The Express.
London, England, 1864-02-11 00:00:00

TO Till ZDITOI OP PUP 117,1111611.

Silt,—My confidence in your 1100,80 of justiOe
trade me to believe that you will allow sae a little space is
the columns of your widely-circulated journal to say a few
words is arrest of the rash sad cruel judgments which some
of your eootemporariem have expend co the subject of
the lamentable oatartemniss at Santiago. I► is scone little
income for this ordaining that many the torrativor of
the noidast which 'have COMO hem lin beadiparleen mu
worded in a most inflammatory style. Yet I canon help
thinking that if these soconota had,bees calmly *remised,
is oonnexioo with others of a more trustworthy chancier,
they could sever have beak received se the meal audible
testimonies as the subject. Some of the staboomole
assumed as imostrover table have bees °outranked by the
very journal, which have adoseced them ; others we proved
to be untrue by asthmatic prints Whin ; while others are
at variance with plain biannual feet.
I. the last of than dames may be ;mentioned the false-
hood which involves the Jesuits is the odium of the
calamity. Everyone who is even moderately acquainted
with; the resist history et the Church is aware that
the Jesuits were expelled from South America townie t►e
mid of the lest cookery, and have sever slam retuned to
that country. It is true that the church of the Companie
was built by the Aitken of that Society, but has long
pureed into other heeds, sad it le just ►bout as trim to cow-
nest the recent saddest with the Jesuits, as it would be to
make the Catholics responsible for the bursting of York
Looter by John Xenia.
2. It has been niennely maid that tie priests of the
church cloned the misty door in order to save their valu-
ables, and so blocked up use of the news of epees from
the terrified navigation This statromot is distinctly
denied by a French newspaper of authority (Journal des
Ville, et des Campagnso 1, sad as main are gives, I suppose
truly denied. It is there stated that, so far tram the sacristy
door Wag nosed, "pioneers perplexes" escaped from the
thumb through it.
It is also slated (sad the name given), that the church
valuables were sok rood by the potato, but by a yoga' lay.
man named Guevara.

But, *pais, what caa be more absurd theta to treat the
church property as if it had been the private property of
the priests, end to charge them with Wishbone because
they were ooscorsed about it ! To my path* of the fast
that every Catholic church contains what is more precious
to Catholics than their own lives—the Blessed Sacrasseat,
in which they believe their Saviour to be present.
However, the priests of Santiago, sa it appeers, had no
time to shish of saving saythieg ; for one of the two who
were alooe in the church perished almost immediately is
the flames, and the other was takes out of the church in a
fainting M.
Again, oo stress has been laid os the admitted fact that
the Archbishop and all his clergy came to the church on
hawing of the firs, and passed the eight is it, doing what
little they coold to alleviate the calamity.
Much "capital" in the way of ribaldry sad profaneness
W been made out of the " Virgia's Post.ollloa," and nee
paper bee unblushingly stated, is as asthority whatever,
that this arrangement had boa made is order to enable
confessions to be conveyed to the priori of a character unfit
for oral eommusiostios. This is a simple fiction. The

letter box in gingko's wee simply a means of eeablieg
Catholics to oak favours of Heaven through the isteromeion
of Our Lord's Mother— a practice which Protestants may
(object to, if they please, but which is something as differeat
as pcesible from that supposed, of coaveying unutterable
coofeeMoes by letter.
The 'sly charge which ean even oolonfably be brought
against the imitate is that of an extreme and culpable want
of prudence and foresight in allowing their church to be eo
arranged and adented as to make such • eciudepstion pee.
bable. But we all know how often even careful persons are
guilty of each isdiscnstioas when they have been habitually
practised with impunity. Moreover, if, as i geserallr
admitted, it wee not the priests of the church themselves
who actually made the arrangements, but • stranger to whom
they had unwisely consigned them, their responsibility,
though not removed, is undoubtedly diminished.-1 am, he.,
St. John's, liiagba, 7. CANON OAKELEY.
Feb. 10.

GALLsaY or Itismrsartor.—Mr. Reed's charm-
' isi opera di Omer Joy loon, orspord byKr.o..t.Meafr
too, from which we eo grinatted riper, comes her to as
seam oo Saturday evening out, but for "aer nigh/
the eragemeets of the company to a proviadal town for-
kiddie, a farther Freres d reappearsaos. The agargos
and comsat inquires at the hogrlke of the Gary lead
to the expunger* of a crowded room. This reprerentatioa,
however, of Jassy Leo does not displuelthe new Anis.
:Veatarriameet, marled The Pyramid, which will
est Rate day narrisi real.
0111.11111 or 7111 Remora:a—We have antho• I
I:ty fur drag that the Azolabishop of Osaterbray_has ,
week moire* from Sir°. Grey se same, from bar li•~11
C=rto the sidrres prorated to her by the=
oorocatioa, pray* for the sabdrielos
die sr of Bastes, sad the entre of a sr in Oarews/1.
The gowerarger decline to rearguard the repami, as the
ground that Wart dimmer would make sires: applications.
red that the rgevo,eennmeat are not disposed to sought.' the
ram! q of as Warm of the epheopate.--
Grardre.
ROYAL Fur HOIIITITAX,
saber of priers relieved at this bar tal dare the week
sedan Feb, 8 was 3,398, of which 1,108 wire asw err

Money tight Gold, 57. Exchange on London,
171} ;on Paris, 3.20. Stocks steady ; New York
Central, 1371 ; Illinois, 127 ; Erie, 1011 Crude
petroleum, 29 to 29} ; refined, 48 to 47.

THE WAR IN BLEBWIG.
ALTONA, Fn. 10, NOM.
News from the seat of war is still very vague.
Communication by railroad with Flensburg has not
yet been re-established. It appears only certain
that a portion of the Danish army, instead of re-
treating to Alien, has marched further north, pur-
sued by the allies. The Austro.Pruasiam soldiers
are stated to bear. the hardships of the campaign
with great endurance. General °Wein has ad-
dressed a letter of thanks to the Rendsburg autho-
rities for the kind reception and care bestowed upon
the wounded soldiers.

AUSTRIA AND THE LONDON TREATY.
VIENNA, Frs. 10.

Is is positively asserted in official quarters that
up to the present moment the Austrian govern-
ment has entered upon no sound incompatible with
the declaration made in the identical despatch of
the 31st January, referring to the London treaty.

DENIAL OF THE RIIMODR OF AN
ARMISTICE
BERLIN, Plo. 10.

The semi-official Nortideutsche Allgenseine Z itting
of this evening declares the report of a projected
armi%tioe said to have been already accepted by
Prussia to be devoid of foundation.
The Norddeutacke adds :—" Every Prussian must
admit that the word armistice cannot even be
spoken u long as a Gingko Danish soldier remains
iu Sleswig."
l'AltlB, Tu. 10, Evunro.

1 The rumour of an armistice baring been con-
eluded between the Danes and the Germans is
I entirely unfounded.
The Pays of this eveninl states that Denmark,
yielding to the remonstranoes of European com-
merce, has given orders that the German mail
steamers running between New York and Bremen
should not be molested.

THE POLISH INSURRECTION.

WARSAW, FIII. 10.

A circular has been addressed by General Berg to
the military commanders, ordering that insur-
gents voluntarily surrendering with their arms
shall be permitted to retain their liberty. Those
who surrender without arms shall be set free on
producing a certificate of legitimation, and their
future good behaviour being guanuateed by the
authorities of their respective villages. Insur-
gents failing to comply with either condition are to
be transported until the restoration of order.

THE WZBT AFRICAN MATER
LIVIANPOOL, Fs. 11. Romp&

The African Royal Mail Steamship Company's
mail steamer Athenian. Captain Snart, arrived here
at midnight with the snails from the West, Coast
of Africa, Tenerife, sad Madeira. Her dates are—
Benin, 24 ; Fernando Po 28 ; Csineroons, 80th
Dec., 1863; Old Calabar, ; Bran Hirer, 4 ; Nan,
4 ; Bonny, 6 ; Logos, 10 ; Accra, 12 ; Cape Coast
Castle, 14 ; Cape Palmas, 16 ; Sierra Leone, 21;
Bathurst, 25 ; Tenerife, Slat Jan. ; and Madeira,
Feb. 2.

The Athenian brings 1,273 oss. of gold dust and
7,2501. in specie.
Trade was dull at Benin and Fernando Po, and
there was nothing doing at Cameroon., traders re-
fusing to pay the rates demanded by the natives.
At all the other ports commerce was at a standstilL

Tus CoxripszArs Carina FLORIDA. —lntelli-
game was eseelved et Liverpool yentorday shornoon to the
seed that the Oasfedeesto mime Mari* Toler the opti-
mised of Captain WU, left Brett on Tap* night, in the
midst al a dare fog, ea s widen The trailed Stater war
steantor LCee.wp, cm bisgapprised al the Florida's mailing,
mooed eat to eas the NMI sight.

Punic Wow Act, 1863.—Prom • return n-
oisily obteleed by Mr. Madam hoe. sonnary to the On-
nil Mist rued, it appears that le the last week of January
then wen ingdoyed epee public works ender Ude oat 606
*Me& outekoor Woe,ars, 2,347 oaskillai 01 the latter
2.024 Wm boss cellos operatives wither the lost titres
pan ;Lind MN et them an allowed to sera ordinary
yeses, swing tram Is. 4d. to Itle. pet week aid 353 are
employed se a lobo& ten.
Mons 'flux zw AND aims TIAN svp..-17da
mum to the largest sad beet stock cd grips and swillieer
ever onteekted kr treble weft/ The workt-temed
errtreeeers et Alfred Webb lOW, the wig tester's este,
blkh 71. Weekeliese, Bearreweenwe.

lire. aTrruyc, in replying to the toast, said—ln being
called on once more, as the spokeswomen for my sex, to
acknowledge tb i tcest, I feel thagl mu at °ocean honoured and
lamed person—honoured in being called on to discharge
debt for wbich I am jointly liable with every other lady—
Mused is being expected to pay the debt in sterling coin.
(Laughter and applause.) It is more is accordance with the
elohotion to pay by meana of hula, but I suppose
the reason why you expect ready money from me
this evening is that theatrical bills are drawn for such a
long date, and keep rousing toe such an indefinite period,
that nobody knows when they may be honoured. (" Hear,"
and laughter.) We of the theatrical profession do sot keep
meek reedy tin about m. We prefer to draw upon out
Maeda, the anthers, for what we require in the way of
speech currency, and our drafts are generally honoured.
(Hear.) But lodine debts meat be paid, sad I aim=
pla the mistime es this ocemiets. Like Lady
"I y MIA hens the brim of es hemsge
which I wee sot bon." Dat then may be Mies-
thieg in some of the parts which I have acted
lately whisk may have seggeoted this call. In bride,
armed I see a large preponderseee of black coats. At
most public dinners they gesterally represent the "dank
cloud." ("Hear," sad laughter.) Yorir committee bee
been the first topve that dark cloud a "silver lining " in
the shape of the Wise. (Obsers.) Indeed of seeding poor
Gill to that dreary kill—the Imie on cold
chicken ands herry, you have t he down to the good
cheer of Jack's le, sad Jack tto feel much happier
with Gal beside him.
e(re plem
el e.) I do Dot of same
allude to the hail-at wise, but to the
angels i
native. (laughter and cheers.)
C:tra have lately figared in the "Hen and Chickens."
Here lam maids figuring in the sante character. foe I feel
monstrously like an old bee clacking away Is her chickene—
her younger sisters of the saim—or, as I may more properly
call them, her duke. (" Hear, bear," and laughter.) i!Jg.
yes, that is the mare At image, for it expemeng not only the
object of Dame Pullet's affections, bat the subject of
Mr toed anxiety. (Cheers.) Me sees bet brood play-
mg by the water's edge is which so many little
chicks have biles, and her heart flatters with
apprehension for their safety in the voyage. (Chases.)
• knows not which can swim and which caimot. All she
koows is that the water is deep sad dangemme, and you
mad peados her if she is fumy mil mil et Meet m thinking
et the probable hide sad saffesisp that may be is store
for her bright-winged happy-looking ducklings. (Applause.)
I dank heaves the me mfariarde sad preservatives
whisk foresight ma bestow, but there are dangers that so
foresight caa avert. (Hear.) There are accideste, dixtreeses,
siskamess, end sorrows—a bard. life before them—the pro-
bability of privation, the esetsioter el labour, the belnlity
et disappoksted hors sod haled aspirations. (Hm-)
Mier more material evils a moiety like this can do :Duch, sod
dm* palatal do we feel for your good etforts—which
see espinially valuable to sums, ea the weaker vemels in
the voyage of theatrical life. (Cheers.) It is a voyage of
Amgen and storing to the boil veinal., even to those which
are registered Al at the Theatrical Lloyds'. (Heer, taw.)
But to us little craft it is always a dangerous voyage, and
emsethose eves a fair wind pprrooTY not the beet fatal.
(Hein, bear.) To those whose likeeslity hie established and
maishised this moiety, I ma osly say is the same of my
sishmhood, I thank you simply, boseetly. mid hearth
ter yews good came. (Boar, hear.) To those of this
who have see helped the society, or who
al= helped it, let men for ISCIONIM'S sake—plied its
some end ask for your warm support. (Hear, bear.) You
emit take away with yea • happier thought thee thst
year litmeality weak
shad mime rays of happen, cm the dark
bears of those whose life-leag labour burn baba to plow you.
(Cheers.) Year own beers of seders will be lightened
if yea feel that SEMIS ems of will to help the lowly, to
shy

" As arm of strength to tin weak ;
• truly bead to ale triondlow ;
Kind words so short to mark.
Dot violet echo ki event
The wield is laws. tare Maga no mall;
mat be nothing hot they are aIL"

(Choses.) lam maladies are weal to do if they
have a rib** sear- the heart. (Haar, War.) But if yaw
call us down sad lei loon ear toupee after dinner you
moat take the wasequemam. (Laughter.) Let me pall up
now, bat before doing so I woe thank you simisealy fur
the Wediality with which you have drank Wei tonal tbe
ladies. (Kra. Stirling mooned her seat amidst several
remade of applause.)
The Castassa, is popes* the toast of the weal*.
said he took the *hair as the roped of his Weed Mr. Web-
ster, the treasurer of the society. He could not *use el*
a request bola Mr.Welater,wborformed a similar friendly
set far the society of which to Mr. Diadem) was Sr...
surer—the General Theatrical and. The object el Ws
society was to mast awasbers of the dramatic pro/mica
whim thoy were ease doers by 111..., to assist them be eb.
Wising eappoieses when they recovered, sad to sappy
them with **awl of mossy, without inters* to
..,able her to p to I* Owes when they were es-
piled. To the Meow of the profeetios be it mid
that all the loess al wary bad bees paw-
**, retuned, mem. is • few instances whew
the macaw failed or flare esparmied. (Hear hear.)
As ea Widow!) of ib• beau* at the society he miPt MM.
ties the aces of so old actor who had • wife sod iwo 01,.
dram in loeseml" Be VW Of it agog *Meat is &W-
-1l&— 'awl SO arras el ping. He Una wail' to this
sea* sad by rotors of pest he received what ambled his
te weep the osgagernest. (Hear, beer.) There warn
several sinner Maser of the be** dew by the society.
Tim object el thee Deeryileure ruail, the Caveat Gerdes
=sad the 011•111%1 Thasteical Fa*, was So give
be wataanlslag members who were so hope
ski to follow their pashades, but Ski society gays lore-
dike rail to tbass paw areitures who were aegis to dam
for Hamlet, or Hr Toter or Sir. Box—(lauglik*—those
poor *gess who were eimible to bring oat a falsetto—
( imeghter)—them wimicieas who bad sot wind asmegh
fill a trembeem—(isagliese)—amil them equestrians who was
usable to obtain a " up" for a rapid sot el barman*
skip—Ssaghter)—whilie as fur those who seemeabsdis
their mambo; it baited** ; sad what OM maid* do!
(.1.=.) The chains* thew related one er Iwo
of hi early iffie whas such ea Intl-
tables se *is weld have lases of sonic i Ma.
He the. made • strong saw* to the pockets ol the iessao7
malataised that the ma** et the theakisej,
as • precedent, a lakeriow. a tempera*, • kb*.
= and eharimble elm, damned to be mane* wiewa
*atomise overtook this. (Her, how ) The
Lade, the Oovest Medea, sad the Geoaral
W Desna* Oollsp, sod this sarociwtioa, prow*
their disposal:is to moist ow sad other, mid that thg
&sortie profession wes sot liable to the **Whoa. cart
spew it by Gast** sod
best amittiseperliamecia. He hop*
they weld do Wid fee lb. seals*, fir a
file* is seed was heed (Hoar, hear.)
The Carawrii *as proposal "The Health of the Tres-.
EOM of the foci.*," Mr. Weimear, who Mars* tbsait
Tim other *oats cif the sewing were " The Chaim*
ad " The Seetelary." Mr. J. W. Aiwa.
The sabseripiews amoasked i V6l. IN.
The Swears el the weals was very much whew* by
Mr. sad Hrs. H. Paul, Hiss Julia St. George, Miss Chip-
perfield, Yr. W. H. Thar* sad others who kindly prof-
fer* .hair aid for tkie bowie at tbs ismitatioa.
After the dimmer • ball took pima, which was kept up to a
Ids boar.

GINIMAL THKATRICAL ?MID. The annual
general 10000111 id the ambers of ibis fend wee bald yes-
terday, is the saloon of the Lynam Theatre, greeted for
the purpose by Mr. Pechter. Mr. J. B. Bucksaw mon-
t.l:tage chair, and a law amber of ladies and geselemen
to the profanes were relent. Mr. Oullasford,
the secretary. reed the report, win& Wind that there were
at mean 21 amenineete on the head, four having be..
elected durum the year, 15 of whoa were foals, sod that
the.. wen three eleinante tor the preenst r. The
income for tbe peat year bad base 1,4664 1. 4c1., end the
expenditure, inclodueg 9971. 10a paid to seenitiate, had
be 1.0601. 4a SA., leaving a balsam of 4081. fra.
The amount of slosh invested was sow 12.2731. Oa. 54., ant
5004 io the beads of the bashers. The nernia at
subscribing atieshen to the fond was now 177.
O. the Biotin" at Mr. Walsall, .seceded Mr. Dyes.
the report was *geed. Mews. Beekatoes, °ahead.
vnli sea Williams, Worrell, and Bay wen re-eleeted
directors, ucl Mt. (hake Nmay wee elemed as a &resist
la the place of Um G. Osehe, &mass& Mow&
Cabbell, Charles Dines; and W. C. Bacready were to.
elected ea brustees, and Mr. Bookstoace as treasurer. Dr.
Rainey wee aloe rwappeinted se physician, Mr. Jerweod
as solicitar, and Masers. Austin. Lee and Weathendy as
auditon ; sad Mr. OuDeeford ae secretary. Mr. B
I. replying to a vole of thinks for his services, saidg leilaraM
been reeneated with the society for 92 yean, and had eaten
17 of its diesels. Be was happy to be able to
the manters as its proeperity. Be was coesteaZiaratit
habit ef leradert its. the edema of the newmpapen Width
reended the wills and begonia, in the here of wing Una
wane of those who bad led a biassing KU as admirers of
the drama had act fergotien those who bad often afforded
them ampagmaillid. bet ally in vein, and he believe*
the eater .he insialy apes himself. (Hem, bre.)
MN best exertions would always given in .id of lie toad.