The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1859.

elosetions to Ley alteration " which b• Writs and
avows. Bet he is disposed to extend the changed&
the law to the other relations by mendep, and to
bestow en equal privilege upon the widow. Lord
iodic RCLIILL treats the question in the
largest and most liberal spirit, yet with the reluctance
des to its delicacy and difficulty. There is a grow-
ing evil to be amended, an increasing amount of un-
happiness to be corrected, and it is a question of feel-
ing and of social convenience which must be decided,
sot by arbitrary end fantastic canons, but by a wise
endeavour to conciliate privets happiness with the
public good, and to bring the laws of man into more
perfect harmony with the Law of GOD.
For our own part we do not effect to be blind to the
reeeenableness of many of the objections to a cheap
in the existing law. Everyone within the range of hie
own social circle is probably familiar with instance@
and examples of unhappiorm on both aides of the
question ; bat we are more and more persuaded that
the only human legislation that avails anythingfor the
oomfort of society is of an enabling rather than
a restrictive order, and that in dealing with the
most sacred of human institutions we cannot be on
too good terms with human nature itself, and with
the common feelings of mankind.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

The Monitscr of this morning publishes a decree,
fixing the payment to be made by soldiers of the
Class of 1888, in substitution of personal military
service, at 1,000 francs.

The Ho/slicer contains also the following:—The
Conference of the Representatives of thsPowen will
shortly re-assemble at Paris for the purpose of
discussing (exasragrur) the result of the Moldo-
Wallachia= elections.

The ministerial warning given to the Presse hu
created a great sensation, and Renter in consequence
rose last night on the Boulevards 400.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTEKOPLI, Fait. 16.

On Thursday Let, a Frenchmen established at
Redasta fell a victim to vengeance. Count Lana
mend, first soorotary to the French embassy at Con-
stantinople, elsopatshed the dragoman and a body of
polioe by the Salamandre to Redoes. Fourteen
culprits were arrested, and full satisfaction was given
to France.

MARSEILLES, Pu. 16.
Advicee have been received from Constantinople
to the 9th inst.

The Journal de Constantinople of that day con-
fines the statement that the Porte has protested
against the election of A. Conn, and appeals to the
conference of the Powers.

Lettere express doubts whether the Salton will
resolve the Moldavian deputation.
16,000 Turkish troops are stationed dreg the
beaks of the Danube. The attitude of the Roma&
population is resolute.
Frequent conferences have taken place between
Sir Henry Bawer, Baron Prokesoh, and the Parte.

lONIAN ISLANDS.

ATHENS, Fla. 10.

the centre being kept clear for the Imperial 1
pinta and no mole being allowed to play until
their arrival. The state quadrille, which opened
the ball, was at length formed, the Princess Clotilde
dancing with Baron Hausmann, Prefect of the
Seine, sad Prince Napoleon with Madame Baum-
meas. The Prince and Princes@ afterwards walked
all through the rooms. It was much remarked
that the Prince, instead of giving her his arm,
walked before her.

PRUBBIA.

Cvlox cvi ovir

BERLIN, Fes. It.
Count Perponcher, who was lately sent on a special
mission to London to notify officially the birth of the
young prince, has jut returned to this city, and
brings the gratifying intelligence that both the
Queen and the Prince Consort have promised to
come over to the christening of the infant prince,
and their arrival will take place about Easter, till
which period the ceremony is consequently post-
poned. Later in the season—probably in May—the
Prince and Princess Frederick William will pay a
visit to England. The youthful princess is going on
eo satisfactorily, that not only is the Ilan* of daily
bulletins stopped, bat Sir James Clark's presence Is
no longer needed here, and he has therefore returned
to London.
Great activity is perceptible in the bureaux of the
different sections of the War-office, the object of
which is to place the army in an efficient state, to be
prepared for any emergency. A great promotion in
the army is to take place, and the Gazette will pro-
bably be published at the end of March, should cir-
cumstances not occur to make it necessary earlier.
The promotion will include 409 captains.
It was at first expected that a general amnesty
would be granted for all political offenders on the
occasion of the recent addition to the Royal family.
That it was originally intended I am able to state as
a fact, but it appears that subsequent events have
tended to induce the Regent to postpone its execu-
tion, if not to give up the idea altogether.

A Berlin letter states that duriag a recent shooting
excursion, in the neighbourhood of Bans Soul, the
Prim Regent of Prussia had a narrow escape for his
life. The gun of an officer of artillery, who wu of
the party, accidentally went of 4 and the charge
peened does to the Prince.