The Express. — London, England, 1858-06-08 00:00:00

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Their object is to address sot the reason but the prejudices and imagine tires dams. They seek to put their hearers into 'tech a (eight that they may be unable to use their logic and detect self-contradiction. They denounce • the Ballot as a new and unheard-of innovation ; they declaim against the unmanliness of • man's reeking to conceal his opinions ; they enlarge upon . the meanness of meting a lie ; they expatiate on the onblimity of that virtue that is strengthened by temptation and adversity. All this is sot arguing ; it is raising a pother about men's ears in order to frighten them from listening to argument Who are the opponents of Secret Voting ? First OR the list come your great landowners, who hold with the Nottinghamshire Squire that it is a sin end a shame for a tenant to vote against his landlord. They hare an interest in opposing Secret Voting, for under its protection some of their tenants might venture to vote against them. Next come keen, relentless democrats, of the working clue, who, living in the outskirts of some manufacturing town, compel the few shop-keeping ten-pounders who dwell amoug them to vote for their candidate under the penalty of loss of custom. They have RR interest in opposing Secret Voting, for under its protection some of these shopkeepers might take the liberty to vote according to their convic tions. Then come managers of elections, both from ' the Reform and Carlton Clubs, whose craft would be in danger if Secret Voting allowed the objects, f their persecuting solicitations to give them the slip al the last minute. And, lastly, there are a great many worthy people who object to the Ballot, simply because it is not the way in which they have been accustomed to give their votes. Now, we appeal to all men of common sense—when we find a motley crowd, composed of Tory squires, ultra- Radicals, and venal electioneering agents, all com bining to discredit and cry down • me sure which it is alleged would put an end tI the foul play of one and all of them—does not their con duct somewhat resemble that of an insurgent Swell Mob trying to bonnet a constable ? We do not say that the suspicious chirecter of the op ponents of Ballot is conclusive as an argument in its favour. We only maintain that their palpably interested motives ought to Wince men to pay no attention to their exaggerated vitoperstive declama tion ; and to examine the argumer.ts foe and against Vote by Ballot with the same coolness that they would follow the steps of a mathematical demon stration. The duty of every man invested with the Elective Franchive is to give his vote for the candidate whom he conscientiously believes to be best qualified to discharge the functions of a legislator. His belief will rest first upon *he general accordance of the candidate's principles with his own ; next, upon hia conviction of the candidate's moral eoarage, sincerity, and freedom from Mois ter self-eeeking. These are the oorsideratioas which ought to decide his vote: if he allows any other to have weight with him he acts dishoneetly. Now the human power of self-deception is enormous. Men have an extraordinary elpacity for persuading themselves that their most perverse motivesare purls Does a landlord threaten ; they discover that party spirit is unjust. Is the mob uproarious ; they become convinced that the rot populi is really the cox Dei. And to such prewar, they are inevitably subjected whenever their vote is to be given in public. They are not left a moment to themselves. They are solicited, watched, flattered, badgered from the moment the seat is vacated till their vote has been gives. Amid the incessant urging of appli cants their conseience has not an instant to make its voice heard. They are out-clamoured, out argued; for almost every man can form a tolerably shrewd judgment ea to who is the most eligible candidate, but few can explain or defend the process by which they arrive at the ocariction. It is in the interest of honest voters that the system of Secret Voting is demanded. It is inspossibla to save them from bewildering solicitation in all its shapes; and therefore it is entreated that they may be re leased from it at the decisive inoment when the irre vocable act of voting is to bo performed- Let them, then, be left alone, with Clop and their own con sciences for the only witnesses of what they do, in order that they may have some chance oi . seting muord ing to their real convictions, and in such a runner as shall not expose them to after self-reproacil. Let the man who wishes to vote for an unpopular ran dictate, whom be is perfectly right in thinking ti.No beet, though he wants the glibness of tongue to outtalk his deluded neighbours, be allowed to vote for him without incurring the persecution of unjust imputations. Let the man who is liable to the weakness of seeking to conciliate the wealthy and powerful be relieved from temptation, by I I 111Iiiissms. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY -.EVENING, JUNE 8, placing him in such a condition that he san• never prove how he voted, never estalteal a valid claim on the corruptiFinist. Vot given beyond the reach of buskin • scrutiny's?* ale only ones of the sincerity of Which we omit* Olt tain. The true expreesiod of the radial estimate of candidates can only issue from the Ballot-box. Secret Voting will place at the head of the poll the man who enjoys the confidence of the largest number of the constituency ; and this, not the triumph of any ?arty or individual, is whafeught to be amidst. It has been sillily asked—lf the Electors are to vote in secret, why not the Legislators ? There is no parallel between the two came. The Elector has to express an opinion as to a man's fitness; no man has any interest to know what is an individual's opinion on this point; the fact to be ascertained is the aggregate opinion of the community. But the Legislator has to perform acts upon which the Electors are to form an opinion of him : every man has an interest to know what those acts are. The Representative has no right to ask what opinion Toy, I or HA RRT have formed of his conduct to Parliament; enough for him to know what impres sion that ceeduct has made on the whole Constitu ency. Bat the whole Constituency have a right to know how their Representative acts in Parliament, for only the. sea they form some opinion as to his fitness to represent them. It is alleged that if the Ballot is conceded it will give victory to the Conservatives.. It can only do so if the Conservatives are the majority—and if they are, by every principle of representative govern ment they ought to have the victory. But it will not ; for the principles of the party of program are the principles of truth, and if earnestly and pares veringly advocated they most become those of the majority. This is the great recommendation of Secret Voting. It renders the dissemination of truth the only means of obtaining a triumph for it at elec tions. It frees men from all temptation to aim at the establishment of truth by corruption and oppres sion—means that can only substitute one lie for another. The other &nuclei of the opponents of Secret Voting do not deserve notice. We are told that it will encourage falsehood. Is there no falsehood in • man's voting contrary to his conviction ? We are told that the man who seeks to conceal his vote is a coward. Well, is it not enough that he is &coward? —most he be made a liar too? We are told that it is impossible to devise a method by which Secret Voting can be ensured. Let us make the experiment. If one means fail, we can try another. At the worst we can oome as near secrecy as the limited powers of human nature will admit of. But let us not desist from the attempt to obtain a mode of voting that promises to destroy corruption and intimidation without a sincere and earnest attempt to achieve it. The Ballot is the only security for real freedom ; for the freedom of the weak from the oppression of the strong ; for the freedom of the poor from the seductions of the rich ; for the free dom of the enlightened few from thepereeentionof the ignorant many. But if the experiment is to have any chance of succeeding, it must be made without compromise. If we are to have real Secret Voting no man can be allowed an opportunity to show how he votes. If it is made optional, so many will be in timidated or seduced into voting openly that no doubt will remain as to how the votes of the rest are given. MR. COWPICIL'S Bill on Medical Reform stands to be considered tonight in a Committee of the House of Commons, and we trust that the understanding come to on Wednesday last will be carried out— that this Bill should be made the basis of an Act of Parliament, to be passed in the present Session. So much of the time of Parliament has been already devoted to the executive affairs of the country, or wasted in party conflicts, that it is quite refreshing to see a chance of having the real business of legis lation forwarded, especially when the subject matter, though important, is far from being attractive. Mr. MEADLAY is not the parent of a Bill this session, and we feel bound to ' allow him the credit which he claimed on Wednes ' day in forbearing to strangle at its birth Mr. Cow ' PEIt'S infant. Lord Etcno and Mr. DO/ICOR/II have withdrawn or postponed their respective mea sures and consented to assume, in place of the tender ' relationship of parentage, the less endearing but not less useful occupation of nurses. Too many cooks are said sometimes to spoil the broth ; we hope that in this instance too many nurses will not smother ' the baby. The chances of success are greatly en hanced from the fact that Mr. WILI.POLL, unlike ' former Home Secretaries, has promised his aid in a more substantial manner than by mere expressions ' of sympathy with the cuse,or a willingness to agree ' to anything which the parties interested can agree to amongst themselves ; and not only is his conduct creditable to the Government of which he is a member, but the principles which he laid down as guiding the extent of interference in the question are calculated to secure all the purposes of of legislation. The first evil complained of, and there fore the first to be removed, is the privilege possessed by various medical bodies of exclusive practice within certain districts. No one reason can be as signed for maintaining, at the present day, such an anomaly, except the particular advantage of these bodies themselves. We cannot, perhaps, expect that the possessor of a privilege will voluntarily resign it, even for the public advantage ; but neither do we anticipate that more thananominal opposition will be offered to the removal of that which the public u well as the greater part of the medical profession have agreed con no longer be maintained as heretofore. The second point on which all parties are agreed is the necessity for a general Register of duly qualified practitioners, in order that the public may have the means of distinguishing the scientific man from the mere quack. So long as ignorance prevails amongst the masses, so long will pretenders to science find admittance within the doors of the ignorant sick. It would be the height of impolicy to deny to anyone the right to call to his bedside in the hours of illness whomsoever he pleased, or to prohibit under penalties another from answering that call ; but it is both just to the profession and beneficial to the public that a Register should be provided, in which no name will be admitted but that of a duly educated man ; and that none but thus whom names are on the Register shall be enabled by law to recover the fitting remuneration for medical services. It must be ob vious that such a Register will be useless, if not per- Dianne, 111111111 the right to be placed upon it is coupled with submission to such an examination se will test the scientific qualifications of the candi date for registration. How then is this examination to be provided? To leave it in the hands of the Universities and existing Medical Corporations would perpetuate a system under which exorbitant fees are exacted from the candidate es well as the required amount of knowledge, or where names would be placed en the Rigider without any real examination at all; 0.1 the other hand, to take this examination altogether furl them would cast a reflection on those bodies to which :hey are not in truth olsnoxione, would tend to depriv► them of their ability to do good, whilst Puking only td restrain their power to do mischief, and provoke from them as corporate bodies an hostility referm which the individual s iaonposing the* w i 0 1 not otherwise feiL The alternative &p -riers to, to establish an Educational Conseil in which the Universities and existing Medical C arpors lions stall have their due weight and iniuenoe, which will form one greet Prnfessional University, coonferriog the right to regieAration, and regulating the standard of proficiency which is to con stitute a claim to be registered. We do sot see the force of the objection urged by Mr. WALPOLE against conferring too extensive powers upon this Council, us inducing a minimum standard of education. We think it may safely be left to the discretion of a properly selected Council, as it will become their moat important function, to fix the minimum '.mount of knowledge below which a can didate sball be altogether disqualified for registra tion ; whilst the Medical Corporations, deprived e 1 their obnoxious privileges, but retained in their just position, will be stimulated to carry the education of their members to the highest attainable pitch of scientific cultivation, so that their diplomats will be valued not for the exclusive right of practice which they confer, but as patents of proficiency all the world over. Mr. Cowria's Bill contains no interference with the medical body IMP a profession, and we sin- I early hope that no attempt will be made to intro duce clauses having such an object. Parliament can , not by Statute raise a calling to the dignity of a p profession, nor can it meddle to any good purpose with the habits, traditions and feelings of a large • professional body. Left free to themselves, the distinctions in science 0 will arrange themselves according to their essential • differences; and if in the Medical Profession these 0 distinctions have been confounded oa the one hand r or enlarged upon the other, the error is due not to L the profession itself, but to the mischievous med • dling of Charters and Statutes. We are confident that Mr. COWPIA'S Bill contains the elements of a judicious reform in the system ; and the time has at ' last arrived when even the Doctors may be found to agree. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. • (nos ors OWN oozzairoxport.) PARIS, Monekr limns*. It is stated positively that the day fixed for their Majesties' leaving Fontainebleau is June 23. They will not reside in the Thileries again until the com mencement of the winter season. On leaving Fon tainebleau they will go to St. Cloud for a day or two preparatory to the departure of the Emperor for Plombieres, sand that of the Empress for Biarritz. M. de Persiguy, whose long absence front Fontaine bleau hag been the subject of remark, is invited there this we.ek. It is asserted, but I am not quite sure of t►.gyp fact, that neither Fnad Pacha nor M. de litibaer have received invitations. In the present ticklish state of the relations of France with Turkey and Austria, such a marked excep tion to the compliment paid to the corps diplomatigus generally would be very significant. Immediately before the ceremony of the military degradation of Lieutenant de Mercy, which I described yesterday, he was brought before the court-martial which last tried him, to hear read the Emperor's letters patent commuting the capital sentenoe. M. Chanmeil de Stella, the officer acting as judge-advocate, thus addressed him :—" De Mercy, you owe your life to the Empress, whose noble heart takes an interest in all who surer, pray, and repent. Your sword will presently be broken, and the pieces thrown at your feet. Who knows but that at some future period you, purified by a long and painful expiation, may, obedient to the instincts of your race, one day draw another sword in some distant climate?" I cannot but think it a pity that the Empress's name should be officially cited to justify the mercy shown to a criminal deserving of no interest what ever. He was found guilty by two successive courts martial of having treacherously inveigled a brother officer into his quarters for the purpose of murder. ing him, and the evidence proved that he had hung up the sword with which he committed the deed, and laid foils upon the Boor to give colour to a false pretence that they had been fencing. Military de gradation is universally considered in the French army as worse than death, and yet De Mercy, in the face of the professions which he made on his trial for the sake of effect, petitioned the Emperor for pardon ! The commutation is granted under cir cumstances showing that the Emperor entertains no more doubt of his guilt than the courts-martial did. It is bard upon the Empress to impose such a pro tegi upon her. The banns of marriage are posted on the Mairie of the First Arrondissement between M. Adolphe Ernest Fould, the eldest son of the Minister of State, and Mdlle. Marthe Ledoux, the daughter of M. Ledonx, a partner in the house of Rattier and Ouibal, csoutchouc merchants of the Rue Fosses Montmartre and the Rue Vivienne. M. de Pene is much better than his friends ever l expeeted to see him. Within the last two or time days he has been able to take solid food, and his wound' are healing favourably. It is hoped that he will be convalescent next week. The expectation once entertained that he might have been removed to Paris last Saturday was not realised, but it is not doubted that he may safely undertake the journey in a few days. One of the largest shops in Paris, the Grand Conde, in the Rue de Seine, wee completely de stroyed by fire last night. The bookkeeper was seriously injured in endeavouring to save the books; one man had his thigh broken, and a dozen others were more or less injured. The loss is immense. The fire is attributed to an explosion of gas. The depression at the Bourse continues. The Rents was finally quoted to-day, ex dividend, at 67fr. 60c. for cash and 67fr. 60c. for account, being a fall of 36e. and 2k. Mobilier fell 17fr. 60c. The Orleans Railway, notwithstanding considerable pur chases to realise profits in former " bearing " opera tions, fell 22fr. 60c. Northern fell 10fr.; and the other lines from 2fr. 600. to Mr. Despatches from Ragusa, of June 5, state that, after a conference at Trebigne, which was attended by the consuls of the Great Powers, a convention was concluded between the Turks and the Montene grins for the suspension of all hostilities, until a de finitive arrangement shall be made. Bravo Murillo has arrived in Paris, on what errand I am unable to say. ANOTHER GREAT ERUPTION OF VESUVIUS. (TROY o OWN 00111NOONDINT.) NAPLES, MLT 31. The great topic of conversation amongst all the residents and visitors here now is the great eruption of lava from Vesuvius, which astonishes all behold en. I send you the following reports, drawn up by Corsolino, the oldest guide of Vesuvius. The first is dated the 27th of May: "On the 21st of this month Vesuvius threw out 'bombe e matte; on the 26th a stream of lava issued forth, and lasted for three hours; on the 27th, at an hour after midnight, the crater trembled and burst in two, forming a new mouth, neer the spot where a French gentleman was killed some time since. The lava, however, still °outlined to ran over the mouth. Many smoke holes have been found, throw ing out smoke of various colours. This night we felt an earthquake, occasioned by the shock of th e mountain. The report of the 29th of May is as follows: "On the 27th, at 9 a.m., the crater trembled, and then split, forming great fissures, five or six feet in width. It then fell to the bottom. It is impossible to approach it near on account of the:danger, and the smoke renders it impossible to make any obser vations at the bottom. At the foot of the mountain, in the direction of the Atrio del Cavallo, five ' craters have been found, which throw out ' bombe e saette,' and the great current of lava proceeds in the direction of Ottajano and of the Hermitage. On the 28th, at mid-day, in the direction of Torre del Greco, a ' month' was formed, whence issued a stream of lava, which makes gigantic progress, and affords a wonderful spectacle." Nothing indeed can be more brilliant than the ap- Lerof the mountain by night, when it seems evl nc i ' n fire light. Unfortunately for the winter residents, most of them have now left Naples, after having indulged for many a month the hope of seeing an eruption. Those, however, who are on the spot are thronging to Resins, and u there is every probability of there being a very considerable erup tion, many persons will be running down to Naples to witness wonders of the burning mountain. At present no apprehension is felt for consequences, but should the flow of lava continue to advance as it has done within the last two days, much damage may be expected. _ _ Ives 1. I mast add • few details to the report I have already sent you of the great eruption of 1868. Vesuvius is now really a mountain of fire. On all sides flow down streams of lava so wide and rapid that of night the mountain appears to be clothed with lire. I can indeed give you but a very imper fect idea of this extraordinary spectacle. Whilst there are four great currents, there are a vast num ber of other lava streams, which, like threads, or the filaments of network, intersect each other, and unite at various points, forming a mighty flood to pour down on the devoted land. The first great stream is that which descends in the direction of Ott•jano. It isrues from a month in the Atrlo del Cavallo, not Air from ths bass of the Somme, led sowing through the tansy, it skirt. the Ran mitage, which it leaves to the left. Some of the • ground is calculated in width at about a quarter of a mile, though I hue heard of a much greater dis tance. Round the Hermitage it winds like a ser pent, and thoesioi in one solid mess, it marches on by detaching from itself gigantic pieces which fall by their own weight. A second stream is not far from it, and takes almost the same direction. A third tends towards Pompeii, and a fourth, which is the moat menacing, is making rapidly toward Resins; it has entered in the course of the very stream which destroyed Herculaneum, and the public, who are ever prone to e or anticipate evil, calculate that tray g at its present rate it must arrive at Resins in a few hours. It has already entered on the road which leads to that town ; and the police on Sunday night were advising the people about the Hermitage to be careful lest their road house by Resin& should be cut off by the lava. This stream is fed by three mouths, which have opened at about a quarter of a mile from the main cone, which is now almost inactive, a few sparks only struggling through it, just enough to attest its existenoe. The activity of the three mouths above described is something wonderful. They puff, and pump up matter without owing, not all together though, but one after another, with such force that the body of matter flows down at a gigantic pace. Already have many vine yards been destroyed, whilst the poor pea sants stand by in mute despair, or fill an oratory by the road side in every attitude of suppli cation. Even the trees protest loudly against the violence of their destroyer. How they his, and lament, and throw their agitated limbs about, as if a strong wind were upon them. On Sunday evening there was an illumination in honour of the Queen, whose marriage day it was ; but how paltry and pale the artificial lights of the city looked, contrasted with the brilliant splendours of the mountain! Thousands of people were out there, and almost every country in Europe was re presented, judging from the variety of languages one heard spoken. Strange wandering spirits the people looked, each man with a torch in his hand ; and in such an extraordinary scene as that it would have required no great stretch of imagination to have fancied them beings of another world. Of course hotel-keepers and coach proprietors are making a good harvest, and are praying for a continuance of the eruption—in their hearts I mean, as human lips would scarcely dare to im prove so great a disaster. Yet it may ward off other and more terrible disasters. I travelled with a priest a few days since ; it wu 011 the day after the last shock of earthquake. He would not believe in that, but descanted on the great merits of St. Januarius for having saved Naples from the effects of earth quake on the 16th of December but. But now that the living fire is devouring the fair vineyards on the sides of Vesuvius I wonder what does the priest think of the great protector, Bt. Januarius? That priest is one of a corporation, however, who never lose faith in so profitable a creed, and the per will stilton the sincerity of their hearts, pray and promise the votive offerings on condition of such protection. I spoke above of streams of burning lava, and yet that word gives no adequate idea of the character of the mans of fire which is coming down. It is not a fluid stream, it is a gigantic river of glowing coke, and millions of pieces of it are all grinding and rolling against one another ; they make a noise as of shingles on the beach wished by a stormy sea, only the waves must be oontintions, for the sound of the fiery flood never came. Of the dimensions of those streams it is im possible to speak with any precision, so easily is the eye deceived, and especially by night. Of some streams you only see the crest, and are apt to ima gine them smaller than they really are, whilst others appear so long and wide as to cause an exaggerated calculation of their proportions. With respect to their height, too, as you stand before them and re treat step by step, the impression is that they may fall down like a cascade of moulten lead and over whelm you ; and yet, so far from doing so, the mass is never diminished, the continuity of progress is not stopped, whilst progress is made only by the conti nual falling over of the fragments. The effect is inexpressibly wonderful. THE UNITED STATES. Mon OUR OWN 00111WIPONDINT.) NEW YORE, Mir 26. The " British outrages " still occupy the attention of Congress and of the press, but the tone of the latter is not so ferocious as at first. Most people are becoming sensible of having made a great deal more uproar about the affair at the outset than it de served, and are beginning to see its ludicrous side. The notoriety attaching to everybody at all mixed up in it has rendered a great many skippers a little over anxious to have °afters committed on them. One of those whose vessels which were boarded in the port of Lague reports u an intolerable insult the British officer having asked him if the sugar on board was• his own, and represents the intruder as having been completely cowed by the information that he, the skipper " never owned a hogshead of sugar in his life." In the meantime, however, the government is availing itself of the patriotic excitement to the fullest extent for the furtherance of its own ends. A loan of fifteen millions of dollars is asked for, and will probably be granted, and everything in dock capable of carrying a gun is being furbished up and sent to the Gulf. Better still, a Bill has been introduced by Senator Douglas, and will certainly be passed, empowering the Presi dent at all times to take instant measures to repress or obtain satisfaction for outrages committed on the American soil, or the American flag, upon his own responsibility, and lay the matter before Congress afterwards. This is in effect the grant to the Execu tive of a power of declaring war without consulting the Senate, which the President does not possess under the Constitution. Its danger may be esti mated when it is remembered that the President has all the powers of your Prime Minister without his Parliamentary responsibility, as he cannot be turned out for four years, and may persevere in a course of which the nation disapproves for the whole of that period. In cue he should, under this new Bill, plunge into unjustifiable hostilities, there would be no means of checking him, except by stopping supplies, and this is a course which no Congress could, in the face of an enemy, and with the national honour at stake, be got to adopt. It may be easily conceived, too, how readily bad schemers, such as Buchanan has proved himself to be, may avail themselves of these new powers to carry oat the filibustering projects of the South. He may readily fi nd " outrages" to uk redress for at the hands of Spain or Mexico, and actually take measures for annexing Cuba, before he consults Congress at all in the matter ; and you know yourselves how difficult it is to find any Parliamentary assemblage Christian enough, or wise enough, to recede from bad courses when blood has once been drawn. The North finds its commercial interests touched by the apparent revival of the British claim to the right of search, and is accord ingly lending itself with somewhat unusual readi ness to the schemes of the Southern fire-eaters ; but lam persuaded it will discover the blunder it is committing before its struggle with the South pro gressesvery much further. One thing is certain, however, that all classes and conditions of people here are unanimous against your proceedings in the Gulf, and will not allow American vessels to be boarded by your cruisers under any pretext whatso soever. This has been a sore point ever since 1812, and it is most unfortunate that anything should have been done just now to re-open the old wounds. Yon are disposed to show a distinction between the right of visit and the right of search, but no such dis tinction will be acknowledged here, either for the purpose of suppressing the slave trade or for any other purpose. If you want to have the co-opera tion of the American Government in suppressing the slave trade it must be under a new treaty, and the present administration will certainly not enter into any fresh stipulations 00 the subject. Unless, therefore, you mean to go to war on the point, you had better drop it. It Is unfortunate, I admit, that the American public does not take a better view of its duties and responsibilities in the matter, but it does not ; and boarding and firing into their vessels, or fighting them openly, will only harden thsir hearts. Or Court. The Hereditary Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg- Strains mired in London from the Continent yesterday afternoon and was met at the London-bridge terminus by the Duch ess al Cainbtidge and the Princess Mary. The Hereditary Grand Duchess prooesded to Buckingham Palace and paid visit M the Queen. Tb. Quoin, sooinipsnisd by the Princesses Alice and Hama, and attended by the Hos. Eleanor Stanley, Hon. Hors& lEoparrd, Lord Byron, and Maj o r-Genera l ßoum.* went, at dye o'clock yesterday shampoo, to the White Lodge, in Richmond Park, and returned at tweaty minutes before eight o'clock. Prince Leopold and the Princess Beatrice took a carriage drive. The Romeo J Queen with the Princess Aline, attended by the Viscountess Jocelyn Lied Byron, andAajor-General 800- Teri', disked oith the Duchies of Kent in the evening, at Clarions • depeneden had an Interview yesterday with the Earl of Derby upon the subject of telegraphic oommunication with India, Cidatt, and Amtrak, by won of the Red Sea. The deputed= comisted of Mr. J. C. (chairman), Sir Maolcuakl Stephenson (deputy-clubman), Mr. lames rin Mr. Arbuthnot, Sir 8. G. Bonham, Bart, t. Mr. J. Mr. T. Dent, Mr. W. Dept, Mr. W. Olsdateath, Mr. Samuel , M.P., Coghill' Hall, R.N., C. 8., F. 8.8., Mr. Adam Stuart Gladstone, Mr. E. C. firaitla, Mr. A. Wilma, F.R.S., Mr. C. Fresh/101d, Mews. Newell, Mr. Lionel °Monte, Mears. Scott Corthome and Scott, Mews. Glaas and Elliott, and Mr. C. L. Peel, the m =ot the company. Lord Stanley, President of the of Control, was present at the Interview. • deputation as to the Public•honess (Scotland) AM, com monly ogled the Forbes Mackenzie Act, had an interview with Mr. Secretary Walpole yesterday at the Home office. The deputation consisted of the Right Hon. the Lord Provost of: Edinburgh, Bailie Johnstone, Edinburgh; Councillor Edinburgh ; Mr. James Balfour, Edinburgh; Mr. Want Wood, Edinburgh; Mr. NW WNW, Glasgow; Mr. Archibald Livingstone, Glas gow ; Mr. John 8. May Bearetary, Scottish Tempowance gite, Glasgow; Mr. Thomas Slat, Glasgow; Mr. J. P. Berns, Glasgow • Mr. James Hom, Glasgow ; Rev. James H. Wilma, Absideen; Mr. Macdonald Macdonald, Mont rose; the Rev. W. W. Robinson, M.A., incumbent of Christ Ch Chalon; Mr. William Tweedic:London ; Mr. George Landon; Rev. Hugh Alien, London; Mr. J. W. Orem, ; Mr. Thomas Smethutst, Derby. The following sembere of pailareint accompanied the de putatka : Mr. C. 1.. Coming Biwa, Major Gordon Duff, the Hcm. Gomm Arbadmot, r. W. Hops Johnstone, Mr. A. Y. Dunlop, Mr. P. Blackbm, Mr. JamesMackie, Mr. A. Elliot loohlmt, Mr. W. B. Buhr, Mr. Merles Cowan, Sir Andrew Agnew, Mr. A. 8. Flaky, Mr. M. E. Duff, Sir James Andorece, Bert., Mr. Swillett, and the Hon. Arthur Kinnstird. A deputation amalgam of—Frent London, Sir Jae. Duke, M.P., Mr. Altman and Sheriff lawneoe, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Albs, Mr. Deputy Dads, Mr. Deputy Lloyd, Mr. Alderman Who, Mr. Altnnes lideey, Mr. Alderman Muhl, Mr. Alderman Hall, Mars. Cook and Company, Mr. William Warth, Mr. B. Caldesett, Mr. White, Mr. IL W. Valiance, and Mr. Themes Brett; from Manchester, the Mayor, Mr. Alderman Weida% Mr. Alderman Heywood, mad the Town Clerk; from Salford, the Mayor, the Town Clerk, sad Mr. Robinson; from Liverpool, Mr. Charles Hol land, Chamber of Commune, Mr. F. Shand, ex-Mayor; tram Ashton, the Mayer ; from Itelleld, the Mayor, the Mager Cutler, Mr. Alderman Unwire, and Mr. Alderman Mathews; from Rochdale, the Mayor, Mr. Alderman echo field, and Mr. Aldermen Livaley ; hem Lincoln, the Mem, and Yr. Brook; from Warriegtoo the Mayor, Mr. man terminals, and' Mr. Geddes; from Oldham, Pre sident of Tradesmen's Assodation, Secretary of Tradesmen's AsseclaUen, Mr. Councillor Demideld, and Mr. Counallke &Meech ; has Bury, Mr. Thames Prim, Mr. Parkinson, Improvement Commissioner; from Chester, Councillor Trevor and Councillor Roberts ; from Mamludeld, the Mayor. Mr. Alderman Smith (a Mayor), and Town Clark; free Oloesop, Mr. Lem ; tem Grimsby, the Maya/ and Mr. Alderman S mith ; teem Peterberough, Mr. Thomson Monkey, M.P. had anWindow with the Right Hon. J. W. Healey and the Sal of Dononghmore yesterday, at the otos of the Beard et Trade. The deputation was aomm utated by the Mowing mouters of parliament—the Right Hoc. T. Maar Gibess on tir sin Alax. Ramaay, Mr. Roebuck, Mr. Homage, sad Mr. The Right Hon. Mr Edward B. Lytton traneacted busi ness yesterday at the Csionlid-ofilse. were rewired yesterday at the alffim from the of Canada and Heligoland, and Coloni the -o Lord High Commie/doper of the beaks lolanda. RETURN OP THE FRIXCE COMMIT FROM GIJUELNY. DOV2R„ MONDAY MIDNIGHT. The Prince Consort, accompanied by Col. Pon- Kathy, arrived at Dover, at 11 o'clock, from Ostend, in the Admiralty steam-pocket, Vivid, Commander fake, on his return from the ddb he has just paid to Coburg and Baheleberg. Lest night hi. Royal Highness occupied the state apart ments at the Lord Warden Hotel. He left Dover this morning by a special trent, and reached the Brick layers' Ares Illation at half-past eight o'clock. Hi. Royal Highness wan meit at the station by her Majesty, and the royal cow* atom IMI ke Backtogham Palace. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge hcaoared the Doke sad Dasher of Montrose with his out_ piny at dinner lest menlng. There were grommet to meet his royal highness, the Duke and Duchess of Hamilton, the Duke of Rallied, She Fart and Counters of Cork, the Hari and Countess of Damonghmore, the Berl and Comte.. of Wineltilses, Lord Garbo, Lord sad Lady Foley,Vismunt Hisobingbroks, Rea. Ca. sad Mrs. Carson, flir C. Humeri!, Mr. Wyndham, Mr. Nodal* &c. Col. the Bon. James Macdonald wee ta attssidesee on the Doke of Cambridge. His Excellency the Turkish Ambassador left town hot emeeing for Paris, to reset the father et Madame Mun roe, w►o ham mired in the French capital from Conatanti as*, for the beset of hie health. The Duke and Duchess of Norfolk have arrived fa Sews, kw the Quota's Hotel, Upper Norwood. The Marquis of Dalhousie and Lady Susan Ramsay and Oohed iletwes, hare lelt the Albemar4 HoW for Ores Mama Lid Moissworth entertained at dinner last even ing dr Martpda and Marchkeen of Drogheda, the Earl of Worinacatiend, Vleconat tad Vtaxerateea Falmouth, Sir WON= and dr Hoe. Lady leddiatoi, Mr. end Lady Maillskra, Hr. tad Lady Charlotte Egerton, the Earl J er n" M.P., Lady Bully Foley, Lord and Lady Avelend, Lod and Lady Dean, Hr. awl Lady Louisa Forteecne, 81r Balkh gad Lady Howard. lady Pqgot has issued oards for I.; the dansant on Os 28rd baud. ARRIVAL OF THE IintiALAIIA. (sr uscratc msoasru.) CFAOIt OUR OWN 00111OPONDIWO PLYMOUTH, TruDAT. The Himalaya arrived at Plymouth from India and the Cape this morning. Her news is all antici pated by the regular mails. LIZOTERANT HAVELOCK AND THE &ITT- FOURTH MUMMY T. This morning the following documents were issued Y a return to the House of Commons : Extraot of a telegram from the late Major-General Sir Henry Havelock to the Commander-in-Chief in India, dated Cawnpore, 18th August, 1857. In the combat at Cawnpore, Lieutenant Havelock was my aide-de-vamp. The 64th Regiment had been much under artillery fire, from which it had severely suffered ; the whole of the Infantry were lying down in line, when, perceiving that the enemy had brought out the last reserved gun, a 24-pounder, and were rallying round it, I called up the regiment to rime and advance. Without any other word from me, Lieutenant Havelock placed himself on his horse, in front of the centre of the 64th, opposite the muzzle of the gun. Major Stirling, commanding the regiment, was in front, dismounted, but the lieutenant continued to move steadily on in front of the regiment at a foot pace on his horse. The gun discharged shot until the troops were within • short distance, when they fired grape. In went the corps, led by the lieutenant, who still steered steadily on the gun'. muzzle, until it wee mastered by a rush of the 64th, Head Quarters, Camp before Lucknow, March 30, 1858. Sir,—l have the honour to bring to the knowledge of hie Emil Highness the General Commanding-fn-Chief, that • feeling of dissatisfaction, which has been testified in the most respectful manner, has arisen among the officers of the 64th root, in consequence of a telegraphic despatch by the late Sir H. Havelock, !C.C.S., which was published • short time back in the LOOlllOl. awns. In the despatch ',Burled to, the most prominent notice was given to the fact of Lieutenant, now Captain Sir Henry Havelock, Bert., diving led the 64th Foot into a redoubt, which was the object of attack, under the late Sir Henry Havebxk's orders. The despatch is so worded ea to make it appear that the lab Major Stirling, who afterwards became a lieutenant colonel, was not properly leading his regiment; at least each is the opinion of the officers of the 64th Foot. Lieutenant-Colonel Bingham, in the name of those officers, while he deprecates the idea of refusing just credit to Captain Sir Henry Havelock, maintains in the most positive manner, that the late Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling then commanded the 64th Foot, u he did on all ouch ocUions, mat nobly and gallantly; and that he was on foot at the time, because, in conaeguanoe of • shell bursting, hie horse had become muideable. In short, helpful' that it is very painful to the regiment that the memory and reputation of their late paid commanding of6oer should have been so unfairly tampered with. I confess to have a strong feeling of sympathy with the oaken of the 64th Regiment, and it would be a matter ol great malefaction to me if you would have the ' , lodate to move his royal highneas to give a gracious =preside@ towards the memory of the late Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling, for the benefit of the 64th Regiment. This instance is one of many in which, since the institu tion of the Victoria Cross, advantage has been taken by young aides-de-amp and other staff alms to place them selves in prominent situations, for the purpose of a attention. To them life is of little value as comp a red tho gain of public honour; but they do not reflect, and the Fenerds to whom they belong also do not reflect, on the creel injustice thus done to gallant officers, who, betides the ex citement of the moment of action, have all be responsibility attendant on this situation. We know that the private soldier expects to be tad by his regimental officers, whom he knows and recognises u the leaders to whom be is bound to look in the momenta of the greatest trial and danger, and that he is utterly regardless of the accidental presence of an aide•de-camp or other staff officer who is an absolute stranger to him. There is another point, also having a great importance. By such despatches as the one above alluded to, it is made to appear to the world that • regiment would have proved wanting in courage, except for an accidental circumstance. Cuch • refection is most galling to a regiment of British soldiers, indeed almost intolerable, and the fact 111 re membered against it by all the other corps in her Majesty'. service. Soldiers feel such things most keenly. I would, therefore, again beg leave to dwell on the injus tice sometimes done ►y general officers when they give a pub lic preference to those attached to them, over old officers who are chanted with the most difficult end responsible duty, I have, &co., (Signed) C. CLXPBELL, General, nommander-In• Chief, East Indies. The A 4 utaat-CleaerelOfThe Forcer, Hr one Guards, London. W. F. Forster, D.A.G. Hone Guards, S. W., May 17, 1858. Sir,—l have had the honour to lay before his Royal High wee the General Commanding-in-ChW ih rour letter of the 30th March last, referring to a lei's= c despatch of the late Major-General Sir Henry Haveloc , in which it is made to appear that Captain Havelock led the 64th Regiment to the attack of a redoubt, and that the character of the We Lieutenant-Colonel Stilling, who commanded the rsgimm• and fell in the attack, had suffered soondingly. His royal highness regrets, @inanely, that any unfavour able imputation of the courage or cond uct of the lieutinent. colonel should ever for • moment have been supposed to attach to the character of that gallant and excellent aglow. His royal highness enters fully into the (Wisp of Lieut.- Colonel Bingham, who has in vindication of the elsraoter of his late commanding offfoer, and of the 64th Regime, so honourably appealed to your sense of justice, and be has much gratification in now recording his entire eatisfactien with the whole conduct of Lieutenant-Colonel Stirling, end of the excellent regiment which he commanded with No much credit to himself, and advantage to the service.-1 hays, /cc., (Signed) G. A. WICTIIEILALL, A.S. General Sir Cohn Campbell, G.C.8., dcc., &c., W. F. Forster, D.A.G. On Thursday evening the seoond readin g of the Property Qualification Bill In the House of Lords will be moved by the Earl of Forteecue. In the Mouse of Lords, on Monday next, Earl stanhope will move that "An humble address be presented her Majesty praying that her Majesty will be graciously pleased to take into bar royal consideration the proclamation of the first year of her Majesty's reign, commanding the use of the forms of prayer and service made for the 6th of November, the 30th of January, the 29th of May, and the 20th of June; end should her Majesty see fit, to order the substitution for the said proclamation of one declaring it her Majerty's royal pleasure that only the sonice appointed for the 20th at June, being the anniversary of her Majesty's aecession, shall henceforth be printed and published end annexed to the Book of Common Prayer and Liturgy of the United Church of England and Ireland to be used yearly on the said day." COURTS OF PROBATE AND DIVOICE.—It appears from a return issued this morning to the Home of Lords that the number of causes now pending in the Court of Probate is 139. The average daily number of panto of probate and administration in London from the Bth of March, oboe which time the numbers of grants have been seournaly kept, is up ward. of b 1; and the average daily number of oirtillates, 68. The number of causes now pending fa the Court of Divorce and Matrimonial Canna is 130, and the number of bills of cone taxed by the registrar 6. A letter from Boulogne-ear-Mer says :—" An ex traordinary phenomenon, considered volcanic, occurred hem this (Saturday) morning, at eight o'clock. The tide, which was receding, soddenly fell and left the harbour dry, but ro tamed in five minutes with great force eight feet higher, aooorepeaked with • perfect tornado of wind, and the sky densely obscured. The whole did not last more than um minutes, but what was most strange was that there existed • the brightest sunshine immediately before and after•—P.S. The passengers of the Folkestone boat, who have just come in (half-past Are p.m.), report that a similar occurrence took place thane and at other places on the English coast at the same time as here." Meets will be visited this year by a considerable amber of pilgrims, attracted by the grand oermacey of the Haab% which has not takes place since the reign of Sulam Malusowd. Several Mummireau princes and a prisms of the imperial family will form pert of the gamed caravan. The Temple of the Kasha (in which Mehemet aced W pray) is generally open to the faithful only twits the math of July for me, sad is Oebeher tlr mew; hot the Beloartli of Memos has otwesetedos amount of eM peseass ; of the prisms, to allow the ("valet el the temple to table , place this year for women tea dye after the opening fro mm. Speiser's GaseSte of Berlin of the let states ad Berea de Humboldt. at the =poem lavitatioa of the IW. • had left that city far Potsdam to pass some days with hie Majesty.