The Express. — London, England, 1860-07-28 00:00:00

when he mid there ought sot to be a double government, bat that thsr mer = ' tto be as much as possible • comm. tzated That argument was against the council ow, the ho g and learned gentleman argued in etg7 alingalar manner by stating that his right hoe. fftiand wished to rid himself of his responsibility by going to the council ; and in what way had he done so ' Why, by going to hie council sod stating his opinion fatho m fag their opinions, am! knowing that all were producing them, and then his right hon. friend was accused of having made the council • screen for himself, and of not having taken the whole responsibility ou himself, as be ought to have done as • minister of the crown. (Hear, hear.) That was very ingenious, no doubt, but it was contrary to the common muse of the question for if his right hen. friend wanted to make the council a screen, he would not have got their opinion', sod then, (Wing them the reverse of his own, have produced them. (Hear, hear.) But the question will of the greatest importance, and surrounded by the greatesi difficnities, and they had proved sufficient for considerable delay to the government in their forming an opinion upon the subject. The cabinet had for a lam time considered the question, and in order to do so they had obtained all the opinions they could upon it. (Hem) There were two questions to be considered in reference to what should be the future army in India. (Hear, hear.) They had bi govern • great empire, and they had to peers it by opinion, and that opinion b ad to be supported by force. Lord Metcalfe mid the governmeet did not rent spas opinion but upon force, but if it rested epos opiaion than that they must have sufficient force to sustain the govern. meet. Theu with regard to • militate force, win* they had to do was to seek to make it eased in unity of command and efficient in discipline, that there ought to be a homogeneous character in the forces by which they sought to support the government. (Hear, hear.) Now what was the character of the European local army ? It wee brought into existence naturally from the manner in which the government of India was acquired. That was under a company of merchants, sod they naturally bed their own army. But when parliament made the great change from the government of the company to the govern ment of the royal authority they hail to consider the ques tion of the local army, and they found that all great military authorities, including the Duke of %Wel• lington, were of opinion that the European local force in India was deficient in discipline, and that it never attained to the discipline of the Queen's army. (Hear, hear.) Now, the Duke of Welling. ton was a great commander, and he (Lord J. Russell) believed the opinions of most men were like his, viz., that the Indian army was a great local force, and that it never attained to the discipline of the Queen's army. (Hear, hear.) In point of discipline, then, they could not be equal to the Queen's army. (Hear, hear.) Then in point of unity of cominsad it was quite clear that if they placed the army under the direction of the Governor General and the COM. moolcr•int! ltief. the army would generally form the same expectations as arose from the unity of comm as& There remained this difficult., until very recently, that they had this local army iu existence, and that as it possessed • moat honourable feeling, arising from glory in the field, the go vernment were unwilling to destroy it. But, partly from accidents sal from other events th at bad been buught al.,ut, this local arm] now consisted of no more than 13,000 men, and the question which then arose wag, whether, having parted with the former stroug army, they should make a new load army, and upon the whole the government came to the conelusion, which was against his ( Lord J. Russell's) pro. sews i m pressions, that the Queen a army should be the only one in luaus. (Hear, hear.) No doubt some objections existed, but he believed that many officers who would co out to ludic as young men, seeing • career open to them in India, would attach themselves to that country and would desire to remain there rather than to return to this country. That would be A natural consequence. The house should re collect that there had been great changes since Lord Clive conquered India. For whereas formerly it took a year to go out and come home from India now the communb ration was very rapid, and there were great facilities for travelling to and from the country. The habits of men who, in Lord Clive's time, spent their lives in India, were altered or destroyed by the natural course of events, and if hey wished to restore them they could not do so. (Hear, bear.) He therefore came to the conclusion that the great object sought to le secured, both in the army and the navy of this country, was attained by the present plan of the go. veroment, and he hoped that the house would adopt it. The question before the house was, whether the committee should have power to regulate the discipline and other ar rangements of the Indian army. Would anybody vote for such • resolution as that? If they were to have a Queen's army in India, of course that resolution would be entirely incompatible with such a determination. To provide by resobitiou for the whole patronage and discipline of the royal forces wan the most unpractical thing he had ever men. (Hear, hair.) If the house was averse to the plan of the government let them propose • measure for • local force in labia, and carry it in the present session, and let the army hoow what they meant and what were their intention.. If the house was against the whole principle of the measure, let them not express their opposition by an ambiguous instruction to • committee, They had better vote against going into committee at all. Mr. M. MILNEIi said that no member of the house could clearly understand the bill before the house. It was only smiled for by the government, and wee objected to by the Governor. I.leneral and the Council of India. Hail the govern ment laid the bill before the house in time, it might have been so modified as to meet the wishes of the country. There was no necessity for carrying the bill ; the only desire for it was on the part of the govern ment. There was so practical danger in allowing the question to "tide over' till next session. The only reason assigned for it was the alleged mutiny of the Euro man army in India. That was a mere accidental, tempo rary, momentary matter, and he hoped that the government would reconsider it. Colonel DICKSON had not the slightest hesitation in giving his support to the measure of the government. He ridiculed the ides of the army in India becoming acclimatised awl accustomed to the prejudices of the natives. He thought nothing could add more to the inefficiency of the army than taking its management out of the hands of those who were competent to the work, and he did hope clauses would not be introduced in the bill which if carried into effect would do away with that efficiency. He hoped, therefore, the government would carry this bill, as he far believed they honestly intended to du and he should give it his most cordial support. (Hear, hear.) The question was then pat, and the proposed instruction to the committee was peptised. Mr. M. 31( LS ES moved the instruction of which he had given aotice •" That it be no instruction to the committee that all appointments to military commands in India (tilts commandain-chtef alone excepted), and all sear appoint, vomits, whether military, seml, or medical, be vested in the I; ,,,, ,riwar-Getieral it, Conseil and other constituted an thoritiei in India." He thought the question of a local army an India was not to be taken adversely on account of ilia vett extent of that country. On the contrery, be thought that was a cogent reason for having a kcal army in India, not only on account morely of Ds vast enlist, but also by reason of its grert dison, from this country. If we were to govern India, we could not do it solely bye garrison of men upon whom the whole native population would look as hostile. It was by so mean, stint that the local army was entirely de stroyed, and if they thought it advisable they would incrome the sukeiliary r,.ree of their 'cements in India without bringing in this bill at all. They had the authority of every great military man of the Indian army telling them that this measure was of a meet 41A1301 . 011.1 character, and that if they once .Iciamyeil the army, they never could =t together agaio. Hs trusted the government w o uld, fore, elusion this assure altogether. On the motion of Mr. DANDY SEr morn, The debate was again adjourned to Monday it. SUPERANNUATION ACT Itirel AMENDMENT BILL. This bill pawed throe* committee. ADMIRALTY JCRISDP:TION (INDIA) BILL This bill also paned through cowinialse. ENDOWED CHARITIES BILL. The hill was read a sewed tints and aimed to Is committed on 'Monday. CLEARANCE LNWARDR AND LIEN FOR FILRIGHT HILL. This hill wee reads third time and passed. CENSUS OTLAND, RILL. This lull wee read a third tiros sad_ _weed. coma-yr PRACTICES PREVENTION Acr (181:4) lILNTINUANUE BILL This bill was also nad•tiirid linos sd awed. GUNPOWDER, /Lc, HI I. This ball W3a reed a turd time sad_ poised. FORTIFICATION& Mr. It OSBORNE asked this mottle lord at the head of the government on what day be proposed to bring on the linevtion rd fortifientioos. Lord PALMER...TON said it would depend upon t he European Fortes (Initial Rill, the adjourned debate on which would lie roomed on Monday, but he would bring oo the question as earls. a. lonmeible after that hill was dispaseel of. Mr. E..I.SMErt complained of the regain:ewe the re ply, ant trusted that upon .0 important a subject the rouble toed world glee some inure definite information to the house. t llcar . ) IN 04 .1( RELIEF, lee. (IRELAND) BILL. Clem tl.e nu tieu that this hill, as amended, should be considered, Mr. NEW DEA kTF. moved, in the risme which enabled guardians t.. noon4On orphans And deserted children out of the workhouse op to the wv.e of twelve, to unlit the word "twelve" awl tou rt "stv " inst w w, After some discuwion the lessee .livided and the flour ben were — In favourer the e h in „,, For the amendment The amendment was ronsoloontly lost. Inv remaining amendments w.-re roosslored and :weed to. INFANTS' SIARRIAOE At'T AMENDMENT BILL This bill was read a seeorel time. RIFLE VOLUNTEER CORM RILL. The ame:id merits to this bill were conakh,,,l and to. The other orders were disputed of, nod the buuse journey' at 2 o'clock 71 10-61 Nt MTH EIVITAN RAILWAY.—We have received an intimation from the secretary of this oompaay that the th.• half year will lie u follows:- Berwick at of the rut.. 7.4 per cent. per annum, York at the rate of 4 per omt. per annum, and Leeds at the rated n per end. per :.111:1 4111. L. THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 28, WO. PROM LAM' maims GAZETTE. BANKREPTIL SAW= Or= BMUS, Coal Lower Illam"- street wine merchant, to ranfillisr II at 11j, end Sot 7at 12, at flasinghall.strost. 801.. Smelly NIL. Tooleyotroot, Southmark : Mt &rig., Canaan. Bad - sigest. BERNARD AAL, lambeth.street, Coodman'arields, tailor, August Bat 11, and Sept. Tat 114 y, at lisudnitUall-street. Sot, Hewitt, Priacthetreet, Bank: off. mtg., Carman, Bultighalletreet. ' JOSIPH HOOPER. New Weston street Bermondsey, leather mer chant, August 8 at IT, and Sept. 7 al le, at Basinghalletreet Sot, Abrahams, Gresham •street ; off. assig, Whltmore, Basing halletreet. . CRAALL3 Hunt? JOSEPW, Strand, hotel keeper, August gat 11, 1 and Sept. 7atl. at Basinghalletreet Sol, Stubbs, lgoorgate ' street .d. wag., Whitmore, BesinghalLstreet JOSEPH LAwSoN, Fenektorebotrest, City, shipbroker, Wield 7 at 11, and Sept. 11 at 12.1., at Batinghalletreet. Sot, Clildley. gasinghaltstrect ; off. wig., Edwards, Besinghalletreet. !HARMS BENJAMIS SCHRAMM, Liverpriut leather factor, August 9at 1, and Sept 18 at 11, at Bthinghelletreet. Sob., Murray and Co.: Itirckin -lane : MI. wig. Lee, Aldermanbury. titoaciit stermison, Keck, Staffe'rtishire. shoe manufacturer, August 6 and 21), at ii, at Birmingham Court gds, Slaney and Viinstanley, Newcastle-under-Lyme. and James and Knight, Birmingham: off. swig., K them. Birmingham. TEDWAS EVIIIM Poe terser, Bromagrove, Worcestershire, licensed victualler. August 17 and Sept. 7, at 11, at Bermingham Court. Sob., James and Knight, Birmingham, and Scott, Bromsgroth ; off. swig. Whitmore, Birmingham. Snivel. itiossirrr, Nottingham, tailor, August 9 and 30, at lie, at Birmingham Court held at Nottingham. Sole., Cowley and Everett Nottingham : off. wig., Harris, Nottingham. HIM AISCLIA LIZTERS, Liverpool, hosier, August a and 20, at 11, at Liverpool Court. Sole., Reed, Oreshion.street, City; and Evans and Co., Liverpool : off. wig, Bird, IdverpooL WILLIAM Omani, Birkenhead. Cheshire. printer. August S and 99, at 11, at Liverpool Court. not., Rymer, Liverpool ; off. wig., Morgan, Liverpool. EDWARD HIATHCOTI, Bock Perry, Cheshire, grocer, August 10 and 31, at 11. at Liverpool Court. Sots., Woodburn and Pem berton, Liverpool : off. math, Bird, Liverpool ELMARITH WRIGHT, Higher Broughton, near Manchester, August 7 and 211, at 12, at Manchester Court. SoL, Smyth, Manchester : off. wig., Putt, Manchotter. TIONAS PAIMPR and Saltrith PALMER, Plymouth, drapers. August 9 and Sept. S, at Lg. at Exeter Court held at Plymouth. Sole., Beer and Rundle, Devosport, and Hannon, Exeter ; 011. wig., HOWL Exeter. BANKRUPTCY ANNULLED. Jane IL CRAM= Lon EMU, Ryds, Islip of Wight. teller. JOINT STOCK ONOANIIII ACTS. .... WNITON AID LILAXIMOTOM RAILWAY 00MUMMT (LIXISIM), August 11, at 14. st Badagball-atreet proof of dahts DSCLatATIONS OF DIVIDINDB. WILLIAM KILL, logo Wstg, and logo KISS, Westatscarst, Leicestershire, coal and timber aserebanta—lst dividend al Os, 1513 JO, sod thus subsequent Mondays, at Hank's, Not• Joiis enemis, Hartlepool, groeer-3rd dividend of ad (fa addition to Ia ad. pre. toasty deelaredk, July 23, August 4, and any Saturday titer Oct. 8, at Baker's, Newcastle-von. Trne ;. . . . Joirigltriteng, ()viten. corn miller-2nd dividend of 44., WI lay, at Youngs, Leeds. Moss and Asuwung, Wood Mill, near Halifax, dyers—lst divi dend of 2s. ed,, any day, at Young's, Leeds. JOHN B. BALDWIN, Mllitklrk, merchant-Ind dividend of ad., any day, at Young's, Leeds. August 22 W. M. Bell, Liseerrppooolol,, draper—August 20. W. R. Baiter and F. 0. Baxter, , carriers. CUTIFICATES to be granted, oder cause be shown to the contrary on or before the day of meetingQ. August 17. H. Posenceby. Leman-street, Whltechapel. printer August 17. W. Black, Charleastreet. Holloway, builder—August 20. T. Leiria, Ahergarenny, Monmouthshire, Ironmonger— Acignst 21. T. Alien, Newport, Monmouthshire, oorn factor— August 21. C. Jones, Gloucester, gall maker—August 23. J. Eyre, Chowhent, Lancashire, silk manufacturer—August 31. S Wrleht. Manchester, hotel.keeper—August 30. J. McClure Jun.. Atanchekter. warehouseman—Sept. 12. J. Mowtorm, Sher- Rise. Nottinghamshire, muter--kept. 12. R. Revell, Bourn, .„ AMEN'S PATINT POILTMANTIAIII3 and TEAVELLEra SAM vitas squire LADLES* WM Tll/11111, DIEWING wlth my 0111ap. MOM= DOM *VTINO and zusiuna cc i zas ed d .600 Asir esthetes for Yew or coßtlosolal lawreollo4 ea for 1800, by pad for two stamps. r./ 111IN .ALLYN, late .1. W. and T. Also, Xsonfesteror of 0111- owe &met Fornftwo end Military Outfitter (see aspirate =So mas), LS 'MU, Mord, Leedom. BINSON'S WATORia Podialice fi smodiminao-11orals. Pod fo Ifillidows: Myer I to 50 gulasof. Ifre to fir Boomel IWrinted ha= deowloWfo of Wren fullfa Midi MOVIII•de. W sent Waivers& ot limn:mkt:4l sal 114. urissis-ams.c. letataird 1716. SWEET FIIMIGATION.—PIESBE and LUBIN'S RIBBON of BRlloll&—Light It blow out the lane, and aa It amoulden • fragrant vapour will Ambito the dr. Memel for a mouth's Ettb nee la a lee; (littered at OW tkweni Nall.)—Pertumerylastevu I t New Deed.street. LIARMONIUMB—NEW MODEL. 1.1. CLAM". MAL; awl Oa, 101. liswat-strest. six hundred and fifty-four members may individually bring before it. There really never was anything so preposterous or un• businordika in the history of civilised men. Instead of concentrating the aggregate wisdom of the nation representatively collected upon subjects that are, or at least profess to be, of national in- West or utility, Parliament spends its mornings in committee-rooms, minutely inquiring into local details or personal controversies, about which nine hundred and ninety-nine out of every thousand persona in the community know and care nothing, and upon which not one Com mittee in a hundred can be competent to pronounce judgment aright, and spends its evenings in hearing plausible groundwork laid for new inquiries of the same description, or in wrangling appeals from the decisions accomplished up-stairs. Out of this rise naturally and inevitably no end of questions, put to the heads of depart. menta, and motions for papers, with a variety of ancillary proceedings by way of explanation and amendment, every particle of which may be safely set down as wholly irrelevant to the main ques tion—how is England to be governed? This fungus growth of local and private business, as it is called, has gradually become appalling. It threatens to stifle the physical and moral energies of Parliament unless something be speedily done to cut it down, if not entirely to eradicate it. BRITISH SYRIAN RELIEF FUND. get erprelso. tdvertlsententa Intended for ..Tit; Itrriaei" Tondos fades Paper, mud be at the office, 10, Bouvorloolww4, by Two o clock on the day of publication. HAYMARKET. rarsEvainto, THE OVERLAND ROU'TE. Ileum Chippam data Compton, Buenwoos, and C. Mathews, Mrs. C Mathews. HIS EXCELLENCY. Mr. and Mr.. Charles Mathews.—And A HUSBAND AT SIGHT. Mr. Compton Mrs. E. Fitzwtlllam. 1111110ESSII. Tm tvxmial, 110111 TIIFTHS.:-The Preach vaudeville, MILITAIRE EC PINSIONNAIRY —LA CORM, SENSIBLB— AMBUSCADE AT INIZILMANN.—Aad BOWLED OUT. Mr. H. Wlddlcomb. —Commence 7. J111TA11711.4. Tins Villlllo. THE =oaf THZ 31.0011.—The greet HACKNEY WILL give hie renowned INTIZTAINXIINT.—ILLI =NT AND AGONIES or. The Spectre Nan with the Bleeding Daspasi,ind OLD BOOTY, THZ UM OP HISHOHNIATZ. HIGH WATER. AT LONDON BRIDGE. Tian DAY —Horning, 912. 67en..... Afternoon, Ioh. Nen. TO-110110W—Morning, 11h. 20.1..... Afternoon, 11h. 00.. LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 28. THE utter failure of legislation during the pre sent session is a matter of import so grave as naturally to fix the attention of the most languid and indifferent observers of the working of our Parliamentary system. Some throw the blame on Ministers, whose unaccountable delays in the in troduction of measures of importance before Easter, and whose strange miscalculations as to the time requisite for their discussion, have led first to protracted idleness, then to prolonged confusion, and finally to a succession of tardy abandonments and breaking' down, after long but abortive de bates, such as never has been witnessed before in our day. Others lay the blame upon the anarchical condition of the present House of Commons, which is truly said to be more wayward, selfish, and leaderless than any of its pre decessors since 1830. We have no desire to extenuate the faults either of the present House, or of the present Government. We are sorry to be obliged to say that we think the interests of public business have been faithfully and loyally served by neither. The Pammarros Cabinet cannot complain that they were waylaid or beset by their rivals, as former admi nistrations have been, before they could develop their policy. Not a party motion directly or in directly implying want of confidence has been brought forward by the Opposition ; and hostile though Mr. DISRAELI and his friends may have been to the Reform Bill, it ought not to be for gotten that but six nights during a session of as many months were occupied in discussing its merits. It were farcical, then, to pretend that any sincere attempt was made to legislate upon that subject ; or that, looking at all that had occurred from the beginning of February to the end of July, it was or was believed to be an impediment in the way of other proposed enactments. On the other hand, it is unfortunately undeniable that instead of urging Ministers to greater promptitude in bringing forward bills while yet there was time to consider them deliberately, the majority of the House tacitly aided and abetted the dereliction of duty on the part of Ministers; and were ever ready for a count out, or a desultory rhodo mooted° de omnibus rebus, in order to waste the evening. Lord DERBY dissolved the late Parliament, as he said, in the hope of getting a House of Commons that would enforce a policy of efficiency and decision ; and he has given us a House of Commons on whose votes no man can calculate, and whose legislative acts are likely to be limited to the most paltry and insigni ficant subjects. As for Government, it has in fifteen months outlived all reputation for having any fixed purpose, and any belief, either on the part of friends or foes, that it will keep its promises. One after another the most valuable portions of the cargo with which it set sail have been silently made away with, or flung overboard amidst shouts of laughter, and nothing seems now to re main but the Customs Duty on Paper and the Abolition of the Indian Army Bill, both of which, after a certain amount of angry talk, will in the course of nature be withdrawn. We are free to own, nevertheless, that the impedimenta in the way of getting through business even were the House of Commons better constituted and better led, have come to be very serious ; and that were it for no other reason than to prevent the evasion of responsi bility for the neglect of the public interests, it is highly desirable that proper steps should be taken to amend the system of which all parties have equal cause to complain. We do not believe that any material improvement can be effected by means of self-denying ordi nances against talk such as Mr. EWA= R:t commends. Very few important laws have been passed in our day without a prodigious expenditure of palaver. Perhaps this is inevita ble with an elective chamber of six hun dred and fifty-four members, with a strangers' gallery at one end and a reporters' gallery at the other. When a leading topic of legislation is first propounded it is natural that a good many men of information and ability (to say nothing of all the bores and blockheads) should wish to have their say about it ; and so long as the subject retains anything of its freshness it is certain that most of these worthies will do it again. But we see no great harm in this, and we do see a great deal of good. It is not, after all, in confabulations of this order that the one hundred and fifty days of the session are wasted. Lot anyone cast up the account of the hours consumed since the House met in February last in discussing measures of moment on first readings, second readings, third readings, or in Committee, and he will satisfy himself that it has not been in this way that the precious months have been squandered. But if he will only take equal pains to calculate the time and speech devoted to matters which no other imperial assembly in the world would entertain, and which no imperial assembly that ever sat, or that ever will sit, can properly be asked to dispose of, ho may probably begin to open his eyes and wonder how it should ever have come to pass that our House of Commons should have gradually become the Dionysian Ear of all the local and personal scandals, contentions, cabala, and schemes, good, bad, and indifferent, that its aseeloshire, cash builder. PAZTNIRSHIPS DISMOLVID, J. Fie Men, R,Fielde rs , and J74:ireen•ToOd, £wood Mill, near Trvimorden, Lancashire. cotton spinners. so far as regards J. F1V1.1.1.- W. Whitwell, T. Whitwell, .1. Wright. J. Ashby, and T. Howard Head, Thomaby, North Riding of Yorkshire, iron manufacturers, so far as regards J. Wright—T. H. Head, J. Wright. and J. Ashby, South Stockton, North Ridi of York shire, ironfoundars, so far as regards J. Wright—C. ng )'. ()Toole and W. Rotherham, Nottingham. woollen drapers—T. Dolhear and J. Page, Mount-street. Grosvenorarrnare, coach builders— J. W. P. Smith and E. Ilebblethwaite executors of J. P. Cutts, deceased. James Sutton, and Jane Sutton. John Sutton, James Sutton. and W. I). Sutton executors of John Sutton, deceased', Sheffield. manufacturers of optical instruments—T. Dickinson, Jun., and W. Whitehead, Nottingham. buyers and sellers of land —I. Pitt, H. L Fletcher, and A. Jones, Willenhall, Staffordshire, iron dealers, so far as regards A. Jones—J. Watkins and R. Whitehouse, Birmingham, engineers —T. Sarin, J. Jones, and E. Morris, Oswestry, Shropshire • hop merchant', on far as regards T. Sarin—R. Home and J. R. Hume, Church Stratton, Shrop shire, grocers—J. Worrell and J. Barlow, sen., Stockport, Cheshire. machine emiths—E. H. 01111 Jan and A. H. OWHan, Liverpool, general commission merchants—J. Sugg and 11. W. Stringfellow, Hlgh.street, Uloonashury auctioneers—Elizabeth Stamford, C. B. Stamford, and J. H. Stamford, Burton Plan, Yorkshlre.wheelenights—R. Byron and R. J. Selfe. flishopmate street Within. City. ship hrokers—J. Nuttall, J. Shepherd, and R. ?Ultima flame Lancashire. atone dealers, so far as regards J. Nuttall—W. Crowther. T. IL Barker. C. Barker, F. Barker. and J. Look. (Mineral, coal merchants. so far an regards T. H. Barker, C. Barker, and Broker—J. Kent and W. Ilisigkinson, Bilston, Staffordshire, curriers—J. Hurons sad J. Woodward, Birmingham, wholesale jewellers—T. Pritchard and B. Dank', Werinesivary. Staffordsh re, gas tube makers—J. Milling, J. Wakelin, and D. Stuart, Glasgow and Loadoaderry, shirt manu facturers. SCOTCH SLQI7I3IThATIONS. Love, Traaerburgh, shipowner, August 3, at the Saltoun Anna Hotel, Praaerhurgh. Morton ROSINS ISTIIISICC. filasstow, commission agent, August 3. at the Globe Hotel. Glasgow. IOWA? SPENCIe and ALLXVII.SRMir?, Linlithgow. currier', Atuncet 1, at Dowell and Lynn ' s Itt"doe, Edinburgh. Von Miti4ity. men— Killissilloelc, baker, August 3, at the George Hotel, Kilmarnock. JAXT.:4 Tnz VACANT BATON.—It is rumoured in military eirclet that this distinguished honour will be conferred on Lord Clyde, as an especial mark of her Most Gracious Majesty's appreciation of his lordship's brilliant sonic/a l/aired &nice Gazdte. The It of the accouchement of the Princess Frederick William of Prussia on Tuesday was telegraphed direct to her Majesty at Osborne, from the Palace at Potailam, without any break or interruption. The young princess was born at 10 minutes past 8 a.m., but the fact was known at Osborne at 5 minutes past 8! This apparent paradox is explained by the difference of longitude of the two places. " On the night of Wodnenday hat, or more pro bably early in the morning of Thursday," says the Gar deners' Chronicle, "the thermometer in the garden of the Horticultural Society at Chiswick sank to 34 deg. Fabr. In the same places radiating thermometer marked 30 deg. I Have we any authenticated parallel to this in the dog days r_ On Monday the M. C. C. and Ground play nine Hampshire gentlemen with two players of England, at Lard's, and oa the same day Surrey encounters the North of England, at the OvaL On Thursday All England meet twenty-two of Staffordshire, at Showborough ; the United play Mr. John Walker's Sixteen, at Southgate ; and the gentlemen of Sussex play a return match with the gentle wisa of Barka, at Brighton. Thu water fixtures for next week are as follows : On Monday, Hammersmith, Swansea, and King's Lynn (Eau Brink) Regattas ; on Tuesday the Royal Yacht Squad ron sail for his Royal Highness the Prince Consort's cup ; and Wednesday inaugurates August with the struggle for Doggett's coat and badge. On Thursday her Majesty's Plate will he sailed for by the Royal Squadron, and the Norfolk and Suffolk Yacht Club hold their third regatta at Oultou. On Friday we have the Royal Southampton Yacht Club and the Royal York Regattas and the Eton and Westminster eight-oared race from Putney to Chiswick ; sad the Sheppertou and Hanford Regatta is (lowa for Saturday. The smoke of the guns at Berlin announcing the birth of the daughter of the Prince and Princess Frederic William had scarcely cleared away when another salute of thirtv.six guns proclaimed to the inhabitants of Berlin that another princess way bora—the Princess Frederic Charles having given birth to a daughter. The following appears in the hapartio/ de Snwrite of the 15th :—The authorities hays jest seized ►t the Ca• tom-house, three boxes fWed with copies of a pamphlet translated from Soudan into Greek, and which have come from Greece. It is unueceeeary to add that this composi tion coal not be more hostile to the Ottoman government than it is. The Turks are described in it as veritable can nibals. A Damascus letter in the Journal de Cuuutanfi• sople reports that similar writings have been introduced into, and largely circulated through Syria. In consequence of the numerous suicides which have lately oecarred among the sokliers, Marshal Magnan has issued an order of the day, repeating an opinion of Napoleon 1., who compared the soldier who took his own life to a man deserting his post on the day of tattle. Madame Van den Heuvel (Mdlle. Dupre: that waa) and man.. Sax are about to make their Bnt appear ances at the Grand Op6ra, Pula, in Robert. The diagrams prepared by the registrar and his moisten= foe the year 185.4, disclose, as usual, some ninon' fade. For instance :it appears that in the year 1&58, three glrle of 15 were married to youths of 18 ; one of 16 was married to a boy of 17 ; • young woman of 19 was welded to • lad of 16 ; 12 girls of the age of 15 was married to men of 21 ; in ell, 26 of the wives were only 16 years of age. 194 were 16 years; 1,016 were 17. The age at which the greatest number of women marry is M. A greater number marry at 30 than at 19 ; indeed, save marry et 10 than at 25 oc 21 or 18. Five venerable old dames of 75, all of them widows, found husbands, one eatdtieg an active bachelor of 55. A girl of 17 was "m -enaced" to a man of 62 ; and another young creature of 20 to ea old fellow of 75. Three men at the age of 80 were married to women of 50. A spinster of 70 was wedded to • bootolor of 65 ; but the large majority of the women who many at that period of life of course are widows. TO TIER EDITOR OP THE EXPRESS. sia,—oi;"tiWiZiortga;imiitee of the British Syrian Relief Fund, we beg to request your insertion of the enclosed copy of a letter addressed by us to the Consul-General at Beyrout, in which the rules laid down for the distribution of the fund are explained, advice of the first instalment of LOOK having been telegraphed to him on Tuesday through the Foreign-offioe. It will be satisfactory to our subscribers and to those who are inclined to become such, to be made aware of the objects for which the fund is being raised and the principles upon which we act ; and we are obliged to make this appeal to you in con sequence of the intention to hold a public meeting in aid of the scheme having on obvious public grounds been abandoned.—Yours, C. E. EARDLEY, Hon. Secs , JAMES FERGUSSON, • Adelphi Hotel, strand, July 27. Adelphi Hotel, John•street. Strand, Thursday, July 27. Sir,—l am requested to apprise you of the forma tion of the British Syrian Relief Committee. Lord Palmerston, Lord Stratford de Bedeliffe, Lord John Rome% Lord Overstone, the Earl of Shaftesbury, Sir Nome Monteflore, A. P. Kennard, Esq., Baron Rornsvtdid, and many others, are contributors to the fund, We have already, by the kindness of Lord Wodehotwe, Under-Secretary of State, sent you a telegraphic meagre through the Foreign-office, authorising you to draw upon no for 1,0007. The committee includes the Marquis of Lansdowne, Sir Moses Monteflore, the Lord Mayor of London, the Earl of Malmesbury, Lord Stanley, 3LP., Baron Rothschild, the Bishop of London, Sir Charles Napier, M.P., Mr. Austen Layard, &c., fir. Sir James Fergusson and myself are honorary secre taries. By the next mail we shall send you the names of the entire committee, with chairman, vice-chairman, &c. It has been unanimously decided that all remittances shall be sent to a committee at Beyrout, which you are hereby requested to form, and of which it is required that you shall be the chairman, ez officio. Messrs. Saunders and Ottley, Beat India agents, &c., have received instructions from a committee of English and American gentlemen in Beyrout to advertise in England an appeal for funds for the relief of Syrian distress. We hops that you will be able to arrange for that committee to merge in the committee presided over by yourself. Messrs. Saunders and Ottley have written to their friends to the same effect. The committee desire that relief may be afforded, without distinction of ant or party, to all persons suffering distress in consequence of the disturb ances, and are instructed to express their wish that the money may be so administered as to prevent the possibility of its being thought that this committee takes any part between the contending parties, or pronounces any opinion upon the origin of these unhappy events. With the expression of our heartfelt sympathy with all the sufferers, I have the honour to be, air, In the name of my co-secretary and myself, Your faithful and obedient servant, C. E. ELEDLIT. Moore, Esq., Consul-General, Beyrout. int court. OSBORNE, JULY 27. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by Princess Helens., Princess Louise, and Prince Arthur, rode on horseback yesterday. Colonel the Hon. A. Hardinge was in attendance. M. and Madame Van de Weyer, and Mies Van de Weyer, arrived at Osborne yesterday, on *visit to her 31a. jolty. The Royal dinner party included the Princess Alice, Prince and l'rincoss Leiningen, the Belgian Minister, Madame and Miss Van de Weyer, Lord Clyde, Mies Horatia Seymour, and Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. PhiPPL Lord Clyde left this morning. A deputation from the corporation of Wigan had an inter view with Bir G. Lewis yesterday at the Home-office, on the subject of the rating claws inserted in the Local Go vernment Act (1858) Amendment Bill. The deputation consisted of Colonel Lindsay, M.P., Mr. W. B. Brads M.P., Mr. Hadfield, N.Y., Mr. Bevan, Mr. Fekeraley, Mr. Inlgn, Mr. Hunter, and Mr. Wyatt (Parliamentary agent). Moorish Ambassadors, accompanied by Captain Lynch and Mr. Drummond Hay, hail an interview withlerd John Russell yesterday, at the Foreign-office, to take leave previous to their departure. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governors of Gibraltar and Malta. Despatches were sent to the Governors of the North American Pro vinees. H. R. H. THE PRINCE OFWALEB. —Cambridge ie to be honoured by the presence of the young prince at the com mencement of the ensuing Lent Term, which begins on the 13th of January next. Arrangements for the reception of H.R.H. are in progress, and we believe bindingly Hall, the seat of the Cotton family, situate about three miles from Cambridge, has been engaged, there being no available place within the limits of the University capable of accom modating H.R.H. and his numerous suite.—Cambridge Independent. . . . His Serene Highness the Prince Ferdinand Radtiwitt has left the Brunswick Hotel, Jermynatreet. The Prince and Priuccse Wladimir i3ariatiusky and family have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel, from Pares. Their Excellencies the Moorish Ambassadors, accompanied by Captain Lynch and Mr. Drummond Hay, had an interview with Lard John Russell yesterday, at the Foreign-office, to take leave previous to their departuae. The Duke and Duchess of Manchester arrived at the Perinea Hotel, Folkestone, on Wednesday. The Marquis La Grow►, the Marquis de Campo &sok, end the Marquis de Curtoputi, have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. The Earl and Countess Vane have left town on a visit to the Dnke and Duchene of Marlborough at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire. The Earl and Count en of Airlie have left Cam den Hill for Cortaehy Castle, Forfarshire. We learn with regret that the Countess of Elec tive is seriously ill at Park Lodge, Virginia. Lord and Lady Ashburton will leave Ashburton House on Tuesday for Addisoombe Perm, Croydon. Viscountess Palmerston had an assembly last evening at Cambridge House. Previously to the assembly the noble viscount and micountess entertained a select circle at dinner. The Earl of Carlisle has conferred the deanery of the Chapel Royal, vacated by the promotion of Dr. Usher Tighe to the deaner► of Derry, upon the Rev. Dr. Grove/14 Professor of Mathematics, and Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin. The new dean acted as one of the Endowed Schools LATEST INTELLIGENCE. NAPLES. AN INSURRECTION. NAPLES, JCLY 24 (vu Gatos). An insurrection has broken out at Avellino. The foreign troops spilt the blood of the inhabi tants, and plundered several houses. At Gaeta the soldiers shouted, " Down with the constitution !" " Long live Maria Teresa !" The Monimbono ' a steam-sloop detached from the Piedmontese squadron, has been ordered to the roadstead of Naples, there to remain at the dis posal of the Marquis Pea de Villamarina, the ambassador. The Corriere Mercantile of Genoa states from Naples that, in oonsequence of new instructions, the National Guard of Naples is to be composed of 24,000 men, or 2,000 for each quarter. 1 THE CONFLICT AT MELAZZO. GENOA. JULY 27. According to advice' received here, the loss of the Garibaldians at Melazzo was 780. The Nea politans had 1,223 killed. There were many wounded on both sides. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (FIMI OM OWN 00111EIPONDIIIT.) PARIS, FRIDAY Evzanco. The positive statement of the government journals last night, that the consent of the Porte to the proposed expedition to Syria had arrived, was untrue. The assurances of the Prase this evening that the " news of the adhesion of the Porte is confirmed," and of the Pays, that "it may be regarded as certain that the acquiescence has arrived," are equally valueless. There was a con ference yesterday at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, but the Pays admits that no definitive resolution was come to, and that difficulties in point of detail occurred which, though " not of great importance," necessitated a reference to their governments on the part of the respective plenipotentiaries. Another conference was held to-day at M. Thouvenel's, and it is said that the convention was " accepted "—whatever may be meant by that expression. It is certain, however, that it was not signed ; the Turkish ambassador said that he had not sufficient powers ; and the consent of the Porte—that indispensable condition which is made so light of here—is yet waited for. It is rumoured that the Spanish ambassador was allowed to take his seat in the conference to-day as the representative of a " great power," pursuant to the desire of France some time since expressed. The &Wine& Tcndonnaise estimates at 1,500 the number of sailors arrived at Toulon within the last few days. We read in the Paine the following remarkable admission : In Germany the armad intervention of France in Syria continues to be very coldly received. Most of the journals exhibit an unjustifiable distrust of France, and it is even stated that the meeting of Toeplits is due in part to the eventualities of the eastern question. The Bourse was dull with little business doing. The ascertained falsity of the news put forth last night about the acquiescence of the Porte produced a depressing effect. The Rente closed with a fall of 10c., at 68fr. 10e. Mobilier fell 3fr. 7k. The Orleans Railway fell Mr. In the other lines there was little doing. I hear that the Meuager de Path, a journal which has been for a long while in a chronic state of transition, has now definitively passed into the hands of the police, and that M. Hippolite Castillo is its director. ITALY. SARDINIA. Pam ous owl am TURIN, Jima. 24. A monstrous canard has been freely distributed at Naples, in Sicily, and I believe out of Italy, viz., that a secret treaty exists between the French government and ours regarding the future .arrange ment of Italy. The object of this fiction is to sow discord in Italy, and to render the Piedmontese government suspected iu the eyes of foreign, more of especially English, diplomacy. The distributors of this alleged treaty are agents of Lamoricihre and the dispossessed princes, and many copies have been found on a much suspected Austrian traveller. The substance of this invention is as follows :—Piedmont shall be allowed to take possession of the Two Sicilies ; all propaga tion of her ideas in the Marches and in Umbria shall be forbidden, but if a spontaneous revolution should break out, and those countries should de mand to be united to Piedmont, no intervention to prevent this shall be tolerated. France, on the other band, will not aid Piedmont if she should ever wish to deprive Austria of Venetia by force. In return for these concessions (you see that the last is not much of ono), the King of Piedmont shall, without consulting the popu lations, give purely and simply to France the whole of Liguria, including Genoa, the island of Sardinia, and the island of Elba! Even persons not particularly well informed will at once perceive the absurdity of this invention, which, among other objects, has that of taking away all hope from Venetia and driving out of our army the large number of Venetian volunteers at present serving in it. For the rest, it is beyond doubt that Europe would oppose such a transaction iu a far plainer and leas mild and gentle manner than she did the annexation of Savoy and Nice, which Piedmont was obliged to consent to through want of external support. The annexation to France of Liguria, Sardinia, and Elba would entirely upset the equilibrium of Europe, and make the Mediterranean a French lake with a vengeance. This absurd fiction has, however, its lesson, and it is this—the abstinence of all the other powers from taking any part in the resurrection of Italy has left to France all the dan gerous merit of her conduct ; I say " dangerous ' " not only to France herself, but to Italy, and the principal European powers, to whom the Italian resurrection cannot give offence, and may even bo useful, but to whom the aggrandisement of France, already too great and too powerful, may turn out most mischievous. May it not be, in future, good policy for England to do something herself in aid of Italy, so that France may not be able to claim such usurious and ruinous payment for ser vices rendered "for an idea 3" Another canard is the strange list of conditions imposed by our government on that of Naples for the conclusion of the desired alliance. Our go vernment has not yet laid down any condition at all ; it has taken time, and has replied that it must see things a little more settled first, must wait till I the Neapolitan parliament is opened, to learn what aro the legitimate opinions of the people, and whe ther it really wishes for this alliance, which would be a new phenomenon in the history of Italy. That the King of Naples, reduced to extremities, throws overboard a great part of his cargo to save the rest; that after having despised and threatened Piedmont he implores her alliance, is quite comprehensible to any one who knows how vile the Bourbons are ; but that our government should wish to aid in saving the King of Naples must be incredible to every one ; not for reasons of ambition, as has been so often falsely said, but from motives of self preservation, and in order not to lose the support of public opinion, which is its best strength, in order not to fall into the clumsy trap that has been set for it by the reactionists, it must and will refuse this insidious alliance. One of the Neapolitan officers who have thrown up their commissions and come here to offer their services to Victor Emmanuel, has written an article in the Opinions, which, I hear, our government is not very well pleased with, since, if it should be imitated by the other officers who have come here, it would impede rather than facilitate their admission into our army, especially as the tone of this indiscreet article seems to imply that these officers are deserters, which is not the fact, since they had obtained their discharge in • perfectly regular manner. But as this act bears a merely individual character, it will not prevent our being able, without the slightest violation of international rules, to make use of these officers, among whom is the gallant captain of artillery, Somme, belonging to the princely house di Circella. At 10 o'clock to-morrow morning the Neapolitan ambassadors, Manna and Winspeare, accompanied by Signor Canofari, will have a special audience of his Majesty. This audience, however,we may be sure, will not advance their object a single step, for the matter is now taken out of the hands of diplomacy. It belongs to the Neapolitan people, more than any one else, to settle the question, and I believe they will settle it in a few weeks, if not days, by kicking the Bourbons out of that pleasant city of Naples which they have so skilfully turned into a hell upon earth. They themselves begin to think so too, for they have already begun to send to Vienna certain things which they had placed at Gaeta, with the intention of fetching them back to Naples when the storm should have blown over, and matters have got settled again. THE UNITED STATES. QUEENSTOWN, JOLT 27. The royal mail eteam-ehip Persia, Captain 'Yadkin*, from New York an the 18th instant, arrived here at 12.30 p.m. today. The Persia brings 168 passengers, 450.000 dole. in specie for England, but none for Havre. She landed a portion of the mails, and proceeded at 1 p.m. All well. The Persia made the paeage from New York In eight days and a half. The rice had arrived out. The Wsahington ndent of the New York Herald states that England and France had resolved to interfere in Mexico, and had invited the United States to participate in the intervention. The invitation was not likely to be accepted. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. - New Yone, Jur 18, EVlENlNO.—Exchange on 1091 to 110. Stocks very active. New York Centrs, d a to 831 ; Erie, MA to ; Illinois, 681 to G. In cotton more business wee doing. Sales of to-day 2,500 bales. Prices unchanged. Flour firmer. Bales to-day amount from 9,000 to 12,000 barrels. Corn easier. Wheat firmer. Sugars firm and active. Coffee firm. Freights steady. New ORLEANS, JULY 17. Cotton dull, prices weak. Su4ar steady, 71c. to Sc. BALTIMORE, JULY 17.—Flour and corn steady. Hays:man, JULY 14. Sugar quiet and unchanged. Freights slightly advanced. Vessels scam. L.kTINT BY THE PERSIA. New Yoai,.TUtv steam sloop Flying Fish, belonging to the Prime of Wales'a squadron, reached St. John's, Newfoundland, to-day. Our Stock Exchange has shown continued activity, and prices have further advanced at the close however, *ere is some irregularity in the quotations. The cotton market is quiet and without any change. Breadstnffs are quiet, but prices of all articles are steadily maintained. Beef, pork, and other articles of provisions are firm at previous quotations. New 01ILZAMI, Jour 17.—The business passing in cotton is wholly unimportant, and the quotations are quite nominal. NAVAL AND MILITARY. ADMIRALTY, JULY 27.-APPOINTMENTS.- Maate! H. W. C. Wise, to the Gorgon. Second Class Assistant Engineer J. Hanford to the Russell, ss supernumerary. Acting Third Class Assistant Engineers J. Lurie, J. Warner, and G. Purkis, to the Asia, as supernumeraries. WOOLWICH, Jm 27. Twenty eases of Armstrong guns were forwarded this day by the Great Northern Railway from Sir W. Arm. strong's factors. at Elswick, and the most unabated std. vitv still previdls at the Royal Arsenal in the manufacture of the same description of ordnance under the superintend. epee of Mr. Anderson. A Luxe number of heavy guns, intended exclusively for the naval service, have recently been turned out and subjected to every description of proof with the most entire success. CHATHAM, Jpky 27. Among the other duties to be performed by the detachment of Royal Engineers about to be despatched to the. tape of Good Hope, will be that of assisting In erecting a large Sanatorium there for the reception of the sick and wounded troops serving in China and India, who are to be forwarded to the Cape instead of being sent home to the military hospitals in thin country. The non-commis sioned illicers and men selected for this duty are now at South Kensington, undergoing preparatory instruction pre. timely to their embarkation. Colonel H. I). Harness, C. 8., Royal Engineers, bus been appointed to succeed Colonel H. Sanolliam as director of the Royal Engineer Establishment at this gun limn, and will shortly receive over the command from Colonel Sandham. LONDON IRISH RIM VOLUNTEERS.—Captain JoneM, oommanding tho first company of this corps, bee offered a prize of the value of teu guineas, annually, to be shot for by the members of his company. The following members of the Orleans family, with their suites, arrived from London at Douglas's Hotel, Edinburgh, on Thursday evening :—H.R.H. and Imperial the Princess of Salome, H.R.H. the Duo &Almelo, H.R.H. the Duchess d'Aumale, and H.R.H. the Due de Guise. We understand they are to remain in town until Monday, when they will proceed to Perth and Inverness, accom- panied by the young princes, who have just concluded their session at the fligh School. FOEXION-OFFICE, JULY 27.—A despatch, dated July 24, of which the following is an extract, has been re ceived by Lord John Russell from Lord Bloomfield, G.C.R, her Majesty's Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo- tentiary at the court of Prussia :—" I have the honour to inform your lordship that her Royal Highness the Princess Proderick William of Prussia, Princess Royal of Great Britain and Ireland, was safely delivered of a daughter, at the New Palace, at Potsdam, at ten minutes past eight o'clock this mornine—Ga:dte. WAX -OFFICE, TALL-MALL, JULY 27.—Nones.-- , The next examination of candidates for direct commissions in the army will be held at the Royal Hospital, l'helsea, on Monday, the 6th of August next, and following days.— thrzefte. _ - . THE Rim. C. H. SPCROBON.—This popular preacher has during the last two months been on a tour through the Continent for the renovation of his health. On Thursday night last he returned iu excellent sphits, and will resume hie labour. at Exeter Hall on Sunday morning next. During his travels lie preached in the Cathedral at Geneva, and, contrary to the Baptist mode at addressing a congregation, the rev. gentleman ascended the pulpit dressed in full canonicals. Sr great was the anxiety to hear him that some came as many as 200 miles for the purpose —Tines. CRYeTAL PALACE. —On Tuesday, August 7, the metropolitan districts of the Manchester Unity of Odd Fellows hold their annual file in aid of the Widow and Orphan and Distress Funds. Lot year the number el visitors was nearly 43,000, and this year the committee an ticipate a mu - di greater demonstration than on any previous occasion. Beyond the usual attrnetions the Great Fountains will be displayed, a round of athletic sports provided, and there will be a great marquee for dancing. Tue decorations worn by officers will also give a pretty effect to the scene in the gardens. The country members arrive in town on Monday by excursion trains cm the various lines of railway. RENPITE or THE SEAGRAVE Mtlt DEEM'. —A com munication was received by the high sheriff of Leictstem shire on Wednesday. the 25th inst., from the Home-office, stating that the execution of Hamm!' Holmes, who was convicted at the recent assizes of the wilful murder of her master, at Seagrove, in the above county, was respited during her Majesty's pleasure. THE ALLEGED PGIKONINGS AT Liwwureou—The investigation into the alleged times of poisouieg by anti mouy by Thomas Winslow commenced yesterday before Mr. Rallies, the stipendiary magistrate, at Liverpool. On the part of the prisoner there eppenred Mr. Cobb, solici• tor (assisted in the medical examination by Mr. Pope, su mo) ; Mr. Arminell, barrister, instructed by Mr. Walter, being retained for the prosecution. After taking some evidence, the investigation was adjourned till 10 o'clock this morning. SEaIOCs ACCIDENT AT MARE't4 Yesterday forenoon, between 11 and 12 o'clock, an accident of a frigldful nature, which it is to he feared will result in loss of life, occurred in the shipbuil.ling-yard of Messrs. Mare and Co., Millers% It appears, from what infonarition has been obtained, that a large iron tug-boat, intended foe the Red Sea, which had been built in the yani, was being got ready for launching from the slip. As is usual upon such occasions, a number of workmen were engaged in pre paring fur the vessel's run off the stocks iuto the water, moat of them bein e s under her bottom. By some mishap she suddenly slip away about ten yanls, etrikingthe nice underneath, and necking many of them down with great violence. An alarm was immediately named, and 11.1Wiit.WW (13 being at hand further danger was prevented. Upon ex amination, however, it was found that five of the men were severely injured. One poor unfortunate fellow hail the front of his face almost carried away, his lips being literally torn like a rag ; another had a thigh broken, with other con tusions ; sonic had an arm crushed, awl it Wee feared one man was injured almost beyond hope of recovery. The worst cases were taken at once on board the Dreadnought Hospital ship, and the otheri were removed as soon as per. bible to the London Hospital, where they met with the most prompt attention. I