The Express. — London, England, 1858-02-17 00:00:00

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Tut dark aspects of the native Indian character which this mutiny has unveiled, have immensely en hanced the interest of Christian Mimics)s to that country. It has been universally felt that we shall not have possession of India until we have con quered its ideas. This impression, which cannot bo said to be confined to " the religious world," works its way to the hUlfece in various modes. and often in singular combinations. It runs up the whole gamut of sentiment : from a mere rude national feeling, which longs to say how absurd and intolerable it is that a set of black people, whom we thrash six times in every T,lcgram, should pretend to know better than we what religion is good for them, up to the highest and purest reli gious conviction. A solemn belief is general that something which it was in our power to do for India, and which we ought to have done, has been neglected. The practical genius of our country men is a guarantee that this feeling will bear fruit. Remorse is lavish, but it is also rash, and it will be peculiarly the duty of those who through years peat have been silently consecrating their cares and labours to the cause of missions now to guide and direct the zeal w Bich =gee itself by their side. If they have vitality er.ough to assimilate and strengthen themselves by the new element, they may bring blessings to the wl.ole empire ; if,on the other hand, they permit themselves to be carried away from their original, simple principles, and form worldlyallianees, their usefulness sill be at an end, and their work may even become a snare. Then is a very prevalent disposition to believe that in some unexplained way we have recently acquired unusual facilities for the conversion of the natives of India. Certainly we have heard of late unwonted language on the missionary plat form. The victories of Sir COLIN Calm= have a tendency to connect themselves in the speaker's mind with the triumph of the gospel. The future relations of the British Government to religion in India are discussed, not only in the assemblies of those who expect new bishoprics in that country from the Crown, but :among those who at home, end for themselves, conscientiously maintain that to religion the Government should maintain no relation at all. The Government of India, we are told, must show itself Christian, but we are not permitted to suppose that the most exemplary piety tf its members, from the Governor- General and Commander-in-Chief downwards, would satisfy this 'Milo irc tn en t. Sometimes we get at a more positive statement. At a meeting held last week at Manchester, where the resolutions were moved and seconded by clergy men and ministers representing all the principal religions bodies of this country, the chairman laid it down that "whatever political form of government " might be assumed in India, the Word of Gun " should be declared as the standard of truth—not, " as hitherto, as one of the standards, along with the " Xmas and various others—as recognised by the 0 English nation." Of course he hastened to add 4 that no creed should be forced upon any one, but " that there should be toleration free as the air." And this kind of profession is very common. So easily do we dectiveourtelves when we wish to enjoy the pleasures of exelLsiveness together with the calm satisfaction of equal justice to aIL Sometimes, again, we find a desire to interfere violently for the moral reformation of India, dis guising itself under the form of tenderness of con science. At the meeting just mentioned, a reve rend Canon proclaimed that "the sins of India, if we " could and did not prevent them, were our sins," and that "we had a right to enforce our moral laws on " India with the sword "—an assertion thoroughly Dominican in its spirit, as true in England as in the East, and utterly uutneaning except upon an assump tion destructive of all moral liberty. The doctrine that we are answerable for other men's sins forces upon us a power ,net flattering to the natural pride of man, and has invested with sanctity the most atrocious perscec• ions which the world has yet seen. Even• bodily pan 7 suffered in the vaults of the In quisition was int' cted for the restoration of the erring soul. We know not what may be in the counsels of the London Missionary Society, which is to appeal to the metropolitan public to-morrow ; but we may reasonably hope from its past history, from the character of its constituency, and from the principles it has hitherto held, that it will recognise the exclu sively spiritual nature of its work and its means. Remembering and honouring the eminent and apos tolic men whom it has sent to the East, we cannot conceive it am admitting geographical limits to reli gions liberty, or recognising any other human authority than conscience in matters of faith. It will demand fur its native converts, and it will wish to see extended to those who are not converts, the protection of an equal' law. At horns and abroad the denominational body on which it has mainly relied has always asserted Christianity to be above and before all things a spiritual and personal influence, raising and uniting the individual man to the great object of all religion, and, therefore, • constant witness for human rights. We are warranted, then, in looking confidently to this Society for a correction of those misconceptions si Inch • confusion of religions and political ideas is I.lr/clueing amid the excitements of the times. Rut indeed coo might appeal to the message which every saionary Society holds in its hands against that spirit of domination which la so prone to mingle with every work for which apparently a Divine sanction can be claimed. There is no rpiritual primacy of noes. The sacred recut do speak of a common disaster which has befallen the entire human family, and announce a common redemption. The doctrine which reposes grandly on the infinite basis of an ineffable Divine Charity, and has a sublime act of humility and self-sacrifice foe its corner-stone, must be lamentably misunderstood before the attempt can TIM EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 17, 1858. rbe made to enforce it by the vulgar agencies of earthly power. We know that good men, eager tor the Christianisation of India, and sor rowing over the partial and limited success hitherto achieved, are tempted to hope that the mime might he in some peculiar contraction or tendency of the Government of the day. But history and ex perience forbid the notion that the work which mis sionary societies exits to perform can really be hindered by such means. Is there not in this want of sumer a suggestion that what is now preached may be something different, something more human, and, therefore, more feeble than that which the great Apostle of the Nations declared to be in his experience a power, and of which, therefore, he was not ashamed ? Or if the cease is not here, is it certain that the missionary chosen for India is always the man best fitted to bridge ON er the chasm which separates the Hindoo from the European mind, and establish a spiritual rapport with those whom he would win ? The command, " Be wise as serpents," was addressed to Miesionaries ; it has often been rejected as if it were a suggestion from below rather than a Divine injunction. The difficulties of the work in India are immense, end call for the consecration of the highest endowments. But the unity of the human race and the past triumphs of the Gospel are a pledge that these special difficulties may be overcome. In this confi dence our missionary friends may resist all tempta tion to invent ways of extricating Providence from embarrassment. The world will remain in the hands of Infinite Wisdom whether they succeed or fail. Let them suffer no secret spirit of unbelief to urge them to unhallowed alliances. The first messen gers of the Church went forth, not because they feared the world would go to pieces without them, but because they felt that they were in possession of a priceless treasure large enough to enrich all mankind. Tut: Second Reading of Sir Joni Tatt.swirv's Bill for the total and uncompensated Abolition of Church Rates comes on this afternoon. The constituencies expect that every Liberal Member will do his duty. The time for the complete extinction of this most unpopular and indefensible tax has fully come. All that can be said on the subject has been said. It is time to act. All Dissenters hate the tax ; the best I I Churchmen don't want it. They see full well that, besides being generally odious to a very large body of their fellow-citizens, it cannot be relied on to produce a certain income, and is not necessary for the support of public worship. It is frequently a grievance to Churchmen themselves. Why should those who rent sittings in proprietary chapels be I called on also fora rate to the parish church ? The best Churchmen repudiate the notion that the volun tary exertions of their own members are inade quate for the purpose of maintaining in re pair those sacred edifices bequeathed to them by the piety of former ages as a free and perpetual inheritance. It is felt to be an unfair aspersion on the renovated zeal of Churchmen, that they are un able or unwilling, without the compulsion of the law, to maintain fabrics consecrated to the worship of God, which they hold free of rent, or any other charge than the simple obligation of keeping them decently fit for the purposes of public service. The best Church men would greatly prefer being left to the freewill offerings of their own communion, rather than be still forced to lean on that broken crutch of the law, which is constantly giving way ander them, to the scandal of the faithful, and the glee of the irreverent. It is impossible for men of good sense to evade the force of Sir WILLIAM CLAT'd dilemma: "where " there is no opposition to the collection of Church " Rates a compulsory law is useless ; where there is, "it is unjust." A notion appears lately to have been taken up by some among the Dissenting body that nothing more should be attempted than simply to relieve Dissenters from the compulsory Rate, and that to urge its total abolition is an unwarrantable inter ference with the right of Churchmen to provide for the maintenance of their own churches as they see fit. It is put as a hardship upon Churchmen that a total abolition law will deprive them of the right of compulsorily taxing themselves. A more whimsical crotchet than this has rarely, if ever, made its ap pearance on the field of controversy. It is the very madness of grievance mongering. You prevent men from compelling each other under the penalties of law from doing what they are quite ready to do from • principle of duty. Where men are willing to pay this Rate compulsion is needless, where they are unwilling it is unjust, therefore let compulsion be abolished altogether. Not so, say the objectors ; to deprive people entirely of a power of compulsion they have so long enjoyed is a hardship; let them retain it where it is needless, only abolish it where it is ' unjust. The reply is short: the fanciful hardship involved in thus depriving men of an unnecessary power is no ground whatever for perpetuating any portion of a system which is proved to be so liable to oppression and abuse. Endless confusion would ensue from such a partial abolition as these objectors contemplate. Dissenters would find themselves perpetually harassed by the necessity of proving their title to the exemption, and the Church of England would soon be robbed of many nominal members by the temptation that would be presented of evading the rate-collector by a temporary profession of Dissent. Like all half measures, in fact, the thing would be a total failure; it would not give relief, it would not secure quiet. The only wise and politic step is a total and uncom pensated abolition. To suppose that this would inflict any real detriment on the Church of England, with the increasing hold that that Church, from her increasing zeal and efficiency, has, and deserves to have, upon the population of these realms, is a notion unfounded, by whomsoever it is entertained ; dis honouring as well as unfounded if entertained by a Churchman. We trust that the majority on Sir J. TRELkWNY'S Bill will respond to the expectations of the country. We have authority to state that her Majesty has appointed to receive the address of the two Houses of Convocation on Friday next, at three o'clock. MIDDLE CLASS EXAMINATIONS AT CA3IBRIDGE.— Gracie have paseodi the Senate for establishing examinations somewhat ideate to those about to be inaugurated at Oxford, sad for ikelerring certificates of meek on persons who are sot members of the Unberstry. It does sot, however, appear to be the intention of this University to confer any degree. There will be two ezanneations in each year, one for students under fifteen and the other for those under eighteen years of age. The subjects of examina tion will be the English language and literstare, his tory. geography, the Latin, FreLek, and German ISA. guuges, arithmetic, mathematics, natural philosophy, and such other branches of learning as the Syndke appointed may dean mine. Every candidate well be exiosioed in religious knowledge, unless his parents or guardians object to such examination. Students who pass the examinations to the saii•fadl on of th e examiner. will be entitled to a certificate to that elk& The sauterne who present themselves for examination will be re quire.; to pay fees of such an amount as to be millialeat Is the aciregste to defray the expenses of the numistations. • syndkote is to be appointed, consisting of Vka-Chsa oellor and of twelve members of the senate, risidsd by raw, four of whom shall retire in rotation en November 12, every year, and their places be !applied by forte other mom b. ce the veinier members not re-eligible at that slee ted, ; the Vex-Chaticaor er his deputy and four other teem be, to make a quorum. The syndics will appoint examiners, determine all other matters connected sub the exitralnatiosa, sad make en annual report to the senate. trbo Court. Hee Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort, with the fttos of Wake and the Primer Alice, attended by M4orAllinsral Buckley and Colonel F. H. Seymour went yerterd.l afternoon to Battersea Park and the new bridge. The Plias Consort rode on horseback in the morning attended by his equerry in waiting. Prince Arthur and the Princesses Alice and Louisa, visited the Zooloioal Gardens, in the Regent's-park. The Queen the Pr inns Comm, acoompasisd by the Primer ABos, honoured the performance at Hu , Majesty's Theatre with their pram. last *vexing. The royal suite consisted of the Duchess of Welli the Hon. Eleanor Stanley, the Hon. lloratia Stoptord, Byron, Major- Genera Buckley, and Colonel F. H. Seymour. The Prince of Wales attended by the lion. H. Sackville Went sad Mr. Gibbs, honoured the performance at the Princess's Theatre with his presence. The Princess de Salerno and the Duchess d'Aumde visited the Duchess of Kent yesterday, at Clarence Home, Bt. James's. A deputation on the nabjeot of Loan Societies, introduced by Mr. Ricardo, M.P., transacted baminses yesterday at the Honiroffice. The deputation consisted of Mr. Roberts, Per manent Loan Society, Hanley ; Mr. Hasaall, Potteries and Newcastle Society ; Mr. Josh. Adams, Staffordahire Loan Society; Mr. Palmer, Lengeos Loan Sudety ; Bolton, Burstein Loan Society Mr. Henry, Cambridge Loan So ciety ; Mr. Jenkins , lope Provident Loan Society, Notting ham; Mr. Sutton, Nottingham Lan Society ; and the Rev. W. Yates, Dover Loan Society. A deputation from the Lambeth Burial Board, consisting of Mr. W. Williams, M.P. Mr. W. Revell, M.P , Mr. Ro bert Taylor (chairman), Mr. John Barnhill, Mr. Thome' Giles, and Mr. C. M. Barker (secretary), transacted business at the Home-oßoe yesterday. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yesterday. An appeal, " Calder Rajah Veneatapermal e. Pemanstupany and Nerrioo," was concluded, andadgment given. An ap peal, " Towne e. Wentworth" New South Wales), wee hard. An appeal, "Lloyd and Hart v. Roberti " (Court of Arches), was heard, and judgment given. An appeal, " Curl and Curl V. Gamble" (Preeogative Court), was com menced. (snow LAST noun's gunmen.) Foisicne-orrica, Fes. 6.—The Queen has been graciously pleased to appoint Edward St. John Neale, Big., 11l to be her ajesty's Consul at Peres ; Horatio Bronte fluter, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Varna ; Robert Godschall Johnson, Esq., to be her Majesty's Consul at Charente; and Mr. Allied Lewton 'lodger, as Vice•Comol for the ports of Dover, Margate, Rommel°, and Deal, for the Median Republic. DOwfillio-BTUEET, FEB. 16.—The Queen hu bleu phased to appoint Philip Dottin Soaper, Esq., to be Cedleetor el Internal Revenue for the Wend of Mattrithia ; Benue Dupont, Eaq., to be Registry of the Supreme Court ; Charles Tolfoir ' Esq., to be District Magistrate; Chula La Blache, Esq ,to be District Clerk • and Andrew Cathcart, Eeq. (lately employed on a particu lar service in Turkey, with the local rank of Major), to be Superintendent of Police for the said Island. Fen.WUITEUALL, 6. —Th e Queen his been direct lettere patent to be passed under the Great twoil to the United Kingdom of Great Britain end Ireland ranting to John Hammond, Esq., the Alm of Bailiff al the laLusd of Jersey, in the room of Sir Thomas Le Breton, deceased. — Paticz or WALES'S COUNCIL CHAMBER, Bucx- INGH•M-OATE, FEL 16.—Henry Bonverie William Brand, Esq., one of the Commissioners of her Majesty's Treasury, has been appointed Keeper of the Privy Seal of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in the room of the Viscount Mewl, resigned. His Excellency the Brazilian Minister hu left, town for the Continent, and will probably remain abeent daring the next two mouth'. Chevalier Agniar de lindrada has been accredited as Brazilian Charge d'Affaires at this Court dating the sinews of hie Excellency. - . _ The Daehess of Marlborough has left Claridge's Hotel for Blenheim Palace. The Countess of Listowel and family are expected at Kingston Home early next month from Convitmore, county Cork. The Countess of Belmore arrived in town a few days sines for the season. The Earl and Countess of Fife have taken a resi dence In Bruton-street for the season. Lady Stanley of Alderley has issued cards for an assembly at her mansion in Dover-street, on Wednesday, the 24th instant. The Baroness Alphonse de Rothschild was safely delivered of a daughter, in Paris, on Monday night, and with the infant is peogrewing favourably. Lord and Lady Holland have arrived at Marseilles on their way to Naples. Last night Lady Palmerston gave a dance at Cam bridge House, Piccadilly. Above 260 of the aristocracy in town were present. From letters received at the palace, we (Hamilton Advertiser) learn that the youthful Marquis of Douglas and Clyd•Mals, his brother Lord Charles Hamilton Douglas, and their sister Lady Mary, who wan all °maned at Nice with an attack of gastric fever, are now shoat oonsalescent On Monday the Marriage of the Rev. J. S. Moffatt, ion of the celebrated Robert Moffatt, and Mire Emily Cowin, daughter of Mr. J. B. Unwln, of Brighton, took place at the Union-street Chapel in that town. The ceremony acquired an additional degreo of intermit from the presence of Dr. Livingstone. The newly-married couple will accompany Dr. Livingstee to Africa. MUSIC. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE WEST /NDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. ILICTIIO TILIONAPN.) (MOM on OWN oo111•PONDINT.) SOUTHAMPTON, Wzossenkr. The Orinoco has arrived with the West India and Pacific mails, twenty-five passengers, and 665,300 dollars on merchants' account. Her dates are Demerara and Trinidad, January 24; Barbadoes, 26; Jamaica, 27; Porto Rico, 30 ; St. Thomas, 31. The islands are generally healthy, and the weather favourable for sugar crops, which promise abundance. At Jamaica the crop is estimated at 32,000 hhds. At St. Domingo fighting is still going on. Her Majesty's ship the Arachne has taken the place of the Basilisk. There is not emfficient force to main tain the blockade of the forts. The state of Mexico is still unsatisfactory. At Demerara shipping is abundant, but freights unequal to demand. Trade among merchants dull. Provisions in good supily ; prices declined ; mo lasses not to be obtained in any quantity. In thesouthern provinces of the Pacific a change for the better is experienced; the copper and silver ores are abundant, but labour is scarce, and provisions high. Money still scarce. The revolution continues at Peru ; Arequipa still besieged ; much illness in the camp. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (n ow ovw OWN ow Imo.) PARIS, TVISDLY Rirsango. The kcal-gra, paid his usualannual visit to the Tni leries this afternoon. Although not so fine and much colder than on Sunday, the weather was more than tolerable for a Mardi Gras, when the streets are very apt to be greasy. To-day they were dry, and the black clouds, which threatened rain or snow, re served their favours for a later period. The public were allowed to enter the court of the Tuileries, and as soon as the gates were thrown open the whole area was filled with a rush. The Emperor, the Empress, and the Imperial Prince ap peared in the balcony of the Pavillon de l'Horloge. The Emperor remarking in the crowd the children (enfans de troupe) of the Ist regiment of the Guards, made them come upstairs, and gave them places in the Salle des Marechanx to sec the procession. The little girl of three years old representing Cupid, according to tradition, and carried by a nymph in the triumphal car, was, as usual, taken upstairs and caressed by the Empress. The Emperor held up the Imperial Prince in his arms to show him to the crowd. M. Jules Favre has accepted the defence of Orsini, but I rather think Pierri will bo defended by some other advocate. The evidence (so far as known) is not identical against the two, and it is scarcely likely that they should be advised to join in their defence. The two other prisoners, Radio and Gomez, having stated that they bad not chosen any counsel, M. Delangle, the President, who will try the case, has officially assigned M. Mathieu as counsel for Radio, and M. Nicolet for Gomez. Their nominations, however, are not conclusive, for if at any time before their trial these prisoners should wish to select counsel of their own choice, they would be at liberty to do so. A singular trial has jut taken place at Rheims. A woman named Lorinet, whose husband was con demned to transportation so long ago as 1864, for belonging to a secret society (no other offence), said in the shop of a barber named Jesson, on Jan. 14, a few hours before the attempt was made upon the Emperor's life, that something remarkable would occur in Paris between the 16th and 20th of January, which would lead to a revolution. The barber Jesson, who had himself been arrested as a member of a secret society in 1864, repeated to several cus tomers what Madame Lorinet had said. They were now both tried—for " false news, of a nature to disturb the public peace." Their counsel urged that whatever might be the culpa bility of his clients they were at any rate not guilty of "false news," because unfortunately an event very likely to lead to a revolution was per petrated in the evening of the 14th, and was publicly known in Paris on the 16th. The court, however, condemned the prisoners for the sole fact of the false news, and sentenced Modems Lorinet to three months' imprisonment, with a fine of 600 fr., and Jesson to six months' imprisonment,with a fine to the same amount. The public pro secutor took occasion to say that at first it was hoped that foreigners only were guilty of the odious crime, but that judicial in quiries had now demonstrated the fact that the attack upon the Emperor was expected by the revolutionary party throughout France, and that they were in readiness to act as soon as the success of the crime should be announced. 1 The Rerue de Paris being now suppressed, the government publication, the Revue Contemporaine, has it all its own way. The Mositeur of this morn ing quotes an article from its last number, which culls from the decrees of the Star Chamber and other judicial decisions in the worst times of English history instances of persecution of the press which it holds up as fit precedents to be followed in France at the present day. This official review tells the French public that at the end of the last century English journalists were so habitually in prison that they were commonly called inhabitants of Grub street, where the gaol was in which they were confined ! The Pay, says it learns from " well-informed circles" in London, that the English government has determined to restore Mirza Mohammed Ham id Ali, the ion of the King of Cade, and now a prisoner at Fort William, to the throne. This measure is, it is said, advised by the Governor- General and Council at Calcutta, and as Prince Mirza has never been hostile to the English, and King \Vadji-Ali Shah in the interest of his son and his family consents to the arrangement, it is hoped that the speedy pacification of the country will be the result. The Bourse has been good to-day. The further rise in Consols and the abundance of money in the Bank of France are producing an influence which outweighs political considerations. The Rente rose 30c. for account and sc. for cash, closing at 69fr. 80c. and 70fr. Mobilier rose 6G. Railways were less active than the Rente, but the half-monthly settle ment passed off easily, and most of the lines were quoted from 2fr. 60c. to 6k. higher. TILE ENGINEER HENRY WATT.—The following is • copy of • despatch remind Prom the Foreign-Alm bylb. Wm. Welt, of Newemtle-upon-Tyne, in reply to a letter addressed by Mr. Watt to Lord Clarendon, requesting the government to assist him in reaching his heather, so long the victim of Neapolitan omorsmion:—"1 , 01114111-0a1CO3 Feb., 1888. 81r,—I em directed by the Earl of Clarendon to ac quaint you, in reply to your Mast of the 12th instant, that it you will present yourself at the Foreign.office Downing street, in the afternoon of Thu r sday next, the 18th instant, you will be sent, free of expense, to Naples, in compsny (as far u Messina) of one of her Majesty's whe will be despatched in the evening of that cloy ; aM 1 am is add that Lord Clarendon ha. ranch eatialsctim in time eenaply is( with your request. —1 am, sir. your obedient meant, E. HAMMOND. To Mr. William Watt, Shieldileid, New sman." CANADA. (MY OCR OWN COI TORONTO, FIB. 1. The places of the three members of the Cabinet who were defeated at the late election have not been filled up, nor have the honourable gentlemen been able to find constituencies in place of those which rejected them. In England, where there are so many convenient little boroughs under the influence of leading party men, the finding of a seat for a de feated Minister is an easy thing. In Canada it is not so. Counties dislike the idea of being thrown aside by the man they have just chosen, and being called upon to elect one who has been considered not good enough for another constituency. The moral sense of the country also revolts at the idea of giving aloes to members of parliament; and yet, unless something of the kind is done, no repre sentative is likely to give up his snug seat for a mi nister. As to supplying the places vacant with other men, it must be recollected that there are only 65 representatives for Upper Canada, that the opposi tion claim 40 of these, and that there are others on pledged who would not join the government. This narrows the ministerial choice to about 20, and among these there does not happen to be any num ber of men able to disniarge the duties of a minister. The government is weak, in fact, in talent as well as numbers, in Upper Canada, and, though strong in Lower Cauada, it cannot hold office for very long in defiance of the public opinion of the western province. To make itself stronger, it has held out inducements to members of the opposition, but, so far, without success. Depending on a Lower Canada majority for support, it cannot offer representation by population, or an amendment of the school system, and these are what Upper Canada wants, and will have. In the meantime nearly a month has elapsed, and the opposition are beginning to exclaim that the Governor-General is sticking to his beaten ministers rather too long, and that it is time the other side had a chance. They will probably get it when parliament meets, on the 25th February. In the middle of the ministerial crisis, another source of dissension has been thrown into the pro vince by the decision of the Imperial government in favour of Ottawa oa the seat of government. Mr. Labouchere's choice has been known here for a month, bat the public were not informed on the sub ject, for fear of affecting the elections then going on, and in the meantime the government hangers-on are said to have bought largely of Ottawa property, which mast speedily improve in value, if the de cision of Mr. Labouchere is sustained by our parliament. At present, it is thought that it will be rejected, and that Montreal will be the place ultimately chosen. Mr. Labonchere having been asked by our parliament to make the choice, it seems ungracious now to reverse it ; but the refer -1 ence was only carried by a majority of two votes, and was a mere party scheme to get rid of a trouble some question. Those who voted against the refer ence, and the new members who were not in the house at all, will have little hesitation in asking Mr. Labonchere to reconsider his decision. The whole matter shows the impropriety of the Home Govern ment interfering in our affairs at all, even when soli cited to do so by a party here. They ought to say 1 to the colonies, " You have chosen to manage your own affairs, and don't ask us now to interfere in matters which we do not understaaiL" Ottawa is, next to Quebec, the last of the rival cities which any disinterested Canadian would have chosen as the seat of government. It is a small place, unable to afford accommodation to the army of clerks which accompanies the government. It is not easy of access; it has a frightfully cold cli mate, even for Canada; and it has a turbulent, un educated population of lumbermen around it. Its only recommendation is that it is a strong place in a military point of view, and that Canadians think of no importance. The Canadian government sent up an expedition last season to the Red River to report upon the capabilities of the Lake Winnipeg region, but more particularly to examine the route between Lake Superior and Lake Winnipeg. The expedi tion returned late in the autumn, and their report will be presented to parliament at the opening of the session. I understand it will be exceedingly favourable, not only as to the beauty and fertility of the country, bat also in reference to the ease with which it can be reached through Canadian territory. Of the four hundred miles from Lake Superior to Fort Garry, about 240 can be traversed by water in boats of four or five tons burthen, the portages on that distance being trifling and easily overcome. The hundred and sixty miles remaining can be overcome—first, by a road leading from Fort William on Lake Superior to Flint Lake, sixty miles ; and second, by a road over the Prairies from the Mississippi River to the Red River. The first of these roads must be cat through the bash, but will not be very expensive. The second is over the prairies, and will cost a mere trifle. The good navigation lies in the centre of the line. The leader of the expedition last year offers to open the route thoroughly for carts and boats of the dimensions mentioned above for 6,0001. currency—a sum which will of course be readily granted by the Canadian parliament for so important an object. Thus we shall have disposed of one of the chief objections to uniting the Red River country to Canada raised by Mr. nice and Sir George Simpson on the part of the Hudson's Bay Company—the impomibility of making a communication between them. The route than opened will be easier than those by Minnesota and Hudson's Bay. The former is 700 miles (to St. Paul) overland ; the latter 600 miles by water, very much broken, toYork Factory, and at neither of these places would the Red River people be so near the markets of the world as at the head of Lake Supe rior, with water communication direct to England. The winter has been extraordinarily mild; and no snow having fallen, some fears are entertained of the next wheat crop. No absolute injury has been done so far, however. The want of snow has also retarded the bringing forward of the produce, and has tended to lengthen the commercial stagna tion. The rapid recovery in England and the States has given more confidence, however, of late, and matters are looking up a little. DENSE FOG ON THE MERSEY. (THIS DAY.) (IT BRITISH AND IRIAN NAOMI/TO TELZORAPII4 LIVERPOOL, WEDNESDAY. A donee fog his lasted all the morning. The Kangaroo is not yet up. Several collisions have taken place on the river , amongst others one between ► Woodside and a Seacombe ferry boat. The latter subsequently sank, but there were no lives lost. The next Indian telegram is due in London on the 22nd instant. It 7lifeestain news from Calcutta up to the 24th ult. The Indian mail packet Pora, which is due at ' Southampton on the 6th proximo, will, it is expected, bring to England many of the women and children belonging to the famous Lucknow gorrisee. Baron de Krudener, the Russian ambassador in Switzerland, whose death at Berne we have already men tioned, was shout seventy years of age. Be wee the eon of the celebrated Madame de K rudener, known for her writ ings, and for her religious toys , kilt*. not less then for the influence which aho exercised in 1816 over the Emperor Alexander, who was, in ooneequence of her advice, the pro moter of the Holy Alliance. M de lirudener represented Russia in Bvritserlend at two did-rant periods. After the events of 1848, whiels scommipeled Neu filiatal is fasts from 1 Pussies oils, he went with all ha legatius to fraelrfort, whence he did not return to Switaaland until three years I ago.—Cialiptan. WESTERN DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF TER danr.—The sixth annual court of governors of this charity was bald et the Dispensary, Charlotte-street, Fitzroy-souse, on Monday, the 14th instant ; the Rev. Canon Dale in the tt chair. The .of the committee mend that there bad bast 9,317 lions for relief dialog the peat year, bang ea bureau 177 on the previous year, and that the sub seripthme bad lac erred, bat nubs the MN ratio. The prat of the dituaury bad been open to the medial pea mural gandsesta et high attunting as well as students den the &Strout hospital., had octagonally at tended. 'Make were accorded to the committee, to the Mars, sad Is the chafrums, and especially to Mr. Runt, the surmise to the dlepressry, for the skill and industry shown in realm It to Its present useful and promising position. HER MAJESTY'B THEATRE. The Queen and Prince Albert, with several of the younger members of the royal family, honoured Bee Majesty's Theatre with their presence last evening. The ores wes Ls Zingers (The Bohemian Girl), which the royal visitors have now seen at this theatre both in its original and in its Italian shape. In this latter form it con tinues to run its coon as triumphantly aa ever. The home was crowded to the ceiling, and the audience were enthu siastic in their applause—of Oiuglinrasinging especially. A new feature has been given to the performance by the substi tution of a fresh finale, which is better suited to l'iocolontini's style than the original one, and is, moreover, exceedingly pretty sad effective. TRIAL OF THE REV. MR. CONWAY. DUBLIN, TrESDAT. The Attorney-General concluded his address in Yr. Conway's trial at two o'clock, after speaking three hours. Witnesses were then called for the crown. Mr. French identified the traverser, and proved that after roan in Bal. linasloe he used strong language against Colonel Higgins. Mr. VandenheflOpthe celebrated tragedian, pre vious to his retirement from the stage, commenced a farewell series of performances at the Queen's Theatre, Edinburgh, on Monday night. Mr. Salisbury has paired in favour of Sir John Trelawnris mesaure on church rotas, with Mr. Mainwaring Wad. Mr. Salisbury has paired in favour of the Indian Bill with Mr. Paola (Mayo) against. THOMAS Al.LBoP.—mr. Thomas Allsop, who is said to ham been implicated in the late attempt to amen- nate the Emperor of the French, and for whew apprehm sion the Ettglish government have offered • rewind of ' 2001., formerly resided at the Red Hell, tear this city. Many of our readers will remember the visit of Mr. Feargue O'Connor, the Chartist leader, to Llama, in 1847, for the Mof propounding his small allotment whams, and the all estate,in the pariah of Breoakeidge, was tired =as the site ar the tr i al of the experiment in Lincoln• Mr. Allaop of Chartist prtnciples, bought the estate of the society, sad begin to work it on the small allotment plan. The ioduetriel classes of the Illdeiboarbood did not, however appear sullicienOy alive to the " glorious princi ples of the charter—liberty, equality, and fraternity," or th e advantages of Feargus O'Connor's land whams did not appear substantial enough to induce them to risk what little they bad in the endeavour to better their condition, and Mr. Allsop's speculation proved for the main part • failure, and the estate was brour j ht to the hemmer in 1849. M r . Allaop, who wan a member of the Stock Exchange, en and a large Bed 'Hin landed property, did not reside peruiantly at all, but was in the habit of paying flying visits to the estate. He was a man of gals 4 unostentatious, and gentionanly demeanour ' and was very mark liked by those who were brought Into Intimate contact with him. Though of somewhat peculiar and eccentric habits, urbanity and benevolence wore conspicuous traits fa his character. All who knew him to this neighboartrod . say that be seemed to be the last person in the world to lend kiniesif to such a diabolical oonspurry as that in which he la represented to have taken • prominent park—Liman Timm THE. WESTERN BA/Cit.—WS understand that a large ispatatim, including the Lord Pronnt of Edinburgh, Mr. Cowes, M.P., and • number of patismisa from Gimpy, Manekester, and other places, have jail hed an Interview wh iff the Lord Advocate for the yaposs of asking his aseutance in as applicetion to govern to give the bank power to Mrof its right of issuing notes—MN eight amounting to 001. Hislordship stated that he would be glad to give the deputation his assistance in bringing the matter under the attention of govornment.—,ffeelesten. LITERATURE. Impressions of Western Africa. By Thomas J. HIPICIMISON, Esq. London : Longman. There are two great reasons why Englishmen should take much interest in Africa. In the first place, by establishing the alive trade we did her a grievous wrong; in the second place, our commerce with Africa is great, and may be enormously in creased. We need cotton and palm oil, and in Africa they can be produced to any amount. For some time to come, these books on Africa by , persons who have been the re: will be interesting to all classes of the community. To such the perusal of Mr. Hutchinson's little volume will afford real pleasure. Our author has resided in Africa eight years. As a medical man, he can speak of its climate ; and as her Britannic Majesty's consul for the Bight of Biafra and the island of Fernando Po, he may be supposed to know something of its people and pro. ducts. Mr. Hutchinson's opinions appear to be that the coast is not so unhealthy as is generally supposed ; that the more commercial Africa be comes the more rapidly and effectually will the slave trade be put down ; and that we must rely on its cotton, and shea-butter, p.nd palm oil, rather th an on its ivory, .gold dust, or cop. per ore. Very learnedly, indeed, does Mr . Hutchinson discuss the terrible malaria which pro. duces such fatal effects on Europeans, but his con clusion is that its cause and origin are still un known. Mr. Hutchinson does not confine his attention, however, to commercial or scientific mat ters. He paints the manners and customs of the natives briefly and with skill. We could make many a readable extract did our space permit. At Cape Castle our author visits TUE ORATE OF L.S.L. I felt a solemn awe, as if I were treading upon hallowed ground, when going into the furthermost court-yard from the entrance, and tbo nearest to the Fes. Here L. E. L. a buried. Red tiles and quadrangular dap, scarcely dis cernible from the mass of rubbish over them, pointed out to me the burial places of officers, all without tnscriptiona to signify whose ashes repose below. A tablet to the memory of James Swaney, Esq., is fl i ed in the wall on the left sid e ' after you enter the court. On the opposite aide, and directly facing her grave is the following inscription on a marble slab .—" Hie jacet sepnitum owns good mortals fait L. E. Maclean, quam egregil °mat= indole, Muds unioe ornatam omniumque amores swum trahentem, in ipso retitle flora more immature rapuit, die Octobria 16mo, 1838, retatis 3610. Quad spectes, victor, marmor ' Teuton hen hen doloria, montimentom, coojnx mare= esexit." Which may thus be emulated for the unclassical reader Here lies interred all that was mortal of L. E. Maclean, adorned with a pure mind, eingalszly favoured of the Muses, and drawing the love of all towards her. Pre mature death snatched her away in the dower of her age, on the 16th October, 1838, aged 36 years. The marble which you behold, oh traveller I a sorrowing husband bee erected—vain monument of his grief." Of a more humorous east is the following portrait of XING ETAMEA. No man was more impressed with an idea of the dignity attachable to the trappings of royalty than Eyamba; and so he must have a carriage. But the horses soon died, after chugging out life for same time ; the skeletons of two only were visible about Duketown, perfect anatomies virant,s, at the time of my first visit there. When I beheld the nature of the streets and roade;in and about the town, it was a marvel to me how Eyamba could find a place broad or level enough for four wheels to roll upon. Bat ho did mato out a few yards meet for that purpose ; and there it was his custom to have the carriage drawn before him by a number of slaves, whilst he walked after it, with his shining brass crown upon his head, and an immense partycoloured parasol held aloft by a strong-armed man. The Irishman who got into a sedan chair, and finding the bottom of it, said "he might as well be walking, were it not for the grandeur of the thing," had a nearer semblance to state than this gander•brained monarch, who often used to boast of his desire to see Wel lington and Napoleon, that ho might show his tire-eminence over them, and who was accustomed to sign all his letters and documents as Eyamba V., " King of all black men :" But all African monarchs are not thus conceited. As friends of progress we must introduce our readers to ilvo ETo. He is anxious for the civilisation of his people and the cultivation of his country ; but be has had no one to teach them anything of the latter, end so the fruithil son of his dominion lien unproductive, save in the one material of palm oil. Those who agree with me in thinking Christisnity and civilisation to bo came and effect in Africa, as they are all over the world, will rejoice to hear that be has given every countenance and assistance to the body of Presbyterian mis sionaries settled at Old Relater. He spans, reads, and writes the English knguage very well ; keeps hie own accounts; and translates the Rev. Mr. Waddell's sermons into the Efle tongue for hie congregeilon. The king's sons are the only members of his family that have made an o pe n profeasion of their belief in the doctrines of Christianity ; but Eyo enjoins the sacred keeping of the Lord's Day—has no dinners for the traders when it comes round in its elght•day rotation ; has abolished the market formerly held on Sundays at Creektown—commands the weekly attendance of his people at the missionary sanke in the galvanised iron church ; is most respectful and attentive during worship ; end follows the preacher, tanirlating sentence after sentence for the audience. He is a man past forty yens of age, about Eva feet eight inches in height ; of a stout muscular frame ; with gee and lips of the usual prominence observable in the Ethiopian face, and grey whiskery. Him dress consists of a cloth, generally silk, tied round hie loins ; a silk hankerchid thrown over his shoulders ; a black hat with a gold band, and a binding of the same material about the edge. His one. meats are circlots of blue glass or coral beads round hie neck, wrists, end ankles, with a maerive gold ring on the Wiz eager. He portable freely of snuff, and this is carried by his slave in attendance in a silver box. It is the only luxury in which be indulges, for he never smokes, and hm spi rituous liquors no man can be more abstemious. The Descendants of the Stua►te. By WILLIAM TONEWLI. London : Longman*. Mr. Tonend has spent a vast deal of industry to little per pose. " That a narrative of the Eoman Catholic Stuarts is a desideratum," he tells a*, " in Anglican literature is proved by the absence of each a work." On the contrary, does not the &bunco of such a work show that it is not required ? When we rematches that no sane man cares one straw about the Stuarts or the oath of abjuration, it mint be admitted that the probability is that our inference is more likely to be correct than that of our author. Booksellers have a keen eye to business, and are but too happy to cater for the wants of the reading public. If the oath of abjuration is refereed to now, it is limply because it accidentally keep the Jaws out of parliament when the majority of people in this coun try wish to see them in. But, es to the Stuart,, what signi fies it to us who they ere, or where they are ? We believe Mr. Tosiend has collected and published all that is known about them. gives us somigil interesting have been wor; ti oczo a p rs ied and of . But we moat protest against the spirit of his book. We can reveres the decision of history. A thouand feats from a thousand sources have shown the Incompetency of the Worts. It Is too late now to ask us to believe that they were simply wrfor. tunate—thet they were too good for the times—that they fell because, as Mr. Tonend affirms, they allowed them selves partially to be governed by sentiments of equity. Mr. Tonend compels us to remind him of a few facts which ought never to be forgotten. In 1688 a glorious deed wee done. It was proclaimed to the world that in England mis government might not for ever exist—that We were ready to vindicate our rights—that we were a free nation, and that we had the power to depose the king, when that king trampled upon law. If the revolution had not taken place—if James had had his own way—Eng land would either have been what Spain and Portugal Ms now—or a revolution like that of France at a later paned would have deluged the land with tears and blood. Fortu nately for us--unfortunately for his own peace of mind — William was compelled to govern rather by law then fun Notwithstanding the perils by which he was surrounded — notwithstanding that the only troop. on,whose attachmest Its could rely were disbaoded—notwithstanding that the finger of acorn was pointed at the only friends be had—notwithetud ing that he was reproached with being a foreigner end a So cinien—notwithetanding that within a few hours' mill these was a King backed by the most powerful enemy Protestant ism then had, striving to win bock the crown of which he had been righteously deprived—William remained true to the people of England, and the malt was ra development of principles which made England Bre. most amongst the nations of the earth. The gest practical benefits of the revolution were numerous — it exalted parliament to its right place as the paramount power; it gave us toleration in England, sad Raved Scot land from the spisoopallsninn, which, red with the blood of the saints, had gone through the land as " the pentium that walketh in darkee‘s," and as "the de/Arent,* that wesestis et nosa-day." It gave power to awn, who, with eR their rots, maintained that power was a crest for the mph, sad that it I. held not for private but for public ands. Mr. Towed 'WWII as If none of these Oder bed laaPP .md r If the Stuarts were the beet end their seceessces the worst of teen; es if that were an evil boar which broke the or guesoes yoke—which emancipated clad—which stayed the torrents of blood persecution for conscience w e d had oaued to flow—which sent the lest of a line of king te a ls in a foreign land. I