The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-07 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S ROUTE FROM THE

NORTH.

Further information has reached us on the sub-
ject of her Majesty's journey from the North, and we are
now enabled to state that the statement which appeared in
Monday's Express was correct in every particular; the
paragraph on the subject, copied from the Birmingham
paper into the London papers, is iseserect. We observe
that at a meeting of the town council of Wolverl.amnton,
on Monday, tho Mayor requested the Town Clerk
to read the announcement referred to, and his wor-
ship corroborated what therein appeared relative to the
Queen's passing over the Stour Valley line, by intimat-
ing that he had received • telegraphic message front the
officers of the company, announcing the feet. We observe
that, after copying our paragraph, the editor of the
WoSeerliaseptun Chronicles intimates that there is "a
mistake in the last sentence, as the Stour Valley Railway is
not yet connected with the Bristol and Birmingham." We
beg to state in reply, that there is no mistake whatever.
The connexion is formed by means of the London and
North-Western Company's " Birmingham Estension,"
which, although not yet formally opened, has been tra-
versed daily by engines for months past, and is little more
than a mile in length.
On her Majesty's arrival at the Wolverhampton station,
an address will be presented by the Mayor. At Chester,
the Marquis of Westminster, and all the magnates of the
district will be on the station to receive the Queen, with
troops from the Castle, and artillery outside, to fire a
salute.

ROYAL VISIT TO ma BRITANNIA BRIDGE.—
BAN4OI, TIIIIBDA7.—The approaching visit of her Majesty
and Prince Albert to this city, on their return from Bel-
moral, is the theme of general conversation, and great pre-
mations are being made to welcome the sovereign on this
her first appearance in the principality. An extensive
suite of rooms are engaged at the Tentlyn Arms Hotei for
her Majesty and the royal party. According to present ar-
rangements, the arrival of the Queen will take place about
6 o'clock on Wednesday evening. The royal train will
leave the London and North Western line at Warrington,
proceed to Chester by the Cheshire and Birkenhead Junc-
tion, and then take the Holyhead line to this city. On
Thursday morning her Majesty, with the Prince Consort
and several members of the youthful royal family, will visit
land inspect the stupendous Britannia railway bridge over
the Mend Straits. The return journey will be re-com-
menced, and on reaching &shiny Junction, near Chester,
her Majesty will make her first trip along the Chester and
Shrewsbury Sue. Passing Shrewstntry on to Wolverhamp-
ton, her Majesty will retake to the London and North
Western, and, arriving at Birmingham, proceed over the
newljoopened line to Oxford, sod so on to Windsor
Castle.
BANOOI, WIDNISDAT.—A public meeting was held last
night in the magistrates' room in this city for the purpose
of con, idering what steps should be taken to evince the lop
alt y of the Welsh on the approaching visit of her Majestyand suite to the neighbourhood of the Menai and Britinnia
Bridges, The Hon. Col. l)ouglas Pennant took the chair.
It was decided that, of the stay of the Queen must mecum-
rily be brief, and as her Majesty would doubtless wish to be
se private as possible after her fatiguing journey, no
addresses or other formal proceedings should take place. The
chairman suggested that, among other signals of rejoicing,
the Carnaryonshire mountains should be illuminated by
brilliant fires, the hills of Anglesey being also lighted up, the
beautiful effect of which would be visible from the windows
of the Peurhyn Arms Hotel, the temporary abode of the
royal party. A Imamate', was then appointed, and a sub-
scription entered into in order that the poor of the locality
may be amply regaled on the occasion. 601. was instantly
subscribed, the hon. chairman heading tho list with 201.

A correspondent, writing front Cheater last 'vetting, says :
—Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the youthful minnben
Royal Family, will leave Edinburgh on the morning
of Wednesday nest, at eight o'clock. The Royal party
will travel by the London and North Western line,
to Warringtoo, thence by the Birkenhead and Cheshire
Junction to Chester, when her Majstesty is ex-
pected to arrive soon after 8 o'clock. It is probable
that she will remain in Chester a short time for refresh-
ments, and it is more than probable that she will receive an
address from the municipal corporation of that ancient city,
which gives the title of earl to her eldest son. This will be
the first visit of the Prince of Wales to this earldom ; the
Queen last visited Chester when Princess Victoria, on which
occasion she opened the magnificent one-arch bridge over the
Dee, the Oroevenor-bridge.

WESTMINSTER FREEHOLD LAND SOCIETY.—THE
LATI DISPKANCHISING DICUITON.--01ring CO the recent
eatreordinary decisions of Mr. Shaded!, the revising bar-
rister for Middlesex, whereby great numbers of the -Fm-
hold Land Society voters have been disfranchised, the mem-
bers of these bodies have determined on taking steps with
• view to redrew the injury dune them. A public Meting
took place, in connexion with the Westminster Society, at
the School rooms, New Chorch-street, Paddington, at
which the subject was mooted. Thu. Pitts, Esq., pro-
dded, and stated that, owing to the great incresse in the
members of the society, it would be necessary for these who
had hitherto transmitted their subscriptions through him
to appoint an agent for that purpose.—Mr. George Rug-
'oft, the secretary, gave a detailed ezplanation of the prin-
ciple' and operations of the society, and stated the progress
it had made. In the tonne of three year' five estates had
been purchased, containing in all about 72 acres; the total
receipts from the establishment of the society had been
15,6101. On each estate, the shares entitled thereto had
risen to a considerable premium on allotment. In
reference to the recent decision of Mr. Shadwell, de-
claring that • plot of land did not confer the
beaches unless it had cost 501., it was to be
regretted that this being • modes of fact, and
sot of law, there was no appeal from his decision
to the Cuurt of Common Pleas ,• bat it was hoped that
something more effectual would be done. It was astonish-
ing that the learned gentleman should display such
lignorance of the value of propMy as to adopt the arbitrary
rule which he had laid down, which was ridiculous in
the eyes of practical men. Everyone knew how rapidly
property increased in value in the neighbourhood of Lou.
don, and that without any reference to the price originally
paid for it. He knew a gentleman who, fourteen years
ago, had bought a small freehold by auction for 201. ; within
ex
mouths M the purchase it was let for 141. a year, and
had been so let ever since. (Hear.) In the last year, this
society had bought nine acres of land at Kilburn, at 540!.
per acre. A few months after they wished to extend their
purchase, and add four or five awes of the adjoining land,
of precisely the same value ; but so greatly had the Mee
of the property increased in that short interval that the
price then demanded was 1,0001. per acre. Belgrave-
enure a few years ego, was let to • market gardener, and
the value of the land was than &beat 3001. an acre ,• now it
was ad short of 30,00111. Oa the East Moakley
estate of that society, an allotmeat whisk had wet
23L 10s. had been let for ever on a chief met
of 706. • yeas; and there we no doubt, if that
chief-rent was pat ap at Garrawers to-morrow, it
would fetch 1004 (Sear, hear.) Es
_ftweested that
the extraudinsey suns emend II Amid
be set fintir la • mentedel is the Lett Ode Judea of the
Queen's Bench, with whom Ho appourtneeat at dm revis-
ing barrister@ Mind, reenentime his lenbidp to dieseatlnse
the
pfo appointmeet of ths lama Eadommo. A Neolgibm
rroptand the temiles at the &dim= was
sad 'grout to, sad el the else. at Os promsdisis
a amber slam ossaben won enrolled.

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dosed os Monday, at th. Mom Mr. Boehm
he the MOWS; and Munn,. Pamlngham; Shy& •21.:1,1
he the Wm. The Mamie la the parrank la Weed
is lo No assets oa bolhablos, hat tie ollsothas Jowled°
Oho wawa of many who did est Me at the him elections,
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irorbylralnberonsiee ; ditio okesolisse. 1111: total,
SAL Li en chins, 1164: Entss 11111 oldostisas,
total, NW la favour of Wu, a
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Just maid Umiak by *hot* tolognplt. that Mir Blair,
a wad is Illhassay, mad a she heir" between
BOK satil 1,0001. a yam algal rides
with Oman O'Mara. Dn. of so
What maid kayo Wand tits pathos to dere It is dank
to bogie% as the maw sari alogilathar—with whom The
011osso was NI a attia.Wiell faiaseabie to the swab.
no,* swills*WS the • Nibs le the bead that
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of his wilt's. as $ will, to AlVnas is wash
warrigo to the thildeen, Ths Mikan sanity his
fits affair has minted the gmatost ozoitentaat at
Taunton, and amongst the lady's ralatiess in London.
LONDON AND SOUTH - WitaTlll.ll RAILWAT.--.
Amount of Walk on the London and South-Weston Rail-
way for the wash ending Oet. 6, 1662:—Paaaimgan,
10,0091. lb, Id.; goods, 2,8241. 71. 04.-13,8991. 18•74.

STAFF EMPLOY IN INDIA.
At the present moment there are uo• leas than
160 officers on the elective strength of the army in civil
employ, as it is designated. Of these only 25 are engaged
in duties which are not purely of a civil or political nature,
so that there are 135 so-called military men whose employ-
, ment bas nothing of a military nature about it, and must,
consequently, utterly unfit them for regimental duty, when-
, ever the attainment of higher rank, or other casualty, shell
eans* them to return to their respective corps.
These oaken are distributed as follows:—To the artil-
lery, ten; engineers, eight; Cavalry, six; infantry, one
hundred and thirty-six. Of these, three artillery, five
engineers, and straenteen infantry officers are employed in
situation: in some way connected with their duties n, sol-
diers, or of a merely temporary nature, anal might wi•liout
any glaring impropriety be continued upon the strength of
their respective battalions; but to retain the others upon
the returns is not only a palpable absurdity, but involves
an injuatice to the regimental officers, who are compelled
to do the duty of the absentees—an injustice which ought
to be, but we fear will not be, abolished.
Were these gentlemen, as they ought to be, transferred
to a staff corps, the number of officers permitted to he with-
drawn from any one regiment fur military staff employ
might fur the future be restricted to five, two captains
and the. e subalterns, which would tar more than suffice to
provide fur all the departments, and the irregular and local
corps, although in the Bengal army their name is legion ;
for the witha.rawal from the strength of their regiinotits of
the officers in civil employ would reduce the number of
staff emp oyes by considerably more than ono per corps,
the number being 136, while the battalions amount to
only 103.
The proportion of civil empoyja taken from the respective
regiments es very unequal ; fur instance, out of six in the
cavalry, three belong to the sth. Again, the folle.wing in-
fantry corps the Bth, 37th, 41st, 42nd, 48th, 56th, 61st, 71st,
72nd and 74th battalions, have nut a single officer in civil
employ, while the 4th, 63rd and 74th have five each, and
several others have three and four. Nor is the distribution
of staff employ generally leas unequal, for including offici-
ating and acting appointments some regiments have seven,
eight, and even nine officers absent, while others have only
two and three away, and many four and five, so that there
exist, no Depravity fur ever exceeding the number laid down
by orders of the Court of Directors—viz., six from each regi-
ment.

While Lord Ellenborough is bringing forward resolutions
striking at the very existence of the Count of Director., as
a political body, he seems to us to be only using the army as
a eat's paw, nut to have the true interests of the body at
heart. It would certainly be a boon to the young officers
of the tinny to have a chance of being transferred to the
civil service, particularly if the appointments were thrown
open for competition and given to the best, not left to be
disposed of at the whim of a Governor-General. But we
are surprised that it should wit have occurred to bis lord.
ship, who, with all his faults, is one of the shrewdest men
in the House of Lorda,that there is a civil service open to the
officers of the army, that every one in political or civil employ
is de facto a civiliin, and what ii required is that all such
should be made civilians de jlere, and struck off the strength
of the army. Let the ex-governor propose and carry this
mailman., and we shall cease to accuse him of being only the
soi-dssiiiit friend of the army.
If he wishes to do the thing completely, to secure a real
advancement in the efficiency of the army, he must add a
proposition fur a staff corps, to include several of the de-
partments, for instance, the government secretariat, four
officers, the Judge Advocate General's eight officers,
the Auditor General's four officers, the pay department,
thirty cfficers, the military board, five officer., tim
commissariat, twenty-nine officers ; the scud, nine officers ;
the clothing agencies, three officers; making a total of
seventy•five officers. Then the number allowed to be taken
from each battalion for toe residue of staff situation' might
be restricted to four—two captains and two subalterns.
Superannuated clerks, lawyers (God save the mark), ac-
countants, supervisors, purveyors, horse dealers, and
tailors, are useless, if not worse, in the army. "Let the
cobbler stick to his last," is a proverb equally applicable to
all trades and professions, and the soldier should stick to
his cannon, his musket, or his sword, or cease to be a
soldier.—/furkaru.

ROYAL SOUTH BUCKINGHAMSHIRE AGRI-

CULTURAL ASSOCIATION.

The nineteenth anniversary of this society was
help at Slough, on Tuesday last. After tho conclusion of
the ploughing matches, and the distribution of a vast num-
ber of premiums to deserving labourers, the members dined
together at the Windmill Inn, Salt-hill, under the presi-
dency of Edward Wanklyn, Esq., of Fulmer, one of the
county magistrates. The vice chair was taken by Major
Bent, of Wexham, and amongst the company present were
C. T. Gaskell, Esq. ; R. It. Clayton Esq. ; R. B. Harvey,
Esq. (all of them county magistrates) ; and the leading
agriculturists of the locality, o the numb. rof nearly 100.
Last year Mr. Disraeli was peek nt, and delivered one of
those long and mysterious speeches by which he gra-
dually disencumbered himself of protectionist pledges,
and prepared himself for office. On Tuesday the
Chairmen announced that the right honourable gen-
tleman had written to say that official business would
prevent him taking part in the proceedings. In consequence
of the political character of last year's meeting, more than
one of the original members threatened to withdraw, but
their scruples were allayed by the adoption of a resolution
condemnatory of such topics at future anniversaries. Not-
withstanding this resolution, the chairman said he found it
difficult, if not impossible, to avoid all political allusion,
especially when he was addressing a body of gentlemen
who had been so materially and prejudicially affected by a
recent actor the legislation. He condemned the measure of
1846, not for its principle, which he always admired, but
'for its precipitation whichl he knew would bring on great
and dire distress. He pointed, not to legislative measures
fur a remedy, but to the adoption of improved methods of
cultivation, and the more extended use of machinery. In
order to provide against the threatened scarcity of labourers,
be advised his hearers to educate the rural population to a
higher pita", as to make their exertions more valuable. After
all, he observed, the main dependence would be self-re.
fleece; their only reward, the general prosperity of the
community. file Rev. Mr. Kewlcy, the officiating minister
of the parish in which they were assembled (Farnham Brit),
said his was truly glad to hear that the agricultural interest
no longer designated itself the sinking interest. The policy
of 1846 might have been injurious to the farmer, but his
own espetience told him that the condition of the labourer
had been considerably improved since that period. The
agricultural labourers had now the necessaries of life in
abunclanoe which be
(Haar.)The institutions of the country were based upon
the contentedness of the labourer—contented hearts formed
a better national protection than all the armies that could
be brought into the field. Mr. Joseph Trumper (an exten-
sive and intelligent tenant farmer), in speaking of Mr.
Disraeli, said he had the utmost confidence in the talent
and honesty of the right hon. gentleman. He hoped
there was something rod looming in the distance. (Cries
of " Walker," and boisterous laughter.) The proceedings
I were continued with unabated spirit until a late hour, and
the distinguishing character of the meeting wee the final
and deliberate abandonment of protection by the farmers of
South Bucks.

ROTAL DISPENSARY FOR DISEASES OF THE EAR.—
The half-yearly meeting of this institution was held yester-
day at the diapensary, Dean-street, Soho-square ; the Bev.
NT. Charles Williams in the chair. The secretary read the
amount of subscriptions, from which it appeared that the
institution had been aided by contributions front his majesty
the King of the Belgians, Robert R. Wood, Esq., and a
portion of a legacy of the late Joseph Roberts, Esq. Al-
though tbo funds have been augmented of late, they are
not commensurate with the increased demand for relief.
The dispensary had afforded treatment to an increased
number of applicants during the last half-year. The sta-
Salleel accouut of Mr. Harvey, surgeon to the institution,
stated to the meeting the new admissions were 698, cured
386—consisting of cues of deafness, combined with noises
in the bead and other diseases of a kinilred nature.

THE BRITISH PENITENT FEMALE SOCIETY.—The
annual meeting of this benevolent institution was held in
the school room of the society, Cambridge-heath, Bethnal-
green, on Tuesday. The Rev. Mr. Olanvill read the re-
port, which stated that the society did not give temporary
refuge to the inmates, but that when admitted they received
saltter toood mbosrpaluroudt to obtain education,donist eaiantuadtiwoneste, or Wears
sent home to their families. There were now fifty-four
insides in the house. Daring the last year twenty were
restaged to their families, twenty were placed in situations,
two were sent oat as emigrants, and only five left, two of
them having bee, dismissed. From many who had left in
dude= yams the most favourable account had been m-
isdeed. All the meociatioas auxiliary to the society conti-
nued be speedos. The financial state of the charity was
olatiaitiog to progress prosperously, and there was an M-
orsels over the income of last year of 1881. 4s. 7d. But
this wee obtained by legacies and donations. The income
amounted to 2,0801. 116. 9d., including 1,0711. 3a. 7d. dona-
tions, 3641. 14s. balsam of hat year, 2521. legacy, Re. ;
and, after paying all expenses, there was a balance in hand
of 3351. 2a. 2d. The report concluded by thanking the
auxiliary associations for their assistance, and the medical
gentlemen, with the clergymen who had preached sermons
on behalf of the society, for their services. The report was
received and adopted.
SOUTHAMPTON RAGGED SCHOOL—The number of
children admitted into the Southampton Ragged School
sine* it opened two years ago is nearly 500. The average
attendance daily is now about 100, and, on Sundays, be-
tween 60 sad 70. Articles of clothing were given to the
most deserving, and books, such as bibles testaments, dn.-
tionariss, and spelling books, are distributed amongst them.
During the last year a ragged school fur girls has
also been opened in the above-named town. A free-
hold site has now been purchased, sad, if funds
sufficient can be procured, a ragged school and dormitory
will be built on it, in order to avoid the expense of hired
buildings. The Rev. Dr. Wilson and Messrs. Fanshawe
and Wsgram, of the established church, and the Revs.
Messrs. Adkins, Wilde Hunter, and Trussed, amongst
the dissenters, have all cordially co-operated in promoting
I the success of ragged schools in Southampton. Lard Ilenry
Chohnondely, M.P., has also been most realms in promot-
ing the same object. Oa Tuesday last a public meeting
was held in that town in aid of the ragged schools, at which
hie lordship presided.
GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—Return of traffic
for week oadintoitspt. 28, 1662.—Passengers, parcels, ear-
tarhones, and mails, 7,488/. 18s.91; merchandise
minerals „1121. Be. Ild. ; cattle, 6341. 13.. 9d.
Total, 14,1961. Is. 6d. Corresponding week, 1861,
12,8881.115. 11d.