The Express.
London, England, 1861-03-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 15, 1861.

Senators and Deputies who had blessed him when
he subdued and silenced France, and cursed him
only when, having liberated Italy, he loosened the
tongues of his enemies.

THZ intermeddling of our Government with
Messrs. Day's manufacture of Hungariap Bank-
notes is getting to wear a very ugly aspect. It is
becoming mysterious. We are put a with ex-
planations which leave the most important points
unexplained. Sir Geoaos Lswis failed to clear
up the matter last night. Perhaps, not having
rightly apprehended the drift of the questions
likely to be put to him, hehad imperfectly informed
himself of the transaction ; but from whatever
cause, his account of the position in which the
Government stands was halting and insufficient. It
is as to the beginnings of the action of our Govern-
ment that information is wanted. Sir RICHARD
MAYNE summoned Mr. DAY to his presence
on the 13th ult., and forbade him to fulfil his con-
tract with M. Kossrni. And Sir ConuswaLt.
Lewis tells us that throughout these proceedings
Sir R. Marxx acted entirely on his instructions.
But as the British Government had no national
interest to protect in this matter, it is important
to inquire who set it in motion ? And here all is
darkness. Examining the statement of the Home
SiCRZTARY, the earliest fact we come upon is that
about the beginning of February Sir R. MATHR
called his attention to the manufacture of certain
notes in the Hungarian language. The Government
had at and from that time a note in its possession.
How was that note obtained ? It has been publicly
stated—and the report was referred to last night
in the House of Commons—that a detective officer

in the pay of the Chief Commissioner had engaged
himself to be employed by Mr. DAY as a
workman at the press, and that in that cha-
racter he surreptitiously obtained one of the
noise. We mention this rumour only to
express in the strongest manner our entire dis-
belief of it. The suggested mode of proceeding is
so un-English that it could only have occurred to
the excited imagination of some unfortunate
refuges, rendered by experience unable to conceive
et governments except as infernal conspiracies
against the peace and happiness of mankind. If
the note was stolen for the convenience of any go-
vernnient, the Austrian Government is the only
one capable of instigating the act. However, there
is the note in the possession of the Chief Commis-
sioner. Of course, if Sir R. Marne had been at
pains to obtain it improperly from anybody but
Messrs. Dar or M. Kongo-re, the refusal of all ex-
planation respecting its origin would be intelligible ;
but this, as we have seen, could not be. The least
unpleasant explanation of the matter would be that
an agent of the Austrian Government carried the
note to Sir R. MAYS.. If that was the fact,
nothing would have been easier than for Sir
CORNIWALL LEWIS to say so. It is remarkable
that in his application to the Court of Chancery
on behalf of the Emperor of AUSTRIA, Sir H.
Cantu stated that the Ambassador of that
potentate in London knew of the manu-
facture of these notes on the 3rd of February,
and that he then applied to our Government.
This fact dropped out of the discussion last night.
Had it been mentioned as accounting for Sir R.
Marzsz's possession of a note it would have been
further necessary to explain how it was that
neither the Chief Commissioner nor Sir G.
Lewis knew the true import of the note--a point
upon which they would naturally have interrogated
their Austrian informant in the first instance.
More light must be obtained, more inquiries must
be made. A crime has been committed by
some one in the interest of a foreign govern-
ment, and the corpus delieti is found in the
hands of the Chief Commissioner of Metropolitan

Police. It is impossible that the matter can be
allowed to remain in this unsatisfactory state.

fit Court.

The Queen and the Prince Consort, accompanied
by the Primmer Alice and He!eua, honoured the perform-
ance at the AdelpiiTheatet last seesaw with their presence.
Is atteudeac• were lia Ilarahioacee of Ely, the Hon.
Illarmarir Stanley, Lord San* Major-General the Hon. C.
Grey, and Colamil the Hoe. A. Sardinia.

The Prince Cornet rods os beanbag' with Prises Arthur
yesterday morning, situated by Colonel the Hon. A. Har-
ding, and Major Aphiestesse.
The Prisms Cowart, attesdsd by Majer•General the Hoe.
C. Grey and (,blond the Has. A. Herdinge, visited the
Horticultural Gardens at South Kensington in the afternoon.
The Prisms Alice, attended by the Hon. Eleanor Stanley,
visited the Docker and the Princess Mary of Cambridge in
the forenocis, at their residence in St. James's Palace. Her
Royal Highness, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington sad
Colonel the Hon. A. Liddell, went to Fitegoore in the after-
noon, and visited the Duchess of Kent.

Mr. Thwaites, the chair d the Metropoliten Board of
Works, had ►n interview yesterday, at the Cooneilwiliey
with the Commissiooer, for the Exhibition of 1862.

A deputation on the subject of the Garston sal Liver-
pool Railway Bill had an interview yesteney with the
Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, at the oftica of the Board of
Trade

Dermatchee were received yesterday at the Coloniel•oallos,
from the Governors of the settlemeate on the West Cowl
of Africa. Despairlas were sent yesterday to the Governor
at Dias&

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge
eel the Primes Mary, attended by the Lady Geraldine
limeriet end Carlin euth honoured the performance of
the /inner Witch with their presence, at Her Majesty's
Theatre, Ind evening.
The PANS Nicholas Paskietritch has left the
liroseulek Meet Jermyn•street,for Paris.

TM Tart sad Counts., of Lauraborottgli enter-
tained at Moms us Wednesday, at their radesee is Great
elsaltepsmirsst, the Earl and dosstess of Dasdonald, the
Zed at Iseildlles, the Earl el Erse sod Lady Louisa
Oriehtis. Vlmanst Heyman, lady WWisin Hervey, Hoe.
Vary Damson (Coldstream Osarde), Dowager Lady Sham,
Entisr, R.N., sad Miss Butler, Lieutenant-
Odessa nod Mrs. Ashley Hands, Wm Fremantle, Mr. and
Wes Heresy, ha
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The Karl aad Cowden of Portarlington have
mired at Ckaides Hotel, frame Paw Park, Ireland.

The Earl and Countess el Aylerforci have arrived
at aseldea Betel, frees Pakiestee HaII, Coventry.
]'Lid-Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Cranber-
ries' have retenued b Ceenheratere Abbey, Iran Beth.
The Dowager Lady Cliatou has returned to the
Brasswiek BOA. JorWs-ttrott,

Count Reoliberg has arrived at Claridge's Hotel
boo Mash% on Ilia way to Vienna.

We regret to learn that the Hon. Henry Coventry
Wu his log on Moaday last, while beatiag with the Earl
id Shaba' Delgada. He was removed to the family
wwwwloa la Belgrave-aquare, where, we are glad to hear, he
le pragreasina as favourably as ma be expected.

116;is Cuutts had an assembly last evening at her
reallearse is Straitens/rest. Pionsdilly. The company hope
te arrive shortie after 10 o'clock. Previously to the assem-
bly Ilia Contra astertained at dinner his Estename the
Tensaw Milliliter and the Countess Bernstorff, Viscount
lirsrasy sad Ur Hoo. Mies Shaw Leiser*, the Dina of St.
Pears sad Mrs. Milman, lady Georrimia Grey, Dowager
Lily Sheller, Sir Philip and Lady any Egerton and Mies
Egerton, Sir Edmund Antrobas, Sir Henry Rowlinson,
Hon. Mrs. G. C. Scott. Mr. sad Mrs. Monekton Milner,
Mr. Jobs Crawford sod Miss Crawford, Mrs. Brown. Rey.
R. Barnes, Mr. Herbert, Mr. Jells Abel Smith, Mr.
Joseph Kay, ka

TURKEY.
PARIS, Mummy.
Aooording to advice' received here from Constan-
tinople to the 12th inst., a diplomatic conference
had been held at the residence of the English Am-
bassador on the subject of the disturbed state of
the Herzegovina. The Porte refused to enter into
a discussion on what it considered a question of in-
terior policy, and stated that it alone could suppress
any insurrection which might break out.

The following telegrams have been this day re-
ceived at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular
and Oriental Steam Navigation Company :

CALCUTTA, CHINA,

AND AUSTRALIAN

mAnA.

The Valetta with the above mails reached Mar-
seilles at 7 a.m. this day. The mails were to leave
for London at 10 a.m.

The Pera with the heavy portion of the mails
left Malta at 3 p.m. on the 11th, and may be ex-
pected at Southampton about the 20th instant.

M. Emile 011ivier defended the liberty of the
press.
The amendment was rejected, and the first para-
graph of the address was adopted.
The following notice has been published :
"By an arrangement made with the Turkish
government, it has bean agreed that the drafts
accepted by Messrs. Mires and Co. for the settle-
ment of the Turkish loan will be paid to-morrow
and on the following days by the Credit Industriel
Company."

PARIS, THURSDAY.
The Bank of France has reduced its rate of
discount from 7 to 6 per cent.

THE BANK OF FRANCE.
PARIS, FRIDAY Mommto.
The Moniteur publishes the usual monthly re-
turn of the Bank of France, which shows the
following results as compared With the February
account :