The Express.
London, England, 1866-04-23 00:00:00

(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
PARIS, SUNDAY Byelaw,.
The telegrams of the day are altogether peaceful,
and contain nothing to confirm the alarming news TO THI RDITOR OF TIM IMPRIMIS.
yesterday propagated in London that Austria had Ste.,—Our future King, who seems very fond of
ordered her ambassador to quit Berlin. Neverthe- I hacking it at head-quarters on the great days, had an
less, the speech of the Austrian representative in I opportunityayt.ionf
tszeing . Newma
wind rket ind all its
ust on glar:',,r
blasted Tues.
the Frankfort Diet, and the reference of the Prus- ! heath" (Shakespeare) were such ea to atop all enjoyment of
Bien proposal for federal reform to a committee, do li the
LyonsP:art ; Irdtiz, noot the
ii million
oe seen ler:irttpet Lord
not prove that Prussia has given a satisfactory I would have been heaped oratahe miserable dap. not load
answer to the last Austrian despatch. The more the big event certainly was not, being
Austria and the Diet which leans to Austria are garordLoincflouollorfocr crackthmeent ;
plenty,r booker a fore-
vertheless,kethtoe result
three
conciliatory, the more Prussia will be put in the 1 deepbedeandidatesrunning home second third, and fourth.
wrong if she perseveres in the course chalked out for 1 /tenant h onflohuesGolg; :fhiaot6ozioi Iheans7ond money, start roan
ed at
her by M. de Bismarck. It may be that the steps : a_t
He 66 tobesaltv;ezeotrotharttriuutheir close proaimify WineCtle Lyon
interpreted by an anxious public as pacific are !"
M. do Bismarck i to having done moreu
tlianwaeMr. i'li:t and
r hose cannot lay claim
lon to be formed of his performance.
but final testa intended to make
, twevfieenltd,;dwi!ti!l the exceplitodn ;fief Stuhilent, whoseireenrblgt
either give way or declare himself in his true ; heJanitor the beet representative of last year's "form"y in
oeing tr
es
Lo d
colours. All the despatches of the day are quite
the Derby now
1 that appear capable of doing
beside the question, which must be decided by this the best that could be brought against him ; and gere are
time, though the decision is not known whether , :eta so Let
Crescenti did Reds
Lmßaseetteo,narch of Glen sad
Ceylon,
Prussia will accept the Austrian proposal for a of the
disarmament. Delight,l and Veteetai?a cempriseeteallethat have shown this
ItifFrance Ge' 'strafe of Blois received a warning Villir ttwPotrrih—ree ortrbi- to Aoll'ear: eat
Ali hir tt
for disputing the potentiality of universal suffrage day, if they are not already. Knight of the Crescent,
however, gave confidence to the backers of the " dark "
to confer legitimate monarchy. The writer of the school by his forward position, Stabber and the Bribery
incriminated passage said : ! colt having only to prove as good as some
I am a thorough partisan of universal suffrage ! P_ssek think to become great favourites yet ; and we
as far as concerns the election of represents- 7st sil.saisi3o h say ear oti Hawthorn,eisb e t fromlian nlilf m accounts,m
‘iel no
'Janitor ran such a coward that there were no means of
fives of the people, but I cannot accept it as the
basis of legitimate monarchy. Universal suffrage can only judging how he has progressed since last year, except by
represent the life of a nation at a given moment, and ifls looks, which were not favourable, for be has grown to
•Abig colt with whom little can be done this season ; but
every day subsequently must necessarily change the relit_
lions between the representatives of the constituency. By ,pa
ande wnaps the
ee
impostoralis,i tilt,atiinoys inni:' ug t_eedFiench Fmself
renchmen
whatright then can the electors to-day pretend to bind the very nearly revenged this disgrace in the One Thousand,
future at the same time that they break with the past ? the starters for which were so moderato that the head-
Suchgo. I defeated Bayonette must have won had she run straight.
a system would be justifiable with a republican
Themay Danwellbbueryeoel
vernment when a nation is recognised to be mistress of its .ufiedkensttuceal hi:tie:tote:lllf thewwiteeec, aned the:,
is Mr. Pit, and Repulse did for them at the meeting,'
destinies every hour and every minute. But monarchy
incompatible with this perpetual omnipotence of the , and the previous brilliant doings this year of
greatest number. 1 Ceylon and John Davis. Mr. Pitt was well
vicai argu_ . beaten in
toin
give
ee
thP:inyce offm lValtsektwHanwdicap,viwetohen
Without entering into any metaphy
merits, the prefect of the Loire and Cher condemns , gave the partisans of Mr. Chaplin's horses great confidence
iirtitoVr=wasent
even
thee Derby,
If as he,
.it is said, can beat
the above reasoning as an attack upon the con this -
stitution, upon the rights of the imperial dynasty, I match made on e;rilelai), wentt " off," salso'hlrt.isPlasttwesiLtut
elides a negation of the rights of the people ex- , have received 81h from Vespasian instead of conceding it,
Its enainnfe;lewr ittld
uirteput e
Ittdeliould .
ha
havethbeeebnut
pressed by universal suffrage in 1852. Hence the nand I must
warming, the logic of which would lead to a divine 'I stalled such a favourite for the Chester Cup after his
defeat, as though the performance went for nothing, and
right of 1852 in place of the repudiated old divine
Mr. Chaplin may possibly be mistaken in the idea that he
right of kings. has got his measure. Still, considering that the opponents
An attempt of certain senators to burke all din- , of Rustic and Lord Lyon in the Derby field will have to be
cusaion on a petition which raises constitutional ! Cresoen7Weef=cit7cltueußitilthourn of 1(4,1 hG la:fg o wt I'l6,
questions, has again been frustrated. On a peti- I Delight, Reden, Hawthorn, Monarch of the Glen, Laneret,
! gNutrientio?,,
oaoutielfllei!ex“adoareekof" lot, yespaessiananytpfcmegswesTbase
tion of M. Degouvea Dununque, praying that no
senator might be allowed to hold any other paid , proceedings of the week at Newm:grket wouldary require no
comment, ut for the extnioin ste taken
public functions, M. Le Roy Saint-Arnaud moved furtherby the Jockey Clubb with a view one mightnl almostps suppose
that the report on the petition should not be read.
Ito the assumption'of a regular censorship of the sport
M. Hubert Deliele, in opposing his motion, ex- I press. At their regular Wednesday meeting • memorial
plained that it is a mistake to suppose that b 1 nne- t
eub!rheonfffieinneegnnaleeN market eseeseriLi'd` =Zen large
Mlle an amendment to the constitution can only I plaining of the inconvenience to which they are subjected
b wtchers in the employ of the proprietors of a news-
be proposed in the Senate if a certain number of
I paper called the Sport:maw ." and "the stewards were
I requested to take some steps'in consequence." Steps they
bureaux consent to it, therefore the public are
prevented from petitioning the Senate to take I were indeed prompt to take, and the aforesaid proprietors
defects of the constitution into consideration. werere ve,ry
andpo it requested to to
wt discontinuett theitrbetramweng
It might be that the requisite number of sena- whether) they would or not. What the upshot
will be if they refuse can be easily guesaed ;
tors might only be stimulated by the arguments of
but, for the life of me, I cannot see why the Jockey
a petition to exercise their prerogative. Club should be called upon to interfere in a purely private
It was rumoured a few days since that M. Pietri, matter between mercenary owners of horses, bookmakers,
ths
sew Prefect
of Police, had
resolved to take
laiiitdttheelracettientg public. The Mi
now tre
h"ertetorts" m
overs areereelyt Leireteluzl to
some decisive measures against gambling. Four training for certain races k and doubtless prevent many a
fashionable clubs, the Crammont, Saint Hubert, tlyiterd.;eianrirecacnros.:,vn, soieverieign, am sourrefiv,eernitil7inogeoth‘ro.oworlid'ootot
d'Agueeseau, and the Maison Dorde, have just object to, if they raced for fun, and profit ; but even
received notice that the particular game of tali'eneni producers Matingf is t trade, and trainingi re arts injure
,i
Baccarat is prohibited. It is more than doubtful monetary'
interestsreee teo do rin/tilnantterri'liu;ialwteaet iTeatlefll'sstierYd
whether a measure of this kind will be efficacious. to ignore all ideas of filthy lucre when legislating for the
It seems to me that at best it can but interfere ignoef.titife neaitfiteondal ptoastigee ?
b7,,totioimues.tio..,lmeeereltyhae
bettinge- .Jockey Club recently decided t'o "take no
with the habits of a particular club for a short
r of any cliaiiinmlll vthmrtslreiec: to hots,"
time. There are plenty of other games by which
is
The it is *moan
men may ruin themselves if they please. take up the cun,els, and against thye public, in this busi-
only way to put a stop to high play in clubs nem. I wonder how many thousands backers would have
ttntepmoulctetoltc;fithadthe
train-
would be to limit the stakes by authority, and to them wrehen been
the n popular Ipnotricatgitmod"eoertocothave a policeman at every table to see that the lame? Bookmakers would have known the state of affairs
soon enough, for many of them have had their private
limit was not transgressed. " touts" ever since a public sprang up to be " milked ;"
The Prefect of the Seine has invited the Prince and all that can be said against (?) public training reports
of Denmark to a grand dinner at the Hotel do is that they put backers, who cannot afford to pay for pri-
"vatefeintf information, ailtulaoy,ir.ontiiitoenie,Viln4,olinekeuariftoeqiunaliyie,
Ville, on Saturday next. The banquet will be regards
followed by a reception which will be the last of " dead'us."
The cunrrent week disposes of the last of the great spring
the season. handicaps, which is to be decided on Wednesday at the
Chester meeting, where handicaps are the staple commo-
dity provided for the delectation of Mr. Topham's patrons.
There are a dozen minor ones already framed, and in the
programme before me ; but Tuesday's races will so influ-
ence those that have to come off on the three following
days, and there are many animals engaged so many times,
that I hardly know how to deal with them, and shall
merely suggest that Fobert, T. Dawson, C. Peck, Wallow,
J. Day, Cliff, and Mr. Barber will carry off the urijority
between them, Rococo and Locket Lucy in the Chester-
field, Windham and Exceller in the \Vynnatay, and Isis
and Flying Jib in the Eaton Plate, comprising what may
turn out the first day's good things, with Thermometer in
the Mostyn Stakes. The Chester Cup, two mils and a
quarter, will settle the question which of the two
Epsom winners is the better three-year-old, Delight
or Treasure Trove, and also whether either is "first claw,"
as they have to meet Mr. l'itt. Honesty, Dawson's Rococo
and Czar, and Nutt's, are the only other juveniles that
seem to have been seriously thought of ; but Delight,
Treasure Trove, and Mr. Pitt are presumed to have only
the elder horses to fear, and of these Moulaey, I
Lion, Buckfoot, Dalby, Redcap, Sandal, Surrey, Mr.
Helen and Fan, and Belgrave, carry the most money.
What else may run is hard to tell, Salin, Blithfield, and
many other early favourites having done so badly at home
that they are deemed quite out of the race, whilst King-
' fisher, Miss Harriette, and Planet, areonlydoubtful starters.
It is singular that the first, second, and fourth in the last
Chester Cup, Why, Buckfout, and Helen, promise
to run again, and that they have as favourable
weights to carry as ever, though the company to beat
is very superior, and if Redcap, Sandal, and Barageh
do not prove a better trio I shall be deceived. It will
take a rare 3-yr-old to beat them ; and, supposing Delight
or Treasure Trove can do for Redcap and Bengali, it will
be a great feat. The talents seem to view the race as a
St. Albans and Petra affair over again, looking at the
short prices taken about Delight and Redcap ; but I
cannot believe, even if it is so, that the young one will win
Cannon cannot pilot Redcap to victory there is no faith to
on this occasion, great as my respect is for Delight ; and if
be placed in trial'. Few other events require any notice,
and I shall award the City Members' Plate to King Hal,
the Dee Stakes to Mirella or Bertie, the Second Biennial
to Prodigal or the dark Manuella, the Stewards' Cup to
Treasure Trove, the Bodminton to Lady Hester or Manu-
ella, and the First Biennial to Mr. Pitt.—l am, &c.,
METEOR.

ITALY.

(FROM OCR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

FLORENCE, APRIL 17.

Yesterday the Chambers met for their first sitting
after the Easter vacation. The hard work of
legislation, however, has not been at a standstill
all this time. The committee on the bill for the 1
suppression of the convents has completed its
labours, and the chairman presented the report
to the house. Signor Ricciardi, with his usual
headlong impetuosity, demanded that the re-
port should be printed instantly, distributed
at once to the members, and Thursday next fixed
for the discussion of it. The President pointed
out to Signor Ricciardi that printing is an opera-
tion requiring time, and what he demanded was a
physical impossibility ; and the hon. member was
obliged to be contented with the assurance that
what he asked should be done as soon as it was
possible for it to be done.
The chairman of the committee on the still more
important measure destined to regulate the whole
system of Italian finance and taxation also an-
nounced that the labours of the committee were
completed. The committee had succeeded in coming
to an understanding with the Minister of Finance,
but notwithstanding the zeal and diligence of the
reporter, Signor Correnti, a few days must vet
elapse before the report can be presented to the
Chamber.

With regard to the agreement between Signor
Scialoja and the committee, it is understood that
a compromise has been arrived at by mutual con-
cessions on the subjects in question between them,
save on some points of secondary importance, res-
pecting which it is left to the Chamber to decide.
I told you the other day I had grounds for
believing that Prussia considers she has satis-
factorily ascertained that the French Emperor has
no present intention of attempting to push for-
ward the frontier of France to the Rhine ; but that
lie was looking with eyes of greed to Belgium. To-
day the report reached me in a somewhat different
form from a very trustworthy source—viz., that
Prussia had been endeavouring (with what success
remains to be seen) to obtain the consent and sanc-
tion of France to her own views by proposing
to the latter power the absorption of Belgium.
To this it was added—and I repeat that the source
of my information was such as to merit all atten-
tion—that Prussia had endeavoured further to
tempt France by a suggestion that she should also
annex Genoa. If this, indeed, be true—if it ever
really entered into the head of the brigand-states-
man who now wields the power of Prussia, to con-
template such a piece of treachery at the very
moment that he is endeavouring to form an alli-
ance with Italy—it ought to furnish to the latter
power a very serious warning and caution as to
the sort of faith and honour she is likely to be
treated with by her German friend when the pur-
poses of the latter shall have been served.

THE PARIS RACE.
,RECTEICS TELEOItAIL;
PARIS, APRIL. TT.
The Paris races were run to-day, with the following result:
THE DIGX JENA.
Rabatiole
1
THE PRIX BAGATELLE.
Sultan 1
Quaker
PutLE DES PRODCITS.
Puebla
Marraredls
Rochefort
Won eatly.
THE BIENNIAL.
Fumes 1
THE HANDICAP.
Tourmalet 1
Malamute

TATTERSALL'S--SArraDAr.
These Satturday .• settling{"are a farce , the majorityseldom
them, and there are always a respectable minority who
rfienecreronvenient sometimes to ignore them altogether. The
uses for this difference of opinion may be eadly guessed, but
ca
while self •interest continues to be a ruling ,prinniple with sPeou-
lators of every kind, a diversity of opluion is sure to mist on this
head. The muster ylds afternoon was small, owing greatly to
the fact that no announcement of this being a Viersay"
appeared In the sporting or morning papers. Several
and backers welt pleased to Interpret- this reticence on the part
of the pram as a special grievance : had, however, those in au-
thority deigned to communicate their august pleasure officially,
the prom would have been only too glad to act upon It. What
Is worth having Is worth asking. Aorwunts were produced and