The Express. — London, England, 1853-06-27 00:00:00

Cite ersireogi. Ti' OOKI:KSYtabIINTR. 4“, to Mos elf no lbytimi." inalmbelboi tTe was ewenleg't • ..u.tree'le pebbled wiry limb, and loriday *Wit, is time Pir , ior• r " The Fs; rerry"lrrirtes ',Mil, paper, ewe, ro It the intri, V., brandwausei by Two o'clock as tire • nt rolgleralt a. ACM WATER. AT LONDON BRI1)OR. To. Da—thanes„ las . Ila. 31s. -14 , &aer IL 465. LONDON, MONDAY, JrNE 27. rat. Earl of Dully excited much sympathy at ()mord by alluding to Lord STANLEY asjitiux meus biglimt,%—"nly most beloved boy." Unless we suppose that 'the es-Premier was merely disburden ing himself of an oratorical flourish, graced by a Latin superlative, we must conclude that Lord intense expression of affection was occa sioned by something in the son's character or con duct which recommended itself particularly to the pato nal feelings. Now, the Earl of DERBY has been, all hi. life, noted for political dexterity, the quality srhich enables its possessor to arrive at his ends by means which appear intended to produce results of a nature to:ally different from those which might have h.en anticipated. Ile is, therefore, naturally wei! pleased to see in his son a disposition to travel in his footsteps. The motion of Lord STANLEY on India has been a step after the father's own heart. Nobody supposes that the son of the dexterous peer did not know well enough the nature of the evils under which India suffers. Nobody believed for a stlienent that the mover of the amendment was ao s*.eis lest premature legislation should have a Lau.ftl influence on the future prospects of lodia. Every one knows that the state of affairs in India is so had that almost any change lutist be for the better. Everybody, there fore, was asking what Lord STANLEY was at, know ing well enough that while India is in the noble lord's suouth, the Treasury is in his thoughts. And the evident answer is this, that he looked forward to a tor; discussion upon India Reform as a means of stavi.:g off Electoral Reform in England. This is the t:11e explanation of the clever move of the wor thy son of the triekety politician of the House of Peer.. Put off the present opportunity for remedying the very few of the miseries of India likely to be mitigated by the proposition of the present Government, and then you may next year be so busy with India that you may very reasonably refuse to enter into the consideration of English Reform. A lucky wind may drive Toryism into the Treasury harbour, and once there Tories may snap their fingers at Reformers, whether Indian or English. Reformation may be put off to the Greek Calends. This is the true explanation of the Derbyite tactics. This is the cause which induced the ex-Premier to summon his followers to council on Wednesday, and pledge them to support the amendment of his son. It is characteristic of the moat corrupt party that ever appeared in the arena of English politics, that, beaten at every point, they have at last taken shelter in the most corrupt department of British polities. Lord STANLr.A knows well enough that he is appealing to • }base • large majority of the members of which have a personal interest in maintaining the antra cu.) in India. A large number of members of the House of -Commons are, either for themselves or for their friends, anxious to obtain some of the good things the distribution of which is entrusted to the East India Directors. Lord STANLEY was ad dressing a House prepared beforehand to recognise the weight of his arguments. We cannot say that the speaker made the most of his advantages. ?stelae choiy enough was the speech of Sir Cassias WOOD on proposing the measure. Far more melancholy, and more dreary, was the speech of his opponent. The badness of the argument was only exceeded by the mumbled and inaudible style of the delivery. It was almost impossible to hear what the speaker said, and still more difficult to follow the argument. The point on which the greatest stress was laid at the commencement of the speech was; as many important measures that had been brought before the House in times past had occupied the attention of the House daring a very long period, therefore it would be unfair not to allow a period equally long or longer to the discussion of the India BilL There might have been something in this reasoning, had Sir CHARLES WOODS proposal been to renew the lease of the East India Company for another twenty years. If we were going to lock the door of India Reform far a filth part of a century, every proposal for • delay, during which the goes- Coo might be investigated, ought to meet with due reaped. Bat the Ministerial project, with its many defects, does no such thing, and this is the very viand of its unpopularity amongst the jobbers. There can be no doubt that Sir CHARLES WOOD'S scheme leaves untouched many of the most flagrant abuses in the Indian Government, but it must be remembered that this scheme is annually open to revision. If the present Ministerial measure is taken as the basis of a settlement, we have all future ses sions of Parliament open to us for the due considera tion of the grounds upon which the settlement is founded, and may be re-arranged. The increasing facility of communication between India and Eng land will enable us to become better ac quainted with the state of affairs in the East, and there is no reason why its interests should not become an annual subject of discussion in the Imperial Parliament. Grant a new lease of power to Leadenhall-street—ea the Tories would do—and Parliament virtually abdicates its functions for a quarter of a century. Lord &Lunar's argument against hasty legtseitieu falls to glee's, dirootly we reflect that the Ministerial scheme, however insuf ficient, is, so far as it goes, a reform and not a settlement. Lord STANLEY took his Mend upon three grounds —the non-renewal of the Charter—the plan for the disposal of patronage—and the future constitution of the home government. The non-renewal of the Charter we have already dealt with. The plan for the disposal of the patronage may be open to very mime objections, but no one can deny that it is a vast improvement upon the old system. The pro posal to throw open the appointments in the civil service to public competition is not only a step likely to prove of the greatest possible benefit to the service, but is most valuable as a Ministerial re- , cognition of a great pakairia Up to the prevent I time no great department et the public service has been open to those who diaphyed the greatest capa city for administration. Let it be once established that Indian appointments an to be given only to the most worthy, and we shall entertain a hope that .. _ sooner or later the same principle may be applied to all branches of the public service. The remarks of Lord STANLEY on the Ministerial plan for the home government of India consisted of some wretchedly common-place argument.. Reformers are fully jus tified in looking upon Sir Cntatas Woou's scheme as a measure, which, falling far short of what is r .11ired, in the present state of Indian affairs, may yet be accepted as an instalment susceptible of antral improvement and extension. The Tory oppo sitiou is evidently a manceurre to create a disturb ance, during which English Reforms may be throat atilt. la asking us to pat off emery instal- i•; went of India reform, Lonl STANLEY desires to gain an opportunity for indefinite postponement of Re form in England. But his Lordship may safely calculate upon being very satisfactorily beaten. NEVER has a Libitish C.onantander-in Chief found himself in so fatturable a position for bringini. about a total reform of the abuses of the army as Lord Mamma, and we are strongly inclined to hope that seldom hes the opportunity occurred to one more fitted to carry out such a change in a proper spirit. During the earlier pert of his career he was fur a long period attached to some of the continental armies, where he learnt to divest himself of that English prejudice which so generally prevails amongst - tit; commanders, whilst, as Governor ' General of India, he bad every means of be coming acquainted with the wants of our soldiery in that extensive empire. No sooner bad his Lordship become Master-General than extensive improvements became visible in the Ordnance de ' partment. The old, useless six-pounder field battery was abolished, and for it was substituted the efficient nine-pounder; represented at Chobham by the Sho n cliffe battery ; whilst the intelligence of our gun makers was called into action, in order to bring the Minis rifle to a state of greater perfection,—to which we owe the present beautiful musket which is being manufactured at Enfield. It was, therefore, with regret that the Ordnance corps saw themselves deprived of so excellent an officer, although he was called upon to a post where his re forms can be still more extensive, and thus more beneficial to his country. We have for so many years enjoyed perfect peace in this island, that our soldiers almost began to think that the sole pur pose of their career was to live in barracks and mount sentry in dockyards, or other public stores. Every third or fourth night out of bed was getting to be a nuisance, whilst mouldy bread or a piece of tainted meat was not to be thought of for an instant. Offi cers thought little of anything beyond balls and din ners, swore at their drill, and voted duty a decided bore. We are not speaking of that portion of our troops who—stirred up by the excitement of an inroad of Sikhs, or the prospect of obtaining fresh laurels for their regiment,—do not mind putting themselves out of the way for a month or two, but of that portion serving at home ; and to whom we must look in case of an emergency arising in Europe. Chobham camp has. however, proved that oar military material is of the best, and that if the British soldier is encouraged, instead of finding impediments thrown in his way, he will be found most efficient. But before our soldiers can compete, or rather can surpass the continental ones, they must have hats which do not cut their foreheads, coats which do not pinch in their arms, knapsacks which require no assistance to put off and on, and which none but a powerful man can carry to a distance. The effect of dress on the soldier was signally exemplified in a little episode which occurred last week at the camp. A marshy bog lay in the way of tho troops on their march. A Highland regiment unburdened with breeches boldly walked through it, whilst the Foot Guards, resplendent in white trousers, preferred marching round it. The subject created much mer riment at the expense of the Guards, but most un justly. Soldiers who he.d nothing to clean but gaiters and shoes did, of course, think little of dirty. ing them, but when it came to a question of hav ing to wash a pair of white troweers, and moreover to have to put them on again damp the next morn ing, it was a matter to pause about. Nothing is clearer than that troops should possess no article of regimen tal necessary which is cumbersome or useless on service. A detachment clothed in cloth might any day be sent off on a foreed march just as they stood, bat if in white treeches, they must carry another pair to change, and even then never have on a dry pair. The unhealthiness of such a mode of dress has been so fully tested by the French in Algeria, and by ourselves in the West Indies, that the former wisely now wear cloth, and in tho latter cloth is always worn at sunset. Bo that it our Guards are ever to go on service, they must as a mere matter of huma nity be spared the trouble of carrying their two pairs of linen trousers in their knapsack. The plea for the white trousers is that they "look nice;" but a more solid article of clothing has even this advantage also. Cloth trousers look better to the eye of everyone, unless it be the nursery girls who frequent St. James's park. Then, again, the head-dress. How long are we to denounce, in vide, that absurd monstrosity, the Gre nadier bear-skin ? What excuse can be alleged for decorating a man's head in a manner which would even excite the risibility of a savage? Were our troops intended sometimes to walk on all-fours, and imitate some of the Indian vagaries described by COOPER, we might undertand the Grenadier cap being retained; but, can anything be invented more perfectly uncomfortable for a hot summer's day, or marching with a steady rain blowing in the soldier's face? The only use we can conceive for such mon strous bead-gear in a campaign is to serve as cradles for any unfortunate child which may find its way in the world where no better accommodation can be easily found. Was it ever for a moment supposed that the apparent additional height which the bear skin cap gave to the men would strike terror into the enemy ? On the contrary, the very visible long black line which it presents would enable skir mishers to take a very steady aim below. Unfortu nately the line shako is so hideous, that the officers of the Guards, although ridiculing their own head dress, would not like to change it for a machine which acts u a gutter to send the rain inside the collar, or which, in the sun, attracts the sun's ran on its patent leather top, turning it into a perfect oven. The size of the kit, and the leather cross-belts upon which hang the pouch and bayonet, also re quire revision. The English kit is far too heavy for a man to carry on a march of 20 miles. True, many can be found to do tt, but then, let it be remembered that many of these get their health broken down by the effort. A flannel shirt, a couple of woollen socks, a greased pair of boots, a fatigue dress, a great-coat, with an oilskin cape, and a hold-all, is everything that a soldier need carry. It is ample for him if he be sent away for a abort period; whilst at head quarters the Quarter-Master can always furnish him with more trousers, coats, or shoes, when his own are worn out. He should be spared the linen shirts, the blacking and blacking brushes, the white trousers, the second fatigue jacket, and third pair of boots, which many men carry. Great attention is dis played in seeing that a man possesses his entire kit, but very often he is allowed to carry a Ipeat deal more. And what will be thought of the fact, that to carry a bayonet and sixty rounds of ammunition, the soldier is burdened with between nine and ten feet of leather, about four inches wide, when a waist-belt three feet long would do as well. Who profits by this? Is it the leather contractor or , I the troops ' It may. perhaps, be unnecessary to say that the belts do not form part of the clothing sup plied by clothing colonels, or their spirit of economis- I ing cloth by giving tail coats instead of frocks, would I have been certainly extended to cropping the belt t I leather. Who the contractor is fur the Drury-lane style of Seoto-Africo ostrich tartan bonnet which encum bers the Highlanders we cannot say, but we know that, on looking at the 42nd and 93rd Regiments with their forage cape on, and then with their full dress—we don't know what to call it—the difference was j aet that between a soldier and a comedian. And THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 27. ' 803. to see them with these extraordinary full bead.. dresses encased in oilskins, suggests the notion that some band of plunderers had rushed away with all the milliners band-boxes, and, not knowing what use to make of them, bad stuck them on their heads. DONALD. fresh from the plough, seeing himself 'standing under a dome of ostrich feathers, may feel very proud; but DONALD sleeping on the battle field, with his feathers in the mud, forms bat a very damp and unhappy4ouking picture. Give him his own native bonnet, and you will confer a national benefit upon him—tossy nothing of the improvement in his appearance. In bringing forward these various points oonnectcd with the English Infantry equipments we merely re iterate the views of the best practical soldiers—views shared, it is understood, by Lord ILtRDINGE and the Duke of CAMBRIDGE. But it seems to be difficult for any single man, even a Commander-in-Chief, to carry iuto effect measures of reform which would tell upon the pockets of some hundred and twenty Generals, be• sides the whole array of felt, beaver, and leather contractors. Lord HARDINGE will, however, secure very powerful support amongst the public of all classes and opinions, if he will but take the evil in hand with soldierly courage, and insist upon its re moval. Secure of public approbation, he may fearlessly enter on the important duty of Army Reform. ITALY. The Chevalier Burger, lately Imperial Lieutenant of Styria, has been appointed Imperial Lieutenant of Lombardy. The Chevalier Borger is anal to be one' of the most liberal of Austrian sta•esmen, which by the way Is not much. He belongs to the moderate political school which arrived at power in 1848. The civil governor of Lombardy is cut into the shade by the military authorities, who are allowed - to exer cise a despotism controlled only by the Emperor himself. Hence this new appointment may prove of less consequence than some German papers repre sent. FRANCE. PARIS, SUNDAY EVINING. The Empress's sister, the Duchess of Berwick and Albe, and her husband, tho duke, have arrived in Paris from Madrid. We read in the Moniteur de (Armee: Correspondence from Constantinople announces that at: ambassador from the King of Persia had come to offer the Sultan his alliance, and the assistance of his army ageinot Russia. It is well known that Persia no less than Turkey has suffered from Muscovite ambition. Its provinces adjoining the Caspian sea have fallen under the domination of the Czars. Like Turkey, Persia has many years made efforts to resist Russian enerombroent,and since the celebrated embassy sent to Teheran by Napoleon 1., Persia has turned her eyes continually towards France, espe pecially with the view of obtaining from her an European or ganisation of the Pei Man army. We believe from information directly reaching us, that this army is not to be despised. It comprises, it Is said, twenty regiments of regular infantry, and its light cavalry is very foi minable. This result is due to the military school established at Teheran by the aid of European officers. Some of those are Italians who took part in the defence of Venice, and who since 1849 have been in the Persian service. But the success of the school is chiefly owing to a young man of immense promise. Hussein-Khouli, now chief aide-decamp to the King of Perbill, who was educated at St. Cyr, where he pared eighteen mouths, beginning iu 1847. We read in the Independance Beige : The Austrian minister has, it seems, Induced the Divan to advance a step towards Russia. In the answer to the Neaselrode note, the Sultan will, it is said, declare that he considers the last imperial firman in tavour of the Christians of the empire as having an immutable character, end as constituting a moral engagement on the part of the Poste with all the Christian powers. _ _ The Moniteur of to-day announces several changes in the navy : Vice• Admiral Brost has received the command of the squadron in the Pacific. The Moniteur publishes a telegraphic despatch from the Governor-General of Algiers, in which he states that from the position he - hes taken up, he anticipates that the campaign will be terminated in a tew days, when the army will be employed in the construction of the road for the union of Djidjelly with Setif and Constantine. The dividend of the Bank of France for the first half-year of 1853 is fixed at 70L per share. TURKEY. The rejection of the Russian ultimatum is still the newest item of eastern intelligence. It is now Russia's move. The rejection of her demands, supposing it to have occurred on the 16th, would be known at Odessa by the 18th, and at St. Petersburg by the 25th. The letters which arrive from Vienna and North Germany show that there also the opinion is entertained that the tactics of Russia are to gain time, partly in order to wear out the resources of the intended victim, and partly to postpone the hour of action to a season when, as the Czar hopes, the allies of Turkey could with difficulty render her any ser vice with their fleets. If these anticipations are well founded, we are only at the commencement of a sea son of suspense and uncertainty, to terminate which must be the interest of every nation and government in Europe. In reference to this serious inconveni ence the Bulletin de Paris has a statement which must be noticed for the positiveness of its character. The Bulletin states that " Russia will be called upon by the French cabinet to declare her intentions openly ; to say whether she is really for peace or war; if she is for peace, and will negotiate sincerely with that view, France will give her co-opera tion, and do everything in her power to obtain a solution honourable to all; if for war, France, although so conciliating and so anxious to preserve peace, will accept war; but what she will tnsist upon is, an immediate desision either for peace or war. She will not admit of more delay; there has already been too much. This, says the Bulletin, will be the ultimatum of France." It is always difficult to answer, u the Bulletin does, for the intentions of a government, but if France can hasten tho solution without aggravating its difficulty, she will tarn the thanks of all parties. The Wonderer of Vienna has correspondence stating that the Divan did not communicate the real character of the Meuchikoff demands to the ministers of Francs and England until the accession of Res ettid Paekk'wheee first official act was to depart from AM viten; sad make to the western powers the lri=communications respecting the exact state l e i and the new direction which he proposed living them. Letters from Jassy, of the Bth, state that two Rus sian agents bad ainved in that city, and taken up their quarters in the house of the Russian consul. This is by no means an extraordinary occurrence. It is added that on the 7th the British consul sent a special courier to Lord Stratford de Radcliffe. An article from the Assentbl4e Nationale, respect ing Russia and Turkey, will be found in the letter of our Paris correspondent, and deserves notice. The following is a portion of a letter received with the latest despatches, Via Galas : CONSTANTINOPLE, 30N11 9. "It is generally supposed that Runta has a large force concentrated in the Crimes. Such is not the case. Russia has there only 25,000 men. Her forces are in echelon from Odessa up towards Mol davia and Wallachia. The points at which she designs them to cross the Danube are most likely Galata and Tultsha, for at these two places, b4li e u s l aiesent, she was preparing her pontoons. Th e se towns are about 50 miles apart, Galatz being above, and Tultsha below the debouchure of the Pruth. Menchikoff has taken the command elilletfleeT. The land forces have been placed under the command of Kossakoff (perhaps Gortschakoff, although there is a general of the former name in the Russian army). Baron Bruck, the Austrian interuuncio, is daily ex pected here. The Austrian party in Constantinople is very anxiously spreading the idea that the mission of the Baron is altogether of a pacific nature, and that he is, in fact, the bearer of a peaceful message." SWITZERLAND. On the 20th, the &mese be: an to celebrate the fetes which commemorate the sth centenary of the acceseion of their canton to the confederation. All the cantons save one are represented at these rejoicings, preparations for which have been in progress for many months. The intention of forming a camp at Generate, on the frontier of Ticino, which was announced by the con centration of troops and the cutting of growing crops, has been abandoned by the Austrian con:- mender. Freiburg is tranquil, notwithstanding the alarming lancuage of some journals. The Federal Council has, within these few days, declared in an official manner that it guarantees the constitution of that canton. GERMANY. A ministerial paper states that the King of Prussia has met the recent papal brief concerning mixed marriages by issuing a royal decree. The pope hav ing ordained that no catholic female shall main a protestant who will not swear to have his children educated in the faith of the church of Home, the king decrees that any officer of his army marrying under a condition so degrading shall he held unwor thy to serve the sovereign of an independent state, and dismissed the Prussian service. The Hanoverian cabinet has just sustained a seri ous defeat in the Second Chamber. Its proposition for modifying the constitution so as to satisfy the Knirearchy, who threaten an appeal to the Frank fort Diet, has been rejected by 42 to 33 votes. The ministry is in a state of embarrassment, but cannot resign as the sovereign is with us in England. The French ambassador at Vienna gave a grand dinner on the 19th, at which the Russian and British ambassadors, the other members of the diplomatic corps, and the Austrian Minister for Foreign Affairs were present. THE UNITED STATES. ARRIVAL OF THE ARABIA. A telegraphic summary of the following intelli gence appeared in our impression of Saturday : LIVERPOOL, SATURDAY. At 10.34 this morning, the royal mail steam-ship, Arabia, Captain Indkins ' lntend the Mersey from New York, whence she sailed at 12.35 on the 15th instant. The Arabia has thus made the run across the Atlantic from New York in 9 days, 17 hours. and 19 minutes, the shortest passage ever accom plished. Besides the usual mails, the Arabia has brought 163 passengers, and 518,914 dollars in specie on freight. The royal mail steamer, Asia, was passed by the Arabia 48 miles off Sandy Hook, inward bound. The United States mail steam-ship, Pacific, arrived at New York on the 12th inst. The Earl of Ellesmere had gone to Philadelphia, and intended afterwards to proceed to Canada. The New York state legislature have adopted the Maine Liquor Bill by a majority of 17 to 13. The trial of Captain Molony for the murder of a seaman named Emanuel, in the ship Roscius, termi nated on the 11th in a verdict of acquittal. The steam-ship Illinois, from Aspinwall, on the 4th, arrived at New York on the 12th inst., with the California mails, over 1,100,000 dollars in gold dust on freight, and 324 passengers. 139 of the rescued passengers of the lost ship Wil liam and Mary arrived at New Orleans ou the 11th inst., in a destitute condition. The opening of the New York Crystal Palace is fixed for the 16th of July. The President of the United States and the heads of the various depart ments are to take part in the opening ceremonies. The Gavazzi excitement still continues at Mon treal. On Sunday night, the 12th inst., a mob de molished all the windows of St. Stephen's Church, situated in the suburbs. The liberal-minded and well informed Roman catholics of that city, deeply deprecating the recent outrages, yesterday held a meeting, at which they resolved not only to repair the damages but to use every exertion to ferret out and bring to justice those who participated in the riots. Three more of those who were wounded at the time of the attack on Father Gavazzi in the church have died. The Padre was to return to Mon treal on the 15th to conclude his lectures. On Sunday evening, the 12th instant, Father Gavazzi delivered hiscustomary lecture to the Italians at the Stuyvesant Institute, in the presence of an im mense audience, who testified their approval of his address by loud and repeated applause. He briefly reviewed the late riot in Canada, and a bitter invective against the Irish priesthood,who he be lieved excited the passions of the misguided men who attacked him. It is the intention of the Italians in New York to present a gold medal to the Scotch sergeant who so bravely defended the Pudre. According to the correspondence published from Oreytown, the last semblance of the authority of the Musquito King over that town has disappeared. The approval by the United States government of the prompt action of the commander of the Cyane, which was also quietly acquiesced in by the British Consul, seems to have rather unexpectedly settled the territorial dispute between Nicaragua and the Mosquitoee. The health of the Isthmus of Panama was com paratively excellent at last advices. The breach between the Gaverni r and the Assem bly of the island of Jamaica still continued at the last dates. The refractory members of the Assembly still maintained their position, and resolutely refused to come together; and those who approved of the governor% policy were too few in number to form a quorum. The governor feared to dissolve the body, for the reason that the cause of the aasemblymeb would be greatly strengthened by a new election, which would displace his adherents in the council, and fill their plaoss with members of the popular side. The rejection of the appropriation bills had caused the island to remain without a revenue for over a month, since which time the various civil and other functionaries had been working on expectancy. The discovery of new copper mines was of frequent occurrence. The yellow fever had disappeared, and fertilising showers had blessed the hopes of the huabandmen. Details of Mexican news up to the 28th ult. have been received. The Trail d' Union, published in the city of Mexico, says, " Conflicts are still taking place be tween the soldiers of the garrison, police agents, and citizens. During the night of the 15th the dead bodies of three soldiers were picked up." On the 18th alt. Mons. Levasseur officially in formed the government the expedition of Count Raonaut Bouillon had dispersed before leaving Cali fornia. The Universal says that Raousset hue written to the French Minister that he formed his expedition for the purpose of avenging himself upon the government of President Arista, but that he would desist from his attempts, and serve Mexico, if the new administration would give him passports to Mexico. The same paper adds, that he is coming to Mexico, and that the government will employ hies in its service. A decree has been issued ordering that all the revenues of the different States be paid into the National Treasury. Don Bonifacio Guiterrez bad returned to the city of Mexico, after having formally taken possession of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec as the representative of the Sloe Company. Later dates to the 4th inst. state that the govern ment was engagrd upon the tariff. The tobacco monopoly is to be taken from private hands, and ad ministered by the government. The Siylo newspaper had been fined for an infringement of the law regu lating the press. Senor Alaman, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, died on Ist June, and Manuel Bonnita, Secretary of War, takes his place. Senor Navareco, of Gua&la jars, was spoken of for Secretary of War. Santa Anna had revived an old decree intended for the annoyance of United States travellers, and the Governor of Acapulco, Gen. Alvarez, had issued a counter proclamation, advising the people to pay no attention to the edict of Santa Anna. The new tariff of Santa Anna is said to be higher than that of 1813, and was expected to prove very unsatisfactory. Cotton goods are to pay six cents per yard. The difficulties between Peru and Equador seem to grow more and more complicated with every at tempt at negotiation. Should actual hostilities com mence between the two nations, of which there is now every probability, sides will most likely be taken by, ^nd a general war ensue between, the adjacent republics. Chili, in the meanwhile, is making rapid progress in the extension of her steam marine and facilities of internal communication. INDIA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIA. We have received by submarine telegraph the fol lowing messaite from Theme, in anticipation of the Overland 111:ul: _ _ " The steamer Austria arrived here on the 26th June, at 11.45 p.m., in 106 hours from Alexandria. " The India, Chiutse, and Australian mails have arrived, with intelligence from Calcutta to the 16th May; Hong Kong, 6th May; Sydney, 3rd April; Melbourne, 6th April; and King George's Sound, 18th April " There was no definite news from Rangoon, but it was expected that either the treaty with the King of Ava would be signed at once, or that our troops would move on to Ava. The Governor-General is anxious to bring the war to a close. " Trade at Calcutta languid. Exchange on Lon don, 28. lid. • "There was no mail from Shanghai, and no intel gence about the insurrection in China. " At Canton, a French commodore had seized two Englishmen, and forcibly conveyed them on board of his ship, for walking near a French flag-staff on shore. " Exchange at Hong-Kong, 51. per dol. "In Australia things were proceeding prospe rously. From Ist January to 6th April, 500,000 ounces of gold had been shipped; price of gold, 3/. 17s. 6d. per ounce. " At Melbourne the exchange was at par. " No intelligence from Bombay, the last steamer from Alexandria having conveyed the mail that was to have gone on by this steamer." Int (Court. Prince Albert, attended by Colonel the Hon. C. B Phipps and Captain the Hon. Dudley de Roe, returned to Buckingham Palace at half-past five o'clock on Saturday afternoon from the camp at Chobbem. The Duchess of Kent visited the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha on Saturday, at Buckingham Palace. The Countess de Neuilly also visited their royal highnesses. The Prince of Hohenlohe Laogeubourg visited the King of Hanover on Saturday, at the residence of the Hano verian Legation, in Grosvenor-place. The Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, attended br Baron Seebech and Baron Treskow, visited the Zoolo gical Gardens, in the Regent'a.park. The Queen and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe Cobonrg Gotha, took a drive in an open landau and four on Saturday afternoon. Prince Albert, attended by Captain the Hon. Dudley de Ros, honoured the • fti2ers of his regiment, the Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards, with his company at dinner on Saturday evening, at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate street. Her Majesty, accompanied be the Duke and Duchess of Saxe Cobourg Gotha, end the Prince of Hohenlohe Lan genbourg, honoured the Royal Italian Opera with her presence on Saturday evening. The roysl suite consisted of the Countess of Mount Ldgeumbe, the Baroness de Wangenheim, the Marquis of Ormoude, Lord Charles Fitzroy, Baron Seebeck, and Baron Treskow. l'rince Albert joined the Queen at the theatre. The Duchess of Kent, accompanier, by the Princess Adelaide of Hohenlohe, and attended by Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Augusta Bruce, and Lord James Murray, also honoured the per formance with her presence. The Queen and Prince Albert, the Princess Alice, and the Duchess of Kent, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the private chapel of Buckingham Palace. The King of Hanover, attended by Lord Elphinstone, Major -G 1 Buckley and Baron d'lssendortf, was also present. The Hon. and it.. Gerald Wellesley officiated. The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting, and the Domestic Household, also attended the service. _ . _, The Duchess of Sale Cobourg Gotha, attended by Baroness de Wangenheins and Baron Treskow, attended Divine service yesterday morning in the German Chapel in the Savoy. The Countess de Neuilly and the Doke and Duchess do Neiman, visited her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent an Saturday, at Clan nee House , St. James's. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent visited her Royal Highness the Duchess cf Gloucester yesterday, at Gloucester House. A deputation from the Sheffield School of Design, con sisting of Dr. Ferguson Brmisun. M.D. (President), and Mr. B. Wightman (Honorary Secretaty), had an interview with the Right Hon. E. Cardwell on Saturday, at the Board of Trade. The cathedral commission bad a meeting on Saturday. Present, the Arebbiehop of Canterbury. the Archbishop of York, tim Marquis of Blmidford, the Earl of Harrowhy, the Si.hop of Lohdon, the Rshop of (Word, Sir John Dodson, Sir John Patteton, the It v. Dr. Wordsworth, the Rev. Canon Selwyn, and the Rev. Rd. Jones (Secretary.) A cabinet council was held on Saturday afternoon at the Foreign-office, Downing-street. The minis ters present were the Earl of Aberdeen, Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Viscount Palmerston, the Earl of Clarendon, the Duke of Newcastle, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir James Graham, Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Sidney Herbert, and Sir Wm. Molesworth. The council sat three hours. The Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklen burg Streliti paid a villa 'o Portsmouth on Saturday after noon, to inspect the magndiunt fleet now at anchor at Spit head. Having dined at the George Hotel, they went on board the Fire Queen steamer. Lieut. Mason, and pro ceeded in her to Spitbead. They there went on board the 131 gun screw ship Duke of Wellineton, and from her proceeded through the fleet in the Fire Queen to Ryde. THE ROYAL CHRISTENING. The ceremony of christening his royal highness the infant Prince is to take place to-morrow, the 28th in stant, and to be performed in the private chapel of Bucking ham-palace, by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Primate of all England. The sponsors of the young prince are to be the King of Hanover, the Princess of Prussia, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and the Prince of ilohenlohe Langen burg. The names which the Prince will receive at the ad ministerirg of the sacred rite are Leopold—George—Dun, can—and Albert. The party present at this interesting solemnity is expected to comprise, in addition to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert and the illustrious sponsors, her Majesty the Queen of Hanover, all the members of the royal family, the Lord Chancellor, the Prime Minister, the three Secretaries of State, and the other members of the Cabinet, the Foreign Ministers whose sove reigns are connected by marriage with this country or re lated to the sponsors, the Mistress of the Robes, the great akin of the household of the Queen and the Prince, the ladies and gentlemen in-waiting to her Majesty and Prince Albert, the King and Queen of Hanover, and to the other members of the royal circle, together with Garter King of Arms, and other Aides of the Herald's College, who will wear on this occasion their magnificent tabards and in signia. The usual service will be varied by the performance of sacred music by a choir of experienced vocalists. The time of baptism has been so arranged, that at the concise lion of the ceremony her Majesty and the Prince, with their august and distinguished party, will be conducted to the state dinner given in honour of the eccasion. Other visitors have been honoured with invitations for the evening. A rehearsal of the music to be performed at the christen ing of the infant prince took place on Saturday afternoon in the chapel of Buckingham Palace. The gentlemen of the Chapel Royal and their deputies were in attendance, and also the private band of her Majesty. There are only three vocal pieces :—A chorale by the King of Hanover, 1 " 0, how good and lovely are Thy dwellings ;" an anthem, I by Costa, " Suffer little children to come unto me ;" and the Hallelujah Chorus from the " Mount of Olives," by Beethoven. THE KING AND QUEEN OF HANOVER. On Saturday, the King and Queen of Hanover visited the new houses of Parliament and Westm;nster Abbey. Their Majesties were accompanied by the Crown Prince and the Princesses of Hanover. The Queen was to have gone to the Tower of London, but in consequence of the unfavourable character of the weather, her Majesty's visit to this ancient fortress was postponed until this day. The King of Hanover received visits on Saturday from kis Royal Highness the Duc de Nemours, and his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. Yesterday forenoon, the King attended divine service at the private chapel in Buckingham Palace. The Queen went to Kew yesterday morning to see the birthplace of her royal consort. Her Majesty visited the village churchyard and placed two garland. of immortelles upon the tomb of his late Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge. The Queen, before returning to the residence of the legation, paid a visit to her Majesty at Buckingham Palace. The King attended the afternoon service at Westminster Abbey, and subsequently visited the Hon. Mrs. Villiers, at Kent House, Knightsbridge. The Earl of Clarendon and the Earl of Morton had interviews with his Majesty yesterday. According to present arrangements, their Majesties will take their departure from England on the dtk proximo. DURHAM CITY ELECTION, CLOSE OF THE POLL. DURHAM, SATURI,AIe EVT.NI%., The polling commenced here this Inornineg eight. The polling-booths were in the Town-heti, Market-place ; and the liberals, with unwonted Eller., made a good start. At nine o'cicck the poll etoitt— Douglas (liberal) Mowbray (tory) Ten o'clock. Douglas o 4 Mew bray ddl At this time the voters from the Marquis of Lond,,. decry's collieries (the "serfs," as they are called) CIIIIIE 4 and at eleven o'clock the poll stood.— blowbray Douglas 357 And from this time until the close of the pi.il the le l kept mending his position, and at tour cieloek, tic clrAtq the poll, from the declaration made by the Moyer, it thus: Mowbray Douglas 527 444 Majority The declaration of the poll took place at 5 o'clock, vi!: the Mayor declared the numbers given above. Mowbray Essayed to address the crowd, but sole, roarious were the drunken fellows wearing his colours, %, 4 so much danger did there appear of a riot from theca. duct of the tories, that the Mayor dissuleEd the meeting. Sir Charles Douglas has set a noble example to whoett may contest Durham on the liberal side upon any fats. occasion. His committee meetings have been held s or , from public houses; not a farthing has been spo ut drink, ribbands, flags, or bands; and public opiaisa dr been strongly influenced by meetings which hare 14en104 almost nightly. Give Durham the ballot, and no tOty p s didate cau have a chance of success. PETERBOROUGH ELECTION. CLOSE OF THE POLL. SAITHDAY FVENIN,, Whalley Hawkey 2lu Majority THE INDIA BILL. (From the Spectator.) Seldom perhaps have the opposition or. indepesd ez members of parliament bestowed su much pains on gett,.. g e up the discussion of a public question, with so little etk; as on the Government of India Bill. There have been ps, liminary discussions of a public kind, in the provinces as 4 in the East India House ; but the di bates in Leadeohn. street, although more elaborate than usual, have sewed little purpose, except to give an opportunity for the nu n . festoes of individual speakers. The deludes in the provi su , have contributed, so far as they go, to strengthen the radios reformers; but by accepting a post subordinate to a Nig of the opposition, the Indian reformer, leave permitted tla debate on Indian affiirs to become a tool for party purpo se ,. and not a proceeding conducive to the object professedly is view—lndian reform. The opposition, however, has sk i contributed its share of failure , . Lord Stanley, whilm played volunteer for the Indian reformers, was also patrol. iced by the paternal party; the Earl of Derby went so tst as to summon a meeting of his own supportcriort an eye to sustaining the position of his son ; but although the special organ of his party describes lite meeting as "numerous," more specific accounts us that not more than half the ordinary party matte responded to the summons of the chivalrous Earl. Ens that gathering, however, was iMMCIIIf ly greater than tit am..ant of following which made its appearance wheal:tit; Stanley rose upon his legs to resist the seci.nd reading ut ce Government Bill, with the vague amendment which se have already described, and which was framed to cat,; votes. Of the hundred, about five members surrouncel the noble cadet; of the Manchester party, it is said sett: made their appearance at that time. Of course Miai,tin were charged with the duty of " keeping a House," St! the Opposition is so far demoralized that it did not cue to take the trouble of ket.ping up appearances for the sake of Lord Stanley end his fathi , r. The debate what the young lord began was as unfolding of arguments ts. miliar to the public, and unfolded rather to justify the absorption of so much time, and to get up the rhetoried semblance of aw imtortant" debate, than really to ad vance the question beyond where it stood before; and Lord Stanley attained to the honour of an adjournment, k was a success in form rather than in substance. FIRE AND LOSS OF LIFE IN HATTON. GARDE'. A fire, attended with a serious loss of propery and fatal results to two or three persons, broke out between the hours of seven and eight on Saturday evening, in the premises occupied conjointly by Mr. George Ross, an orre shoe and India rubber maker, Messrs. Pakeman, export tailors, Mr. Curti', a clothier. nod se,eral other person. situate at No. 107, Hatton-garden. The premises in ques tion were of great altitude, there being several floors in the structure. Mrs. Curtis, who occupied the top part of the house, It the time of the disaster occurring was cleaning the stun. and was all of a sudden alarmed by a de nee body of smoke issuing from the lower part of the building. She at occe gave an alarm, and had barely sufficient time to reach the street door when she saw the flames breaking through the doors and windows of the ground floor. This part of the property was well stored with articles made of India rubber, gutta perch', and other substances quite as infiammab:e, which proved such assistance to the flames that they tre veiled with almost electric rapidity, thereby cutting off means of escape of three persons, who bad not been she to run down stairs during the brief interval that had elapsed. The scene at that time, not more than five minutes after the fire was discovered, was painful in the extreme. young female named Cur:is, who was in the upper pan of the house, became surrounded with flame, and unions nately she was quickly burnt almost to a cinder. A wonn named Stephens, who also lived in the upper part of tte house, after making several futile attempts to reach the street, was obliged to make for the front window, co clou':: expecting to find the escapes of the Royal Society there, to _ _ unfortunately the hour for the conductor to come on (Intl had not arrived, and the poor creature an the last medal jumped out of window ; she fell in the first instance elm some iron spikes that surrounded the area, and as ore of tir neighbours was hastening to liberate her, she fell upon its stone flags with violence. She was instantly removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, but owing to the serious ir;c ries she bas received, and the loss of blood from the waged!, very little hopes can be entertained of her recovery. The engines of the London Brigade from Farringdot• street, Holborn, Watling-street, and Chandos-street wire remarkably early in arriving, as well as the West of Eog• land engine and firemen, &c. A plentiful supply of wan was procured from the mains of the New River Company, from which the firemen, under the direction of Mr. Super intendent Braidwood, Mr. Golf, the foreman of the B see• tion of brigade, and Mr. Connorten, of the West of Eng. land-office, went to work, but the flames continued to progress, and in a space of time comparatively brief its lofty structure, with the exception of one or two rooms, ifw completely wrapped in flames. The firemen, to save the adjoining premises, mounted the roofs, and, by conveying the hose along the parapets, they were enabled to distribute the water in such direction 51 to confine the destructive element principally to the wart homes in which it began. The poor girl Curtis was found in the ruins by one of the brigade, burnt quite black ; and during the morning of yesterday the body of a man named Stephens was also found, dreadfully disfigured by the st tien of the fire and quite dead. The two bodies, or, more correctly speaking, the remains, have been removed :o tte dead-house to await an inquest, which, in all prolvibd:•V will be held to-day (Monday). The origin of the misfortune is enveloped in ohscur4 and it is feared that none of the sufferers were insured. AN EXPEDITION TO GREENLAND.—An interesting expedition is now being fitted out at Portsmouth for tc purpose of proceeding to Greenland with several scientine men, whose object will be on arrival there to test with car the mineral resources of that country. Extensive disc , varies of copper, tie, silver, and lead mines are understood to have been recently made by Mr. Lundt, a Danish tr:.- yeller, to whom the King of Denmark has granted cams rights. The vessel engaged for the purposes of the expedi tion is the Dolphin, of 217 tons, a fine craft, and at one time a crack schooner yacht. She also affords an oppen tunity for the despatch of letters for the ships now in thc . Arctic Region on their way home, and which she'. carry to Disco or Upernavic, in Batfin's-bay. Saturday. the 251 h instant, was the last day such letters were to halc been sent to Queenstown, Cork, where the Dolphin * call ; but as she will not leave Portsmouth until ahou Wednesday next, letters sent to Queenstown a few dal , later than the 25th may probably be in time. TILE PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.—It is expected tha: steps will be taken by the Commissioners of Devonport. •st' have the charge of the drainage and streets of the town ,. put the provisions of the Ilea:th of Towns Act iu °Pent' in that borough. The operations of the Commissional Sanitary Purposes are too much circumscribed by the limited power conferred by the act under which the co s sn'ssion exists. The was lay firm at counts . ; commu Nation and eta letter , SO rsngim 'once. weaver contere tion. ' putatio what I came, a pulsator tied tha of their is, th loade off; their of a inlet to pr only At --; to gi been Lees signi to bl pars,