The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JULY 22,

independent to march with the Port's brass band.
Mr. Dorrox, a county 'comber, is fienounced
as • spy and • traitor. That admirahL English
gentleman, Mr. NEWDEGATZ, whose onsiervatism
is always bottomed on worthy principles, has
been the object of unmeasured vituperation, and
driven to defend himself in columns latety rank
with the letters of MANHATTAN. The Sisters, too,
have been told by writers who pretend an extraor-
dinary devotion to the Church, that even before the
late division their "elasticity of conscience" was a
proverb and a byword. Thus the demonstrated
inability of Lord Starr and Mr. Dissszu to com-
bine the acknowledged conservative forces of the
State, and wield them for the advantage of their
followers, instead of being accepted as a lesson for
future profit, has thrown the public apologists of
the party into a transport of rage, in which they
have assailed better conservatives than themselves.
If this is the way in which the leaders of the
Country Party manage their own affairs, it is not
surprising that those who know them best are
unwilling to trust them with the affairs of the
empire.

The same undisciplined spirit which for thelast
fortnight has raged in the daily Tory press breaks forth
in a quarter where reckless violence is less sur-
prising than it would have been • few years ago,
before the most extravagant and reactionary of
Lord Drawee parliamentary followers began to
dabble in political literature. The Quarterly
&rine for July, in an article, the first part of
which, apparently written before the recent
division, is devoted to • glorification of the House
of Commons which has extinguished Reform and
confirmed Church-rates, brings against the House
towards the end of the same article accusations
of the most damning character on account of
the success of Mr. Kisoiraz's motion. Accord-
ing to the Quarterly, in its writer's first mood,
the present House of Commons will pass from
existence with • fair title to the gratitude of
Englishmen, because "it has done that which is
" most difficult and most salutary to do—nothing."
It appears, however, as the writer receives intelli-
gence of the defeat of Mr. DISRAELI'S motion, and
passes into his second mood, that this model assem-
bly, this Chamber which was so recently an
example to the Parliaments of Europe, is capable
of the worst baseness, and obnoxious to the most
odious charges. The Quarterly holds, with Mr.
DISRAELI, that the passing of the recent vote of
censure was of the utmost consequence to the
honour of the country. The effect of rejecting it
must be not only to make the supervision of the
House of Commons illusory, but to show that that
body, preferring peace to honour, is indifferent to
the ruin of our allies and the humiliation of the
country. Accordingly, the Quarterly affirms that
the representatives of England, by their recent
vote, have " recorded this reproach against them-
" selves. We have now given to foreign nations
" a right, which we cannot contest, to reproach
"us with valuing peace above honour. Tout
"at sauri hors l'honntur is the modern ver-
" sion of heroic consolation. The House of Com-
" mons has proclaimed to the world what is Eng-
" land's single care, and the world will guide itself
" accordingly. Insult us if you will, but so long
" as you leave us in peace we will hug ourselves
" over the result." And how are we to explain
this shameful conduct, this sad dulension, of an as-
sembly which so lately deserved our contemporary's
confident*? The "preponderating consideration "
in the late division, we are told, was that " there
" was • strong feeling against turning • man of
" eighty out of office." A melancholy reflection
for middle-aged young gentlemen of the Tory per-
since on this principle Lord PALYERXEON'S
majority must increase with his increasing years :
he will be invincible at ninety, and at a hundred
autocratic. To indulge an amiable feeling the
House was willing, says the Quarterly, to acquiesce
in the ruin of an ally and the humiliation of the
country. Perhaps by October next it may occur
to our contemporary that you cannot have Epicu-
rean propensities and Stoic principles strongly
developed in the same life ; that it was not strange
that men who had betrayed their own constituents
should consent to the betrayal of an heroic but un-
profitable ally; and that the humiliation of the
House of Commons did not begin with the abandon-
ment of Denmark.

ebe Court.

OSBORNE. Jcia 21.

The Queen drove yesterday in the grounds both
in the morning wad afternoon, accompanied by Primers
Louie of Beam and the Princess Leone.

Priem Louie of Hesse, atteadad by Captain Yoe Wester-
weller, went to Aldershot, and on his return after the field
day, was met at Southampton by the Prancer Louis in the
Fairy.
Her Royal Higher'. was attandel by Baroness de
Gmney.
The Duke of Argyll arrived. and had the honour of
dirtier with her Majesty. Prince and Prineara Leiniogen
also dined at Osborne.

Her Royal Highness Princess Helena continues to im-
prove in every respect. The rub has entirely disappearsdl.

The Priam and Prisons of Wales come to Marlborough
House yeaterday L0u....., from the White Lodge. Rich.
mood-park.
The Prince of Weise presided at a meeting of the
Council of his Royal Highness, held at the office of the
Duchy of Cornwall. Buckingham-gate, St. James's-park.
Them were present Sir W. Dauber, Keeper of the Privy
Seel; Sir W. J. Alexander, Attorney-General; Lieut..
General Koollys, Comptroller of the Household of his
Royal Highness; and the Lord Portman.
Despakeee were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office
to the Covered, of Canada. •

ARRIVAL OF HER IMPERIAL HIGHNESS THE
GRAND DUCHESS MARIE OP RUSSIA.

The Grand Duchess Mar, sister of the Emperor
of Roma, with his Excellency Count Stroganoff and family,
attended by a large retinue, landed at ll,ver yesterday
from Belgium from the m►il-packet Vivid, and &arm.
barked at the Admiralty-pier for the railway, Chariog-
crags termieur. travelling by the South Eastern Railway.
The imperial duchess travelled in a royal saloon carriage,
expressly provided for the imperial duchies and suite. On
landing. his Excellency Raton Brnonow, the Russian Am-
basaador, was in attendance to welcome her imperial high-
pees, the resident consul and other personages coenected
with the Russian government being present. Her imperial
highness left for London (Claridge 's Hotel', whence she
goes to Torquay for a few weeks. Prince Gortcbalroff met
the duchess on her arrival at the Charing-crass terminus.

The Duke and Duchess of Richmond and family
left team a day or too ago for Goodwood Park, Sumer,
where on Tuesday next a distinguished party will assemble
for the Goodwood race meeting.

The Duke of Lein+ter will leave town the week
after next for Carton House, conotyMaynootb.

Sir Edward 1311 liver Lytton, 111. P., is atayiug at
Wardell's York Rote!, Ramsgate.

His Excellency the Ambageador of France will
leave Albeit Gate House on or about Thursday next, for
Paris.

His Excellency the Minister for the Netherlands
and Madame VMI de Weyer and family left Greaveaor-
square yesterday for New Lodge, Windsor Forget.

THE PREMIER'S VISIT to BRADFORD.— Lady
Palmerstoe will accompany the premier oa his visit to
Bradford. During his stay his lordship sad Lady Palmer.
stop will be the gouts of Mr. Ripley. at Lklataliffe.

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THE TAMES TURNED.—The widow of the late
ex-President John Tyler has written to President Lincoln
complaining that General Wild has arrested a slave owner
who had been Boggieg his female chattels. and that the
general had had him tied, sod permitted the women to
repay the blows with interest. Mrs. Tyler is indignant
that a Virginia gentleman should have been treated thus.
Ass's CHOICE. —A gentleman in conversation
remarked to President Lincoln on Friday that nothieg could
defeat him bat Grunt's capture of Richmond to be followed
by his nomination at Chime* and acceptance. '• Well,"
said the President, " I feel very much like the man who
said be didn't want to die particularly. lint if be had got to
din, that imprecisely the disease he would like to die et"—
Nee, York Standard.

PREACHING —AG ALINsT Sur[zits. —A coloured
preacher within our lines, roorodr, felt wartnifled to
preach against the extortion of the enders from which his
flock bad eriffered. After much deliberation be unflawed
his text as follows :—" Na. do serpent was more "corer
than sty bead oh do field which de Lord God lu mods."—
New York Sim.

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The Pays has the following article wllialt testi-
fies great suspicion on the part of the Frenisis go-
vernment of the designs of the German powers,
and seems to hold out threats of vengeance at some
future time :

The Emperor of Austria, the King of Prussia, and the
King of Denmark appear decided to settle among themselves,
iu the conferee** to he held at Vienna, the fate of the
po-
pelations of the Duchies of Show* and Holstein. England
declaring that she will not meddle directly or indirectly
with the negotiations for peace about to be opened in that
capital, tke above three powers may very well fancy them-
selves free to act in pursuance of any arrangement that may
suit them, the ace side knowing no law but that of force and
the other yielding to necessity. This would, however, be a
great mistake, and one which Germany may, sooner or
later, pay much dearer for than she supposes. We assume
that Russia will let her alone and that France will not
oppose by force of arms the arrangements which it may
suit the three governments of Austria, Prussia, and
Denmark to make in their common interest. But if these
arraogemeata should be contrary to equity end right, the
time may come when right and equity will turn against
those who wilfully and unscrupulously contemned
them. We are convinced that Christian IX. will forget
his origin as • German prince to remember only his title
of King of Denmark. Nevertheless, we feel compelled to
notice symptoms which seem to indicate mdispaition on
his part to think of his personal ocuivenience rather than of
the interests of the nation over which be was called to
reign by the now tore-op treaty of 1852. We would
willingly believe in the moderation of Pi Qui. and the firm-
seas of character of Austria. Bat we can no longer rock
ourselves in this illusion after the attitude of those two
powers in the Coolers:ace, sad after their conduct in the
Dano-German conflict. That 'Atha's) and that conduct must
prepare us for any amount of pretensions for any
degree of ambition. We are therefore not surprised to
learn that the Austrian, Danish, and Prussian plenipoten-
tiaries assembled at Vienna have sanctioned an arrange- I
ment by virtue of which not only Holstein, whose inhabi-
tants are German, not only that pars of Slued( whom
population is also German, but portions of territory whose
inhabitants are exclusively Danish by origin, manners, in-
terests, and character, are to be incorporated in the
Germanic Confederation. This would be at once the'
abandonment of the treaty of 1852, and • viola;
tion of the treaties of 1815, which determined the
limit, of German confederate territory. Most certainly
we should be the last to cry out against the contempt of
Austria and Prussia for the work of the Congress of Vienna ;
but after all we cannot allow a departure from old and
written law only to substitute for the mere good pleasure of
sovereigns, without protesting against such an abuse of
force. Germany will not be bound by the convention of
1852! Well and good. She will not hold to the limits de-
vised io 1815 by coalesced Europe against France.
Good again. But what right has she to substi-
tute other limits by her own sole authority—new
boundaries not legitimised by the vote of peoples and
the rights of nationalities? There lies the whole question.
By all means let the old, the written law, be modified ; but
then let the old law be replaced by the new law, the right
of nationalities; let populations be consulted before their
destiny is disposed of. Especially should they be
consulted before a fraction of the Scandinavian race
coupled with the Germanic Confederation. Before
rendering themselves guilty of this abuse of faros
and this violation d equity, the two great Ger-
man powers ought to think twice. They should sot
forget that there exists • penalty called the fez talionie.
If the Germanic Confederation should aggrandise hull to-
day in an unjust manner, and la defiance of treaties, it will
expose itself to reprisals, which will be all the more deserved
because the Confederation will have been the first to set an
example of the spirit of conquest. The moment that she
gives way to this spirit for her own benefit, why should it
not happen some day that others should give way to it to
her detriment ?

The Bourse was thinly attended to-day, and
business was heavy. Rents fell rie., and Credit
Mobilier l'ar. 50c.

A prosecution growing out of M. Isaac Peretre's
election in the Pyrine.es Orientalea is coming on
before the assize court of the Aude on Aug. 1, the
venue having been changed by the Court of Casea-
tion on the ground that there was too much excite-
ment in the department of the PyriiiWes Orientalea
for a fair trial to be Lad there. Ten prisonere, six
Dttranfistes and four Pereirisfes, are accused of
having taken part in serious election riots, wherein
two people were killed and two dangerously
wounded. Party spirit runs so high in relation
to this affair that when the prisoners were removed
to Carcassonne, it was thought expedient to send
them separately, and to take measures to prevent
their meeting even when under lock and key.
A terrible petroleum explosion occurred this
morning at a manufactory, No. 11, Rue de Poisson-
niers. Yesterday evening a workman broke a
bottle of petroleum oil in the cellar, and the con-
tents ran along the floor. This morning a hat
maker, who occupies a part of the same cellar, went
down to it with a lighted candle, and an explosion
at once took place. This, however, was not of a
very serious character, but the flames spreading to
a heap of coals and coke the house was soon on
fire, and a numberof bottles of petroleum bursting,
a second and very violent explosion occurred.
Two firemen, a eergent de ,idle, and ten other
persons were more or less seriously wounded. As
yet, however, no death is reported.