The Express. — 1864-10-27 (London, England)

PAPAL DUEL.  A letter from Berlin in the Precentor of Antwerp relates the @abided :—" Cloud de Fuersteaberg Stamm. beim hoe jars fought a duel with M. d. Hoch ter sear Vaea, on the Dutch territory, when the latter was mortally wooded. The following are some details of this affair. Some years ago there lived at Dente, DOW Colamas, a Major li— who bad two very beautiful daughters. The count, who pieseasd a very large forted, eras • toastant visitor at the bows. Some time after, M. de Hoeherasehter, brother of tbedeoemed, and first equerry to the oouot, married one of the daughters, and the count pee the young couple es. d his chateaux as a pima of residence, furnishing it with great elegem. The hooeymove bad. however, scarcely pared, whim Coast de Faersteaberg received from his equerry a letter, in which the writer stated that his wife had confessed to him that before her marriage she had bad intimate relations with the count. The equerry loaded the latter with reproachd sad caseload by asking bum what remained for him to do seder deb circumstances. The Gaunt, who bad  jut married a Primer d'A showed the letter to his wife sad to easel his friends, Coact de Homposch, and protested his inamenos. That gentleman was of opinion that the affair was an attempt to extort mosey, and that no Dotice ought to be Limo of it. The matter, however, became boons, sad the nobility of the province was convoked as • commit of honour. Their decision was in accordeace with the advice of the Coact de Hompeach. Y. de Hochwaechter some time after meeting that gentleman near the railway station at Col e, &s-mashed him with a whip. He was brought before the Correctional Tribunal for the offence, bat acquitted. In the meantime Major is coneequenos of proceediogs taken by the body of officers at Cologne aid the rumours which accused him of a guilty imenimme lo the affair was obliged to resign his commission. *dine. de limb wee:Ater, after atteruptiog to commit suicide, declared to a catholic priest that shed id Dot know bow bar husharid bad been able to extort from her se avant which was completely false. A civil seta«, was afterwards brought by Y. de liochwascliter against Count de Fuerstonberg, who bad dismissed him Dotwitbstanding a written engagement for • metals ameba:. of yaws. Al, however, the roust firmly refused to give him any satiefactioo, the brother of M. de flochwaschter decided on publicly insultiog the roust. The latter wee obliged to meet the brother, and the Wait proved fatal to this latter."  The Vim-Chancellor of the University of Oxford has given notice for Monday next, 31st inst., of a motion in council for the endowment of the Greek chair. Arch. deacon Deaisos writes : —"I pray God, for the sake of the Puivernity of Oxford sad the church end people, that every member of convocation who ►oted against the endowment of the man [Professor Jewett] in March last, and many more besides, will be found at their post to vote against the endowment of the chair, if, unhappily, the proposal of the nine-Chemallor should page the council and the con. grelatioe."  From the Dublin Frerman it appears that by the death of Captain Howard, nephew and heir to the Earl of Wicklow, several of the life •arranoe class in Loudon will be heavy sufferers. The demised gentleman was well known in the city, having os various occasions appeared before the Insolvent Court pending an arrangement of his pecuniary difficulties. The creditors, knowing his expecte. time, were unwilling to proceed to extremities, and repeated adjournments of hi ohm were agreed to, in order to enable him to streets eettleenest by charging hie reversion in their favour. As • m11'6441111 secority alearames to • large monist were effected on his life, and it is said that • former proprietor of Creosotes Gardens is the holder of policies to the extent of nearly 40,000/. The unfortunate man, It seems, has left • eos—a mere Child—end hie widow, it is said, in enceinte.  Hourriwee nu ie elioico sad strong, moderato la peka aad wholesome* to sae. These advantages love secured for thiS Ms a moral preformece. It la sold be geckoes by 2.1111 agenea—ladvartiossosall  To-night, as ► relief to Mr. Phelps, and also by way of giving variety to the performances, the met of Othello will be altered, Mr. Oreswiek playing the Moor, and Mr. Henry Mambo, logo. Beth imipereemathene us wail. known and geminated by the mak. ifisokai—the 'met revival of the mason at t►is hones— will be produced as Thursday next, the 3rd. of November, with Mr. Phelps as Macbeth, Mr. Creserick as Macidnff, and Miss Helen Farhat as Lady Macbeth. Miss Pausit has not played Lady Macbeth in London awe her abort engagement with Mr. Charlet Dillon at the Lyman is 1868.  The degrading and aucceuf ul exhibition of indecency, vulgarity, and inownpetenoe at daisy's theatre, peopled with Rise Raysham's ambition to mire the plain vacated by the late lamented Robson, doubtleve led to the revival at the Strand Theatre last sight of Mr. Byron's Olympic burl•gue, Kesepps. Mks Reptile's (who made bet first spree:met at this hour) played the chief charaoter. This beriesque was Dover cossidered to he ono of lair. Byron's cleverest prodactioss, and it owed much of its popularity at the ether house to the great actor we have sawed. What its sumer will be now it is transplanted we are not Galled upon to prophesy. As it his bees cleverly retouched by the author to modernise Kele ci the soap and allaidess, it will probably enjoy a new lease of life, and Mies Rayshans will, perhaps, have t►e pleasure of dancing " eellar-Hap " "tape and fighting broad-sword combat' for many nights to come.