The Express. — London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

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Goblet AWI —ATA ANT .411•1 LIND XL 711 1 1111101.—OmENNAB al T. Tor Sys Mit l il s llo9l B A.—Aml KIT OM D WI MOOS P. ► sod lift O. Koss.—Dmoi ?ex NOW. 'Pow Flamm noimos• or. _OR hal liner. Mr. ► Y ID mt.: Pooft—And loM/ AND MINAONK . Mamer m Nall.pma HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. TUB DAT —Manias, IL Allons" 111. 411 m. Tibasoamp—ilasiag, Altorwmft /ea LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 26. Tire news We China gives so panne of a speedy termination of hostilities. betted at strength's * their position in the Canton river ear country men appear to be losing ground. The storehouses ef the Government Contractors at Roughing have been burned to the ground, and a large quantity of Geer has been destroyed by the conflagration; this, it is asserted, was the work of Chinese incendiaries. Another British steamer, with a valuable cargo, Los been carried off by the Chinese pmeengen, and all the Europeans on board killed. Nor ie all the s tatement, in our telegraphic asesisge, that the simmer at the time of her capture carried the Por tunes flu. would seem to imply that our naval lees in the Canton river was Madman to the protection of our mercantile man e. Instead of strengthening their position in China, the British authorities appear to have been losing ground. Ani err combustion is spreading. Sarawak has bees attacked by the Chinese settlers In Borneo; and thaiegis Sir JAMES BIOOKZ, on the arrival of rein ihreements, turned the tide of battle, and inflicted a wooers retribution on the assailants, he himself appears to have had • narrow escape at the lint nemt, while his colony has suffered severely. It is impossible to read this disastrous tale without reverting to the telegraphic MM. be widish publicity was so hastily and ninni► timely given by the Admiralty in the heat of thebite etsetions. The purport of that message was int Tax had been instructed by the Central °messing at Pekin to make overtures for peace. How Menke mendacious this assertion was is now apparent. to le from suing for pesos, the Imperial Coramissicser at iliregkcmg is pressing the English forces hard. It cannot now be said that the war on the part of Om Chinese is a mere Government war, for which Nor people have no wish, but to which they are In. opted by the intimidation of the Mandarins. The lismdarin influence does not extend to Sara elk. The unexpected, and, apparently, an poroked attack on the English settbresent erre, can only have been instigated by a spon taneous ebullition of national feeling. What has hap rind at Sarawak, may happen at Singapore, Pe mu, and Malacca, at all of which there are wine ram Chinese populations ; and at all of which the prrixon• have been diminished with a view to for- ward reinforcement" to China. The raceme pub lished during the elections by the Admiralty bore from the beginning unequivocal marks of being pore fabrication. The Admiralty, even while pabliihing it, could not but be aware of its utterly untrustworthy character. It purported be contain no more than the substance of a report current among the passengers on beard the Bombay. The Bombay end by the postal arrangements could me bile s mail front China. Why, then, wee weal be* imi selmstations publicity given to so walla= amour by • Department of the Orwanmentf Olden, to istbseses the elections then b poems It mei Go we of Government to represent Ilmo Sir 11114116101 by the firm front presented by do bola la lie %Mon river. Government had in • mom pet s 1 the election upon the justification of tba =dies it lid given to the proceedings of its repressalatives in China. And to produce a temporary impression bramble to the policy of that sanction, a prima* Begailmont et the Government did not sample to circulate as authentic news a TURSORE to which its heads weld not poseilly have given the slightest credit even fee a moment. Our readers will remember the means by which poor CHARLES BULLER once said--half injoks,half in earneet—the Reform Bill bad been tarried. Government would seem to have been determined to win the late elec tions by his recipe. This unprincipled conduct of Lord PALHIROTON'S underst rap p ers must not be forgotten ; but this is not the time to dwell upon it. That discussion most be reserved for a period of less passing emergency. The only question for the present is, what is to be done for the succour of our countrymen in China? Our opinion respecting the origin of these hostilities remains unchanged. We have never denied that the Chin e° authorities Wee at times pursued a line of conduct of which EMI& men have had just reason to complain. But we alinn—and all the evidenoe yet produced tends la corroborate oar opinion—that no &slag est ag had been perpetrated by - the MEM et th timed the rapture, or for a time previous. An overweening opinion el power, an uncles depreciation of Oise ense u ge and perseverance, tempted our repaessolattres China to embark in a quarrel is it is now obvious they did not poems the bales to carry out to a successful Wee. For a son tele they have goaded the whole Chinese natio' into a state of frantic excitement. The myrsar . II MINN are ' pressing hard upon the haadtal et ling l& settled at Hongkong or Canton. A esniribonsita et their advantageous position is inflaming the einiletive faring.. It cannot now De helped ; newt fight with them before we can hope that they wM listen to us. Our few countrymen , hemmed in by a na tion, are eagerly and anxiously looking homewards for help. When and how is that help to reach them ? We were told that the peace with Persia 'would enable Government to transfer to China the services of the Persian Gulf expeditionary force ; bat, according to the latest intelligence from Bookie., military operations are still in progress there. At bans one transport, destined for China, was obliged to put back because she was not seaworthy ; a sexed, because, by some inconceiv able Dangling, she anchored in well-known ground, a few miles from Portsmouth, in each slovenly fashion that the turn of tide shipwrecked her on her own anchor. Strange stories, too, are current about the confusion which prevails in the Ordnance Depart ment ; about bewildered clerk' confounded by counter-orders treading on the heels of orders; about a state of confusion unsurpassed even in the earlier months of the Crimean campaign. Add to these Lord ELGIN'S tardiness in proceeding on his mission. The English people may yet have to pay dearer than they imagine for the blended arrogance and imbecility displayed by their rulers and representatives in their relations with China. THERE la one practical question connected with Military Education which seems at present to excite a good deal of interest—we mean the age at which young men designed for the Army ought to com mem their professional career. It is so difficult to disease the profession for which a lad is best fitted, MIRO dangerous to force him into a pursuit for which he has no real taste, that parents are naturally averse to devoting their sons to any particular profession bias it is absolutely neemosary. On the other honi.it is obviously far the public interest that the ego beyond which • yams man cannot enter • given prelinion should be Ind ea late as possible, in mihr that the held at selestioa may be widened, and Set those only who hoe a Wile for the thing mm/ Wee= melabere of that peohnelen. At moo dr Indeed it was the prosidling opinions Ord boys intonieff he the army shoehihe devoted to it hem a very only age, and the form of Witham into Woolerish /MOM Giant to a mhos defer Lion by a punt ethic sea le the Malley swim et his country. And la this respect swim reeemblenes has been observed between the prudes at Woolwich and the practice in Austria. Bull views are now exploded, and it seems to by admitted that the beet system is that eceoldimg to whisk • youth pursues his general edneetisa dB the ago at about 17, and then comments , his episodes pedal. Mona adulation. Take way urea who has begun his yeehognfil easeaties et se early age. mid oaths men whelks' dew no atm having eangieted blegmealoinallen ot mar public school or abr. It le imgendhle to end& observing the differesse betmes• these. How wit keen and well instructed the home may be, be ibis it difficult to apply his mini to cagiest his own oposiel subject. His peejudieeasne generally strong, kis views contracted, his powers et expression in adequate to the task of clearly explaining even these natters with which he is most bendier. Mg*, then, trem am experience of men trained As ether peewit% our peers! conclusion would be in terms et pretponing till a comparatively late period the meensencemest of a special training for the army. But this matter is not left to mere speculation. The practice of foreign countries formerly was to begin special military education et a very early age. This practice, however, after a long trial, is now being gradually abandoned. I Upon this plat the history of the Polytechnic 'School is sinigalarly instructive. The experiment— sap the minelle Report of the three Conunissioners,l so e m' s gaild—of thus making a good genteel alhaudila es basis of a special military one, seems lobos Ws lint tried on the foundation of the ' School in 1793, and the idea is in great molooto dee to the practical genius of FoURCIOT and CAIXOT. On the very first establishment of this school young men were allowed to eater it at the average age of 18, with the pro- spect of joining the army after two or three years ; and it was soon found that they brought to their special studies a freshness and energy tar greater than boys who had been taught and perhaps sated with military subjects from the age of 12 and 13. This system was gradually extended to other places of education until the year 1814, after which' leo principle of juvenile military education may be mid to have been entirely abandoned. Accordingly, Os plan now pursued In France is to give no pro diodonal teaching ad training until boys are emerging into toted—in fact, till eighteen ache prod cascades may be sl ued emilimsl MIM eempleted. Other countries are grain* aye* Or or view, and even now the peedite et Pewit egress ia this respect with that el Fromm. The advantages of thus postponing the oommeneement of a special military education are indite& upon with great force in the Report to which we have already alluded ; and the Commis sioners fortify their opinion by evidence drawn from the members of nearly all professions. Sir JOHN HIMOOTNE, Sir HOWARD DOCOLAS, General CHEI4- Mr, Colonel Lustros, Captain HALTON, and many ethers, are nmedmously of opinion that professional adasetlaa iambi not begin until 18 ; and General Womaalav ti his evidence before the Sandhurst Osmidlhaci diffinetly says—" We always find that ahem at a later age become better awl aims sad tea." Such being the state of the lonm,ffinemadiffienit to overlook the practice of foreign 4ersodia sad the unanimous opinion of our own THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1857. °Seers ; and we are disposed therefore to concur with the Commissioners that 16 should be the earliest limit for entrance into a Military College, and 19 the latest, thus making the average age be• tween 17 and 18. _ If, therefore, there is any truth in the rumour that Sandhurst is to be reorganised, we trust that this point with respect to the age of the candidates for admission will not be forgotten. At present we know that for admission into the scientific corps of the army patronage hasheen altogether abolished, and young men are admitted by an open competitive exa mination. These candidates must be between seven teen and twenty when they present themselves. It appear', therefore, that so far as the scientific corps —the Artillery and Engineers—are erawersed, • youth may, before entering that branch of the profession, enjoy all the benefits of a general education ; he may exercise himself in those ge nerd and preparatory studies which meditate what is emphatically called • liberal °dandies, and by remaining at a public school till boyhood merges into adolescence, he may take advantage of that salutary training which those great institutions can alone confer, and the advantages of which are most felt during the latter stages of pupillage. But if the limit of age fined for admission into reformed Sandhurst be assimilated to that for admission into the scientific corps, the same advantages will be placed within the reach of the Cavalry and Infantry as are placed within reach of the Artillery and Engineers. Nor can we doubt the value of these advantages, for we are per suaded that young men entering upon now stadia at an age when they can understand their bearing on their profession, and having, as it were, a fresh start, if they have hitherto been cankers, are likely to pursue them with far more energy and interest than if they had begun them at an early age, before they became alive to their importance. To those who have families to provide for, thew things are not unimportant. If any man has a son to whom he has been able to give a good education until the age of 17, let him consider how various are the careers now open to the youth. He may bossed to an English University, and eo pass on into Oda% is the bar, or to medicine. He may present hingelike examination and obtain &civil appointment to India, where there is scope for the highest abilities. In stead of this, he may present himself to the Civil Service Commissioners as • candidate in those cora petitive examinations which we hope to see still fur ther developed, and obtain some respectable place under Government. Or again, ho may challenge the examiners for the Artillery and Engineers to test his powers, and if ho can prove himself the best of the competitors he will obtain a commission. Finally, if be fail in all these he may enter the proposed Military College, and obtain a commission in the Cavalry or in the Infantry. It is the true wisdom of a great country like England to make the best use of the materials at her disposal—and of these materials the talents and the energies of her sons are assuredly not the least valuable. Let us, therefore, do what we can to promote this system of opening up the avenues to every public employment so that they may be filled by the ablest men. THE writer of the ministerial article in the Bdia. burgh Review is beyond all question intimately emaciated with Ministry. He pleads tie *use of Ws-officials with a warmth and emphasis that leaves little doubt of his being one himself. After enume rating the more remarkable and importantexcluaions from the new Haase of Commons, he gives his " special regrets" to Mr. Under-Seeretary BALL, " an Irishman without faction, and a Roman Catholic without bigotry." He is also, as in duty bound, filled with admiration of his chief; and, while aspersing Lord JOHN RUSSELL in every way that hie perverse and mischievous ingenuity can suggest, be lauds with hyperbolical extravagance the " consummate skill," the " light touch," the " fine temper," the " steady adherence to friends," the " generous for bearance to adversaries," and " the incomparable manners" of Lord PALMEZETON. That the minis terial trumpet-blower in the Edinburgh is also either a writer in or largely influences the columns of one of our morning contemporaries, may be inferred from the almost identical phraseology in which Lord lons RUSSELL is therein bespattered, and Lord PALMER. , RON and Mr. BALL eulogised. There were days when the Bilashotegli Review held a very different estimate of the past services and the political cape, city of Lord JOHN RUSSELL just as there were also days—not very far distant either—when the journal in question regarded the presence of Lord PALMA/STEN as the great blot in the Itu.sELL Cabinet. It must be admitted, however, that the exclusion of an Under-Secretary for the Colonies, who never opened his lips in the House of Commons, and whose failure in his own department has been notorious and signal, is a somewhat original topic of regret for the great and once renowned quarterly organ of Whiggery. Whether this absurd apotheosis of poor Mr. BALL be intended to pave the way towards the preservation of his place now that he has lost his seat,we shall soon see. But if it be proposed that Mr. BALL, Mr. F. PEEL, and Lord Moncx shall retain offices which are essen tially political, without seats in the House, and with oat the confidence of any constituencies, a new rule will have to be introduced into the practice and working of our constitutional system which will re quire the early ocnsideration of Parliament. For many reposes members holding office are already too nume rals in the House of Commons, and of late years there has no doubt been an increase in one direction, which might in some respects justify a diminution in other directions. The Presidents of the Poor Law Board and of the Beard of Health, and the Vice- President of the Committee of Council on Education, have of late been added to the array on the Treasury bench ; and it must now be asked, on constitutional as well as practical and business grounds, whether the services, official as well as parliamentary, of three Lords of the Treasury, of three Lords of the Admi ralty, and of three Under-Secretaries of State, could not be altogether dispensed with. While making this suggestion, however, wo must protest against any exceptional course being followed merely to cover the parliamentary misfortunes of either Lord MoNcx, Mr. BALL, or Mr. PEEL. If the time has come for a re-consideration, on general principles, of the exigencies of minor and subordinate office, it ought is be gravely and deliberately entered on. Let us bare no favouritism practised to keep Lord MmicE, Mr. BALL and Mr. PEEL at the Colonial and War napes and in the Treasury. Such a procedure will not be in accordance with oar Perlis mentary system of government. If it is to be bad indispensable that future Under-Secretaries wad Lords of the Treasury shall have seats in the House, there is no earthly reason for dispensing with that qualification now. The three gentlemen we have referred to ought, in that case, either to pro vide themselves with constituencies, or to resign the offices which they first acquired because they had seats in the House of Commons. Passing over the well-meant attempt of one sub ordinate member of the Government in his quality of an Edinburgh Reviewer to preserve their places for other subordinate members of the Government — passing over, too, his malignant attack on Lord JOHN RCEELLL sod his parasitical eulogies of Lord PAL- MZILSTON—Iet us hear what he ha to say about the prospects of the new Parliament. To the Liberal party it opens, he assures us, " a glorious and boundless future." It is, he avers, a Parliament so well elected that it will not " be hurried into rash and violent measures." In one page, indeed, this underling in office will have it that it is for Parliament to indicate what it wants, and for the Government to supply the want ; but in another he propounds the astounding theory that " the end of all representative assemblies "is merely to pro vide a field of choice for ministries• This is simply . . a repetition of the cant with which we have of late been nauseated by his brother sub-official in the columns of the Econom i st: and the con clusion dell this farrago of words and of nonsense is, that Lord PALMERSTON must pursue a liberal foreign policy, and " deal with several momenLous questions of domestic policy." What these questions are, or by what spirit the domestic policy of Lord PAUURSTON is to be animated—for up to this time he has had none at all—this gentleman, who scatters broadcast both his censure and his lauds tins, gives his readers not the faintest notion—pro- bably for the best of all good reason'. In the first place, it is most likely that he knows nothing ; and in the second, that, in spite of all his smartness and glibness, he is afraid of predi cating anything of his superiors in office. The best course an essayist in this predicament could have pursued would have been to have held his tongue. Instead of doing so, he betakes himself to abuse of Lord Jon" and to sneers at Civil and Religious Liberty—vainly imagining that such declamation will best servo Lord PAL MER4TON. This a all very agreeable and easy work in the Edinburgh Review and in the Times news- paper ; but something more will be required for the new House of Commons. There is, for instance, Parliamentary Reform. The first week of the Session will bring that question before the House, even if Ministers omit it from the QUEEN'S Speech. Such an instalment as Mr. Lucre KING'S bill might have been accepted. Then there is the question of the admission of the Jews to the House of Commons. The City of London has again elected Baron Rontscumn. Four times, in one form or another, has the House of Commons sent bills to the Lords to abolish this last remnant of ecclesiastical and religious intolerance. In the new House the Liberal majority has been very largely increased. The main argument in the Lords for rejecting previous measures has been the decreasing majorities on the question in the Commons. Now, happily, there is an opportunity of showing the Lords how deplorably those declining majorities misrepresented the opinions and wishes of the con stituencies of England on this subject ; and if the Government do not at once, without the smallest avoidable delay, introduce a measure, Lord Jolty RtssELL, despite the sneers of the Times, will, me should hope, take up the question. The emanci pation of the Jews has a better chance of being car ried as part of a comprehensive measure of Parlia mentary Reform than as an isolated question. Nor is the removal of Jewish Disabilities the only subject connected with religious liberty that must be speedily dealt with. The opinions expressed at the hustings on the subject of Maynooth indicate the utter impossibility of kee -1 ing that question as it now stands. Everyone feels that the Act of 1846—like many other of the late I Sir It. PEEL'S measures—either went too far or I not far enough. It has not withdrawn from annual parliamentary discussion this most distressing ques tion. If the Cabinet do not voluntarily bring the subject before Parliament, it will be quickly forced r upon Parliament. Legislation with reference to Ilf•onneth—soontancous or comnulsorY—shawls to be inevitable; and it does not appear how the larger issues for Ireland involved in that petty question can be leR untouched if it is dealt with. The question of Church Rates is much in the same position. It will pursue, perplex, and damage this , and every other Government until it has received a solution in permanent legislation. Like Reform of Parliament itself, like the Jew question, like Maynooth, there is no escape from a settlement of Church Rates. Law Improvement no doubt pews; the subject of Local Port Dues must be Nettled; the Estimates must be voted; and the miserable blunders committed in the preparation for Chinese hostilities show how much has yet to be done in the way of Administrative Reform. These are all subjects of the very highest in terest; but even they imply no adequate expression of great principles. It is not in them that we shall find any test as to what the domestic policy of Lord PALMERSTON really is. We must insist on knowing the line of conduct he means to pursue on the higher class of great political questions; for on that knowledge will depend the amount and extent of support ho will receive from the Liberal party. What we want are not " consummate skill," " light touch," .• tine temper," ' or " incomparable manners" only ; but sound prin ciples, deep and earnest convictions, and resolute conduct in opening up to the Liberal party that • glorious and boundless future," of which the • writer (or writers) in the Edinburgh Review and Times talk so glibly. MEETING OF P, The following circular hu been addreiwed by the Premier to the presumed supporters d hie government in the coning pmliam®t .94, Piccadilly, 20th April, 1857. "Sir,—l take Coe liberty of informing yon that the House of Commons will meet on Thursday, the 30th of this month, and will proceed on that day to the choke of • Speaker; and that the address in answer to the Queen's Speech 11 al be moved on Thursday, the 7th of Way. " I hope it may be consistent with your convenience to attend on those days.—l have the honour to be, your obe dient servant, " PALMMUITOII." ELECTION INTELLIGENCE. (IT Rains AND 19.1118 NACINICTIC TILLIOZAPNI 11antgolscry - 1,649 Brady 986 688 Mn. WARNER AND ERE ELECTORS OF NOR wien.—Tbe fallowing letter (signed _by a consid era ble num ber of electors) wee lately addresse d to Edward Warner, Eeq. :—" Honoured and dear Sir, — We, the undersigned electors of Norwich, duke hereby to express our warm ap probation of your conduct as our late representative in liament, and especially of your late conscientious vote rela tive to the Chinese war, in the propriety of which vote we fully concur; and we deeply regret that your _name should have been withdrawn from the amyl candidates at our present election. Norwich, March 27, 1867." The following reply has slue been received, sddreessd to Mr. J. W. Down, of this city Grosvenor-place, April 16, 1867.—My deer Sir,—l have received through your hands an address signed by =ay of my late con stituent., in which they do me the knee to 'sprees their approval of my condact in parliament, sad their regret that my political connexion with N should have been brought to a close. May I beg you to convey to those gen tlemen my seams of their kindness in taking this opportunity, amidst the political excitement of the times, to recognise my humble efforts to &chirp faithfully the important trust which was committed to me. Amidst the many difficulties which escompared the questiou which led to the dissolution, it is gratify's( to me to know that the course, which I thought it rigid to take, however unpopular at the moment, has met with your effincelou, sad that of so may of my friends.—l am, my dear sir, very faithAtry yours, EDWAILD Wautza." ht Court. The Duchene of Kent and the Duchess de Nemours visited the Queen petards, at Buckingham Palace. Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales, the Prinocas Royal, and the Primeness Alice, Helena, and Louisa, honoured the Ezhibition of the Society of Painters in Water Colours, in Pall-mall End, with a deli in the morning. The Prism and the same members of the royal family honoured with a viait in the afternoon the Gallery of the New Society of Painters In Water Colours in Pall-mall. In attendance were Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Lucy Kerr, the Hon. M. &divine West, Captain Du Plat, and Mr. Gibbs. Prince Albert afterwards rode on horseback with the Prince d Wake, attended by his Equerry in Waiting, and visited the Duchess of Gloucester. Priam Arthur took a carriage drive.. The Duchess of Gloucester —w remained last evening much In the sum state. Inquiries after the state of the royal duchess were made et Gloucester Home on the pert of the members of the royal family both yesterday morning and in the evening. ' " _ The Duke and Dachas de Nemours visited the Duchess of Kont yesterday, at Clarence Douse, St. James's. The Princess Royal paid a visit to the Royal Duchess on Thunday. The deputation appointed at the public meeting last year regarding the park presehings, had en interview yesterday with Viscount Palmerston. The deputation consisted of the Bev. 3. J. Bolton, MA., Kilburn; T. T. Crylsbace, A.M., Convener ; W. 1). Long, AM., St. Paul's, Bermondsey ; Edward H. Nelson, M.A., St. Stephen's, Regent's Park; and G. W. Weldon, ditto, and St. Cross, Spring Gardens. A statement of the object of the deputation was reed to his lordship by the converter. The Royal Commission for determining the site of the new N►tional Gallery met on Thursday, at 17, Greet Queen street, Weetiiiinster. Present, Lord Broughton (chairman), the Dean of St. Paul'a,Proftimor Faraday, Mr. Cockerel, and Mr. Richmond. The Bishop of British Guiana had an interview on Thurs day with Mr. Secretary Labouchere, at the Colonial Office. Despatches were sent yestorday from the Colonial °Mee to the Governon albs North American Provinces. widths Go vernors of the West Coast of Africa. 7718 DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER. The following bulletin of the health of her Royal Higlutes. the Duchess of Gloucester woe lamed this carer:mg: . _ _ "Gloucester Howe, April 25, 9.30 a.m. "Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has posed a quiet night. " There is no material change in Der Royal Highness's general conditios. (Signed) " FRANCIS HAWKINS, M.D. "Rosser Fanousox, M.D. "EDWARD H. Huss." His Grace the Archbishop of York and Mrs. Musgrave entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in Belgrave-square. . . The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at their villa residence on Censpden Hill tart evening, from Meade, The Earl and Countess of Clarendon entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in The Earl of Minto left town a few days since for !dint° Castle, neer liewitk, N.E. His lordship is expected in town about the 6th of next month. The Earl and Countess of Chichester are staying at Steamer Park, Sussex, and will not return to town until the latter end of next month. The Dowager Countess of Clonmel and the Ladies Scott are expected in town in a few days from Torquay, Devon, for the season. The Countess Dowager of Morley arrived in town • few days since from &Warn, Devonshire. The most Earl and Ccontre will not return to town until the latter end slant wash. Lord and Lady Kenyon and family arrived in town a few days mince from Oredington, Flintshire, for the NSSOIL Lord and Lady Carington and family are staying at Tkkford, his lordship's scat, seer Neerport-Pagaall. _ - . . - Laura Countess of Antrim and Lady Helen ]['Donned have arrived at their residence, 31, Upper Oroevenor•street, from a visit to Barton-Constable, for the The General Kherkdine, Miniatre de la Marine do Son Altesee Le Bey de Tortil, accompanied by Colonel Heassein, Colonel Kan, and Ileahomed Ali, has arrived at Claridge's Hoeg, from Parts. The Ruches; of Sutherland was amongst the Rev. C. H. Spurgeon's congregation at the Surrey Music Hall list Sunday morning. EARL FITLIARDINGE AND Ills Ilsonui.—The latest accounts respecting his lordship'■ illness see very un favourable. Up to about a week ego he was considered to Demuth better, but sines that time his appetite has failed, and but little hopes are entettained of his rallying spin. We have authority for stating that a paragraph which has gone the round of the papers, to the effect that Lord Fitzhartlinge has been reconciled to his brother, Mr. Grantley Berkeley, le totally inceracra. It is so far fact that the leading gentle men of the county, among them Colonel %ingemte, ems., deputed Captain Francis Berkeley to express their wishes, in conjunction with his own, that the earl would sec hie brother for the purpose of a reconciliation; and Mr. Graniley Berkeley awaited the event of his nephew's mission at the vicarage in the town of Berkeley, bat the reply was peremptory refusal.—Bristol Mercury. It is seriously asserted in the Trieste,. Zeitung that M. Caveman, of Lodi, hes succeeded in procuring silk from mulberry-leaves. The silkworm is henceforth to remain undisturbed in what Gibbon calla its "golden tomb ; " and that may prove sober fact which Weller wrote es s Sight of fancy—that _ _ Without - the worm. hi Portia& .11k. we Atha" " Having got m far," (observes the Lancet, " it will scarcely excite surprise if some enterprising philosopher announces that he has succeeded in overcoming the proverbial impossi. tidily of making a silk puree out of a sow's ear, skinning a flint, getting blood out of a stone, or takin the brooks off • Highlandman." Within the last week the cuckoo has been heard and the swallow has been seen eying is the neighbourhood of Ewood, in Lower Darwen. "A swallow," says the Westmoreland Gazette, " was seen skimming over the village of Ingleton on Monday last, and twittering as gaily as if on a warm summers day. Upon seeing the snow capped summit of Ingleborough, the fair harbinger wisely left for a more genial locality." THE BROTItEETON MEmovata...—lt has been dc termined that the Intended memorial to the late Joe. Bro therton, Bsq., M.P. for Salford shall consist of a monument over his tomb, in the Salford cemetery, at New Barn, end of • bronze statue in the Peel-park, Salford. The commission for the statue bee been given to Mr. Matthew Noble, and its coat will be 1,000 guineas. The pedestal will be of granite. THE FINCHLET CEMETERY.—Yesterday, at the meeting of the vestry of St. Einem held at the Vestry hall, Camden-town—the Rev. T. D ale in the chair—on the preeentation of the accounts of the burial board, • minute of the board was reed relative toe protest made by the vicar spinet the payment of gratuities to Mr. Freeman for offi ciating at interments in the nonconformist portion of the Finchley cemetery. The auditors considered that it was not their duty to decide a question of law, and expressed them selves that the payment was resionable. The rev. chairman begged to be understood that his protest against the pay ment of Mr. Freeman for reading the service in the conse crated ground, was not in reference to the amount, for he, thought that 81d. per . funeral was wretched retatuotration but it was upon pnnaple, and as to the legality of the pay ment, that ho bad protested against it. The reply of the auditors wee just what ho expected. Mr. Eckett, amidst confusion, in reply, read a statement, showing that of the 7621. I la 2d, remind during the year for interments in the consecrated ground, the vicar was paid 1781. Bs. dd., the church trustees 1421. 18e. 4d., the parish clerk 621. 9a. 7d., and commission to undertakers 311. 7a. 61d. ; so that all the burial board got for the pariah wee 3571. out of the cozen anted ground. With regard to the =consecrated round the ewe was different. They bad received for interment fees 6611. 17e., and all they had to pay out was 661. 10s. to Mr. Freeman for reading the armee in that grenad, and 201.4 a. 2jd. as undettakers commission, thug leaving to the benefit of the burial board for the pariah 5671. A resolution to the Ake that the auditors' minute be panted with the accounts was paned after a warm dieemmimi, the chairman in patting the question statingtluit Imbed ehargedthe burial board with baring adopted deceptive and illegal proceedings, sad he should take we the parish should know it. INN CHINA APPOINTMENTS. (From the Eramiarr.) We have not been in any haste to remark upon the appointntents of Lord Elgin and General Ashbomhain. Th e nomination of Lord Elgin wee received with general tans, faction. He had acquitted himself passably well in Canada, where it Irma his business to let the people govern them. selves, and to meddle ao little as possible. lie had to ply tha part of hinge to a door, and he performed it whines making. What nears could be desired Y A riot, however, broke ont at Toronto, sorely discompoeed him, for it was &thaw out °fhb line of business, and he certainly appeared to lose his head on that occasion. But no matter. Every now and then the world agree* to emdt .m 011542, and every hand le lent to pulling and hauling him up to lofty position. It is a gnat comfort to the public to have anu of this sort to put its trust in upon titration. It is ell s matter of faith. Totes( quia posse rirletor. The county be. it. Mrs. Harris upon a pinch. If Lord Palmerston bad sent anybody but Lord Elgin to China, no two ism would have met in the streets without wondering that Lord Elgin bad not been undid. Lord Elgin stood dot for any odd job of state. He would have been of no mark is ministerial office. His spocialty is rather running of errand', Whether his quiet ways will serve the purpose of his mission to China remains to be seen, and it is to be hoped that Its will not bo put to any rude trial like that of the Toronto data. L'pon the appointment of General Aslitnanham to the command of her Majesty's forces in China, the question i• every mouth was, Who is he, what hos he done"' and the antecedent■ to the relative are now coming out. A writer is the 7 isus says " It was at the battle of Sobraon that General Ashburn. ham, then a lieutenant-colonel of the G2nd Foot, cseanandr4 a brigade, consisting of the 9th Foot and two regimentaof the Native Infantry. "At the mess-table of the 9th Foot, in March, 146, it was frequently alluded to how beautifully the brigadier 44 the brigade in • nullah, or deep ditch, until an aka tie Lord Gough's mad rode down, end, with more isopetumity than politeness, roared out, in reply to an observation a the brigadier, Manauvring be There are the bet ' teries, and the chief says you are to charge them. This order the brigade received with a burly cheer, and dil charge them most gallantly!' Another writer in the same paper gins • more eiretunstan. tial account of this gloriests passage of arras. • • • The very name number which prevents this ens. ple of the truth of despatches and the reward of merit Itee • loading article on the lying Persian account of th e , battle of Horshab. Our contemporary observes that "the official journalism which devotes itself to the concealment of events ham been introduced into Persia with great pain of success;' but can • finer specimen of this an be cited than the quoted despatch of Sir H. Gough, damning the very prudent halt of General Aehlenrnham in the dry ditch as a meritorious manmuvre, executed with great mole news and success ? We see that w e have omitted the quali. tying expression as a reserve," and if the account be inn, seldom has reserve been carried farther. Well, but do these statements, if worthy of credit, show that General Aahburnham was not a proper men for the China command ? It may be that we want dry-ditch way, in this China war. Chins is a very chins article, ems& jingly fragile, and England would hardly be matron other. self if China were to fall. We do not want to break up the empire of the brother of the sun. It may then be desirable to have • commander-in-chief who will not be too forward, too pressing, and who will make his halt in a safe and com fortable ditch, to give the enemy time to evacuate. The appointment of such a man cannot but be highly acceptable to the peace party. They have • guarantee that the war will be conducted without violence and Mood abed. Cool manoeuvring as a reserve in war, in the manner described, meet be permitted even by Mr. Cobden himself There was once upon a time a very swift-footed giant, who, laving to travel in company with other giants not so fest, resorted to the expedient of tying b , s legs *ether to mots himself companionable. General Achburnham la perhaps the ligature to keep our mighty expedition from going too fast. He is to bind it over to quiet behaviour. So far we have defended the appointment, assuming that the representations quoted to impugn the propeisty of it are true. All that we have heard from other sources el information is that General Aahburnham is an officer el fair, but no extraordinary repute, liable to the one objection of very bad health. But here precedent comes in tampon of the appointment, for General Elphinatone's gout did no disqualify him for the commend at Cabool. General Ash. burnbam has indeed lort no time in falling sick, and ha made his first stage of ailment at Malta. We apprehend that ditch at Rhodawallagh was not as dry and well aired In Ilying in ea it ought to have been. LAUNCH OF THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN (THIS DAY.) (LT LIACTRIC TELLORAPH.) PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY, Nov. The launch of the Royal Sovereign, 131 guns, wu most succesefully performed at a quarter put II this mae• log. The immense ship glided into the water in beautiial style, amid the acclamation,' of 40,000 persons. There is so aoeident of any kind to report. THE PRINCES OF DUDE AT LIVERPOOL Haring ramble a short time at the Ade lphi Hotel after their &Meal in Liverpool nu Thursday, the Onde Princes and suite, escorted by Wm. Brown ad Charles Turner Emirs., and attended by Major Bird aid Captain Fries , drove along the line of docks, and alighted a the Sandon Graving Dock. They were there taken on bon the Royal Mail steam ship Persia, where they spent half an-hour in examining that noble vessel. In the even* they visited St. George's Hall, and beard the organ per forename of Mr. Best. At half-poet ten o'clock yesterday forenoon the raid visitors and suite, escorted by the Mayor, Mr. Woe. Brow, and Captain Prim, left the Adelphi Hotel in six carriages Is the landing stage, where the new steamer Despatch was a readiness to convey them for a cruise on the Mersey. Dsr were met on the stage by Jas. A. Tobin, Esq., Barm Holm, Req., Thos. Bold, Esq., and Councillor Wagstaff Having embarked, the steamer ran down the Lancashire side of the Mersey, when those on board had a ce;tal view of the line of docks; crossing, when appo site the Battery, to the Cheshire ride, and landed at Hine , bead, where they paid a visit to the building - yard of lb. John Laird, and to the establishment of Mesas. I where the Atlantic submarine cable is being manufactured Having inspected these placee, the royal party again ant ce board the steamer, returned to Liverpool, and drove tote Town-hall, where a sumptuous repast awaited them. Aat perbildag of the hospitalities of the Mayor, the prince r wwited themselves at the bale ony overko'king the an afar Ixehange, and captained themselves much pleased with the view. They then visited the Cornwallis-street Baths, eve which they were conducted by Mr. Warted, chains+ 4 the baths committee, after which they returned to that hotel. Yesterday evening they were to attend the Theta Royal, the performance being under their patronage, indka the benefit of Mr. Charles Mathews. They will lean 110 day for Glasgow. NEW INVENTION TOR WINDING SILL- 3 Y English correspondent in Piedmont says " A great impose went is being introduced here in machinery for winding sof spinning silk direct from the cocoon,, aceotiling to an net lion of Mr. Dickens, of Middleton, near Ilsachester, tit machinery for which has been manufactured byMenn Gordon and Co., of Stockport. Some of the prineipl sew facturers in this country speak most f a vourably of this ef.' tent of the working of the machinery, and th e ea r ' quality of the silk produced by it. I have lately seen sa menu building in course of construction at Nowa the purpose of carrying out this system on a "matrix,: vole. It is the property of a company presided sew by Cavaliers Rend, the Syndic of that town, and is so kult ths if desired it can be increased to four times its weal size without inconvenience, but even in its algal proportione it will hove 12,000 spindles, driven by "" 12-honos power condensing engines, and employing betyw 300 and 400 hands. Mr. Emerson, of the arm of Nil/ sad Co., is noperintending the arrangements for out the building end putting up the machinery , wb4 hoped, will be reedy for tbo coming crop, and wbl successful, is likely to effect a perfect revolution in the tal manufacture of this country. The principal advem expected from this system IM—the power to reel at all tk eons any kind of cocoons not poeitively injured ; to rod lukewarm water; to employ children as operative ; nor* a more even and elaatic thread ; a certainty in the 'wool of twist required, thereby avoiding encore ; the Pomf“.. i t ". * or set in motion any one of the spindle, SO DO,. 7ritrot stopping the remainder ; a greater estracnon of ce from the c0000ne; and a vast economy in cost of ma.* fa wages, in space, and in power." Profaner Philippi at Turin, and M. K uchennwitiff a German meant, at Zittau, have moonily published It interesting observations on the formation of pen& former, in a number of pearls, found inside a small pro! worm of the family of the tremadotes, and be becareeconve‘ that this worm caused the formation of the pearl. 1111.2; sect entered the shell during the time it was op en, ewl n such irritation to the Bah, that, in order to ewer has y enveloped its enemy with a thick mucus, wbLob pearl. M. Endowment.' does not &Wee www/_,,„„„ opinion of the Piedmenteee smug., thiuklag that u m Which is in the Miele of every pearl is nut a wove dl hula al as insect. wh Pa sew V' Jai pi IA