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

NEW PIANOFORTE DUETS .—BOOSEY arl SONS' GIMP MINS it onus. ts do* sliss444 OA cssast=trom IS to IS sirs L Lib IL Si 4. arms' . . . .. • •Y. M. IL Ilwasabsis •.. ...... ...... ......... .... • 1: : M. S. .11•1110 7 —.. • ••••••••••:: In ea. I S a ir= - ...... ------- ts. OA. *e r...2=',V........ 11415 4 lbw • ILE NR I LAURENTS MARGUERITE POLM S. bessufalls essralisi t rot=o* mei., ISSldeal 404•14 r pra.ktror r ValLcreENßlt LAURENTS .r■Wis WAI.ITZ r gh. Ms 4s. ft 1116 g• MAW WIWI.. Is sseismelses4l MO. Isprial Yr sosilmi swum st inn pills ssi Selves ism Is Umiak. ILENRI LAURENT'S ARGYLL GALOP, ...i la l PO IN F i l it I . Wm' sidl semi be NW. ift../ 146021 11•111•4144.1. 3.— CRAMER, BEALE, sad Co., ma. amprama. la too oil dloowlos Al.. TySENBERG ou CORNS: the Malwwwww‘ rmwsks. =dam,. . 96 fIrio as be so doubt Ed Ur. 111111111•11L0 11 skill la modhoodol ttin i c h t i or ' . oL a tat;#4lb arh g" mod I ts idd at do www. rwasow. .PO mol ; wtoro be ow be easaavoll dodo tom Tat di /Wis. dor mind Otoolu Duda% urt IME7 Moon of Ur rim, •Wioni GOY or Ur memos lain °MIRO-GLASSES. The COMMERCIAL ki. ~....t ra0. ..m.,...m....di ..., .... „.. 1 .,..ra, Im i l , in awn WOW . ; ....... Mlsrapro Wilma Own: EIL I "" .....6 w..,1"141:. 8 . 4 Z1b• 1 • 11 4e',....e u m smi F g a ••• 14.4 der __ _, lia mess rad usa pr itraZt n emulbalisaftillems winuis aa ll = missa.." p was sada ORIGINALUs- OIL PAL•iTLNOS, by Old and Weirs Iliolem—lut Moms MCI mu as 11411.11, ail M seam as C. 31 ATIIOUS and OsCas W. .finasaulat. .U.matiansaa kauslos wads W 0.1•417 11141 elpeilary Urritall. -I I VERDI FESTIVAL at EXETER- —Os MOS DIM LTG U. ast A OIIDOID rm. OE of she Uwe aperas4laska .La 14.0.1 a. sod -• ' atia lasassaa Ia as a warm mow as lie ham slaw Vasahsts Ora fie, a m = 314, .._Vlin=4ltrau 1"114 "'. "bsTgaai MT= al Ilts asrasrums Owls, Ma ; renrssa soak M.I. sod la. %lasi al 'saw us sce. scoossues, Er aPa PIS gni* asL nOUPONS of Foreign Stooks mow duo ara PAID •,../ pardsres sow& ADAK 11111.1.11•111 mad Owl. IRCULAR NOTES mad FOREIGN MONEY. Wawa. mworia s trorgolitkcttir 422/ g ELSTragrunia."3.o.74lr " 1 0wa:24 Ta. Int expreogs. TO Wanner.... e.,......." Aberisebbeafe Webbed me "The tscatee," Looks Seeming yew. mei be at the Ode% 10 1 beeveribeibeee, by Tee e'Oedi ea ibe IN el yebbeedla. its equanimity and clearness of perception amid was , roonding &mars sad storms of angry posione t a senor *et gas met beim any estrthly pews I a passel aprons** which is the visible expression of all them high endowessals. It is of the unseat soeserease that the mem b ers of the new Hesse of Ceseenei4 base reseeding to the Seeks et a Brehm sissold ti Ogee bears themselves the doses and ingstent odes be will have to iiselmer, end the infirm, wideb hi, persocality mod I s seer their dionseire. It may depend essiiiernbly era the arises al their Brehm sbetber their dellisseethmo as lb be rentable to the aarrotzy, or idle and halm. It b Mar that the sod 'swim of two will be steady stormy. The redoes of rival statesmen lune 1 lam roused, end this alone would impart something men than seers animation to the debates bet the themes that will force themselves upon the consideration of the House are exciting enough without this. Parliamentary Reform, Church Rates, and other topic*, which stir up the deepest emotions of individuals, parties and sects — which rouse in the out-of-doors public, emotions whose contagious lanes°, will be felt within the House —cannot be longer staved off. And to say nothing of the exciting debates that will arise out of our relations in the far East, the whole Continent of Europe presents, at this moment, the aspect of a quiescent volcano whew slumbers are on the eve of being broken. The storm of debate will assuredly rage fierce and high in the new Parliament. Let members bethink themselves of these things; let them reflect upon the high qualities that will be required to preserve order in their Mikado:on and Slate them to as honourable and profitable issue. And hawing thee imams& themelvea with a clear perception of the gselitise 'midi are required in the men who is to reside seas, sad &do and control their dis ovidemb Ist gm then pass in review the allosaatroa and spoinselim of the different pelisse vino claims We already or tory kossaw west tip& tie ist them ask themeless dhipsedeesioly wM mei lbw parkkelelhe point sosist. asi *We byres, time qeslNMlkars Midi ere dideibie in a Speaker. The b rue mesestone a quid= to admit of permed prepesengess or party ponilleetiees being allowed any voice in its decision. Is candidate deficient in point of temper? Reject him though he be your own dearest friend, or recommended by there you most love and honour. Is a candidate known or suspected to labor under infirm health ? Listen not to his claims, or be will break down at some delicate and difficult crisis under the load of emotive labour. Is a candidate, though shrewd and well-informed, deficient in that impos ing manner which at once awes and wins? Do not imagine that mere intellect and integrity of purpose can qualify for the post. But if all, or most of the requiaites above enumerated meet in one candidate —or a greater amount of them than in any of his competitors—that is your man, to whatever shade of opinion or section of the House he may belong. We are glad to observe that Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT in his address the other day to the Electors of South Wilts, did not forget the important subject of Army Reform. The right hon. gentleman is abbot the only one of the candidates who alluded to tin im provement of Army Education in Ma grinind sachem, and who pledged himself to sapped mom \ s ures fitted to promote that end. It is idle to dhF guise the fact that not only the public, bid ma la office, are, generally speaking, profoundly igemertet the matter. Indeed, until the publication el the Report drawn up by Messrs. YOLLAND, Lain, and SIiTTILE on Foreign Military Education, it was diffi cult to obtain any correct information on this subject. But now that Lard PANYURE and Mr. MONSEEL I have furnished the country with the requisite infor motion, it will no longer be possible to ignore experience or to persevere in that system of ignoramus and favouritism which, commencing at the gam et 1815, has mainly contributed to does &aim which the nation still deplores. If NM ORM MIMES will only adhere to those views in the Hawse of Commons which be has agnmed on the hustings, the cause of Army Siscatioe is won. There is no man whose experi miee gives him more right to a bearing, for he filled the office of Secretary-at-War under the AISER -11 BUR Government, and wee then made cognisant of of the fatal defects in our military organisation. Hme am his position as • military reformer be mix sminsalsod ; for connected, as he is, intimately with the adatocracy—for whose benefit the present wits ezists—it is impossible to suppose that ha wild urge any change in the system unbar he mem =evinced of its necessity. There is, indeed, Mom man in Parliament who will, we hope, me lde mations on this important question—we meta the Duke of NEWCASTLE. Whatever may have been his failings, it would be unjust to deny that as War Minister he exerted himself to the utmost to infuse some order into that chaos which defied con trol. Other statesmen, piqued at the public indig nation which drove them from office, may have fal tered in their course, and counselled submission. The Duke of NEWCASTLE remained true to the last. If he failed to achieve success as a minister, lie had self-respect and patriotism enough to maintain his own dignity. The evidence of such a man as this in favour of military education. sad his advocacy in the House of Lords, would, we babe net, go far to convince the public of ib ibMinflt sasmag. pat rashly the most telling argument in favour of as impoved military system is that which we hare urged again and again in them columns, sad Milt we are glad to And repeated in Mr. SID. • limarba's speech to the South Wilts electors. oVenni either," he mid, " cut down our expendi ture, or impose new taxes. Which will you have? I believe that a great deal can be done by careful and jahtious retrenchment ; but I am not going to impair fhe diciency of our army and navy. A large =r ik e meat have—it is our great bulwark against aggression ; but it is not necessary that should vie with foreign countries in the tin alba army. We never had, and I hope we WINN alla have, a large army in time of peace ; but am rim, though small, should be se efficient and part hall its branches as possible. For that pur ging we amid take care that every staf officer is IlismagAly intrusted in his duties; that wok& MIMI re by merit, and not isifierour ; that the pli as et the ,private soldier b improved. Then our swig, filled with elms arlyeliaaaglishassa, sad lad by the best sorlimmi gillmillellmrs in the world, would be invinehhe In truth, the edinestba d ear Assn, especially of oar OW Others, le a gram bemenity and of emeity. At peened as dm* ipellaawy of ourcashiuls-'661101 het sit Wawa arm knows whoa he it bestaa—di sal he the maned justifying the jobbers at the Horse Otani in pointing men to high ccommil who carry in tie military operations at ea imemsty saalite human life. Nay, it le ae anammaa hear flippant ?Mg gentlemen me ha gal -1 lantry Si the ebbe merit of as officer. Eboarminent bravery dead he used not to screen the incompe tence of cams, but to do great things with • force which would probably be inadequate if com- VATIMASINT. r i cic, • LIM TULL. Nam& ONNIMe. l'ama. New. llown. art Out: MiL Ilts• .—* W %MI. Mama I.l•••,_ftion. lirradia.—Arl ICY 1111111•11D11 011ullm—Oommeme°%Ir im. TS Warm MONTT . KIER arr Trani*. Pirebard, Pear, Val llMMareAmml Tramaii; M. Ilreakm arA Ws M. CONY. AGTHAM,A_MD MILAMMIAM. M. Redolasa. T W MS AT CAMMORML—Dram mai Mt NIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Ts DST —Korals —...... Moses Sasow--alsies, lass. LONDON, SATURDAY. APRIL 4. Cam remelt of the General Elections is already certain; the Parliament now in the process of formation will contain an unusually large proportion ef new members. This eirnuastance will necessarily mareent the regret that has been so universally felt Ind expressed at the resignation of the office of Speeker by Mr. Lerma. It is at all times an ar omas ask to maintain order, and ensure despatch and nseuracy in the transaction of the bewildering natitiplicity of business that comes before en English Bebe of Commons. And the difficulty is immensely bereaved when a considerable number of the gentle- Mr who compose it hare bad no previous experience of the forms by which the proceedings of the House are regulated. The perfect mastery of the forms of the HMO possessed by the late SPLAKER—his pitted and {impressive demeanour—his imperturbable emvlty and cosutesy—all would have been severely tested by the numerous raw recruits who are about to assemble at Westminster; and it will be no cry natter to find a competent successor. The qualifications required in a Speaker are such as we rarely found combined in an individual. It Is almost unnecessary to remark that he must be endowed with Herculean powers of continuous &p- The labour which he has to perform in public is trifling compared with what devolves upon lion in the intervals between the sittings of the House. The previous preparation and arrange ment of business absorbs him entirely from the thOlDellt be quits the chair until he again resumes it. Both in the chair and in what may be termed his " chamber practice," the Speaker must be able to bring to bear upon every measure or question 'submitted to the Legislature, an extensive and diversified acquaintance with the precedents of the House of Commons. And this knowledge he must be able to recall and apply, while the House is sitting. on the spur of the moment, amid the dis tractions of debate, with question pressing upon question, and eager speakers ever prone to diverge from the regular tract of basin'.. Again, amid the contagious excitement and irritation of party and personal feuds, and impromptu squabble", be must exercise a constant and stern control over his own tamper. Nor is it enough that by natural saga city and by a powerful will be should have brought his temper ander complete control. He requires to be gifted with that genial immoveable good humour win* epenotas upon angry masses as if by a kind eir maul contagion. In addition to theme qualities, the Ira who is to direct and guide the deliberations ef so numerous an assembly of high-spirited and amilitiova men, animated by intense rivalry, with Gash to win and much to Ire, must, by the write tenor of his life, have impressed upon time discordant elements a profound con_ victim of his perfect integrity and impartiality. The least shadow of suspicion of an inclination to chicane or indirect practices would neutralise all the asidance he might have won by the hesthigh intel lect and the most engaging manners. In setch of an ideal Speaker we may not omit the considera tions of personal appearance and demeanour. It is no exaggeration to say that WASHINGTON never could have accomplished what he did for his country bad sot nature set the seal of command upon that bayed arrive chin and erect bearing. And so with the Speaker of an English House of Commons. His presence ought to fill the eye—his ges tures, even his bearing in repose, should leave the impression of energy and resolution tem pered only by urbanity and the repose of conscious power. His utterance should be lucid, weighty, and marked by a sustained dignity. In short, there is needed in a Speaker an irreproachable previous character; extensive and accurate knowledge of busi ness in general, and of the forms of the Hobe in par tnere ; a examending yet genial and loveable dis position ; perfect impartiality, candour, and fair' nese in all his dealings; a gunk, instinctive diweratment of the character of men; a ready, distinct, and dig nify' mode of titnewooe ; a spirit that can preserve THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, APRIL 4, 18b7. posed of troops inferior to our own. We should like—or rather except far the experiment's sake we should not like—to see our ordinary Generals in command of Russian troops opposed to Russian Generals in command of British troops. The trial, if disastrous, would be singularly instructive. Moreover, an educated Staff moat be more econo mical than an uneducated Staff. To feed, move, gni nonceavre 60,000 men requires fe m ur heed. '!fie i such a thing as a science of war, and these Itite have studied that science ought to hold*, pineipal poets in that profession whose beim war. Part of that science is to produce the pasted possible results with the smallest passible means. The making war cheaply is one of the best tests of an able officer. The advocates of retrenchment, therefore, ought to be the most strenuous 'dramass of army reform and army education. There is one other point, however, which we trust not omit to notice. Mr. SIDNEY HIRBERT, 'peeking before the Dissolution on the M'NEttt-Tou,octi business, declared that one of the chief difficulties in the way of a War Minister who desired to do his duty was the difficulty of knowing where to find the most capable officers. They are buried among the common herd. The able men who have devoted themselves for years to the study of the pro fession are hidden—they have no mark upon them. According to the present system it requires months, perhaps yam, before the able officer islmown. We have not yet forgotten the fact that when the war broke out Lord RAGLAN sent for a list of those officers who bed passed through the senior departarset at Sand herst—had no war broken out they would weer have lees heard of—or that other fact, soseled by Sir RICIIARD AIIET, that even at Sebesiopsk *did all the distractions of a great siege and the peens of the battle-field, he held an examination to 10 lit qualifications of those officers who aspired to et plase on the Staff before appointing them. These facts amply confirm the statement of Mr. SIDNEY HERBERT,thltin thepresent statcof thingsitis impos sible to distinguish the able officer from the incom petent officer ; and they amply prove the necessity of setting on foot some plan by which those men who really intend to devote themselves to their pro fession may be set apart for the higher potations — such as thew on the Staff. Such men would be re gularly educated in the 'ciente and practice of war ; and a War Minister would then have no difficulty in selecting for employment those officers who deserved his patronage. TUE SULTAN has made an innovation which may turn out to be of considerable importance, in nomi nating a 'Minister of Justice and a Minister of Public Instruction, to take their seats in his Council, and preside over these two departments. The import ance of such a measure will be felt at once, when it is observed that the attributes of both these minis tries hitherto belonged to the Scheik El Islam, the functionary who combined in his own person the offices of high priest and chief judge of the Otto man Empire. How this dignitary has been or will be induced to see his high functions tilled by others, and by what we may call laymen, remains to be told. Hitherto, in Turkey, as is well known, all priests and judges were formed in the same school, and belonged to the same corporation of the Ulema. On issuing from this school, or after having passed the probation time required in this corporation, those Median who did not become imams or priests were advanced to judicial functions, in the first instance to those of • ea& or naib, and finally to the dignities of mollah and of mufti. The Sebeik El Islam had the nomination of these functionaries, adoslield their situations but for a limited period, and who lived by the perquisites of their judicial diem. There were no doubt honest men amongst them, but the system created great inducements for corruption ; and the truth was, that, generally , speak ing Turkish judges contrived to amass fortunes in an incredibly short space of time. To reform such abuses has become one of the 'le -1 eessities of the time. The body of Turkish legists, or the Ulema as they are called, are supported, when not actually in office, by what we should call ecclesiastical property, or by what the Turks call Vacosf. The Ottoman finances can be only ren ' dared flourishing by the State appropriating and I utilising these Vacouls. But this cannot be done until the requirements of religion and law are met by the regular State payment of their ministers. It is very possible to do this out of the Vacese/b, and at the same time not only to preclude tla judge from deriving his income out of the pureed' those who plead before him, but also to leave a Lege ONO= revenue for the exigencies of the State. How far the new Minister of Justice is to be em powered to make these reforms ; how far his authority is to extend—whether it is to supersede altogether that of the Scheik El Islam in the aminstion of cadis and mollahs, are points that esuatia in doubt. The personage chosen for the AN ie, however, the fittest man to under lain tad carry through such a change. Verne IFHTXHI, now Yeetx PACHA, is a man of great honesty, determination, and intelligence. The son of a Greek, converted to Mohammedanism, Verne is considered almost a fanatic in his worship of the Prophet and reverence for his institutions. He is thus a reformer, with whom the old Turk school cannot well find fault. Verne lost somewhat in character last year by his absolving the Pacha who was brought before him, as Judge of the Great Cri minal Tribunal, on the charge of ordering the murder of the poor girl, Moons. Great threats and efforts were, it is known, made to compel Vertu to spare the Porte the disgrace of the capital punishment of a Pacha—for each a trifling crime as ordaining the murder of one of his harem. VERY yielded on this occasion—perhaps it was unavoidable—and his reputation has accordingly somewhat suffered. But it still remains high; and as a functionary whose task is to watch over the purity and efficiency of an administration of justice, Turkey does not poems a fitter man than Verne. So much cannot be said of SAM PAcRA, the Minister of Public Instruction. He was a Greek, and is a renegade. Ile is a man of undoubted ability ; but he certainly made use of his position as Governor of Widdin during the war, so to speculate on the supply of corn and provision for the armies as to realise a large fortune. The same, however, may be said of OMER PACTIA himself, and of the greater number of those who held high authority and place. The war was a God-send, which, whilst it excited the enthusiasm and fanaticism of the poorer Turk, awakened and gratified all the cupidity of the official Mussultuan. With respect to the Ministry of Justice, the functionary appointed to it will only have tos much to do, if he be allowed to do it. But with regard to a Minister of Public Instructions his sphere of action cannot be very extensive. There are no schools in Turkey, save the Government schools for army and navy, and these att►ched to the Mosques. Is there a new system of education, of professors, and collegiate establishments to be cre ated, independent of the Ulnas ? Are other text and school books to be found besides the Boren P These are grave questions•--questtions similar to those which have so long defied all the wisdom of the English parliament and of English statesmen. Will they prove more easy of solution in Turkey And has the SULTAN found in his new Minister a Buura, a Russuu., at even a PANINGTON ? The only thing certain as yet is, that SAYE PACNA will receive an ample salary ; and it is to be hoped that he may ilnd something to do in return for it. A commission is to be issued for inquiring into the several dioceses of Canterbury, London, Win chester, and Rochester. The commissioners are to be his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of Harrowby, the Earl of Chichester, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole, the Right lion. Stephen Lialtington . , Travers Tie's*, D.C.L., Vicar-General of the Province of Canterbury, the Venerable Arch deaoon Sinclair, the Venerable Archdeacon Wigram, and the Venerable Archdeacon Jones. Mr. Felix Knyvett, secretary to the archbishop, is to be secre tary to the commission. CLOSE OF POLLS.—YEsTaRDAT. BERKSHIRE. Palmer (c) lBO4 Beaver4e (L) 1/smitten (C) Verson (C) A liberal Os et 1. CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 2776 Ban (C) Aimee ( 2494 Tokio (C) L) 2131 Mows n A liberal pia of 1. DOMETSHIRE. NNW& CP 2427 Ilismat (C) 2157 2170 Mom (C) A Ilbenl gain of 1. NORTH LEICESTERSHIRE. Kaman (C) p tu m ir ) 1791 1639 1243 NORTH HARTS. Bre eclat. Cull SOUTH NO: Althsrp Vyre Xthethry(C) (C) 2109 1937 1491 A liberal phi of 1. SOUTH DURHAM. Pease (L) Furor Vamp (C (C ) ) 2089 A bbersl pin of 1. GLAMORGANSHIRE Talbot (L) Visies (L) 2379 lisadm (C) lBO7 TM ilisspin _Mims dr not toads*, WS bait hour's pang el Snlyni, lint dry tsirly apionst the positions of th•coatikan. ISLE OF WIGHT. 730 609 Plents g WEST CUMBERLAND. Lowther (C Wyodham(C ) ) . Lawson (L) 1860 1827 1661 BEDFORDSHIRE. Mr. Hosoings Rama 1666 Coked Gilpin Coked Higgins 1144 Captain Baud GLAMORGANIGURZ. Vivian Talbot 3014 2163 2090 NORTH DEVON. 907 683 476 -YESTERDAY. SUTUERLA-NDSHIRE, Safford. No opposition. MERIONETH. Wynne. No opposition. NOMINATIONS.-YESTESDAY. COUNTY MAYO. Moore, Elates, and Palmer- Poll demanded. WEST KENT. frith, Martin, and Whatman Pull demanded. Poll ing den April 6. POLLING THIS DAY. (sir interim TZLIOAAPII SOUTH WILTS. SALISBURY. QUASSIA TO =TM 217 Herbal WynXiss X Thyme YORK (NORTH RIDING). QC AAAAA TO MIT . Duadss Duncombo lB7 alley B4 SOUTH LINCOLNSHIRE Qt. AAAAA TO ELZTEN. Tinllopo Wilson Packs LORD CIERIP JOIE= 000111111M.—Iiis lordship, we regret to say, br tit bra to yid's& baba mar slam ha wee nird to hse bowl /Ss bee his rift ter some dote rst la dr MM. Me Is st yam* at Osmium yawn be is soemmerml by Islo roast simsber, Irie be is ez peeled to Mom to bora saMsaddy mat —Oral Mader. Tun REM? How. Ka. LOWL—Mr. Lnwe arrived at his town miller to Lowsdrersre yesterday. lie will ionstillillY start he W egsatry sat, in Surrey, when he MR swede a yeas Ms, until he has soOderitly roomed tress the nOmby rams be has recently the Wo ere homer, le say ibis he ecconn.e of 'arise he has - reedwei Ni onsidenhty exaggerated.—Ge ms! 'reidar. TER MIER= ENEUET AT ST. PRIT.I3IIOIO. The it. IMMoba r stesempsmisat of L e Nerd " Alined Os room his Issit tsar ate Ow dabs of Isodda tro mai tier of tho BIM& ssibesadr. Lad Wrier* Riess which re irst admirable term ad LS with Ladly - Wellanges, ism thee !errs at thm la • dissedme semmr. Ns rourse Se MEd Ismoreß ea the Moe tin Weird MOM Ifs =mita is mot asz Lop am but it is salsahly a lisp censheethie ismilhatly well sailed he hates nesmbilm. One Masse non given last Thureig, smi arils woo imatry rob h part lbws were Ell risme alssrpor, sob sof= awed be Imes sersideljustottbaboaCeshashm. were fassilt vi ttl i r ie wr i z ie l y. lis ebe mb: eussee - 4 elleg argr - lebome woe MOW soltrl MIL Om be Nat is atip a iloss bh swi Yes. whom be seqrsisil isissers Mr is the milli bra rase OK Os whirr banes' thi7eW bolsi glom rase kr Imitirs seidirserms t hey ad& have le masks to be sitindll le Masi trier. Es rebel Is of the mamma es arm MO Os ribs of their MA's, lei be Is it Om Thisßambla ism In at tbs R Ismook may OWL is the ma im in while w ar rsterms Omit Britain abroad sr scarkerd to pay retort to their hilcar-oountrymen." WITITINOTON CLD - 13.—We understand that the Mad" imibronary tall of this mordent institution in to be beil, his ref, et the FTOMM•and Hall, Grist Queen. street, an ]lair Terearff, sd SIM there will boa tar to most the Marrs MEd sad president of tlto Mr. lOW Medd, who, with a Fifty of friends, Is le be }sale It is gratifying to hear that the die samara, to smut the re.eposiar d the wees skE4tiewws. MR los shortly crowned with success. The essmostrywill beirmillyia full opersibra.-Bmdey Thum Blame roa Ns CsJawww. ImeuElMeteY. —Or of the essobwardeas of Si. James's, Clmitsmvoll, as Ismer ts allow the isomebosey to rosisin ra vatitk il ls dr ismi of tbe Fri* rocrisiel to rat ors*" Masa is esserszreass - Ns Edam wilserie, Mr Is mord Is Os Row. Mr. riss, the perks saril- OM. poll lisesimgros the daralieg i ne e a Rev. H. $. MA.. smi Rm. J. W. Erb" Nasersmes of Os dhow el Mods belmi to boom is Iw. lord Mork% M.A., It was sommemsel prio membid a t via redsdr, bosstrossms of dr mailisrymliatreypire row, semi wit do w ns me lik~rt Aar Vasa. Jr. Morro Is a meshy MI may vies war is sir two assakita, mil me Odd be mieldird tat he MI be WM. bt Court. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prisoner HAMM MA Laub% a drive in open carriage rA hag yareleg allanrea. loch Lord Al an hed Prot sad Cr De PM ereellat as havesbact. TM Moira et gar as& the Priers of Hohealohe Lan. raker Arad 114.04. The Prig rode as leenract in the forenoon, attended by tie Bey in WAS*. The Price of WA's, straisd by Colonel the Hon. C. B. Phipps and Mr. Gibbs, weal yesterday afternoon to East Ortenvicat, and inameleil the manufactory of the Submarine t i nfe tacos Royal, Masada by Lady Caroline Barring tea sod the Earl of Cream, honoured Price's Candle Fac tor et Vauxhall with a vier. The Marquis and Marchisser of Brsadaltane, the Right Bea. air George Orey, Liar-Glaneral Sir (Meets sad Mr. Gilder dined lath llegeety in the The band of the Ist Lek Garda paired during dinner the flaarring . March. Potpourri, "Lee Reametres" Mintier. Selection, " La Favorite" Alfred Mazurka, " Emma and Hannah Louisa" Itotlue • etil i d. The Queen's private bend performed after dinner the fol lowing compositions: Overture, " Der Ahnenschsts" Selection, "Lee Huguenots" Meyerbeer. Quartette, " Bigot:Rio " Verdi. Scene de Dame, "La Bayedere" Auks.. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday afternoon, at the onlcial residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Earl of Harrortby, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, Mr. Secretary Labouchere, Lord Panmure, the Chan cellor of the Exchequer, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. It. Vernon Smith, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Duke of Argyll, and the Right Hon. M. T. Baines. A deputation from the 111/00011111 of Finsbury Park had en Interview with Viscount Palmerton yesterday. The dispu tation consisted of Mr. Wm. Con, M.P., Mews. John Savage, Jacob Vincent, William Tyler, William Hervey, J. J. Downes, C. H. ER, Mr. John J. J. Sudlow, jun. (par liamentary agent), and Mr. John Layton, solicitor. The Roysl Commission for ditteng the site of a new National Gallery mot on Thursday, at 17, Great Queen street, Westminster. Present Lord Broughton (chairman)), ena the Dean of St. Paul's, Profeesor Faraday, Mr. Cc and Mr. Richmond. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-o Mos to the Governors of Moog Kong, Ceylon, and Canada. (TROY LIM' OAZIETTIL) BVCRINGUAM-PALACE, APRIL 2.—Her Majesty in Council was this day pleased, on • repreeentation of the Hight Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Council on Edu cation, to appoint William 9coltock, Eeq., M.A., of Christ Church, Oilmd, to be one of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools. FOREIGN-OFFICE, APRIL I. The Queen has been pleased to approve of Mr. Y. Schott as Consul-Gensral at Gibrsltar for the Argentine Confederation. DOWNING-STREET, APRIL I.—The Queen has been pleased to appoint James Vickery Drysdale, Eeq.,_to be Lieuttinant-Govenior of the Island of Tobigo • and Henry Bogart Breen, Esq., to bo Colonial Secretary for the Inland of St. Lida: John Huggins, Esq., to be a Member of the Council of the Island of Nevis. ' and John Earle, Esq., to bee Member of the Legislative Council of the Province of New Brunswick. LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S OFFICE, MARCH 31. The Lord Chamberlain of Her Majesty's Household has appointed William Bo Donne, Esq., to be ElLSMithar of Stage Plays, in the room of John Mitchell Notable, Req., deceased. Her Royal Highness the Duchene of Cambridge 1 and the Princess Mary honoured the Viecosat sad Viacom:ars Sydney with their cowpony at dinner, in Clevelind-square, on Wednesday last. Among the company were—The Duke and Ditcher of Wellington, the Earl and Countess Clan wOliain, lion. Adelaide Foley, Lord Duferin, Lord Bing ham, Count Chotek, Mr. Sneyd, Mr. Henry °reedit, ite. Lady Geraldine Somerset was in attendance on the Duchess at Cambridge. His Excellency the Ambassador of France and the Countess Persigny have issued cards for a dinner party this evening at Albert-gate House. His Excellency the Belgian Minister and Madame Van de Weyer and family have left town for New Lodge, Windsor Forest. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester have left Nice for Germany. Their graces will not return to England until the middle of pelt month. The Earl and Counter Craven and family have left town for Aandown Park, Berks. Lady Granville, Mrs. Augustus Craven, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, and Mr. Henry °male, left town yesterday for Paris. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston leave town to-day for St. Leonard's-on-Sea. A suite of apartments have been engaged for the Premier and her ladyship at Starkey's Royal Victoria Hotel, on the Esplanade. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney have left London on a visit to Lord end Lady Cowley, in Peril. The Viscountess Chcwton arrived in town a few days since. The Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Francis Stoner have left town for Stoner Park, near Henley-on-Thames. Sir William and Lady Maxwell and Miss Logan have arrived at Edwards's Hotel from Brighton. The Lady Agnes M. Nisbet gave birth to twin sow at the Athole Crescent. Edinburgh, on Wednesday. Dr. Forbes Winslow has been elected president of the Amociation of the Medical Officers of the hospitals for the insane. It is stated that Mr. Horsley Palmer is about to resign his poet as director of the Bank of England, which ho has occupied for 46 years. Dr. Marshall Hall was recently elected an hono rary member of the Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh. Dr. Marshall Hall wee the senior president of this Society when • student in that city. Earl Grey has accepted the chair of the North umberland Agricultural Society's meeting, to be held at Cornhill, on Tuesday, July 28. Mr. Caird of Errol's sermon, preached before the Queen, has been translated into German, with a preface by Chevalier Bunsen, and 10,000 copies of It sold. The Lancet, having given up its columns for several weeks pest to correspondence relative to the tobacco contro versy, to-day delivers its own opinion. Our cetemporary's conclusions may be thus stated :--1. To smoke early in the day is excess. 2. As people are generally constituted, to smoke more than one or two pipes of tobacco, or ono or two cigars daily, is acres. 3. Youthful indulgence in smoking is excess. 4. There are physiological indications which, oc coming In any individual case, are criteria of excess. "We most earnestly desire," says the Laurel, "to ace the habit of smoking diminish, and we entreat the youth of this country to abandon it altogether. Let them lay our advice to heart. Let them give up a dubious pleasure fora certain good. Ten years hence we shall receive their *mks." Mr. Ruskin, though willing to accept the Pro faeotehip of Poetry if offered to him, yet declines to Ida any active steps to secure his election. This seems rather en inappropriate piece of delicacy. Mr. Ruskin must know that elective offices are seldom or never bestowed unsought —never certainly in Oxford. The sooner, therefore, that some one of Mr. Ruakin's friends can induce him to over. come his scruples, or allow himself to be put in nomination, without undertaking an active personal canvass, the better; or all the voters will be pledged. and we shall lees tal ohms of seeming so serviceable a professor.—Letter from Neal fa the Union. The Rev Thomas Carter, M.A., one of the Maws of Eton Co has =1 elected vice-precast, vice the Rev. Os Beßethell. DUMAS ON LORD PALMERSTON.—M. Alexandre Dumas, fits, in Ws hat letter to Le Priem sheet the in general election., ar • Lord Pahmailem uppeeled to the people. The=re &heady =id life& a k i im per a t returning a a sr I one than the had would vehh. For the noble lord tedoehtedif bebop a Oa rallakas putty IOW& is not ytogreadve—that is, to the low antral ; and the nate lord has always refused, if not in word at least i deed, to comsat to any real reforms. Now, the Daa cry et the ]e ins notion at tide reseased Is for USteV, a" consoler" al Orr ea esteeeks at the wasp will& ten I always hilt a vallesee dimly divas% liat therefor M e w tranniisable. Uri Penaetcm, in laws* to the elegem of Tfiestl= s }tiny Waled that he would never comfy via Oa await of these who expected ra dial rearm asse him ; art he as only for gradual and limited ratan Oa the Aar hand. eke members just elected lave pledged theeradeee le the full amorapliament of the Wine, - of Ode eteettleeede with reprd to those re forms whirls pule *aka seaddent to be necessary, such theeederisa el the wasp erel rety of ecaselence. dame of them her ova dedwad that H Lord Pidmenton dYtsst monis' sr Illardee _lbw:would sea lit le des. 'flu wilier Ms maid to hie aid Aewe whisk le egad palik Ades. Now he to v ales villt that alest. Do yea essneeiber what Probes NM' Oar the battle of Beemdeaf " One men sedeekaory se Wm, esti I 'boll be raised." DIRECTORS AND SHAREHOLDERS. (From the &heifers' Journal.) A Esau who should discover a method of mewi ng the honest working of joint• stock companies would be th. greatest benefactor to the world. Everyday shows more and more the impossibility of dispensing with an engine en powerful as that of association, and at the same time pro. duces proof upon proof of the complete failure of ev ug check by which the shareholders have hitherto attempted to guard against fraud. Auditing has turned out nothing but a fame. Annual reports serve only to bli n d subscriber's, who are already caught, and to en. trap fresh victims into the net. Vigilance on th e part of ordinary members of a company, except by the apsamodk action of irregular committees of haven. ration. Is really out of the question. The very strength of the aseociative principle ("mains in the Lai: Mt? a joining in a commercial enterprise which it Altera. to thousands who have neither the inclination are the time to take an active part In its management. To ay, e. sumo have amid, that no one ought to take Mars in a company who is not prepared from year to yea r to investigate its melt ',met affairs, and drag to the light every transaction which its directors are moat into- rested in concealing, is simply to pan sentence of death upon the joint-stock system once for all. And yet nothi ng short of this sums sufficient to guard against freed, Government returns, certified statements, and the IA; answer very well the purpose of rogues, by giving a genuine appesrenee to the most hollow bubble, bat, as a uptake to the honest shareholder, they are worth no more thin ,sae paper. Nothing could be Inure stringent than some of th statutory requirements which joint-stock Lanka are menial to fulfil. No doubt it was thought agent safeguard to iosiet on half the capital being paid up before a charter could is granted ; but what is the aocurity worthy Mr. &dela sat Mr. Apeley I'ellatt have furnished the answer, ia their Mcrae the history of the Royal Britteh Bank. In 'pile of statutes and regulations, that clever conceit managed to start with a working capital of about °weak Instead of one M.alf of the amount nominally subscribed. The act, as Mr. Eadailo says, was complied with in spirit, he cause, if the money was not paid up in coin, it ,es represented by securities, which bore the responsible neon of Mr. Hugh lanes Cameron, the prime mover in the swindle. Mr. Apeley Pellatt has a rather bas Moe conscience, but he makes up for his weakness in the respect by a surpriamg power of oblivion. Ile does tat go so far as to deny that in putting hie noun to the statement that bo,oooi. was in hand, he did in bet tee tify • lie, but at the time he quite forgot that a huge proportion of the pretended capital was composed worthless notes; and Mr. M'Oregor told him that the act was complied with, and what could he do but pa his hand to the false certificates' Mr. Pellatt inneentl, observed, "It appears now that Mr. We:huger sea have been wrong in stating that the act lad he complied with, and that he (Mr. Peak) Med bee Mated his signature under a wrong Mxplenkw. Ifs signed the document without reading it." lf h lan worth while now to discuss the relative merits of the worthy directors, the question would be a curious as for casuists, whether it was more honourable to obey the Id "in spirit," after the manner of Mr. Esdaile, or to dpi declaration of fact without reading is contents, or Wire the trouble to remember the truth or falsehood of the statemente thereby conveyed. The only motel we ad to draw frees the transaction is, that certificates ai declarations by directors are not very efficient safari% of the interests of a proprietary body, or of the public a large. What, then, are shareholders to do, if they cannot protect themselves by vigilance or be kat harmless by the shield which government in id wisdom may have stretched over there ? Are they a trust to the known character or respectability of he gentlemen who volunteer to manage their investments kr theta P Wo do not think that all boards are quite as bad u the directors of the Royal British Bank, but there is stile lesson to be leaned from it which admits of a rather ester application. Directors of the Apaley Petal stamp an st very uncommon, though he may be rather an exaggastal specimen of the school. Whenever a board does go ea wrong, you are sure to find, upon an analysis of its cocoa shiest, that it is made up of two classes of men these who help themselves, and those who shut the eyes, perhaps wilfully, perhaps carelessly, wittle the ba l colleagues are pursuing their pined trade. The are always two or three immaculate directors who, pure simplicity of heart, have signed everything which put before them, end, after governing a company for ays • or two, have been utterly ignorant of ail its affairs—at g rate, of all which they would be ashamed to own. Berber it is only in very extreme cases that this kind of Mama blindness is carried so far ea to leave the misguided dints 1 In %Prance of the secretary who takes down the minutes; Sebald, and in doubt as to the nature of his ea a ' ~ r a member of the company which he represents. pest alkowance must be made for • gentleman who has In the parlour of tho Royal British Bank, as it must be el. Pm rent a very extraordinary amount of ignores MI 01011ritiel in such a case to enable a director to retire, et Mr. Apaley relish did, after a year of office, without any thing affecting his character, his integrity, or his lioneuty. TM unfortunate "'mansion seems to be, that, although I read may contain the names of men who have borne honest urfght characters, there is no security for the unhapy ilemalteddere. Let us grant to Mr. rallatt, for argument' ad% the character which he claims, and it does but make ti Orr worse. If be wee not the plunderer, his very virtue are the means of amoying the public into the MA Why, It le the compatible men who do all the mischie Mr. Comma might hive worked to little purpose if he h I met boa bulled by imeelates who pledged their previa elkeseart as • prise for his nefarious schemes ' and it ply toes wank that the appearance of a name of sum,er respectability upon a bad cd Directors affords no cos: protection against the aril barefaced plunder by one or ode of the colleagues of bin who bare it. j The more one nee of the internal working of ait I elated bodies the more obvious it is that every depends on the integrity of the actual manager. An in meat in shares is, in eubetance, a deposit on the security of some unknown official. Sometimes it is - secretary, now and then it is the chairman, • rules, or perhaps it may ho a clique of two or three a numerous board who have all the threads in own grasp. Mcro subscribers for shares cannot tell who the man really is in whom their renfidem practically reposed, much lees can they judge hoe their trust is warranted. And yet mm must and v go on investing in joint-stock companies, to reap or ruin according as they chance to fall into bona knavish hands. There la no way of evading the entirely. A moderately crafty manager would the cleverest devices for keeping him honest gains b will. The only present mode of diminishing the rink teen to be, to concentrate authority in few hands, so that it ile be known in whom the trust is really placed. And th only prospective aid which the legislature can tin will be to apply the terrors of the criminal law to cacti form of dishonesty which is becoming the feria al S times. Colonel Simmonda, C. 8., who was with Our Pasha in Asia Minor, was to quit London yesterday for purpose of proceeding beyond Kate, to fin the benzin/ the Russian territory in Asia. Colonel Stanton he for some time in Bulgaria making similar arrangunna reference to the Russian frontier in that quarter. We (United Service Gazette) understand is be bar liejegy's present intention to distribute the Viof. Omsk prima to those appointed to receive the d of sada am satire will bo given by the autldaineo was Dagartamat and Admiralty. The eanowsremat amemarßy be delayed fora short period. A letter from Berlin rays :—" The emigrans 6 Prussian peasants to America has recommeaced as s scale. The majority of these emigrants men d as provinces of Posen and Pomerania. whilst other Fr° where the population is denser, furnished but few ear' Many Prussians are also starting for Rungs, rs colonies of workmen which the Russian government ata founding along the railway from St. Peterebtug to X2a o The King of Sardinia left P e lican°, for Nen the 31st nit. A letter from Milan, in the Opinion of states that the polies have seized all the number' Aidmoritat Gamtte containing the debates on the fog" ; lions of Alessandria, and. various numbers of the to Deists containing articles on the present diderewes Austria sad Piedmont, and favourable to the latter. ARYT RETIREMENTS. —During the peat there have been no fewer than 3.1 retirements com missions, and 10 resignations of the service, officers have been superseded, and her Majesty bee aS with the service of a fourth As elmost all then te." Ire 9,111011g111 the %AWL* aMtl 8au1k..., the will son be MatoroM.— United Settles (14:00.