The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 26, 1858.

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were all present in an almost fabulous abundance.
'Mere were the heralds in their grotesque tabtrda, I
heavy with gold and mysterious in their embroidered
quartering"; the groups of colossal Lite Guards
scattered here and there, waiting to vjo placed on
sentry, but themselves forming one of the most re-
markable features in the exciting aeons. There was
the long suite of state apartmer,ta already beginning
to fill with privileged oocr.,pants, amongst whom
the loose robes of OrieMal royalty contrasted with
the trim neatness of the Parisian toilette.
There was that rare parterre in Queen Anne's
room, its gallery studded almost to the roof
with young and blooming faces, the quaint old
armoury also crowded with our youthful aristocracy,
the more extensive and cheerful colour court, one
great expanse of pleased and eager human counte-
nances, and lastly the little chapel, to enter into
which was the privilege of few indeed who took an
interest in the general pageant. Like • precious
casket, this small interior actually gleamed with gild-
ing and colour, with gold and silver brocade, with
precious gems, with nodding plumes, with
dresses upon which art and wealth had been
exhausted—end here, although there was light
enough to distinguish everything, yet was it
so toned down that nothing glared, but all
' things seemed to melt gently into each other, like
the scenes of a dissolving view, or the happy dreams
of the eastern enthusiast. A dim atmosphere, sa if
from clouds of incense, pervaded everything ; the
rarest perfumes floated on the air, and eves and
anon the solemn stillness of expectation was inter-
rupted by some new arrival, perhaps some great
figure in future pictures, but now paying homage
' in his or her apparel to the general splendour,
and tending by their presence to add one more
item to the dreamlike magnificence of the scene.
There is a hush, a stillness that may be heard, then
the distant boom of artillery, then the faint strain of
distant trumpets, which, gradually "welling into the
martial fulness which no other instrument can imi-
tate, and at last the first great incident of the day's
pageant is made manifest to the straining eyes of the
spectators in the Chapel Royal. A lady of most regal
bearing, but pale and slender, is seen at the
threshold, and, attended by a princely train, she
walks majestically up the aisle. It is the Erin-
ass Royal of Prune, the mother of the young son-
I in-law of England, and never was royal personage
more emphatically distinguished by a noble and
queenly presence. The great ladies who crowd the
reserved benches are almost audible in their com-
mendations, and a general obeisance is cheerfully
• accorded to the impressive and dignified bow of the
august visitor. In a moment her royal highness is
seen seated on her tabaret of state on the haat pm,
surrounded by some young officers of the brilliant
Prussia= body guard, and the coloured light from
the window overhead gives a rich distinctness to
the figure of the sitting Prince's. This was the
first great incident of the day, and derived
additional interest from being the kflown
harbinger of the successive processions into which
the Master of the Ceremonies had divided
the marriage ceremonial. Mamie now added its
never-failing charm. The trumpets again sounded,
but this time with a more prolonged note, swelling
gradually into a solemn march of triumph as the
Queen's procession approached the entrance. In
came the heralds, ranging themselves quickly right
and left, then in quick succession the officers of
state, in their splendid blue and gold uniforms, the
only exception being the Earl Marshal, who wore his
royal scarlet with much grave dignity. The entrance
oldie Princess Mary of Cambridge made a profound
impression, and very general indeed were the expres-
sions of praise at her royal highness's graceful and
dignified carriage as she walked slowly up the aisle.
Her Royal Highness's salutations were affec-
tionately as well as respectfully returned, and many
a wish was expressed that soon her Royal Highness
might be the centre figure in a pageant similar to
the present. Then came the royal Commander-in-
Chief, the very ideal of a soldier, with his fine
countenance, his martial beard, and minim manly
bearing. Now the eye becomes dazzled with
stars, and gold, and embroidery. A venerable lady
approaches, her countenance full of mild dignity, but,
it is a pity to be obliged to add, bearing the expression of
broken health and exhaustion. It is the Queen's
mother, the Duchess of Kent, and we have too much
for which to be grateful to that illustrious lady to
allow her to pass without a special recognition. The
trumpets still sustain their subdued march, the peen-
' liar music producing an effect which every one men-
tions with a sort of involuntary admiration, but
which no one can exactly describe, and presently
another lady of the royal house approaches. The
great ladies recognise the Duchess of Cambridge;
and again there is a general rising and
rustling of silks, a general exchange of salutations,
graceful and condescending on the one side, graceful,
and respectful and obviously affectionate on the
other. Still the martial strains swell louder and
louder; the Lord Chamberlain and Vice-Chamber-

lain approach, and presently the Prime Minister is
seen manfully grasping the huge sword of state, and
looking as if only with his life would he yield up
this much coveted badge of the highest office in the
nation. Lord Palmerston looked well, bat his was
too familiar a face to excite much curiosity. A
general smile of welcome told of the entrance of the
heir apparent and his next brother ; and then
came Her Majesty, leading her two younger
sons by the hand. The living type of the greatest
earthly power walked slowly up the aisle with her
wonted dignity ; and her countenance wore that
serious—almost sad expression that befits a mother
when about to part, perhaps for ever, with her first-
born child. The royal head is adorned with • cas-
tellated crown that blazes with diamonds,and the royal
train sweeps long behind, or sways to and fro in the
heedless young hands of the two pages of honour.
Then come the three princesses, and the interest in the
great procession has • pause, while every eye watches
for the entrance of the bridegroom. Now is heard
more solemn and almost unearthly music, and Prince
Frederick William of Prussia walks, almost quickly,
up the aisle, the tension of the face indicating high
mental excitement, and a flickering blush showing
the embarrassment of youth at being thus the ob.
served of all observers. There is one feature left,
one figure in the picture still to be painted, last and
fairest of all, and in the entrance of which the in-
terest of this eventful day may be fairly said to cal-
minate. " Last but not least in love," the figure of
the young Princess Royal is seen approaching, her
Royal Highness followed by her bevy of fair and
youthful bridesmaids, and a shock almost of surprise
is felt at her juvenile, almost child•liks, appearance.
Smaller of stature than her royal mother, the young
Princess bears strongly the physiognomypf the royal
family. Her face is fair and fresh, her head well
set, the figure plump, but still agile and susceptible
of much grace and dignity of carriage. There is
confusion, there is childlike wonder, there is an ex-
pumice almost of awe on that young face as her
Royal Highness glances timidly round and hesitat-
ingly returns the curtseys which oome as it wore in a
shower from every aide. But she soon becomes re-
assured, her step becomes firm, she passes 00, and we
have time for a glance at the bridesmaids, who, each
bearing a bouquet, almost as blooming as herself, fol-
low up, and at the altar form a floral semicircle

round the young Princess. The rest is matter of de.
tail—the ceremony, the break up, the enbeteraent
marshalling to the Throne-room for the attrAation,
and the departure. In a moment the Awl picture is
dissolved, and the little chapel of St palace
is restored to its ordinary solitude and silence.

4ournal Mates that a memorial ia being
for signature' against the appointment of
&Welds of Clanrioarde as Lord Privy Beal,

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

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PARIS, MONDAY EVIIIINCI.

There is disunion in the cabinet on the subject of
the proposed " repressive measures." People even
speak of a " ministerial crisis." But the expressions
used in regard to the difficulty, whatever it may be,
which has arisen in the entourage of the Tuileries,
only prove the poverty of language. There is no
such thing as a " cabinet " in France, and there
can be no ministerial crisis in the sense understood
in countries where ministers are responsible to the
nation. The principal guarantee which a minister
now has for the tenure of his offioe—and it is no in-
-1 considerable one—is the extreme reluctance of the
Emperor to discredit anyone who has been allowed
to hold himself out to the public as enjoying his
confidence. Nevertheless, there is now a hitch which
may possibly lead to some change, although I do not
think the alteration will be considerable. I
should not, however, at :all wonder if M. Carlier
were to be made Prefect of Police, vise Pietri.
The former gentleman has a great deal of adminis-
trative ability and was only dismissed because he
refused to lend himself to the Coup d'Etat. The
extra zeal which he would certainly now be pre-
pared to show in order to redeem that fault, would
be the very thing required under present circum -
stances. The opinion that very few " repressive
manses" should be ostensibly taken gains ground
in the ante-chambers of the Tuileries, now that the
excitement ender which the imperial speech was
dictated is passing away. It is admitted upon
sober examination that to add to the present abso-
lute powers of the government would be

To gild rafted gold, to paint the 1117.
To cause irritation by any such " wasteful and
ridiculous excess," is considered impolitic, and
a hint has been given in proper quar-
ters to disseminate, by means of litho-
graphed correspondence and Belgian journals, the
opinion that all the minims of new measures
against the press and individual liberty are mere
inventions. It is also contradicted that four great
military commands, in addition to those of Paris and
Lyons, already existing, shall be established—and
that Marshals Pelissier, Canrobert, Banquet, and an-
other primp not yet named, shall be appointed
to them.

The Bourse was affected to-day by the rumours:to
which I have alluded. The Rents fell 35c. for cash
and 30c. for account, closing at 69fr. 201 r. and
696.30 c. Mobilier fell 32fr. 50c. The Orleans and
Lyons railways fell 12fr. 50c. each, and the other
lines from 56. to 76. 50c.
It is said that the Courrier de Paris has been
purchased by Count de Morny.
I have now before me the text of the warning
given to the Phan; de la Loire. It is a gem in its
way, and in consequence of my having been slightly
misinformed u to its purport, I did not do justice to
it yesterday. I was told that this Nantes journal
was warned for saying that the Cbr►espondance
Haves alleged (in Frenchpriteed) that the Emperor's
speech had been received with acclamations, &o.
Rut, in point of fact, the article did not go to any-
thing like that length in relieving itself from the
responsibility °Adopting as strictly true the matter-
of-course report of the enthusiasm which is always
supposed to be elicited by whatever the Emperor
says. It merely said, " The Emperor pronounced
speech which we have already published, and
which, according to (d'apres) the Heves Correspon-
dence, was repeatedly greeted with cries of "Viva
l'Empereur !" " Vivro l'lmperatrice !" " Vive le
Prince Imperial r This " dubitatire and improper
form" of announcement, the warning states, was
"doubly blameable" under existing circum-
stances. I do not think that any warning
has ever yet been so fine-drawn as this. It is noto-
rious that the Emperor's speeches are always printed
before they are delivered, and that the " applause,"
" loud cheers," " enthusiasm," &c., are all put in
beforehand, in proper places. But it is now laid
down that not to adopt these official garnishings as
absolute truths, and to cite the authority from which
they are copied, is an offence in the eye of the law.
The functionary who has the honour of inaugurating
this new jurisprudence is Baron de Girodot, the
Secretary-General acting in the absence of the Pre-
fect of the Loire Inferieure.

Prince Albert of Prussia,- the King's youngest
son, is expected in Paris from London on a mission
to congratulate Napoleon 111. on his escape from the
attempt of Jan. 14.

General de Constant de Rebeeque, a near relative
of the celebrated Benjamin Constant, hae just died
at Amsterdam.

In the Paris corn market, during the past week,
the price of flour has tended downwards and quo-
.
tations range lower, the four marks not being more
than 48fr. to 49fr. the sack of 167 kilogrammes,
good qualities 46fr. to 47fr., and ordinary kinds 44fr.
and 46fr. A large purchase for Spain, said to
amount to 9,000 sacks, on Wednesday, led to some-
what higher prices, but as soon as the transaction
had terminated, the lower quotations were again
descended to. Wheat has also been sold at a lower
rate, the decline being about IG. the hectolitre and
a half, and the quotations for the best qualities 27fr.
to 27fr. 50c. the 120 kilog., seconds, 26fr. to 26fr.50c.,
and the others 24fr. to 25fr. Business continues to
be rather restricted.

BELGIUM.

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EItI7BSELS, Zias. 24.
We are beginning to feel the effect a the mea-
sures taken in France in consequence of the attempt
against Napoleon on the 14th. The French govern-
ment, through M. Barrot, its representative here, has
laid its complaint against the Drapeau, the journal
denounced by the Mortiteur, and another paper of a
still lower class called the Crocodile. This latter is
a sort of inferior Chariteri, which comes oat once a
week, and which, in commenting upon the crime of
the Rue Lepelletier, let slip the following sentence :
" The attempt was only a just re-action of things
here below, and since Napoleon has made use of the
sword he must expect to perish by the sword."
The French government finds in this expression
an incitement to samaination.

We are much surprised here at this procedure
against two obscure journals, whose titles even were
unknown a few days ago, and which do not sell
more than 200 copies between them. The authors
of the articles impeached have not yet dome forward,
and in all likelihood it will be the printers that will
have to face the jury. The Crocodile is edited in
great part by certain students, who founded that
newspaper for the sole purposeof getting free tickets
to the theatres, and who little thought, when they
dabbled in political squibs, that they would be over-
hauled at the assizes.

It has been expected that the government here
would present a project of law to supply a deficiency
in our legislation by providing the measures to be
taken in the eventuality of any attempt similar to
that of the 14th. This bill was presented indirectly
to the Chamber of Representatives at the sitting of
January 19. M. Teach, the Minister of Justice, pro-
posed a bill to amend certain parts of the penal
code. Among the new articles comprised in this
bill we find the following, which define the acts
that fall under the category of" crimes and mis' de-
meanours affecting international relation?:
Art. 169. An attempt against the person of the Met of a
foreign government is punished with forced labour from 10
to 15 years, without interfering with the infliction of heavier
penalties, if incurred under the other regulations of the pre-
sent code.

Art. liO. Conspiracy spinet the life or person of the
chief of a foreign government shall be punished by solitary
impriecament, lilt have been followed up by the commission
of any sot with a view to prepare for the execution of the
said crime.

I. 171. Conspiracy shall be punished with imprisonment
of two to eve years, and a fine of two hundred to two thou-
send hang, if it have been followed up by any preperstoty
act having for its object to destroy or change the form et a
foreign government, or to excite the inhabitants of a foreign
country to take up arms against the authority of the chief of
the said country's government.
The guilty may moreover be placed under the special sur-
veillance of the police for Ave to ten years.
Art. 172. Such guilty wan shall be exempted front the
pains and penalties awarded by the 168th and 109th article,
should they previous to arrest and examination have given
to the government or to the administrative authorities or to
the executive police information of the plots and their authors
or accomplices, or should they have procured the arrest of the
said authors or accomplices.
The guilty parties giving such information, or procuring
each arrest, may nevertheless be placed under the special
surveillance of the police for five years as a minimum, or ten
yews as a maximum.
Art. 173. Whoever, by writings, printed matter, prints or
any emblems posted or advertised, distributed or sold, offered
for male, or exposed to public view, shall have rendered him-
self guilty of an offence against the person of the chief of
• foreign government, or shall have maliciously attacked his
authority, I. to be punished with an imprisonment of from
three months to two yes" and with a fine of one hundred to
two thousand francs.

Art. 174. Noperson shall be enabled to allege, by way of
excuse or jastifleation, that the writings, printed matter,
pictures, or emblems are merely a reproduction of other pub-
liainons produced in Belgium or a foreign country.
Art. 176. He shall be punished with an impneonment of
two to eighteen months, and with a line of fifty trams to ens
thouaand francs, who by deeds, words, gestures, or threats,
by writings, printed matter, pictures, or emblems,whatsoever,
either advertised, posted, distributed, sold, or exposed hr
sale or to public view, shall have outraged in the perinea-
mos of t.Mr duty any diplomatic agents accredited to the
Belgian goveniment.
Art. 176. Whoever shall have struck any such diplomatic
agents, on account of any official act of theirs, is to be punished
with imprisonment of from six months to three years. Should
the blows have caused an effoalon of blood, or wounds, or
illness, the guilty party will be punished with solitary ma-
Gnawed. In any owe he ma be placed for from five to tea
years under the special sure• of the police.
Art. 177. The regulations of the articles 176 and 176 only
apply to outrages or emaults, the nature or circumstances of
which may not render them liable to severer penalties accord-
ing to the other reguhrions of the pp t code.
Art. 178. Whenever the tribonsii,in conformity with the
!notations of the present chapter, shall pass a sentence of
imprisonment longer than six months, they may declare the
party so sentencedincapable of exercising, wholly or in part,
the right' enumerated in the 42nd article of the present code
fora period of five to ten years.

Yon will not fail to observe that the 173rd article,
which is merely the modified reproduction of the
Faider law upon the press, no longer requires, as the
preliminary condition of the prosecution, that a
complaint should be that made by the government
which has been attacked by the press.
This measure will probably be carried by a
majority, in the present state of public feeling, but
it will be sure to give rise to a very warm debate.
I alluded in a previous letter of mine to Pierri's
arrival at Brussels, and to the insinuation made by
the Nord of his being connected with Colonel
Charras. That officer has demanded permission to
come to Belgium, that he may take preceedings
against the author of this calumny ; the govern-
ment has refused its permiamion, and M. Charras has
been given to understand that his sentence of expul-
sion was irrevocable.

Among the individuals seen by Pierri here is
• maid-servant in the service of one M. de T—, a
money-changer. This girl was once in Pierri's ser-
vice when he was in England ; she was there when
he had meetings of refugees in his house, where the
liwassination of the Emperor had long been a theme
of discussion. This indiscreet visit of Pierri's to
her was what made the police here acquainted with
his antecedents, and enabled them to signal to the
French police his departure for Paris.
Orsini came to Brussels with Pierri. The horse
found wandering about the public streets in Paris,
and on which he meant to escape, was purchased by
him here, from an officer of the Guides. Before con-
cluding the bargain Orsini made several trials to
convince himself that the horse would not shy on
hearing the report of a pistol shot. He was staying
at the Hotel de I'Europe, in the Place Royale, under
the English name of Alsopp, a name he retained at
Paris.

_
The French embassy here had a Ts Deum
chanted last Saturday in the church of St. Guth]le,
for the preservation of the imperial pair. The'
church was filled. M. Adolphe Barrot did the
honors, and received the high personages on their
arrival at the entrance. All the diplomatic corps
attended in full dress, the household of the ring
and the Duke of Brabant, the presidents and bureau
of the two legislative chambers, the ministers of
state, the provincial and communal officials, the
governor, M. Liedta, the burgomaster M. de
Broackire, and more than 200 individuals decorated
with the medal of St. Helena.

INDIAN AND AUSTRALIAN NEWS.—A telegram
will be dee in England from Malta, on Friday next, with
Bombay news op to the 9th instant ; end a telegram will be
due in England from Malta on Saturday next, with Austra-
lian new, from Sydney up to the 11th ult., and from Mel-
bourne to the 15th ult.

We reed in Galignani :—" On Saturday, in con-
sequence of a communication made on the previous evening
by the Grand Chamberlain, the Duke de Baseeno, to Lord
Gray, and by 'sprees desire of the Emperor, his lordship,
accompanied by the hon. secretary, Mr. Augustus Goldemid,
delivered the address of the British residents, with 635 sig-
natures, to the duke for presentation to the Emperor.
During the interview, the duke informed his lordship that
he had been commanded to express his Majesty's apprecia-
tion of the kind feeling which had prompted the address, and
also to convey the Emperor's regret that, not having remind
any of the numerous French deputatioos, he hit Massif
precluded from receiving that of the British nialkana."
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