The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-06 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNFSDAY EVENII%7G. APRIL 6, 1864.

dwellings, from decaying vegetation. This work,
and the choice of • healthy situation for bar-
racks and camps and other settlememta, may be
pretty much the same over the whole
country. But the climate, and the character of
the scenery, and the types of diodes vary greatly
in different regions ; and the work of reform and
the business of supervision are so vast and arduous',
that the most effective administration in each Pre-
aidency can be no more than adequate to its du-
ties. All this was thoroughly understood by Sir
J. LAWRENCE long before he expected to have the
power of realization in his own bands ; and it
appears that the very first work he appliedhimulf
to, after his arrival in India, was the constitution
of the Central Board of Health, which has since
been announced. This Board is to take the control
of the sanitary conditions, throughoutßengal, of the
army, in regard to barracks, hospitals, stations, and
towns in the neighbourhood of any of these. Boards
of the same character are to be formed at Madras
and Bombay ; and local boards at every station
are to be in correspondence with these central
councils, for guidance and aid. These central
boards will be thankful enough to learn from
our sanitary administration at home ; and
thus, the benefits which we already derive from
recent reforms will be extended to India.
If the decrease of mortality here, and the
improvement in the character and quality of our
soldiery are conspicuous already, as a consequence
of sanitary care, what may we not expect in
India, where the whole case is magnified, as it
were? The causes of the mischief are there
equally plain and equally manageable, while the
disease is fiercer, and the mortality heavier ; and
the function of sanitary supervision is important
in proportion. The saving of life in the army
alone must be each u to silence, within • very
short time, all cavil about expense. While every
soldier is known to have cost 1001. when he is
linded in India, there can be no question of the
good economy of keeping him alive and service-
able ; and the simple fact of his remaining alive
and serviceable will make us abundantly willing to
pay the salaries of his protectors. But it is of
infinitely greater importance that, with his, the
life and health of civilians will be saved also.
The natives will follow. From towns in the
neighbourhood of military stations the improve-
ment must spread, extinguishing misery at every
step, and the moral corruption which everywhere
attends a low state of the public health. In view
of such a prospect, we may well say that this is
amongst the best news ever received in this country
from India.

THE COURT.

The following "communicated" article appears
In this morning's Tines :
"An erroneous idea seems generally to prevail, and has
latterly found frequent expression in the newspapers, that
the Queen is about to resume the place in society which
she occupied before her great affliction ; that is, that she
is about again to hold levees and drawing-rooms in person,
and to appear m before at court halls, conoerts, &c. This
idea cannot be too explicitly contradicted.
" The Queen heartily appreciates the desire of her sub-
jects to see her, and whatever she con do to gratify them in
this loyal and affectionate wish she will do. Whenever
any real object is to be attained by her appearing on public
ompsions, may national interest to be promoted, or anything
to be encouraged which is for the good of her people, her
Majesty will not shrink, sa she has not shrunk, from my
personal samilice or exertion, however painful.
"Bat there are other and higher duties than those of
mere representation which are now thrown upon the
Queen, alone and uneasisted—duties which she cannot neg-
lect without injury to the public service, which weigh un-
ceasingly upon her, overwhelming her with work and
anxiety.
"The Queen has laboured oonsaieutionsly to discharge
these duties till her health and strength, already shaken by
the utter and ever-abiding desolation which his taken the
place of her former happiness, have been seriously im-
paired.
" lo call upon her to undergo, in addition, the fatigue
of those mere State ceremonies which can be equally well
performed by other members of her family is to ask her
to run the risk of entirely disabling herself for the dis-
charge of those other duties which cannot be neglected
without serious injury to the public interests.
" The Queen will, however, do what she can—in the
manner least trying to her health, strength, and spirits—
to meet the loyal wishes of her sublet,* to afford that
support and countenance to society, and to give that
encouragement to trade which is desired of her.
" More the Queen cannot do ; and more the kindness and
good feeling of her people will surely not exact from her."

GARIBALDI IN THB ISLE OP WIGHT.

A letter from Brooke, in the Isle of Wight, dated
yesterday, says :
" We took a private road, and avoided villages in our
fifteen miles' drive from Lowe• to Brooke. Now and then
a middy found us out, and rode frantically pest us and back
again to catch a right of the general. The electric chain of
intelligesos was snapped after leaving Gown; few people
were aware of Garibaldi's promos. At three places the
clergyman were watching for the carriage, and uncovered
es it passed. Near Brooke, dairymaids began to scamper
out and labourers to rush up, and the general always re-
turned the salutes of the labourers. Scarcely a dozen per-
sons stood at the gates at Brooke. The hour of his snivel
was unknown. At every point people were drivingdown lanes,
and rushing on foot, too late to see the illustrious visitor.
Rieciotti amused himself on the way pointing out the prim-
roses and violets on the banks, and connected the Isle of
Wight with Yorkshire, which he remembers. Mr. Seely's
house, with its stone portico and half ivy-covered walla,
looking part mansion part church, steads in a pleasant
spot, bounded by chalk cliffs, and overlooking at the back
the broad sea the general loves et) well. The crows rose
in the midst of • great chorus when the general drove
down to the park. This was the only welcome the general
got. A young lady held open the gate for the carriage to
pass : her pretty face was the only one visible.
"The weather has been shocking today at Brooke.
Menotti and Rioeiotti Garibaldi, and Basso, visited South-
ampton for • change ; but the weather was worse there.
Mr. Grant Duff, M.P., joined the dinner party at Mr.
Seely's yesterday. The Poet Laureate and MIL Tennyson
arrived at Brooke House this morning. The general and
Signor Guerzoni are busy to-day considering the invita-
tions."