The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 2, 1862.

fortable. The question of identity ought to be
set at rest by a system of registration as cheap
and accessible as a transfer share list. There are
a hundred names now in our " Directory " which
no man could follow into a drawing-room ; and a
thousand which are never uttered without
a laugh or a titter. A host of titles seem to have
been framed for no other purpose than to afford
an easy theme for jokes, and to keep alive a few
puns which have descended from the Deluge. We
have no wish to deprive the world of any whole-
some food for wit, but jokes upon surnames tasted
stale even in the days of Jos Miu.r.s. Many
names that were once fit for gods are now hardly
wearable for dustmen, and it is foolish for any man
to sit under them for a single moment A nick•
name has no right to live beyond the life of its
owner, and yet we see it transmitted to the twen-
tieth generation. A sturdy giant, who thrashed
half a village, or who threw a skittle-ball over a
church steeple, was probably called " Stronginthe-
" arm," in a moment of beery hilarity. As Strong-
inthearm he lived, as Stronginthearm he was
buried, but the name, unfortunately, was not
buried with him. It was transmitted, perhaps
through a consumptive race, until it reached a
feeble dwarf, who could hardly cross a bridge on a
windy day in safety. To call such a mannikin as
this by such a title is a cruel mockery, and bath
reason and humanity demand a change of title.

The influence of names on occupations is another
reason for the utmost freedom in exchanging titles.
We never hear of " Mr. Twopenny," " Mr.
" Candle," or " Mr. Kitchen " as great states-
men or great orators—not, probably, because they
are deficient in the impudence and talent necessary
to make such distinguished men, but because they
are smothered by their names. No amount of
energy can pull against many names, which must
have been invented to keep their owners in obscu-
rity. No amount of natural genius can pull against
many other names which have been owned by men
who are the world's idols. A poet had better be
born as Master Twopenny than as Master Milton,
if he wishes to make his mark ; and the greatest
painter would hardly succeed in his art if his name
happened to be Titian. "Michael Angelo Titmsrsh"
would do better as a sculptor than "Mr.
" Chantrey," because ho could drop the first two
names and work down the absurdity of the last.
A bad name is like a tin kettle tied to the tail of a
hapless dog, and the law, like a good Samaritan,
should relieve the animal cheerfully.

•
AMERICA.
(Par City of Baltimore.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 21, Brum.
The Fedorala have occupied the north side of the
Rappahannock. The Confederates occupy the
south aide, and are occupying the positions lately
evacuated by the Federal'. The Confederates also
are making movements in the neighbourhood of
Harper's Ferry.
The New York Herald expresses doubts of suc-
cess resulting from the change of the base of opera-
tions, andthinksthat in efforts tocapture Richmond
care should be taken to prevent Washington falling
into the hands of the Confederates.
The roads in Virginia are in bad condition, owing
to the recent rains.
General M'Clellan has arrived at New York. He
was serenaded at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and made
an unimportant speech to a large concourse of
people, amid much enthusiasm.
The steamer California, with a cargo of cotton
from Mobile, has been captured by Federal cruisers.
The steamer Kate has arrived at Nassau with a
cargo of cotton.
The Persia and the Teutonia have arrived out.
COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21, EVENING.
Money tighter. Gold, 30i. Exchange, 144 i.
Stocks dull. New York Centrals, 1021 ; Illinois,
774 ; Erio, 61t. Cotton steady. Middling Up-
land, 69c. Flour, wheat, and corn, slightly firmer.
Provisions steady. Coffee and sugar quiet•
Molasses very firm.

MEXICO.

NEW YORK, Nov. 22.

Advicee received here from Vera Cruz to the
Ist (0 Nov. state that General Forey had arrived
at Orizaba. 14,000 French troops had landed at
Vera Cruz. The Mexican Congress assembled on
the 20th of October. The message delivered by
President Juarez on the occasion was very defiant
`in tone. _ .

The New York Times thinks that it is of the
greatest consequence to the Federal cause that the
French should be expelled from Mexico.

THE CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.

SOUTHAMPTON, Dic. 2.

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Ceylon, with the heavy portion of the above
mails, has arrived here. She brings 54 passengers
and a general cargo, including raw silk, valued at
170,000/.
She left Gibraltar on the 27th ult., and expe-
rienced rough weather throughout the passage.
The Pera left Gibraltar for the East on the 25th.
A violent south-westerly gale passed off the RA•ck
of Gibraltar on the 24th. The British barque May
Catherine was driven ashore.
Exchange on Loudon at Gibraltar, 90 days, g.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(MOM 01311 OWN COIRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, MONDAY EVILVING.

The resignation of M. Rattazzi rests upon no other
evidence than a telegram stating the news as being
announced by the Italic. The France, however,
believes the statement and laments it. In an
angry article, it says that with M. Rattazzi will go
the " wise and moderate" policy which corre-
sponded to the views held in France. The "party
of action" will now cherish new hopes ; but its
victory will only the more " demonstrate its impo-
tence." Garibaldi's programme, if it becomes offi-
cially that of the Italian parliament, will " arouse
the conservative interests of Europe and the national
sentiment of France." The France sees au index of
the situation in the offer of the ministry to the Marquis
de Torrearsa, who it says is a statesman " entirely
devoted to English policy." There is happily
ground for believing that the serious policy of the
Emperor is very many shades less warlike and um-
brageous than that of the France. It is not won-
derful that the Italian chamber should have with-
' drawn its confidence from Rattazzi on this simple
ground—that before Aspromonte he represented
Garibaldi as the sole obstacle to Italian unity, and
now he is not able to hold out the ghost of a pro-
mise at any date short or long. The defeat of
Garibaldi was the signal for increased harshness on
the part of France, which Rattazzi, who puts his
trust iu France, has no means of mitigating.
The Prase, in whose bureaux a revolution has
long been brewing, announces to-day that the fol-
lowing redocteurs (being, in point of fact, the whole
political staff of the journal) have resigned :—A.
Peyrat, Elias Regnault, E. D. Forgues, Jules Juif,
Gustave Ile:quet, Ad. Gaiffe. These men were all
good liberal soldiers, and it is much to be feared
that they will not be efficiently replaced. There is
a talk of M. E.de Girardiu resuming the direction of
the Prone, of which he was the founder ; but a let-
ter of his, in allusion to the rumour, addressed to
the Gironde, leaves the question in studied ob-
scurity. He laments that the press is no longer a
power, and seems to intimate that if ho returns to
it he will have little heart or spirit in the enter-
prise.
The Temps' list of subscriptions for Rosalie
Garlin contains the names of Borryer and Monta-
lembert, each for 20fr., and now amounts t04,378fr.
Louis Blanc sends a subscription from London.
At the Bourse there was considerable fluctua-
tion, the Route, which opened feebly, having been
quoted as low as 69fr. 95c. There was a recovery
for the close, and the latest prices were 70fr. for
cash, and 70fr. Isc. for account, being a fall in the
first case of 15c., and a rise of sc. in the latter.
Mobilier rose 13fr. 75c. The Italian Loan was
affected by the rumours of Rattazzi's resignation,
and fell 15c. Railways were lower ; Southern fell
71r. 50e., and Orleans sfr.
Professor Ntqaton, in a late clinical lecture, made
some interesting observations on the case of Gene-
ral Garibaldi, with reference to the methods he had
adopted to sot at rest the question so long agitated
as to the presence of the projectile which had in-
flicted the wound. M. Ndlaton on his first visit
had fully convinced himself that the ball was still
in the wound, and at what distance from its surface.
I Percussion with au exploring instrument gave out a
dull heavy sound, very different from the clear
thin sound which would have been produced had
the body been simply a necrosetl portion of bone.
Ou returning to Paris, M. N4laton looked, however,
for some means of equally convincing others. He
had contrived a sonde with a roughened extremity,
like a file, which by a slight rotary movement
would be capable of removing some particles of the
body it came in contact with. This contrivance
was, however, superseded by another it consisted
of a sonde with its termination in a small olive-
shaped body, made of white unvarnished porcelain,
and capable of receiving, from a metallic body
like lead, a stain which would nut be easily effaced.
This instrument was forwarded to M. Zanotti,
and it was in that way that the professor and his
colleagues fully convinced themselves that M.
Stilaton's opinion was well founded ; and by
adopting the method which that gentleman had
proposed, of gradual dilatation, they bad at last
happily succeeded in removing the projectile.

THE BISHOP OF LONDON'S VISITATION.
(THIS DAY.)

This morning the Bishop of London met the
mumbled clergy of his diocese at St. Paul's Cathedral foe
the purpose of delivering to them his charge. The formal
business of the visitation her occupied several days, and to-
day will bring the proceedings to a close.
On the arrival of the Bishop at the cathedral a procession
was formed at the great west entrance in the following
order:—Verger, Choristen and Vicars Choral, Minor
Canons, Honorary Prebendaries of the cathedral, the
Dean, Canons Reaidentiary, the Mace-bearer, the
Bishop, the Archdeacons of London and Middle-
sex, the Bishop's two Examining Chaplains, the Rev-
Profeasor Stanley, D.D., Canon of Christ Church, Oxford,
and the Rev. Professor Lightfoot, M.A., Fellow of Trinity
College, Cambridge ; the Rev. F. Garden, ILA., Sub-Dean
of St. James's and her Majesty's other Royal Chapels (of
which the Bishop is Dean), and the Rev. W. C. Lake,
M.A., the Preacher in residence at her Majesty's Chapel
Royal, Whitehall ; the Bishop's six other Chaplains
—namely, the Rev. Edward Parry, M.A., Rector of
Acton, Middlesex ; the Rev. F. G. Blomfield, M.A.,
Rector of Si. Andrew Underehaft, City ; the Rev.
A. R. Campbell, ILA., Rector of Aston, Yorkshire; the'
Rev. W. H. Fremantle,Pf. A., Fellow of All Soul's, Oxford;
the Rev. William Knight, M.A., the Rev. Albert W
Sitwell, M.A.—the Worahipful Dr. Travers Twiss, Chancellor
of the diocese ; the bishop's principal registrar, Mr. J.
Shepherd ; his legal secretary and registrar, Mr. J. B. Lee ;
his private secretary, Mr. J. Huard, and other officials
both clerical and lay.
There was a choral service, and at its close the bishop took
his seat in the chancel, and proceeded to the delivery of

His lordship said that God had granted them to meet
again, after four years, for another solemn scrutiny. They
did well in joining in the Holy Communion and the other
services of the week, to ask Him that He would deepen
their sense of responsibility, for it was indeed a great trust
which He had committed to them, and inestimably im-
portant were the issues which hung upon their faithfulness.
A visitation put to each of them these questions—Art thou
faithful? Where are thy failures! How cant thou im-
prove! Many things conspired to give solemnity to their
meeting at the close of this year. They began the year
with a public mourning such as England never knew before.
Agitated with apprehensions of a coming war, the nation
then felt in its heart the loss of the Wihth and good, and
loving counsellor to whom our Queen, from her early youth
awned', had looked for rapport in every trial. We
had indeed through God's mercy been saved from war, but
we were looking forward now for a vast multitude of our
people to dreary months of famine and its attendant sick-
ness. Again iu our distress we felt the loss of him who was
to aid our Queen in promoting the people's good and alle-
viating their sufferings. All men of Christian thoughts
throughout the nation saw in these things the hand of God,
and remembered bow near they were to him. Our church
too at this time, following its loved primate to his honoured
grave while it entered a new period, to be noted by a new
name, had been reminded bow the years of its probation
hastened to a close, and learned to look upwards in all
changes to Him for whose coming it is waiting. The diffi-
culties with which our church had to contend were more or
less the same in all ages' but they were
,modified by the
varying circumstances of each generation. Some of these
difficulties bad become more, some less prominent and
alarming, even during the short time which had elapsed since
their last quadrennial meeting. Our church—an established
church in close oonnexion with the state—a true portion of
the catholic church of Christ, holding fast by the unchanging
everlasting gospel , connecting itself through the hallowed
associations of 1,800 years, with Christ's saints of all ages
and countries up to the apostles, clinging to the oldest
forms of worship and of government, and yet protesting
against errors with which for centuries before the reforma-
tion the church was clouded, bad committed to it by God
in the middle of the Eith century, in an inquisitive and reek-
lase age, the difficult task of gathering together, fostering,
developing, restraining, and guiding the Christian feelings and
thoughts and energetic life of many millions of intelligent
Englishmen, impatient of political, and still more of
ecclesiastical control, and that not in these densely popu-
lated islands only. but in colonies spread over the habitable
globe. Now perhaps they would best appreciate the mo-
mentous task which lay before the church if they consi-
dered its present difficulties under three of the several heads
which might suggest themselves. I. The difficulties that
spring from that unrestrained spirit of free in-
quiry which claimed the right to sift and test
all theories, and bowed to no authority, however venerable,
which could not make good by argument its claim on our
allegiance. 2. The difficulties which beset an established
church standing side by side with other religious bodies
in an age of perfect toleration, when every collection of
men was perfectly free, so far as the law of the state is
concerned, to form a communion of its own, to believe
what it pleased, and worship God as it willed. 3. The
difficulties which spring from an ever-growing population.
rendering it scarcely possible for the church's machinery,
keeping pace with the progress of the nation, to meet
men's wants as quickly as they arise. (In dealing
with these branches his lordship said he did look much to
legal prosecutions„ and the courts of the church's judica-
ture, teethe preservation of orthodoxy in the clergy, and
that a wise son of the church of England would be very
jealous of every sort of prosecution for opinion unless de-
minded by some overwhelming and inevitable necessity.
He also stated that even as to the declarations which the
law of the land required to be made at ordination, he should
be ready himself, even now, in spite of all temporary
alarm as to unsound opinions, to relax rather
than to tighten the bond. He held that in the
question of guesting the threshold of the ministry, as
elsewhere in dealing with the difficulties of an inquisitive
w, the generous, confiding policy was the most Christian.
Fie doubted whether these was any reasonable ground for
believing that we should conciliate more than they would
alienate by liturgical changes. He strongly urged upon the
clergy a consideration of the efforts now wisely making to
enlist the laity more than hitherto in some definite work
for the church.) There remained onaunpleasant cause of
disagreement between churchmen and separatists which
must not be passed over in silence. In his last
charge he intimated that the then government was
likely to propose some measure for the settlement of the
question of church-rates. That measure was not accepted.
Four years had passed, and the question of church-rates was
still unsettled. He gratefully recognised, indeed, the
signs of a change in public opinion as evidenoed by the
changed votes of the House of Commons on this subject. He
felt grateful for the efforts of those who hail roused the
nation to look at this question in a truer light. He believed
that there had been great exaggeration as to the irritation
caused by church-rate contests—nt least as they
were now conducted. What could be fairer than that
the question should be referred to the whole pariah, and
that the majority should decide! It was the general cha-
racteristic of Englishmen to make a bold fight for what
they wished, and when fairly outvoted, to retire before
the majority in tolerably good humour, all the better pleased
for having had the opportunity of freely speaking their
mind while the contest lasted. He did not believe that
church-rate contests were now any exception to this rule.
Nevertheless, there were many difficulties connected with
church rates as they at present stood, which were cal-
culated to keep up much irritation. Many rejoiced
that the question had not been settled hitherto
while the cry was strong against church rates,
and while the church, being apparently weak in the
legislature, was ready to accept a compromise. He could
not quite share in that feeling. From the way, indeed, in
which both churchmen and dissenter., if he might venture
to say so, played with this question, it would seem as if the
grievance was not great. Tie one party almost seemed to
rejoice its the privilege of objecting to the impost as their
last remaining grievance, the other to cling to the
right of imposing it, even where the right
had become merely nominal, as a proof that the old state
of things was not entirely gone. Meanwhile be believed
that in many iJSULDCIIII grave evils followed. Certainly
within the church there was much dissatisfaction and in.
justice, especially iu roma, while many pariah churches
were ill-cared for because they had nominally a legal
right to be supported out of public funds which were
refused by a vote of the vestry, and the existaice of the
public right stopped the supplies of individual !lbs.
/laity. District churches had suffered under the anomaly
' of their congregations being at ono, chargeable to the rates of
some distant mother church, and having out of their private
funds to support their own church, while in • large number
of the churches at least of this metropolis the main support
of the fabric and services came virtually from the pockets of
the clergy, very ill endowed and overburdened already by
the claims of a hundred charities. These were evils arising
from the present unsettled state of the church rate
question within the church. His lordship proceeded
to speak of the criticism which had lately been passed on
preaching. It would require a sound discretion to decide, on
reference both to their own rhetorical powers and the par-
ticular nature of the congregations they from time to time
addressed, Low they should best approach them with that
earnestness, point, and fullness of statement and illustra-
tion, and yet condensed force of words, which went to make
up a really good sermon, whether on each varying occasion
they would be most likely to arrest the attention, touch
the heart, instruct the judgment, and control the will by a
freely spoken or a carefully written discourse. A really
good preacher most, he thought, be equal to both tasks.
The bishop brought his charge to a close by some practical
remarks on confirmation and clerical work generally.

Scarrisii HOSPITAL—Let evening the St.
Andrew's-day anniversary festival of this excellent charity
was celebrated at the Freenneons' Tavern ; Sir John
Hernia ilexwell, Bart., in the chair. There was a large
company present, amoopt whom were Sir W. Stirling, Dr.
Cumming, Professor Kerr, Dr. Thomson, Dr. Webster, Dr.
Allmon, Professor Donaldson, David Roberta, ILL, &o.
The room wu tastefully &worded with the banners of
the different Scottish clans. The sabeariptions amennted
to seer 6601.