The Express.
London, England, 1861-05-06 00:00:00

AUSTRIA.

The Vienna Gaulle publishes the text of the
Emperor's speech at thu opening of the Council of
the Empire. The substance has been given in
a telegram. The following passage is remarkable,
as coming from such a quarter
A state whose government coo.iders it • duty to protect
each nationality, and to enforce in the rights and the re-
lation, of the different peoples of the empire the principle
of toleration, not only offers space sufficieet foram prosperous
development of thu national life, but also the surest guaran-
teed independence. of • position able to inspire respect,
and of a power which, while satisfied at home, because it
rests on liberty, will not be able to excite alarm
abroad, because, according to its nature, it seeks
to avoid the peasionate excitement,' which cell-
eerily aomropeny aggressive wars. In my manifesto
Of Oct. 20, 1860, I have declared that I should in all
security confide to the ripened wisdom and patriotic zeal of
my peoples the prosperous development and the consoli•
dation of the institution, which I have given or renewed.
Yon will, then, I am convinced, give an example of energetic
activity combined with self-control, in accordance with the
spirit of toleration, and thus you will not fail, at the end of
the session, of being strengthened in your position on the
one hand, and on the other of feeling youmelves honoured
by the gratitude of your eovereirm and the country ; and
you will also acquire the sympathies of all those who see in
the foundation of constitutional government • fresh gut-
rantoe of the prosperity and strength of the country

INDIAN FAMINE RZLIZT Fortp. —Tho total
amount of subscriptions received by the Lon' Mayor in aid
of the Indian Famine Fund up to Saturday is upwards of
80,000/., of which nearly 1,:,00/. was received during the day,
amongst which were :-461/. from the diocese of Doom,
Ireland, by the Lord Bishop ; a further aum of 3.5 M. from
Brighton ;1421, ba. 4d. from Shrewsbury ; and 123/. from
Penrith.

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Lone 07 LIVE IN Tine THAMES. —On Saturday,
Kr. Bedford, the Westminster coroner, held an inquest at
Bt. George's Workhouse, on Jacob Detrick Coils, aged 44.
and Glenna Guile, 36, brother and sister. On 'I undo)
afternoon the male deceased, who, with his wife, child, and
sister were out for a holiday, was induced to accept an offer
of two young men, who rowed into the stairs opposite the
William IV., at Thames Bank, to go for a ride es far as
Westminster and back. The ,females with the child and
the two young men bad got into the boat, and the mole de•
ceased, who was a heavy man, followed, and on stepping in
stepped on to the gunwale, causing the host to capsize just
as it was being pushed off, and precipitating Marl( and all
the other persons into the water. The two young men
saved themselves, and the woman and child were saved by
a watermau ' • but the deemed and his sister both sunk and
were drowned,d, A verdict of " Accidental death" was nr
turned.

ATTACK ON • WARDAN BY CONVICTS, AT PARS'
HOIST.—On Friday afternoon, about half-pest four o'clock,
while a party of oonvicta wore employed in a field Door the
of the Parkhurst Prison, one of the number Bud•
rntlm approached the officer in charge, and felled him to the
ground with a bludgeon. Others of the gang then corn-
, meseed a furious attack upon him with atones and other
weapons, while lying in a state of insensibility. The alarm
having been given, some of the gang decamped across the
country ; and others, who had taken no part in the mur-
derous assault, went back to the prison. The convicts—fire
in number—who endeavoured to escape have, we learn,
since been captured and brought back ti prison. The
unfortunate man the subject of this ferocious attack
is lying in a very precarious state from the injuries be
received.

FIRE AND lAMB OF Lira.—Yesterday morning a
serious fire happened in the premises belonging to Miss L
Davies, No. IS, Harper-street, Rid Liar-immure, Holborn.
It appears that loud screams were heard to proceel from
the first Boor, which attracted the attention of the other
inmates, who upon nishing up the stairs discovered the
unfortunate lady lying ou the landing, completely emir:ea
by fire. A good supply of water having been procured the
firemen succeeded in extiuguishing the fire. Meiliial roes
were obtained, but they were nimble to render any mast-
suet, and death terminated her sufferings in less than four
hours. The origin of the catastrophe is unknown.
On Saturday morning an accident terminated
fatally to Miss Caroline :lenders, 10 years of age. who
resided in Regent'ssenare, Kennington. She was sitting
alone by the fire, when the inmates were alarmed be
scream@ ; on rushing upstairs they discovered &wawa
wrapped in flames; they were extinguished, aud the poor girl
was removed to St. Thomas'. Hospital, where slie died.
THE CO-OPERATIVE PRINCIPLE: AT OLDH
Saturday i afternoon, the coreer-stone of th. tow co.
operative mill which is in coune of erection iu reel-street"
Middleton-road, Oldham, was laid io the tiresome id a
large concourse of spectators. The mill is beisg erected
by the Oldham Building and Manufacturing Corafol!Y
(Limited), and will be one of the lirgerit. if not the lar.;est rn
Oldham. It will be 100 ft. by 280 ft., inside measurement.
five storeys high, and nimble of holding 60.000 spindles.
The weather was very auspicious for the interesting event
A large number of the directors and friends of the melee•
taking sammbled at half-past 3 o'clock, at the Co. operative
Hall (a large building erected in King-street by the seine
society), and marched thence, headed by the °Mani Mass
band, to the site of the new mill. Mr. Hewkin, one of the
directors, having presented a silver trowel to Dr. John
Watts, of Manchester, the latter gentleman laid the Mom
FALSE WEIGHT`.—It has been ascertained that
in the quarter ending last Midsummer upwanls of LUIO
persons were couvieted in Great Britain of the offence of
using false or unjust weights, Neaten, or measures- Vet/
often the same tradesman has been found to have a num-
ber of short weights in his posseesion.