The Express. — London, England, 1856-04-04 00:00:00

etc Gx;preoo. biburesisystslatended be .7be Itzytra..Loodia Ibrombeybout. use be at sb• Oar. 10. lesierbatrest. by Two lededi es dr fty ot psbilimace. NIGH WATIE AT LONDON 11111 DON. Two DAT—STraim IL Is. sm. Towouww—MATUM 11. taw.........Manam IL Um LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 4. AN attempt is to be made in the House of Com mons, this evening, to throw oat the Bill which pro poses to empower the Crown to Dominate a Vice- President of the Educational Committee of the Privy Commit who shall have a seat in the Home of Coen- Mona. Mr. HADFIF.LD is to NOVO that the Bill be read a sewed time this day six months. This modes would, if carried, be tantamount to a vote of the House of Commons that everything done by it, to promote education, for the last thirty or forty year& has bees wrong. The Home began by voting small rums in aid of the National and British and Foreign Schools. The lvote was subsequently incresesd, and its application extended to various local schools, on their complying with certain conditions. The amount of money voted for these moose from 1839 to the end of 18.3, is 'lightly in excess of two millions. The House of Commons could not take upon it the detailed application of grunts in aid of schools, and that task was, as a matter of course, en trusted to the Executive Government. The Executive Government has discharged the duty imposed upon it of distributing the money, through the instru mentality of a Committee of the Privy Council. The Executive Government is in this, however, merely the Almoner to distribute the bounty of the repre sentatives of the people. The House of Commeen remarking that here and there, by individuals and associations, praiseworthy efforts have bees made to improve the quality of education, and to extend its dissemination, have /evolved to come to the aid of these efforts, in the hope that a time may emu when the whole community, impressed with a cooviotion of the importance of juvenile instruetioo, shall ambles to ado; dit to all, The Houma of Com mas, in short, have resolved to promote the mis sioaary efforts of the friends of education by advances of money. It is 000sequently the duty of the House of Cowman, as guardians of the national purse, to see that the snowy they vote for this purpose is honestly and effectively administered. Tow:able the Hoses of Commons to discharge this duty is the object of the proposed appointment of a Vice-Prat-' dent of the Educational Committee of the Privy Council. It will be the business of that functionary to make himself thoroughly acquainted with all that is being done to promote education, ander the directions of the Committee, and to furnish, at any time, any information on the sub ject that may be required by the House of Com mons. Thus, and only thus, can the House be en abled, systematically and with effect, to check and control the application of its educational grants. Without the assistance of such a functionary as the proposed Vio►President, the grants of the Home, of Commons in aid of education will be thrown away at haphazard. Unties the arrangement proposed by the Bill to appoint a Vioe-President of the Committee of Commit for Education be adopted, it will be better to discontinue votes of money, for the due and bimodal distribution of which there can be no guarantee. Therefore we my that if Mr. HADFIELD'S motion be carried, it will be tantamount to a declandlon of the House of Commons that all grants in aid et odes& lion ought to be discontinued in future. We axe not *retain whether the gentlemen who eall themselves advocates of Voluntary named= an prepared to go this length. We doubt very sub whether they know themselves. It is tree that their principles, if logically carried out, would bring them to this conclusion; but many of them have been par ties to the acceptance of Parliamentary grants. At the Crosby Hall meeting of the "Friends of Volun tary Education," reported in our impression of yes- terday, the Rev. ANDEZW REED contrasted the expense of education under the British School sys tem and the Government system. The expense under the former, he said, was only 12e. a head, while under the latter it was 325. a head. We do sot ask at present whether the estimates of the reverend gentleman are ix erect, or whether aspens, is ties only consideration to be taken into account in coming to a judgment on the comparative merit, of the two systems. But we say that the 'viten of the British Schools I. no seers an unaided voluntary system than that wile& is patronised by Governtoest. no Bridal Wools aro, in fact, a part of the Government system. Ia 1866 the British Sehoole received 32,9141. of the messy voted is that year for the promotion of *dimities by Pullen/set. Sines 1839 the British Schools have received 181,1981. of Parliamentary mosey. It is a fair quince to be argued in Parliament, whether the British Schools have done mom to promote adulation with an outlay of 12i. per head, or the Government Schools with an outlay of Els, per head; but to amble Parliament to come to &derision en this point, the assistance of a ViesPrmident of the Council's Committee of Beisation is indispeumble. Bat the Rev. Ammer Bus is not the only " lined of voluntary edasatisa" who spume to be troubled with a eenimien of ideas. On; and all of them labour under attentive iskappeekession of what is meant by Unational stimatiew." They se sooner hese the tent than it coeisree up in their minds ideas of state Anemias se it exists on the Costinent, when the people ere drilled and trained by Govern ment, without their own consent or ce-operatim. In &gland this is impossible. Here "national educa tion • mast necessarily be the education of the people by the people. Whether the work is to be dean by local elestive boards, or by weepsesible ministers nadir the direction and 'patrol of Parliament, the people have equally the whole power in their own hands. The friends of ' Rational education are quite es anxious as the friends of voluntary education to " isenkste a spirit of inde pendence amongst the people.• The only differenoe between them is, that the friends of national edam- tioa seek to prevail upon the whole people to co operate for the promotion of sae comma mineatioa, and that the Meads of voluntary "decades wish sash met to promote a separate and seclusive edneatiottal system of its owe. Voluntary educative; is merely another name for sectaries educatioa. This friends of national education would leave it fres to all parents to Ws their children in their own religious principles; but they my that there are no orthodox or 'seethed= systems of reeding, writing, and arithmetic ; and that children of all volition" may ably reedy, their instruction in them arts from the seam teacher; and in the same losiasaiss. They say that it is quits as easy to have these branches of education imparted by teachers common to all, while religious tuition is at. forded by special teachers, as it is for boys and girls to attend the same grammar schools and yet have different teachers of dancing. They say that by common schools the economy and efficiency of tuition will be promoted. Above all, they say that, by com mon schools, children will be inipremed with a nue of a common citizenship ; will be peacdeally taught, at an early age, to beer and forbear in matters of opinion. On the contrary, the voluntary or sectarian system of education baa a neamoary tendon'', to inspire prejudioes against all who are not members of the mate communion ; to weaken the patriotic sense of a common citizenship; to encourage a Pharisaical habit of judging men, not by their qualities and actions, bat by the opinions they profess• The estimates for the National Gallery will be sub mitted to the Hones of Commons this day. It is to be hoped that the independent members who take an interest in the promotion of the line arts will be pre emit, and endeavour to obtain some explanation regarding the extraordinary purchases hitherto made for the Gallery, and, if possible, some guarantee for the future. THE PACIFIC. The following was received at Lloyd's yesterday : hopes were expeesesd that the steamer referred to may tire eat to be the Pacific:— " Floonza, Maim 24.—The Shipwith, Captain Ryan, arrived here, is coming off the Newfoundland coast, fell in with ice to the distance of 200 miles from the land, and saw the lights of a steamer in the ice. Mem.—The above vessel left St. John's, [ Nfld., on the 13th Feb." Ctie Court. The Queen, attended by Lady Macdonald and Lord Alfred Paget, visited the Duchess of Oloorisster, at Oloserster Home, yesterdsy afternoon. The Doke of Cambridge visited her Maisel at Backlog. bans Palace. The Prime Consort, attended by his equerry In waiting, visited Mr. Thomases studio, in the Alphi-road, St. John's wood, in the stoning. Hill royal highness west in the afthrsoost to the Provident lastitution, in St. Martia's- Pim*. The Priers of Wales and Prince Alfred visited the Zoolo gist)] Garin% la the Regent's-park. The Primrose Royal sad the Prime's Allee took a drive I. an open carriage sad four. Her Majesty sad Prince Albert, with the Prisons Royal sad Prism, Alice, honoured the Rsyraukst Theatre with their preemies in the evening. The ladies and (Guthman In waiting were Lady Maisdocald, the Ron. Log Kerr, Lord Daubs, Lord Allred Paget, and Cal. F. R. Seymour. A deputation, to ley before the goversureat the great frauds of the hay trade, bad en interview with Lard Stan. ley of Alder's, sad the Right Him. Robert Lowe yester day, at the Board of Trade. The deputation eossistal of Means. Ratbbone, Argent, Harker, Rogers, Wile .e, Boyer, MtNernars, Wilting, Hodson, Hayman, Hanley, Hewes, and Reddia. A depstetmo, (munition of Mr. Charles Lasbington and Mr. L. Schuster (lirictors), and Mr. Slight (somstary of the London sad South Coast Railway Company), the Hon. James Byng, M.P., Mr. Rich, M.P., and U , . Seymour ( lirevon of the Sunk Bunten Railway Company), Ibsen. Williams, Rouse, and Br oks (oburcowardecs of St. Saviour's), the Rev. John Brown (rector), and Mmes. Purvis and klunsainp (eburahwardeas of consternate/0, I and Messrs. Welton* Isaacs, Mossery, Newsom, May, Wode, Fuld, Hawking., Pairing, and Herbert Stormy (curl), a deputation hoot the Board of Works for St. &viola's Distriot, had an 'stormy with the Right Hos. Sir Benjamin Hall yesterday, at the Office of Pablio Works, in Whitehall-place. • The °overage and Bounty-Governor of the Bank of Rag land bad an intervirw with the Chancellor of the Brannan yesterday, at hie official residence in Downing-street. A deputation from the puish of St. Neuss had ea inter- view with Sir Benjamin Hall yesterday. Tin deputation consisted of Messrs. F. T Sheelen, R Eck.tt, W. Dikes I Dr. Williams, and G W. F. Cook (vestry clerk). The lodide" Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day in the Cauca Chamber. Judgment was gives by the Right Hoa. W. Menlo in the appeal from Malta, "CH' 1 trines v. Battigieg." Judgmesit was given by the Right Hos.. T. Pemberton Leigh is the appeal from Madras, "Negaliatehan Mama! v. Nodule Chatty." The appeal from the Prerogative Court, " The Bast India Company v. the Hon. Mrs. Dyes Sombre," wan commentud. The Lords present were the Lords Jaetien• Knight Brace and Tamar, the Chaeoollor of the Dusky al Cornwall, Dr. Leshiagtou, and 84 Edward Ryan. Dastatottes were received from the Governor of Bt. Holum yesterday, at the Colonial- See. Despatches wore sent to the Goverooro of Hong-Bing and Ceylon. THE REVIEW AT PORTSMOUTH. Bear-Admiral the Hoe. Sir Richard Saunders Donde., 11. C.B , Coneteader-is-Chief of the o:•Bddo &et, Tataradd tolapitbsed yesterday, sad relsaistad dig ea board the Doke of Wallin/Ito; Strong sostkeastririi gales blew all day yesterday, accompanied by rain and kg, whir& for the immt part otossred the view of the roadstead fora the shore; the ships track their topgaUaataass•s and wade snag below. Toe Met was amensoted yesterday by +be arrival from Doosport of the Bromwich, 80, Cap. lain Yokota's, C. 8., which fired a salute for the Port Adak.' ea anchoring at the Mottetbeak. It t) repomei that ber 11;jeety will proceed hos Lou don to Portsmouth ou the minim of the 16th, 'Weir the ilser, sad return to town the sense grimier It is also rammed that the plealpoteetteries now at Path will visit Ragland sad he present at Its review. It is supposed that the atemben et both bosses et podium% will also be preesat, sad that the naval troop Mama frigates now is harbour will be devoted to their aryls& There were 111 rail of the fleet to be reviewed already alaembled yesterday, sad the Boath-Rw•tera sad Brighton and South Coast Railway Cempaaise are us ,kiag preparaticas with the view of etieveyin as attsb siditioaal Wee to the is... of late rest as ma be ammenpliabe4 with eahty to the public. The naval review of 1614 ill the presence of the allied Saveniges due the pewee of that day, was a mere ysehtlag display Gemmed with the speemele sow conterap:atad. HOT No jerty's yeeltt Bemuse, it le believed, will be 'pettily con. niestesed fen the service of t►e plealpotestiarise on the morelos. Her Royal Highness the Dubow of Cambridge) sad the Printer Mary have bees stay's'', os a visit, with the Karl sad Coster of Wines, at Egerton Leap, I Meow Mouhrey, glass datarday bet. Their Royal High- INIMPOS ars expected te ratan to Yew te-morrew. The Earl sod Coultas. of Wilton ors at wisest tatartehdai a umber of the dl4. at Egertoe Lode*, lath. dims H.S.H. doe Dubai of Csabridp sad the Primus Mom the Make sad Dabber of Meaelester. M.J r Metreaell, Mr. Busby, Lord l'oreater, madman,. The Dakar mad &ham of Nertharallsrlaad au rae t• tows la* ~.slag, from' Meld& Clank. The Doke of Leeds has arrived at the elarsudos, eta Hereby Cam* sear Cotterlak. Tatisbiro. Tb Marquis sad Ifarehiceess of Stafford are az woe to arrive la ties te-sorrew, frog Deblia. - Sir Jam and Lady Shelley have arrived at their redeems la Perk-Lae, tram As ma of Lord There, fa Itegthrdehlre. The Hem Mortimer Roach brother of the late Lord Rotary, expired at Frits, last, as his status, ia Noose, la Ids IMO par. Sir Roderick filarekimes, M &rester general of the funded Survey, gave his het softie of els soros co Wedseenni, at his basso is Belgrave-egean. Awes the inlay visit en were the Reveries sad amen Nisinen, the Frineh Clterid d'Affeiree, the Lard Mayor, Lord leis Rana, the Ilan &naive, the Right His. R. Caldwell, sad Tarim neatens of the house of parlienest, In addi tion to • large amiably of the fellows of the Royal sad 'thee Weald. moieties of the mots polio sad the Royal Aimademy, together with soma geniis omen of diens*. ties. New peloglsal =aye of Serape sad the esvirese of Leaden, with nape sad tintless of the geelegical awry of , Great Britain, am well al illeetratiosa nth* sow unshod' of prepense the sheet, et no (Masan earny apes differed scales, were exhibited. lady Catherine Berkeley pre birth to a dasibtar Wedaseday hit. at Overbury Coen, Waseestasilibc The deal; of the Right Hoe. George R. Damen. deputy-ebstratas of the Board of Cullom, limiest tam plate of a pasha Mass,. The right boa. isatimaa was brother In-law of the late Sir Robert Peel, sad wm auled Lialloasiorry for a combinable tiros la parliament. Th• nes or 201. has been paid over towards the amount required for the east window of Bt. John's shank Stanford, being the prs coeds or the l.etaon lately delivered la &sofa.' on the Crimson, by Aerates &afford, /dui , M.P. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 1856. beat received at Biarritz to hasten the fitting up of the Villa Eugenie. It is probable that the Empress and the imperial infant will go to pass some time there early in the samma. The Echo dried* says that the Esparta has jut paralleled the modest domain of Bonilla" between Saint Cloud and Mont Valerian. His Majesty in. tends to establish upon this property a grand model farm, when he will eoUest speeimensof the best agri cultural implements, and the most perfect mom of all varieties of cattle. The reception of the Duke do Broglie at the French Academy took place today. M. Milord wee in the chair, and made the canal speech in answer to that of the new member. M. Onisot (as his pro- poser) at next to the Duke de Broglie. There was a very large attendance both of members of the In stitute and visitors. Lord Clarendon was among the company. Another prosecution against the Kgaro came off yesterday, but the sentence is this time very light. M. Villemessant, and another redachtur, were sen tenced to fines of 100 fr. each, and the number of the journal of Feb. 24 was ordered to be suppressed. A duel took place on Tuesday at St. Germain be tween two officers of the Guides, in which one of them was run through the body and killed on the spot. The quarrel arose out of a difference of opinion upon a matter of fact, one of the parties hav ing affirmed that the army of Lyons would come to Paris for the review, and the other denying it. There has been a farther fall in the corn market of lfr. or 21r. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, APRIL 3.—APPOINTMENT9.—Burgeou G. Ma•oa, Y.D. (1866), to tho T.rtoiao, 12, stotosbip, at kabtant Burgeon P. W. Wallace, M.D. (1854), tr the Tr.toe, 8, iron paddle wheel steam vessel of 280•horee wirer, Mediterranean dittos. NEW WORKS AT WOOVATCH.—The principal works to be executed are a suitable plthe of worship for the comfortable accommodation of the dockyard officials and artisan', and the marine officers and soldiers of the Wool wich Division. The design of this building is Oct yet drawn op, nor la the site Axed on. It is, hlwever, known that the cbap-1 is to be oselciently specious to contain at least one tovosand five bandied persons. TIN construe dm of a large Iron roof, which is to be provided with a travelling mane, so se to raise beery timbers fir leg parrot:as, ie likewise to be commenced forthwith at the last sad of the dockyard, over the eip which has been re- , cently ere aced there. The building called the riggirg heath and stores, near the begin, is also to be completed. The will be sofficiently specious for the thorax' of steam engine machinery, cordage, sails, and rigging, sad will con tain workshop. for riggers and sailmakers. The list wing was commenced In 1839, and the west wing in 1853. It is no, decided on completing the building by connecting the two wings fronting the river. The whole, when carried oat according to the plane, will form a megnificent bedlam. and, from its proximity to the river and the beans, will facilitate in a considerable der.. tie repeirieg and fitting out add's% dto. In addition to the above named wacky, it is intended to construct a large store for bossing planks end other timber materials, similar to the one lately completed. A great bas also been vred for the erection of a roomy coal mon on an improved principle. whistle is to be erected in the vicinity of the basins and the river aide. A number of other works of minor impost ince, but which will aid mach to the general a uthenience and utility of the establishment, ors to be promptly curried oat. A pot chase of the site hoe been *occluded on which it la intended to raise a new marine ho-pital. The spot is at present occupied by the Kent Watermark, Company, is in an elevated and healthy position, adjacent to the Marine barracks, and admirably situated fur the purpose intended- In coosequenee of the residence of the Commandant cceopying a portion of the site, the home will be removed, ani a house will be pro vided in its place est the opposite side cf the barracks, in an enclosure lately purchased by Government PORTSMOUTH, APRIL 3. The Brume/Mk, 80, mew ship, Cap , ain Yelvories, arrived this m•,raing Iron Plymouth, and anchored at the Mother►ank, aslotiog the c ms■nder-In-ehlst of the port, which was replied to by the Victory. The Het's, 8, steam sloop, come lute harbour to cial. The gasbost &till& hes sot been able to go sot tc-iay, the wind blowing a plc The weenier his quite chinned sines yesterday, the wisii bevies d roond to the south ward, end rain baring sueeeedsil the brilliant sunshine we have had be weeks past. DUBLIN, Aram 3. On Tuesday the new Port Admiral hir Henry D. Chad: K.C.8.. Rear Admiral of the Wnite, hoisted his flag OD board her Majm:y's ship Conway, at Qumnatown. We understand Nutt orders have beta waived by the aeveral recruiting pasties in this town not to enlist seen nailer the former standard height—live feet ai: inches. — Tipperary Free Press. T11.1.11,A1Y ARTILLIIIT.—It is stated that Dolphin P. D. Lucas and Lieutenant W. Oltyina hove been obliged to resign their ootantiestons is this refitment In consequence of 'from. which took place in a billiard roma is Kiosale last week, in whisk the latter suffered some severe injuries. Lteatimast Bmithwick will sewed to the company thus vacated. In consequence cf a tea nd complement of y lun teas given to the lice, god Lieutenant Marshall B. Clarke will be Nominatod tea ersintisoioo. ih. mistiest is under orders for the Currath Camp.— Z i ppers', Free Press. The congress of the delegates of the learned or eddies hoe jest held Its last sifting in Paris. It was on thst sossaisia decided that it would be of advantage for the Prat\ societies to pablah a work making known the solostils publications of the various learned societies in the departments, with a view to promoter an 'mamma of such weeks, end also to place themselves in cannotnicati au with the learned societies of America It was oho decided thit the twenty-woad afoul atestiaz of the silent& congress Amid be held It's year at La R'ebelle, from the let to the Mak of Sept., aid neat year it Grenoble. M. Boalstignier skied the sinks by en address on the friendly relations Obit* It was accessary to maintain omega learned tr. &des of every description. The a. Petersburg journals have contained of late die, partimltre of the reception of the crews of the lAeek Bra lest, at Moscow. The enthusiasm Mai been so peat that Ate Emperor Ale:ender his expressed his worm ste to the isitabiteats. We read in the Memorial dos Pyrenees:—" A perm reddiag at Pau having written to Marshal Bosqust, normalities him on his promotion, received from him a reply, is which the Marshal, alladiag to the sunset in which the Bilipern bed Wormed him, as well as 0 I Coacher% of their promotion to the dignity of marshal, adds: " It is two swords aid two haute rood as footled' on the right sad left of the cradle ; we have well compre horded the dignity ia that ranee.' " EDITOIUSEIP IN BrAIN.—A letter from Almeria, Is 8 Oa @ says Three days ago a very tall man, save bpaa is a Week slosh made of a bight stuff, with a broad er/domed hat, sad beteg his foss covered with a white mark, intddealy attacked the principal editor of the journal Fee is lo imitated in one of the moat froqueoted streets, and laid him dead at his feet by a stab frees a poistnerd given from behind lets his 1 tier. The assassin then rook to flight, leasing his slosh behind him. Oa the following evening, the director of the same prod, on enteral; hie Imo, was stacked by sin persons, and killed by namerous stabs from a stiletto. No robbery la el/her case was w iener/ed. sad, as the jwarnal is 'purely literary, poliUesl opinions cannot have led to the crime, which remains in volved is artery. No ess to the assassins has yet been dissovered. Measures have been t then t protest the other per ou connected with the perusal." BILE or Patrice Arroomirma. —At a sale of autographs which has jest Oho% pion at the Sells Bylves4e. a letter of Boileau wee knocked down for 1241 r.; one of Bowser, 42fe.; two el Boardsloue, 710. and 1311 e ; see if tho great Coadi, 100fe.; a series of litters ofOarewillni 1,000 r.: a letter from De Thea, the historian, ilk Nee • win of 1-tters of Pdallon holiest lop prism, one of them ea mach as 210 fr.; two from Eichler, the groat reedier. 66fr. each ; eae from La Eataiss. lOtte.; one free La Reetestovosalt, 2401 r. ; oas from Madams de la &blare. celobrsted for her hop tatty to La Fontaine, 461 a. ; two ethers tom the same, 1671 x. sad 620 ; one from Madame d• &yip& Mfr.; tarm.hens fit. East. de Sales, 69fr r , 76. r., aid 60 1 r.; ens from BeAtiloa, who monied is 1663 Nen e. d'Asbliee r dbeworda the Margate do Maintesen, woo mast weedy meleeted ; to it wee smelted a pima of venal, simmer Miss : O Itele, desammy, male Mils plonk Mak De ea ebtiple. de . millemo. Mpg immk et pi pipe, lard fe hia mom de pie iiWhim* MM. This let retel4 spumes of /006,-- ?RI LATI JO= limmirm—At en issued bilit yesterday, by Mr. Wilde,. that analenaa. fa OWN OD sane @realities started in a Dahlia newspaper the possibility of Mr. badleir being 5111 in es i keire a r i lli that be (Mr. Welds') was well aequalateml with the de treemi, of when et the Inquest be bed mods a minute enemlasdee, rem to the °peeler of his lips and ',elite. Go far fr. to the features being " changed," the deemed &b -rood se thouett he woo le a quiet sleep. The sorados which bad been isdelged In bad %bereft re nothing solid for their foridatioa. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. lITZTTIN, Tituasnxy. The Emperor Alexander and the Grand Dukes Coostantins, Nicholas', and Michael, arrived at Fredorickshain on the morning of the 22nd. Atter having inspected the troops, the Corps of Cadets, and the batteries, the inipsrial party left for Hsi. sinews. whore they arrived oa the 23rd, and in spected the troops and the fortificatioas, and visited the hospitals and the churches. A letter from Cronatadt of the 21st, in the Meta. tams d. in Flotte, aye:—"A piece of news, whisk hes produced a great sensation here, is an order to get ready a squadron, composed of fire vessels of war, all steamers, to be prepared to put out to sea In the middle of May, namely, a serew-frigate, two . . . . screw -corvettes, and two smaller vessels. Admiral Lathe is to take the commend of this force, and the idea is that these vessels are to serve foe a voyage of the Emperor and of one of his brothers to the southern parts of Europe. The frigate and the two corvettes are all new and uncommonly fins easels, and rapid in their rate of going. A significant fact in connec tion with this matter is that instructions have been sent to engage pilots well acquainted with the oasts of England and France." A letter from St. Petersburg, of the 25th, in the Nord of Brunel', says :—" The coronation will not take place before the month of August, on account of the extensive preparations which are required. The 31st is mentioned as the day. The health of the Empress-Mother requiring a visit to some of the baths of Germany, it is possible that she will not be present. The ceremony will be performed with the greatest pomp. The costumes worn on the occasion will resemble as closely as possible the ancient ones of Russia. The armorial bearings to be displayed on the occasion have been all submitted to the examina tion of persons experienced in heraldry. Eighteen carriages, richly gilt, have been ordered for the grand cortege. The war, as you may well suppose, hes not allowed any one hitherto to think of all the details of a ceremony so complex and so vat as that of a coronation in Russia." TURKEY. CONSTANTINOPLE, MAAca 25. Omer Paeha has been appointed by a decree of the Sultan, Oeneral•in-Chief of the army of Asia. He will leave ery soon for his poet. Seven different proposals for forming bank, have been submitted to the Porte by different capitalists. The Moldavian deputation which cams to Constan tinople to oppose the measure adopted by the Hospo du for the enfranchisement of the gipsy tribes, has left without having obtained soy results. A fresh shock of earthquake has been felt at Broom. PIEDMONT. Among the rumours of various new enterprises about to be commenced by the Piedmontese govern ment are particularly mentioned the improvement of the port of Genoa, the Savona and Voltri Railway, the participation of the government in the Sees Cabal, the colonisation of Sardinia, and the establish ment of a mortgage bank. The preliminary opera tions to prepare for the return of the Sardinian troops from the Crimea have already commenced. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (FROM 0111 OWN 0011211POWD1IM) PARIS, TIIIIIMAN XVI3fING. The Congress will hold another sitting to-morrow. The Pays says that the question remaining for &laminae°, although of a secondary character, will very likely occupy • period of time "which may about ociacide with the delay necessary for the ex change of ratifications." The Pays also says : Several f 'reign pumas kayo stated tbat Potosi& was ewly admitted •o gigs aa ease: to the yrincipti treaty ; bat if oar htforicatioa be torroot, the Prussian pleoirteatiaries diked their @imitates to story paper which was grad by the plecipo•eatisriea of the ether vicars. The Count end Countess de Persigny have arrived in Paris from London. M. Marorne, the Turkish Ambassador to the Court of St. 7 arose's, who has been in Paris to amidst Aall Puha during the Conferences, left for London last night. The Monitor de to Fla* contains the following quasi denial (or, as some may read it, confirmation) of the intentions attributed to the French govern ment with respect to Madagascar: Several forefie joarsals ban peblished, apropos of a deplorable nest which bas onarred at Savatosbe oa the waters *oast of DI adman,, counants which ate " nudist la onstinds." They han spokea of the Westin of the govenaseat to sad ea expedition against Madagseces, sad ban eyes pose so far se to gin la detail the naspoatios of the espnidea. Whoa emit grave gumbos are agitated all najeeten should be &Waned fres. There have bees saaay proofs that the Qua Runde is per fectly an cescrastf of all that la writtaa la Eason, sad auk resoare nay enevaake the tafety of European who an etttlod la the Novas Sanitary. The Patrw, in an article dwelling upon the expo diemy "now that the Eudora war is over," of de veloping, upon a large scale, the French colonies in Afrios, is kind enough to offer the neighbourly hint that in ogee of • war between England end the United States (which of muse the Peat* hopes may be long deferred), Manchester might obtain its gotten from Algiers instead of from America. Saab as eveutmlity the Patric sessiders would be u a great step in the Murat of the pease at the world towards • stable Wanes of power." While wiskiag all ago• oess to the *otos growers of Algeria. I apprehend the people of England will receive innendoim of this kind with a wholesome degree of distrust. The article in the Patris seems to nee another indication of a dales which I have observed of late in oert•is quarters ham to foment as much as possible a bad feeling between the English and their Aurelian brethren. The bill imposing a tax upon horses and carriages in Paris was voted yesterday by the Corps Legislate', although (a feat without precedent under the pre sent peeresses° the committee on the bill reported against it. There was a very strong oppositioc, and the minority was coadderable. The government keeps back the knowledge of the numbers of the division as long as possible. I shall tomorrow all year atteadon to mine very curious haves of the I debate. The Bourse has been better today. The Route nee 40e. for cash, closing at 73k. 100., but for so count there was ultimately no rise; 72fr. 80e. was Unshed is the course of the day, bet the lam pries was that of yesterday, 72k. 600. Credit Mobilier rose 26k. Railways improved very considerably. Orleans and Lyons roes 20fr. sash. Ardennes, a line not hitherto mach quoted, rose Mfr. The Victor Emmanuel and Austrian railways were firmer them they have been for some time. The Empress has so far recovered that she was able to sit at a window is an arm chair on Tuesday to see the Emperor and his esrdips o• their &pular* for and return from the review. I The Carrier de Berme says that orders have OUR ARMY IN THE CRIMEA. grotesque efforts at progression, hapless falls, and helpless condition when prostrate, of the wighta engaged in the contest. The sack racing seemed to be a favourite amusement, for twloe the number of men entered who could be accommodated with a fair start in the course, which was marked out by posts and strong ropes, and they were therefore divided into two par ties, the stakes being divided equally also. The games were continued until a late hour of the after noon, and the groups of spectators gradually die pereed on account of the severe cold. The last race, which was to have been a wheelbarrow-race, blind• fold, did not take place. A. the afternoon wu made a general holiday throughout the army, the number of officers and men assembled on the ground was very large. A sheltered spot, between two undulating elopes, near the Guards camp, was selected for the course. In the mile race the starting place was on the verge of the plateau overlooking the Tchernaya valley. The air was remarkably clear, and the distant prospect afforded from this position was exceedingly floe. The Fedin kine height., with their lines of tents and scattered hats, and their chalky soil laid baro by the constant movements of the troops thickly encamped upon them, lay below, separating the Balaklava valley on the south side from the Tchernaya valley on the north. The tents and huts appeared dwindled in size, but could be each distinguished to the further end of the bills which they crowned near Tchorgoun. Across the valleys, the lines of hills, each rising in succession to the eastward, until they were crowned by the highest mountain lines covered with snow, were all clearly seen, and their outlines defined with unusual distinctness. This part of the plateau appeared to be on a level with the top of that part of the Mackenzie height which forms the north boundary to the Tchernays, valley. The movements of men could be distin guished among the batteries looking towards the valley, the guns of which b fore the armistice used to be constantly puffing out their white tufts of smoke, bat now appeared merely as so many black dote in the earthworks on the summit of the cliffs. General Codrington, attended by a single orderly, and en ostentatiously dressed in a for costume appropriate to the weather, was present at the race,. General La Marmon, who appeared conspicuous in a bright uniform, was also present, and remained for some time on the ground. There were many Sardinian officers, more then French officers, in the assembly; perhaps the change of day for the meeting bad not been generally made known in the camps of the latter. There is to be a Highland gathering at Kamm on the 27th inst., when none but the usual Highland games and exercises will be introduced. It is settled that the Spring races are to take place in the Tchernaya valley, on the plain between Traktir-bridge and the large reservoir made by the French at the time the communication of the aque duct with Sebastopol was cut off. This will be, of course, on the side of the river reserved for the Allies, but on this occasion the Russians are to be asked across to join in the meeting. General Codrington, it is reported, has written to General Leaden on the subject, and sent an invitation to himself and hie staff to attend the races. There has even been a talk of ladies being asked, and a monster ball room being erected by the French, the English having furnished the timber and planks for its construction; this entertainment, however, will probably be deferred until peace is declared. Should the Russian officers and soldiers come to the races, the meeting will be a very interesting one on many accounts. In any event, their joining in the assembly can give them no information or advantage in a military point of view. It could only be in case of observation being permitted at some distance from the front of our lines, that any advantageous know ledge could be hoped to be gained. One or two Rua situ soldiers who have advanced too tar beyond the limits laid down in the French camps have been sent , back under escort, but it is currently asserted that there has been privately some fraternising and visit , log among the French and Russian officers. In the valley the Russians come thickly on occasions down to the river, and some of the waders have taken advantage of their presence to dispose of the various articles which they keep in the can teens for sale. English beer has the repu tation of being the beverage chiefly sought after by the Russians. It has been remarked that most of the soldiers who come down to the river wear one or two medals, and that they are generally , /tout and in good condition. It has been stated to , be ascertained that the men wh3 thus show them , selves are picked men, and that none are allowed to come down who are not previously paraded and ia , spected ; but this is probably a camp " shave." On , the 20th instant a whole Russian division, apparently , about seven or eight thousand men, marched down , from the Mackenzie height by the Bektchi-Sersi road, and advanced some distance into the plain, where they halted. Alter a short time they returned , by the route they had come. They appeared to be route-marching for exercise. (FROM OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.) CAMP, SEBASTOPOL, Mann 22. The Weather has continued severely cold, and own atonally very stormy, since the last mail left on the morning of the 18th inst. Northerly winds have prevailed daring the whole time. On the 20th it blew a complete gale from the north, and the non arrival of the mail-boat due on that day was folly accounted for by the tempestuous state of the weather and rough sea. Yesterday was more calm and mild. During part of the day the wind showed a disposition to change its quarter, but towards the evening re turned to the north. Tke direction of the wind is watched with more interest in this place, perhaps, than in any other country in Europe, for the tem perature and condition of the atmosphere seems at certain seasons to be immediately dependent upon it. The south wind, blowing from Arabia and Egypt, comes tempered only by the snows on the higher mountain ridges of Asia Minor, while the opposite cold wind, blowing from the ice-bound region. of Northern Russia, falls on the Crimea, in winter, un mitigated in severity by contact with any warm ter ritory. The atmospheric variations which ensue in consequence of these circumstances are very sudden, and often very great in degree, and must be very trying to the health and frames of the inhabitants, excepting probably in some of the deep sheltered valleys of the south coast, where the influence of the various winds must be very considerably moderated. One reason, among other'', why the health of the British army has continued so remarkably go..d during this winter on the plateau has been, no doubt, the liberality shown in the supplies of different kinds of clothing issued to the troops. Tee men have thus had the opportunity of adapting their dress from day to day, in. kind and quantity, to the varying emergencies of the chew.). The Tartars and others of the agricultural population of the country, who have come into communication with ue, have been noticed for constantly wearing sheep skin cape and long coats, even in comparatively warm weather,—a habit which has doubtless arisen from experience teaching them that the means of guarding against sudden sharp cold are among the most urgent requirements of a limited wardrobe in the Crimea. The Tartar long coat is loose and easily thrown aside when heat becomes oppressive. The round fur cap seems a necessary part of the Tartar head-gear under all circumstances. It was reported in the camps in front, on the morning the last mail left, that a fire had occurred the night before at Balaklava, in which a whole hut. full of men of the Army Works Corps had fallen victims to the flames. The story was supposed to be one of the usual exaggerations, bat unhappily the greater part of it proved too true. The fire occurred in an encampment of this corps on the sloping side of a hill, forming part of the entrance to Balaklava, between it and Karlikoi. The flames broke out in one of the uppermost huts, and were directed up wards by the force of the wind blowing from the north, so that only two of the men's huts and a store house above were destroyed; had the fire commenced in one of the huts at the bottom of the row, the whole encampment would probably have been sacrificed. Seventeen bodies have been taken oat of the rains, dreadfully burned and charred, bat twenty-two men altogether are reported to be missing. From the positions in which some of the bodies were found to be lying, it was evident that the men had not moved after they had fallen asleep. The fire may have smouldered some time, until the apartment had income filled with smoke and suffocating vapours, and the men have thus been stupefied and killed before the flames ap peared. When they did break out, they spread with the greatest rapidity, and the slight building was quickly consumed, so that some described its disap pearing almost in one flash. Of course, nothing is known of the origin of the catastrophe, but it is feared there must have been some very careless neg lect on the part of the inmates of the but where the fire first occurred; and taking place, as it did, on St. Patrick's night, when there was a good deal of drinking, intoxication may have been one of the causes of this neglect. It was sup posed at first that sparks falling from the chimney upon the dry uphalte felt covering the roof had occasioned the fire, and accounted for the rapid I dispersion of the flames ; but if it had happened in this way, it is scarcely credible that some of the men within the building would not have caught alarm and escaped. In the camps, on an evening when the wind is high, the air cool, and the draught strong through the stove pipes, little showers of sparks may be observed streaming out in all directions upon the felted roofs of the huts, and it is strange that no ac cidents have arisen from this cense. In all the in stances where fires have first broken out, they have been traceable, I believe, to overheating the stoves or pipes and burning the adjoining wood, or to some other similar neglect within the hut itself, not to an accidental cause from without. Oa Wednesday, the 19th, the Crimean games took place, which had been announced for the week before, bat deferred on account of the severity of the weather. The temperature was still very cold, but the atmosphere was clear and the sun bright. Now and then puffs of wind came from the north, chilling through the warmest clothing, and excitiog pity for the men who were from time to time induced to strip off all outer garments in preparation for the succes sive races. As usual, Major Astley, of the Scots Fusilier Guards, was the most conspicuous victor among the officers, and Private Hickey, of the 33rd Regiment, among the men of the British army. Major Astley, by his strength and speed, distanced all his competitors in the 100 yards race for the Officers' Stater, and also came in first r The French army will, it is said, return from the i w n hioh the w Al oo lia o n pe ce o F to lat F R r :51,, S ar di n ian, and ! About six mon ths will be occu p ied in the evacuation. It of 410 yards, , Crimea in toll ' s of 20,000, with corresponding nsatiriel. in May, and last over October. A despatch has &mild'. He was also well in advance to win the ' will twgw Officers' Hurdle Race, in distance three hundred baa a received frog° Marshal , which announces as improvement in the health of the army. yards, and having ten three-feet hurdles to be leaped AUSTRIAN FINANCE.—The Wien er Zeitung pub over, when an accidental fall, not against a hurdle, lith a the If bal nee-.hest for thJ ;ts , endi ng the 31st of October, 186.5. The ordinary r •reit.t • were z 55,608,9156., bat from tripping against something on the course, ::4 2e r 78 , 6 1:t s eadia w a i atr7 i 9 8 7011. , main , g a total revenue threw him out of the struggle. No French entered a 4:3 t I EI 4 more o.r t a h r e r; in the u for the Alliance Flat Race, but some Sardinian w i r ISM. Tee ordinery w eap. , a t 11fy,669 i t1., a 7d the extraordinary 101,810,5138 making soldiers ran in it. Private Hickey, who has bees SO conspicuous on several occasions in similar meetings than in ° 185 . 4 7 . By 4o the tir l e B x 2fi con " g w fi hi tt ch es w i l • G i j i l' et 36 se ti en n ti o ja e t the deficit for the year 1866 .as '1 113,599 29711., which is for racing and other exercises, never having been beaten by any one in running, I understand, but by L 8 a 1 .4 3,6 1 5 ,. militaryithee it els in 1354 7 ,4138. moreeg u ii ° w e s s . iwn.18.1(2.1.72"711" which Major Astley, won the contest among the regiments 10 , 426 of the Light Division, and afterwards carried off the h , extraordinary graenoz.—The Punjaub contribtpions to the Paris champion's belt from the whole army. arrival tt a great ovation after the games bad terminated, 7:ll was toned teat o t t a T t erz e gi e e . at ei vtel a w e :: H e rece i ve d Exhibition were lately returned to Lahore, end on their being carried in triumph by was i erde . r i ed to inquire into the _0a..1 st , 'Nous business; regiment rimed the neighbouring camps, preceded by h . st the men of hi s , leattele. Mr. Decide Macho the Financial Commis. I:h t .:: e h of I ;A a r .to any e mppcetant some volunteer &amain and fifers, who assisted in ; feeelte a s i ell ' ge aroe:‘va:lt at s Reikn. The investiathion then a• once assumed a new and mono ile tat:sating notice to the hero of the day. There was gaits a a aiiphrek.end it 1100 ru w pe as ea. aa l all iag aa t rairei teat tae jewtis i t o tits a sack rue, of eighty yards, open to the Allies, but 1 glish seemed aloes to comprehend the nature the Re of this amusement. Some of the Sardinian officers them is it tee :eorl'o.litctretiitcoaeattligin'tal:;s a n fact forwarding tt com 1 look don with evident amazement at the line of I kaown to the government, a 'pedal committer, eomtoeed es Powewi it os of Mr. —, who hid acted as secretary to the Kt Ralik's, Col ne i l t N a ap a i ii r e . t C u a r iga e l l n ia ßu a rnit a tt, men forming at the starting place, with their arms l andla / C iacia?S ' trussed to their sides, sad nothing but their heads This tw e le at es u i ' tt ß se ak l i : appearing out of the sacks is which they were tied i sealed teat the ea" is ores to r e a j rn o sgis a tr i ste i; — as up, and were plainly trying to imagine what con- I toe same of ;he ld' inc e nlpated gentleman. We shall gives up, sod were plainly trying to imagine whet con- lbs same of the , o culpatnd gentleman. Ws shall wait as aa are t " IDi /Tate I, unaniceolly m die: I,sAor nexion this arrangement could have with foot racing. CRYSTAL PALACE. —ONS SLIILLING DAY.—ATraI , After the start they, like the rest of the spectator, the 231; total 0v,e1•17;9,0111,1,4i'S ; ditto by amen tickets, joined in the mirth which was occasioned by the result of the inoculation bigot* doing Ito Preparations for some bonfires on a large scale have been made by the Highland Division, for cele. beating an event which is locked forward to with great interest at Paris, and probably has occurred before this time, though the news has not reached the Crimea. Some enormous piles of wcod have been collected, in such conspicuous sites upon the mountains above the Highland camps at Kamara, that when ignited their light will be seen for many , miles around. Our last papers reach to the date of London, March 4. The papers to Saturday, March 8, were due on the 20th instant, but have cot yet been delivered.