The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-13 00:00:00

LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, MAY 13. 1867.

TELEGRAPHIC IN TELLIGE NCR

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THE LUXEMBURG CONFERENCE.
THE HAGUE, MAY 11, 11% ann..

The treaty respecting Luxemburg has been
signed to-day at the London Conference, and is to
be ratified at the latest in four weeks. The Prus-
sians will then withdssw their forces and evacuate
the fortress, after having removed their stores
and war material. Luxemburg will remain in the
Zollverein.

DEATH OF THE UNITED STATES MINISTER
AT BERLIN.

BEIILIN, MAT 12.

Mr. Wright, the United States ininister at
Berlin, died suddenly yesterday morning at eight
o'clock. The funeral will take place on Monday
next.

THE PRINCE OF WALES IN PARIS •

(►lor OCI OWN CI,RIMPONI ENT.I

PARIS. SUNDAY tloatrocc.
The news that the Prince of Wales bad arrived
at the British embassy caused s crowd to assemble
before the gate. in the Faubourg St. Hotior4 as
early as 7 o'clock yesterday evening, when company
invited to meet his royal highness was seen going
in to dinner. In the evelong Lady Cowley had
her third soit.', of the season, and the expectation
(not disappointed) that the Prince would honour
it with his presence attracted a numerous yet
brilliant assemblage of those on her ladyship's
visiting list. On this occasion the band of
the Garde de Paris played under an awning
in the garden. The Prince, who appeared
in excellent health and spirits, mixed with the
general company without any formality, walking
about all the rooms, and chatting for some minutes
with almost everyliCalv he recognised, or who was
presented to him by Lord Cowley. With Cheva-
lier Nigra, the Italian ambassador, he conversed
for a long while in French, which his royal high-
ness speaks without the slightest foreign accent.
Lite in the evening, while the Prince was talking
to Lord Houghton in the saloon next to the ante-
chamber, the folding doors were opened wide,
and an usher announced " the Taicoon of Japan.'
Lord Cowley rushed forwarder re4iv_e this most
distinguished visitor, who I rather thMik would be
held by cosmopolitat)seralds.as entitled to take
the pas of the Prince dr wivl ps . The British am-
bassador took by the hilt Se. little pug-nosed
dusky-skinned child who, followed by a long tile
of yellow-faced Asiatics, marohed up to our future
king and made a low obeisance. The Prince, who
was evidently much amused with the diminutive
highness presented to him, shook hands cordially
and talked with the Taicoon for some minutes
through a Japanese interpreter, who spoke English
very well. After taking leave of the Prince, the
Japanese party sat down in the conservatory,
where they allowed themselves most imperturbably
to be stared at and closely scrutinised by British beau-
ties. They have all dark silky hair, more like that of
a woman than a man, and they wear it combed up to
the top of the head, where it is twisted tight like a
pigtail. Several of his Eastern Highness s attend-
ants carried red Japanese sticks and other insignia
of rank looking wonderfully like tea-trays. They
all wear petticoats studded about with curious
mystic characters like those of a professor of the
black art.

Lady Cowley has issued cards for a grand ball
in honour of the Prince of Wales on Friday, May
17. At the same time it is announced that the day
of her fourth reception is changed from May 18 to
May 23.

RAILWAY COLUSION AT MALTON.—A dwanictire
collision occurred on the Scarborough line of the North
Eastern, close by the Mahon station, about noon on Satur-
day. A goods train was standing on the down line and
was protected by a back signal, but the far signal was not
on. A coal train coming up from York ran into the goods
train at considerable speed, the driver appearing not to
have seen the signal or train till too late to pull up. The
van of the goods train was forced upwards, and the next
truck, laden with baskets, was turned upside down on the
up line, the van settling across it. The next truck, laden
with Burton ale, was sent in the opposite direction across
• siding, and several of the waggons were more or less
broken and displaced. Thus both lines were completely
blocked, but the local authorities got the up line clear for
trains by 3 o'clock. The driver of the coal train is one of
the new men since the strike.
UNRILPIWTILD RETURN OP A lII:SHAND AFTER
ELEVEN runs' Aiisexce.—lt appears that shout eleven
yeses ago, the husband of a Mrs. Watts, living at Dragon
`Villa, Gilesgate-moor, near this city, sailed for America, in
search of that wealth which he had failed to meet with in
this country ; and, after gaining it, he promised to re-
turn, so that they might hve upon the fruits of his labours.
However, from some unexplained caws or other, he forgot
on his arrival among our go-ahead cousins across the At-
lantic to onnfeunicate with his wife whom he had left be-
hind, and the coffers of wealth which she had expected to
hear of, it was feared, had sunk with her husband in
the ocean. Year after year passed away, and no tid-
ings of Watts could be heard, and his wife and her two
children had to struggle on as best they could. At the end
of seven or eight years, all hopes of his being in the flesh
were given up, and a person of the nameof Wallace turned
up and wooed and won the neglected dame. They lived
happily together for four years, and the partner of her first
love was entirely forgotten. one day last week, however
Watts returnee' to his native place,but unlike Enoch
Arden, after ascertaining the change hat had befallen his
wife, did not cry for help to prevent him " breaking in upon
her peace." He went boldly to her house and made himself
known, but his appearance, it would seem, did not impress
her very favourably, and the reception he met with was not
of the kind which might have been expected. His wife
now Mrs. Wallace, as was natural, felt greatly startled
at his appearance, but the interview which took place
between them did not awaken any of the old feelings'
which first caused then: to be made one, and she
preferred keeping on with the new love and discard-
ing the old. She had, however, some alight 00111
passion for her delinquent lord, and told him that she
would give him a meal of meat, a night's lodging, and set
him off with a shilling in his pocket, which, said she, "is
more than thou has done for me for the last eleven years."
Not having gained too much of this world's goods in his
wandering he accepted her generous offer,and took shelter
usder her roof for the night. Cogitating upon his present
position, as be doubtless would when be laid to sleep—but
whether he got any or not we have not heard— he :wooers
to have resolved not to part with his wife without au
effort, for, on rising next morning, he strongly asserted his
sham, which terminated by his summary ejection from the
ending with a polite kick behind, from which,
like the Irishman, he gathered the hint that his company
was not wanted. We are informed, however, that Watts
is unwilling to accept this unceremonious proceeding as
settlement of his claim, and as both husbands are said to
have consulted the lawyers upon the matter, we may yet
hear of the adjustment of the dispute in a more legal form.
—burAans Adrettiosr. _ _ _

THE Ex.,. Es PROM EUROPE.—The exodus from
Europe has commenced, although it will not reach ita
flood tide until the season is more advanced and the

weather settled. Our special correspondence from
Ireland, published on Saturday, gave this information
that nine steamers filled with emigrants had left Cork
within a few days of the date of the letter, and
that several hundreds of passengers still remained
behind awaiting transportation. This was from one
port only, while an equally active emigration
was going on by way of Liverpool, Londonderry, South-
ampton and the German porta. On Saturday last
the steamer Minnesota arrived at Castle Garden
with over one thousand passengers, having left
Liverpool on the 14th, and Queenstown on the 15th inst.,
and made an excellent passage. The Kangaroo also ar-
rived same day from Liverpool with taXt emigrants, and
the America, of the German mail steamship line, with
Nevoid hundred more. So Cartle Garden was crowded I
Saturday night with a large army of males and females, of
add ages, seeking in the New World the peace, safety and I
prosperity denied them in the Old. " And the cry is still
they come." --N, it. York Harold, April 30.
THE BULLET-Pumr. --Under this name many
a sarcasm has been recently cast on the inventor of •
contrivance by which the celebrated "corporal and four
men" might destroy • whole battalion in a few minutes.
The invention, however, is not so absolutely devoid of
merit as to prevent the A iiiiidoirgGicrtie Prow returning to
the charge, and endeavouring to demonstrate its practical
utility. Nor is this destrutr ive engine quite new, inertia
end velocity having ere this been applied to obtaining au
immense power of projection. In M. Steinheil caused
a model of this same machine to he constructed ; it could
he managed by a single man, and was submitted to the
inspection of a military commission, which made a
series of experiments that left no doubt as to its
destructive powers. Its principle simply consists in a
proper application of centrifugal force. A metallic disk is
made to revolve eit her by steam or by animal power ; on
each side of the disk a groove is cut going from the centre
to the circumference. The centre itself is hollowed out SO
as to receive bullets. The rotary motion of the disk causes
the bullets to get into the grooves, in which they fit
loosely, and obeying the laws of centrifugal force, they
run to the circumference, and fly off with a velocity twelve
times greater than that of the rotation of the disk. There
are several contrivances provided fur giving the bullet&
the same direction. In 184 rt M. S einheil caused a machine
for grapeshot to be made ; it was Wlsked by steam ; but
the military commission which examined it was of opinion
that it could not be used for the field, but might do good
service in the navy, or for the defence of fortresses. It
would be rather curious to see it adopted DOW.—Gdiy/sllli.
GREAT NORTH ERN RAlLWAY.—Exertions are
-being made to have the Doncaster and Gainsborough
extension of this company ready for traffic by June 1. It
is not altogether certain, however, whether this result
will be attained.

CRYSTAL PALACE. HALF-A-CROWN DAY.—
NATI: /WAY, MAT 11.—AdIILibrialli OD payment, 1,552;
ditto by season tickets, 6,151; total visitors, 7,706.

[STAMPED, Id. ADDI7IOIIAL ]

THE OVERLAND MAIL.

By the arrival of the above mail we have zulvioess
from Bombay to April 18, Calcutta, April 13:
Madras, April 13; Colombt, April 16: Hong
Yong, April 1 ; Melbourne, March 28, &c.
Sir John Lawrence was expected to leave Cal-
, cutta for the hills almost immediately, and would,
it was said, open the Meerut extension the East
India line in person. In speaking of this railway,
the Calculi(' Eit9lidintan notices the important fact
that the contractors' train now runs to the Hinin
River, on the Jubbulpore branch of the line, that
is within seventeen miles of that town. "We here,
in Calcutta (it adds) are already experiencing the
benefit of the rapid progress made on the Central
India lines ; the mail packets reach us now in a
little more than four days from Bombay— a clear
saving of three days over the former system."
The same paper says :
Mr. Massey has invited subscriptions to a debenture
loan of 1t500,0001., about half the full sum he prepose lto
raise during the current year. The tenders will be re-
ceived at the several treasuries up to 20th May, and the
debentures will be redeemed as under ;-40 laklis in five
years from Ist June, ; ZiOlakhs in ten nuss, hem Ist
June, 1847; CA laths in fifteen years from Ist June, ma.
Interst will be payable in England or India. A peculiar
feature of these debentures is, that during the last three
months of every year, in which they have currency, they
will be received at the government treasuries in payment
of revenue, taxes, and other government dues. Mr.
Massey's concession about the license tax has not Wai-
-1 gated the opposition to the tax itself. He assets; however,
determines( to persevere, as the collector has to-day
issued a long advertisement, calling on all persona to take
out a license without fail, and without delay, under fear
of having the penal section of the act put in forte against
them.

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From Burmah we hear that the late disorders and
the present anarchy ase likely to be followed by a
famine. At Mandalay rice was cent. per cent.
dearer than at Rangoon, and the people had no
prospect of its becoming cheaper.
The engine-drivers on the Punjaub Railway have
struck work on account of certain stoppages being
made by government from their monthly pay.
We read in the Coiontho Ob6eteve of the lt;th of
April:
The great event of the fortnight has been the first ex-
cursion train up and down the railway incline. A full
account of this, to Ceylon, deeply interesting and impor-
tant event, will be found in a special supplement to this
paper. Of course the formal opening of the line has to be
celebrated, but the contractor, the chief engineer, and the
oniony hare alike to be congratulated on the main difficul-
ties being overcome. The rails are now laid to within a
mile or two of the town of Kluidy, and in the course of •
week probably trains will be mining betwecn the great
seaport of Ceylon sad her mountain capital.

The correspondent of a Chinn paper remarks :
" The Japanese are dily and hourly becoming
more friendly to foreign intercourse, and begin to
show a wonderful enterprise in regard to trade and
national improvement. The government officials
are all to be dressed in European style from the
Japanese new year."

AUSTRALIA.
MELBOURNE, 3Ltacti 28.
. .

The Portal Conference has agreed to maintain
the three routes, rid Galle, Panama, and Torres
Straits, respectively, and will ask the imperial
government to pay half the cost of the service, the
colonies paying the other half. The Tariff Bill has
passed the lower house. The new duty on spirits
commences on the let October. The Queensland
government has reduced the foreign sheep quaran-
tine to three months, and abolished the quarantine
on New South Wales sheep.

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THE MEDITERRANEAN.

(►ROII OCR OWN CORRERPONORNT.

MALTA. NAT K.

Her Majesty's screw steam iron clad frigate
Ocean, El, Captain S. S. Stanhope, which had been sent
up to Gibraltar a few weeks ago in consequence of the
difficulty between England and Spain, returned to Malta
yesterday morning from Gibraltar, which plate she quitted
on the Ist inst. The Ocean is to embark some heavy guns
which lately arrived from England, and will then leave
again for (:ibraltar, on her way to China, to join the squad-
ron on that statioa.

The screw steam ironclad frigate Resistance, 16, Captain
H. S. Hillyar, C. 8., having been Ilnly inspected by the Com-
mander-in Chief, Lord Clarence Paget, leaves Malta this
afternoon for Gibraltar and England, to be paid off and be
put out of commission, having been commissioned as far
back as July, 1862. She takes borne • number of naval
and military invalids and time-expired men.
The screw steam three-decker Victoria, Bag-ship of Vice-
Admiral Lord Clarence Paget, is tobe relieved by the iron-
clad frigate Caledonia (lately the flag-ship of Rear-Admiral
Yelverton, commanding the Channel squadron), which is
to be the future flag-ship of the Commander-in-Chief of the
Mediterranean Fleet. The Victoria was suddenly ordered
to-day to put to sea, and will take her departure from
Malta on Monday next for Gibraltar, to meet the Caledonia,
which, it is reported here, will leave England on the 16th
inst.

The Prussian screw steam Corvette Gazelle, 8, quitted
Mal to to-day for Algiers on her way home.

NAVAL AND MILITARY BIBLE SOCIETY. —On
Saturday afternoon the eighty-seventh annual meeting of
the governors and friends of the Naval and Military Bible
Society, of which his Royal Highness Captain the Duke
of Edinburgh, R.N., has recently become patron, took
place in the theatre of the Royal United Service Institu-
tion, Whitehall-yard. Major-General Arthur .1. Lawrence
presided. The meeting having been opened by prayer by
the Rev. G. W. Langmead, chaplain of Chelsea Asylum,
that gentleman and Mr. Mount, the secretary, read the an-
nual report for the year ending 31st March hat. The com-
mittee desired to return thanks to the Almighty that for
87 yean the society had been enabled to carry on its
work, and for the blessing which He has hitherto vouch-
safed to their efforts. They began the year with a balance
of 4451. Bs. :al. The receipts dining this period (includ-
ing MI. I6a. Bd. from bequests) were 1,783/. 8.. 441., being
3631. more than last year. The disbursements, amounting
to 1,632!. 18s. 2441., show a sumo( 345/. 19e. 104 d. for the
working of the society, while that expended in the purchase
of Bibles and Testaments was not less than 1,2664-14 s. 4d.,
being e,9'. more than last tear. The balance with the
treasurer on the let April, leto , after investment of 4:13/.
7s. tid. is Three per Cent. Consols, is 267/. se. 31d., carried
forward to the credit of the society for the current year.
During the peat year legacies had been left the society by
Captain Montagu, R.N., 1001. • Miss S. Abraham (Bath),
10W.; Mr. J. G. G. Hillyarel ((Louth), 50/. The parent so-
ciety had during the year issuellll,l76Bibles,and tt,VS Tes-
taments, and the Edinburgh auxiliary 3,113 Bibles and 162
Testaments. limited to her Majesty's training ships 1,150
Bibles, and to the army 5,012 Bibles, during the year.
Amongst the other grants of Bibles were 378 to the
Aboukir, West India squadron ; 20 to Zebra, China ser-
vice ; 116 Bibles and 11 Testaments Castor, Naval Reserve,
South Shields ; 50 Bibles to the Chichester training ship,
150 to Constance, West Indies; 12 to Melville Hospital,
Chatham ; 100 to the Guards at Windsor, 20 to Guards at
Chelsea, 100 to the Royal Horse Artillery. Brighton ; 617
Bibles to the troops at Aldershott, 100 to troop a at Chat-
ham, 75 Bibles and 70 Testament' to the Royal Artillery
at Dover, and to various other military and naval depots,
Lc. The committee had such preofs of the usefulness
of the society as to warrant them in expressing a convic-
tion that it had been the greatest blessing to the anuy
and navy. It was not only in time of war but in time of
peace that our soldiers and sailors needed teaching. Dan-
gers beset them in the hour of leisure no less than in the
day of battle, and to endure both they needed the constant
guidance of the Divine word. Thereport was adopted.
EXIIIBITIDNIt or CATTLE.--It appears that the
Privy Council has determined to permit the exhibition of
cattle at agricultural shows in counties in which the cattle
'plague dote not exist. No county will be included in the
permissive order which has not been free from cattle
plague for at least four months. The permission will also
he confined to cattle belonging to the county in which an
exhibition may be held—in other words, cattle will not he
allowed to be sent from county to county for exhibition,
and the Royal Agricultural Society of England will conse-
quently not be able to organise a general cattle show
this year.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 11. —APPOINTIIENTs.—Lieu-
tenants J. C. Drew, to the Royal Adelaide; and E. F.
Day, to the Cameleon. Assistant Surgeons A. A. Mullin and
Dr. Adam Robertson, to the Bristol, additional for dis-
posal • C. M'Conaghy, acting additional to the Bristol for
disposal ; and W. C. J. Holmes, to the Rov.d Adelaide,
for acme at Plymouth Hospital. Assistant Master C. W.
Stuart to the Pinch*. Naval Cadet nominated, W. Ainger.

[TWOPENCE

Stparttag futtiltgrace.

THE PAST WEEK'S DOINGS AND THE

BATH MELTING.

TO TEI 11:DITO1 OF TEI YAMPA.

Slat—Public trials and privatetrialZ knockings
out and knockings in, are preparing our !Muds to ive
the *hocks that may be in store for intending visitor. to
Bath, when the Derby candi4L.tes get under tire ; end the
four meetings held since my last would be almost forgotten
now, but for the influence Ascot had on the status of
certain cracks. York and Diameter went to the had
through Wroughton and Knight of the Garter neglecting
them, the contest for the great northern event, with its
"cannoning " finish, not being more anxiously waited
for than Grand Creep's trial upon the Knareemire
on Friday, which was said to have resulted
in favour of the Dolt, though the betting
since tells quite • different story. Had Bracken
won his race, as good judges think he would have done
hut for the slipping of the saddle, we should doubtless
have heard of him as a probable Derby starter, hut it was
Strathconann luck to pull through instead, the circum-
stances of his triumph being a recompense to Mr. Watt
for the unlucky reverse he sustained at Chester, albeit it
hardly made up for the loss of the grey's sister, ROW, who
would have done the stall good service had she lived, if
the Oaks was • bit above her mark. llama ran so badly
that his sale to Mr. Chaplin for three thousand guineas
creates some surprise, for he can hardly be wanted or
trusted to try the Hermit, supposing they wish to rut
this ma of limitary through the mill again, after arriving
at the conclusion before the Two Thousand that he was
121 b. better than Knight of the Garter—who at Ascot beat
Fripoonier, so far as to appear on paper • better
bone than the Rake—assording to Mr. Pryst's veiniest of
the relative merits of his two youngsters last .[tuners.
That this theory is not believed in, the market plainly in-
dicates, for the Rake has become • better favourite since
his compeer's defeat, whilst his neighbour's price has
nearly doubled. Hermit has again been the sensation
horse of the week, reports of his being still queer, and
doing no work, roaming about like wildbre ; and yet some
of the best judges at Newmarket insist he is all right, and
that he does hie gallops before the horse-watcher.—if they
ever go to bed—are up. Should he win, there will be a
fearful settling-day, two gentleman alone, with
horses of their own in the race, having laid
against him, between them, to the tune of about
150,0001. ; and if this is not covered already it
will be impossible to get even half of it back, unless the
party let loose • let of their own money. The KnijOt's
performance at Ascot renewed the confidence in Vauban,
of course, and the Marksman also had their chore of encou-
ragement, as it is surmised the yellow jacket might have
been before the white in the Two Thousand ; but there is
nothing like The Rake now on "public form," looking at
the relative merit shown by him and Vauban against
Knight of the Garter, and the Ascot nutniug of Van
Amburgh favours the idea that Joseph Dawson will about
win the Derby, prejudiced as litany are against the son of
Wild Dayrell and England's Beauty. D'Eatouniel made
soother exhibition of himself at the royal spring meeting,
which was saved from being reduced to almost • leatberdisp.
ping alfairby the interesting performanceof the three or four
good three-year-olds present—not forgetting the coming
out of a Derby two-year-old, Blue Gown—but will do bet-
ter in future, no doubt, if consent to it. continuance can
be obtained. This appears to be very probable, as it tuns
out now that the late Captain Seymour was the main-in-
strument of its threatened breaking up, and both Autumn
and Spring meetings are now talked about, though it in
bard to understand the want of them, and I suspect it is
made out of jealousy and opposition to the north country
" fixtures" that the magnates of the turf, olio have long
complained there is too much racing going on. are strug-
gling so hard to tutu Ascot Heath into a second New-
market.

Just about enough sport for one week is provided in the
fourteen races advertised to come off at Bath on Tuesday
and Wednesday and nine at I larpenden on Friday, many
of the former being of the most interesting character.
Wroughton and Van Amburgh have only to meet for the
mile-and-a-half Biennial to make a great event of that,
the first named appearing about the same horse as the
Derby crack, and many suspecting Mr. Fleming's colt is
not so far behind the Rake as some of the stable followers
insist. John Day has Harpenden, Distill. Seville, and
several others to choose • representative from, and the
selected will doubtless run up ; so will Flying Scud, if he
does the needful for Julius ; but there is nothing to
jeopardise Wroughton's chance beyond Van Amburgh,
and his victory is too much for me to expect. loth
as I am to desert good horses that befriend me.
for were he to win fairly he would come up to a level
with Vauban. The favourite Danbury two-year old,
Herald, is in the half-mile Biennial, though be may wait
a little longer before he opposes Mentleman like Griniston,
to beat whom it will take a " flyer" just now. John Day
will have more to do, perhaps, with the handicaps and
all-aged races, he having the second best to Savernake for
the Beaufort Cup in John Davis or Lecturer, and more
than one " well in" in the Bath Handicap, with which,
however, it would be premature to meddle now, for there
is no guessing what Fable!, Easby, La Dauphine, and
others treated rather too well, are in reserve for. Never-
theless, there is no denying the formidable pretensions of
Goojerat and Bradasnante, the latter having also been
turned loose for the County Members' Plate, wherein the
Rock is also nicely in. John of Danbury bas the Sower-
setahire Handicap almost at his mercy with I :umera and
John Davis, the latter of whom beat Pintail, in his cele-
brated Northamptonshire Stakes, at almost the tame
weights, whilst the Duke of Beaufort's mare could
scarcely lose if in form, with Pintail able to beat
all the others engaged. John Davis or one of his
companions, again, will be worth watching in
the Welter or Dyrbani Prole Handicaps, though
there is nothing like Staghound in the last named ; and
the biped, John, is certain to be there er thereabouts with
Lady Elizabeth in the Weston or I:adminton Stakes, great
as are the lot oproard to her in both instances. For the
last named there are Xi, Commissioner, and Nike to dis-
pose ot, and one of the two first named may bowl her over,
whilst she has to give weight to Blue Gown, Forest King,
and Micas, and meet Griuurton on even terms for the
Weston, wherein Blue Gown may just outshine her. The
Harpenden events should not be Inks-,l at before Bath,
even with La Belle Jeanne in the Two-Year.ol,l Stakes ;
and it will be quite time to speculate about the Handicap
when the declarations are made, and " the money" is oa
those intended to perform —I am, km, METEOR.