The Express.
London, England, 1864-06-06 00:00:00

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It appears that at least one "of the English order
of St. Benedict haejoined the church of Rom Thus Bro-
ther Bernard, who is located io St. Joseph's Retreat, High-
gate, has announced that he is now a catholic, and " a child
of the father of the faithful." Brother Bernard, who was
" novice water* is the English ceder of St. Liss/dick adds
that he hopes soon to become a religienx; meanwhile he is a
" guest of the Pessimist Fathers, who have donee° much
for the conversion of souls." Brother Bernard especially in-
vites the prayers of Allgood catholios for Brother Ignatius,
superior of the Hagfish order of St. Benedict. A deputation
from the Norwich board of guardians ia to wait upon the
Poor.law Board this week at Whitehall I. unfold a chapter
of grievaaces with reference to the Rev. E. A. Hillyard,
chaplain of the Norwich workhouse, and Rector of St. Lau-
rence Church, Norwich, where the holy sacrament is ad.
ministered to the brethren of the English order of St. Bene-
dict every day at 7 a.m., and in a fashion strongly damp-
proved of by the Bishop of Norwich.
Despatches were received on Saturday at the
Oolooiel-offiee from the Governor of Canada, and from the
Lord High Commissioner of the lonian Islands. Despatches
were mot to the Governors of Canada sod the Bahamas.
A ''CLINICALL EXAMINATION" TON 'MC M VISENGZI
Sravics.—Thou Foreigo-ollice memories, who travel the
whole globe at a pace only short of the telegraph, are
wonderful fellows, and most of necessity be very variously
endowed. What capital sleepers, and yet how easily
awakened ! What • deal of bumping must their heads be
equal to ! What an iodiffereees must they be endowed
with to had roads and bad dinners, bad @ornate and bad
smells! Howipatient they must be here—bow peremptory
then
ere ! How most train their stomach to lose fast-
ing& and their skins to little soap! What can civil envies
examination discover of all or any of these aptitudes? Is
it written in 011eadorf, think you, how many Lours a man
can sit in • cali•che? Will decimal fractions support his
back or strengthen his lumbar vertebra? What system of
inquiry will declare whether the weary traveller will not
oversleep himself, or smash the head of his postilion for not
awaking him at • frontier! How will you test readiness,
endorsees, politeness, familiarity with " Bradshaw" and
continental moneys' I think I have bit on a plan for this,
suggested to me, I frankly owe, by analogy with the clini-
cal system. I would lay out the Green-park—it is conve-
nient to Downing-street, and well suited to the purpose—
,as a map of Europe, marking out the boundaries of each
1 country, and stationing posts to represent capital cities. At
, certain frontier. I would station representatives of the
different nations as distinctly marked as I could procure
them : that I. to say. I'd have a very polite Frenchman, a
very rude and insolent Prussian, a sulky Belgian, a roguish
Italian, and an extremely dirty Russian. Leicester-square
could supply all. It being all duly prepared, I'd start my
candidate, with a heavy bag filled with its usual contents
of, let us say, • large box of cigars, • set of fire.irons,
twenty pots of preserved meta, a case of staffed birds, four
cricket-balls, and • photograph machine, some blue.book•
and a dozen of blacking. I'd start him with this, saying
simply, " Vienna, calling at Stuttgard sod Turin ;" not a
word tome ; and thee I'd watch my man—how he'd cross
the Channel—how he'd cajole lioceoo—and whether he'd
make straight for the Rhine or get entangled in Belgian
railroads. I'd soon see how he dealt with the embarrass-
ments of the reads and relished the bad diet ; sod not alone
would I test him by bsrdshir,s sod hunger, fatigue and oars-
gimes) upsets; bat I'd try his powers of selfreeistance by
surrounding him with dissolute yearns atteseAts given to
blind hookey and lausqueeet I'd have him invited to
ravishing orgies, and tempted in as many wsys as St.
Anthony ; and all theme sitar e.gl privations. Theo I'd
have him kept waiting either under a blaring sun or • deep
mow, or both alternately, to test his cerebral organisation ;
and I'd try him with impure drinking water and damp
sheets; and, last of all, on his return, I'd make him psis
his account/ beforesome old monster of official uvegery,
who would repeatedly impugn his honesty, call oat for
vouchers, and d—s his eye& The man " who came oat
strong' alter all these difficulties I would scoept as fully
equal to his responsibilities, for it would not be alone in in-
tellectuals he bad been tested : the man's temper, his
fatless., his powers of enclurthea, hie physical strength, his
resources it emergency, his readiness to meet difficulty, and,
last of all, his self-devotion in matters of official discipline,
euablisg him to combine with all the noble qualities of •
man the submissive attractions of a spaniel.—Bleckwood'a
Magazine for June.
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THE PROTTISTATIT " DIZAISE " IN PARTA—Tbe
Mend with whom 1 am staying beloege to • "Dimino,"
that is to say, she is one of tea protestant ladies, who group
themsel•as into this number in order to meet together at
reviler intone]s of time, and Wag before each other's
e"nsidssatio• say cases of distress they may have met with.
There are numbers of these "Disaines" in Faris ; and now
as to what I saw of the working of this plan. One of their
principles is to give as little money as possible in
the shape of "raw m►terial," but to husband their
resources so as to provide employment be ■mall out-
lays of capital in such owe as they fled on inquiry
to prove dowering. Thus women of very moderate in.
earn lied it perfectly agreeable to belong to the same
" Disaine" as the richest lady is the Faubourg St. Germain.
Bat what all ►re expected lei render is personal service of
some kind ; and in thine Derrkei people of various degrees
of health and strength can join : t►e invalid who cannot
walk far, or even she who is priocipally confined to the
sofa, out think and plan and write letters ; the strong can
walk, and use bodily ...Aim. They try to Miss the con-
dition of one or two families at a time—to raise their con-
dition into self-supporting iodeprodenoe.—Preser's Nage-
rine foe Jame.

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As the current accounts of royal programmer have
a chew, of becoming, hundreds of years after they
are written, valuable treasure-trove for the histo-
rian and antiquarian, I think it only right to give
mine as mach the form of a chronicle as possible,
and to set down the events el the royal visit to
Cambridge in their regular order as they occurred.
In my last letter I left the Priaseu of Wales dis-
tributing the prizes of the School of Art at the
Flower Show, and enchanting the fortunate reci-
pients by her grace and condescension, but, writing
as I then was, with the inexorable "Bradshaw"
lyingt open before me, and the indelible6.4B hinting
before that time my despatches must be in the
hands of the railway authorities, I could not stop
to describe another incident of the Flower
Show, which was quite as " sensational"
as the royal visit, although the excitement'
produoed was of not altogether so agreeable a ohs..
racter. It appears that Dr. Wbewell had determined
upon visiting the show contemporaneously with the
royal party. The persons who had the direction of
the arrangements, expecting that there would
be a great crowd to see the Prince and Prinoess,
had made an arrangement by which the visitors
wets aH to *star at Ora door, and pass shrug
in a certain direction, making their exit at another.
The Master of Trinity arrived when the human
current was in fall tide flowing in the direction
indicated, but he bad, it appears, no idea of being
tarried along with the stream. He insisted upon
entering at the gate which was marked for exit, and
when the gatekeeper demurred, at once called upon
two of the most stalwart of the A reserve to
clear the way for himself and party. The scene
of confusion, irritation, and obstruction that
ensued may be more easily: imagined than de-
scribed. The A's, although doing their unpleasant
duty with as much forbearance as possible, were
obliged to push the company about terribly, whilst
the stalwart form of the master might be seen
buffeting the waves after the manner of the most
sturdy of the Virgilian swimmers in the shipwreck.
There was quite • scene, and so many persons com-
plained of this scant courtesy of the highest autho-
rity in the university, that I feel bound not to pass
over the incident altogether in silence.
In the evening, and previous to the Trinity
ball, the A.D.C. had another dramatic perform-
ance before an audience of the most distinguished
and brilliant character, consisting principally of
ladies bound for Neville's court, and in full even-
ing dress. " Aladdin and the Wonderful Scamp "
was repeated, and having now time and room to
see the performance, I was perfectly astounded at
the ability of the amateur performance and the
completeness of all the arrangements. When you
learn that the whole theatre is not larger than a
good-sized drawing-room, and that the scene-
painters, as well as the actors, are all amateurs, you
will hardly believe that a gay and gorgeous
burlesque was got up in a way which
would " bring down the house" at a London
theatre. The scene in which Aladdin, by rubbing
the magic lamp, changes his mother's coe into a
splendid palace, was wonderfully managed, and of
the Chinese dresses too much cannot be said either
as to their correctness or their splendour. The
Magician of Mr. Burnand was a perfect per-
formance. Robson could certainly not have done
it better, and the widow Twankay of Mr. Twins was
about as irresistible a piece of comic acting, with-
out the slightest vulgarityor exaggeration, as it has
ever been my good fortune to witness. The step of
the Princess Badroulbadour was perhaps not quite
so mincing as the ladies shoes we have seen in
Chinese museums might have led us to expect, and
the contralto in watch her celestial highness warbled
her love ditties was sometimes of appalling „pro-
fundity, but the "get up" wan perfect, and
the acting of Mr. Seymour was full of force
and gesticular propriety. Aladdin found • moat
adequate representative in Mr. Cariugton,
and the minor parts were supported with all the
propriety and self-possession of a regularly trained
dramatic company. The stereotyped expressions of
forbearance with which amateur theatrical per-
formances are generally noticed would be quite out
of place when speaking of the Cambridge A.D.C.'s.
Their entertainment would have been a good one
anywhere, and would have done credit to any of
the London companies.
Nobody expected that the Trinity ball would
fairly commence until eleven, but the Prince of
Wales, who dined with the Master, sent in to
Neville's court twice or three times to know when
the pavilion would be ready, and having been
informed that it could not possibly be got ready
before 10 o'clock, the royal party entered at about
ten minutes past ten, and when the pavilion
was almost empty. Neville's court, which was
turned into a dancing saloon for this great occasion,
is a tolerably large quadrangle, but it was not at all
too large for the brilliant assemblage. The red
and white stripes of Mr. Edgington's monster tent,
which I noticed was supported by two poles, like
Captain Fowke's, looked exceedingly well, and the
staircase which led into the royal slipper room was
very beautifully ornamented with flowers and
greenery. Jidlien provided the music and Gunter
the supper ; and having said so much, 1 have
nothing to add in the way of eologium on either.
Instead of the " Roast Beef of Old England," with
which grand parties are usually played down to
supper, the chef d'oreliestre marshalled the guests
with the banquet music in Don Giovanni—an inno-
vation which many liked, whilst others went in for
the ancient pibroch. All, however, marched
to the inspiring strain with sutticient alac-
rity, and were very soon absorbed in a
rather eager discussion of Mr. Gunter's deli-
cacies and very excellent champagne. The Prin-
cess of Wales wore white with black trimming,
" lappets and diamonds," and looked much better
than on the previous evening. Her royal highness
did not dance much, but the Prince danced all
night, and when at 2 a m. a retreat was suggested,
his royal highness did not display quite so much
alacrity as that with which he had left the dinner
table for the ball. There was a space ostensibly
roped off for the royal quadrilles, but the rope lay
on the ground all right, and the royal party mixed
freely with the general company in the most frank
and condescending manner. It is not very
easy to tell who dances with whom on
these grand occasions, when every one is
anxious to get a peep at royal guests, and
especially when the ball takes place iu a district
where the men have an average stature of six feet
and upwards:but I think that the Princess of Wales
danced with the Duke of St. Albans and Lord
Royston ; and the Prince with the Duchess of
Manchester and Lady Louisa Cavendish, the Duke
of Cambridge with a lady of the Carington family,
and for the rest I must refer the reader to the de-
tailed lists which will no doubt be published by the
local papers. The Master of Trinity had the honour
of banding the Princess of Wales down to supper,
and the Price* handed down Lady Affieck, and
after supper dancing was renewed and kept up
until a late hour. Every one was de-
lighted, and every one warn of opinion that the ball
was a much more brilliant one than its predecessor,
when the male visitors were called upon to pay two
guineas a head for their tickets. But everything
must come to an end, even a royal visit to Cam-
bridge University. By Saturday morning the
royal party were regularly knocked up, and did not
get on the road for Madiugley until twelve o'clock,
so that the departure for town had to be put
off for half an hour. When the cortige arrived at
the gates, they found an old lady very busy
" swarming " her bees, and very much annoyed at
the irruption of distinguished visitors. The bees
soon surrounded the distinguished visitors—a most
fortunate omen it appear', but ware drawn off by

Flotow's Strada/At, performed at Covent-garden
on Site/day, was not one of the operas announced as forth-
coming in the preliminary prospectus of the season. les
productioa wee an after thought caused by the circum-
stance that the performance of Falstaff, which was included
in that prospectus, had been forestalled by the rival inanager
in the Haymarket; a circumstance which iednoed
Mr. Gye to announce that Falstaff should not
be produced, and that Stradella should be given
in its Mead. The oon.production of Falstaff
will mum little regret, as its emcees at the other house hes
sot been brilliant, nor (tor names given by us ►t the time)
did it deserve anything more. But we do rhea me why the
withdrawal of Palatal shoal/ have led to the production of
Stradella, an opera of small reputation and still less merit.
&rodeo has a family likelier@ to Martha, but is inferior.
There is nothing in Straddle like the air "M' appazi,"
which Mario used to make so charming —like Qui mole.
vergin Rom " (The laid Rose of Bummer). or like the "spin-
nine-wheel quartet." There are some pretty sod effective
things in the finale to the mooed act ; and the hymn to the
Virgin, with which Stradella softens the stony hearts of his
enemies (very fervently and beautifully sung by Wachtel), is
i• a higher strain of sentiment and expression than any
other thing In the piece. The music belonging to the part
of loaners has not a single Orme which can leave a plea-
sant memory behind it. It is a gems string of elaborate
roulades, brilliantly executed by the flexible voiosof
Bette, but destitute of a spark of real melody or feeling. In
the characters of the two bandits, Rosconi and Ciampi
gave • good deal of amusement by the broad Italian buf-
foonery of their acting. Roeconi raised shouts of laughter
by his grotesque mimicry of Wachtel's high notes—bat
after all, he and his comrade were dell fellows compared to
their prototypes in the chef crcrstars d Bahr.

THE OPPENHEIM Couscrion OF Pierosss.—.
The bighly•important collective of ancient and modern
pictures, breeze., and sculpture, formed with great taste
and well•kaowa liberality by Johann fiords Oppseheim,
Esq., &mad, late of Cannon-street west, wee
posed of ogi Saturday at the rooms of Messrs. Christie,
Massa, and Woods. It included o 9 cabinet works of the
Dutch school, of the highest class, sad formed the moat
select and beautiful collection ever offered for male.
Among the more valuable examples were the following,
nearly all of which lave been described in Smith's Catalogue
Rai/mane, sod have a European reputation.
SPEECH DAT AT ETON.-Saturday being "speech
day" at Eton a very laege number of ladles and gentlemen,
relatives of the scholars and others, visited the college.
The speeches, which were wait effectively given, were
concluded about one o'clock, when the company spread
themselves over the playinv fields of the oollege, and waited
for the review of the Eton (allege Rifles, which was to take
place at three o'clock, and the time wee pleasantly wiled
sway is listening to the baud of the Soot. Vuether tiuerde,
under Mr. 0. Godfrey. The volunteers made their appear.
sou punctually, and were received by Lord Carrispon.
Lord-Lieutenant of Bucks, who, at the clop of the evolu-
tions, sddreesed a few words of approbation to the boys,
who acknowledged kis courtesy with hearty rounds of
cheariug. At four o'clock • large and distinguished com-
pany sat down to a wellAerred repeat, in the College-hall.
In the evening the regatta, which is always the great
feature of the day, came off with great ,'dot. The banks
of the river, the goats, and Windsor-bridge. were crowded
with people. A grand discharge of fireworks terminated
the proceedings of the day.
THE EARIJIWOOD ASYLUM FOR IDIOTS. A
bazaar in aid of the funds of this excellent imitation is now
being held at the Hanover-square Rooms, under the pa-
tronage of the Queen, and the Prime sod Primates of Wales.
The bazaar is open to-day and clam to-morrow evening.
THE Law DETwEEN JIAaTERS AND
On Saturday a deputation, representing various trade socie-
ties, had an int•eview with the Right Hon. Milner Gibson,
at the office of the Board of Traria. The deputation rep*.
seated to the President of the Board of Trade that they
solicited his support for • bill which wag about to be intro.
duced into larlamemt to mead the act 4 Geo. IV. c. 34,
which regulates the legal relation between misterssod
workmen. The contract between she employer and the
employed was in reality purely a civil one; whereas
while the act made the workman's remedy against his
employer for any breach of contract to be by as
action by civil law, a breech by the workless
was treated gradually. This law was one-sided and op-
pressive. The workmen, moreover, had DO remedy for
conspeosatiou when, an accusationnot being substan-
tiated, the cans was dismissed by the police magistrate,
In 1861 so fewer than 10,000 of such omen bed bees beard
is England end Wales. and upwards of 6,011 convictions
had followed. The law was even more stringent in Soot-
lend. They did not seek to be relieved from liability for
violating' of contract, but they sought that master and work.
man should be placed on an equal footing before thole.. Mr.
Kilter Gases expressed his interest in the statements offered
by the deputation. Before he weld give any decided *Ms
en the question he would give it his serious attestant, and
would examine the law. Re would also consult with the
Lord Chaseellor. He asked a variety of questions of the
deputation as to the customs of the various trades. The
deputation then withdrew' after thanking the right boa.
Petlegnan for lie courtesy and the attention he had given
thews.

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