The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-22 00:00:00

IL DE PEASIGNY AR D THE PRESS

M. Veuillot, the former editor of the Miners,
having applied to his Excellency for the authorisation to
start a journal, If. de. Persigny said in reply he had no ob-
jection to grant it., provided M. Veuillot would draw up a
prospectus of his political feelings, and of the line he meant
to pursue. M. Veuillot complied, drew up his programme,
and forwarded it to the Minister of the Interior. He has
received the following reply :
" Monsieur,-1 see, with the deepest regret, that in your
appreciation of the acts and intentions of the government
of the Emperor' you imitate political partial, which, hiding
beneath the cloak of religion, and regardless of the Pope's
interest, endeavour to use his Holiness as an instrument of
hostility against the empire. Instead of trying to reconcile
the two ideas which the Emperor, both as a sovereign issued
from universal suffrage, and as eldest son of the church, is
bound to respect, you profess to be unable to see in the
imperial government anything but an anxious desire for the
independence of Italy, the
order to assume the part of an
I exclusive defender of the Papacy against the prime whose
army protects the Supreme Pontiff at Rome. The Em-
peror's government could not, consistently with its respect
for truth, or its regard for public interests, sanction efforts,
the only object of which is to create dangerous mis-
understandings. Had it been your wish to devote your
unquestionable talents to a work of conciliation, I should
not have hesitated to grant you the authorisation you have
applied for ; but it is the duty of the government to pre-
veut discussion on all subjects which daub' not but keep
up in the public mind a sterile agitation, and disturb con-
sciences. These motives, which are the rule of my adminis-
tration, do not permit me to reply as I would have wished
to the request you have made.—lteceive,
" F. DI PERSIGNY."

The Mereure de &aim informs us that there has
just been set up a Frauenfeld machine for hot.pressing,
folding, and stitching sheet■ of the octavo form with great
precision and rapidity. With this machine they can send
out a thousand sheets per hour, after having undergone nil
the operations which usually occupy two hours and a half
of hand labour.

The well-known publisher of Leipsic, Bernhard
Tancboitr, has jest received from the Duke of Saxe-
Cobourg, as a reward for his English publications, the title
of baron for himself and his direct descendants.

The directors of the theatres of the suburbs of
Vienna have received orders that, before producing any new
piece, they must have a general dress rehearsal of it before
•commimary of police, so that the costumes may be modi-
fied in the event of their appearing objectionable either on
moral or political grounds.
MELANCHOLY LOAN OF THE SHIP ToNorrx.—Tut
CAPTAIN, cots WIPE, AND TWELVE HANDS DIOWNID.
Tbe following are the particulars of this sad catastrophe
elicited from one of the two pole survivors of the wreck :
The Tooquin was a ship of 500 tons, and sailed from
Greenock for Brazils, with a cargo of railway iron for railway
works at Santos, on the 3rd inst. On the same night about
nine o'clock when in St. George's Channel they encountered
heavy winds from the F..N.E., in the course of which the
ship broached to, shifting the cargo, and at the same time
she sprung adeak. The wind afterwards increased to a gale—
ship under double-reefed topsails, foresail, and jib, which
were all blows away during the night, the leak increasing
hourly. At 4 p.m. the next day, 'Wicklow Heed Light wee
in sight. The captain then wore ship to the south, in
order to clear the banks. One of the pumps now became
useless, and soon afterwards the ship, which was two-thirds
full of water, was thrown on her beam ends, from which she
sever righted, the heavy portions of her cargo, which was
adrift, going over with her. About 12 o'clock (midnight) Cap-
tain Batchelder seeing that the ship was fast sinking, gave
orders for the boats to be got ready sod launched. As
soon as one beat woe launched three seamen and the second
mate got in to keep her off from being stove. Captain
Batchelder got his wife in his arms, and she was told to
wing into the boat as it came alongside, which she did,
lariptain Batchelder jumping at the muss moment. She
however jumped short, and fell into the sea. Those in the
boat and Captain Batchelder attempted to grasp her, but
failed ; however, almost immediately afterwards, the ship
rolled over on to the boat and sunk, sod they all perished,
male) the remainder of the crew except Henry Smith and
Frederick Peterson. Smith, who went down in the
boat, on coming up got on to the bottom of the
boat. The ship by that time had foundered, and the sea
was strewed with spars and her wreck. The cook of the
ship also got to the boat, but left it to go to a spar, and he
was sot seen again. Smith afterwards swam to the fore-
castle round-hones, which had parted from the wreck, and
was Boating past. He was afterwards joined by another
seaman (Frederick Peterson). They continued to cling to
the round-house for two days and nights, when they at
length drifted ashore about three miles north of Arklow.
The crew consisted of the master, two mates, nine seamen,
steward, cabin boy, and captain's wife. The cargo is insuml
for 9,0001.
Maximo OF THE SHIP MAIDSTONE, OrTWARD-
SOUND TO INDIA.—By the arrival of the schooner Nuodeeps
at Scilly, on the 15th inst., we hear of the loss of the ship
Maidstone, Captain Duncan, of and from London and Ply-
mouth for Calcutta, with a general and valuable cargo. It
appears that the Maidstone sprang a leak on 4th instant.,
and on the 6th, a gals springing up, the leak increased to •
serious extent—about 15 inches per hour. The pumps,
which had been going since the leak was discovered, soon
became useless, and as a last resort, in order to keep the ship
afloat, as secs ea possible they commenced to throw the
cargo overboard, signals of distress were kept flying in the
hope of attracting notice. About 8 a.m. of the 7th the
schooner Nuotleeps, Capt. Bickford. from Cephalonia, bore
down to her assistance. Owing to the state of
the weather and heavy sea it was impossible
to launch the boats at that time, but in about
six hours the wind changed, marbling the crew
and the passengers of the Maidstone to answer her, and all
(26 in number) were wifely got oo board the Nundeeps,
which being • small vessel of 126 tom became almost in-
cooveniently crowded, and fur several days they encountered
vary bad weather. Subsequently the Nundeeps fell is with
the ship Statement, of Plymouth, from Alexander to Fal-
mouth, and Captain Beckford fearing his provisions and
water would be exhausted before he could reach a port,
transferred 12 of the Maidstone crew and two of the pas-
sengers to that ship. The Maidstone. before she was
abandoned, was set on fire by Captain Duncan both fore and
aft, to destroy her as quickly as possible, in order that she
might not he in the track or way of other ships after dark.
Her crew saved nearly all their effects, but the certain, his
officer., and passengers, lost nearly all that belonged to
them. The ship and cargo were insured for nearly 20,0001. I