The Express. — London, England, 1856-03-11 00:00:00

eoemniseioneiv. reeornui^adationa 'bleb appeared to them to be fruti.loil • 013 prse.rl a *Wel were utteriy indi feasible. The anierdin et of bit h .a..uranle aid learned (need, was simply thee, Oast them should be I COOSInittOO of yniry ill' , ho subject of pesiing ttlle ■od dam. Toe mown of tbo p.m resent iris that there should he an inquiry how the veowinienoatioas of the commissionen might be carried int , if et. He undentood the govern hfieever, teat welt, to have withdrawn their motion sad to hive win 1r sweated to tne amendment of hie bon. and Isar, ed friiad, witch plated to an iogairy without at all aineti oleic the veto ameedattoes of the eommiationen ; sad undo , lbws circumstance. to bad (*Mainly withdraws hiseppeeitiee TRIAL OF OFFENCES BILL. The above b 11 Beat t. r •trea committee, after eons too ridrnble 0ur0...t0 res,••••top tee trout of the powers of 'name, locite.s.ents •h,eat el tr ila be 'striated to the judges of t• • Q ft. JOINt BLOCK ICO‘IPANIES BILL The consumer on dui nill wed 1 o t, oiled vl. 3let Nardi. PARTNERSHIP AMENDMENT BILL. Yr. LOWE woost CeJ toe bdrawal of tale bill, with Übe riew 1.. introduce a new Mp titer Beaver. T e Yaw a ijoaraad at t•eat;ixiautes;iter 2 o'eloak. PARLIAMENTARY DIIISION LAST NIGHT. ---e• Percy (Corona .we boa row) By t.—Ordort for Mud Le& tag reed, Mutton aura as rafter proper 4.—"Taot 11111 br row tt ort • ...rood tear :"—asesoaret proposed, to barest tbo ware **wow." .wd at :be red of Uut rearm rld the reeds .• are tas oa f reatbs:"—(llr. Omer Feeder t)—rietloe cz;Tbat turd • bow. port of the Were f"—Mat id(:; AJu . Ur, MM. UK Ain. Adair, Hoak E. heels, i1;;LI. S. Passer, Reim!! Ad et tey . caries B. CO,bsai.lLLEls.dir J. Pared. away Armco, Sir biidrew Greer. Jahn Parmarm Tlairlad Alert, Thomas Dream. ii . marl Tsars. OsL W. Arertisli. Girds H. Greeted, i luir es W. Poseeer, 0. K. W. :st i r iintr b e n J. Ore .lit. Hos str Oro. Peel, Predrill Grey, hal* W. 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P. Kissel, David Brissa, limo Ler K-rrison, ear L C. Seowdosr, Hess 7 D. lElssaird. How& P. Psonessr W. D. lurk, aS ilJasi goe r , D. kaarelsall, Wok F. Earl of lialeatloy, Boanobi L P. Liar. .trot I.a. oisai L rre.Bi.Ha.ll GRIIL TiM, Lea a, bit Edmond S.M. HI. 1r• B. T. Luna's, Jomos IL SEW ABH lositos. W. o.e M ador lsoslst 4 Langton, H. 0. OH. layarc, emotes H. it W. .L Lae, William Lops. Oso. = liamlnis at Llamas. Lord C. A. Illmiss. Idisd Learn, He 0. C. BWWISFAIII.II. 0. Liddell, Hos. H. O. less Loss• , Lisdry.lios. Wood Id a& 11111 m I.l.S.rse, Sari of Abanyilr e lbrary J. Littloto. , Rea. E. Bisitt, BM IL Loa/mart. Allan IL 11. Be IL . Lowe, 11. Has. R. 111001. Less, name la Jails bbibirbo. c. 11. Tayinr = l:4 = W. Ilarldo,. aillos, Jesse Tiampassa mos ongs MosGres r, Jams bi.nith, Her D. T ri =nig er sis Mannem Lard 0. Tyler ad Basch. Earl of Cabritari of MarOsitealis D. C. V= amt BIM Nankai. *sham V • assrie H. Huila, P. W. Yoram IL IL Ilarty, B. W. Tllllnt i lOs. C. P. Illatlees, diaxandsr Tow, 111 ea, William Wodilnoiss. Warr, Maser, err W. M. L. Wails % UMW 11l as. R. M. 1r=2212.11. H. Matti, George W Hon* Vrount Worm Bider Id arra James Walrogsrls. Lard Illeoesi. WSW's. Wslidas CaL Lind Monti .sery, Sir 0. Wiliam% Mons Mor Hs t nes. * Da Can. Willanstilwils H Wlldssos. W. A. vid H. lieryn,tia.T.LlLL. WlSos.Jaisso Illowbray, Jobs R. Wasingess. Ilk T. L Wallin., Joseph L Wood.ll. Ihn Ifr C Illosill. Hogi ar,Join He Orrin 1/ WordspOßL Ein. JAI. 1•84 W. B. Hsset. Th Th eme Wysilbso.Oessral wport, roat Wyeelesh Nona. Predrill Wog W,.air Wm. IC Z. Oaks., Jame U. P. Wysill. llsenisdalto Orme*. RAO Harries. Lord MM. 166141;:1411a Peke, C. W. Harr, W. O. TorbassoL g itrebsster Prat, Lord Alfred Malgrava, Earl or Hlllied. el Pealarics, RS J. - NOES. AO; imp b Ea* 84 J. It. Yea% O. P. dadt, ildliet A. Evolya, Wiliam J. Kane!, lolut P. Ashirmo. Ur how Com; William Noddroto. C. N. itaisme q r. sin et Emit, J. C. N 1111lik Joseph Farrar, how Raab. Orldoel d Crawobsy rause, ikr ktharord Rordmer. ar I. D. .. Yo.lott, Walt 8. Orloolok Ilrojarala Edo I. H. Fox. % Mom J. Porto; LT. Riakor, am Roe. O. Preortas, Colowl Post" Str Joon& Orem at. as. WE P. Gordon. &chard Pea" Re Odom E. Rim" Ifosso Glued, Rt. Ha. T. IL nook Traub henr., W. H. Orokaro. Lord IL W. Irlare.sa, Jams M, WZ. Gr e er, Seward Bagraa. U. W. S. um ro 6 rresa:l, Gant Riaar/o. Cirosa Wilibuo Dimmer, kielionl S. =l'. F. illig OW3 11. Hovel Wilk= I Dalbare. IWO Id. Gawp 11001•11. 0.1. Rddlondlonor, L Edgard, elz Rimy Eon" Or L 17 — WNW. Gaon rob. ids a. sir sue. May. 11.11 n. J.W. Smirk .81818 14 lirroilooant. J liorbert, olr rim= empli * Jo s t R. Riradortrd, R. D. liarvoy. Lord Allred firliaira, Joan* Berourik. Laura's@ Mope. Illr .I. IN" Limb W. Sts*Al. T. B.! Tsar. L T. Beek Oilsoll Wohav is t a rd ar LIAM. Wm. Traddhole. Bold Think% Whams Qtrs. Ada B. Jarmo. Mesimert Wow, di S. 1. COMO. Jola K. llanlim. ham Wilk W. Oslides. SIAN =.; T. W. mimeo. Nan Crook. koopli , W. 8. Widdruk W. Croablei. Freak Mawr. Wm". Widen, Welk WO. Doodle. WI Uwe Brazores. Lord Mr 111201 m. TIIIIIim Drew*, Dir J.T.L Moll. Rdword DA*. Yr Jur A 111 lips. 'abort MAMA DOM% ellge o" *04•14 vs Ulm' Lams. Lid IL 0 A. Ilftliell, MA. TWA! f. arra =awry 0. Wowatt. Trawls --- PAIRS. sva. 4•4111 ff. Mr. lam M Y :: 0 1 = 1.7 bra Mr. Julians M. Momay Dia* led Mr. Mom. IL Orreadish Mr. Wale Ms s Atka Mt. ImeloW M. Ms.= Mt. Maim IWO Mr. Tale Ni. fliir i narages Mr. Moddis Mr. Mom Mr. Monsese Weed Moab* LAM Nebo Mr. H Maim Mr. Maimmi Mr. Mr. Milidor Plr W. Mr. OlDsull Lard C.Rims• Kr. Min Mr. Irdist Kr. Drummed Mr. Mss Ms J. Tyree Mr. 'Pains Mr. V. Noe Mr. Ilsrodmi Mr. C. Careolii Mr. Mormlsay Mr. Hr.rd Uri Orriont Yr. roman& Or W. Vow, 54 T. O'Brien Mr. Miaill ire 7;: ar7iart ittoco, Brix A. Deskley. horrid Nat wiz . ~. M. O. IL C. =ell, Is. Ho. N. Ortion.o.. Twooom Cooley, Saeord R. Ask lug llobet Vloo.eat Of Wails" Lord Sabot AN el burs. Pfr 4.1. A Cook my noon I. 2. 01.0. • Y. A. awn i Oloofooll.• C. IL L. Coloof. MO= Cooper. It FIo.W.F. osmium. 1- Card% lON. Div* Mr H. IL F. Div*, David A. b. Davis% Jolo Dodo" lair Z. Dodo,.Be liword Di De Viese. groin t. ns. Lab L. IS. KBe.. E. Jame 111 fount Doosoalo,liffo.W.l. DM?" tredorAk no. %Woo* A.M. Da Pro, C. 0. Dorfaraff, vreeset Reartos, lir P. LC. I = i tt.. n. d. Mk* Admord Ho Mott, Hoe. J. E. Dab; Taffrost Raft" Larl Foroare, Edward D. PoOrres.. iffaefolt. Moon Ilegaras. COW *Wiwi. Or Jones EIDISfoil. Mr D. I. MORTALITY IN THE ARMY. After Easter Viseount Ebringtesi will teen the fo Jowls' motet:me a the Hew of Comment : . _ " 1. T►at the loareoetissed ezeessivesacrtslity of the British way has boss away sawed by the tad smeltery eseditiom of their barrack semowodstioe. I " 2. T►at t►is bow his viewed et4it seti.factiou the eforts of reccessive portruwats, sided by yarlismsut•ry greats, to immerser the moral, ielellsetmal, mad physiesl eseditiss of the 13ritish soldier, sod is eacouregod by the happy results tf such efforts and snide to Iteps stook hos • soellmeaece aid farther ettessise of the woe. _ _ Tbet null null manias te bedese wititregs v.l to has, ark seeerrodatioa; Antly, for i$ Loaner, with a view to the di.erdelarC3 or the pneest studio* el brining es berg ri k. t pinery* to the elegies sad deseratielog to the t oldi.r ; sad oroodly, for I lesporeastat, both r re garde the ['lathy ear modules of ro troops la parr, sad the rant seratrodetleo of the sassy al soldiers. Teat, in the opini n isuaa , nob sai bapeavasseat an lasprvatia. ly called foroat lara W polky and tree soot way tbaa by Joann sad humanity." Mr. W. J. Fox, M.P.. has gives satiety of mine oneudneota Jetsetter' to be maned by ►in la saneditar tra *donation on Lard John Rom ll'e resolution. Notice has been given that the select eoesatittee to try tile petition complaising of as sodas eltetna aid se cant for t►e city of archiver, will be notes for tie 7th et ant moan. SIR RICHARD BRIIIIILL ON CHURCH RAIIII.-- We hey, twos 'quieted to publish the. followiser I.tio r:— e. Hoses of Commies, Much 4—Dear Bir,-1 s mush obliged to you for y oar latter. I ales I certaialy region every measure that is directed to iho abolities of elerzie rates. I shall be obliged to you to gooks that hwy. is AMesbury. It was oe• of the hot pledges 1 gave, wed which 1 boys alersye ker, eves to the 'meet of voiles seine' the government, et which I as a seeisber —1 ova Misr faithful ~ rant, RICU•11.0 11 .—Mr. Jamie osee. - -ftele Athertuer. Lkm.....-__ ebe Oxpreoo. hibettlememsei;tetiN;""iie - I;;;;t7icZeo feriae pew, west be et the OSee. 1.. Noewebbarbot. by Two Wiest ea the bow et pobliebtion. HIGH WATIA AT LONDON DRIDGB. Imo DaT—llersing, H. Ist ....—Mtanses. IL Si.. Zhassaow—Yerutg, 311. 4 Altana:o. Oh In. LONDON, TUBSDAY, MARCH 11. ON the 21st of May, 185+5, Sir EDWARD RYAN, Mr. Joins SHAW Laravas, and Mr. EDWARD &DIMLY. wen appointed her Ms3errv's Civil Service COMMIS- Si 00011; and we have now before us the first Report of these Commissioners, which was signed by the two i first-named gentlemen last Tuesday. No time cer tainly his been lost ; nor indeed, seeing the serious objections to which any plan of examination for• admission into the public service was exposed, is it unnatural that the Commissioners should desire to explain themselves by publishing their Report as soon as possible after they have completed their arrangements. It is obvions enough that the capa city of a young man to fulfil the duties to be per formed in a Government office, would be most inade. quately tested by say mere inquiry into the amount of knowledge he possessed. As the late Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH observed to the Commissioners, " We must not proceed as if we were in 'earth of the en dowments which qualify for imaginative or optical*. tire authorship. What we want is the practical ability and information which is appropriate to the superin tendence of public affsirs and the transaction of public business." In the same tone the present COLONIAL Saritnzurr dwells upon the sterling but lees brilliant qualities which are valuable in public offices daring the earlier part of a clerk's employment—" Meeks- Waal accuracy, habits of oarefuloess, a ready and precise memory of detail., punctuality sad neatness in the discharge of enioutne, a readiness to take an interest in comparatively uninteresting work, and that gentlemasly spirit which prompts at ones to 00-operation with superiors and subordination to them' In a matter, therefore, in which a mere intellectual test was of necessity so imperfect, it was not, we confess, without many misgivings that we saw the scheme of a genera] examination established. For such an exa mination, gale's most judiciously conducted, might not only be the means of filling the public offices with the cleverest and most showy youths in the country—those asides ierraks of sober officials; but might also have the effect of excluding many most valuable men from the public service. So far, however, as we are able to judge from the Report before us, and front other sources of in formation, we are inclined to believe that the exa minations have been strictly impartial, and judiciously conducted, and that the Civil Service cannot fail to improve in efficiency under this new eyelets. Nor are we disposed to feel less eonfidenos in the truth of this opinion by finding such men se Lord CIARIN DON, the late Sir WILLIAM Moutewonrs, and Mr. LABOUCHIRE, throwing themselves zealously into the DOW The object of the appointment of this Commission was, according to the Order in Council, "to make provision for tasting the qualifications of the young men who may from time to time be proposed to be appointed to the junior situations in any of her M• • nerve Civil Establishonote. " The Commissioners" an their appointment at once addressed letters to the miens departments, in order to ascertain the qua linden which were deemed requisite for holding silles in each . of them. Thee the @indeed is elerniined by the office itself into which the young mu is to enter. The csodidate, however, is not soy individual who chooses to present himself. The Minister who exercised the patronage of the appoint ment before the Order in Council was issued exercises itnow. But thiamine of the patron, instead of at wee being installed in office, is compelled to pass the idea of the Examine» appointed by the Civil Ber else Oommiesieners. If there is only one nominee, tlen the Commiseinaers declare whether he has satiated the standard of intellectual qualification; and if be has as satisfied it, he is admitted to the distils and insinuate of the appointment. The Mater, brerrese, may nominate several candidates, and then the examination becomes competitive. At a preliminary examination the candidates are re gared to satisfy the standard of essentials—the etas lord imposed upon every osedidate—and those who pt through this are then subjected to a further trial, in stir to ascertain which of them is the most highly gasified pence, and to him the appointment falls. In addition to this the anosesfal candidate is still under grandee during six months after entering upon his dans, so that an although the Commissions» admit, by ea error ofjedgmeat, some who are unfit, any such Cur may be remedied. From these observations it b slur that the ales of the Commissioners is prin. drily to amertan the intellectual qualification of the andidates. The moral qualities, the personal qualifi cation of young men, are matters left to the judis Mali the Minister who confers the nomination. Al a Minister has to do, if dissatisfied oa these Is to refuse to Dominate. It is clear, thanker*, whatever security the old system possessed for ableinieg judicious and sensible public officers still Innies and that at all events "this manias»)a bibas the means of excluding the incompetent." Melt misapprehension seems to prevail as to the sollemid the examination to which candidates for hems are called apes to submit. This mis swami has no doubt been osessioned by failing dirlbrii the papers prepared for coseepeeine ininstiou frees those prepared for en ordinary • puce examination. The accomplishments required by daft all the departments seem to be these: good lendirriting, cos not spelling in the Customs tolerable spelling—sod some knowledge of arithmetic, usually including vulgar and decimal fraction. With rented to eierkships end such situations, most departments have required the ability to make an abstract or phis of official papers, and some know ledge of English campoeitioa. When the business of a department is of a financial obereater, book-keepisg is required; sad in other departments, in order to test the general intelligence sad education of the can didates, the outlines of history, geography, Latin or nu foreign language are demanded. Perhaps the most elaborate scheme of examination is that pro ponied by Lord astatine@ ; and certainly, consider lag the position which on diplomatic agent' and 000• wale occupy abroad, and the difficult and delicate dans they have to discharge, the anxiety of the FOlllOll 13ECIPITAIIT to secure MS of high acquire ments is exceedingly laudable. Every person in the diplomatic service most, besides having received a good English aneatioa, be able to read and write French correctly ; the unpaid attacAE, when promoted to be a paid aliachl, must show that be has a speaking and writing knowledge of the languages of the coun tries in which he has resided since his first appoint ment ; and moos then languages Lord CLAWDON expressly includes Russian, Turkish, Persian, and modern Greek. Moreover, the paid attaeld most draw up a report on the general commercial and political relations of the several countries in which he hu resided, on their internal polity, their 'dada ' istrative and social institutions, and the character of the people. It strikes us that one inch report, pre- pared for a special occasion, may be a very deceptive test of competency. A more satisfactory method of ascertaining what is in a young man was adopted by Sir HAMILTON SEYMOUR. He was in the habit of pending his attuchgs on excursions, and desiring them to draw up reports of anything noteworthy they might observe, assuring them that these re ports, with the names of the persons who prepared them, would be transmitted to headquarters. The preparation of a series of such papers is at once an excellent exercise and a sure test of their ability. A youngster may be " crammed " for one speci- men report. The consuls, besides a good English education, must speak and write French fluently, and must know the language of the port at which they are appointed to reside, and must also be acquainted with British mercantile and commercial law. In considering the question of the Civil Service it should not be forgotten i hat, although in some instances a successful candidate may attain an annuity of 1,0001. or 1,2001. a year, still the salaries of the larger pro portion of situations range between 801. and 2801. • year. Nevertheless, it seems that between the 30th of June last, when the first examination took place, and the 31st of December, 1855,n0 fewer than 1,103 persons obtained nominations entitling them to be examined. Ot these 727 were examined, 693 in order to pass, and to satisfy the standard of the office, whilst 134 underwent a competitive examination. Out of 693, no fewer than 186 were rejected ; so the' in six months 185 incompetent officials would, but for this examination, have been saddled on the Ex chequer. Nor let it be suppooed that these 186 were unjustly rej,cted. Out of 89 rejected, 33 were for arithmetic and polling, 13 for arithmetic alone, and 10 foe arithmetic, spell ing, and writing. In writing from dictation the ig norance of the candidates I. somewhat startling, and the Commissioners have, in the Appendix, furnished us with specimens of their failure. Of the 186 rejected we find 40 for spelling, 23 for spelling and writing, 27 for spelling and arithmetic, and 72 for deficient spelling combined with other faults. The rejection being thus ceased in the majority of cues by ignorance in the mere elements of education, it would at first sight appear as if the education of the middle classes of this country was in a very inferior condi tion. But this would be too rash an inference. For, as the Report observes, a the frequent Dow rent* of ignorant candidates arises from the fact that many of the inferior appointments are made without personal knowledge of the fitness of the party, on the recommendation of some other person . . _ • who is desirous, tot ot supplying the public with a useful offioer, but of m .king a competent provision for a friend." The history ot the competitive examine,- boo is too instructive to be omitted. Between July, 1866, and February, 1868, there have been fifteen such examinations. Toe situations to be tried tor amounted to SS, the candidates who obtained nominations to stand were no fewer than 247. In one of these examl nations, held in October, for one situation in the War Department, two candidates were declared equal, and both ob:aiaed appointments ; and instance.. already exist in which a miccessfel candidate has obtained promotion by reason of a certificate obtained on sub mitting toe voluntary examination. Tax annual general meeting of the Literary Fund Society, which is to take place to-morrow, will give occasion for another protest by the literary commu nity against having their affairs mismanaged by dilettanti. Mr. CHARLES DICKENS and other repre sentatives of their claim, struggled last year to intro duce reasonable economy into the pecuniary arrange ments of the establishment ; they expressed an opinion that spacious apartments coating upwards of 2001. a year ars hardly necessary for the accommodation of a committee which meets only six times in the year; and that a secretary with a yearly salary of 2001. to reside in these apartments and to help three treasurers, three registrars, and several other executive officers to dole oat temporary relief to from forty to fifty recipients, is an extravagance never contemplated by Davit) WiLuaus, the founder. Independent sub scabies and donors never assuredly intended that the east of every benevolent draft drawn by the managers of the institution during the past ten years should be between 111. and 121. They surely cannot continue to add to the fund with their eyes open to the fact that fts. of every sovereign they give goes to pay the rent of splendid apartments, used mainly as the private residence of the secretary, and to provide that gentleman with a salary of 2004 a year for being so good as to live in them, and for exerting himself to the extent of distributing a few cheques in the coarse of the year. There is no need to include his preliminary trouble in making inquiries and re ceiving applications; because, if the Society were administered by literary men, no inquiries would be needed, as they would know each applicant person ally, and would be able to judge at once of his cue —the reception and recording of applications being properly the duty of the registrars. Is there asything peculiar In the constitution of the Royal Literary Fond to tension so mach ex pense P Are other similar institatioos as costly P Take the case of the Artists' Benevolent Food, which is exactly analogous. On turning to the last report of this Associations we find that during ten years the expense louvred in distributing relief to 669 perms was only 90614 the Literary Fend wasted daring the same ten years the best half of 6,0911. (4,0004 more), in helping only 429 persons (1301 ms). Again, the Royal Society of Maidens, which differs bat slightly in ennatitation from the Literary Fund, transacts mote than treble the amount of bungee. at a cost last year of 1601. The Royal Society of Musi cians and the Artists' Benevolent Fond are thus economically end admirably administered, because their managing governors are not chiefly amateurs, bat exclusively professional geatlemen. So far from squandering their substance in expensive chambers and committee rooms, the committee of the Royal Satiety of Maidens defray all the expenses of their various meetings out of their own pockets. We hope, however, that the literary agitators for reform in the administration of the affairs of the Literary Fund, will not be content with the mere question of eco n omy. The whole constitution of the Society nsanifesty requires change. If handsome room. be essential to its existence, let them at least be pat to some useful purpose. Let a Library be formed, and let the institution be made • focus and meeting place foe the members of the profession, whom it is meant to benefit. CAMBRIDGE UNITIRSITY, MARCR 10.—The two idd medals plea aaaaa . 1, by ►is Itoysl Milhous its Chasmlior to hi two osiawassiag Inclusions of ails who, ►ariog obtaiaed orntior optima at least, show themselves the 'realm proficient' I. ataseirsel kerning, haws been ad judged to N. L. lirtwa, Triad, Ostler, and T. 8. Rowe, Bt. John's Whop. DEPARTMENT Or SCIENCE AND ART.—Yesterday an order a council was rtoted as a l artionentarp pion Necheg lb* department r I Bolero , and Art adder the L. rl President of ths Coastal, boa eabordlnaung It to ths edu cation department. SLIGO IlLacnow.—lt is said that a committee of the Howie of Comatose will have to decals apes the Blieo ebe that a rialtos will be punted defies th, present week. THE EXPILEtsB, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 11, 1868. 'Ely court. The Queen and Priam Albert, accompanied by the Primate Royal, dined with the Deem.. of Cambeidp last *yentas, .t her fee .1.4 C 9 is St. Jaaem'e Poems. The Ptincere fd••y sed th- Duke of Calibrelse were pretest lh • tol ow sg had h. ►onour of r, c -imag invitations to meet the lase's, end wore al-c. pretest:—Cant Kb imm ense, tie Elsanyorieu Minister; Lody Churchill, Lady is Waiting to the Qu!en ; the Date of Neseestle, the Marquis of Lass.lowee, the EA of &tibiae, Bed and Coontem Oraarll•, the Earl of Wrote'. r. I.nd, Vu oant and Vie. coact is Sydney; M•jo..Geearal Back.. y. Equerly is Waiting to bee 111J.Ity ; Captain the Ll,o D. De Hoe, Roo rry in Waiting to Priem Albert; Major Mine &merry in Waiting tot to Di,chem of Cambridge; and Lite talent C l,nel Tyrwhi t, Equerry is Waiting the Doke of Cambridge. Ih. Prince Cotoort r•de oa horseback in the ftrenoon, wit i the Prance of Wales sod Prine• Alfred, attended by Derain tt e lion. D. De D nie and Mr Gibbs. Prince V ctorof lioarslo a arrived in town yesterday, visited her Ilajsety at Buskragharn Palace, sad left Linden la tlinaltern-on for Prognosis. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Helena and Louisa visited the Dashes, of lioucisur, at Gloucester Hones. A detotetioa os the reject of et am pos , al commoaiea tiro WI I Attetralis had ea anterei.w cm o the Cow c llor of tee Exchequer yetterdity. at Its olBci4 madame la D-wa• street. Th. clepotet on emiateied of Meseta. W. C. West* oith sad WWI*. ill'Artliar (I.'. m. inhere of legis lative Goosed of 14. w 8 oath Wale.), Me , era. Job. More Awry and 0. W. C 1. (Ids neesoners of Lecieletive Coat ed of V.ct n e), Mr. J ,In Senile , . (lite member of L. 04 tows C,,uor lo' T-em ,ol ), Mr. D. Lemuel (menaper,b mk, New 8 a,b W. 1.). Mr. ft ibeit Brooke, Mr. Elwood Wes , by. Mr. F. A. Da Coos, Mr. James A. Foal, sad Mr. 3, he C. Kota A deput it•oo (toot the T rqsse Loral Board of Health had an iaterviiw y eterday with th • Right Hoc. W. Cow per, Proudest of toe General Board of 111113111, at ht. office, Whitehall. Toe deps.suan c iterated of Mr W. K,taoa (chairman of the to :el boar.), Mears. R•ibisioa, Richard., sad Harvey, stunned ty Mr. 0. C. Raider, t • clerk ti the bo rd. . . _ M. :sadist (oefike imerfletra4). with Mr. P. y -ter, sod Mr. WM.O C. r. to, hut se lot. mew env% the Char.°, lor of the Eiltrgeer yeeterd.y. Drapatehre were roe sited et fits Colonial-office yesterday from the Oman r toe Cape of Goid Hops and t h e Governor of the Paklead lauds. For some days past (eve the Herald) there has been a rumour prevaleut at the 'meal sad sailitaty clothe that Sir Edmund I.oons is o be rated to the peerage. We (Essex Herald) regret to learn intelligence hu bees received from Scutari that Eus go Wood, son of the Rea. Sir John Pigs Wood, upon +boos the Commander in.Chirf to handsomely conferred a c.mmission in the 13th Light Dragoons f)T his gallant c madvet in the naval brigade berme &bait yol, is lyieg dangetonsly 111 from typhoa fever. Immediately ma receipt of the intelligence Sir John and Lady Wood lift home to proceed to Scutari. Mr. Henry Whitmore entertained a select party of Copse ri &tie* members of the House of Cousons at <honor on Saturday erstiog, at his residenes in Inwnder otrest, incleding Lord floury o.irdon Leneos, Viscount Newport, Lord Will am Or .ham, Lord Charles Clintoo, Sir W Utam J Coronet Vy.e, Mr. Newdsgato, Mr. 0. Hassultes, Captain Joil.ffe. sad Camel Taylor. The eleventh anniversary festival of the Royal Gen , r 1 Tbea.ricsal Fund tame plass oak Keeney seat, Ceder the preetdeacy of Lor4 Tesuordee. A meeting of the Admioistrative Reform Associa tion will be held at the London Tavern. as &tardily nest, to consider the disclosures contained in the repent laid bclore both houses of pediment on the defence acid capitalatios of Kers. A conversation in to be held in the Hanover square ROMS' oa Saturday eassiop, Lord Nomura in the °UM, W inaugarata the Yoavg Woman's Caristian Ass*. eiatiov. It is announced that M. Koewith will lecture at the new echo 4 and lettere room arj dales Spatlelds chspel, Earrouth-street, Clerkenwell, on Tte colsoardat between the Pope and Franck Joseph of Autism, with special tolu enes to Hungary in genera, aid the protestanties of Hun gary in put cutler," on Wednesday evenings, blared 26 and April 2 The Queen of Sweden, who is spoken of u the probable godmother of toe fl•et born of the Empress Ea• genie, is Lint cousin to toe Emperor. Hu Majesty is the daughter of Eugene Beanntrasis, Mother of tbo QUIVI Hortense. A letter from Berlin, of the Bth, lays :—" Prices Freda r.ek William, only eon of the Priam of Prussia, and heir presumptive to ihe crown, will pay a new visit to Magian! in May neat, aid it will be of some duration." We read in the Paris correspondenoe of Le Nord : "La incident °craned a few days ago In one of the ehiet saline of Paris, which same to show that the roams, of the chit fa of the gooiest partite against the erbtiag regime is ler truth entice•. In the audit of the wird., Octant Fianna sad Count Muray were ananageed. M. and and Madame Th:e s, Y. and Madera' Restate, M. sad Madame d'llaseionvi le, sad other tMton , immediately row, saluted this thirteens of the house, and withdrew. The lath wee titan slam empty, two or three diplotainate ohne reatalood to keep MM. Flthaalt and Moray coompaay." It is announced by the Paris Press* that tneuures have ►een taiga to expel from the Bourse imams who, to evade the rale against the adasisaim of Wailer, hem lately I beat la the habit of going thew in mask attire. A telegraphic despatch from Berlin, dated yester day eveclag, says,— , ' The President of Police, Herr V.. Hack*lday, was this orris( shot is a gar by Harr Von Roc , ow, whoa he bad Ilk obliged to chsl.eagr.” The Madrid Gaulle, as a proof of the excellent surer la which t` • elects... telegraph now works in Spain, rys that the speech of the Emperor of the Preach oa opsa lag the Legislative Body was transmitted to Madrid in • few dares. The Cl/ladle° of Atheists (Piedmont) relates the Mowing ♦ royal feacitiosary of this province Ming abort ti mere y applied to the ecoleflastual authorities for the amasser, papers and lisesse. The latter rotund, on the ground that, is the ozonise of his (spotless, be t Vasa au wive put la the sappy 'Won of 'caveats. The Setter luit" some to the haowledge of the lateadeat of the provisos, be lesteatly ant as order to the bishop, intl. Sating that if the papas I. quetioa wen sot delivered without delay, the 'affluent would mat to nob Sea sane as would effuraalty provost the r. same* of similar disputes. This threat was sulisient, and so farther obstacle we. rdised." The Rev. George Butterworth, A.M., has been Homed to the perpetual tansy of Dwr►ere', Gloteutor stare, valuta ►y the etudes of the Bev. W. O. B. Addis's ; paves, the BI• hop of Gloucester sad Bristol. Mr. Hindley, M.P., is to be preseoted with a ter timodal, c miotieg of his p rinit, at the Teem-hall, Ash ton, oh Beater Monday, the 24th lost. FYNE ARTS AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE. It bust length been determined by the committee of lb. Crystal Mites to devote a portion of the building to form a gallery tor the exhibition of pictures. They are to be the works by living peinten of all tbe schools Is For this prom the meth wing of the building is to be immediately prepared by Mr. Ferguson. As it is Intended that every pent* shell be favourably pissed, the Internal arrangement et the gallery will be restricted to two hoes, whieh well, it is hoped, prove generally satisfeatory to all esttibit. re. At the is, time that the directors of the Crystal Pales. Compaq are Wooed to take this stop se a seem of attraction and a seas. of ennssement aid Metros ties to their visite:re, the interests of {hemline are not to be 6 roman, for Use Owen* wiU be on salt. Assn as they are 'Ad, they will be elsoeend to the purehmen, and the mosey, of i r the deducing' of 6 pee seat., will be headed to the artiste. Thee tae roam hae••••ateece standing erdinery ealibialoae—toth the artist end the buyer being obliged to was, tutu! the el es belOre the ease sea enemies the reward of his labours and the other the wait of art which In so im patiently desires to poseas—will be obviated. The regulatios and menagemeat of this sew undertaking are pissed is the heeds of Mr. Henry Mogford, whom long eatsaistance with the acts sad long intimacy with snit., bath foreign and native, fatly j unity his appointment by the directors of the Cyr al Falser; and his we integrity will waning dirties in treating their works to his cue and die cr °don. While vilest nu entire approbation to this ender 'skis', we man impress a hope that it Is sot intended that it shell form an emcees for • job, and load to sacther wing of the building being delivered over to fin Charles Eastlake at • receptacle for spueioas old pictures sad a piece' for ass sepectint Ch rasa to take sire of Mess. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE ARMISTICE. RUSSIAN DESPATCH. An extraordinary supplement to the Invalid* Busse of the tad inst. contains the following: "At the moment of going to press we have m otive d the following news from the Crimea:—The plenipotentiaries of the belligerent Powers have agreed at Paris that the Commanders-in-Chief of the Russian and the enemy's troops shall sign an armis tice, which will cease on March 31, it before that time it is not renewed by common assent. This armistice will not affect the blockade of our coasts already established or to be established, but the com manders of the enemy's maritime forces will receive orders not to undertake during its duration any act of hostility sgaiost our coasting possession,. "To-day Aide-de-Camp General Luders sends word by telegraph that, conforme). - i to the above mentioned stipulation, the commissioners of the bel ligerent parties in the Crimea held the first interview on Feb 29, upon the Tchernaia, near the stone bridge, and agreed to the cessation of military ope rations. The necessary orders have been already given to our army and to that of the enemy." PERSIA. A letter from Damascus, of the 9 h ult., in the Augsburg Gazette, says :—" Baron L.jeune, Ambits wider Extraordinary of France to the court of Persia, has been residing here for some short time. He was on the point of leaving for Teheran by Bagdad, with the ratification of the treaty concluded between the two powers, and with the grand croon of the Legion of Hoooar conferred by the Emperor of the French ' on the Shah, when be learnt that the Ambassador of France, M. Bonne, had followed the example of his Esglish colleague, and bad broken elf diplomatic relations with Penis, acd had retired on Turkish territory. Baron Lejeune will remain here, in con sequence, until further orders." EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (xxow or. owx PARIS, MONDAY Eve nNo. The attractions of the layette exhibition increase in enormous proportions. Toe crowds which flocked to see it yesterday and on Saturday were but a handful of people as compared with the muses that have be sieged the Rue Vivienne this day tram morning to night. The ladies now have it nearly all to them selves, for there are few men who have the patience or can afford the time to stand three or four hours in a queue while waiting for ad mission. At one time to-day theca were about 3,000 women in the Rue Vivienne, closely packed in long lines, extending in one direction as far as the Charnpeaux restaurant, in the Place de la Bourse, and in the other's far as the passage Colbert. Hundreds went away, exhausted by waiting. 11?- , inforcements of sergea•de-viile were sent for conti nually to keep order. The cradle alone coat 25,000 fr., nod the hangings of the cradle room 40,000 fr. The coat of the whole outfit is several hundred thousand francs. The Sled* excuses itself from publishing the cere monial for the birth of the imperial infant on the plea of" want of room." The general and superior officers of the let Mili tary Division have bleu apprised by a circular that they will be received at the Tuileries on the c:casion of her Majesty's sccouchement, in the same order so on New Year's Day. The Bourse has been worse than on any day since the annomocement that Russia had accepted the Austrian propositions. 'there was no political news, beyond idle rumours which nobody believed, such u the story that the English fleet had been beaten by Russian ships in the Baltic. The prevalence of unsound speculation to which I have more than once alluded is now generally looked upon se a fact big with future catastrophes. Failures of some important* are announced as having occurred at Mete, Strasbourg, Nancy, and other provincial turns. The position of several Government con tractors whose operations have been based upon the supposition of a continuums of the war is consi dered critical, and it is understood that the Cot:Voir 4, Eseoniple is very cautious in taking the paper of any one who has been concerned in purveying war material. In fact, the prospect of peace produces a more uneasy feeling in certain commercial quarters than has ever existed since the commencement of the war. The note in yesterday's Ifoniteur, announcing that no new concession of railways or other industrial under takings would be granted this year, has produced an eff,.ct precisely the reverse of what was intended. Some people see in the paragraph the germ of a new loans and say that government wants to keep to itself all the floating capital that is to be had; and others, who do not go so far in their interpretation, reflect very seriously upon the gravity of the over speculation which has gone to such an extent as to provoke an admonition from a government which has not hither to shown itself prudish in this regard. Among the gloomy rumours of the day, there was one that a crisis might be looked for at the Corn Exchange, in consequence of the fall during the past week. I have reason to believe, however, from private infor mation, that there is no fear of this. The fall in wheat during the week has not exceeded lir., and there has been a considerable rise in flour this day —a rise extending, for transactions for April, from 89fr. to 94jfr. and 95fr. The Rents fell 50c. for cask and eio. for account, closing ■t 71fr. 60c. and 72(r. sc. Credit Mobilier fell 27fr. 50e. The railways were all very much depressed. St. Rackbert and Grenoble fell 20fr. The Austrian rail ways, which, atter the Bourse on Saturday were done at 9361 r., fell to 910 fr. The only security in favour was Credit Foocier, which rose 121 r. Wu. The following are the latest bulletins relating to the illness of Prince Jerome. It will be observed that they are Ins fa•ourabls than those in the Mo. lesteur of this morning: March 10, 8 a.m. Hie Imperial H gbnM has act poised so pod a sight as t • piss:Awing one, his cough having proved troublaiose. Th, re 4 40, however, at y fever. Ma clt 10, 3 p.m. The pita* hat produced a ealut►ry effect, aad the ft.:- Timm of tbs co►gb hes soceibly dimiawbod. The Impt nal patina hes tad two h mite' ship. The examination made by the judicial authorities into the strike of the cab drivers of the Citadines Company has proved it to be of a more serious character than was at first supposed, and in con sequence not fewer than twenty-two of the men have been arrested. (11011 AY PARIS, SUNDAY. There is a profound mystery about t►e proceed. loge of the Congress, and only now ■nd then some tritliug facts ooze out, which, from their nature, are reliable, but which sufficiently indicate the internal agitation—one might almost say convulsious—of the Council Chamber where the pacification of the world is said to be in progress, it ibis be really true, then these spasmodic symptoms remind one of a woman in trouble. For the sake of France, I wish that the aceourAconent of the Empress may prove less difficult than the doubtful conception of the Four Points to the maternal solicitude of the Plenipotentiaries for the felicity of mankind. Lord Clarendon looks anxious aid worried ; Count Cavour, who is a lite rary man and a philosopher, seems to rejoice in the contusion of where Count Waleweki is lost in the vastness of combinations ; and poor Aali Pacha is on the point of dying from indigestion, in consequence of being both obliged to abstain from smoking for a great part of the day, and devouring too sumptuous dinners with which people, in their cordiality, posi tively overwhelm him. The Russians are the only ones who thrive amid.( their imaginary discomfiture: They are treated with empressement and distinction everywhere, aid la k pleased at the adulations—not to say ovations—offered up to the departed spirit of Nicholas and the martyrdom of Holy Russia. Aali Pacha, the Grand Vizier, is a line specimen of an old Turk, though be is air yet young and enjoy. all the advantages of an accomplished European educa tion. He has the msiestic dignity of an Osmanli, the easy and refined manners of a gentleman, and treats those in whom he confides with frank cordia lity. He speaks both English and French. As long as Turkey has such men as Aali Paella she will live in spite of the whole of Europe if ranged against her. Consider only it is he who has arranged the conces sions to the rayahs, aid you need not dread a false reform. I only at lid you some hints that you may understand the character of the man who, under a most unassuming appearance, conceals such sterling qualities. RUSSIA. A Rankin government j mrnal contains an invita tion to contractors to bid for the curiae of several millions of ponds (1 pood equals 40. M.) of copper, iron, lead, tin, and other raw produce, from the Sibe rian mines on the Don, the %Volga, and the Dnieper to Nicolairtf, "tor the use of the superintendent of the Black Sea fteet." The preparations making everywhere for afresh campaign are carried on with • degiee of energy and spirit hitherto unknown in Russia. THE UNITED STATES. (mot oua OWN col LIVERPOOL, Idoyoky. The Royal Mail stead-ship Canada, Captain W. J. C. Lang, has arrtv. d. Her mail bags were landed this evening at nine Oclock, and the vessel herself is expected at midnight. She left Boston on the 27th ult., and Halifax on the 29th, with the usual mails from British North Anurics. (She has been detained some hours at the Bar for want of water.) Besides the mails, she has brought 43 passengers, but no specie. The Royal Mail ste.tm-ship America, from hence on the 16th of Feb., was passtd going into Halifax on the 29th; at one p.m., on Co.? 9th instant, passed the Persia 37 west of Fraa tnel Light. The steam-ships Arc'ic and Alabama have re turned, alter cruising in search of the Pacific, bring ing no tidings of her. They could not proceed north ward of Cape Race, owing to immense fields of ice. The Atlantic and Aeia arrived at New York on Feb. 24. In the United States Snate, on the 25th of Feb., Mr. Muon, chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, offered a resolution, which was adopted, call ing for all correspond( rice that had passed respecting the Englirh goverment enlistment d,fficalty. ..._ _ _ _ At the National Preaidental Conven , ion held at Philadelphia, only two names, those of George Law and Millard Fillmore, are yet announced. The 124th annivereary of Waehington'e birth-day was celebrated with great eclat at New York on the 22nd Feb. California 'deices to Fab. 25, per Daniel Webster, at New Orleans, reports Lail a million dollars en rotate. There is no important news. Havanna dates to Feb. 17 contain nothing new. Accounts from Gonave', Hayti, state that Soulouque had dir banded his army, and that an invasion of Dominica was abandoned. Accounts from Mexico state that the revolt of Hero y Tamirez would prove a Were. The new tariff went into operatiln Jan. 1. Money at New York was rice edingly abundant. Its value on call was 6to 7 per cent. There was a good demand for drat-class paper, which was scarce. The stock market was irregular under the influence of the Asia's newe, with teudency downwards. The cotton market was unsettled on account of the foreign advice,. Bread;tuffs were duil, and the demand chiefly for home consumption, and prices rather lower. There was a fair demand for provi.ions. Freights to Eng'ald were tolerab'y active at steady rate,. Exchange on London unchanged, 1051 to 1091; Paris, 5.221. The United States steamer Washington arrived at Cowes on her way to Bremen yesterday. She left New York on the 23. d cr. According to the New York Honed emigration to Nicaragua has become ti passion with young Ameri cans of family and position. The Senate had ordered the priotiog of 10,000 maps of Central America. copies of those prepared by the Coast Survey, all the maps of that region now in use being of British origio. In Kansas a pro-slavery movement is afoot to pro. cure southern emigrants to aid in combating aboli tionists. The Herald of Freedom, published at Law ranee, gives an account of the preparations making there tor the civil war expected on or about March 4. It says: thine tale Robinson and Lane taw adopted precautionary siessorin, and organised a r piment and placid the several forts in charge of suitable persons, and tom are being guarded night and day t e prevent a surptise. In the mom thus munitions of war are being collected, Rod will be held in readiness for instant terries. We on terstand that an attack is alto expected at T.. eke, and that our friends thaw are also preparing for defence. The friends of freedom la the east may be prepared at any time to hear of the blow being struck. When the vest suit be opened again in Kansas it will be under different enspicts than on Was? occasions; it will be a struggle in canner, and we appeal to our (rinds in the noun end east to held thentselree in reediness to march at a fllntlfel not. cc to oar remue. They may rest assured that tn. people of Kansas will stand upon the right, and that they will die before their will surrender. A letter from Odessa of the 25th Mt., in a Russian journal sap, •' The rapid r ensition from a moat rigoroug winter to warm but humid and rlitty weatter, has gives rise to typhus and all Itsta t f eorregious fevers. The doe , tors, to whom pr..videnee usually shows a well-merited benipity, have this time been very unfortunate. It is thought nothing at all that there sh,oll be as many as eight now ill, while three others have died daring the night just palled. At !Coital. if also the mortality is great, sad smording to the i. telliganee we re eeive, it is very serious In the Peninsula as well, espreisLy in the Imalities tat arut the gee.•• The Russian Chancellor of State, Jakowkff, who is the proprietor of Ist At metallergseil works in tbsd country, has jest given the government about two mill one of kilo srammee of metal for the ea•raordinary wants of the army and nary. _ The Aursiaire Breton states that a present offered to the cathedral of Reno.' by General d'A I o ~,lle„ a native of that town, is st.ortly t, be placed in the dime cf that bnildong. It c minis of two banners taken from the prin. cip3l church of Seha.trpll. They are of red cloth, sad covered with meal iota not badly paint•!,l, representing clone memo from the New Teatanvnt. To each banner are att.ched thee streamers of considerable length, covered with embroidery, Greek er.weer, and pat snarls. A letter from Copenhagen, in the Hamburg Con• respondent, stats•—•• The Supreme Connell has decided to-ley on the astablisnment of a journal to give s►orta hand repo.ts if the ',roc ediage, and v.e adatiuion of the . public to the sitting,. The epees' et will be reported in Ohs language in which thefera dalivtrad." A corporal of a line regiment, stationee. at Calais, haajoet iabarited a fortune of 76 millions of trines. r