The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 24, 1861.

of 11 hwer elms, and not so well educated as they 1
should bu ; accordingly he is for a freer nee of the
lash, not, however, neon the aforesaid °Mesas, but
upon the men, and this because it is necessary to
prevent laxity of morals. Rural Staffordshire ad-
cured the force and point of this I.,gic, and the
double-headed cats sat down amidst loud applause.
p to this point everything had gone smoothly,
and the ukelele of the Peers had found a highly
appreciative audience. It was Mr. WROUELIN.R
fate to interrupt the general harmony. The
honourable member appears not to have studied
the art of speaking to agricultural assemblies, and
elaborating nothingness to the music of " loud
" cheers." Having read Mr. NEWDL:eATife
SparLeidioe epeecli on the principle of family,"
he suesus to have thought he might as well
show the meeting that that principle has two sides.
The poor Mall soon paid the penalty of his
rashness. The doctrine of the family is
very true and very edifying, but it is not
to be audaciously pried into. Mr. Weeueus
ventured to say that the " family prin-
" ciple," when carried to excess, led to the RAXURIU-
Iation of land in very large estates which remained
in the hands of the few. If the honourable member
had proclaimed Pitot iiiieff's maxims in the Bank
Parlour, or attacked the Apostolical Succession
in l'ouvueetion, or preached free trade in
labour to the Amalgamated Engineers, he
might have been hoard to the end. But mot
so here. The swains, who had applauded the
two Lords as they handled the chief public ques-
tions of the day, raised a cry of " No politics "
agaiebt the member for the borough where they
were met. Hisses, groans, and discordant cries
were heard on all sides ; and the MAYOR, attempt-
ing to allay the storm by his authority, was over
ruled by Lord DARTMOUTH denouncing the intro-
duction of "controver.ial subjects," and threat-
ening that the ladies should be led out
of the tent. What the heightened instincts
of the interrupters, quickened by alarm,
apprehended as likely to follow Mr. WEGUELIN'S
remarks one can only guess. But his be-
ginning cannot be called revolutionary. He did
not mention the Caine Laws, or ask leases for
the tenant farmers, or show how the custom of
primogeniture and entail has converted our
Government into one grand system for " taking
" care of Down." Had he descanted on the injury
done to society by the retention of undiminished
estates in families which by extravagance have
rendered themselves incapable of discharging the
' dut;es of landlords—had he shown that the nomi-
nal proprietor of farms which ho cannot drain
and fence, and will not lease, abuses the insti-
tution of property and robs the community, the
thrill of horror which he excited would be
intelligible. The honourable gentleman was only
able to proceed so far as to utter a regret that the
bill for facilitating the transfer of land, promised
in the last Speech from the Throne, had fallen to
the ground, when he was boisterously summoned to
"shut up." He explained to the men, ho recited
poetry to the ladies ; he tried ARIONTO, he tried
Mrs. MEMANA ; but all in vain. He had blas-
phemed the divine right of landlordism, as
expounded by "S. G. 0.," and was coin-
polled to sit down. The next Banker who ad-
dresses a meeting of lords and their retainers will
probably be wiser than speak lightly of the
Socialism of the Upper Classes.

Wbe Coun.

BALIIIOB.AL, Sarnmal a 22.

Her Majt.vity, the Prince Consort, Princess
Alice, and Priam Louis of Hesse, allocated by Lady
Churchill and LioutenauteGeneial the Hon. C. Grey, left
Balmoral on Friday morning, at 9 o'clock, on an ir.cursion
by Invermark to the valley of North Esk and Fettercairn,
returning yertenlay evening by Aboyne.
From the Bridge of Mulch the royal party rode on ponies
past Mount Keen, by the "Ladder Burn" to Glen *ark,
where they lunched with Lord Dalhousie. After luncheon
her Majesty visited hi.. lordship. at Invermark, and from
thence drove down the North Eak to Fetterosiro, where
her Majesty palmed the night. The royal party left Fot-
terodro at • quarter before 10 yesterday morning, and re-
turned to Balmoral at seven in the evening, by the Cairo
Month, Bridge of Dye, and Ballogie, proceeding from
Aboyne through Glen Tinier to tbo Bridge of Mulch.
Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elpbinstone, returned
toßalmoral yesterday evening, after having made • tour
through the Highlands, visiting Stirling, Loch Lomond,
Loch Katrioe, Loch Tay, and Blair Atholl, where the Prince
►esoured the Duke and Duchess of Atholl with a visit.

Loral Stanley of -Wedgy arrival at Behnoral yesterday
evening, in succession to the Duke of Newcastle, who left
at an early hour in the morning.

Him Kictihooey li Musurom, the Turkish Ambassador,
traniacted bushams at the Foreigo-othos yesterday. His
F.soeHaarr introduced Kluhb Edeadi, the First Secretary
of the Embassy, to act as charge crashes during the tem-
porary alrienas ut the arubaseador.

Lost) Lystaivitsr.— We are happy to learn that
the indisposition of the noble and learned lord has been of
so slight a nsturo as nut even to COOfiLIO the venerable peer
to his residence.

Their Imperial Highnesses the Grand Duke and
Durham Coostantine of Russia arrived at Dover yesterday,
by special steamer, from Calais on. their way for Byds, in
the Isle of Wight, when a mansion has been engaged for
their reception. His Excellency the Baron Brunnow was in
&timelines to meet their imperial highnesses.
Their Royal Highnesses' the Prince and Princess
Beisseaollern-Sigmaringen bare arrived at Claridge's Hotel,
from lionthamptou.

His Royia Highness the Duke of Oporto has
snivel at MAW@ Hotel, from Southampton.
.

The Earl of Yarborough has left Arlington-street
to join his yacht at Southamptoo. The Countess and Luiy
Sophia Pelham bay, gone on a short tour on the contineot.

The Marehioneaa of Exeter and Lady Mary
Cecil have left Ormveeor•equere for surghleyhouse, neer
Stamford, where they were joined on Saturday by the
noble marquis from Doncaster.

The Marquis of Hartiogton, M.P., has left the
Duke of Davao.laires seat, Holler Hall, Laoashire, ou a
tour of mite is Scotland.

The Earl and Countess of Darnley have arrived
at Steamer Palk, Suasez, on a visit to the Earl sad
Counter of Chichester, I rom Cobham Hall, Kest.
The Duke of Somerset arrived at his official
rsiamies at the Admiralty last evening from Stover-how,
kismet in Devonshire.

The Duke of Beaufort returned to the Earl
Howe's seat, Doped! Hall, Leicestershire, on Ssturday,
from Doncaster ; and is the course of the week the noble
duke sod duchess go to Tray Hover, Yonmouthshire.
The Earl of Westmoreland arrived in town on
Saturday from Copal) Hall, the Earl Howe's seat in Lei-
cestershire.

The Earl of Wilton and Lady Alice Grey
Forman have arrived at Heaton Hall, war Manchester,
from vimtmg the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, at
Hamilton Palace, and the Duke and Maces of Duccleach,
at Drumlaurig Castle, N.B.

The Marquis of Bristol and tho Ladies Hervey,
who clone to town exinewly to he present at the marriage
of Viscount and Viicomatesa Chides, left st. James's-
square last eveniog on their return to lckvorth Park,
Suffolk.

Lord and Lady Proby have arrived at Elton
Hall, Oundle, from the Ccotioeot.

Lord and Lady Stuart de Dudes arrival at the
Brunswick Hotel, Jerniyo-street, on Saturday evening,
from the Continent.

Lady Caroline Neild, accompanied by Mina
Anbley, has left ber house in Upper Breok-etrnot, for
Edinburgh.

The ❑ewly-married Earl and Countess of °tr-
am-woo ale some abroad fur some month&

LATE.ST INTELLIGENCE.

ENGLISH, FRENCH, AND SPANISH INTER-

VENTiON IN MEXICO.

The Mursi,e, I'o.ll states that the terms of a treaty
between the qUel`ll, the Emperor of the French,
and the QUCCII of Spain, are in course of arrange-
meet for an hate intervention, by the com-
bined forces of the three sovereigns, in the affairs;
of Mexico. The intention of the allies is to send
a oombiued naval force into the Gulf of Mexico.
This force will blockade, and will, we apprehend,
temporarily occupy, the principal ports upon the
Gulf, such am Vera Crux, Tampico, and one or two
others. By these 111C41U14 the allies will bring the
Mexican government to an imeasliate acquies-
cence in their terms. The plan on which they
have agreed for the satisfaction of the outstanding
claims is this :—The allied powers will sequestrate
the customs revenues of the ports hi question.
They will charge their consuls, or some other
authorities, juiutly to collect these revenues at the
different Aorta ; and these consuls, acting together,
will form a sort of international commission,
constituted for the purpose at each port. No
ship will be able either to enter or clear at the
putts of Vera Cruz, Tampico, &c., without the
authority of those consuls, who will exact
—aud not only exact, but themselves also
receive—the customs clues on such eutranuea
and clearannen They will, we presume,
observe the existing customs duties recognised by
Mexican laws, and will throw the proceeds iuto a
common treasury of their own at each prt. They
then intend to retain a given proportion of these
premeds fur their respective nationis nnJ to pay
over a portion to the Mexican government. We
believe that the allies will retain about fifty per
cent. of these, and will pay over fifty per cent. to
Mexico Their respective consuls, after paying
over to the Mexican government its share of the
proceeds, quarter by quarter, will divide the
balance or other half rateably between the three
countries. This arrangement will be permanent,
or will endure at leant until all claims shall have
been discharged. A ship of war or two in the
roadsteads of each of these ports will meanwhile
secure the maintenance of the authority of the
allied consuls.

Much of this arrangement of course presumes
the capitulatiou of the Mexican government. But
if that government should attempt to hold out,
this (which would otherwise have been done by
arrangement with the Mexican authorities) will be
dune by means of a blockade. As soon as the arrange-
ment can be wade with the Mexican government
there will no longer be newt of an effective blockade,
for the authority of the consuls would spring from
a treaty with Mexico herself.
It is not thought that it will be necessary for
ourselves to send any additional force into that
quarter of the world. We have already on the
West Indian and North American station twenty-
six vessels of war, mounting live hundred guns,
and carrying six thousand five hundred men.

known what is called centralisation, where the
bureaucracy is all and the citizen nothing ; where,
under the pretext of civilisation, the citizen is
ilinsuleil of all that is dear and sacred to him ;
where equality consists in the denial of liberty to
all. At proecut all our hope is in the autonomy
of the Comitats, the legal and wise application of
which has been for centuries the safeguard of our
(sundry."

(itEuTriem nr.t,;nAm..)
FRANCE.

rAitts, Sur. 24,

The CcoeditliGonad of to-day publi.hos a note
(signed by Df. Buuiface) explanatory of the reasons
for which tho puliuu deuusteled from the editors of
limns provincial journals the names of and full par-
ticulars respewting their contributors.

M. Boldface says :—" Thu geverutuent, wishing
to decorate some eminent editors, asked for inform-
ation from the prefects, but could uut expect that
its instructions, which were perfectly lk ell -ni eau t,
should be so u+isuuderstuod and -u singularly car-
ried out."

The fallowing from the Pharr 4, fa Loire., a Nantes
journal, oxplaic; the above telegram :—" We Lave re-
ceived a strange communication from Marseilles. M,
de Maupsa, senator, has addressed to the proprietors
of the five jourwils of that city the following
singular ' personal not e, with a request that they will
fill up the blanks : -` Family and &nation Daniel of each
editor— professiuu—place and date of birth—weed position
—salary paid by the journal—university degrees—previous
occupatiune —scientific and literary productions—honorific
distinctions.' The proprietors of the journals met and
consulted whether they should answer these questions, the
object of which it is not easy to divine, and a telegraphic
despatch has this moroing has made no acquainted with the
result of their deliberation ; they decided on replying to the
questions fur the !tirant only, and then on those conceridog
his age, name, and birthplace, but abstained from answering
the utlieni."j

PRUSSIA.
BRUCHSAL, SL?T. V.

The trial of Becker for attempting the life of the
King of Prussia was commenced to-day. The
accused, on being interrogated, declared
that the pistol which he fired at the King
was not loaded with ball, and that it was
the wadding only which injured his Majesty.
He further declared that his intention was
only to frighten the King and to provoke a move-
ment favourable to German unity. Becker then
asserted that it was quite by mistake that be took
a loaded pistol, but upon being preened by the judge
he admitted that his ideal was Orsini, and that he
Lad hoped the consequences of his deed would have
been similar to those which followed the attempt
on the Emperor Napoleon. The whole speech of
Becker was very confused.

BRUCHSAL, Srrr. 23, Evansc.

The verdict of the jury in the case of Oscar
Becker, charged with an attempt to assassinate the
King of Prussia, has just been given. The jury
declared the accused guilty, and denied that his
state of mind was such as to render him irrespou-
nible for his actions. The tribunal then sentenced
him to twenty years' imprisonment in the Rouse
of Correction, and at the expiration of that time to
be banished the kingdom. The accused merrily
smiled when this sentence was pronounced.

EXI)RLSS FROM PARIS.

(MOM 01'a OWN COIII3IIIPONDUT.

PAP.IB. MONDAY EVICKING.

The 3f,, oh, at length confirms the news that
the King of Prmsia will be at Compiegne on Oc-
tober 6. I believe the reason why the official an-
nouncement was not made soouor is that the visit
could not be considered as absolutely certain until
after the Prussian council of ministers, held at
Coblents on Saturday, at which the King presided,
and which was attended by M.de Berustorff, recalled
from Loudon to take M. Schleinitz's place in the
cabinet. The Mo.citetir says nothing of the period
of tho King of Prussia's stay ; I hear that it will
be not twenty-four but forty-eight hours—still a
short visit. The Moniker further annotimas that
"another" sovereign will come to Compiegne
" about " the same time. Considering that public
rumour has been speaking of three—the King of
Holland, the King of Denmark, and the King of
the Belgians—the mysterious official intimation
is calculated to pique curiosity. According to my
information, the King of Holland is certainly
cowing, but the other two visits are doubtful.

The article in the Conslibitionad, of which you
will have had a .4urnruary by telegraph, is remarked
as pronouncing more strongly and decidedly in
favour of the unity of Italy than any government
print has yet done.

I am told by an old provincial journalist that
the outcry made concerning certain inquisitorial
proceedings of the police in regard to newspaper
writers at Bordeaux, Marseilles, and elsewhere, is,
after all, much ado about nothing, or, at least,
about very little. The police have long been in the
habit of mantling to the central government returns
of the personal, social, and pecuniary position, lite-
rary history, and general antecedents of all contri-
butors to the public press. Such information is
most useful at the home-office. The minister or
his subordinate has only to turn to a ledger to find
out what is the possible animus with which a given
article was written ; whether the author is a proper
subj.ct for rewards or punishment ; whether he is
corrigible or incorrigible ; what are his weak points
if ta►n be cajoled ; what family lie has fur whom
it might be expedient to find places ; and what is
about his price if ho is to be bought off
by money. This is a police-ridden country,
and as long as the system lasts it is
a mere waste of indignation to cry out against
details accidentally brought to light. There is
nothing new in the present instance beyond, possi-
bly, a want of tact in the functionaries who have
done their duty iu such a way as to °fiend the sub-
jects to be operated upon. They appear to have
sought, in too open and undisguised a manner, that
information which they are expected to obtain, and
which might have been easily had by a little more
painstaking, without any noise. Where the com-
missary of the police is ou friendly terms with the
editor of a provincial journal he frequently goes
to him and says frankly, in a half laughing way :
"Look here ! the Paris people expect me to send
them all this information concerning you. What do
I know about it 1 Will you be so very kind as to
tell me what lam to say?" Thus civilly assailed,
the newspaper man writes down all he chooses to
say a' out himself and his friends, and then the
commissary fills up the blanks as well as he
can from back door sources. New it ap-
pears that the Marseilles and Bordeaux police
have gone somewhat too straight to their work,
neglecting forum. Instead of calling upon the
newspaper editors, they have summoned them to a
'lion bureau, or, still worse, sent in a paper to be
tilled up like a tax return. It will not for a mo-
ment be insisted upon that the editors were ander
any legal obligation to answer the questions put to
them ; and Count de Porsigny, who is entirely
guiltless of any new devices fur harassing the press,
will most assuredly regret the awkwardness of the
functionaries who have occasioned a needless
scandal. The Sikle, not making the excuses for
the police inquiries which my friend the provincial
journalist has enabled me to suggest, says, very
indignantly :
We would willingly consent to give the administrators the
information they ask, but on condition of allowing us to ask
a few questions in return. We should like to know, for
instance, through what changes they have passed, what
governments they have served, to what opinion, they have
remained faithful. lie., &c. Their confessions would be at
least as edifying as those of the journalists.

M. Nugent Saint Laurent, who, as I lately men-
tioned, went to Corsica to support M. Fabiani's
appeal against a sentence to three months' im-
prisonment for a libel on the Procureur
failed to obtain the acquittal of his client, but the
superior ()court reduced the imprisonment to one
mouth. It appears that people came from far and
near to bear the trial, and numbers scaled the
walls of the Palais de Justice. M. Fabiani was
escorted home in triumph by the mob. He has
appealed to the Court of Cessation, but meanwhile
has publicly announced that he does not mean to
resign his seat either in the Municipal Council or
the Council General. M. Nogent Saint Laurent's
speech, which the law does not allow to be published
in France, was taken down in shorthand, and will
be given in the Belgian papers. M. Nogent Saint
Laurent gives out that he will bring the matter
before the Corps Legislatif on the next debate on
the address.

Nine English pickpockets, who are supposed to
have given false names, were convicted yesterday
by the Correctional Tribunal of pursuing their voca-
tion, to the detriment of the Emperor's lieges, on
the occasion of the opening of the Boulevard
Midesheibes. They were sentenced to thirteen
months' imprisonment, and ten years' surveillance
of the police.

The Bourse was quite animated, owing to favour-
able rumours touching the meeting of the Emperor
with European sovereigns. Route rose 10c. both
for cash and account, closing at 69fr. 300. and
69fr. 40c. Mobilier rose 15fr. The Lyons Railway
rose llfr. 7&c. ; Eastern, Bfr. 75e. ; Southern,
7fr. 50c. ; Orleans and Northern, 3fr. 7U. each ;
and Western, 2fr. 50c.
Madame Saqui performed on the tight-rope at
the Hippodrome on Thursday and yesterday.
Although now eighty-three years of age, ahe danced
with considerable vigour and grace, and was loudly
applauded.

A letter from Rome of the 16th says :—" Riding
a few days since in the Campagna, I an, passed by three
equestrians—two certainly men, the third a puzzle, but
seeming rather of the ' epicene,' or doubtful gender. It
wore a yellow Zotaave jacket ; a black garment beyond de-
scription clothed its lower members ; and on its head was
jauntily stuck a bersagliere bat, with a great plume of
yellow and black feathers. It rude like a woman—that is,
very fast and recklessly—to the evident terror and
suffering of its two companions, who, dressed in tight suits
of black, and one at least with his feet thrust Otto his
stirrups the wrong way, were tempting Providence to a
trot. A wide ditch was before them—l have area men
turn from a smaller. If, however, went straight at it, and
got well over; and turning round, and taking off her hat
to her ' pounded' companions, there Will the beautiful face
of the ex-Queen of Naples, who stopped to light her
cigar, while the two men went ignominiously round by the
bridge."

NORTHERN UNION OF MECHA.VIeS'
INSTITUTES.

--•--
SHIELDS, 31.)Nomr Evr:•..;

To-clay the medial imuference of the Northern
Vain. of Mechanics' Institutes was held in North Shield% ;
Yr. H. Tartou in the chair. The meeting of delegates
at the ounferenee was the hugest held by the utnou, the
most gratifying feature of which was the very large ounMer
of reiseseetativia Irma the collier and manufacturing vil-
lages the delrpu a numlxring close upon 101 The reports
were very interesting, the progress of education anion 44 the
villages helot; most satisfactory. 130 Institutions, eoctain-
iug lamely 9,500 nienibeni, and whose hinaries p0,,e,. en
aggregate of 93,0ta1 books, had reported, and they all were
dowg well ; the want of suitable buildings for condietior
their various operations being the only matter conmlaieed
of. itoiKaa or social re-unions of members sod friend% of
the societies are becoming every year more popular. The
iLicturecioe wen! interesting and profitable.
Tho proceedings concluded with a public dinner and tea
Party.