The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 14, 1861.

of senile and bizarre atrocities, where curiosities
of vice, just hinted in the most realist of French
novels, might fester and rot in rank profusion.
And yet at wholesome hours ; of an afternoon,
when the sun is up, and a fresh breeze is blowing,
even Leieesere-square looks for all the world like
a debauches, reclaimed and in search of honesty and
health. But mark the irony of fate ! Upon that
violated cemetery a monstrous mass of bricks
sprung up ten years ago like a wen, draining the
impoverished vitality of the Square. The wen is
cured ; but around the side of the cemetery
foul birds and noisome animals make a
habitat which no policeman over disturbs.
Nor are "the budding. standing in the enclosed
" space of Leicester-square " the only source
" of annoyance and injury " of which the Me-
morialists complain. There are, besides, "the
" vast columns of dense smoke which issue from
" the chimney of the Government waterworks in
" Orange-street," and " are most detrimental to
" the health of the inhabitants." Street
musicians and wandering mountebanks are
trivial maladies, indeed, in such a region ;
but worse than all these are, as the Memorialists
declare, " houses of ill fame where the very worst
" practices are carried on." Indeed, letters which
we have ourselves received froni respectable rate-
payers in the Square speak of " horrors which
"have existed long about this neighbourhood ;"
and truly they are horrors which the pen refuses
to describe. Now these Memorialists naturally
and properly ask : Cannot these flagrant nuisances
and horrors be abated I Is the Police Act insuffi-
cient to provide a remedy I " If," says a cone-
spondent, "we see a policeman by chance, he says
" he has no authority to interfere ; or that if he
" does go up to the magistrate, the magistrate
" will not convict. I have myself repeatedly cons-
. " planted to the Chief Commissionerof Police about
" the various nuisancesexisting, and the only satin-
" faction I get is a reply that the police cannot
" interfere under the circumstances stated—Mr.
tt has done the same." The results, not
to morality only, but to the value of property, are I
hardly surprising. We hear of one considerable trades-
man spending 5001. out of his own pocket in vain
efforts to suppress the evil in the If aymarket. Owners
of valuable house property cannot get decent
tenants because of the growth of infamy about
the neighbourhood, and are glad to sell at a sacri-
fice. " Many of the houses are trust property
" managed by agents, who let for the highest rent
" they can get, and seem to take no trouble to
" inquire who or what the people are who take
" them." All this is certainly • crying evil and
disgrace, and it is difficult to imagine
that the law is powerless to remove it ; and
still more difficult to believe that magistrates
are unwilling to enforce the law. On the lowest
ground it is contrary to the immediate interests of
the class who make our laws and who administer
them in this country to suffer such abominationsto
flourish with impunity. But here the old question
occurs : Quid (ryes sine muribus t' It is an ill
state of things when laws for the protection of
public decency are abandoned by a tacit consent
and despair, because the evil has grown beyond
the law. We hope it is not yet come to this,
even in Leicester-square. No one who has been
obliged to pass through that neighbourhood in the
small hours of the night but must have seen cause
to fear that the police were on very easy and
comfortable terms with public virtue.

Moe €nn.

B.iLMORAL, SEPTZIIIIRR 12.

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by
Prince.. Alice mid Prince Louis of Here, drove to Birkliall
yesterday afternoon, sod honoured Mrs. Gordon with a visit.
Prince Alfred +rent out deer•stalkiug.
Prism Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone, rode to
Loch Ruh& and resod by Invoraudd.
Prises Louis of NOM, having this day completed his
twenty-fourth year, received the congratulation• of her
Majesty and of the Royal Family.
11111Doke of Newcastle arrived at Balmoral, in succession
to Bit Clarles Wood, es Secretary of State in attendance on
bar Majesty.

Then wee no addition to the royal dinner party.
The Prince of Wales arrived at Buckingham Mace about
Wisest seven o'clock yesterday morning from Ireland,
attended* Major.C.easrsl the Hon. R. Bruce and Coloool
Koppel. MI Myal klighnees left London in the aftelsoon
attended by Major-Oeneral the lion. R. Bruce and Major
Teesdale, for Dover, to ruute for the Continent.
Her Majesty's Ocmomieriabirs for the International Exhi-
bition of 1882 have neeetred a communication stating that
the following geotireeen have been appointed commissioners
to attend to the interests of exhibitors from the Republic of
Ona Jost de Costa Rios : Smarr Duo Luis 0, von Schroter,
Dr. Don Almendro Frontline, and Dr. Don Emilio Joon, San
Jon, Costa Riot.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Calonialoffice
Iran the Governors of the West India Islands, and the
Laid High Commissioner of the lonian Wanda. Despatches
were sent to the Governor of Bermuda.

The Princess Piombino has returned to Claridge's
Hotel from Scotland.

The Princes. Cauiporeale has arrived at Cleridge's
Hotel from Perk.

The Graud Duke Coustantine of Russia is ex-
paid at ityde, in the Isle of Wight.

The Duke and Duchene of Somerset are sojourn-
* et their seat at Stover, agar Novrtou Abbot.

Hie Excellency Baron I3entinck has returned to
the residence of the Netherlands Legation, in Lowndes-
squire, from Buxton, Derbyshire.

The Marchioness o( Queensberry and family have
wind at the Portland Hotel, doutbsea, from the Coots.
Mat, to mad Use young simarquis, who is serving on hoard
Wabar Majesty's slip Erse/raid, sow lying at 'arbor at Spit-
d

!is Marquis and Marchioness de Lavalettc bays
IA llsassa's Haifa for Polio

TM iligi and emotes* of Lisburne have left
Fesides Raid far °rosewood, South Wales.

Lord .ad Lady Lyndhurst have arrived in town
tram Taubridge Walla

Lori sad Lady Halting' have arrived at their
ark Nolte. Ceeetabla. treat a tour as the Continent.

The following have been visiting Lord and Lady
Howe at Doman Mali during the past week :—Duke sod
Duchess of Beaufort and tastily, Earl and Countene of
Wedmorelso4 and family, Marquis of Hastings Ron.
Carlisle Moreton ia4 gisa. Menton, Marquis of Worcester,
Kr. C. W. Beam at. Um Packs Heading, Mr. Junes,
Eispcote, Lady Kissaao*

M. Du Chaillu is now the guest of T. B. Laug-
hers., Va., of Wakefield.
A Baden letter of the 10th says To give a
list of our own fashionable. who are here is hardly seer.
eery, sad u to furnishing you with the titles of the Bassin
prison and princess. is also almost out d ra power, in-
anon as their mass are fall of constant% ad ea. only
be pronouncied by a amahltred effort de moo and a magi.
Bat from the continental ' Who's Who' I en plet oat the
Princess Dolgorooki, Countess de Bretagne, Margate d.
Montauk his Imperial Highness Prince Murat, Cousteau de
Tilleassd, Prince Barlsivill, Prieto le Higdon, Prints Bond-
doff, Prince Meorchikoff, General nay, Coast Perigord,
ka. Among other celebrities also we hen Emile Olrardin,
whom I never saw looking better, sad Ober editors who
an on ron9C M. Bernier is sin reeruiting himself for
the winter, as in Dupuis of the Grew" sad with them
an angled Done, Matbilde. Joaission, and Ratans, chee-
r/taut des dierrartiorts. But among the female beauties,
Madame F--. the wife of the senor of Pomp, carries
all Wore her, and is quite a 'icons."
The Royal Mail Company purpose establishing a
steam-packet rommunicAtion between Jamaica, New York,
Colon, and Hansa.

THE PRINCE OF• W4LAS.
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His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales took
his departure from Ireland on Thursday evening, bearing
with him the kindest wishes of all cloaca in the community,
who have been most favourably impressed by his un-
assuming, frank, and courteous demeanonr. His Royal
Highness spent his last day in Ireland in the inspection of
name of the must attractive features of the beautiful
soenery of the county of Wicklow. He was accompanied
by his Excellency the Loral-Lieutenant, the Hon.
Misers latecelles, Viscount sod Lady Mooch, the Hon.
General Bruce, Colonel Keeled, Mr. Cockerel!, A.D.C.,
Mr. Hatchell, his excellency's private secretary, Mr.
Creyke, and other members of the Lord-Lieute.
oant's household. The royal party were received
at the station by the Hon. G. Handoock, chairman of the
company, and Mr. Dorgan, one of the directors, by whom
they were ounducted to one of the large and handsome
saloon iarriages in use on this line. As the train moved
out of the station a loud cheer burst from the numerous
spectators who had obtained admission to the platform, and
similsr demonstrations of attachment to the Prince took
plan at Dundrum and the other intermediate stetions.
Bray, where his Royal Highness alighted, wore quite a
holiday aspect. AU the Nikkei* of this charming water.
log place appeared to have turued out to du honour
to their royal visitor, and nags and banners of every de.
ecription were displayed from the station, from Breslin's
Marine Hotel, the houses in the handsome terrace opposite
it, which in future is to he called " The Prince of Wales
Terrace," and from a great many of the private residences
in the town. The Prince and party drove immediately to
the Dares, through which they walked, the carriages being
sent round to meet them at the gate opposite to the en'
trance to Powerscourt Demesne. The Prince looked fresh
and vigorous, notwithstanding that be bad danced most
indefatigably during the previous night at the Lord Mayor's
ball, and did not retire until three o'clock in the morning,
when, it may he mentioned, he received a perfect ovation
from the COlllpaoy. His Royal I fighnese appeared to enjoy
very much the romantic scenery of the Lamle. Ho strolled
leisurely through it, and examined every feature of interest,
" the Fishermaa'a Cave," the pretty moss house, where
a pie-nic party had just arranged the materials
for their al fresco repast, and " the Lovers Leap,"
from which a splendid view of the thickly-
wooded glen and of the charmiug scenery of Powers-
court is obtained. The Prince remained at this point
for several miens's, and seated on the projecting rock from
which the " Leap" is said to have been taken, surveyed the
beautiful prospect. There were but few persons in the Dargle,
sod the privacy of the petty was not intruded upon. On
I passing through one of the gates the old woman who keeps
the lodge expressed her delight at having seen the Prince,
' whom she described as the tall young gentleman wearing the
cocked hat and feathers. On being informed of her mistake,
and told that the gentleman thus distinguished by his dress
was his Excellency's aide-decamp, she evinced the greatest
disappointment that she had lost so favourable an opportu.
ray of seeing the heir to the throne. She was, however,
'educed to overcome her diffidence ; and adopting • hint
given by one of the spectators, ran after the party till she
reached a somewhat elevated position, from which she caught
a glimpse of his Royal Highness, whereupon she expressed
her satisfaction by exclaiming fervently, "God bless acid
spare him." The Priace and the several members of his
party having taken their sea in the carriages, then drove
through Charleville, the picturesque and well-kept demesne
of Lord Monett, and thence to the Waterfall, where
luncheon, supplied by Mr. Breslin, was laid on the gram in
genuine pic-nic style. After luncheon and • thorough in-
spection of the scenery, they returned through Powersoourt
deenesoe, and by the Rocky-valley, stopping for • short
time at Kilruddery, the beautiful seat of the Earl of Meath.
They reached the Bray station at 6 o'clock, where
they were received by the Hon. G. Handeock,
Mr. Dargan, and Mr. H. Roe. A special train
was provided by the company to convey his Royal
Highness to K ingstown, and it was driven on this
occasion by Mr. Houghton, C.F.., the locomotive superinten-
dent, the other arrangements being carried out under the
personal supervision of Mr. Harris, the very efficient textile
manager. The departure of the train was marked by an
enthusiastic burst of applause from the assembled crowd.
When the train arrived at Carlisle Pier, the Prince was
greeted with the most cordial marks of respect by • vast
concourse of persons who bad assembled, and who occupied
every available position from which his departure could be
witnessed. A guard of honour from the 19th Regiment
was stationed on the platform, and General Sir O. Browne,
attended by his staff, was in waiting to my adieu to
the Royal Colonel of the Guards. The regiment presented
arms when the Prince alighted from the carriage, and
the band played the Nattered Anthem as entered
the Munster, commanded by Captain Williams, which was
placed at his service by the City of Dublin Steam Packet
Company. Sir J. K. James, Bart., the chairman of the
company, was is attendance, and accompanied the Prince
on board. Amongst those who sailed with his Royal High-
ness were the Hon. Edward and Henry Lesson. The
Prince of Wales having shaken hands with the Lord Lieu-
tenant and bade him farewell, the Munster was loosed from
her moorings precisely as half-past 6 p.m., and steamed out
of the harbour amidst the firing of a royal @elute from her
Majesty's ship Ajax and a general and • hearty cheer from
the spectators. His Excellency and the members of his
household returned to town by special train.—Saundtrie
Nees letter.

His Royal Highness the General Commanding-
is-Chief is expected in lowa from Germany about the
middle of next week.

The Warrior will leave her moorings at Green-
halts on Thursday next, the 19th inst., and if nothing amiss
should happen, she will make her appearance at Spithead
on the following day. The spring tidos will answer for the
ship to be docked on Saturday, and when that operation has
berm performed, she will very shortly afterwards proceed
an her trial cruise.

The squadron under the command of Near-Ad-
miral Sir A. Nitta, K.C.8.,0n thawed of North MIMIC" cad
the West India, consists of twenty effective reads,
amongst which there are two 2nd rates, font 4th rates, three
6th rats., eight sloops, four guacamole, sad two gunboats.
In addition to these, there are several tenders. The squad-
ron is manned, in round unmans, by 6,600 men, and
mounts upwards of 503 guns.
The United Serrice Garotte states that both divi-
sions of the Channel fleet, under the commands sevendly
of Rear• Admiral Smart and Rear• Admiral &shine, have
been ordered to rendezvous at Boreheven.

A correspondent of the Army and Nary Gazette
draws attention to what appears to be very like a deliberate
waste of human life at our great camp. "At Aldershoit.4
be says, "there is a certain pontoon bridge across the
canal. It is swung at night, but it is eo well done that
at the end of the bridge there le nothing to prevent a man
walking across it into the water. Just before the 2nd
Id. l7uards left Aldershott last mouth they lost their
armours,. He was drowned about 12 o'clock at eight. He
me to the bridge, thinking it was all tight, walked across
iato the water, and was drowned. Thievish" the Afrieth
men that has been drowned of the pontoon. Over mad over
nein the coroner has recommended some eafermard."

A masonic cerumouy will take pi:ten at Glouces-
ter oo Wednesday next., ea which occasion the teat Mese
of the monument about to be erected to the memory of
Bishop Hooper will be laid by the Mayer of Gloucester.
There will be a procession, divine service at the cathedral,
and dinner at the Cons Exchange.
Several of the columns of the Gardeners'
Chronicle an this week filled with a report of the put
harvest from various parte of the country. According to
these fauna there has been over the larger part of the
island a toe harvest mouth since the fanner date. Is the
aorth sad west the weather has been wet and diflcalt for
harvest work. Even in the south and midlsnd England,
however, the wheat is almost everywhere ascribed ae
below an average. But while the crop la desertlied as
ander average—a sack, a quarter, one-fourth, 10 baobab,
and even one-half in one place under average—yet the
bushels which have been harvested are heavier and contain
mush better tour and much more of it thee they did last
year. The quality of the crop is a thing affecting its
vrlue to the grower and to the consumer quite as much as
the quantity ; and the great weight and floe sample of the
new wheat will go • great way towards redeeming the
character of the crop.

A young man named Chalmette, employe?) on
Use WIDSI4III3 Hallway (Frazee), was areatisstally kid the
day Wore yesterday. He was going to 14 gleasesis de on
top of a carriage. and though be must hem knows that
partagere as the outside are forbidden to dead op when
Use teats is is indica, he sewed to hare forgotten it, and
esfortustely was deed* wises the Wale west luster a
bridge near Nanterre. The caoaequeene was that tin bead
etnek whist the arch, and he um Wed on the spot.

LATEST -INTELLIGENCE.

THE PAPAL DIFFICULTY.
THE LAST OFFER TO THE POPE.

A Paris correspondent of the Indipendanec of
yesterday evening says:
The first minister of the kingdom of Italy has, it appears,
soot, or is ou the point of sending. new proposals
to the Court of Rome, with a view to a settlement
of the difficulty between the Pope and Italy. M.
iii this final appeal to the feeliogs of
Pius IX., has clearly laid down the conditions of a
reconciliation which, in the opinion of all unprejudiced
persons, can ►loco save the intermits of religion already so
seriously compromised by the conduct of the Papal govern-
ment. In asking from the Pope theabdication of his temporal
power, Italy offers to the papacy every possible security and
advantage which it could require in the interest of the iode-
pendeoce of the church, and in that of the spiritual autho-
rity of the head of catholicity—complete freedom in
all the arrangements relating to the religious movement—
a personal position surrounded by all the splendour and
security which the faithful of Italy and the catholic world
could require for their Pontiff. The Italian govern.
meat would even assign to the Pope, if I am well
informed, a pert of the city of Rome, in
which he would exercise sovereign rights, in which
he would have with him the Sacred College and all the
functionaries who, with him, are charged with watching
awl protecting the interests of the catholic religion. If I
have rightly understood the Information, which I
derive from a good source, his Holiness would be considered
as the spiritual representative of all the catholic powers
of the world, and in his part of the eternal city he would
enjoy all the immunities belonging to sovereigns, arch as
inviolability of territory, independent jurisdiction,
By thee getting rid of a burden which is only an obstacle to
the spread of faith and religious ideas, the Pope would
secure for the church an efficacious direction in matters
ecclesiastical—a direction which would be lees disputed,
and less liable to dispute, as it would not be
antagonistic either to the rights of nationality or to any
other political interest. From what we know of the seri-
timente of those who form the council of the Holy Father,
we entertain no greater hope that these proposals of M.
Ricasoli will be more favourably received than were those
which preceded this ultimatum—for in the actual state of
the affairs of Italy, this project of the Italian cabinet has
quite the character of an ultimatum.

THE ITALIAN PROTEST AND THE
FRENCH OCCUPATION.

General della Revere, the new Lieutenant-Gene-
ral of Sicily, has issued a proclamation to the
Sicilians recommending them not to sign the
protest of the party of action against the
French occupation of Rome, " which," he says,
" will only injure the Italian cause and postpone
the evacuation of Rome, by sowing distrust
between our government and the government
of France, which is our faithful ally. Confide in
the loyalty of the Ring, iu the firmness of the go-
vernment, and in the tranquillity of Garibaldi him-
self."

The Armenia contains • long petition to Napo-
leon 111., which thus concludes :—" Our petition,
sire, reduced to a few words is this : As you send
to Rome as ambassador M. Lavalette, previously
your ambassador at Constantinople, order him to
behave towards the Holy Father and the Pontifical
government as ho has behaved towards the Sultan
and. the government of Turkey."

lish and Belgian textures, which pay duty ed
ea/omm. The other porta of France, and the other
Custom-houses on the Belgian frontier, which are
already open for the transit of unprohibited goods,
may also in future receive thin textures of
English and Belgian manufacture, but only fur
transit.

The payment of the import duties on Belgian
and English textures imported into Algeria can
only be effected at the port of Algiers.

ITALY.

ROME, Szrr. 12.
The free importation of wheat, maize, oil, and of
all articles of consumption, has been authorised in
the Pontifical provinces.
The exportation of the above articles is prohibited.
ROME, Barr. 10 (via Marseilles).
General Goyon has sent nearly all his troupe,
even those which occupied Vitello, to take up posi-
tions alone the northern and southern frontiers of
the Papal territory.
The police have seized the list of Roman subscrip-
tions to the Cavour monument.

TURIN, Barr. 13.
The Daniell Minister will accompany the King to
Florence.

The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa, of to-day,
confirms the news that the American Minister had
gone to Caprera for the purpose of offering to Gari-
baldi a command in the Federal army.
The Diritto of to-day says :—" We regret that
we cannot give a denial to the rumour of the
acceptance of this offer by Garibaldi"

TURIN, Ram 12.
Baron Rican°li will accompany the King to
Florence.

NAPLES., Barr. 12, Evasnuo.
General Tuppati, the commander of the National
Guard, has issued an order of the day in which he
says that the Inc of the 7th inst. was a fresh avowal
before Europe of the wish of the Neapolitan people
for an United Italy. A letter from General Cial-
dini to the Commander of the National Guard has
also been published, in which he congratulates the
people and the National Guard, and says the
latter rival the best troops.
FLORENCE, Barr. 13.
The Nations of to-day publishes a letter from
Rome, dated 10th inst., announcing that a demon-
stration, which the papal party had prepared for
the Bth inst., proved a failure, the national party
having, during the preceding night, hoisted tri-
coloured flags on all the public monuments.
Similar demonstrations have taken place at
Tivoli, Villetri, Frascati, Albano, and Grotaferata.
Numerous arrests have been made in consequence.

AUSTRIA.
VIENNA, Barr. 14.
In consequence of the convocation of the Tran-
sylvanian Diet, Baron Kemeney, Anna Councillor
of Transylvania, has tendered his resignation, which
has been accepted by the Emperor.

VIENNA, Su?. 13.
The Transylvanian Diet has been convened for
the end of October at Carlsburg. The elections in
Istria so far are favourable to the government, and
it appears certain that deputies will be sent to the
Reichsrath.

VENICF., Elerr. 12.
The official Gamtia di Vericia of to-day publishes
a telegram from Vienna asserting that the Hunga-
rian Diet will be convened for the Ist of December
next.

DENMARK.
COPENHAGEN, Srpr 13.
Mr. Orla Lehmann will shortly enter the cabinet
as Minister of Justice.

lie was minister in 1848, and since then has
been a leading member of the national liberal
WV.
He has also for many years supported the idea of
granting an independent position to Holstein, and
rendering Denmark and Schleswig independent of
the Germanic Diet.