transi-
tion from one opinion to another.
The note in question is thus worded :

We have been reproached with our incredulity on the
subject of pretended negotiations which were alleged to
have been entered on for the cession of Luxemburg to
France. We have no occasion to go back on what we
have already said. But if it were true, es certain journals
persist in affirming, that any overtures had been made ()on-
coming that affair, we may be permitted to think that a
feeling of patriotism and propriety ought to interdict, on
the point in question, conjectures and discussions which
can only compromise the proceedings with which such
great national interests are connected.
The Berlin correspondent of the Areeir National
says that a question was asked of Count Bismarck&
few days ago by the English Ambassador respecting
the cession of Luxemburg, and that the reply of
the Prussian minister was " nothing has been
done." The opinion, however, he says, is generally
spread in Berlin that the Emperor of the French
will announce the happy issue of the negotiations
at the opening of the Exhibition. Prussia will
not insist on the humiliating condition of
the dismantling of the fortress. However, the
garrison is being reinforced, and the correspondent
of the Arenir mentions that on the 25th of March
two new infantry regiments arrived in the Rhenish
province, and that several batteries of artillery are
expected to arrive.
The Edit) d' A riOn, a Luxemburg paper, says in
its issue of the 26th, " We learn that the garrison
of Luxemburg was reinforced yesterday by the
arrival of two infantry regiments."
The German papers say that Count Bismarck will
never consent to the cession of Luxemburg, which
is German territory, and that any such cession
would be treason to Germany.

(azrrnee TEA:GLUM)
THE GERMAN FEDERAL ARMY.
BERLIN, ILutcH 29.

The formation of the North German federal
army as regards its constituent corps and divi-
sions, and the mode of inspection is not yet defini-
tively settled. The arrangements are at present
only in a preparatory stage, and all statements re-
lative to the future organisation of the present
military forces are premature.
The Bersetizeitany of to-day says :—" Negotia-
tions are being carried on between Italy and
Prussia. In the event of complications between
France and Germany, King Victor Emmanuel
might possibly reclaim Nice and Savoy, the sacrifice
of which ho feels keenly."

AUSTRIA.

VIENNA, MARCH 29.

Count Cibrarin, the Italian ambassador, has
arrived here. The Vienna papers assert that he is
authorised to negotiate the marriage of Prince
Humbert with the Archduchess Mathilde.

The Emperor has granted the exequatur to Mr.
Charles Lever, the English consul at Trieste.

RUSSIA.

ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 29.

Baron Stieglitz and Herr von Abara will shortly
visit several foreign capitals to obtain the co-oper-
ation of foreign financial notabilities for the forma-
tion of a company with the object of purchasing
the State Railway from St. Petersburg to Moscow,
the government having decided to sell this line.
An accident has occurred on the Nioolai Railway,
the whole of a mail train having run off the line.
Only one person was injured.

ITALY.

FLORENCE, MARCH 29.

The Chamber of Deputies has elected Signor
Coppini as fourth vice-president, and has also
elected the four secretaries of the Chamber. To-
day the Presidential Bureau will be completed.

HUNGARY.
PESTH, mAacH
The lower house of the Hungarian Diet yester-
day resumed the general debate on the report of
the committee of 67, on which occasion Herr Desk
delivered an eloquent speech, lasting nearly two
hours.

Baron von Beust is expected to arrive here to.
day from Vienna.
A deputation from the town of Fiume has pre.
sented a petition to the President of the Council,
soliciting the re-incorporation of Fiume with Hun.
gary. It is expected that this request will shortly
be acceded to. The town of Fiume intends to
erect a monument in honour of Herr Deak.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, MARcH

Djemidi-Pacha, one of the Sultan's aides-de-
camp, has been despatched with a government
steamer to Varna, in order to accompany Prince
Michael of Sepia to Constantinople. The Princo
is expected to arrive here on Monday next.
The Russian ambassador in this city is endea-
vouring to bring to an end the effusion of blood in
Candia.

Heavy stones are prevalent in the Black Sea.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.
ALEXANDRIA, MIRCH

The Syria and Delta left at 11 a.m. to-day. The
former may be expected at Marseilles on the 2nd,
and the latter at Southampton about the 9th
of April.

OUTWARD MAIL OF MARCH 12—]d.
SUEZ, MAR( it 27.
The Malta leaves this evening for Bombay.

INDIA AND CHINA (HEAVY) MAILS.

GIBRALTAR, MUCH 28.

The Tanjore leaves at 9 &m. to-day. All well.
She may be expected at Southampton on the even.
ing of lit or morning of 2nd April.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE FULTON.
FALMOUTH, iiiNCR 21

The New York and Havre Company's United
States steamship Fulton, from New York on the
17th inst., arrived here late last night with 42 par.
smgers, 46 bags of mails for England, and 10 for
France, and 19,000 dollars in specie for France.
After landing the mails, she proceeded for Havre.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THIS DAY.)

Bow-STREET.
MAKING (H Or a COPPLE-110081.

James Smith,_ • shopman in the employ of Mend
Slack, ironmongers, &c., Ml 6, Strand, was charged with
stealing two cans of oil and • dark lantern, the property
, of his employers.
It appeared that for some paid the prisoner bad been ix
the habit of sending Frederick Bevans, one of his masted
porters, with goods to be delivered at a coffee-house
in Catherine-street, where he had to get his meals, and
of taking them away at night and conveying them sway
to his own lodgings. Recently it occurred to Bevan" as
• suspicious circumstance, that before giving him sack
messages the prisoner invariably sent him to do some-
thing in a part of the premises away from the shop, and
further, that a time was always selected when Mr.
Slack was absent. Ile mentioned the matter to
Mr. Slack, who communicated with the police,
and Sergeant Ackrell, after inquiry, astisfied
himself that robbery was going on and took the
prisoner in custody. At the coffee-house he found
a pok,r which the prisoner had left there that day, and at
the prisoner's lodgings two cans of oil all marked with the
name of the firm. Mr. Nicholls, the landlord of the coffee.
house, acknowledged having allowed the prisoner to leave
in the .:ods as • matter of accommodation toe customer, not
suspecting that he was doing anything wrong.
Sir T. Henry severely censured the conduct of the
eoffee.liouse.keeper, observing that if he were placed is
the dock upon the charge of receiving the goods knowing
tnetu to be stolen, it would be a serious question for the
jury whether they ought not to find him guilty. There
Lure wag another c ageingt the prisoner of embelling 235.,
peed hiss Mr. y, of the Wellington Tavern, Strand
It appeared that . Speedy had ordered • quantity d
goody some of which were delivered by the porters ii
the regular way and some by the prisoner himself.
The prisoner presented the bill amounting to 2/. 12a., got
the money, and gave a receipt. He only accounted fix
11. 19e. being the price of the articles supplied from tin
shop, thus embezzling 135., the price of those which be
had himself surreptitiously supplied. Curiously enough,
also, he accounted for that sum two days before he was
Paid.
The prisoner was committed for trial.

• CHUZL rsterr
Robert English, axed 52, • gardener. of 10, James-street,
Ifasex-road • Belmar I English, aged 2:i, • porter, of 18,
Suffolk-street, Essex-road ; Mary Ana Crone, aged 41,
married woman, of 216, New North-road; and End)
Weilbeloird, aged 24, of 18, Suffolk-street, of no oocupe
tion, were charged before Mr. Barker with stealing. on or
about the 24th of Februmy last, four 5/. Bank of England
notes and five sovereigns, the property of Miss Sank
Aylmer.
This was a very hard case, as the complainant is a single
woman, between 70 and 80 year. of age, and very feeble.
She stated that she bad been a servant, and had managed
to save a little money and some yearn since she was in-
duced to purchase a 1001. share in the Norfolk Railway, foe
which she paid about 801. A short time 111110 e she sold
the share, and having paid a few debts, she placed the
balance in one of her boxes, and left it in her room which
she occupied in the same house as Mrs. ('roes, and Edward
English and Wellbeloved (the latter two living together
as man and wife) resided in. On Seth day-, the 2:tid of Feb-
ruary, she went to visit • friend, and it being wet at night
she could not return, and did nut go home until the fol-
lowing Monday. She then found that her boxes had hem
broken open, and all her money and her clothing was gone.
and when she spoke to Mrs. Cross, who is landlady of
the house, she treated the matter with the greatest
indifference, merely remarking that she had a key
that would open her door. Information was given to the
police, and all the notes were traced to the pommies of
the two Englishea, who had placed their names on theta.
When the police spoke to them about the notes they at
once said that they had got the notes from the females And
bad handed them the change. At the station the WOlllt
said that they had given the notes to the men, and that
they (the women) had divided the money, but that the
men knew nothing of the robbery.
The prisoners said they did not wish to aak the com-
plainant any questions, and the prisoner Wellbeloved uif
that the men were innocent.
Mr. Barker said be should remand all the prisoners. bat
would take the men's own recognisance' for their appeal-
once. Ile then naked the complainant if she had lust
Ler money.
The complainant said she bad lost all her money, ail
all she had she stood up in. She did not know what oht
should do, for all her bard-earned savings were gone, anl
she should have to go the workhouse.
Mr. Barker said that this was • very cruel robbery and
he would give the complainant 101. towards making up he:
loss. _

The complainant, who was nearly overcome with erne.
tioo, thanked the magiatrate, and two gentlemen in marl
each handed to Mr. Alexander, the chief clerk. a aoserelgs
towards the fund for making up the complainant's

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
CULVER DETECTIOIT IW A THIEF.
Janie, Walton, • tall thin young man, was charP'd
before Mr. ICnoz with stealing a coat of the value of V.,
the property of Mr. Edward Tomlin, butcher, of N. 74
Queen's-road, Bayswater, and also with Melling 28
ivory checks, of the value of 55., the property of Mr.
Theodore Crux, of the Awll Arms Tavern and Rotor
rant, Argyll-street, Oxford-street.
Mr. Crux said that, on the 25th, n coat belonging to
customer was stolen from the amok ing., tom on the wood
floor, and an no one else but the prisoner, who latterly ha
been an occasional customer, had been into the room, hi
suspected him of taking it. laud night, about q'ninnies
past 12, the prisoner came in, and he (Mr. Crux) littlari.
with Mr. Tomlin and some others to set • trap to catch
the prisoner. They then went up to the smoking ro°°
—the prisoner following them—lit the gas. sad Mr:
Touilin placed his coat in the same place as that from which,
the other one was stolen. They then ~it down sod played
a game of whist, and pretended to have been drinking and
became a little noisy, and while this was going on the
prisoner took up Mr. Tomlin's coat and put it on, and wor
walking off with it when he (Mr. Crux) stopped him and
gave him into custody. On the prisoner being searebeil at
the station twenty ivory checks of the value of S. ,Laden
from the smoking-room belonging to Mr. Crux wen
found in his possession.
Police-constable Moore, G.l C, proved being called to
the prosecutor's, and taking him into custody with lir:
Tomlin's coat on his back, and at the station he foul
some of Mr. Crux's checkalupon him. The prisoner we
a false address.
Mr. Knox remanded the prisoner.

TIPPERARY ELECTION
(THIS DAY.)
c..nimittee appointed by the Rouse of
• ••,on• to inquire into the petition against the return
•' llott. 'art.Lith White fur the county of Tipperary
their investigation timlay, Sir P. Crey Eger-
Ai the chair.
MI. Adam Prior, proprietor of the Nenagh Guardia*
that a few dap. before the sth of Oc.
.1. • .1, reeciecd the manuscript of a circular purporting
).• .1-,pie•l by Dr. rower, the Roman catholic Bishop of
The object of the circular was to call the clergy
the, in older to decide Upon the claims of (*..t. White
lie received the manuscript (ruin Mr. Kib
. of the admitted agents of Capt. White, in
I .liotwrititig it w:tfl.

Thu.. Butler. J.P. of Goulden, Tipperary, said he
1:”:11;111 catholic, and attended Kilmoyleu Chapel.
*..t. Ina, on the Sunday before the election.
;,.. in le-t who officiated was the Rev. James O'Connell.
the rev. gentleman, standing upon the steps
1 ;!..• afar. and in his robes as a priest, addressed the
on. He ste.ke in abuse of the neighbouring pea,
wl.O supported Mr. Waldron. He said he had
. • ~.I ti...t some of thu electors had promised to
.•• for 311. Waldron ; but they were not
,1 r. keep their promises. He added that
en if they bail taken their solemn oath to
1.., Waldron they must break it, and that if they
.1:1 ‘,.:. fur hint they would vote against their conscience,
•u e...untry. slot their creed. lie said he was aware
• • ,t 'apt..in White was a pretest:wit, but if he was an
lel mot a h. retie they ..hould vote for him in preference
. Mr. Waldron. The allusions that were mole to Mr.
tt ,Idiom were received by the congregation with groans
..:. I his.es, while those which related to Captain White
y• ft loudly cht.4•Tvil.
sr....examined by Mr. Serjeant Ballantine—Was a land
....;ent. as well as a magistrate, and managed 12 or 13 pro-
le! ties in the county, Mr. %Viddron's being one of them.
rha the oceasiou referred to remarks were Towle by the
i•nest that Mr. Waldron hail changed his politics and was
turncoat. Mr. IValdron, at the last election, was sup-
' arted to a certain extent by the conservative landlords,
:n.l .11,0 by liberal landlords.

nobert llratt, tenant fanner, said be held land by lease
f n•ast Mr. Griffiths, of Crussmere. On the
.polling
he went down to a public-house in his
ighlaiiirliood and found about :100 men assem-
bled. Father Cleary, a priest, was there with a whip
in his hand. Molding it up he said, "By this, a man who
sto Thurles will never come back alive." In his
district they went to the polling booth in cars. Addressing
the people around him, and naming two men, John Fitz-
patrick and John Ginder, Faithereleary said, "Boys,bring
me those two men dead or alive." Nothing further oc-
curred. _

Craw-examined—Soule of the •oten were pelted with
atones and some with rotten apples. All tenan' who had
votes went away to vote, and managed to return to the
lamoin of their families.

Ties.. Crawfonl, farmer, of Templeruore, said that on
The palling-day he went from Temptonere to Theriot', for
the purpow of voting for Mr. W.ddrun. When be ar-
rived at Thurles Railway station he found a guard of
i.oldiers waiting to escort them, but on reaching the
street ho and those by whom he was accompanied
were. assaulted. Captaiu Dudley Byrne was with the
niob and ordered then, to fall in in the rear. He desired
the too it. stogo to the fnmt. " The dragoons then pre-
ceded us, and we were followed by Captain Byrne 's party,
who pelted us with stones and otherwise assaulted us as
we endeavoured to make our way to the polling-booth."
Many of the mob were armed with sticks, and it took the
voters half an hour to get to the polling-booth, the dis-
tance being a quarter of a mile. Witness polled for Mr.
Wddrun, but was kept for an hour and a half in the" tally
mum" before he could get au escort to take him to the booth.
At length some dragoons were brought, and the voters,
holding on to the dragoons by the stirrup, were escorted
scrum the street to the booth. They were niuch knocked
about by the horses of the dragoons and the mob. Atter
voting he went back to the railway station, and while
seated in the railway carriages a stone was thrown at him,
which knocked out four of his teeth and rendered him
insendble. Several others were struck with stones and
stick.. Before he left Templeniore that morning he
was in the station with • man named Kennedy,
when Captain Byrne went up to them and said, " By the
piper that played before Moses, Kennedy, when you get
so Tburlee, you won't have the same tune to tell that you
have now." After saying that he called on the people to
give a cheer in honour of Captain White which they did
lustily. _ _

Cnris-eiarained—l do not know of any voter who was
at nudes that day who was prevented from voting.
Mr. Valentine O'Meara, solicitor, of Thurles, said be
acted as one of the agents of Mr. Waldron at the last
election. His duty on the day of polling was to superin-
tend the tall -room at Tburlea, and to see that the voters
were ea to the polling booth opposite. The street,
which at that particular place was very narrow, towards
eleven o'clock became greatly crowded. About that
time a number of Mr. Waldron's voters arrived.
They were hustled about, mud and stones were
thrown at them, and some of them pulled into
Captain White's tally rooms. What with voters, dragoons,
and the mob, the street was cheek full of people. He
tried to induce some of Mr. Waldron's voters to go across
to poll, but they were in a state of great alarm, and
refused to go. Witness was himself unable to discharge
his duty as agent in consequence of the obstruction of the
mob.

Cross-examined—The only man whose name I remember
who refused to vote was James Ryan. He was killed
later in the day. Two or three dozen voters came in
from Dundrum, and in a store of great alarm refused to
so to the pull. I was agent for the ()'Donoghue against
Mr. Waldron at a former election. The row was quite as
had or worse then, but at that time I was on the popular
side.