The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING. NOVEMBER 27, 1861.

in exclusive right a single " land," or floor. We I
must presume, however, that the law of Scotland
adjusts the rights of these successively ascending
owners in such a way as to give to any one
of them • remedy against perils to which he may
be exposed either from above or below. Nor do
we doubt that there is some method by which our
Northern neighbours can bring a public authority
into operation for the purpose of compelling the
inspection, repair, or demolition of dangerous
structures. We, too, have our public bodies
charged with such duties of teddeship, and our
staff of inspectors by whom they carry out their
behests. But the futility of all such arrangements,
at least on their present footing, has been demon-
strated, not merely by the Edinburgh disaster, but
by not infrequent, though less appalling,
accidents of a similar nature in this
and other cities. We shall not, in our
present want of knowledge of details, dis-
parage the functionaries of Edinburgh, nor invoke
the heightened activity of those of the metropolis.
But in such cases it is obvious that public inspec-
' tion can never supersede the duty of private
watchfulness, and we are bound to remind those
on whom such duty rests, that neglect to investi-
gate thoroughly the causes of aught by which
danger may possibly be indicated, may result in a
loss of human life as much due to them as if they
had lured their unconscious victims to crop a
chasm on a half-aawn-through plank.

Irk Court.

WINDSOR, CABTLE, Nov. 26.

Her Majesty's dinner party yesterday included
the Primus Alice, the Prisons of Loudness, the Prince of
Leiningen, Colossi Use Has. Sir Charles sad Mime Phipps,
Major hlpbinstese, sad Yr. Rosa
The (been, esempasied by Prisons Mks, walked in the
pens& of the Castle tole serniss.
The Prises Omer., Weeded by Colonel the lion. A.
Harding% retuned tram Yedingley Hall at half-pest one
o'clock to-day.

The Earl 14 Clutha= and Lieutesist•Colosel esvesdialr
hare moos ded Vireeest Ton:sites and Coked the Hoe.
A. Liddell as Lord and Groom is Waiting.

Mr. George Prederkic Yawn bad as Worrier, with Fir'
Rumen yesterday al the Fes.
A ilspetalicie from the ipt al Lust** Bermondsey,
sad Nowise's, with referees. to the labmakesest of the
Themes, sesistisi c 4 Mr. Frederick Davin" Mr. B.
Denser, Mr. J. Pea, esd Mr. R. Taylor, had art 'Mamie.
with the Right Hes. W. F. Carper, X.P., at her Majesty's
Mks el Weds, is Whitshetbesse.
The Judicial Ossmdmes of the Petry Council sat yester-
day. • prdittse hoes "Maim Loll Salmi v.
Dam Doss Dolt sed elhore,"rte disehmge cedar r.
.J
leave to appeal, we. her An appeal frees BORA Hes-
duns, " Hedge v. the AlluesepOeseral cif BMA Hee-
difses' was lewd. The Ire premise were the Lards Jim
time Lied Brum sed Tamer, Sir E Ries. air 7. Cot.
rim tlr L Peel, and Mr I. Oeivile.
were reesked yeiterday at the Colonial-aloe
fro7sWe'reed High Comsdesiseer el the lonien Islands,
mid frees the Oscreeser el Oihniter. Despatches were cent
to the Goverares d 311alls.== Kong, Labuaa,
the MAMMA% Yd the auss

Her Majesty having been pleased to appoint the
Moot Noble Edward Adolphus, Doke el Branweeit, to be
lord•lieatensnt el the esuaty d Done ; the Bight Honour.
able Francis Theme de Oney, loot Cowper, to be Iced-
lieutenant of the emir al Bedford ; the BIM Besostable
Benjamin, Led Liesteme, to be lord-ltentsewat of the
want, of Idenineuth ; they reepeatively (we Ivan (new yes-
terday's Gazette) took the oaths appointed to be talus there-
upon, instead of the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, on
the 20th hat.

Hi Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief yesterday evening honoured an entertainment at the
Royal Artillery mew, Woolwich, w.th his presence.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
of Ames& left Orleans House, Twickenham, yesterday for
Hatfild. oa a visit to the Masque and Marchioness of
Bellebery. ♦ distinguished circle have assembled to meet
their royal bighaseses, the goeMs emsprising he Excellency
the Amides Ambassador end the Gneiss d'Appooyi, the
Earl sad Concise' of Clarendon and the Ladies Vil"ers,
the Earl Drowelow, Count Wimples, Count Brandenburg,
the Dui sad Countess of Hardwiclus, Viscount Chelsea and
the Hoe. Mies Cadogasi, Viscount Hood, Viscount H inchiog-
broke, Laid West, Lord Loughborough, Viscount Yahoo,
Lady Medea Alford, Mr. Cost, lice. F. Lygon, Mr. Vivian,
Mr. Peel, he.

The Earl and Countess of Derby are entertaining
a sucosesioe of visitors at Knowsley Park, Learceshire.
The Countess of Fife arrived in town a few days
der bees Seethed. Tile earl is expected early out week.
Hi lordship bee takes a hewn is Grosvenor-place, late the
neidenoe of Lend Lilt:ed.

T!te Earl aodCountoss of Voila= are entertain-
ing a oldest circled Gorhuabwy Perk,

The Earl and Countess of Dalkeith have left the
Doke and Dashes. d Beeeleneh's seat in Scotland for the
Marquis and limettioners d Aberoorn's seat, Beran'e Coart,
maw Tyrone.

Vineount andVisenuntess Campden have returned
to Campden House, Gloucestershire, from visiting the Earl
and GAlntas• of Derby, at Knowsley Park.

The following appears amongst the announce-
ments°, marriages in the papers of this morning :—" At
SR John's, Paddington, Edward Cholmeley, eldest sea of
Sir Edward Charnel/I Daring, Bert.. to V ISCOUII tee• Forth,
eldest daughter of the Hop. Adolphus (lapel, and mod.
daughter of Viesouot Maynard."

Lord Palmerston and the Minister of War, ac-
companied by the Director-General of OnMamie and other
officers, west down to Shoeborynews yesterday morning by
special train to whom a series of experirnenta to be made
with this Whitworth dose supplied to the government. Mr.
Whitworth himself wee present.
Lord Chief Justice Erie has Rent a donation of
10f. 10s. to the National Lifeboat Inotiention.

The Dublin Reciting Muil contains a requisition
to the Lord Mayor, preying ►im to convene a public
meeting for the purpose of ommidering the propriety of
paying • tribute of national respect to the late Earl of
Vinton, "in consideration of his great exertions to
edvence the material interests of Inland." The proposed
tribute is samitizeed by ths.lard t'rim•e, the Lord Justice
of Appeal, and the Lord Chief Justice ; and the signatures
of 41 peon, 111bannets, 51 members of parliament, and 11
se-11.P.'s are taxed to the requisition; together with
those of the priecipal inerchatits sad traders of Dublin and
other Irish pone, without distinction of creed or party.
The signatures of members of the Irish bar are also nume-
rous on the lat.
DIATH or THE COUNTAIS (Dovreoia) 01111 Y.
The venerable widow of the late well-known statesman
expired yesterday femmen at her residence in Eatonaquarn
The count«r bad been 11l only • few days. The late
Dowager-Conetem Mary Ellsbeth, who was the only
daughter of Wm. &abases, lint Lord Ponsonby, was born
March 3, 1775, so that the deemed was in her 87th pan
She married, Ne►. 18, 178{, Charlie, the second and late
Earl Grey, by whim she had • family of sixteen children,
twelve of w►am have survived their mother, namely, the
Earl Grey, Major-General the Hoe. Chao Grey, C. 8.,
secretary to his Royal Highness the Frieze Consent; Rear-
admiral the Hee. air Fredk. W. Grey, K.C.8., senior,
Lord of the Admiralty ; the Hon. and Rev. Jobs, t►e Hoe.
and Rev. F. R., the Hoe. Harry Cavendish, and Hoe.
Wm. Ceo. Grey ; sod daughters, Lady Elizabeth Belted,
widow of Mr. J. C. Buttes' ; Lady Caroline Barriegton,
widow of Captain the Hon. George Barriegton ; lady
Georgians, unmarried; and Lady Mary, married to the
Right Hoe. Sir Charles Wood, Hart., N.P. Information
of the countess's death has been sent by telegraph to Flo-
rence, where the Earl and Countess Grey are at present
residing.

PROFINNOR Jowlerr.—ln a congregation held at
Osfoed yesterday. at 2 o'clock, which was very sums
rously attesdeil, the form of statute for endowing the
Regius Professorship of Omsk was submitted to the vote
of the house. Considerable excitemeet prevailed, as it was
apparent that the votes wore being given almost equally for
mid spinet the statute. The two proctors, having taken
t►e votes of their respective sides of the house, compared
their lista ; shot which the senior proctor, amid pro•
forted edema, declared the decision of the house to be
against the statute The numbers were understood to
have been as follows : —Placet, 9G ; non-plant, 99 ; ma-
jority, 3.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

A BRITISH STEAMER BOARDED
BY AN AMERICAN MAN-OF-WAR.
CAPTURE OF CONFEDERATES.

(By arcysze nixoseye.)
(FROM OUR mac CORRESPONDENT.)

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.
The Royal Mail steamship la Plata has arrived
here from the West ludies.

The Royal Mail steamer Trent was on her way
to St. Thomas with the Mexican, Havannah, and
Jamaica mails, when, within a short distance of St.
Thomas, she was met by the Federal man-of-war San
Jacinto. The latter fired first a shot and then a shell
across the bows of the Trent. The captain of
the San Jacinto ordered Captain Muir, the com-
mander of the Trent, to go on board
the San Jacinto with his papers. This
was refused. The captain of the latter then
boarded the Trent, and demanded to see the pas-
senger list. This was also refused. The
commander of the San Jacinto then
laid, "It is no use mincing the matter ;
we have evidence that you have persons on
board that we want, and you must give them up."
Captain Moir refused to do so. The Federal
commander then waved his hand to the
San Jacinto, and several boats pushed off,
filled with armed men. They took Messrs.
Slidell and Mason, with their two secretaries, Mr.
Eustaoe and another, out of the Trent, and
took them on board the Jacinto pri-
soners of war. This proceeding was protested
against by Captain Moir and Commander Wil-
liams, R.N., the Admiralty agent of the Trent.
The Sumter has not been captured. She was at
Martinique on the 11th instant, landing prisoners.
The Federal man-of-war Iroquois left St. Thomas
in pursuit of her.

The despatches of which Messrs. Mason and
Slidell were in charge, were overlooked by the com-
mander of the San Jacinto,and have come home in
the 1* Plata.

Commander Williams, R.N., the Admiralty agent
on board the Trent, who was present when the
Trent was boarded, goes to London immediately to
report to the Admiralty.

(IT azurn's mum)]

SOUTHAMPTON, WIDNIUDLT.

The following are the details of the capture of
the Confederate Commissioners, while on their
voyage from Havana to St. Thomas in the
English mail steamer Trent.
The steamer Theodora, with the commissioners
on board, ran the blockade at Charleston on the
18th October last.

1 Mr. Slidell was accompanied by his wife and
three daughters.
They left Havana on board the Trent on the
7th inst., at noon. At noon, on the Bth inst., as the
Trent was approaching the narrow passage between
the reefs opposite the Paradon Grande Lighthouse,
Old Bahama Channel, a large war vessel was ob-
served waiting ahead, and showing no colours. On
coming nearer, the Trent hoisted her ensign, which
met with a response from the war vesseL
When within about an eighth of a mile the
stranger, it is said, fired a round shot across the
Trent's bows, at the same time hoisting the Ame-
rican flag. Immediately afterwards, it is re-
ported, she fired a shell from a long pivot
gun on her forecastle, which burst about •
hundred yards to leeward of the Trent. Captain
Moir, of the Trent, thereupon hailed the captain of
the other vessel, asking what he meant by stopping
his ship. He replied that he wished to sends boat on
board. At the same time one was lowered,
containing two officers and ten men, and sent
alongside the Trent. The officers boarded the
Trent, and demanded her list of passengers, which
was refused. Lieutenant Fairfax, the officer in com-
mand of the party from the war steamer, which
proved to be the San Jacinto, then said that Captain
Wilks, his commander, had received reliable in-
formation that Messrs. Slidell, Mason, Eustace,
and Farland were on board the Trent, and de-
manded that they should be given up. This was
most peremptorily refused both by Captain Moir
and Commander Williams, R.N., the naval agent
in charge of her Majesty's mails, the former
stoutly denying the right of the Federal vessel to
take any person from under the English flag.
The commissioners were standing near and boldly
declared that they were all present, but being on
board a Brit.sh ship, claimed the protection of the

The lieutenant then said he would take charge
of the steamer, and waved his hand to the Ban
Jacinto, when three more boats were sent along-
side, in which were 30 marines and about 60
sailors.

Commander Williams thereupon made the fol-
lowing protest :
"In this ship I am the representative of her
Majesty's government, and I call upon the officers
of the ship and passengers generally to mark my
words when, in the name of the British government
and in distinct language, I denounoe this as an
illegal act, an act in violation of international
law, an act indeed of wanton piracy, which had
we the means of defence you would not dare to at.
tempt." .

The men in the boats then boarded, and came
on the deck of the Trent, with bare cutlasses ; and
the commissioners were forthwith arrested and

forced into the boats. Mr. Slidell said he hoped
the ease would be fully represented.
The Americans stated that they were short of
provisions, and asked for a supply to maintain the
prisoners. Captain Moir furnished them with sup-
plies, but in so doing stated distinctly that they
were for the exclusive use of the four gentlemen.
The American lieutenant afterwards said his
orders were to take Captain Moir and his papers
on board the San Jacinto, and that the Trent
was to be moored nearer. Captain Moir replied,
" You will find me on the quarter deck. If you
want me, you will have to come there for me ;"
and immediately afterwards walked on fleck.
1 The lieutenant, however, called his men toge-
ther and ordered them into the boats, finally telling
Captain Moir he wanted nothing further.
The boats then returned to the San Jacinto, and
the Trent proceeded on her voyage.
The despatches of the Commissioners did not fall
into the hands of the Americans, but have arrived
in England in the La Plata.
I The indignation on board the Trent was so great

that every person was willing to take part in the
defence of the ship, had an order been given. This
was, however, out of the question in presence of
such fearful odds.

The las Plata, with the above mails, brings 102
passengers, 2,264209 dole. in specie, and 1,672
packaged of cargo.

Trade, both import and export, was improving at
Jamaica. Exchange ruled, 90 days, ball per cent.
premium. Barbadoes crops looking better.
Markets had slightly improved. Exchange, 30
days, 4921.
Demerara markets were improving. Trade,
however, was dull. Exchange, 90 days, 480 dole.

The news from Chili is favourable. The new ad-
ministration was progressing satisfactorily.
Valparaiso exchange, 90 days, 46.

AUSTRIA.

" The Austrian government," says the Nord of
to-day, " appears at last to have determined to
submit the budget of the state to the Council of
the Empire, who, it is known, do not represent
half the provinces of the Austrian monarchy. This
resolution will be announced to that assembly by
an imperial message, explaining the grounds
of that measure, which is in opposition to
the terms of the constitution of February, but
which necessity seems to require. It results,
moreover, from this message, that the government
limits itself to simply taking the advice of the
chamber, and that it only regards the actual
Council of the Empire, in its restrained condition,
as a body purely consultative, which is iz flagrant
contradiction to this constitution, which seems to
know neither how to live nor how to die. This state
of things seriously disturbs public opinion, and the
Austrian Gazette makes itself the echo of this
anxiety by demanding that the vote of the budget
shall be left to an assembly really representing all
the countries of the empire, and calling urgently
for • law which shall regulate in an invariable
manner the application of the exceptional juris-
diction and of the state of siege, as well
as the responsibility of the government. In fact,
wherever • simple ministerial decree can suspend
the action of the law, arrest the course of justice,
and threaten individual liberty by interdictions
and decisions of court-martials, the constitution
and the laws protect no one ; they are no more
than waste paper. The Chamberof Deputiesdoes not,
however, appear to be of this opinion. After a long
discussion it has accepted a portion of M. Khiudi's
amendment, which says ' no one can be withdrawn
from his natural judges; but it has rejected the
second part, which is the guarantee and the com-
plement, ' exceptional tribunals cannot be created.'
Thus, then, the government is free, as heretofore,
to substitute the administrative and military fur
legal justice, and this bythe consent of the chamber,
which is called upon to found the constitutional
existence of the empire of Austria. Let him
who can explain these anomalies ; at any rate,
they seem to prove that • people who so badly un-
derstand the practice of constitutional principles
ought not to arrogate to itself the right to muti-
late and suppress the oldest constitution in Europe
—that of Hungary."

HUNGARY.

We read in the Surgeny of Path, of the 22nd
hut :

"Today the houses of all functionaries and
members of the municipality have been filled with
soldiers by the order of the Administration of the
Finances, and it was announced to the commune
that so long as the functionaries would not them-
selves collect the taxes, and would not undertake in
writing to collect them in future, not only these
officers, but also the representatives of the com-
mune, would have to provide accommodation for
military bailiffs.
"The commission assembled in extraordinary
session, and the burgomaster, Samuel Mesoo, re-
signed. An ecclesiastic afterwards declared that
the people were very much dissatisfied with the
military bailiffs, and that the general opinion
was that the best course was to abandon
a useless resistance, and resign themselves
to what was inevitable. He then proposed
a worthy old man to fill the post of burgomaster.
These proposals were adopted, and the new burgo-
master entered upon the discharge of his duties.
The result is, that an order has arrived by telegraph
to withdraw the soldiers. We may, perhaps, be
reproached for having acted as we have done ; but
let those who blame us have forty soldiers to lodge,
and they would certainly change their opinion."

• (aacrrsa's var.aowis.)
SPAIN AND ITALY.
MADRID, Nov. 28.
Baron Teooo, the Italian Minister, has at his
request received his passports, and left Madrid
this evening for Barcelona, whence he will proceed
to Marseilles.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nou OUR OWN

PARIS, TUKBDAT EVENTS°.

There is now between the policy of the Vdroti-
directed Constitution/id and the Guerronniere-
inspired Petrie this marked distinction, that
whereas the former commends the Emperor's
" wise delay " in withdrawing from Rome, and
speaks of the unity of Italy as a thing to be one
day accomplished, the latter openly advocates the
temporal power of the Pope, and is against the
unity of Italy altogether. The Conetitationnel !of
this morning affirms that the Petrie had "no right
to say" that the Emperor had rejected M. Ricaaoli's
programme, the fact being that he had " merely
declined to interfere," and had expressed no
opinion on the substance of the proposition. But
the Petrie to-night returns to the charge, and
asserts that the reason why France declined to in-
terfere was that she did not approve of the pro-
gramme. While this controversy is going on, I hear
rumours that Dr. Vifron is not likely to remain
at the head of the Conatitutioattel. lam much
afraid that the anti-Italian policy is getting the
upper hand here.
There are various rumours of ministerial changes
this evening, which I think worth mentioning, as
symptoms of the great struggle which is undoubt-
edly going on between the Emperor's nearest coun-
sellors. M. de la Guerronnihre is spoken of as
likely to supersede M. Rouland in the Ministry of
Public Instruction. Such a change would be most
lamentable, and a decided sign of truckling to
Rome. It is also said that Count de Persiguy's
position is not secure. I give these rumours
merely as such, not knowing anything of their
truth.

The Pays, referring to a rumour circulated by
the Independence, denies that M. de Morn), exer-
cises an influence in the Pays, " resembling, either
much or little," that which M. de la Guerronniere
may possibly exercise in the Petrie.
General Miramou, says the Pays, lately wrote to
the Emperor to explain the part which he would
propose to play in the affairs of Mexico. Miramou
seems to have obtained the acquiescence of the
Spanish government to his plan, which is to take
advantage of the triple intervention of the powers
to effect a landing on the Mexican coast, and to
overthrow Juarez by a coup de main,. With this
view he has ordered 1,500 muskets in Belgium.
The Emperor, notwithstanding Miramou's urgent
solicitations, has positively refused to grant him an
audience, and it is, therefore, to be infeued that
his Majesty disapproves the young general's pro-
jected interference in the affairs of Mexico.
The departure for Rome of the Marquis de
Lualette, which has several times been postponed, I
is now fixed for Thursday, the day after to-morrow.
The new ambassador to the Holy See takes with
him, as secretary, M. Tissot, formerly a French
oonsul in Turkey.
The Bourse was less crowded to-day, the novelty
of the free admission having already worn off.
Sales predominated all day, and it is thought that
the market has been considerably overbought.
Some uneasiness is felt at the rupture of diplo-
matic relations between Italy and Spain, which
coincides with rumours of ministerial changes here.
The Rents fell 25c. for cash, and 15c. for account,
closing at 69fr. 900. and 70fr. 150. Mobilier fell
llfr. 25c. The Loan continues much
depressed ; it fell to-day 20c. Railways, not
having shared largely in the late rise of the Bente,
were less effected by the reaction : Orleans fell
7fr. 500., but the other lines scarcely more than
2fr. 50c.

A most daring murder was committed in broad
daylight yesterday afternoon at a small eating-
house,
No. 9, Rue St. Placide, Faubourg St. Ger-
main. The house belongs to a brigadier in the
police force, and the business was principally
managed by his wife, assisted by her niece, a little
girl 11 years old. At half-past 4 in the afternoon
a nephew of the brigadier watched an opportunity
when he was out, cut the throats of the woman
and her niece, and made oft with a sum of 1,500 fr.,
which he knew the family had lately received from
the country. The husband, on returning to the
house after a short absence, found nobody in the
front shop, but on going into the kitchen he
stumbled over the bodice of his wife and her niece,
both quite dead. He at once suspected his nephew,
and the latter was arrested at his lodgings with the
1,500 fr. upon him ; he had taken the precaution
to change his clothes, but had not washed his
hands, which were red with the blood of his victims.
The remains of Rouget de Lisle, the author of
"the Marseillaise," were translated a few days
ago from the old to the new cemetery of Choisy-
le-Roi. M. Perrotin, Blranger's literary executor
and the publisher of his works, superintended the
exhumation and removal. The following inscrip-
tion is engraved on the tomb :
Id repose Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, rre • Lons-le-
Saulnier an 1760, moat a Choisy-le-Roi is 1836. Quand
la Rivolution Francais., en 1792, out • oontbattre les
Roil it lni donna pour rakers le Chant dais Marseillaise.