The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-26 00:00:00

Crus have been ordered to march back to Mexico,
in order to form a sufficiently strong body to effect
: a retreat without danger.
(MMON OUR OWN 0011338PONDIKT.) 1 The impression gains strength that the Empress
PARIS. SuNDAT EN.E.smo. , will go to Rome. But I continue to think that the
The plan (wl'atever it may be) for the reorgani- Popes obstinacy will stop the journey. A tele-
sation of the army is said to be so far advanced trazdfrom Rome of this day states that the Pope's
that the text of the bill to be immediately sub- pffiro • Baron
circular,
Manuntiteu;•. fortap-
mitted to the Council of State will be read at the the " false zeal" which offers the Popes " lying
meeting of the commission on Tuesday next. On and hypocritical assurances." I am afraid the
the same authority it is alleged that the principle Empress's projected mission is included in this
of the measure was finally settled on Tuesday last. anst
theT hetibedset;rteywhoifuhDres. Trousseautu is
.contrittiuctet,(2,l by
Unless any verbal difficulties should provoke an
the
adjournment, the meeting of the day after to- sad news. The eminent I(hgyaslceiau is yet alive,
morrow will be the last. Ido not think the Corps but very seriously ill.
Legialatif will be convoked before Christmas ; but The Liberti now announces the death of Gavarni,
in all probability it will meet much earlier than the great caricaturist, and lam afraid there can be
no doubt of the authenticity of this statement
usual in January. because his friends are invited to attend his funeral,
The Monde has a very amusing article, which the to-morrow,
and to assemble at the Villa de la
other clerical journal, the Gazette de France, thinks Kaunipn, 12 bis, where he died.
worth reproducing seriously, stating the French : M Beatty, a Councillor of State, formerly editor
government has only one ally, and that a doubtful of the Cuastitutiwatet, and very recently a frequent
contributor to the Beene Contemporaine, died sud-
one—ltaly—favourable to the execution of the con-
-1 day yesterday at the age of 64.
vention of September, and that Prussia, England,
Spain, Portugal, Austria, and the United States : money ealWPaytteholaimHessed the
broutfuhtead
house
oil
have all combined to send a fleet to Civita Vec- Retleyshild to invest ii.anlnecUtryto stimulate the
Ghia kw yin ouinteasaace of the temporal power I ' seal of that house to find him ban/some interest
All these kingdoms the Monde says demand of the and good security he conferred upon one of the
Pope no impossible reforms, but are determined to Principal clerks the order of William 1., which is
maintain him in the condition of a a King ( be_ said to be extremely rare. It must now become
not
cause they will allow at any price the "cow- rare still • and it must be questionable
more
ether the ancisit knights of the order will
pletion" of Italy. The temporal power must be acknowledge M. de Rothschild's clerk as a brother,
very sick indeed when its favourite supporters are seeing that their chief has lost his throne. Did
reduced to promulgate such fables as these. James U. create Knights of the Garter at
The Pays expresses semi-official indignation at St. Germain? Perhaps he did ;my memory is at
the acquittal, by a Belgian jury, of a minor Bel- knightsfault on
itihaevesitilittarms , but
.I amt clear that
Isuch
gian journal called the Grelot, which contained a le Bourse suffered aulconsidee'ralle's fallait'Aea-day.
caricature of the sovereigns of Austria, Prussia, Rents declined 15c. for cash, and 17. for account,
Italy, and France, and was prosecuted at the in- closing at 69.50 and 69.45. Mo"bilier fell 5f
stance of the French minister at Brussels. ' Credit Fancier, 7.50 ; and Italian, sc. only.
A telegram, received to-day at the Prussian Em-
bassy, states that M. do Beust, the eminent Saxon I
statesman who has become an Austrian minister, I
has suffered from an attack of cholera of which (mom mat ova cosararosmrier.)
he was speedily cured. The delay in his expected NOBLE, Nov. 18.
trip to Dresden is explained by this circumstance. I Let me dismiss a few items of mere gossip, and
It is rumoured that Prince Henry of Holland au proceed to matters of graver import. In these
(the Lord Lieutenant of Luxembourg) has had a days no letter-writer can contend with the tele-
fall from his horse, and that although it is hoped
the consequences may not be serious considerable graph, be his words ever so winged in sending the
earliest news, he must be content with narrating
uneasiness is felt about him. I what he sees or hears around him. His office, as I
It is known that M. Michelet married a young understand it, is to signalise according to his
wife in his old age, and that his work La Fenirne means of information and observation the approach
is to a great extent made up of the results of his of events, to point from effects to causes and from
personal experience of married life. Madame causes to effects in the philosophy of peening
Michelet has now made her &licit as an authoress— history. •
or rather, according to modern diction, an author. : The Pope is in excellent health, and to all ap-
M. and Madame Michelet before leaving t
pearance in excellent spirits. The malady which
Paris, as they are wont to do to pass the distressed and weakened him two years ago has
winter season at Hy;sres (the locality in which disappeared, and he is now singularly vigorous and
M. Michelet materials collected the for his " Pols- active fur a man of 78. Every day he transacts
son"), gave a farewell dinner to their friends. In business, receives visitors, and takes regular
the evening some chapters were read of a new novel ' -
walking exercise beyond the gates, attended by his
by Madame Michelet called " L'Enfant." This '
' customary suite, who find it no easy work to keep up
like some of her husband's books, is said to be per-
' with him as he walks at a good sound constitutional
sonal, and to contain passages from the history of .
pace. Some (lays since he received Lord Clarendon,
her own life. Madame Michelet was a governess, •
who remained with him an hour,
lighted and was so de-
and for some time lived in that capacity with the ghted with the interview that he came out ex-
family of Prince Cantacuzene at Bucharest.
' claiming " There is a true sovereign, indeed :"—so
I am about to repeat for the benefit of the public, '
at least the story runs about the Vatican.
as well as my own, a complaint which has been very ;
Lady Clarendon, too, has been received by his
often made. People in London who have °cc:what
to write to their friends in Paris should really, in Holiness, and no doubt was at least equally en-
mercy, get their letters properly weighed. I re- , chanted by the simple dignity and sweetness of one
ceive letters marked " insufficiently stamped" so of the best and kindest of men, whose only misfor-
of ten that the tax forms quite a consider- . tune is the incompatibility of the life of a saint
able items in my weekly bills. It ' with the trade of a king. I have heard nothing
be generally known in London that a single half- canal,
which would justify Tee in stimulating the sus-
sheet of ordinary paper and an envelope—such ' piciona of your contemporary, the Record, at these
as every man finds on his desk at home, or at his interviews of our eminent statesmen and states-
club, makes a letter too heavy for a single post to women with his Holiness.
The Dean of Westminster and Lady Augusta
France. It is very absurd that it should be so,
Stanley have left Rome. Lord Clarendon, Mr.
because such aletter weighs less than a single letter
from France toEngland• The unintelligent illiberality Gladstone, and Mr. Cardwell are still here ; and
of the English post-office in this respect has been as if nothing less than what dramatic managers call
" the whole strength of the company " would
frequently noticed. But things being as they are,
our friends in London who write go us residents suffice, Mr. Milner Gibson is announced ; and the
here, should be at the trouble of getting what is Duke of Argyll and Sir Roundell Palmer are
called " foreign" paper. They of course would be •" underlined," with what warrant of fact or pro-
annoyed, if they knew it, to think that a hurried • bability I cannot pretend to affirm. The simul-
note on which they pay 4d. costs their corres- I taneous presence here of three members of the last
pondent a shilling in addition. It is because I . cabinet at this crisis was sure to excite remark :
know that the sinners in this kind :in without great men cannot enjoy the pleasures of obscurity.
knowledge that I make this public complaint qui Too much has been made of this portentous concur-
:am—as well on my own behalf as on that of man} rence by impertinent busybodies, but on the whole
fellow sufferers. it would.perhaps be desirable and expedient that
for the present this powerful cast of British states-
PARIS. SATURDAY EVENTING.
It has come, no matter how, to my knowledge men in repose at Rome should not be reinforced.
that the Duke de Persigny, who, though now out of Rome is extraordinarily deserted by ordinary
office, must ever be considered as a minister in posse, visitors this year, and it is a questionable console-
and who after repeated rebuffs and disgraces has tion to the proprietors of empty hotels and to
frequently shown that he maintains a greater per- forlorn shopkeepers to hear that four or five illus-
sonal influence with the Emperor than any other trious British statesmen are engaged in what a
subject can pretend to, lately sought and obtained good-natured French adviser of the Pope called
an interview with his Majesty at Compikgne. The le eulte, des mines. An English acquaintance
conference lasted an hour and a half—a sufficient whom I met this morning told me that he „was all
time for a voluble man like M. de Persigny but alone in his hotel--one of the best in Rome;
to touch upon a vast number of subjects. He made and that the cook was so demoralized by his enforced
a clean breast, and fully possessed his sovereign with idleness, that in spite of daily and emphatic re-
the views which he, as a Privy Councillor, and his monstrances he would persist in sending up
oldest intimate adherent, thought right to press dinners which could only be accepted as satirical
upon his consideration. What these views were caricatures of the Englishman's domestic cuisine.
has not been revealed to me. All I can state Florence,
bbl he
has filled within the last ten
without fear of any ether than trivial official con_ days. Probably many families will avoid Rome until
tradiction is, that M. de Persigny told the Em- the result of the departure of the French is ewer-
poor that he was in the hands of bad advisers ; tained.
that Messrs. Rouher and Lavalette were especially Meanwhile it is natural enough that the corn-
leading him wrong, and that he was hemmed in by mercial classes in Rome should contrast the lifeless
lines of circumvallation which prevented hint from condition of their city with the fifty thousand
knowing the real state of public opinion. To strangers at Venice and the promising season at
all this the Emperor, whose laconicism is pro- Florence, and should ask themselves how long this
verbial, merely replied, "Hum," " Ha," and "My contrast is to endure, and when this paralysing un-
dear Persigny, you exaggerate." Whether, not- certainty is to end. Why should not Rome, with
withstanding " exaggeration," a residue of the ad- all its buried and unburied treasures of art, its
vice offered on this occasion by the old trusty majestic monuments of ancient empire, and its
councillor may be acted upon to the discomfiture august privileges as the capital of the ca
metro-
tholic
of men now in great positions is the secret of the • world, become the splendid and flouriehing
f uture. polis of resurgent Italy, and the centre of a new
The news that Maximilian has not only surrep- I and brilliant civilisationl " Who can imagine," said
titiously left Mexico city, but shaken off the •an Italian to me the other day, " that we want to
dust of Mexican territory from his feet altogether, I get rid of the Papacy 1 Why, we regard it as one
is rapidly permeating Paris, and people who have ! of
the most important branches of our native and
their entrées to government offices run about ,
___, industry."
wildly, imploring for positive information natioma There was a touchpf cynicism,
one way or the other. All they are told is that perhaps, in this way of putting the case, but no
nothing is " officially " known. You may rest doubt it expressed the common sense of the
assured that my assertion three days ago that the country.
empire was at an end will be found correct. There
is, I also repeat, not the slightest truth in the report
that France will seek to prolong the occupation.
Her only object now is to get away as quickly and
as decently as possible. But so formidable is the
power of the Juariat troops, which, as long as the
farce was kept up, the Mimiteur and Cow&
tutionttel told the world were utterly anni-
hilated, that it will not be easy for the
French troops in Mexico city to get safely to their
French regiments
have it on good authority that several
French regiments echeloned on the road to Vera

ITALY.

The fracas which took place about three weeks
since on board one of the Kingston and Holyhead mail
packets b rtween Mr. Reardon, M.P., and Mr. Wedge, and
which was the subject of an adjourned investigation before
the magistrate at Marylebone Police-court, boa been
through the instrumentality of s mutual friend arranged
to the satisfaction of both gentlemen. On Tuesday next,
when the summons is returnable on adiournment, there
will not be any appearance on either side.—Smaday Gazette.
CRYSTAL. rAuacz. RALF-A-CHOWN DAY. --
1 SATURDAY, Nov. 2,l—Admissions on payment, 1,084;
1 ditto by season tickets, 5,487 ; total visitors, 6,571.

ARMY.

When we lately noticed the movement in r
particular militia regiment to collect funds for Mr.
Eyre some of our correspondents expressed an
opinion that there must be a mistake in the an-
nouncement, and were slow to believe that the
military organization of the country had been used
for such a purpose. We find, however, in a mili-
tary journal an advertisement signed by the Secre-
tary of Mr. Eyre's committee, of which the follow-
ing is an extract :
The committee have much pleasure in announcing the
following sums, as received direct from the army and navy'
Officers 2nd battalion the Buffs
r 5,624
Office 54th Foot 4 4
Officers her Majesty's ship Liverpool 8 14
Officers of the 12th Lancers
Officers her Majesty's ship Saturn 1 10
Officers ith Dragoon Guards
Some officers H.M.S. Racoon • 517
Some officers lit battalion Rifle Brigade
Officers 71st Highland Light Infantry
Officers of depot 34th Regiment
Officers Ist battalion 16th Regiment
Officers of the gun-room H. S. Caledonia.... 510
Officers of the Royal North Down Rifle Regi-
ment of Militia
Non-commissioned officers and buglers of Fa '
nouient Staff of the Royal North Down Rifle
Regiment of Militia 2 S 6
510 of the volunteers, non-commirioned
officers, and privates of the Royal North
Down Rifle lteOnrmt of Militia. off being
iil their bounties for this year
Officers 9th depot battalion
Officers 83rd Regiment
Five ward-room officers of H.M.S. Royal Oak 3 0
Ofiliers 73rd Regiment
(Weer, let battalion 25th Regiment 9 3
Officers 4th battalion Rifle Brigade
Officers 92nd Gordon IliAlanders l9 6
Officers of Highland depot battalion, Aberdeen 11 5
Officem of H.M.S. Wolverene
()freers H. 11.5. Lord Clyde
Officers 81st Rhin ant
5 10
Officers Royal hiotli Down Rifle Regiment of
Militia hod donation'
Officers 2nd battalion 17th Regiment
As Mr. Eyre's trial will commence immediately it is
earnestly requested that contributions from the army and
navy may be forwarded without delay in aid of the
Defence Fund.
Will not these gentlemen now do something for
Lieutenant Brand, to indemnify him for the harsh
treatment which he is receiving at the hands of the
new Admiralty after his spirited public services at
:orant Bay ?

8 10 0

THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY AND
MR. CHARMS BUXTON, M.P.

The following correspondence is published in the
Daily News:

Admiralty, Nov. 22.

Dear Mr. Buxton,—At the close of your letter to the
Daily News of yesterday, introducing your correspondence
with Lieutenant Brand, R.N., you say, " It has been lately
stated that Lieutenant Brand has been promoted by the
present adruinistratien."
I cannot suppose that you intended any unfairness by
this addition to your letter, but I think you must see that
such a reference to the supposed promotion, appearing, as
it does, on the same page with Lieutenant Brand's shame-
fulletters, must be, in effect, very prejudicial to the Board
of Admiralty.
I therefore venture to submit to you that I have some
reason to complain of your having published such a state-
ment without having previously ascertained how far it was
unded.
I had not seen or heard of the statement till I read your
letter, and I beg to inform you that it is entirely untrue.
I cannot conclude without expressing my great regret
that you have been insulted and annoyed by receiving
from en officer of the Royal Navy such letters as those
you have very properly made public.
I cannot help still clinging to a hope that you have been
imposed upon by some hoax, but you will see in the news-
paper that if Lieutenant Brand is unable to deny that he is
the writer, he will be immediately superseded.—l
remain, dear Mr. Buxton, yours truly,
(Signed) JOHN S. PAKINGT.)N..
Mr. Charles Buxton, ,M.P.
P.S.—I shall await your answer before publishing this
letter.

(Copy.)
Fox Warren, Cobham, 23d Nov., D 1416.
Dear Sir John,--I regret very much that I attributed
Limit. Brand's advancement to the present administration.
My words were—" It has been lately stated that Lieut.
Brand has been promoted by the present administration?'
This referred to a statement to that effect which appeared
in some of the newspapers about a fortnight ago, and
which met with no contradiction.
I find that Lieut. Brand was promoted from the com-
mand of a mere tender belonging to the Aboukir to the
command of her Majesty's gunboat Delight by the late
Board of Admiralty.
Thanking you sincerely for the kind expressions which
your letter contains I remain, dear Sir John, yours
truly, (Signed) CHARLES BUXTON.

LIEUTEIVANT BAMARAND'S
A. FUNCTIONS IN
JIC

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In his letter to Mr. Buxton, Lieutenant Brand
denies that he selected the parties to be placed on their
trial before him. Him words are, "My duty was to try
those and those only who were sent for trial by my supe-
rior, and every verdict was subject to the approval and
confirmation of the officer convening the court."
A correspondent of the Examiner has pointed out that
this was by no means the fact. It is perfectly cleat, from his
own and General Nelson's evidence before the commission.
that Cordon's was the only case specially submitted to the
court over which he presided, and the only case revised by
his superior. His duty was to try all such prisoners or
accused persons as were brought in ; and the charges and
modes of proceeding appear to have been settled and
arranged between Provost-Marshal Ramsay and himself.
Thus, Blue Book, p. 657 :
I always asked the Provost-Marshal. He brought in a
prisoner, and 1 wrote his name aad asked what erns the
clutrye. Some were charged with murder, some with com-
mon rebellion without murder, some with being found with
stolen property, and so on. I had the witness in, and
before I proceeded with the case I used to look at the
witness, to see whether it was worth while proceeding with
the case or not After that tee had a A i )14 of
firand jury. I asked every man what he had to say, and
if he had anything to gay referring to the case I would
have him sworn and take hie evidence ; hut if he made a
long rambling statement about somebody's hog, I
should
not take it, and I should gay, " Have you Fot heftedoevidence, Mr. Ramsay?" and if he said " Iso," I would
say, " Discharge him."
This distinctly negatives the supposition that only named
or specified persons, with distinct or specified charges,
were brought before him.
When most of what were deemed capital cases were dis-
posed of, Mr. Brand proposed to General Nelson (who as-
sented) to have • sort of general gaol delivery, and he
accordingly repaired with two other gentlemen to the gaol.
Their proceedings (Blue Book, p. 633) were summary:
Do you remember what number of the men that were
released at the time were flogged ?—No, it quite depended
if they got a good character. If the governor or boatswain
of the gaol gave them a good character, they were sent
away with the pass ; but if they had a bed
them , the charactey
got
r, or
sonic one yea there to say something against
their flogging and were sent away.
That was when there was evidence, I suppose ?—Always
some evidence. The boatswain or governor knew all their
characters very well.
By whose order were they flogged !—By the order of all
three of us.
Yourself, and who were the others ?—Mr. Adcock and
Mr. Taylor, of the Sixth.
You three decided the respective cases ?—PIC derided.
and the men received their punishment, and were sent
away with • warning.
No superior officer, had be been so minded, could have
revised any sentence besides Gordon's, for want of
sufficient notes. In point of fact the sentences were
almost invariably executed without hesitation or delay—
and most commonly in the most revolting manner. Mr.
Buxton's statement is substsatially correct throughout.

ROYAL Fags HoeriTAL,
The number of pedants relieved at this hospiceduring thi
week ending Nov. 24 was 3A2, of whia were now
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