The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 27, 1863.

Ebt eclat.

OfiBORNE, JAL 26.
The Queen and Princess Louie of Howe walked
out this morning.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Li.atenaot•General
Madly, and Captain Grey, arrived at Buckingham Palace,
yesterday afternoon, from Sandringham Hall, Norfolk.
. _
A deputation of the City of Loudon Police Committee re
City Traffic Bill, masisting cl Mr. Deputy Lott, sub-chair
man ; Mr. Alderman Pinola, Mr. Alderman &slay, Mr.
Deputy Elliott, with the Town Clerk, had an interview
yesterday with Secretary Sir George Grey, at the Home-
office.

IN a book jemtly published we learn from a
lady, Miss NrkLATILY, who devoted some months to
ascertaining whether anything could be done about
educating girls in Egypt, that fathers and mothers
in Cairo were excessively astonished at the pro-
posal to teach little girls anything out of books—
anything which supposed any exercise of mind.
As a reviewer of the book expressed it, they re-
ceived the offer as they would a proposal to send
their household cats to school. Ladies who have
visited harems in Cairo, or in Damascus, bear tes-
timony to the impossibility of conveying to the in-
mates any conception of what books are (except the
Koran), and of any employment, interest, or amuse-
ment being derived from reading. It is useless,
accordingly, to talk to such women of travel and its
objects, or of any intellectual interests whatever.
They can discuss nothing but dress and love-affairs,
and the cabals of the household. They can do
nothing but make preserves and some articles of
dress, and sing and play a little, and dance a good
deal. As boys live in the harem till twelve years
old, entirely in the charge of such women, and
within hearing of all their talk, it is abundantly
plain that the character of society must remain as
low, gross, and frivolous as it is always seen to be THE MARRIAGE OP TEI RUNGE OP WALEa
in polygamous countries. It is clear that nothing The volunteer riflemen in the various Berkshire towns re-
can be done towards essential improvement tall the ceived intelligence at the latter part of last weskto the effect
women are educated. Mil/ WHATHLT'S short ex- that their gallant command* officer, Lieutenant Colonel
periment showed that something can be done in Loyd Lindsay, V.C., had leadered the sorrier of the
talion as a road al banes to his bat-
this direction, even in Cairo. It is true, the girls pri 11.711 Rlghwes the
DOS of Wale' cm the sumfes el Ms gramites at Whirbare
are married at fourteen or under ; but a wife of and that a reply had hem etas laiglagalni Ilatendtasr.
fourteen, who could not condescend to be a pupil, vices would be graciously serapted. The valrodesseellbe
made use of the opportunity of bringing a younger royal county, who number Dearly 1,000, have manifeelad•
child to the school to stay, and pick up what she moral desire that DO time shall be lost in making neeessty
could. There was no difficulty in awakening interest occaaion.—A
preparation by drill, Sc., for the auspicious
in minds la troubled by ennui ; and it needs memorial is in course of signature to the Mayor of South.
no showing how, when the idea of intellectual ame, Pt"' r
decide oTualthtinge his
17,771uPeadWeuitahlea public
moans ofm oe.teeg
entertainment is once received, the way is open to wages the marriage cf the MOM
further progress. Englishmen who have lived long The Prince of Wales, attended by the Ron. Mr.
in Cairo tell us of cases, rare but actually existing, Meade and Captain Grey, honoured the Royal English The Italian Opera at Paris has not for some past
of young ladies whose fathers have not prevented Opera with his prelims last evening, to citing, the -
sesame attracted so many =elided audiences as this year.
their learning a foreign language, and who steal- Pantoodn". Hada,. Patti is delighting her audiences as Nerina, is Dow
thily amuse themselves with reading Italian or Her Majesty has consented to be the patroness p.arak, Garden taking the tenor rat., Zucchini the Das,
French novels and poetry. The effect is not happy; of • bazaar which is to be held is Southampton for the sad Done Sadie the baritone part. Madame pOOOO hr
for the pictures of a freer life, and the knowledge Uwe" a the South Baia. isfawwlY' whirred • MCC", in La area Padront• with Zucchini
of a wider world, render the tedium of the harem The Duke of Devonshire arrived at Holksr Hall 'Auto does not lug so frequently as is wiabed.
on Saturday from visiting the Duke of Rutland at Belvoir A letter from Rome of the 20th says :—" The
intolerable ; but such cases show that the material c. 0..
exists, and that the regeneration of society through The Earl and Countess Russell have postponed tsjaMarsequihel pake
°firm the members of yhisetembieet repaired
is
ed
the cultivation of the female mind may be effected leaving Pembroke Lodge, Richmond-park, for Chatham- Iby • detachment of papal dragoons, to the Vatican Palaces
at any time when the parents can be induced to place, from Tuesday, the 27th, to Thursday, the 29th inst. to have his first formal audience of the Pope. His moil-
permit it. The female schools of the American Viscount Palmerston comes to town to-day from Ism subsequently visited the Cardinal Secretary of State,
missionaries in Syria afford encouragement ; and Broodlanda. Her ladyship is expected in town early next the holy relies in St. Peter's church, and the Na-
b Greece, where the case was as bad as anywhere 'rook- tional Poetess's* church of Saint Antouino. In the
half a century ago, the generation of wives brought Lord and Lady Harry Vane have been entertain- evening his excellency's grand public reception at
up in Mrs. Huila schools is widely known to have ing the following party at Battle Abbey during the past the
edTorluont iato Pala,.
vin
:ors?, took
oo affplace, and
put a new face on society over the extent which it pwoeak.a.u.:-Thxz.. Earl of Albemarle, Lord LordiEraa.d.diAdmy,Willialajoha kid as wase ever witnessed hen in ourgtunes' • P"-eirieeio.f.ti...thie,
covers. Lesßs,Hoo. Jam Sirase, Laadassi., awaaia diplomatic, and military dignitaries were present in their
The religious and social customs of India are pan, ea* ko, various costumes and uniforms, and the Roman princesses
unlike those of Egypt and Greece ; but their ope- Lord Stanley of Alderley arrived at his residence come out with their usual blase of diamonds ; but English
sod American ladies were present in still greater numbers,
ration on the character and destiny of women is Dover-street yesterday from Alderiey Park, Cheshire.
is very much the same. The parents of Hindoo Her ladyship and family are expected en Saturday next. sand, although though they cloreinoo d
siaamooditii, they wore enormous
girls are as apt as the Mohammedan minority of Colonel the Hon. H. Annesley, M.P., Scots
enof the company. warn yaks P h'se hoot sienek7i Pinrtthiene
Indian society to be astonished at the first propo- Fusilier Goads, hes arrived in Norfolkstreet, Park-lane,
surging waves of the Bed Sea. Ultramontane crinoline
sal sal to educate both sexes ; and in their case too from °mei"' for the simian of Parlialwiwt carried the day."
ncis H Goldsmid, M.P., and lady Gold-
Fra.
it appears that the main difficulty is over whim Sir An opinion prevails among merchants and menu-
the conception is familiarised to their minds. mid.base arritavid at 84 Joh Lodge, Rigest'alwrite from facturen in Paris that this will be • prosperous year with
What has been done by European efforts in a '
I Mrs. theses
Sheridan Knowles, formerly Miss Elphin- them in consetiunewof the"mercial triwties with foreign
long course of years bas satisfied us,powers promised. in the Emperor's speech at the opening
on whom I
is
likzniclo now
~theesWiptdoew offorthleue,biteoncethelebrated
meastka• cd the legislative amemblies. The result of the treaty
the charge of that vast empire has devolved, that with England has so far exceeded the expectation of the
the surest and most direct way to elevate and of Lord Palmendon. French mercantile classes that they are anxious to see the
strengthen and purify the character of the people Herr Reichardt, who has been living at Brighton barriers removed which prevent free trade with the natives
and the life of Indian society is to develop the in- during the season, has announced a sestina musicals in the of the Continent. In the meantime the railway companies
telligence of the women, and that the sex is reedy Pavilion for Tuesday, the 3rd of February, when be will be are renewing and increasing their material to provide for
and qualified to be so developed. The point mated by Mr* W. Huh°, Wier Ansi' end Mr. C. J. additional trak.
which it is at present most important for us to see Margin' A bill has been introduced in the Legislative
and consider is, that the work can be done effec• We (Gaiitotani) aro sorry to learn from Nice that Council of India to legalise all marriages el Christians in
tually and on a large scale only by native Mit.
"buealt°unce of the telcgdesh• exPtr
ies itehe° ameba IGth
rece'veedf January, In
inind higol gooartdmcuders, andsinceto Mesh: allthedoPrelubtr as toot tTireee igear et
aaaehands. There is room in that vast empire before, when it will be bared her daughter was so of dissentersy
and native Christianeprev
mamas' es for the fatunvitY
for any number of missionary schools, in severely hunt as to die within 36 hours. caused by the decision of the House of Lords that the
which teachers may be reared and trained ; I The Vienna papers contain detailed information English commas law applies to Indian marriages. As
and for schools under Government order and super- I relative to the plan formed by Lord Fermoy and Hearn native Christians in thousands ere scattered over parts of
intendence ; but the only trey in which the vast Lever and Roebuck for the establishment of • joint-stock India under pastors of their own race, far from clergymen'
female generation can be elevated into a rational
bank in that city. It is proposed to begin business with a i and maniere registrars, Person are to be appointed for
and moral condition is by indigenous schools. Now
capital of 1,000,0001. The project Ands favour with Comm ; thisCdertO MOW' in a simple form, before witnesses, the
oers and M. am Plater with when the hosourable comant of • couple to become man arid wife. Being
that the development of all the interests of the member for Shea."' coefen'
before he left Vienna for Christians they are to be subject to the Christian law al
country is proceeding with singular rapidity, the London. stagily sad consanguinity, and polygamy is not permitted.

The Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson arrived in town yester
day.
A dereitatiou respecting the new rules for convict pri-
sons, consisting of the Hon. Captain Mande, R.N., Dr.
Cross, Mr. James Farah, Mr. E. Upfokl (Bridal), Mr. G.
H. Oliphant•Fergusoo, Mr. John MacGregor, Mr. Jams
Lord, Mr. W. Newell West. Mr. H. Nugent, W. W. Lea,
Mr. J. Braithwaite, Mr. C. Bird, Mr. H. Wilson, Bev. J.
Budidey, Iles. J. Bairn Stook, Dr. Hob Yates, Dr.
Mesh, Mr. A. N. Moral, Rev. Jas. Hays, Mr. W. Ta-
bora., Mr. P. F. H. Baddeloy, Mr. J. N. Murray, and
Professor Doeskins, bad yesterdny an interview with Sir
G. Grey and preesstsd a nmenwriel from the Protestant
Al imsee requesting that the sew roles may be withdrawn,

and the riles which have been in force so many years may
be reverted to.

Despatches were rewired yesterday at the Colonial-office
frets the Governors of the Gape of Good Hope, Natal, St.
Helms, the Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Island',
ad ban the Governor of Canada. Despatabes were sent
to the Governors of Malta, the Mauritius, Ceylon, Hong
Kong, Labnan, the Australian colonies, and Gibraltar.

MADRID, JAs. 26.
The resignation of General Prim has been ac-
oePted-
General Prim proposes to place himself at the
head of the progreesist party, which he intends to
reorganise.
It is doubtful whether Senor (Soap will allow
General Prim to carry out his intention.
The ministry have resolved to provoke a discus-
sion, which may result in a vote of confidence from
the Congress.
The ministry will contend against the difficulties
which they encounter, provided the crown and the
country afford them their support.

'EXPRMS FROM PARIS.

(sIMI OUR OWN 00111IIMPOIMEIT.)
PARIS, MONDAY EVIIIIING.
The (vision of the Emperor's speech transmitted
to tbssoantry journals by the Butner's Correeposid-
ewe is that it is the most liberal one his Ma-
jesty has ever pronounced. lam inclined to agree
with this view. He does not, indeed, yet propose
to "crown the edifice," and the "consolidation of
the base," which he still thinks necessary before it
can bear the weight of liberty, may require au in-
definite length of time. But it is a great homage
to principle when he so distinctly holds up the con-
stitutional practices of England as worthy of imi-
tation. I think his playful allusion to the
" invasion" of England by the French exhi-
bitors may fairly be accepted as a withdrawal
iof his famous threat to "avenge Waterloo." The
speech seems to me as near faultless as possible,
and I have no doubt it will be well received on
your aide of the ChanneL Here, unfortunately,
very recent acts of the home department form
such a violent contrast to the imperial professions
as to damp the enthusiasm of a great many. The
Temps, smarting from the sting of its late warning,
says it must reflect very carefully before it can ven-
ture to print any comment at all upon this discourse
which sings the praises of liberty in such lofty
strains. I have just heard an anecdote, the truth
of which was guaranteed to me. Some working-
men in the Marais quarter, wishing to form one of
those "popular libraries" of which there has
been a good deal of talk lately, applied to the
mayor for permission. The mayor saw
no objection, and the promoters fired upon
a house in the Rue Vendome. But before they

commenced operations the mayor was instructed
to inform them that government claimed the pre-
rogative of appointing the chairman of their associa-
tion. This they objected to. They did not mind,
they said—on the contrary, they invited—govern-
ment inspection, but it was an essential part of
their scheme that they should be a voluntary and
self-governing body. The mayor refusing to give
way, the workmen drew up an address of remon-
strance to Count de Persigny. He gave them an
audience, received them at first with strictest
courtesy, and with much soft sawder attempted to
talk them over. Bat when he found that the men
persevered in their original views, he broke out into a
violent passion and spoke to the following effect :
"I am very glad that you have come here. I now
see through you. You are enemies of the govern-
ment. I like to know my enemies ; just as if I
have a kicking horse in my stables, I like to know
it, because then I will put the strap upon him."
With this elegant threat he dismissed them to their
reflections. They will, no doubt, remember the
interview when the elections come on.

'Re Opinion Nationale, in an article regretting
the renewed French attempt at intervention in
America, of which the government journals are
now speaking, expresses itself as follows :

MUSIC.
--..--

MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS.
The principal piece—the moment de resistance it
may be called—of hat night's concert was Spohr's Nonstio
in F. op. 31 ; a suck constructed on a ver► extended wale.
and full of the beauties which characterise this composer's
concerted instrumental music for the chamber—a clue of
composition in which, notwithstanding his symphonies, hie
I operas, and his oratorios, his pre-emiesnoe lies. This
Nonetto, moreover, belongs to an earlier period of
his career—a period when many of his finest
works were produced, sad before his style had acquired
that excessive degree of elaboration which imparts an air of
heaviness to many of the grandest effort. of his genius.
It is written fora violin, a viola, a violoncello, a cootrabass,
a flute, an oboe, a clarinet, a bassoon, end a born ; and is
the combination of these instruments, so that each of them
is made to display its most characteristic qualities, the skill
shown by the composer is incomparable. The score. too,
though rich and highly finished, is not overloaded or ob-
scured b► a multiplicity of notes. The charming phrases
of melody uttered by each instrument reach the listener,
as it were, through a clear, transparent atmo-
sphere, and then united harmonies enrich the ear without
fatiguing it. The performers on this occasion were Mews.
Banton, Webb, Piatti, C. Severn, Pratten, Barret, lames,
Hutchins, and C. Harper, each man a complete master of
his instrument. Their execution win perfect, and its effect
delicious beyond description. A charming piece of
Viottes, for the violoncello, enabled Piatti to display the
matchless beauty and the Italian elegance with
which he sings (like a Mario or a Giuglioi) upon his
instrument. A sonata of Mozart—an old and sim-
ple production, which was more (matt to the
amateurs "of sixty years Inc." than to those of the
present day—win played by Halle with so much delicacy
and sentiment that it evidently charmed the audience, wbo
listened with the deepest attention, and loudly encored the
last movement. Such things are seldom heard now-a-days,
but only require to be heard to charm as much as ever.
The remaining instrumental pieces were Beethoven's
Pilate in E fiat, belonging to the set dedicated to Salieri,
for the piano and violin ; and Heydn's exquisitely beautiful
quartet in B flat, No. 60, for two violins, viola,
and violoncello. The singers were Miss Banks and Madame
flaintoo-Dolby. In the first part the former lady sang
Mozart's pretty cauzonet, " The Violet ;" and the latter
"The Orphan's Song," a composition of Glinka, the Ras-
lien composer, beginning to be known in this country, to
which the singer gave a most pathetic expression. In the
second part they sang a met of songs from the Arabian
Nights, composed by Mr. Madarreo. The ball was as full
as usual.

This war has already coat milliards of francs, but the
separation of the North sad South would cost infinitely
more. The results of that separation would be :
I. To substitute for • single government two govern-
ments of • very expensive character.
..

DRAMA.

NEW WESTMINSTER (AsnErs.)

We fancy that a change of fashion is about to
visit some of our London theatres. For two or three plumpest
we have been largely in the hands of the model Irishman. His
cheerful brogue, more or less adulterated, has been heard on
almost every stage, and his shillelagh has been twirled with
incessant activity in almost every drama. We have been
introduced to whisky stills, faction tights, ragged breeches,
I battered bats, plaintive ballads,pigs,and all the conventional
characteristics of Irish life. The bogtrotter, however, like
all popular heroes, has begun to weary his public, and his
pedestal, so it seems, is to be occupied by another national
representative. The Scotchman of roman°s is to be the new
idol—the doll of stage dressmakers—the pet of stage
managers. Drnry-lane, Sadler's Wells, the Surrey, the
Marylebone, and the Victoria, have already announced
their determination to try this source of attraction ; and
Mr. Soncicault—the reviver of stage Irishmen—is first

in the field with a drama which may claim to have set the
Scotch fathion. The Elie Deane of the New Westminster
will soon be followed by the Heart of Midlothian at the
last four theatres maned, and Mr. Falconer will keep the
Scotch dialect flowing at Drury-lane with Bonny Dundee;
or the Gathering of the Clans.
When Sir Walter Boots's novels were appearing in rapid
succession about forty years ago, they were rudely seised by
mechanical and would-be poetical dramatists, and placed on
the stage with the greatest haste and eagerness. Sir Henry
Bishop (he was then plain Mr. Bishop) was hurriedly
called upon to invent and adapt Scotch airman accompaniments
for these pieces, and hsw well he did his work is proved by
the keg life of many of his tunes. The grateful thanks of old
and young play-goers are doe to him for his sparing me of
that bloated nuisance, the bagpipe—an instrument invented
when Music—heavenly maid—was extremely young. Nearly
all the celebrated Scotch novels were appropriated and
dressed up in thin way, and some of them still keep the
stage. Guy Manuring and Bob Roy are still occasionally
played as musical dramas ; the Bride of Lammermoor exists
both as a play and as an opera. Ivanhoe, with its War-
door-street trappings, is still • favourite spectacle; and
some of the other works often crop up above the surface.
None of the stage adaptations of Scott, however, emoted
the Heart of Midlothian in enduring popularity, for the
world is newer deaf to the charm of a living story. It is
listened to with breathless interest as often as it is told,
whether the teller is Mr. T. Dibdin, the first adapter, or
Mr. Bouciesult, the last.
Mr. Boneicault's version of the Heart of Hid/otAietto
which was produced last night at the New Westminster
Theatre, was first tried with great success in America. It
differs in many respects from the old Surrey Theatre ver-
sion of 1819—put together, as we hare before said, by Mr.
T. Dibdin—the most important alteration being the intro-
duction on the stage of the celebrated trial scene. Mr,
Boneimult deals with Sir Walter Scott's pathetic story as
if he was afraid to trust to the recollection or the imagine-
Um of his audience. He places as much of the action bodily
before them as be can conveniently cram into three full-
grown acts, disregarding all unitise of time and place to
carry out his plan. The result is that the third act is •
succession of scenes in which we are whirled from Scotland
to London and from Loudon to Scotland without a mo-
ment's breathing time, and are treated to • murder, an
interview with royalty, and a riot in the space of fifteen
minutes.
The essence of some of the characters also evaporates in
the adaptation, and the play possesses the usual faults of
dramas derived from novels like those of Scott and Dickens.
There sr' too many character', the interest is too much
divided, and the work, without being at all full and satis-
factory, seems to suffer from diffuseness. We are hurried
to get over the ground, and see only the outsides of people
sad places.
The part of Jeannie Deans, as played by Mrs. Boucicault,
makes us the more regret this divided interest. Its homeli-
ness, coquetry, pathos, and religion were all admirably por-
trayed, and the performance rather cast the more humble
but well-ioteutioned efforts of Miss Edith Stuart in the
shade. This young lady is hardly experienced enough to be
entrusted with • part like Effie Deans, which, however
rudely it may be treated by adapters, is filled with the moat
varied emotions. Miss Rose Lecleroq acted conventionally
as the mad girl—Madge Wildfire—a part that has suffered
materially in this adaptation. It is • question whether any
mad parts like these, from Ophelia downwards, will bear the
rude test of the stage, and certainly nothing but the
greatest series in both author and actor will make them
bearable. The Madge of Mr. Bouoicault's drama is almost
a burlesque upon Scott, and her last speech in the trial
sine provokes the moat untimely laughter. Miss Atkinson
was somewhat feeble as the gipsy —Meg Murdockson—
though here and there she gave indications of power.
Amongst the gentlemen Mr. Ryder stood out well as
David Deans. He owes much to has figure, which gave
him great dignity in the solemn parts of his performance,
but was he too hard for the pathetic scene. His face is
almost as fixed as that of a atone statue. and the lighting of
the stage, which will bear much improvement, is rather
against biscuit of oonotenaeoe. His elocution, however, is
very impressive, and his stage knowledge and taste are
beyond question. Mr. Swintiourne made a good bold pic-
turesque ruffian of Geordie Robertson, and Mr. Dewar
(whom we are glad to welcome back to Loudon) was effec-
tive as the gaoler Batcliff. Mr. Leeson, as the Leurd of
Dumbiedikee, was broad and unctuous, but where was his
immortal pony?—only spoken about in a scrap of dialogue,
left amongst the unreal mockeries of the side scenes, and
this in a theatre which was founded by Philip Astley ! We
fancied we paw the frowning shade of that injured eques-
trian scowling from ow of the side boxes, and we pitied
the feelings of the sixpenny gallery.
Mr. Boucicault has given himself • very slight seriocomic
part—that of counsel for the defence, and only appears as
the central figure in the trial scene. This scene was very
well put upon the stage, being, we believe, an
exact oopy of Mr. J. S. Lander's celebrated pic-
ture, so long a favourite with the printeellem.
Mali of the forms of a trial were gone through much io the
same way as they have been gone through before in Janet
Pride and other popular dramas. This scene, and the de-
struction of the Tolbooth at the close of the piece, are the
two great displays of the drama, the rest of the scenery
beiog below mediocrity. A new proscenium, formed of
Corinthian columns with gilded capitals, adds such to the
charming effect of the house, and nothing now NOM Ilit to
be done before the cuitaia.
The theatre was filled in every part, and the audience re-
ceived the piece and the principal actors with every mark
of favour.

2. To impose upon both North and South the necessity
of keeping on foot standing armies which would absorb, as
in Europe, a fall third of the resources of the state, and
would compel it to lay heavy taxes on the people.
3. To provoke sooner or later other wars which wou'd be
perhaps as disastrous as the present one.
4. To euoourage the secession of other states, ►nd thus
paralyse that magnificent development of human with ity
which was the admiration of the world.

It is possible that some politicians may contemplate with
pleasure the prospect of the break up and decline of a
peas Baskin which wan distasteful to them. But Presi-
dent Lineoln was saddled with an immense responsibility,
and it is our deliberate 'opinion that he would have mis-
taken his duties if he bad adopted any other principle of
policy than that of the restoration of the union. At all
events the war between the North and South will not have
been sterile, since it must neceesarily lead to the abolition
of slavery.

A man threw himself from the south tower of
Notre Dame, about 2 o'clock in the afternoon of
the day before yesterday. In falling, his body
struck with such violence against the edge of a
buttress that the legs were detached from the
trunk, and fell close to the door of a temporary
construction used as an office by M. Sauvage, the
contractor for repairs of the cathedral. The
trunk remained on one of the lower galleries. On
the person of the deceased was found a letter ad-
dressed to the Marquis de L—, who resides in
the provinces, from which it was ascertained that
the unfortunate man's name was Francois Romain,
lately concierge of a house in the Rue du Faubourg
du Temple. The letter contained an incoherent
statement respecting an unsuccessful lawsuit in
which the writer had lately been engaged, and
there is every probability that he became insane in
consequence, as no other reason can be assigned for
his desperate act.

Said Pacha has left but one child, a boy of about
10 years of age. It is believed that he is sufficiently pro-
vided for out of the property assigned to him by his father,
and that this property is secured against any claims that
may possibly be brought against the Viceroy's private estate,
on account of the engagements he assumed towards the
Sot: °anal Company. These engagements, it is possible,
may not be recognised as constituting • debt of the public
treasury.
A correspondent at Calcutta, writing on the 22nd
alt., mays :—" I hesitate not to call this day a most
important one in the history of India. Were Ito leave Cal-
cutta after dinner to-night, the railway would place me in
Hewes, 540 miles away, in 25 hours, for 51. fa. 3d., first
class, or half that sum second class. When last I visited
the Holy City the railway was open for only a portion of
that distance, and I took 72 hours travelling night and day
is a carriage the fare of which was at least 161. This will
give you • practical idea of the boon conferred on all com-
merce, commipondence, and travelling by Indian railways.
Eight hours' journey by the old ' dakgharres,' or poet
carriage, takes the traveller from Beaune to Allahabad,
where the train again receives him, and carries him on past
Cawnpore to Agra. Christman holiday makers are deep in
their arrangements for a visit to the Sacred Kul, as the
'guys. cell Bewares, and sleeping carriages on the American
plan are being built."
The number of native Christians and missionaries
(protestant) in India was recently taken by a careful census,
by Dr. Mullen*. In 1881, there were 418 European and all
native ordained missionaries. There were 1,079 catechists,
890 churches, 118,893 native Christians, of whom 21,252
were communicants ; 54,888 boys and 14,723 girls in
'shoots.
The Manchester Chamber of Commerce held its
annual meeting yesterday, the principal subject of reference
in the speeches of the members being the growth of cotton
in India. The chairman. Mr. Henry Ainsworth, strongly
censured the Indian administration of Sir Charles Wood,
sod insisted that a new testae for land and a contract law
were necessary to restore ladle to • state of prosperity.
Mr. Easley was of the same opinion. Cotton, he believed,
could be well and profitably grown in India, and the con-
ramie' public of this :country ought to be placed in imme-
diate contact with the producing ryot of Hindoaten. Mr.
Hugh Mason derided the construction of the Indian
council and the abilities of its members, and amidst cep- I
please and shouts of " No, no," he insisted that Mr. John
Bright was the fittest man in the House of Commons to
work out the great question of the prosperity of India, Mr.
Tender thought that the labours of the beetle Chamber
of Commerce had been rewarded with considerable success,
and he urged the chamber to keep up the on the
government. Mr. Cheatham was sot ban of the pro.
grass of India. There never was a time, be said, when the
cotton of India was so deteriorated as at the preen& The
change made in the goverament of that imantry was, be
contieued, " altogether a @bass sad a &brim"