The Express. — London, England, 1860-04-06 00:00:00

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Gall !YAM 4 101•1111404444; 01w $ gekeeet Rend two sump he •s.a Eloloweil dieseteel•• of (p.m eerinseiss et weigh ieneveida Ile so ell parts slake weele.--115 14. leedgele4ift IA 174! llt Court. CONFIRMATION OF PRINCE ALFRED. WINDSOR CASTLE, Tnewaier. Thu Queen, with Princess Alice, drove out in an Z en " r", 4 7:1f y and Colossi 7aetemla the Noe' a l e ndd N. S hy the litee- 1 The Prince ilionsort, accompanied by the Prinee et W rode out on horseback, attended by Captain Du Phut nod etinGrey. t eDuchess of Cambri4 the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Canbridge, attendede, by Lady Geraldine %merest, List. .Colonel Home Pune., and Colonel the Hon. J. Mac donald, arrived yestenlay at the Castle upon a visit to the Queen. Prini-e Edward of Sale Weimar, the Archbishop of Can tertiary, the Dowager Maims of Norfolk, Viscount Pal merston, and Captain Tarleton, R.N., arrived in the after now. — Her Majesty's dinner party also comprised the Prince of Wales, Princess Alive, and Princess Leanings°, Lady Caro lina Barrington, the Dean of Windsor, Sir James Clark, and Captain Grey. The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by the whole of the royal family sad royal visitors staying in the Castle, went to St. Georges Chapel this morning. The confirmation of Prtnce Alfred took place this day in the private chapel of the Castle, his Royal Highness having been examined on the preview day by the Rev. W. L. Onsiow, chaplain and naval usstructor, H.M.S. Hurrahs, in the presence of her Majesty the Qesen, the Prime Con met, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor. The Anbliebor of Canterbury, accompanied by the Bishop of Oxford (Lord High Almoner), the Dean of Windsor (Resident Chaplain to the Queen), the Rev. Lord Wriothoeloy Rummell (Chaplain to the Prince Camort),She lee. H. J. Ellison (Vicar of Wi n d sor ), an d th e Rev. W. L. Ouslow (Chaplain and Naval Instructor her Majesty's ship Eur) &lux), entered the Chapel at twelve o'clock. Hie Once and the Bishop of Oxford sat on either side of the Communion Table. other clergy also took their seats within the rails of the Communion Table. The Bishop of Cheater (Clerk of the Closet) took his plies near her Majesty's seat. The ministers and other company invited to the ceremony were conducted to seats in the Chapel. Prince Alfred entered the Chspel with the Queen, the Priem Consort,_the Deism of Kent, the Princess Ali* eke Prince of Wales, the reissue Helena, the reiscess Louise, Prince Arthur the Dooms of C o m 3 the Priam= et Osarh'fts, the Duke of and the Primes= sad Price Edema et nese eines. The 4.euipen sad ace Oman dad their Royal sad 81111.110 Highneesse occupied Asia in the essay et the Chapel. The ladies in waren sad the pest °Seers of state and gentlemen of the royal household is welting took their seats behind the royal isedly. The Prince Consort, the Perm of Wales, the Duke of (hinbridge, Prince of Base Weimar, and the noble men an d pntlernen of the Court, appeared in the Windier uniform, and the members of orders of knighthood wore their Teepee. it,. insignia. The service commenced with • chorale, whisk was sung le, the gentlemen and boys of St. George's Chapel. The Bishop of Oxford reed . the Preface, commencing " To the sad that confirmation., tieArchbirliop of Canterbury performed the remainder of the service, and at the close of the exhortation delivered bl it h ir is Grace, an anthem was sung—halm mi., verses 12, 11g W. G. Cniim). . W. _G. Cosine, organist of her Majesty's Private presided at the organ. A fbs conclnakiu of the ceremony, the Queen and Prince Oansert, with the Dachas, of Kent, the Ditcher of Grin the royal family, the Duke and Princess Buy of Our ' , and Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, were con ducted from the chapel to the green drawing-nson, where her Majesty received the congratulations of the company present. The followieg were moos the royal and other persons ' present and invited cm the occasion:—The Duchess of Kent, the Prince of Wass. the Prince Arthur, the Prince., Alice, the Princess Helena, the Princess Lonise, the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, the Primmer Mary of Cambridge, and the Prin cess Lemingen, Prince Edwardof Saxe Weimar, the Arab bishop of Canterbury; Viaccent Palmerston, First Lord of the Treasury ; the Right Hon. Sir George Comewall Lewis, Bart., Secretary of State for the Home Department ; the Ogioers of State and of t h e Royal Households ; the Moister, M. Yea de Weyer; the Earl of Clarendon, K.G., a.c.a; the Right Ron. Sir Clarke Wood, Bart., ; the Right Hon. Sir John Pakington, Bart., G.C.B. ; Lieut.-General Sir George Bowie., K.C.B. ; Mr. Gibbs, C.B. ; Captain Tarleton, 1.11., her Majesty's ship Euryalus ; Commander Christian, R.N., her Majesty's ship Euryalas ; the Vicar of Wind sor ; the Rev. H. J. Ellison ; the Rey. W. R. te;,:u, the Rev. C. Tarver ; th e R ev . W. L. O ne l ow, • and Naval Instructor, her Majesty's ship lbuyalas ; the Rev. James lit. John Blunt, and the Rev. M. . M Birch. Luncheon was served in the dining-room. The Duchess of Cambridge, the Princess Mary, the Duke of Cambridge, and Prince Edward of fiaxe-Weinuir took leave of the Queen and quitted the Castle in the afternoon. The Archbishop of Canterbury, the Dowager Dodoes of Norfolk, Viscount, Palmerston, Captain Tarieton, R.N., isiter with the other visitors, also took their departure. llarcliamees of Ely has succeeded the Countess of Oainaborough as the lady in waiting to the Queen. The vostomary royal twenties and pte alms, with the donat...n.ay Is.unty, w ere i ssue d ..n Friday and Saturday last, and . 4 . Niondae and Tueelay in the current week, to the aged ard meritorious goer who had hem previously re oulantestled by the c l erg y i n th e various parishes in mad round London, at the Almonry-oßke, No. 1, Middle Soot. land-yard, under the direction of the Lord High Almoner and the flub•Almoiser to the choice. The ancient and royal charities of Mensday 'Thursday, ariginstiag in the reign o f Ed war d mid =waisted with this day, were distributed yesterday be 41 aged men and 41 aged women, iu Whitehall Chapel, with the customary fonnalities. The number of each sex concepts& with the aged the Queen. At 2 "cluck • promotion, censistieg of a detachment of the Yeomen of the Guard under the cosesmad ef a sergeant major (me of the yeomen eseryi n g the royal as es a gold salver of the reign of King W BIM= and Qaenn Mary), the Rev. Dr. Jell, sub-almoner, Joseph Hanby, Req., Secretary and Yeoman of the Almonry in Ordinary, and Me moistest, acoompanied by six children tom the National Schools in Westminster, who had hem selected for their good conduct, promoted from the Almonry-office, in Scotlaad-yard, to the Chapel. The arrival of the promotion having been edified to the Sub-Dean, the Rev. Finset. Garden, M. A., who cdkiated teethe first time, preceded by Mr. LingaM, Sergeant of the Chapels Royal, met it at the eateries and took his place with the Sub- Ahnoner, after the yeoman with the alms. The whole promotion then advanced to the step@ of the altar, and those composing it having taken their assigned please on either sic', and in various positions in the chapel, the afternoon service (a special service for the occasion) wax impressively read by the Rev. Dr. Vivian. Eshortatiom confeadon, absolution, Lc. Ilst Reim (The Grand Cleat). First lesson, St. Matthew. 25th chap. hem e. 14 to e. 31. " For the kingdom of Heaven is as a man travelling into • far country." First Anthem (41st psalm). " Mewed is he that considereth the poor sad needy : the Lord shall deliver him in the time of tremble." (blares.) lf. 15a. distributed to each woman. To each man ahem and stockings. Second Anthem Is prayer). " Hide not Thou Thy face from as, 0 Lord." (Farrant.) Woollens and linen cloths distributed. Third Anthem Mist Nam). 6th verse, " 0 Lord, grant the Queen • keg life." (Norm.) Purees distributed. Seared lesson, St. Matthew, 25th chap., verve 31 to the end. " When the lion of Mae skill come in His glory." peirth Anthem, Death, 63rd chap., hat some. " Who is this that conwth hum Educe r (Arnold.) HORSE TAMING EXTRAORDINARY. Yesterday a new candidate for popular applause is the art of horse taming made her debt at the Alhambra, in the person of a young lady named Ashton, and as she was prevented by circumstances from putting forth her full powers, it will be but fair to let her tell her own story in her own words :—" Miss Ashton had the distinguished honour of experimenting in her Majesty's private riding school at Buckingham Palace, on Saturday, March 3, 1860. The subjects upon which she practised were two wild an. broken colts fresh from grass, never previously handled or even seen by her, which, in the space of a few minutes, she mat mingle-handed, and fondled with them on the ground as if they were pet spaniels. The subjects selected for the display of her astonishing powers at the Alhambra Palace are two unbroken three-year-old oohs, a wild Exmoor pony, and a hybrid animal, recently found is the New Forest, Hampshire, said to combine the species of the horse with that of the red deer. Miss Ashton is the daughter of the late Mr. John Ashton, of Oskar End Farm, near Matlock, Derbyshire. She is only eighteen years of age, but from her childhood she has alwAys shown • re markable fondness foe horses. She will be accompanied by the original horse tamer, Mr. James Teller, from Anton Hill, Northumberland, who has made arrangements for securing the most vicious horse that can be found in London or vicinity ; and, although near upon 60 years of age, he will guarantee to produce the same results with more ease to himself and his subject* than does Mr. limey, who, he is prepared to prove, is not the discoverer of this system of hone taming, es alleged by him ; in fact, that it is not an American discovery at all." So much for the advertisement. At two o'clock there was a very fair attendance, considering that the charges for admission were as high as a guinea and half-a•guinea each. The proceedings were commenced by • gentleman, who ap peared to have been connected with some circus, and who enlarged with much emphasis on the antiquity of Mr. Bare?, method. Without going so far sa to assert that Neptune applied it to his sea-bones, he maintained that it was as old as the employment of horses for the service of max After these remarks he informed the audience that Mr. Teller was amble, from indisposition, to attend ; and, also, that he had not been able to procure the loan of any vicious hone. The audience received the intelligence very good-naturedly ; and, in fact, seemed rather relieved than otherwise. Miss Ashton was then introduced. She has manly the look of a farmer's daughter, and seems young for her age. Two or three ponies were brought in ; they made not the slightest objection to have their legs tied up, and they were, of course, then thrown down without much trouble. A few caresses were judiciously ap plied ; and these were rapidly found in each case to turn the anima " dangerous nature mild." The " hybrid " ap peared to the unitiated eye remarkably like an illvcomed, overgrown Shetland. The performances were wound up by Miss Asliton's attendant operating on • bull specially engaged from Clare-market. The brute showed au rlarm ing tendency towards beef, and like other stout pe including his keeper (who evidently approved of trinta. ionian maxim, Kix drives fat oxen should himself be fat ") he was remarkably good tempered. He allowed his short lap to be tied up without offering the slightest remon strance ; but being too obtuse to comprehend what wee next expected of him, lie remained a very long time on his knees be&re he could be persuaded to lie down. Even be was at last led to comply with the established rule ; and on the whole the performance may be pronounced to have bees as successful even as the famous exploit of the d i stinguished Br. Briggs. THE C0101:EINO MATTEL or LEAVEK—In • com munication to the Amami. dus Sciences, M. Premy stated, as the result of hi■ experiments, that the chlorophylls of plants is in reality comp o sed of two substances—one tallow, soluble in ether, and one blue, soluble in chlorhydric acid. Hs has been enabled to separate them, and presented them he the Academy in their isolated conditions.—Medics! Times. tuft Zbe express. dwerthosesto WuMM toe "ilh; Zona " Landau renting rwt. be ft NI the cam 14‘ Namtwins* bf Two o'clock es the at pablatka. HA MUM. V..• *ow. trams, r ANT SEDOWICII will Ore Der PO PI' LIR 1111AD11106 from Dram*: sod other welter —At th e.wwlestaii of the Reedlage Lae Amy Seigel* will Volunteer an witting by Tau Tylor. Inn —Ormamene• at g. rttx os Kama MIIIDAT., THE KAN or THE WORLD Hr. FbdPa.—Aad sum Ilarientra MR 8 Y UR I DR. Mmes. F. lilittlmr.s. Mtm, amid Wow : Mx& we.tce. Mims C. Lecilarau Ream R. Lactsitm. R. Noward, Laidlaw. MOE WATZI. AT LONDON LUDO! Tins DAT Manisa Si h/PAntors. Ss. I. To-onsow—Noralsg, Va. 4 .... Aftsresoa. N,. 4s. LONDON, FRIDAY, APRIL 6. Tits Concordat which it pleased the Grand Ducal Government of Baden to conclude with the Pops, has been rejected by the Representa tive Chamber of that State. In the present sleepy phase of German politics this is a startling fact. We have been hearing for many months of the great things that Prussia was about to do, and the important resolves that the Frankfort Diet was about to make. But they have all come to nothing. Prussia, for example, was to make use of its influence in the Diet to order the Elector of Besse Cassel to reinstate him subjects in the benefits of the constitution which he had illegally suppressed. The Diet would do nothing of the kind ; and Prussia through its Plenipotentiary, M. Ussnou, has turned round to tell the Diet that it has no authority at all to meddle with Hesse Cassel or with the internal affairs of any State. Prussia has thus tried two directly opposite ways of restoring . . constitutional government to the ileeeians, and it has tailed in both. Let us hope that the Prussian Government will deal more successfully with the Baden question, which has now been brought forward. It was while Austria was still in the fulness of its prestige and power, that the minister of Baden thought fit to imitate the Imperial Court of Vienna in handing over not only its catholic clergy, but its colleges and universities to Rome. Such a Con cordat was bad enough in Austria, but in the Duchy of Baden, the population of which is more than half Protestant, it was monstrous to make over to the Pots, or his vice gerent Archbishop, a control over the entire edu cation and universities of the country. The Con cordat ruled that in any establishment where there were Roman Catholic students the Archbishop might intervene to regulate the course of study. Under such an agreement the Papal prelate was not only master of the University of Freiburg ; but by sending a dozen lambs of his flock to Heidelberg, be might interfere to disturb the entire teaching of that great seat of learning in which Patri.os and BCNUIZIRMACIUM flourished. The chief motive too with the Baden Govern ment fostihis wanton reaction against Protestant freedom has vanished. The agreement was con cluded, as a kind of homage to Austria, and • rallying to the imperial wisdom of FRANCIS JONZPII. FRANCIS JOSIPH'S wisdom, however, is now at as great • discount as Austrian metallic. And the lesser German Princes can expect trifling support from • monarch who has proved unable to keep his own relatives upon the ducal thrones of Italy. From obstinacy, however, and the mere love of re-action, the Baden ministry has clung to its Concordat, and well know ing the opposition it would meet with in the Chambers, it announced as • constitutional doctrine that the sovereign might make whatever treaties he pleased with the Pora without need of the sanction or fear of the opposition of either the representative or hereditary Chamber. By the last account from Carlaruhe the Baden House of Commons has declared the Concordat invalid by 45 votes against 15 ; and little doubt is entertained that a similar vote will par the Upper Chamber. From what is known of the political temper and tendencies of the Grand Duke of Bat it is not thought that he will go the length of supporting unpopular Ministers against the declaration of the country, especially for such a broken reed as the Austrian alliance has proved to be. In that case he will act like • constitu tional Prince, dismiss his present Minister, and call to power those eminent and able men who have led the opposition against the Concordat. The principal of these is the Baron VoN ROOMEN. BACH, considered to be as Prussian in his leanings as those whom he has defeated are Austrian. And it is thought certain that, on obtaining power, ho will take very important steps towards awarding Prussia that lead in the military and diplomatic administration and affairs of Germany which can alone give weight and unity to the Confederation. It will be at once seen, from the votes of the Frankfort Diet in the matter of Hesse Camel, that far from lending itself to any such combination, the Diet will, on the contrary, oppose it to the utmost. The attitude assumed by M. Vot USIIIOII at Frankfort on this very matter of Huse Carrel shows that Prussia, wearied of the inutility of combating Austrian influence within the Diet, has resolved to take its stand without that assembly, independent of it, and even against it. The new question respecting Baden will afford fuller oppor tunity for the development of such a policy, while leading directly to a reform, or at least to a dis ruption of the Diet. The fatuity and perverseness shown by Austria in this question is lamentable, as it is marvellous. One would have thought that the misfortune of that Court would at least have taught it the neces sity of seeking friends and allies at home. But its defeats at Magenta and Solferino, instead of rendering Austria more conciliatory Of amicable to Prussia, have, on the corttsiir, acerbity to ita hatred and aarTirwasen rivalry. It is plain to every observer since Austria alone has proved unable to cope with the armies of France, the say of union in Germany is greater than Austria, however, will not how of a united Germany, unless it is to be permitted to secure for itself the exclusive lead. To this it has ' preMnce than ever. Without admitting Prussia to a fair share of influence, Austria cannot that country in resistance to France. And _ result of this jealousy at Vienna is that too of the smaller Powers and Princes, despairing of support either at Berlin or Vienna, turn their views to Paris, and listen to projects for the reconstruction of the old Confederation of the Rhine. The present safety inal the future peace of Europe might be secured if wise counsels could be made to prevail at Vienna. But that appears every day more hopeless. And it is impossible to imagine modes better devised foe nullifying Ger many, flinging Austria into rebellion and Europe into apexchy and war, than those pursued by Count Racessao and his master. The Prince of Parana and his ministers do not want prudence or wisdom, but they want power. Prussia requires • FILIDIRIC 111. to enable it to take a strong initia tive. Whereas Austria, with even a moderate degree of wisdom, might do much to consolidate both herself and Europe. Viscount Palmerston returned to Leaden yesterday after. noon from Windsor Glade. HL lordship, accompanied by Visconntees Palmerston, aftermude proceeded to hie mat, nematode, Haat& Deepstehes were sent yeeterday tam the Colonial-dice to the Governors al the Cape, St. Helena, and Natal. THE QUEEN Ar THE TOMB OP THE DUCHESS OP OLOUClfarla. Yesterday (Thursday> utorning, at 10 o'clock, her the the !thee Oonnet, neenpeated by the Prince al the Prison's him end Hiskee. the Denim and Princess of Oesahrodopa and the Due of Cambridge, visited the tomb of the bite Amber of Gloomier, which hos recently been erected, by eonnand of bar Ma j osty in the south aided the Chapel Royal of Rh Geo rge , Wind sor. . The visit wan quite enespeond, nennesagy the royal party was unattended by any Of *sclera sr other authorities of the chapel, excepting Mr. Wise, the per. This costly and magnificent monumental tomb, erected by command of, and at the expense of her Majesty as a tribute of a ff ection to the mammy of her late royal high non t together temporarily at the time the PAM" and Princ ess Frederick William of Prune& were at th ematia, with the view of enabling the Prince and Primer to foam an estimate of the effect when completed, and to empeet improvement& The top of the tomb is composed of thelieet serpentine marble, the ague of the cram, with the rem, thistle, and shamrock being ammelled thereon. The trate( theicenb as well aa the ends are mide of white marble, dir reel the inscriptions being enclosed in s o f serpentine with ...k borders, each panel with th e arms o f E ng . lead, Oa the wall immediate over, and forming • r tics el the tomb, there are our bla.reliefs, executed in white mut* with great artistic skill an d t a l en t, Iron the ding' iso. All these contain groups of figures illustrative of acts of charity and piety. The fol lowing inscription appears on the edge of the marble slab forming the top, occupying the ends and front : "This tomb has been erected by queen Victoria. a tribute of respect 'and affection to her beloved sant Mary, ember; of meter, A.B. 186 e." The tomb is now shown to the public. The bes-relists and the sculpture were executed by Mr. Timed, and the architectural portion by Mr. Gilbert 'levet It is now considered to be certain that her Ma jesty Queen Victoria will ilea Berlin in the course of a short time, about the period at which the oceeereement of the Primer Frederic William is expected to occur. The National Idiom; states that according to present ar. rangenmats the Prince and Princess Frederic William will take up their residence at the DOW palace fat Potsdam shoed the middle of May ; and th►t—as it is the wish of the Queen of Braked to be in the immediate vici nity of the princess during her residence at Berlin, and as her Majesty will be accompanied by a numerous suite—a large amber of apartments will be prepared for her Ma jesty's reception, ma the accommodation at Babelaberg Palace, at Potsdam, is too limited at present. Lord and Lady John Russell and family have loft Clisehem-place for Pembroke Lodge, Richmond-pi for the Peeler holidays. . _ The Prince Onchtomaky, aide-de-camp to hie Imperial Highness the Grand Duke Constantine, has arrived at Wallace's Hotel, Hyde Park-corner. The !Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Cavendish left Chatsworth yesterday for the Castle, Dub lin, on a visit to the Earl of Carlisle. The Karl and Countess of Cork will leave town ins few days far bylaw!. The Earl and Countess Amherst and family left Grosvenor-square a few days since for Knowle Park fur Easter. Lord Stanley of Alderley left town yesterday for Alderley Park, Ckeahire. _ _ _ ___......... Ludy John Somerset is recovering slowly from her late severe indrpoeition. Sir E. C. and lady Caroline Kerrison have left town for the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood. Mr. and Lady Margaret Beaumont have left town for Torquay. Mr. and Lady Emily Hesketh and Miss Heaketh are expected in town on Tuesday next. Colonel and Pim H. Townsend have arrived at the Brunswick Hotel, Jermyn-street, from the United States. Lord and Lady Wensleydale, Hen. Charles Howard, the Countess Blucher, and Sir Benjamin and Lady Brodie, have arrived at the Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone. The Princess Frederick of the Netherlands is seriously ill at the Isle of Wight. The princess, who has been indisposed for some time, left Holland for the island a short time since, in the hope that its salubrious climate might be beneficial to her heal*. On Saturday evening next there will be a grand performance at Windsor Castle of Haydn's Passion music. The orchestra, in addition to her Majesty's private band, will be composed of the leading members of the Philhar monic Society ; the choruses will be tinder the superintend ence of Mr. Leslie. The Court will visit Scotland at a much earlier period this year than usual, as her Majesty does not intend to go to Osborne at the customary mummer sea son . . _ At the time the latest advices were dispatched from Constantinople, his Highness the Grand Vizier was suffering from severe indisposition. Sir John and Lady Trelavniy have arrived in Plymouth for the Easter vacation. We (Plymouth femme) regret Wry that the hon. baronet luta been lately suffering trap severe illness, which must have made the duties that have recently devolved upon him in connexion with the anti-church-rate movement somewhat irksome. Lieutenant-Colonel Hocker, R.M., formerly of Exeter, has come home from China, aerioualy ill. The gallant colonel mut the oSoer who took Commissioner Yoh prisoner at Canton. The Bishop of London being unable to close the present muse of Special Services at St. Paul's, the sermon will be preached on Ranter Sunday by the Rev. Archibald Boyd, of St. John's, Paddington. The Rev. A. W. Thorold, Rector of St. Gilea in•tbe•Fielda, is announced to give a lecture at the Arsem bly-rooms, Stamford, on Tuesday evening next, on "The Biasing Link, or Bible Women in the Homes of the Poor." Sir John Bowriug has bean applied to by several of the leading electors to snow himself to be put in nomi nation as a candidate for the representation of his native city of Exeter. Colonel Tomlin, M.P., is about to erect a baro meter near the fishing-dock at Grimsby, for the use of the fishermen frequenting the port. It is to eland on a granite pedestal and pillar about 7 feet high, surmounted by ► sun dial. The barometer is ,alenlated to give an indication of the weather 24 hours beforehand. The Leicestershire Mercury announces that by the will et Iln. Freeman, who died in Lemke last week, and who was the daughter Sir Thomas Apresoe, who held pro perty is this county, the sum of Io,ooof. is left to the Lei cester Infirmary, the only stipulation being that a ward shall be called "The Apreeoe Ward." THE New LORD STRATHRDIDI AND LORD CAMP BELL—It is Dot • little singular that by the recent death of his mother, the Baroness Stratbeden, her son, the present lord, would actually take precedence, both in the House of Peers and out of it, over his father, lord Campbell, If it were not for the aedd of the latter noble lonl at the present moment holding the oboe of Lord High Chancellor, in which aspadty, as h well known, he ranks above every subject in the Mrigdom, except the Royal Family and the Archbishop of Canterbag. SOCIETY FOR THE ENOOTRAOIMMIXT OP THE FIRE Agra.—At • meeting of this a t their rooms, 9, Coodtiit.street, last emaing, Mr. H. in the c h a i r , it was announced that the Earl of Ellesmere a cce pt e d the Aloe of president, to the room of the Earl of Carlisle, who bed tendered his resignation in consequence of absence from Mngland. The new prink,' mit will, in May, throw open the aplintlid gallery at Bridgewater.house for the reception of del members and others interested in the fine arta, at • sonverratione. The business of appointing the °mult/re of 'election for prises was, after heiag partly discussed, postponed till the 19th inst., when Mr. J. Zephaniah Bell will move • resoluta" to the effect " tied the said commit tee should consist entirely of prefemienal men," • question which Is expected to lead to a wane debate. AtkilAt• prin _....nurnaworrn occupied commentimi by calling attention to the Im questionof the relations between capital i assumingere p- dsy. There were looking at this question when Mai strike. One mode was to look upon ' of yiew of experience and of fact. example, such a strike has resulted in the :IL 6, ' Political audietice wits Q men ; Sir, money, or has led to such violence atd out rage ; therefore strikes moat be bad, and their promoters must be bed men. Such • mode of dealing with the ques tion could never lead to any Nally valuable results. The other mode was to bring the priaciples of political economy to bear on the facto, and to test and explain them by the conelusiona of science. Now, political economy told them that profits had a tendency to approach a common rate. In the same way wages had a constant tendency to reach • common level, and strikes were a mesas of bringing wages to that common level in different employ ments. The wages of labour indeed depended on the capital of • country, and it was impossible to raise the general avenge rate of wages throughout the country unless, by an bream of capital on the one hand, or, on the other hand, by diminishing the number of those who competed for em ployment. Bat this did not determine the number of hours which a labourer should work. Was it necessary that he should work ten, or eleven, or twelve hours? Were the hems of labour determined by laws which the labourer amid react set aside, or were they regulated by custom! Was it possible to get ten hours' pay for nine hours' work by • general combination amongst the labouring elms? Mr. Faweattreplied that this result might be temporarily effected by • well-conducted organisation, but that it would ulti. mutely lead to diminished production, and relax the ten dency to save—that was to say, it would lessen the fund from which labour must be paid. But when the profit of the insulters in any particular trade was above the level, then the men might fairly combine and demand to per- Sande in that extra profit. The expression of such an opinion was opposed to the commonly received opinions of the day. He denied that there s c r e as ma lni tyranny in such a combination and such a i He was relating • fact that had occurred, that was occur ring, and that would mem. Strikes, therefore, had • double tendency—a tendency to equalise wages in different employments, and a tendency to give the labourer a share In the extra profit when masters, from any temporary cause, were obtaining that extra profit themselves. He felt bound N any, however, that strikes frequently Gook place at the wee( time—that was to my, when the masters were not tasking any extra profit, and when it was therefore impos. gabs for them to comply with the demand, of the men. Tub ward to the late strike in the building trade, it was Imposidble for him to say which aide was right, became to do es riritel an amount of practical knowledge which he at see puma Having remarked on the incousistamy of Ike sectreations which were made against the working dimes, he asserted that strikes were often successful, and nendted in giving the labouring classes all they wanted, and that even where they had been failures, as was the cam with the great Preston strike, their remote effects and their tendency was beneficiaL At present capital and labour were as antagonistic as buyer and seller. The more intelli gent the labourer became, the more he would endeavour to make a better bargain for himself ; and this increased intel ligence of the working rum was manifested by his readiness to combine. Some identity must, therefore, be mated between the capitalist and the labourer, and this identity must be created by the labourer being taken in as an emaciate, and participating in the profits of the mister's trade. The power of combination tended to create this identity of interest between capitalist and labourer. As illustrations of the beneficial results of this identity, Mr. Fawcett referred to the well-known instances of IL Leclere's establishment of house painters and decorators in Paris, to the co-operative flour mills of Leeds, and the co-operative shop of Rochdale. He did not mean to cast Maisie on any one, tut it war • fact which could not be denied that tens of thousands upon tens of thousands passed prematurely from childhood to old age, ceaselessly toiling at work in which they felt no interest, and ex hamting their strength with no other result than at last to cram a miserable pittance out of an enormous tax raised from an ever-rased country. He believed the principle he bed 'enunciated would lead to • more satisfactory and happier state of things, and they might console themselves in the language of the poet— There is • source of goodness in things evil, Would men observingly distil it out. The lecturer was listened to with the greatest attention, and concluded amidst the applause of the entire audience. A vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the pro ceeding,. PAPAL -EXCOMMUNICATION. 5+ TIC folio the excommunication has been received at '.euter's office : Apostolic Letter of our Most Holy Master PiuslX., Pope by the grace of God, by which the punish ment of major excommunication is inflicted on the invaders and usurpers of some of our Pon tifical Provinces. - " PIUS P.P. IX. " To the Eternal Memory of this Matter. "As the catholic church, founded and estab lished by the Lord Christ for the everlasting salva tion of mankind, has acquired the form of a perfect society by its Divine character, it ought therefore, in the fulfilment of its sacred ministry, to possess that freedom by which it may not be subject to any civil power. And furthermore, in order to obtain that the church required those guarantees which were in accordance with the conditions and necessity of the times. It was therefore in accord- , ance with Divine Providence that, after the fall of the Roman empire and its consecutive division into several kingdoms, the Romish Pope, whom Christ has established as the chief and the centre of his whole church, obtained temporal power. Therefore it has been ordered by God in the wisest manner that as such a great number and variety of princes exist, the Holy Pope should enjoy that political liberty which is so much wanted in order to exercise his spiritual power, authority, and jurisdiction in the whole world without any impe diments. And therefore it was necessary that the I catholic world should not have any reason to sup pose that the Romish Pope is subject to any in fluence of temporal powers, or biased in the exer cise of the religious powers which the Holy See has to fulfil over the greater part of the Christians. It is easily understood that the dominion of our Roman church, although having the appearance of something temporal, nevertheless is really of a spiritual character, by the holy destination which it enjoys, and by the close ties by which it is connected with all Chris tian affairs. But this does not prevent that all those things which conduce to the secular welfare, of the peoples may be obtained by the church, as the history of the temporal reigns of the Roman Popes during so many centuries shows most clearly. The general good and welfare of the peoples being increased by the temporal power which we are alluding to, it is not astonishing that the enemies of this church endeavoured to weaken and to em barrass it by many intrigues and all kinds of attempts. "In these impious attempts they were van quished sooner or later by God, who always defends the church. The whole world knows already how during these sad times the adversaries of the catho lic and apostolic gee have made themselves detesta ble by their attempts, which were characterised by their lying hypocrisy in trying to deprive the Holy See of its secular power. They could not obtain their end by an open attack, and by force of arms, but only by false and pernicious principles, by cun ning dissimulation in their conduct, and by mali ciously provoking popular risings. They did not blush to counsel the peoples to sedition against their princes, which is clearly and distinctly con demned by the apostle, when he says : 'Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers, for there is no power but of God ; the powers which are are ordained of God : whosoever, therefore, resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of Gpd, and they that resist shall re ceive to themselves damnation.' • These wicked in novators, in attacking the temporal power of the church and its temporal dominion, and in despising its venerable authority, go so far in their impu dence as to feign esteem for the church and obe dience to her commands ; and it is the moat to be deplored that some of those on whom, as sons of the catholic church, the duty was imposed to pro tect that church and to maintain its power, have sullied themselves by their wicked acts. In these mischievous and perverse intrigues, which we de plore, the Sardinian government has the principal part, as it is generally known how much in that kingdom the church has suffered injuries and restrictions which we have al ready vehemently lamented in our consistorial al locution of the 22nd January, 1856. The Sardi nian government has until now despised our just rechunations, and has even dared to inflict on our church great injury and to attack its secular power, while according to the will of God the Holy See of St. Peter's, as stated above, ought to be pro tected in the liberty of its apostolic office. The first evident signs of the hostile attacks were seen at the Paris Congress of the year 1866 ; when that power, among other hostile declarations, proposed to weaken the temporal power of the Pope and the authority of the Holy See. But last year, when war broke out between the Em peror of Austria and the Emperor of the French and the King of Sardinia, no fraud, no sin, was avoided which could excite the inha bitants of the States of the Church to sedition. Hence instigators were despatched, a great deal of money was spent, arms were supplied, excitement was created by bad pamphlets and journals, and fraud of every kind was employed, even on the part of those who were members of the embassy of that country at Rome, without any regard to honesty and international right, as they pretended their dignity, in order to he enabled to misuse it, to pursue their dark projects for damaging our Papal government. When, then, in some of our pro vinces the sedition, which for some time had al ready been entertained clandestinely, broke out at last openly, the agitators directly proclaimed a royal dictatorship, and commissioners of the Sardinian government wore immediately appointed, who then, in assuming other titles, undertook to govern those provinces. During these occurrences, we, remembering our serious office, did not fail in our allocutions of 20th June and 26th September of last year to complain loudly of these violations , of the temporal power, and to remind the violators of the punishment and atonement which are im posed by the canonical laws, and which they be ' came liable to. It might have been ex ! petted that the originators of these vie . lations would, in consequence of our repeated ad monitions, abstain from their unjust projects, espe cially as all the chiefs of our holy church, as well as the faithful believers of every rank, dignity, and class, joined their own protests to ours, in order to defend unanimously the rights of the Holy See and of the church in general, as they very well understood how much the temporal power, which is made questionable on this OCCAllion, is necessary for the maintenance of the Papal power. But—we shudder in saying it—the Sardinian government has not only despised our admonition and com , plaints, and our religious resentment, but, by per severing in its wickedness by force, money, throats, terror, and other cunning means, they obtained the universal vote in their favour, and dared to invade our provinces, to occupy them, and to subject them to their power. This is a great profanation, as • St. Paul, Ep. ad Rom., c. xiii, v. 1, et seq. LE EXPRESS, FRIDAf EVFRMG, .......______ kg. ad m d o ea r e t fo i led: pizi,:rerscatred Joe QMeo, 3 ozois o i n STAMM ANj yr 3 to its b relsegymen iron, her Wfitjeety's tefamilfal who Last tsight an nig that Wald uPsithie oecsiloblya• the R. -"e' Doak B A by Oar. U. 1 Rev. mania Garden, Rev. Dr. Vivian, Rem M .. Hall, Hall, bridge, on the " Poli unable .1. Clarke, Haden, Thomas, Helmore, John Minibus, and Strikes." The audien ce neces- J. B. Potall. cipally of working men ; The gentlemen of her Majesty's Chapel Royal in attend. ,_ diair. lan ever. ante were Moon. Bradbury, Mackin, Barnby, Below, ""'''' I united Char Messy Tooter, and Cummings. Mr. FAWCETT canines o wear. The Lo'rd 8 ..., ' 'l Oxford having been summ one d t o th e p re t ence w hi c h the quest hal , confirmation of Alfred, at Windsor C as tl e , hi s sod l a b ow ~,... e l ls lordship was unable to dietrilinte the Royal Maundy in per- two i mode . o f l oo k* Prussia son am Lord High Almoner. tot unite Sir Snamt presided at the organ. tend by a strike. One °l recipients of the Royal Maundy has reached it riven the point of I And the the great age of one bandied )ore--Sarah Penn, the widow It woe said, for example op ma n y of a Foot Go ar onn-oommirsioned officer of the Grenadier Regiment of 1... o f ~ midi money, , .;,..,. ~, . d. rights of others have been usurped against tier law of nature and of God ; every law has been over. thrown, and the bases of all temporal power and human society have been undermined. We perceive on one side, with the greatest grief, how useless would be all further complaints against those who, deaf adders, close their ears, and who do not listen to our complaints and admonitions ; and on the other side we feel what the cause of our Apostolic See and the whole catholic world requires, for stig. matising the attempts of those wicked men in order not by tarrying to prejudice the dignity of oar grave office. It resulted that, faithful to the examples of our illustrious predecessors, we exer cise that authority which gives us the power to 'loosen and to bind, in order to employ the !leers. nary severity against the guilty and to give a salutary example to others. " Having invoked the light of the Holy Spirit in private and public prayers, and having take,, the advice of the reverend brothers, the Cardinals of our holy Romish church, we declare, in accord ance with the authority which we hold from Almighty God and the most Holy Apostles, Peter and Paul, and also in accordance with our own an thority, all those who have taken part in the emu ful insurrection in our provinces, in usurp ing, occupying, and invading them, or in doing such deeds as we complained of in our above-mentioned allocutions of the 20th June and 26th September of the last year, or those who have perpetrated some of thoneacts therneelves, as well as those who have been their warranters, supporters, helpers, counsellors, followers, as well as those who connived at executing the above-men tioned deeds under whatever pretence, and is whatever manner, or who perpetrated them them selves, to have taken on themselves the atonement of the major excommunication, and religious punishment as they are determined iu our apostolic constitution, and by the decrees of the general councils, especially that of Trent (seas. 22, chapt. 11, on reforms), and if necessary we ex communicate them again, we anathemise them, further declaring that they are to lose all privileges and graces and indulgence which they enjoyed until now from our Papal predecessors, and that they cannot in any manner be released or absolved of these censures by any one except ourselves, or the Romish Pontiff then reigning, except at the moment of death, but not in the event of their recovery when they are again subject to the above punish. ment, and are unable to receive any abso lution until they have retracted, revoked, annulled, and abolished in public all they have committed, and have brought every thing back fully and effectively to its former state, and have given complete satisfaction to the Papal power. Therefore, all those who in the remotest manner have participated in those deeds, and also the successors in their offices, are liable to such revocation, retraction, abrogation, and aboli tion of the above-mentioned sins, to do so pets smelly, in reality, and in truth, and to give the full satisfaction they owe to the Holy See, and under no pretence to be released and freed, but to always remain bound by it until they are worthy to obtain the benefit of absolution ; thus we declare by the present letter. " But in being obliged by sad necessity to fulfil this part of our duty we do not forget that we represent Him on earth 'who wishes not the death of a sinner, but rather that he should be converted and live, for He came into the world to seek and to save those who die.' Therefore, in fervent prayer we implore and we ask unceasingly, in the meekness of our heart, the mercy of the Almighty to enlighten by the light of His holy grace, and by His Almighty virtue to lead back to the path of 'salva tion all those against whom we have been obliged to employ the severity of the religious pu nishments. Herewith, by this letter and all its contents, and all that has been said above, we order all who have participated in any way or in any manner, of whatever rack, dignity, or class they may be, or whether they are individually mentioned or not, for whose sake the present letter has been written, and who are not sufficiently designated, or who for any reason or pretence whatever should doubt the signature or the value of this letter, or who should be brought before indices said should appeal against it, or who should ask for grace, that this document is, and shall always remain and be con sidered valid, and shall be invariably and Mem testably observed by those to whom it refers, they shall be responsible before every judge or deputy, also before the auditors (auditures) of the apostolic palace, and before the cardinals of the Holy Roman Empire, and before the ad Were kgatutx and nuncios of the See, and before all who possess or will possess similar power ; and they shall be deprived of all faculty and authority of judging or interpreting, and that if they do, it shall be declared invalid. As the pre sent letter, as is well known, cannot be safely pub lished everywhere, and especially in such places where it would be most required, we will that this letter, or copies of it, shall be posted on the doors of the Lateran Church, on those of the Church of the Prince of the Apostles (basilica Prinripie dposto loritm), on those of the apostolic chancery and general curia (eerie eenerafis), in Monte eitntorie, and at the corner of the field of Flora of the city, (in nrie eampi Florae de tube), as is usual, and the so posted and published letters, aud each of these letters shall have the same power upon every cue whom it concerns as if they had been presented tiomioctint and personaliter. We order that trans lations as well as copies of the printed letters shall be signed by some public notary, and sealed by some person who holds an ecclesiastic their testimony shall be receivable in every place and in every country, as well in courts of justice as in any other place ; they shall be as valid as if they were presented and delivered personally. " Dated at Saint Peter, Rome, under the ring of the fishers, 26th day of March, 1660, in the 14th year of our popedum. (MO "PIUS P. P. IX. " In the year of Our Lord. 1890, Indict. 111., the 29th day of March, the 14th year of the pole` don, of our Most Holy Lord and Father in Christ, Flue the Ninth, the present Apostolic Letter Iras published, and affixed to the doom of the Lateran and Vatican Churches, the Apostolic Chancery. the Great Church of Inuocencia, aml at the top .4 the field of Flora, by me, _ " ALOYN SERAFINO, AIN rAtolical CurMrc " Pgiurrtis OssAra, Cur r•" Isoar.Aing or life TURKIIIII ARMY.—Iu Viet' of the asiettled 'date of western politics. mid of the 10,41. lectionary aspect of affairs in Bervia in particular, the Porte has decided on raising an additional eorpa itardk of 40,000 men. Thia new force will be recruited horn the redifs of Roumelia and Anatolia, mid portly from the ganiwo of the capital and the imperial guard. It head immure will be at Shumla, under the command of b.inail racil, and brigade* will be poste,' along the frontier—with a strong one at Nich. When strengthened by this new force, the army of Roumelia will number upwanlo of 70,000 effective troops.—L:rant ?braid. E sha. mi. "A con' wan ing 4 Mint pret guill Fret it is tape, The