The Express. — London, England, 1860-05-24 00:00:00

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Queen Meal . had seen with pain the difficulty of providing good shelter and good attendance for the thousands of brave men who had come home wounded after the great battle of La Hogue. While she lived scarcely any step had been taken to accomplish her favourite scheme of converting the Palace at Greenwich into a re treat for seamen. But within two months after her oath • charter was Mined. " A plan," Licari-ay. says, was furnished by Wua ; and " soon an edifice surp•esing that asylum which the " Magnificent Lewes had provided for his soldiers " rose on the margin of the Thames." Though the inscription which runs round the frieze de elates that, " Out of Royal charity for the safe " retreat and public maintenance of men who " have kept their watch over the public safety the " Palace of Greenwich has been dedicated by " M•aT to the relief of sailors in the reign of " WILLIAR and MARV, 1694," few of those who now pas on the noblest of European hospitals are aware that it is • memorial of the virtues of the good Queen Maav, of the love and sorrow of Wiu.s au ; but perhaps fewer still of those who have loitered under those colonnades would conjecture that this Greenwich was designed to be the place of retreat not for retired officers but for retired seamen. To those who have known anything of this great Institution those things have long been notorious, but it needed the industry of a Royal Commission to Anne the fact before the public. Accordingly, in the month of November of last year, Mr. R. lament, the member for South Shields; Mr. Herr, the member for Gateshead ; and Captain Hay, R.N., sere appointed to inquire into the management of Greenwich Hospital, and to say whether its resourc.•s could le• better applied for the benefit of seamen who have served in the Royal Navy. The results of that inquiry are now before us in the shape of a very able Report which commands attention. It is to be hoped that Government will bee no tone in carrying into effect such changes as nay be practicable. The general design of this national Hospital is patent upon the face of many public documents. As the Report says :—" A bmely of between 2,000 " said 3,000 meritorious seafaring men, expremmly " selected on account of their age, wounds, and " other causes of suffering and infirmity, debarred " thereby from ordinary enjoyment and occupation, " without employment, removed from the aasociatioi " of their birth or early neighbourhood, are to be " lodged, clothed, fed, and cared for in much a " manner as shall best mark the gratitude of a great " nation for their services, and best incite others to " tread in their steps and to emulate their " example." Besides the provision for the men themselves, provision is also to be made for their wives and the education of their children. And, lastly, the Institution is to be made the means of promoting that nautical skill which is the chief foundation of British supremacy. The means for accomplishing these objects are not inconsiderable. The net income for the year I B:i9 amounted to 148,1981. Bs. 2d. And if the calculations of the Commiasioners are correct, an addition of no less than 32,4401. should be made, so that the total annual revenue should be at least 180,000/. Large, however, as these resources are, and splendid as are the buildings, it is a striking fact that for the last twelve years the ber of va cancies has been gradually increasing. The au therised number for whom accommndation is pro %idea is 2,642, whereas the actual residents are now fewer thau 1,600. Indeed, mince the year I $4B the number of vacancies him increased front II to the elion ((((( ta ber of 1,124. How comes it then that seamen will not accept the charity intended for them 1 There seems to be no reluctance on the part of officers to take up their &book within the walls of the Hospital. Hut ogled= were lint the object of Queen MitaY's solicitude. Some officers, of course, are needed to =Lintels& discipline ; but the battered seamen who lied weathered the storm and ranged alongside the enemy were the real objects of the Royal bounty. The plain truth is th.t respectable old seamen of the Royal Navy will not, and indeed cannot, submit to ask ailiniesion to the Hospital under the present arrangements. Thu t ' ((((( missiotiers distinctly declare this to he the fact, and it must be admitted that they give nuafole reasons for their conclusion. Let us look at the matter. M hen a seaman enters the Hospital all distinctions of ran'. are effaced. Radges of good conduct are re t a i ne d ; but, unlike the practice of the Royal Navy, these badges carry with the,,, neither emolument nor consideration. Men who Gave attain..) the rank of petty, even of u arraot officers, are practically disrated, and mingled nuliscrimi• iiaLely with erdioary seamen and the refuse of THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY E he naval service. Distinguished men of bog sisasilais who have been wounded or waved in action are confounded with others who have never seen active servioe at all, and who are "Mbar to be regarded as labourers or as dome* servants than as seamen. What wonder that under such arrangements the better class of men should shrink from entering the Hospital ! But this reluctance to become a pensioner is not founded upon idle sentiment. On admission the pensioner ,s made to relinquish any pension he may have gained in the service. Under the name al tobacco-money he receives the sum of one dulling, which is understood to be a provision for various humble comforts, as well as for pocket allowance. This allowance has not been increased for more than a century and a half. Even for unmarried men it is far from adequate ; for the married it is painfully scanty. The only privi lege which married men have is to be allowed to receive a money payment instead of provisions— less than 10d. a day—part of which they can give their families. Some act as servants ; but no assistance is afforded the pensioner to enable him to reach his friends, or to maintain him when away, or to defray the expense of his return. What follows ? These parsimonious restrictions are at once offensive and demoralising. Many pensioners present themselves before visitors to this great national asylum in the character of ordi nary beggars ; whilst others seek in the lowest dens of Greenwich menial and degrading employ ments. These things inevitably tend to exclude the pensioners from associating with all but their own monotonous fraternity ; and to aggravate the evils which attend all monastic institutions. But if all the pensioners are thus uncomfortable, those who are married are infinitely worse. The Commissioners say " the wives are wholly ignored, " and their'circurnstances are deplorable." From the Hospital they receive nothing but the broken meat of the hall, and the rations of men on short leave of absence. For it should be observed that when the pensioner is away his allowance is stopped. The 10d. a day and la. a week is wholly inadequate to supply clothing, lodgings, and the necessaries of life to a wife and family. In short, the wives are reduced to extreme wretch edness, and sometimes even become chargeable on the parish. But if the condition of the wives is had, that of the children is if possible worse. For them there is in fact no school at all. The lady who fills nominally the office of schoolmistress is superannuated, and the produce of the sale of grease from the kitchen which supplied the means of supporting a good school has been stopped. One witness says :—" It does not bear to be " spoken of as a school. Yesterday morning I " think there were six boys in boys' clothes and " four or five in petticoats ; and in the girls' " school, reckoning the little infants, I should " think there were seventeen. It is, in fact, 64 gm,. Such being the condition of the wives and chil dren of the pensioners, it is not difficult to predict bow this must operate upon the minds of seamen. A husband or a father will hesitate long before he enters a hospital upon the condition of aban doning his wife and children tostarvation, the work house, or casual benevolence. Many a worn-out sailor would sternly reject a berth at Greenwich under such circumstances. It is admitted that in some Mel sailors do enter the Hospital in order to get rid of their families ; but the Corn assert that of the affection of the named pensioners for their families the evidence is abundant and incontrovertible. The craving, we are told, of some of them, when separated from their families, to send them relief out of their little savings, is displayed to an extent that is truly touching. The concluding paragraph of this section of the Report is so startling that it must be given verbatim : " But more touching " still is the spectacle often exhibited by pen " loners who have brought their wives with them "to Greenwich, and whose own sufferings " require that they should become in " mates of the infirmary, and thereby " forfeit the advantage of the money list.' In " such circumstances there is, in fact, nothing for " the family. Dr. WIIJOON assures us that, rather " than abandon their wives to the destitution " which thus ensues, pensioners even in the last " stage of life will refuse all the benefits of the " infirmary, and will persist in this abnegation " till actually at the point of death." And this, let us remember, is the noblest of hospitals, founded to relieve the sufferings and to comfort the declining years of the British seaman I Whatever may be the difficulties in the way of reforming these scandalous evils, the want of money is not the chief. Unfortunately, this parsi mony towards the pensioners is the most painful part of the subject. Can it be believed that whilst the sum allowed to each pensioner—the seamen for whom the Hospital was founded—remains almost es it was at the end of the 17th century, the sum absorbed by the officers has enormously increased? The expense of the establishment now is abso lutely more than double its cost at its foundation, whilst relating to the number of pensioners it is more than treble its previous charge. From the Report it appears that whilst the expense of the individual pensioner has not been increased during 55 years, and whilst the aggregate number of pensioners has been diminished by 30 per cent., the cost of the establishment has during that period been considerably more than doubled. It may ho interesting to add that upon comparing the sums spent in the Invalids., at Paris, in 1848, with the sums spent in Greenwich, in 1805, each pensioner cost nearly the same, from 281. to 281. ; but the administra tion 5/. ss. and 9/. la. In the year 1859, however, the Greenwich pensioner cost 301., whilst the administration instead of 51. ss. like the Invalides, or 9/. Is. like the Greenwich of 1805, cost the enormous sum of 281. 18e. 4d. It is indeed too plain that the seamen have been sacrificed to the officers. The abuse is glaring, and requires a speedy remedy. ABOR IC N 124' Psoncriow Soctirr.—Tbe annual meeting of the Aboriginals' Protection Society was It lent evening in the Society of Trimide place of worship, White Hart-court, Gracechurch-street; Mr. Samuel Gurney, M.P., presided. Mr. Cliseion, the secretary, read the report, which stated that the society had been in existence 40 years, and that the need for its exertions was rather in creasing than iliminiahieg. During the year the eociety's efforts had been ellierly (Greeted to the Hudson 'a Bey Coen peny's terrikey, and as it was believed that the valleys of the Red River and the Seakatcheran were to be formed into an independent colony, the Oolonial Minister had bees petitiosed by the ...misty to peat the lame privileges to the ladies residents as to the English settler,. The sorody hail also made exertions to ameliorate the condition of the Native population is Sierra Leone. A melancholy picture was theism of the condition of the deposed Kaffir chiefs who inhabit Robin Island, which is said to he • prisioa• , a hurtle asylum, and a larar have ; but Sir George Grey's policy towards the natives of the rape was deacribed aa humane. Some &ameliorating inluences were at wort in ludas. After elating that the aborigines of Victoria were fairly treated by Mr. Duffy in his capacity of commissioner land., and that auxiliaries to the parent society had been formed in Bridgwater, Cireneeater, Gloucester, From., and Plymouth, the report oneeluded by enegratu luting the soecety that Mr. Gureey, M.P., list consented to becom e it. preached. Mr. Alylf, who has Lees. for malty yearn • missionary in South Africa, communiarited much interesting information in reference to the aleniginal ea..., a n d rabbinate c a re delivered by other gentlemen. The report was adopted Abe Court. 08BORIZE, MAI at. The Qom and the Prinoe Consort walked. in the Poem& early this morning. The Prince= Alio., as emagenial by the Maid of Honour, also walked in the gross& The Deans' of Kent arrived at Osborne, at half-past ane o'clock. Indy Bunn Melville and Kr George Cooper wean attanisaes upon the Royal Ditcher. Her Bowl Hies as= was recsived by the Queen, the Prince Consort, and the Prises= Allem, at the entrance of the Palace. The Prises= of Waggon arrived at the same time on a virit The Queen, the Prince Consort (driving), the Primers Alias, and the Princess of Leiningeo, went out this after noon in the small char•i-banc. Poosonby attended on horseback._ The dinner party in the evening comprised the Duchess al Kent, the Princess Alice, the Princess of Leiningen, the lady in Waiting on the Dachas of Kent, Sir George Con. per, Bart, and Major Elphinstone. A deputation on the subject of the West India Mail Ser vice had an interview with the Right Hon, T. Milner Gib em yesterday, at the cface of the Board of Trade. The deputation coesisted of Mr. Spooner, ILP., Mr. f3cholefield, M.P., Mr. Edmund Sturge, sad Mr. Arthur Ryland, from the Birmingham Chamber of Commerce ; Mr. Bright, /LP., and Mr. George Gangway (City of Landon). The Chancellor of the Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone bad a dinner party yesterday at their residence on Carlton. housetarrace. The company included the Prussian Meis ter and Countess of Bernatortf, the Bishop of London sad Mrs. Tad, Lord and lady Braybrooke, Countess Dowager lad Lady Sarah Spencer, the Hon. J. Warren, Sir Thomas and lady Gladstone, Sir John and Lady Young, and the Hon. Miss Lyttelton. Mrs. Gladstone had afterwards an evening party. His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales em barked from the Southampton Docks yesterday afternoon as board the royal yacht Fairy, in ohmage of the Hoo. Cap tain Denman, for Osborne, to he present at the 41st eel.- trains of her Majesty's birthday to-day (the24th lust). Major- General the Hon. Robert Bruce, the prince's governor, and Major Teantele, equerry in waiting, were in attendance upon the prince. His royal highness was received on hie arrival by Colonel O. Pratt Barlow, chairman of the Dock Company ; Mr. T. R. Davison, deputy-chair man ; Mr. H. Faudel, one of the directors; and Mr. P. Hedger and Mr. J. Levy, principal officers of the Dock Company. The heir apparent was introduced to Colonel Barlow and Mr. Davison by Major-General Bruce, and con vened with them for a few minutes in the most affable manner. His royal highness, who appeared in the enjoy ment of the beat health, returns by the .iime route oo Fri day afternoon, on his return to Oxford. His Highness Prince de Sagan Talleyrand, ac companied by the Heron de Vidil and M. Latte, has arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermynwtreet. The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort have left town for Brighton for a short period. We are requested to state that the Marchioness of Salisbury's party will take place on Saturday, June 2, instead of Wednesday, June 6. The Earl and Countess of Derby entertained at dinner last evening, at their residence in St. Janica'sesmars, tie following circle :—Viscount and Viscountess Ingestre, Lord and Lady Naas, Sir William H. Jolliffe, IL P., and lady Jolliffe and Miss Jolhle, Sir Hugh and Lady Cairns, Hon. F. Lygon, Mr. Thomas Baring, Mr. George Bentinck, Mr. Da Cane, Mr. Kenneth Macaulay, &c. Covers were laid for eighteen. The Hon. Mr. and Mre. Smythe Vereker re ceived at dinner, at their residence in Cbealuun.plece, on Tuesday last, the Duchess of Inverness and Miss Gore, the Countess of Clancarty and Lady Ann Le Peer Trench, the Earl of Belabor., Mr. and Lady Isabella Stewart, the Hon. Mr. and Mrs. Coventry, Viaoount Banelegh, the Hon. Mrs. Raslikagh, Lady Shelley, Major and Mrs. Bull, Mr. Caven dish Taylor, Mr. Fraser, and Captain Berkeley. A letter from St. Petersburg of the 16th mays : "The last bit of hoe has now quitted the Neva, which once more, in summer binaural, glides onwards to Cronstadt. The navigation is entirely open, and the be.. mantle of the capital are quitting the hot and dusty city—those who have the means, to the Continent—those who have not, to the islands. Lady Crampton—recently Mir lialfe—bas left us for England. It is said air John will soon follow on tem ponuy leave of aluenoe." The Countess of Harewood gave birth to a daughter, at Harewood House, Hanoveraquare, on the 21st hot. We have to announce the death of Mr. P. H. Glover, F.S.A., librarian to the Queen, who died yesterday at his residence adjoining the palace. The lamented gentle man had been librarian to her Majesty upwards of 20 years, end was much rosported by a large circle of literary and antiquarian friends. He was taken unwell last Friday ar'snight from • carbuncle formed in the back part of his mak. By the death of Sir Fortunattia Dwarris a mar tership in the Court of Queen's Bench becomes vacant % as well as a benchership of the Middle Temple, and the Ream derahip of Neweastle.under-Lyme. The deceased gentle man was born in 1786, and having been educated at Univer sity College, Oxford, was called to the bar by the hon. so ciety of Lincoln's-inn in 1811. He was a colonial law com missioner, and received the honour of knighthood on the passing of an act of parliament for the reform of the colonial courts, founded on the report of the commission. Mdnie. Ristori's representation, at Paris con tinue, says (lalowans, to attract crowded houses, but no novelty has been produced since Elizabetha. This week, we repot to add, brings the performances of the great tragedian to a close in Paris. An Americ►n manager is understood to have made munificent offers for a six menthe' visit to the Kates. Lust night, the exhibition of paintings in the Museum at Peel-park, fialfonl, was inaugurated by a sante given by the mayor. The invitations numbered about 700, and ladies sail gentlemen to nearly that number enjoyed the splendid hospitality of the mayor, whilst the exhibi tion &Minted u treat of a very high character. PRINCE CONsru►rlNs CIARTORYSKI. Prince Constantino Csavtoryski, who died at Vienna in the month of April last, was one of the nota bilities among Polish potriota. lie was born at Warsaw in 1773, and was estimated, together with his elder brother, Prince Adam (at present residing in Pork), under the care of distinguished neaten, awl es t;rodeck, of Gottingen; L'huillier, of Geneva; the Abbi Piramowics, and the poet. Inisisein and Kaminski. A tour of Europe and a long stay in England , erved to complete tile education of the two princes, awl to di , velop their Habit. of oleervation. The insurrection raised by Row:Marko gave the first opportunity for the display of their patriotism ; and the Empress Catharine having subsequently confiecated the property of their father, only reinstated them in their rights at the earnest solicitations of the Court of Vienna, end on condi tion that they should reside in St. Petersburg in the cha racter of hostages. After having reileuned until the year 1793, in Grodno, with theiruncle, King Ptanislas Augustus, they repaired to the capital of the ernOre, and were com pelled to enter the Russian army. While at the Russian court they were received as the intimate companions of the Grand Dukes Alexander and Constantine. Prince ("tauten. tine Csartoryski left the service shortly before his brother was appointed ambeasador to Sardinia. When the cam paign against Austria was commenced, is 1800, Prince Con @tenting was at Pastry. He took part in the war with the most patriotic ardour, and levied, at his own expense, a regiment of infantry, the organiaatim of which earned for him the warmest thanks of Prince Poniatowski, and the rank of oblong of the regiment, winch was incorporated under the name of the 16th of the line. Among his officers were men of great distinction, such as lioleata Dobrogoyski and others, the future conimanderiweliiet of the Polish army, General Skrzytiecki, serving in the regiment as cap tain of the grenadiers. Among the various brilliant feats of aims performed by this regiment, its conduct at the siege of Smolensk° is snore particularly quoted. The Em peror Napoleon decorated the brave and intrepid colonel with his own hand, and nominated him an dicer of the Legion of Honour. Subsequently Prince Poniatowski pre anted him with the Polish Cross (virtuti militari). Unfor tunately, Prince Constantine Caartoryskro distinguished military career wax cut short at the battle of Nowak, where his horse wen killed under him, and he himself re ceived so serious is contusion that he was forced to leave the service, to his own infinite regret. Having been nominated aide-de-camp general to the Emperor Alexander 1., on the erection of the kingdom of Poland, he soon asked and re ceived leave to retire on &cermet of his health. 181831, at the time wlieu the Austrian Cabinet seemed favonrabiydis pulsed towards the Polish muse, Prince Conetiatise Car toryski berme an active mediator between that cabinet awl the insorrectiosial government ; and when, sakes quently, a painful malady prevented him from serving his country, his house at Vienna was ever hospita open to his Polish fellow-eitisens. Being a great lover c art, and endowed with a penetrative mind and onesiderable pewee of judgment. he 'became more especially the Merman elf ell distinguished Pdhsh artata and men of letters, who will ever gratefully remember the generous supp o rt and rouea lion he vouchsafed W them. 'G, MAY 24, 1860.. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. GARIBALDI'S EXPEDITION. GENOA, WZDNEIDAY. • A supplement to the Moo►mento alleges that Garibaldi has entered Pnlermo with 9,000 infantry and a squadron of cavalry. The Neapolitan troops have laid down their arms. The most extraordinary .enthusiasm prevailed at Palermo. Aooounts from Naples state that some vessels laden with food had been sent to Palermo, the ob ject being either to bring back the troops or to victual the places invested. The same letters say that the Insurrectional Committee had sent a note to the consuls, in which the latter are informed that the nation will be consulted, and that a Sicilian parliament will be convoked for the pur pose of pronouncing upon the annexation to Sardinia. ROME, WZDNUDAY. An official despatch, dated Naples, 22nd instant, states that the insurgents in Sicily were attacked and dispersed on the 21st instant, by the 9th bat talion of Royal chaaaeura. 128 of the rebels were killed. The insurrection was making no progress. (ornciAL) NAPLES, MAT 23, G P.N. The rebels encamped at San Martino, near Mon reale, have been beaten twice, driven from their position, and pursued to Partanico, with very con siderable losses. One of their leaders, Rosolino Pilo, was killed. The heights which were occupied by the rebels have been taken by the royal troops. SARDINIA. Cardinal Corsi, Archbishop of Pisa, arrived at Turin on the Met, under military escort, to answer for his oonduct in forbidding his clergy to perform the usual service on the festival of the constitution. On this subject the Opinion of Turin, after noticing the fact that in some parts of the Emilisn provinces the people were with difficulty restrained by the authorities from committing violence on the re fractory clergy, observes : The court of Rome is desirous of renewing in our king dom the disturbances excited in Switzerland under Gre gory XVI. It thinks it possible to form an Italian &oder bond, headed by some riotous cardinal bishops. But the government is strong enough to frustrate such criminal designs. Let the bishops who are opposed to the new order of things abandon their sees, and go to Mantua or Rome—no matter where—that is their business. Turin has had ns archbishop for the last ten years, and who is it that takes the slightest notice of that circumstance? Who regrets it? We are now accustomed to do without. Renee, should any fatal oonsequences arise from these dis putes, it is not the state that hes to fear them. _ _ _ The municipality of Milan, which had before subscribed 100,000 fr. for the purchase of muskets for Garibaldi, has just decided on another grant of an equal sum in favour of the Sicilians. TURIN, MAT 23. The volunteers who re-entered Tuscany under the command of Zambianchi have been arrested, and will be brought to trial. The Sardinian squadron is concentrated in the Sardinian waters. FRANCE. The Moniker of this morning publishes the law concerning sugars and coffees, which has been agreed to by the Senate. The Mmiteur also publishes the order of the day of matters to be discussed in the next sitting of the Senate, among which are petitions in reference to the import of iron, and to the execution of the Treaty of Commerce between France and England. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. BT. PETERSBURG, MAT 24. Prince Gortsehakoff has sent instructions to the Russian representatives at the courts of the great powers, explaining why the Turkish ambassador was not invited with the ambassadors of Austria, France, Great Britain, and Prussia, to receive the proposals of Russia relative to an inquiry into the oonclition of the Christians in Turkey. Prince Gortechakoff says : "The condition of the Christians in the Turkish empire is a question of general interest reserved for the consideration of a European conference, which, since nearly fifty years, has consisted of the five great powers exclusively, among which Turkey is not included. If it had been necessary to call the representative of the Porte to this assembly of ambassadors because she signed the treaty of 30th March, 1856, the same claim could have been made by Sardinia, whose participation in the negotiation in question would have been opposed by Austria. It was therefore necessary to exclude the Porte in order to avoid the admission of Piedmont, and to confine the deliberations to the great powers only." PRUSSIA. BERLIN, ILty 2.'1. The Prussian Chambers were closed to-day by the Prince Regent who, in hie speech, said : "Government is most seriously endeavouring to bring about such solutions of the questions which at present engage the attention of the European cabinets as will be adequate to the maintenance of the political equilibrium. The principles which guide the government in its relations with the Gorman Confederation and the Ger man Diet in regard to the present highly important affairs have been explained during this session. The government also will in future adhere to these principles, and will continue to regard the maintenance of the recognised rights of others as necessary for the maintenance of its own rights. Notwithstanding the difference of opinion existing in reference to important questions, iu one feeling all the German governments and people are unanimous with myself and the Prussian people ; that is, in unshaken fidelity to the common father land, and in the strong conviction that the inde pendents, of the nation and the integrity of the national territory, are matters of importance before which all internal affairs and dissensions far recede." The continuation of hill Royal Highness's speech treated of questions respecting the interior. It is asserted that the Ambassadors of the Foreign Powers are about to dedland explanations respecting the speech of the government councillor, Mathis, in the sitting of the 21st inst., in which the councillor recommended an intimate alliance between Prussia and England, in consideration of the Franoo-Russian alliance The Prince Regent will proceed to-morrow, eid Krewmach and Saarbruck to Trier, to be present at the opening of the Rhine, Nahe, Saarbruck, and Trier Railway. Aooording to the Krenz Zeitung, Marshal Mac Mahon, commander-in-chief of the camp at Chalons, has received orders to welcome the Prince Resent, in the name of the Emperor of the French, on his arrival at the French frontier. The Prussian ambassador at Paris, Count Pourtales, will also go to Saarbruch, to join the Prince Regent. INDIA. INDIA OFFICE, WIDIIIIIDAY. The fo Bowing telegrams have been this day received from India: SIMLA, APRIL 28. The Governor• General and the Commander-in- Chief are still at Simla, but will return to Calcutta on the 7th proximo. Mr. Wilson, in a speech in council, answered the objections of the Madras government to his scheme of taxation. On the morning of the 20th the Wunterees at tacked Colonel Larkins's (1) column, with some damage to the cattle and camp followers ; but they were driven out with heavy loss, and pursued for three miles over the hills, and to all appearance have been broken up. Form—Government Five per Cent. Loan at 24 to 3 per cent. discount. Five-and-a-Half per Cent. Loan at 44 per cent. premium. Alexandria, May 13. ROBERT COLQUHOON. SIMLA, Ma 4. The Governor-General held a durbar at Simla on the 3rd instant, for the reception of the hill chiefs. Cholera has been prevalent in Oude, but is now disappearing. The force under General Chamberlain joined that under Col. Lumaden on the 26th ultimo. The Wu zeerees gave up their intention of holding Shapoor and Petray, and retreated. FUNDK —Government Five per Cent. Loan from 3to 3} per cent. discount. Government Five-and a-Half per Cent. Loan at 3 to n premium. Alexandria, May 13. R. COLQUNOCN. THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. QUEENSTOWN, ILIA 23. The Canadian mail-steamer, North Briton, which left Quebec on the 12th inst., has arrived : she landed all her mails. The Min and Canadian had arrived out. The Great Western Railway company was building a state carriage for the Prince of Wales. Advice , ' from Vent Cruz were to the 14 instant. The constitutional government had rejected the mediation of England, and Miramon was defeated on all sides. On the 19th ult. a fire in a valley of Trinidad or Cabo had swept over 18 miles of ground. The lose was estimated at 500,000 dollars, and a reduction in the sugar crops of 8,000 boggle s& was expected. NEW YORK, MAY 12. The steamers New York and City of Manchester had marled that day with about 322,000 dollars in specie. Stocks were generally firm and rather active. Money unchanged. Exchange firm. The flour receipts amounted to 14,000 barrels, and the market was dull. Corn steady ; Western groviace, 78 ; market quiet. Ashes steady. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom ova oww ooluzeromarr.) PARIS, WEDNIDIDAT EVENTIPO. Although I have special reasons for believing the telegraphic intelligence that Garibaldi has entered Palermo at the head of a large force (said to be 10,000 men), I think it just worth while to notice that the Patrie, in its " Latest News," throws some doubt upon its authenticity, and pretends that nothing certain is known beyond the fact that he occupied Alcamo and Partenico on the 15th and 16th. I am assured, however, that Garibaldi is not only in possession of Palermo, but that he has issued a stirring proclamation, dated from that city, declaring that he assumes the provisional dictator ship of Sicily. It is said on respectable authority that,in consequence of the difficulties thrown in the way of his original plans, he has determined to make himself undisputed master of Sicily before making any attempt upon the main land. He will afterwards form a navy vastly superior to any force which the King of Naples can command, and make a formidable descent upon Calabria, by means of which he does not doubt being able to dethrone the king. This afterinsm the Emperor witnessed a trial in I the court of the Tuileries of n new kind of balloon for war purposes, called the Poisson Volant, which was exhibited some time ago in the Pallas do l'ln dustrie. The Duke of Graunnont, who is Raid to be unwell, had a long conference with his Majesty to day, on his return from Rome. . _ _ . It is rumoured that the Moniteer of to-morrow will contain the text of a speech of M. Lavalette to the Sultan, so alarming as to throw the Sicilian question into the shade. The journey of the court to Fontainebleau is said to be once more countermanded. Nothing can exceed the insolent tone of the government journals towards Sardinia, about the delay of the chambers in ratifying the annexation of Savoy and Nioe. French agents in Savoy are actually getting up an agitation to declare a pro visional government, unless the bill passes within a few hours. It would not at all surprise me to hear that General Lamoriciere had thrown up his commis- Rion. If he remains where he is, be must drink of the cup of humiliation to the dregs. He has already, as you are aware, been grossly insulted by the government of the red hate which he serves. The only palliation for the part which, to the lasting grief of his friends, he has undertaken to play, was the possibility that he might improve the miserable organisation of the army, and promote some civil reforms. It was given out at first that he was to be the first man in the Roman States, and that although, for the very reason that he wished to maintain his individual independence, and therefore not to be involved in discussion with a council of ministers, he refused to be Minister at War, yet he was substantially to have the fullest powers. You are now aware that a circular from Mgr. de Mirada lately proclaimed that Lamoriciere was only to command the army, and that any directions which he might give rela tive to its organisation were not to be obeyed. The occasion for this very astonishing de monstration against an eminent general who has sacrificed his reputation for the sake of upholding the Pope's authority, was that Lamori cline, in a speech made in one of the towns which ho visited, had taken upon himself to promise re forms. This news came by telegraph, without any accompanying statement of the way in which the admonition was received by the general. It is now stated by the Notiondites, a journal lately trans ported from Geneva to Turin, that " he buret into a violent rage," and at once wrote to Rome to say that if he did not receive an apology for the "in sult," he should instantly demand his passport. Although this statement rests as yet but upon a single authority, it seems highly proba ble. Everybody who read Mgr. de Mirode's manifesto must have felt at once that it was an insult to Lamoriciere, and one which a proud Frenchman and a distinguished general officer was not likely to put up with. But before we know the end of this affiiir, there comes the news of another, almost equally annoying to the volunteer general. It is stated that General de Goyon has informed him that if he presumes to act in a military capacity beyond the existing terri torial limits of the Roman States, he (General Goyon) has instructions to prevent him. Thus poor Lamoricire cannot even attempt to recon quer the Romagnas. The Pays announces the return to France of the Abyssinian minion, after having completely suc ceeded in the object which it proposed to itself, but not without having incurred great danger. Neither the object of the mission nor the perils encountered in its pursuit are stated ; the latter may possibly be slightly exaggerated, owing to the fact that a son of M. de la Onerronnihre, the puissant director of the preen, was • sub-lieutenant inthe expedition. I .. . - At noon to-day I saw a vast column of black ksmoke to the north-east of Paris, which indicated a great fire. I hear that it was in the gas-works of La Chapelle and Villette. The Bourse, which is now getting used to Gari baldi's success, was sustained by the rise off per cent. in Consols. The Rente, although dull during great part of the day, rose 10c. for cash and 15c. for account, closing at 69fr. 40c. and 69fr. 45c. Mo. biker rose 6fr. 25c. Railways were from 2fr. 50c. to sfr. higher. FESTIVAL OF THE BONS OF THE CLERGY. Yesterday the 206th anniversary of this charity wax celebrated, as usual, first by a full choral service under the dome of St. Paul's Cathedra, and afterw.uds by a banquet at Merchant Taylors' Hall. The service in the cathedral wax attended by the Lord Mayor, the sheriffs, several of the aldermen and members of the Common Conn. cil Chamber, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and a large assemblage of dignitaries, parochial clergy, and of the laity. There was a combination of musical talent in the united choirs of the Chapel Royal, St. Paul's, Westminster Ab bey, and Ht. George's Chapel, Windsor, which did full jus. tine to the anthems and psalms, which included Dr. Croft's Oantate Domino and the Dens Misereatur, both in E fiat; Orlando Gibbon's " Lift up your heads, oye gates r Mendelssohn's "Why rage fiercely the heathen;" and Dr. Boyoe's anthem from the 106th Psalm, " 0 give thanks unto the Lord." The sermon, which was preached by the Rev. Archibald Boyd, M.A.., incumbent of Paddington, from the 4th verso of the 6th chapter of Acts : "Ye shall give yourselves eon. tinually to prayer and to the ministry of the word"—was an appropriate and eloquent appeal to the Christian public on behalf of those clergymen who, obeying that injunction with singleness of purpose, and having no means beyond a very inadequate stipend—th ere being, as he said, more than 10,000 of that body whose incomes averaged not more than 1001. a year each—were utterly unable to make any pivot. don for the education of their families, or the future previa don of their wives and orphans, when, worn out by labour and anxiety, they were called away. The reverend preacher drew a touching picture of the position of the daughters of clergymen dying under such circumstances, many of whom were compelled to accept menial situations • while others, failing even in that resource, were, he feare d, driven to the streets. The banquet in the evening there was a more than ordinarily numerous company, including the Archbishop of Canterbury, Archbishop fidesignate) of York • the Bishops of London, St. David's, St. Asaph, Linc oln, Salisbury, Llendaff, Carlisle, Winchester, and Chichester ; Marquis of Bristol, Lord John Thynne, the Lord Headley ; Aldermen Copeland, M.P., Cubitt, M.P., Sydney, and Finnis ; Alder. man and Sheriff Phillips, Alderman and Sheriff Gabriel, Hon. and Rev. H. Legge, Sir F. Currie, Bart. ; Sir R. P Glyn, Bert. ; Sir Brooke Bridges, Bart., Y.P. ; Sir C. D. p r ey ; W. IL Barrow, Esq., M.P. ; James K. King, Esq., M.P. ; Joseph Somes, Re q. M.P. • Colonel Skipper, Major Moore, Archdeacon Hale, the Nestle of the Temple ; Rev. Canons Jell, Blornfield, and Jennings ; Rev. N.B. Mortimer, Vivian, Croly, and Spencer ; Revs. A. Boyd. D. Laing, F. G. Merrifield ' Henry Brown, R. E. Coplestone, G. Coney, G. Ainslie, B. Belcher, T. 0. Goodchild, W. J. Hall, J. C. Haden, J. H. Coward, W. R. Ciampi, W. J. Crichton, J. Fothott, John Wynne, and E. Gardiner; Mews. Wm. Cotton, H. S. Thornton, Hichens, Thome.' Tilson, W. B. Renton, J. B. Lee, W. H. Smith, R. Cheers, J. Propert, John Davis, H. A. Hunt. F. D. All. croft, Wm. Robinson, Robert Stafford, J. C. Wood, F. Knyvett, &c. ; in all nearly 200. The Loan MAYOR presided, and after the cloth hod been removed, and "The Church and Queen," "The Prince insert and Prince of Wales," and other routine toads had been duly honoured, gave " The Archbishop of Canterbury, the president of the Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy." His Geace, in ac kn owledging the compliment, adverted to the duty of those who, like himself, bed been raised to an elevated position in the church, to do all they could to promote the success of an institution so beneficial to their less fortunate brethren. In detailing the good which the society bad done and was doing, he stated that it DOW assisted annually by pensions and donations about 1,260 persons—destitnte clergymen the widows, the aged, and single daughters and the children of deceased clergymen. The sums it distributed in this way were by no meant adequate to the object ; but charity must be cow sidered rather relatively than positively, and though the W. or 30/. a year pension, which was the highest pension allowed, might seem nothing to those who had their 1,0001. a year, it was of the greatest importance to thole of our hard-worked clergy, who laboured their lives away ou incomes of less than 1001. a year, and who but foe such assistance would have the burden of their labours increased by the consciousuess that their children were growing up around them without education, and that when they died those who were nearest und dearest to them in life would be left wholly doititute. Ho appealed also to the lay members of the church of England, and suggested that this charity offered a most fitting opportunity for than to show their attachment to the church in the persons at its poor est clergy, reminding them of the promiee that Whosoever gave a cup of cold water in the Lord's name should most with a rich reward," and urging that whatever they gave to the poor and deed: tote ministers of God's word must necessarily be given in the name of the Lord. - - In the course of the evening it was stated that since the foundation of the charity about 2,000,0001. sterling had been distributed in pensions and donations ; that at the present time then were 712 widows and daughters of clergy. turn in receipt of pensions, varying from 10f. tc 2JI . a year s while on an average upwards of 500 clergymen and children were anomaly assisted ; that worth and need were the only conditions required from applicants for aid, the harassing and degrading conical of a public election being unrecognised by the conetitution of the charity ; and in speaking of its results it was further added, the good effected is not, however, to be immured merely by the amount of money given away—the alma distributed have in very many cases called forth assistance from indivi. duals who otherwise might not have contributed at all to the relief of the applicants. This more especially happens in that branch of the society's objects which provides funds for the education of. and placing out iu life, the children of poor clergymen—an object effecting oninixol good, whether viewed iu the im mediate relief to the parents, or the ultimate benefit to society. The health of the Lord Mayor, the Marquis of Bristol and the other stowards, and the Bishop of London, having been given and appropriately acknowledged, the right. rev. prelate taking ociadon in thanking the company for the compliment paid to him forcibly to urge the claims of the charity. The REGL,TRAR (Mr. Baker) announced that the collection in the cathedral in the morning amounted to 1421. ; the aunt ut the dinner, including certain cheques sent to hint by gentlemen who could not find it wnvenieut to attend, to 984/. ; the done tii swot stewards -w ho contributed according to custom 30 guineas on the first and 20 guineas on each subs sequent mansion they acted in that capacity- to ttoo/. ; from investment« of stewards' fees and other Kindler receipts in former years, 1,046/. ; making • total receipt on ;he festival account of 2,972/. Besides which there had been 700/. re ceived in legacies since the list festival, raining the whole to 3,672/. As showing the propene of the moiety during the hod eight yours, lie added that a conaiderable number of petll4loll% had been permanently raised—that whereas in 1852 there were only two pensioners of 25/. each, there were DOW 14 ; in 1852 there were no pensioners of 201.. tech, now there were :42; in 1852 there were but 22 pensioners of 1T.., now there were :hl3. (Hear, hear.) In 1852 the higher pensions--that was those above 10/. a year—were hut 24, now they were 379. In 1852, the num ber of 1(9. pennioners was 888, but by increasing the num ber of higher twusions only t 43 now received so little an 10/. a year. (Hear, hear.) The dinner, which was excellently served, was supplied from the Loudon Tavern. A 'titanic...A selection •was per formed by Meant.. Francis, Lockey, Buckhuid, Fielding, Wince, the choristers of 81. Paul's Cathedra, and the toast. were effectively given out by Mr. Higgs, who officiated an toast-maater. Only oue more reception will take place at the Tuileries this 110118011-011 seedily evening next. The Prato of Vienna announces that the journal Newsee Naelerickaten (Latest News) was seised on Sunday Ltd for publishing reports nut very favourable t the same Lion of the King of Naples. A letter from Florence etatei that the party of the Grand Duke of Tuscany is agitating in that city. &di% tioua writing% are patted !very night on the walla of the palace, and Nome of the nohket (-undies in Tuwutny do not tliaguiae the fact that they are compiling to &templed' the restoration of the limed Duke. The government it Wanted ' ' " for having acted so mildly, and it is recommended to adopt energetic lIK.WitUVI against agitatcr%, particularly against the clergy. A letter from Rome of the nth inst. ittinounoea that the papal government has oLtnined powessiou oC several very important documents, which contain the in struction% of the revolutionary committees to their agents, directing them to hasten an insurrection in the ',Wen of the church, and likewise ii, the Atbru,ai ►nd Calabria. It adds that the Court of Rome pmpootm to address copies of these documents to the great powers of Europe.