The Express.
London, England, 1863-02-14 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 14.

Tin whole aspect of Continental politics has
been totally changed within the space of a fort-
night. Never was there a fairer prospect of tran-
quillity than that which shone forth in January,
1863 ; so strong was the tendency to quiet, that
no provocation seemed likely to destroy it. The
King of Paussu's outrage upon the Constitution,
the French pressure upon Italy, the Suweir's
autocratic freak—events which would have been
serious under some circumstances, caused not more
than a ripple in the current of 1863. But all this
has been completely changed by the duration and
gravity of the Polish insurrection. Previous to
that event the " parties of movement" in every
country had been forced to admit that the
present was no season for action. There pre-
vails annually, we know, through the unsettled
portion of Europe, a belief that something great and
wonderful is to take place in spring. It
is always given out:that discontented populations
are to rise at that season ; and, seldom as the
prophecy is fulfilled, there are whole populations
who live in expectation of it. For the present
year such announcements were too absurd to gain
credit. When suddenly a spark, which Russian
tyranny most wantcn'y struck forth, has calmed
an explosion in Poland which threatens to set fire
to the combustible matter heaped plentifully in
every country and every race around.
The effect in Germany has been electric. The
Duke of Skis Comma, who had at first been
gladdened by the prospect of leaving the scene of
German politics during the syncope of Prussia, felt
at ono, that no German, much less a liberal Prince,
could abandon the fortunes of his Fatherland.
The King of Peussia took the alarm, and, true
to the retrograde policy on which he has embarked,
went to consult, not his Chambers and his people,
in such a catastrophe, but the Russian autho-
rities. There has been, indeed, and still might be
under other circumstances, antagonism between
the Slavonic and Teutonic races on the Oder and
Vistula. But both are now indignant with their
despotic Monarch, who threatens nothing less than
prolonged servitude. Patriotic Germans will
never be brought to join in a war-shout
for maintaining the partition of Poland.
And them,' who are for nationality at home must

commence by recognising it abroad. The Biwa
has other sentiments, and will no doubt, in obe-
dience to them, concentrate his army in the
Eastern Provinces. All this opens a wide field for
the contingent and unforeseen, and at the same
time entails on the leaders of the German Union ,
duties which they cannot ignore. Meantime
Austria has mistimed an attitude by no
means hostile to the Polhill revolution.
Whatever Lord PAr.stenerow may say, Austria,
even the Austria of Merrszeicii, by no means
showed itself the foe of Polish regeneration. ,
Living under the shadow and the menace of
Russia, Austria, under any government or mi-
nister, must welcome so salutary a re-establish-
ment of the balance of power in the east of Eu-
rope as the restoration and reunion of Poland
can alone effect. The Court of Vienna might
not, indeed, be prepared to cede Galicia without a
territorial indemnity, which was far more easy to
point out and promise in 1831 than it is now.
But a resuscitated Poland, which would at once
relieve Austria from the pressure of Russia, and
deprive the Czaa for ever of the pretension of
being chief of the Slavonic race, and which would
at the same time separate Russia from Prussia,
and leave the latter power dwindled, disgraced,
and unpopular, would augment Austrian prepon•
deranee in a degree which would more than coun-
terbalance even the loss of Galicia.
The effect of a Polish revolution upon France
would, however, be far more serious than any
effects which it might have even on Austria and
Prussia. The sympathies of the French people
for Poland are far greater than any which
existed towards Italy. And to maintain the
Russian alliance, on condition of frowning upon
the efforts of the Poles, would beget an amount
of unpopularity in France, which, we may
be certain, the ENP/1101 will not face. The
ends for which France at first sought the
Russian alliance have been ►ttained. The
attitude of the Court of St. Petersburg
and of its army certainly aided Naroxaos in
his Italian campaign. But Russia, crippled as she
is and must be, could never, at least not for a

lifetime, render any efficient support to French
schemes of ambition whether upon the Rhine or in
the Levant. Such schemes, moreover, there is
every reason to believe, are for the present
abandoned.
There is but one power with which France
could take counsel in so weighty an affair, and
that is England. Downing-street, to be sure, can
be neither adventurous nor lavish. But its adhe-
sion to any great act of European policy is a tower
of strength. The opinion and something more
than the opinion of France and England united
might, for example, prevent the Court of Berlin
from rushing headlong into a contest which may
involve it, too, iu serious difficulties. And Austria
might receive from the same quarter encourage-
ment to persevere in the neutral attitude which it
has taken up. At all events the conditions of
the Treaty of Vienna ought to be invoked for
Poland, and Russia called upon in the name of
Europe to give up its system of oppression and
extirpation.

Tae loyal inhabitants of Regent-street are just
now on their mettle. Whatever these enterpris-
ing tradesmen take in hand they carry through
with spirit. Just now all their anxiety is to find
out how they may most suitably celebrate the
arrival of the Princess ALIXANDRA and her pas-
sage through the capital three weeks hence,
and we may be sure that nothing that taste can
devise or open-handed liberality execute will be
omitted. A meeting for this purpose was
held at St. James's-hall on Thursday, when the
important subject was seriously discussed. After
much deliberation as to the best way of express-
ing their zeal and attachment to the Royal house
they came to the conclusion that nothing leas than
devoting the handsomeststreet in London tothe pur-
pews of the day would meet the case. It was there-
fore resolved—" That the householders of Regent-
" street, being desirous of celebrating the arrival
" of her Royal Highness the Princess ALLWIDRA
" in a manner befitting the auspicious and joyful
" occasion, and in such form as shall at the same
" time present tangible proof of the warmth and
" cordiality of their greeting, unanimously resolve
"to use every exertion in their power to insure'
" the procession passing along Regent-street en
" route to Paddington, it being universally ac-
" knowledged to be the finest thoroughfare in the
" metropolis, and so eminently adapted for
" the purposes of • demonstration such
"as is contemplated by its inhabitants."
There can be no doubt that the loyalty of this pro-
ceeding will be highly appreciated in the proper
quarter ; but we fear that the wishes of the inha-
bitants of Regent-street cannot be gratified except
by an alteration of the arrangements for the worse.
According to the account we published yesterday,
the procession on leaving Trafalgar-square will
move along Pall-mall, ascend St. James's-street,
thence pass by Piccadilly to Hyde-park-corner, pass
through Hyde-park, leaving it by the Marble-I'W-,
for t►e Great Western Station. In the present
state of London it is a great recommendation of
this route that it is practicable. There is no
reason to fear that a cortate advancing by it would
suddenly find itself in an i,npasae, and be brought
to a full stop. Have the inhabitants of Regent-
street no misgivings about their own thoroughfare?
Can they look at that great, ugly encampment of
intercepting sewer contractors in the Oxford-street
Circus and say that they really have a decent
" thoroughfare " to offer?
There is another interest which those who have
the ordering of this procession were bound to con-
sider, and for which it seems to us they have very
fairly provided. The route recommended and the
route chosen pass alike under the windows and bal-
uonies of the sumptuous classes; but one of them far
sui passes the other in the facilßies it offers for a grand
demonstration of popular feeling and the gratifica-
tion of popular loyalty ; only one of them passes
through the Park. This is an important difference.
The good wishes for the Panama and her future
husband which will go up in the acclamations of
half a million of people as the Royal pair pass
from Hyde-park Corner to the Marble Arch will
be as sincere and unanimous as those which will

greet them in Pall-mall, and it k right that the
half million should be made parties to the public
welcome. Without them the reception of the
Panic-zee would not be complete. It is
proper, too, that the Princess AL/SANDRA should
have an opportunity of seeing what an English
popular demonstration is like, and with what
kind of people she has come to cast in her
lot. But, were the Regent-street route chosen,
the procemion through the Park must be given
up, and the Mumma would be welcomed by only
so many of the people as could be crammed into

Salford

the streets. For there, among other reasons, we
do not expect that Sir GEosoa ()sax will be able
to comply with the wishes of the inhabitants of

Regent:aireet, but realer that the latter, when the
various bearings of their proposal have been
pointed out, will acquiesce in the wisdom of the
present arrangements, and adapt theirloyal demon-
sttstion thereto.

Zbe Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE. Pa 13.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon,
atteeded by Lieut.• Colonel Du Plet. The Countess
Blather had the honour of accompiiiyieg her Itejedy.
The Priam and Princess Louie at Rem took a carriage
drive.

The Prime of Wales, attended by Lient.-Oenaral Racily'
sad Major Teesdale, left the Castle WI morning for Saver-
*aka where hie Royal Rightleal win remain for a few days
ea a visit to the Marquis sad Marebionees of Aileabary.

A deputation from Bristol in opposition to the
tiers Bill for the Improvement of the Navigationrtr.
Avon bed an interview with the Right Ron. T. Milner
Gibson and the Right Hon. W. Butt yesterday at the aloe
of the Board of Trade.

The Rigbi Bev. Dr. Collier bad an interview wish the
Duke of Newcastle yesterday. The Mayor of Quebec also
had an interview with his trace at the Colonial-office.
A deputation from the Warrington Union had an inter-
'View with the Right Hen. C. P. Yillien yesterday at the
Mks of the Poor-law Ward, Whitehall.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer arrived in town yester-
day from Bowden•perk.

Tim Pinto' or WALze.--lELAvitsmaxs, Wm*
Fn. 13.—This morning his Royal Highness the Prime. of
Weise and suite arrived here by special train on the Greet
Western Railway, on • vied to the Marquis of Ailesbery,
at &v.cuake Park. The noble marquis received his royal
highness on alighting from the kilo, and the Wilts yeo-
manry and • body of tile volatile= were on duty d the
station. Pings were boiskd es every available .pd, and
the greatest enthrals= was shown by the kegs seeembisse
of persons who had congregab d to give thePeince • hearty
reception into Wiltshire. His royal higher, left the eta
ties in a carriage and four. for Siverake Perk, where he
will be entertained until the early part of next week. This
expected that his royal highness will shoot with the mar
quis in the forest. and it is rumoured that he will Lamm
the reset of the Craven Hunt with his presence price to his
departure. Every demonstration al loyalty wee m•aifeeled
at Husgerford sad other points of the Prince's Jeurray,
along the Berth and Hants line. The train was under the
charge of Mr. Kelley, the chief asperlateadest e/ the Great
Western Railway.
His Royal highness the Prinoe of Wales, attended
by Major Teesdale, honoured the Photographic Exhibition.,
in Suffolk-street, with a visit no Thursday evening, and wee
mush pleased with the excellent and extensive collectlos of
pictographs exhibited.

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• No return received trees the Preston Union for this week.
The return given abo►e Is that of the previous week.
FREDH. PUB.DY, Statistical Department.
Poor•law Board, Feb. 19,1863.

The Mansion-house Committee held their weekly'.
meeting yeaterday ; W. Caron, Esq., preddrd, and
Messrs. Cotton, Morley, Armitage, Lyoett, Dilberoglue,
Barber, and Gibbs were present. Mr. Pickering. the cashier,
submitted his financial statement to the committee, from
which it appeared that during the week, 2,1271. had been
received from home, and 3,4181. from colonist and other re-
source*, making a total of 6,546/. The total sum received up
to Thursday night wee 434,0101. The applications for relief
were not so numerous as usual, and upon due coasideration
the committee made the following grants :—Dankhit and
Kaandey sewing chum, 1001. ; Hyde. 1,000/. ; Stalybesiss,
1.5001. ; Crompton, 2501. ; Blackburn, 2,0001. ; Oldham,
1,0201. ; Hawkshaw.lane, 501. ; Ribchester, 1001. ; Charles.
worth mewing clam. 251. ; Balderrtene, 401. ; Balm, 2501.
(for four weeks) ; Sealeshory, 504 u weeks) ; Newton
Heath, 2001. (for four weeks) ; West Houghton, 1001. ;
Hurst, 2001. ; Nearside, 751. ; Toelcholes, 301. ; Longton,
1001. ; Newchtush, 2001. ; making a total of 7,2901.