The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-03 00:00:00

dales, —.nod ►y ►is gentleman in vatting,
by a detachment of the Royal Homo Guards, arrived at
the Pathos from Marlborough House, and was received by
the great officers of state of the Queen's household. His
royal highness, who was accompanied by several
members of the royal family, entered the throne-
room, being sounded by the Earl of Tankerville,
Lord Steward ; the Earl of Bradford, Lord Cham-
berlain ; the Duke of Beaufort, Master of the Horse ;
Colonel the Bight Hon. Percy Herbert, Treasurer of the
Queen's Household; Viscount Royston, Comptroller of
the Queen's Household ; Lord Claud Hamilton, Vim-
Chamberlain ; General Sir William Eponym, 'C.C.S., Comp.
troller and Treasurer of the Prince of Wales's Household,
am. The diplomatio circle war attended by the
Austrian, Tarkish, Russian, Prussian, and French
Ambassadors, with their Councillors, Secretaries,
I and attachés ; by the Ministers of Belgium, Italy, Den-
; mark, Spain, Sweden and Norway, the Hanes Towns, &c. ;
by the Portuguese Charge d'Affaires, the Secretary of the
Brazilian Legation, and by many other distinguished re-
presentatives. The presentations were very numerous,
and occupied much time. It is announced that the
Prince of Wales- will hold a second levee on be-
half of ber Majesty on Tuesday, March 17 (St. Patrick's.
day), which being a collar day, the knights of the various
orders must appear in their collars.

Hart MAJZSTY'S Corrirrs.—The Court which was
to have been held personally by her Majesty this after-
noon fur the reception of the Corps Diplomatique, has
bees postponed until Friday next. The approaching
drawing rooms on Thursday, March 12, Wednesday,
April 1, and Tuesday, May 12, are looked to with pest
interest by the aristocracy, inasmuch as it has been an-
nounced that the Queen will be present at each drawing
room as long as her Majesty's strength will permit, one of
the princesses representing her Majesty during the re-
mainder of the time.

The Duke and Duchess of Roiburghe have re-
turned to the Clarendon Hotel from Paris.

The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland will enter-
tain adistinguished party at dinner this evening at Stafford
Home, St. James's.
The Duke of Rutland will entertain a numerous
and distinguished party at Belvoir Castle at the end of the
month for the Croxton Park moon

The Marquis and Marchioness of flutings are
entertaining a large number of visitors at the hall.
Donnington Park, including the Duke and Ducheu of New-
castle, the Earl of Westmoreland, the Earl of Coventry,
Viscount Petersham, Viscount and Viscountess Manham,
Admiral Yelvertoe and Miss Yelverton, Colonel Probri,
Captain Hawkestay, Mr. Story, Miss Story, Lockington
Hall ; Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Paget, Soften Bennington ;
Mr. Wilkinson, &c.

Among the debutantes of the present season will
he Lady Mary Cecil, daughter of the Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Salisbury; Lady Aleniza Duff, daughter of
the Earl and Countess of Fife ; and Miss Van de Weyer,
daughter of M. and Madame Van de Weyer.
The mortal remains of the late venerable and
learned Lord Wensleydale were interred on Saturday in
Ampthill Church, Bedfordshire. The funeral was strictly
private. The chief mourners who attended were Sir Mat-
thew White Ridley, Bart., M.P., the Hon. Charles W. G.
Howard, 31. P., and his son, Mr. George Howard, the
sons-in•law and grandsons of the lamented deceased, and
Mr. W. Lowther.

Mr. Disraeli has issued a circular to his supporters
in the Rouse of Commons, requesting them to meet him at
the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in
Downingatreet, on Thursday next.
THE Nsw CHANCELLOR OF THE ERCHEQUER AND
HIB CoNsTITIMITR-11T. G. Ward Runt, the new Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, has issued the following address to
the electors of the northern division of the county of
Northampton:—" Gentlemen„—Her Majesty having bees
graciously pleased to confer upon me the office of Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, my neat in parliament is now recent,
and I ones snore seek re-election at your hands. Trusting
that I retain as a minister of the crown the confidence
which you have reposed in me ae an Independent repre-
sentative, I am your obliged and faithful servant, G. WARD

A decision of the Congregation of the Index
at Rome modems the following works :—" Lesions on
Italian Literature," by Bettembrini (Naples) "La France
eons Louis XV.."byJobez (Paris); "Histoire de France depuis
lea temps les plus ancient jusqu' I nos jour.," Bordier and
Charton (Paris) ; "De la separation du spirituel et du
temporel," Miron (Paris) ; " Two Theme for the (Ecumeni-
cal Council," Dr. Meyer (Bamberg) ; " Theological Objec-
tion to the Scholastic Philosophic Doctrine on Man,"
Spuerlin (Bamberg).
_ _ . _

The Italia of Naples relates the following terrible
act of brigandage :—" &Union° continues his raids. The
return of spring seems to have re-animated his audacity
and ferocity. On the afternoon of the 18th he
entered, with his band, the commune of Gioia,
and pillaged the house of Angelo Trojan, carrying away
with them the proprietor and one of his friends, Pasquale
nimblelo. On reaching a neighbouring wood the brigands
stabbed the unfortunate Trojano with no fewer than thirty
poniard thrusts, while one of the band at the same time
time cleaved open his head, breast, end back with an

hatchet."

LEAVING Linn PRISON. A fresh batch of
rebel prisoners bad arrived at City Point on the i:lth of
March, for which an equivalent number of union pri-
soners was to be sent back, including a certain number of
officers. Next day the prison was all excitement, many
expecting to he among the chosen ones. I, feeling rather
indisposed that meaning, had just refused an invitation
of General Seams= to a pm* of chess, when the inspec-
tor of the prison came up to read the list of the officers
declared peroled. I listened to the reading of the names
with a sort of involuntary sluggish restlessness, and when
it oame to the captains and I heard my name, I felt
completely overpowered. We had hardly two minutes to
prepare for our departure ; and weak as I was, my agita-
tion gave me strength enough to help General Neal Dow
to carry down his trunk. We were some thirty-four
officers thus released and carried down the James on board
the until Confederate steamer Schnitz ; some 400 en-
listed men followed us in another vessel. It was already
dark when we reached City Point, where the United
States steamer New York, laden with rebel prisoners, lay
anchored. They hailed the Confederate flag with a lusty
yell ; ours were too much prostrated to utter a sound at
the right of the Stars and Stripes. After a brief conver-
sation between the two agents of exchange. Judge Geld
and Major Mulford, the prisoners changed places. To us
the change was actually bewildming, as we entered the
saloon of the United States steamer, elegantly lighted.
and with the bug table nee* covered. We jumped
about like so many idiots. asking "la it tens f Ls it
really so?" The heed waiter annesseed that he bad outo
coffee and bread and ham to give es. This "only" elicited
• broad shoat of -merriment. Fee a few of us a special
treat was in reserve. We were invited to spend the
evening la the company of the commander of the ship,
Caoib Chisholm, and his wife. I shall not try to de-
limit= hew we felt in this itable small family circle
that night, and with what feelings we is ai down to rest.—
, /Prater's Mooorine for March:

LIMY TalEnna. —The descriptive powers, again,
of women are very great ; and here I am not speaking of
descriptions of scenery or places, of mountains,-lakea, and
dozing'
elf old towns in Rhine-la ,M with quaint houses
and e churches in every rdeet. I speak rather
of 'mounters:l and expetiemose pawed throagh in
the coarse of an ordinary day. A lady who ha. this gift
of the *sang eye will describe • moroiog spent in making
or an afternoon's visit to her backer's, and will
ve observed enough queer things during her progress to
make good table-Wk at the close of the day. She has
noted the elderly spinster—member of a predatory tribe
whose numbers are something alarming—making her
rounds among the sugar-plums and preserved fruits at
Menem Fortnum and. Mason's, and dipping into the
different reee systematically. She watched the
agonies of • amlahing party choosing carpet' at Shoot-
bred's, having no mottled opinions of their own, and depend-
=trim an tie judgment of the young elan who
the " goods." She has observed the bridegroom
of tender years being victimised by his wife and mother-
: is-law at Marshall and linelgrove's, and kept in good
humour by perpetual appeals to his " excellent taste,"
; both on the part of the ladies themselves and also of the
young person who does the trying-on. All this else will
tell of with • keen perception of point, narrating finally
bow abs paid a visit to her banker'', how she had an inter-
view with " the house," and bow " the boom," in seeing
her Is her carriage, pointed out a lady in the outer aim.
rag
money for • cheque, and whispered, " Beautiful
eva,—xadame of whom =sae meant
Ydeosription probably fellows.—CornAill for
Man&

with M. de Moustier and coming, as he
does, fresh from St. Petersburg, and from
personal conferences with the Eniperor of
Russia, it is consolatory to find that lie has assured
the French Minister of Foreign Affairs of the
pacific intentions of Ruasia. According to news
received from Vienna Herr von Beust seems to be
quite assured of the friendly disposition of Prussia.
Prussia, we are told, has been completely satisfied
by the explanations of the Austrian government
with respect to the Hanoverian legion, and the
ex-King is not to cause any further anxiety to
Prussia by political manifestations near Vienna.
As a symptom of the pacific disposition which
actuates Russia the suppression of the Muscovite,
a'vehement Panslavist journal, which was con-
stantly urging the government to make war upon
the " infidel," may be noted. The Austrian con-
suls in Turkey also report that there is a great change
in the demeanour of the Russian agents in Bulgaria
and other parts of the Turkish Empire. Their object
seems to be now to calm the effervescence which
they are said to have encouraged. Tha Liberti,
however, indicates, in rather mysterious language,
that the return of Prince Napoleon from Berlin
may be followed by a more vigorous foreign policy
on the part of France, and a change of ministry
which is not at all anticipated.

POLAND.

A Warsaw letter, in the Journal de Posen, says :
_ . . . _

The Catholic ecclesiastics in thePolishprovinces of Russia
have been divided into three categories, and are furnished
with par-books of different oolours, blue, red, and the
same with a black border. Three of the first class are
bound to present themselves before the chief of the dia.
trict every fortnight, and of the second before the mayor of
the commune twice a week. The clergy of the first two
categories may travel without restriction from one place to
another, provided that they carry their pass-books with
them ; those of the third clan, however, cannot
leave their homes even to administer the sacrament to
dying persons without leave. During the great solemni-
ties in the churches, two gendarmes are charged with the
surveilbuthe of the ectelecriastics, and are even ordered to
remain present during the repasts, and report to the
superior authority the °coronation that may take place.

(azeria's Tnacaugs.)
TURKEY.

CONSTANTMOPLE, MARCH 2.

Ituchid Puha, the Minister of War, resigned
yesterday, and is replaced by Namyk Pacha,
Governor of Bagdad.

Omer Puha will act ad interim until the arrival
of the new Minister.

Another important change is expected in the
Cabinet.

EXPLOSION OF AN ENGLISH
MERCHANTMAN.
ANTWERP, MARCH 3.
The English schooner Mary Ann, Captain
Manhall,laden with naphtha andpetroleum, caught
Sre here this morning in consequence of an explo-
sion on board. The ship was entirely destroyed.
The captain and crew perished.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(raom OUR OWN coasaerompawr.)
PARIS, Wawa Errant°.

The A renir National has an article exhorting
the opposition to vote against the Press Bill alto-
gether. The upshot of it is, according to the
writer, M. F. Morin, that henceforth newspapers
may be born a littls,essier than before, but they will
be in much greater danger of death, and that
by a " melancholy miracle of ingenuity." The
new law of 1868 has been made worse than that of
1852. 1 rather think the opposition will vote
the bill, notwithstanding all its shortcomings ;
nevertheless, M. Picard said a few words the
other day which show that the question is under
consideration.

The Patnie, which took the lead in the
alarming campaign about Russian designs in
Bulgaria, and excited great alarm at the Bourse
last week, is now instructed to speak in
an optimist tone about everything. It looks
on the announced reduction of the Austrian army
as a symptom of peace ; echoes a denial from
Italy that any new Garibaldian movements
are going on ; thinks the effervescence in
Spain quite over ; denies the statement of
the Gazette de France that the loan is to be
for more than the 440 millions originally stated ;
says the Indipendanee Belge issued a false report
when it said a note had been sent to Russia and
Prussia on the Eastern question ; and moreover
declares it to be untrue that Prince Charles of
Roumania has written a letter to the Emperor
Napoleon.
In consequence of the death of the Princess de
la Cisterns, sister of the Marquis de Mouatier, the
soirees at the ministry of foreign affairs are sus-
pended for some time.
The death of M. Eughne Pastri, a partner in the
great eommercial house of Marseilles, Pastre and
Co., is announced.
The Bourse opened with very great firmness, but
the highest prices of the day were not maintained.
Rente, after rising to 69fr. 40c., closed at 69fr. 35c.
for cash, and 69fr.30c. for account, with a rise of
10c. and 17tc. Italian fell 32ec. Credit Foncier
and Mobilier fell Mr. each.

The enlistment of Prinoe Iturbide, adopted son
of the Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, in the Pope's regi-
ment of dragoons, is thus commented on by the Italian
journal Secoio :—" This young man, gifted with a rich in-
baritones from his father, has come to serve the Holy flee
from pure formality, and to be ready, with the other de-
throned royal pretenders, for the day when the grand cam-
paign of universal reaction will be opened."

- The recent Carnival at Rome is the worst upon
record, the plan adopted by Rowena and foreigners,
liberals and PapsHai, being unanimously that of total
abstinence, from the customary carriage promenades in the
Corso, which bee coosequently palmated • most dreary

According to the Naval Register of the United
Stator for 1868, there are in the Mated States navy 1
admiral, 1 ripe-admiral, 9 recrAdininde, 20 commodores,
49 captains, 90 commanders, 136 lieutenant-commanders,
44 lieutemaats, 29 masters, 52 ensigns, 157 midshipmen
130 surgeons, 144 paymasters, 297 eagineers, 28 chaplain.
sad professors of mathematics, 140 warrant °Seers, and
11 sisal constructors. The pay of an admiral in dollars

is 10,000 a year, of • vice-admiral 7,000, of
• rear-admiral, 5,000; of a commodore, 4,000; of a cap-
tain, 3,500; of • commander, 2,800; of ■ lieutenant-
commander, 2,343; of a lieutenant, 1,875; of a master,
1,500 ; of an ensign, 1,200 ; of • midshipman, 800 ; of •
mate, 720 ; of • fleet-surgeon, paymaster, and engineer,
3,300 each ; of a naval constructor, 3,2t0; of • chaplain,
1,071; of a professor of mathematical, 1,800 ; of • warrant
officer, 1,450 ; and of a seaman, 240. The fleet is divided
into the North Atlantic, South Atlantic, &asepsis, North
Pacific, South Pacific, Asiatic, and special service
egnadra•s. The fleet list numbers 232 ships, carrying
1,906 pas.

TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 3 1868
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the iwiamtuml•••;•i appearenee, than the relations between the Area
fab°l°:ll:, hm"bm has elspesd ism Ile last levee we had. The FA... "wws Continent. Th. Ruasilia Minute
Wass, stbradad by his gentlemen to waiting, and eaoceted to Paris, Baron Bndberg, has had an interrim