The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-05 00:00:00


THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 5, 1864.

one. Most foolish, indeed, it was, but some
follyia terrible, and this letter points plainly to
frightful evils which have always attended the growth
of the monastic system. The Archbishops of the
English Churchlatelyobeerred in their addressin aid
of Church work in the colonies and dependencies of
the British Crown, that our poor emigrants are
" carrying the contagion of our diseases and of
"our sins" into the most distant parts of the earth.
That is very sad if true. On the other hand, let
those Prelates look to it that their own clergy do
not, by establishing outlandish and unnatural insti-
tutions in this country, bring in foreign sins from
which we have been comparatively free. It is M.
Vii.i.e.ustu who observes that the monastic system
has produced a few great men, and a mighty host
of madmen. Unless it had produced some great
men—doctors, theologians, stateemen,laniPopea—it
could not have lasted so long as it has done ; but
its whole history is before the world, the balance of
its good and evil has been struck, and no amount
of individual eminence in a few of its members can
compensate for the fearful and fatal mischief with
which it continually menaces society.

trbt Court.

BALMORAL, Ocr. 1.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Lonige,
Prime Alfred, and Prince Leopold, drove to Co'Alston, end
returned by the Lion's Face.
Mr. Glade Woe Lad the honour of dining with her
Majesty and the Royal Family.

Oar. 2.

Divine Servioe was performed at the ensile by the 1t.,.
John McLeod in the promos of the Queen and the Royal
Family.

Princess Helene attended Divine Service at the Parish
Church of Crathis. The Rev. John McLeod oMciated.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-odic'
from the Governor of St. Helms.

MARRIAGE OP THE HON. ROSALIND STANLEY.

Yesterday the marriage of Mr. George James
Howard, only son of the Hon. Charles Howard, of Castle
Howard, Yorkshire, with the Hoe. Rosalind Frances Stan-
ley, youngest daughter of Lord Stanley of Alderley, was
solemnised at Alderley Church under the most felicitous
circumstanced'. There was a lame sod distinguished body of
visitors present to witness the ceremony, including Lordand
Lsdy Wensleydale, the Constar of Airlie, the Hon. Mrs.
Lowther, the Hon. Charles Howard, M.P., the Hoe. Frede-
rick Leveson Cower, M.P., Cob the Hon. J. C. Stanley, the
Hoe. Algernon Stanley, the Hon. William 0. Stanley, M.P.,
and Mrs. Stanley, Visceuet Amberley, Lieutenant A'Dease,
R.N., the Mimes Stanley, the Hoe. Mrs. Scott, Ac., ka
The ceremony was performed by the Very Rev. the Dean of
Westminster (Dr. Stanley). The bride was led to the altar
by her father, Lord Stanley. The was accompanied by eight
bridesmaids, viz., the Hon. Mande Stanley, the Hon. Rate
Stanley, Lady Clementine Ogilvy, Lady Blanche Ogilvy,
the Hon. Constance A'Deane, Miss Scott, Miss Scott,
and Miss Lowther, all uniformly arrayed in white
muslin with blue trimmings. Fall choral service
was performed and, after the signing of the register, the
bridal party returned to the mansion at Alderley Park.
where a sumptuous dijettner d la fourchdte was partaken
of, and is the afternoon the new wedded couple left amid
the felicitations of the wedding guests and a large body of
the tenants and others for Chelford station, whence •
special train conveyed them to Crewe, en route for
Nsworth Castle, Cumberland, and thence to Scotland,
where they will spend the honeymoon. The numerous
wedding presage that have been made to the bride were
of the moat' costly description. Au entertainment to the
tenantry in the evening terminated the nuptial rejoicing..

Prince Arthur was rowed from Bingen to Ca
bleus on the 27th ult. in au open boat. The Hersilitaly
Prises of Meeklwbneq•Sttelits travelled with hie youthful
royal hiehneer.

The Dnke of Cambridge is expected to arrive at
Portsmouth as the 17th or 18th MM., ou his manual visit of
inspection.

The Duke and Duchess of Argyll and family are
passing the sutures at Inverary Castle, Argyllshire.
The Duke of Somerset, with several Lords of the
Admiralty, has left the Hotel Mirabeen, Paris, for Malta.
The Earl and Countess Russell and the Ladies
Russell are expected to leave North Berwick, near Elio-
beret, this mortar'', on their return to the south, and
will arrive at Pembroke Lodge, Richmond-park, on Fri-
day nest.

The Countess of Hardw•icke and Lady Agneta
Yorke, who arrived in town on Monday from Sidney Lodge,
near Southampton, in order to attend the nuptisla of the
counter's oleos, leave to-day on their return to the lodge,
where the noble earl is staying.
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The Earl Cowper is entertaining a shooting party
at Glenmoristoo, is Inverness-shire. The noble earl is ex-
pected to lease Scotland the week after next for Panshanger,
his seat neer Hertford.

The Countess (Dowager) of Westmorland and
Lady Rom Face arrived at their residenoe in Portman-
spare on Monday from a tour in Germany.

The Right Hon. Edward Horsinan, M.P., and
Sir John lisinsden, M.P., are rupseted shortly to leave
Gleafechie, their shootiag-t ,x Invernese-ektro, on their
was to Yorkshire.

Mr. Bright is staying at Aberystwith, North
Wale*.

Mr. Lytton, only son of the Right Hon. Sir
Edward Boleer Lytton, Rut., M.P., and Miss E. Villiers,
daughter of the Hos. Mrs. Edward Villiers, and niece at
the Earl of Clarendon, LG., were married yesterday, at St.
Paul's Church, Knightsbridge. The Hoe. sad Rev. Robert
Liddell, assisted by the Hoo. and Rev. Arthur Cbeterynd
Talbot, pe, formed the ceremony, in the presence of a large
family circle, ieeludieg the Right 800. C. P. Villiers, the
Right Hon. Sir Edward B. Lytton, Hoo. Km Villiers, Mr.
Villiers, the Counties of Hardwick.) and Lerly Agoeta
Yorke, Sir Andrew Buchanan, Hon. Captain and lady Con_
stance Stanley, he. After the wedding breakfast at tle
Hop. Bre reeideoes at Rutland-gate, the newly
married couple left town for the Earl of Clarendon seat,
sear Watford.

An unfinished letter, written by Speke to a friend
the day before his death, has been published. In it be
says :—" I have great fears about the fate of Baker. Re
ordered Petherick to place a boat for him at Gondokoro
this and lest year. The boat was there, and the men with
whom Baker west into the interior must have returned to
the p ,rt, else we could not have heard of Baker's hating
gone to Unyoro. This being necessarily the mark, how is it
that Baker did not send aline by them to Petherick, unless
some foul play can answer the question There is no richer
land in the world than the equatorial regions, and nothing
more of importance to the interests of Egypt, as well as oar
own merchants, than that of opening up these lands to legi-
timate commerce."

The Bth company of Royal Engineers, which is
shortly expected to arrive at heal-quarters, Chatham. from
China, is ordered. on joining the Royal Engineer establish-
ment, to be raised to its proper strength of 120 men of an
ranks, its present numbers being only abate 40 non-com-
missioned officers and men. The amorally has been in
China a great number of years, having been despatched
from England at the commenc:msot of the China war.
Sioce its absence it has lost folly two-thirds of it. number
from death or other cesualtier. It will be augmented to
its fall number from the de, A' clmp this+ at headquarters.
After the ball given a few evenings ago at Stock-
holm, at which the Prince an I Princess of Wales were pre-
sent, after the usual dances of ceremony, a e,.tillon, intro-
duciag *even' figures of novelty, was executed. Imme.
diately prior to one of the changes of time and measure one
of the Queen Dowager's chamberlain, entered within the
circle of dancers Lad promoted to each is tarn • large
satin pincushion, from which every lady or geotleinan. if so
minded, withdrew a miniature deg, the nationalities repre-
sented being Swedish, Danish, and Esglisb. No pulttioal
signifies's.)e whatever attached to the ploallon, as it was
called ; it was merely taken oat of the cubicle and pre-
sented on the next favourable opportunity to the lady or
gentleman, as the case might b., with whom the presenter
wished to dame, as as indimtion of that desire ; immedi-
ately after circling the room ones a return was made to
thine. original partners. Invitations of this nature might be
lathed rod Milan while the cot Won lasted, and several
ladies or gentlemen whose dancing appeared to be in re-
quest had quite an array of these miniature ensigns before
it concluded.

ifiXPRRSB FROM PARIS.

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PARI3. TOZSDAY EV/21ING.

It is now certain that Prince Humbert will not
" assist" at the Compiegne fates, which the French
journals stated only a few days ago were to be given
specially "in his honour." He leaves Paris for
Turin to-morrow. The Emperor yesterday paid
him a visit of ceremony at the Palais Royal, where
the prince is staying with his sister, the Princess
Clothilde, and Prince Napoleon. In the evening
the Emperor went to the Opera to see the first
representation of Roland d Ronceraur, and Prince
Humbert sat by his aide in the imperial box. I
am unable to explain the reason for the prince's
short stay in Paris after the arrangements which
were certainly made for his reception at Compiegne.
Some people see connexion between his departure
and the return of the Empress. At all events, as
a matter of fact, they will not meet, and the
Empress a:11 be relieved from the embarrassment
of accounting to her confessor for civilities paid to
the youth who stands a great chance of sitting upon
the Pope's tbrone.
The Pays has the hudihood to assert that
Count de Sartiges has had two interviews with the
Pope and Cardinal Antonelli on the subject of the
convention, and that the French minister is "very
well satisfied with the sentiments expressed by the
Pope and his minister." I utterly disbelieve this
news, which, to use an expressive French idiom, is
not "in the situation." The Pays does not, more-
over, venture to question the accuracy of the ver-
sion of the Pope's answer to M. Drouyn de
Lbuys' despatch published by the Gazette de
France. It is impossible for the Pope to be
satisfied with a convention which is founded, as
M. Drouyn de Limp tells bim, upon the radical
"incompatibility between the principles of the
Roman government and those of which the French
government is the representative." The clerical
journals of Paris, the Monde, the Union, and the
Gazette de France, are all terrorstruck by M.
Drouyn de Lbuys' despatch. They express their
indignation, as far as they due, after the warning
given to the Chmnique de l'Ouest for "distorting
the policy of the Emperor." The France and Consti-
tutionnel are the only journals which do not
regard the convention as essentially unfavourable
to the temporal power.
Baron de Talleyrand Perigord, the French envoy
at Berlin, is about to be appointed ambassador at
St. Petersburg, in place of the Duke de Montebello,
who, for "family reasons," as it is stated, cannot
return to Russia.

Letters from Morocco, dated Sept. 27, announce
that the Emperor of Morocco is shortly expected
at Rabat. They state gravely that after a great
victory gained by his Majesty over Cie rebellions
tribes the beads of the ringleaders were cut off
and " salted," and then sent to Fez to be ex-
hibited as trophies.
The Pays says that, without being able to men-
tion the exact day on which the convention of Sept.
15 was communicated to the Court of Vienna, it is
now able to state that that communication is a fait
accompli.
It is recorded that the Imperial Prince took his
first pianoforte lesson yesterday.
The marriage of Miss Slidell with M. Erlanger
was celebrated this morning with great pomp at the
church of St. Pierre, in the Rue Chaillot. The
witnesses for M. Erlanger were M. Mocquard, the
Emperor's private secretary, and the Marquis de
Beaumont ; Mr. Mason, the Confederate repre-
sentative in London, and Mr. Corbyn, a well-
known American resident in Paris, and who is
allied by marriage with several French families,
were the witnesses for Miss Slidell. Several mem-
bers of the corps diplomatique and a great many
Confederate officers in uniform were among the
company.

The Boone is very heavy, but there is no marked
change in quotations since Saturday.

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ST. J.iiits's PALAce, Oc-r I.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint Elisabeth Jane, Lady Waterpark,
to be ans of her Majesty's ladies of the bedchamber in
ordin►ry, in the room of Elimbeth Loch Countess of
Dmitri, resigned.

FOREIGN-OFFICE, OCT. 4. —The Queen has been
pleased to approve of Doe Medan Talhida y Bsges u Coned
et Bombay for her ldspusty the Queen of `Spun.
WHITLIILLL, Orr. I.—The Queen has been
pleay..l to present the Rev. Kenneth Mackenzie to the
church and parish of Kieloehbervie. in the presbytery of
Tongue. and county of Sutherland, vacant by the resignation
of the Rev. William Grant.

REVIEW AT ALDELKHOT.—The review season
at Aldershot was brought to a elm yesterday by ao in-
spectiou by the Duke of Cambridge, Field•Marvhal Com-
! ausedisg-in-Chief, of the whole of the troops at that
'tattoo. It was intended to have had a brilliant 6eld day
after the march past and inspection, but the dust drives by
• piercing easterly wind prevented its taking place.
DEATH HP GENERAL REEVE.—We have to record
the death of General John Reeve, colonel of the 61st Regi-
ment of Foot, which took place on Sunday morning, at his
seat in Lineolordiire, at an advanced age. He survived has
wife, Lady Susan, youngest daughter of Philip, fifth Earl of
Harborough. only a few weeks, her ladyship having died
on the 3rd of last month. The venerable general entered
the army 64 years ago, as assign is the Greeadier Gouda.
Re served with thatregiment in Sicily in 1806 and 1807, Sir
John Roore's campaign in 1898 and 1609, and was
present at the battle of Coronae ; be with the expedition
to Walcherea In 1809: went to Cadiz in 1811, and
remained in the Peninsula until the begisning of
1814 ; he was likewise preseatat the pares" of the Bides-
roe, battles of the Nivea" and Nice ; be served also io the
campaign of 1815, including the battles of Qoatre Bras end
Waterloo. ',forming of Peronne, sad capture of Para. Re-
mained with the army of occupation until its return to
England in 1818. He bad received the war medal with three
deem The commiegions of the late general bore date as
follow.: Oct. 41, 18t0; lieutenant and captain,
April 11, 1805; captain and liouteaant-colooel, Dec.2s,
1813 ; colonel, July 22. 1830; major-geuetal, Nov, 23, 1841 ;
lieutenant-general, Nov. 11, 1851; tied gnaws!, Dec. 7,
1859. He was appointed colonel of the 61st (the South
Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot, Oct. 11, 18fd, which
becomes at the disposal of the Dues of C,ambridge..a is
the third, caloasicy which has become mast within a few
week..

THE TRAGEDY HEAR WINDSOR.-(THIS DAY.)

WINDSOR, WIEDSZIDAT, NOON.
This morning another victim was added to the
list, the eldest girl having died from the effects of the vitriol
administered to her by her father. The little girl whose
throat was cot and who is now lying at the Windsor In-
firmary is gradually improving, and if erysipelas or inflam-
mation does not set in, will very likely recover, and be
able to tell the dreadful 0067.
l)m. Pearl, Gooch, and SMmell proceeded this morning
to Old Windsor for the purpose of making a post mortem
examination of she body of the murderer, the result proving
that Cook died from the effects of sulphuric acid or vitrioL
He had also cut his throat in two places.