The Express.
London, England, 1861-01-28 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

PATERSON v. BONAPARTE.
(nom on OWN coanueonsmj
PARIS, SUNDAY EVENINU.
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M. Allou's speech for Prince Napoleon, in the
must ce/ibre of Paterson v. Bonaparte, occupies
fourteen column,' in the Gazette des Tritotnaqr.
It is very interesting, but like that of IL Berryer,
and like the memorials published on both sides, is
overlaid with matter extraneous to the legal points
at issue. The argument which strikes me as most
worthy of attention is that the direct aotiee of the
state of the French law, fixed upon Jerome Bona-
parte and the Paterson family by the remonstrances
of M. Pichon, the French charge d'affaires in the
United States, stamped the marriage made in the
face of those remonstrances with that character of
clandestinity and (in the legal acceptation
of the term of "bad faith") with that deliberate
intention to commit a fraud upon the law, which
the courts regard as a cause of nullity ah
With regard to what barn taken place under the
present reign, M. Allou stated some very curious
circumstances. The decree of Napoleon 111., call.
ing Madame Paterson's son by the name of Bona-
parte, and restoring to him his nationality as a
French subject, and also the nomination of his sou
as an officer in the French army, were acts meow-
pliahed behind the back of Prince Napoleon, and
at which he was very much astonished. M. Allou
himself was one day at the ministry of state, and
heard the plaintiff,M. Jerome Bonaparte, announced
DA Prince Napoleon Bonaparte. This was no doubt,
ho said, a " footman's mistake," but the late
Prince Jerome became very uneasy at the turn
things were taking since the American Bonapartes
had been admitted to the imperial favour, and
wrote the following very remarkable letter to his
nephew :

Sire,—A year bas now elapsed since, as soon as I became
acquainted with the decrees issued in favour of the sou and
grandson of Mina Paterson, I gave a note to your Majesty,
representing the painful position in which these decrees
bad placed me.

In fact, they dispose of my name without my consent .
•
they introduce into my family, without even my being
consulted, persons that have never belonged to it. They
render doubtful in the eyes of France the legitimacy of my
children, and prepare for them • scandalous lawsuit for
my micceision. They constitute an attack against my
honour, and that of the Emperor my brother, by annulling
the solemn engagement entered into by us with the King
of Wurtemberg and the Emperor of Russia, as a condition
of my marriage with Princess Catherine.
Your Majesty appeared struck with the justice of my
objections, and disposed to attend to them. You recant.
mended me to wait.. I conformed myself to your will ; but
time passes, the state quo established for the benefit of IC
Jerome Paterson and his son a notoriety of states whick
favours their pretensions, and even constitutes on my pert
• tacit acknowledgment. Moreover lam drawing close to

the end of my career, and I look upon it as a sacred duty
to see that a question which compromises my dearest ie.
tenets should be settled in my lifetime.
I therefore venture to solicit from your Majesty's sense
of justices final decision. If I were but a private 'nth.
vidnal I might have legal recourse against the decrees, end
demand their repeal, for decrees are only valid in so far
as they do not intefere with the rights of third parties.
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Your Majesty will not refuse your old uncle that which
nowt be denied to the least of your subjects. I suppli.
cats you to summon a Council of State, over which you
will preside, and before which I may be permitted to offer
my own defence ; and I am convinced that, acquainted with
the facts, you will hasten to stifle a commencement of du.
onion introduced without any motive into the bosom of
our family, and the results of which could not but be pre.
judicial.

ST. PETERS PENCE.

The Roman Journal of the 20th says :

The product of the collection of Peter's Pence, amount•
ing as Monday to 2,300,000 crowns, continues to pour in
at Borne in aid of the pontifical treasure, and W
casuals the soul of the Holy Father by the evidence
it gives of the ardent zeal of his children and their
love for the cause of truth and justice. France, Spain,
'Belgium, Germany, the British isles, and the other states
of Europe vie with each other in giving proof of
their devotion to the holy see. Donations come also
from the different countries of Italy, where religion and
its ministers are rudely treated, and especially from the pro.
winces of the States of the Church, at present oppressed by
sacrilegious invaders. The Holy Father has been pro•
foundly touched and his heart has rejoiced at the gift from
Imola, his former episcopal seat. This city, where he left
suoh tender regrets, although net rich, has sent the sum of
3,500 crowns. The example of this noble and religions ;s.
nerosity is given by the whole catholic world, and besides
the significance which it has in itself, it is often accompanied
by addresses revealing the sentiments of the donors
The inhabitants of America are not behind the rest. Ths
catholic" of St. John, in New Brunswick, in the United
States of America WO, invited by their bishop, assembled
last December in their cathedral after vespers, to unite
their voices to those of the great catholic family of the
universe, and to demonstrate publicly their respect and
veneration for the Holy Father, and their indignation at
the conduct of his enemies, and to contribute out of their
means to assuage the miseries of the pontiii,al govern.
meat."

Mr. Roupell, M.P., addresses his constituents at
the Horns Tavern, Kennington, this evening.

Dr. Stevenson, of South Leith, has been ap-
pointed to the alai:- of Ecclesiastical History in the Fairer.
city of Edinburgh, in the room of the late Dr. Itobertion.
Mr. Frederic Bernal, her Majesty's consul at Carthagem
(New Grenada), is appointed her Majesty's consul at Balti-
more. Mr. Bentiock Doyle, now riceeonsul at Santa
Marta, is appointed her Majesty's consul at Carthage".
Mr. Stacey, late rico-consul at Puerto Cabello, is to be vice'
consul at dant& Marta. The office at Puerto Cabello will be
abolished. Mr. Ensile and Mr. M. Flowers are appointed
interpreters in Japan, and Mr. A. d'Ettlioger, consular sa-
*Want.

WESTMINSTER ASSET SUNDAY EVEN'S': SER.
VICES.—Last evening the abbey was again opened for a eau
vice in which it had been expected that the Bishop of Loo
don would take the leading part. His lordship, however.
was not able on this OCC•1111011 to attend. The nave and
sae's, were filled with a respectable and attentive cungregs•
tine, but nu part of the building was inconveniently
crowded. The Rev. Mr. Jones, one of the minor canons of
Westminster Abbey, read prayers, and the lesson was read
by the Very Rev. the Dean. The sermon was preached
by the 11ev. T. H. Mirehouse, who took his teat from the
12th chapter of John, verse 32 : " And 1, if I be lifted up,
shall draw all men unto me." It was as eloquent and
pressive discourse.

ME RAILWAY CHANGELING.—By mail tr.tin there
arrived one night at a certain station in the north of Eng.
land, a large hamper, booked as containing a live dog, awl
addressed to a clergyman in Lincolnshire. The hamper wse
taken into the parcel? office, to await the departure of
the train by which it was to go forward. The clerks, an
soon as they had ten minutes to sure, being curious.
as it became them to be, concerning the bred
and culture of dogs,. unfastened the hamper, which was
merely tied with a of thick string. No sooner was
the lid fairly o than the specimen, with a loud marl.
and a yell of as much terror as anger, sprang clean out
the hamper, cleared the °Rice in two bowids,
and sped away down the platform at his swiftest.
Chase wan immediately given, joined in by all the
guards and porters about, but the dog arm ineeeiev
ably gone—swallovred up by darkness—far away in two
minutes anion; sidings, and waggons, and dead engines,
where pursuit was useless. What wan to be done The
dog had certainly been received, and it would not do to
send the hamper forward empty. Blank despair over•
whelmed the clerks, till a whisper of suggestion came
at length from one of them: "'Why not send Nipper!"
Nipper was a rough and venerable animal, of -aorta
of breed, who lived by prowling round the station,
taking all the kicks he got in hope of victuals. He was a
desperate old thief, and he looked as direputable
he was. But the case was an extreme one, and
Nipper was accordingly hunted up front his swore
in the cloakroom, was feasted sumptuously, and was
decorated with a pink ribbon futened round his neck,
and tied in a bow under his chic, to *bow that be was
out for holidays. Thus prepared for travel, he was carefully
packed up in the hamper, which was forwarded to its ad.
drew, by the nest train. Xo complaint, we believe, was
ever mails to the railway, and we hope that, for the sake
of the friend who did not stud him, Nipper died in clver,
after having won, as the elergymau's dog, respect through.
out big parch.—Dietenes "AU the Year Resod."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(TRW DAY.)

COURT OF BANKRUI'TCY.
(Before Yt. Ceimmisaioner (.uulburn.)
ILS WskIIIO.—DSIWTItE si'COUNTS.
Tlo hankrupt was a haberdasher, of Shoreditch. This
the adjourned e‘araiisatiou niceties. Objection bad
o taken to the A.. ..ennui rendered by the bararupt, on
g_touad that he bad received 3:iof. from
•
Ph.ruia lOoloture.office, in reiweet of ;1
• II his prenileca, and had not accounted fur
• eapenditare. itemg called ou to du so, he had handed
;., cont.,ioing twine '2O or Al items, with date.
bed to ea.b, showing payments which amounted ea.
tie t.. :rev.

His Hownu, .it .1 hevuer sitting, rerearke4 on the es•
t.. torly suspicious .sevursey of this account, awl referred it
t.• Mi. Powell, the official assignee, in order that it might
i...-onaparrd with the voucher..
Mr. Pennell now reported that there was no ground to
.uht the substaatial of the account.
Hi.ll..oour mid it was c the bankrupt was in r
• s.tom to subakantiate some portion of his accounts, and
`,‘ i t the red? He had made an exaggerated
.1 ULM or the insurance office is the first
~,tauce, but had collocated to accept 3:10/.
11, must now be require,' to furnish as account
•f 114 actual hoses by the fire, awl also of the debt which
reereseutwl to be due from one Polack. Meantime the
s .o.irstiou roust be adjourned ark, the, with leave to the
t.. nese Up 116:4U2 At his ..we erpPOSe when pre.
with letter account& Protuction would be given
• -too mouths.

I...errsoce va, t.r the Wirbt.W. and Mr. .t,lleo for
huiloupt,

IN at IWOOtt
flu* tho .-ortificate meeting in the ease of Mary Alen
Wood, straw-phit minufacturer. of Luton. The ca.t. 6.01
eu sammed at a former sitting, becaue. the bankrupt,
• had come to the court on her own petition. had not
/....hiced I W as.q.,
Mr respell stated that the rase stood in precitely the
sine r•aition as at the last meeting. The bankrupt was
u unfottaaate woman whetted carried on the busier.s of
ter ilmemed husband, Auld there appeared no prospect of
Alit, further :intone* Wag realised.
It tran.pilri that the na.cts .•ul.l hare yielded more
, but fur the bankrupt's •ttorney haring retained
•ue.

.!sled that a similar we would shortly Le
la•wght belies the Lords Justices.
lit. Honour said be should adjourn the we until the
de...1.100a the Coact of Appeal was gives sod he should
t rare that the cosalact of the broknipt's attorney is
this CYO wee brought before the notice of their lordships.

IN RI PRINGLE.
The bulging* was a grocer, of K radish-tow& This was
the sitting for choice of ausiguees. Liabilities, 1,21001. ;
~ssets between 300 f. sal 40W.
Mr. Phillips, wholesale grocer, of Arthur-street West,
awl lira Pettosi, fruit nierasat, of Easteheap, were chosen
twig aseiguees. Mr. Mathews is the solicitor sailer the
proceeding.

IN U NEVILLE BROWNIE
The bankrupt, who had kept Peek's teffee.bouse, Fleet.
'trivet, has recently been a prisoner in the Queen's Beech.
11a. WAil the adjourned examinatioa meeting. Nu ac.
count* had yet bees filed, the roams alleged ow the hwiner
• :anon being that the bankrupt's books had bees taken
along with the rent of the property. It wu wow stated
that the accounts were reedy' but that the btutkrupt had no
nion,y to pay the &crow:slant.
Ills flower mud the cue was eel oar io which the reset
..ught to show any favour. The bwakrupt had allowed all
hi. property to be takes by ewe ereditor, acid had deprived
him 'elf of the means of readodeg as 000tiont of his affairs.
The esanneation most be sijewnwil ante die, with praise.
tbow kw two maths.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
(THIS DAY.)

—•—
The alovc court sat again to-day, pursuant to adjourn-
nt. The commissionen present at the opening of the
court were the Right Hoe. the Lord Mayor, the Recorder,
Weenies lialonsons, Hale, and Courier, Mr. Alderman and
!dant! .tbbiss, Mr. Sheriff Lush, Mr. Usider.Mheriff Eagle.
t.a. and Mr. l'ader4heriff Gammon.
There are only 52 mamma for trial at this session, and
woe of the eases appear to be of a serious character.
The Recorder, is his charge to the grand jury, said it
vc... Again hi. pleasing duty to congratulate them upon the
lightseee of the calendar ; and he observed that this did
ed appear to have arises from • larger number of prisoners
I lAD I'elel beteg sent to the Muldlemi Merlons, but from a
thminutica of crime. There were only nine pit.
..,••r. committed from the City of Loaders ; and when the
inornome amount of property mutinied in that district was
~.uudered. sad ita comparatively unprotected state
doriog • portion Of the eight, he thought
this fact was not only creditabis to the police, but to
the population of the ray. It was also satisfactory to find
that the number of juvenile offendershad very much de-
Inn ,riescd Three years ago the number of prisoners antler
pant of age who were examined at the Mansion-house
alone was lirO, sal last year the number warn only between
rut sad TO ; ad tha fact would appear to show that the Dew
i,.tern of puniehmeet of deaden of this claw by means
of reformatory schools was lianing to lime a good
effect. Ha lordship then said that there were three
cams of manslaughter in the calendar, in all of which it ap-
peared that at the time of the commission of the offence
the accused parties were MOM or lee. • state Of intoxim•
two. adwas sorry to say that his experience led hits to
form the conclusion that habits of intemperance were a
ears fruitful source ef crime than &strews or any other
mum.
The grand jury then retired.

THZ POLICE COURTS.
(TAM DAY.)

MARLHOROUGH-MIRMET.
At tm an R. W. call= Lab T11111.1•1311/3111.C.GAPIA.
lirldget Mona, 10, and Mary Ana Woods, 11, two
little girls who bare been broeglit to this court 'llama 20
times charged with begin* and who for a keg time past
huve been a source of considemble annoyance at the West-
cod. were charged before Mr. Headoo with
Aldermen Sir R. W. Carden said Olathe:et% after 10
o'clock oa Saturday night the two children came up to his
and solicited relief of him, stating at the time that they
were extremely destitute, sad that salsas they wad
ohtaia which they solicited him to give these, that
they would have to walk the street. all night, sad
that cm many occasions during the bail weather
they had had to do so, as they bad ere place to go tai.
They also mid they were sisters, died that their mother
was then begging in Oxford-street, and trying to assist
them. They contieued their pitiable tale, which he did
IA believe, And he kept them In coo veniation for about
tweets nuentes, it being about the time the police were
rbuigusg. until he saw an of cer. when he (Sir Robert) se.
cared one sad the other ran away, but was caught by the
coestable. He (Sir Robert) bad bees in the habit of taking
up childree far MOW time, but never met with two more
artful one It appeared that they had Jest previously
"led for lid., sad that he gave them 1.., but
be lrar ) felt it more kis duty to give them in custody
iberi lo relieve them, and it was quite clear that while per-
was would thus act the evil would be prolonged, and he
hoped if the gentleman he
the report the mos that he
would reflect as what he had done. He had also heard
that a peruse, who no doubt considered himself very kind,
had given them 2.. He (Sir Wert) considered that
nothing reformatory was of any use in such • clue.
Mr. mid there wee • difficulty at present in the
net It would be taken in bead by the government, and
altered sou to suit these ewes. la the are of boys there
was reltham, where he could have met them ; bat there
was no place at presset far girl.. The prisoaer ]loran's
sister had a little place of her own, and kept a boy.
tddermaa Sir R. Carden said he believed Morea's father
was now in prism. He thought be could get the children
is WOW isimitatiOe„ and with that view would make in• !
quire'. la the City. He had seat three children the other I
day for three pan reader exactly similar vircamstancei.— I
for begging. These children were valuable property to
their parade.
Mr. Modem said these children had thrown off all con•
n..oion with their parent., and were .loieg it for themselvea.
He would remand them for a week to is what mad be
with them.

It iniil;7st;ted that the pareuta of the prisons Mem
Lee both berm several time. in priace for various caner,
The Niemen were then remanded for a week.
MART LEW /1: E.
CR Min AC AZTTING Ellin TO A MAT•FITACIL
JJ,s 04<, a man, %T.," 27. was brought sop
wr Kr. fdanallekl, and named on hie own eonsialia
ith wan( In to a hayneek at the hack of the Wain
Hun. in the Edgeiramnied.
Patom.assatahn 157 S amid that Orin 12 o'clock yew
ha no he the Sigwesesesed, wham be net the
KNOW inime
s laree=id bin obreed &et be Waded to
fate bleed! op ter live to the barite& awe alluded
10. He stated that be at at be bed se hem, mil that
It did mot knew whet is de with himeif. H. ebourood
be had as &tea that the Week woe se In ae be had one
timi Gann He added, that he had have* seise natnem
84 Widend with the lees hennas, he Mk Wines dewed
• lea a nachos is him
Iraproter Debar, 8 =minded that be was at the
anise. \nem what the primer- woo brenght kin,and that
_now hawing the primmer bad sat tit the Gnat, be wen
lan idfend that it was 'waft namenal. Mine
wow Wes nine, nem on of then toieeging to the
lersitardold—Did the prisoner may why he est 6n to
Ike end
nod"Cia —Yee. air: ha said that it was thenalt diaries.
lrie had heat too years in the (ineewin anon
bwonnima. The sleek Whew to nom Haunt's
iopsy
Xi. Kits IteXieess. la IMreran of an easepeay.
10.1 that ilea woe weetia pot
dirested Hr. Defter to apply to the Wader
If illinwieb Workhouse be .amain the man of wind at
16 alien and ressaand him far a walk, observing that
o ti hi. inmanse tee seed bin ler Ma
ns primer vas He. esnrrei tram He bar.

LONDON, BRICHTOS, AND SOOT!? COAST
RAILWAY.-(THIS DAT.)
. .

The half-•early meeting of the proprietors was
Feld at I o'izlock, ►t the Leaden T►vern ; Mr. LEO
Scitustut in the eh►ir.

The repast, which had been issued and published some
dam previously, having been taken as read,
the rumitene, in moving its adoption, said the report
contained all the information which could be remind.
The capital account showed a considerable increele ;
but the increase did not exceed what bail been
anticipated and sanctioned, and the outlay had
fortified their position in every point of view. The
company had no new echemes, no bills in Pattie-
Anent. ((.beers.) His colleagues shared his delight at
be rang able to make that auriouticeineut. (Hear and cheers.)
The revenue might be regarded as very satisfactory, con-
sidering the state of the weather throughout the past year,
and bow much the traffic was depeodent on watering-
places. There was not • single item of traffic
which had not increased. Lest year he announced
that the reduction in the fares for thinl class passengers
hail lad to an increase under that head at the ex•
pease of the receipts from second clam pasatiojers.
Since then the ascend class returns had considerably
augmented, though net to an equal extent with
the third class. In consequence of bad weather,
the traffic coonectel with the Victoria station had
not yet quite rerlised the expectations of the beard ; but
they still believed Out the enjuisition of that station would
prove very beneficial to the company. The traffic of the
Crystal Palace lice was gradually improviog. The expendi-
ture of the last half-Year was, it must be confessed, very
heavy, one cause of this being the unjust premiere of local ,
rate.; and he hoped the time would conic when that great
injustice would be removed. By this large expeoditure
they had bad the satisfaction of attaining one great end ;
namely. comparative security against serious accidents, in
cnusequence of the ,armful management of the permanent
way. If the iron used were of the first quality, and the
rind were maintained in the beet order, all was done that
could be dale to secure immunity from accident.. Such
was the actual state of things in their own cane, and he
hoped the meaties of it would tend to remove apprehen-
sion front the public mind as regarded lines maintained us
theirs was. (Cheers,)
The motion having been seconded, a discussion ensued
which issued is the :adoption of the report and the declare.
two of • dividend at the rate of 7 per cent per annum.
At MD extraordinary meeting, which followed the ordi-
nary .we, powers were given to the directors to raise the
whole of the additional capital authorised by the company's
Data via., 951,1461 f. 6e. 3d.