The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-02 00:00:00

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all the
But we are apt to forget --
centage of these patients are neoessarty
charged as incurable, in order to make way
for others upon whom the physician's care nay
be bestowed to better purpose. It is hard to
imagine a position of greater misery than that
of the sufferer who has to return in this way to
the home which be left a few weeks before in
all the excitement of anticipated recovery. The
certainty of irremediable disease is at best a poor
exchange for the prospect of restoration to health,
and the loss of the comforts of a hospital will be
all the more keenly felt when it coincides with the
loss of all hope of being ever in a condition to dis-
regard them. In this direction, therefore, there
may be room fore most beneficial extension of the
system of hospital visiting. The care which soothes
the weary hours of the in-patient will be all
the more appreciated when it follows him to
his home, and appears no longer as a mere auxiliary
agency, but as the solitary representative of the
care and attention he has left behind. Press-
ing, however, as such a necessity is, there
is another form of misery of which the de-
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ids are, if possible, more clamorous. The
sufferer we have been speaking of is at
least at home ; and at home, even in the
greatest depth of poverty, there will hardly be
wanting a certain rough and untutored sympathy.
But the inmate of a workhouse infirmary has but
small chance of obtaining even this. He has no-
thing to look forward to but the perfunctory
attendance of • pauper nurse, or the
occasional passage of an overworked Union doctor.
In his case, therefore, beyond almost any other,
there is a call for a woman's compassion, and
need for a woman's tenderness. It is impossible
to overrate the softening and humanizing in-
fluence which might be exercised by a discreet and
regular system of workhouse visitation ; and
though its introduction would hardly, at least at
first, be popular with the guardians of the poor,
they would hardly be able to resist it if it were

pressed upon them with sufficient organization,
unanimity, and persistence, except at the cost of
an admission that there was something in their
pauper treatment which they preferred to keep in
the dark.

!Mt Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, Maack' L

The Queen, with the Princess Helena, Princess
Louise, and Primes &Maim, arrived at Windsor Castle
yesterday at half•psst 6 cieloek p.m., from Buckingham
Patios.

The Marchioness of Ely, Ledy Caroline Essington, Lady
Augusta Stanley. the Hon. Corollas Cavendish, the Han•
Flom Macdonald, Major-General the Hon. A. N. Hood,
sad Colonel the Hon. Sir C. B. Phipps were in attenclanos.
Her Majesty, accompanied by the Primus Bastsim, went
ant walk* this morning, attended by lady Augusta
Stanley.

Frios, Leopold, attended by Mx. Bar, arrived at the
Castle from Bankingkeia Palace.
The Duthie' of Bo:burghs has relieved the Marchioner
st Ely in her duties as Lady in waiting.
Lord Talbot de Mabihide and Captain Sir W. Hosts have
eneoseded Lard Methuen and Lieut.-Colonel Kingsoote. as
Lord and GIVOIS in waiting.

The Prises of Wales rode ea bareback yesterday attar
none, attended by Liettt.-Oolonel Koppel.
The Prism, of Wales took a carriage drive, attended by
tits Hon. Mrs. Brute.

The Hoo. Mn. Bruce has succeeded the Hon. Mrs. Stator
as Lady in waiting to the Primate at Wales.
Lieut.-Colonel Koppel has succeeded Major Teesdale as
Equerry in waiting to the Prince of Wales.

A deputation of errantly tankers, consisting of the Hon.
Alexander L Melville (LimoßO. Mr. Vase, (ftuntbiiidea),
Mr. CoMeld, M.P. (Ipswieh), Mr. Paget (Leicester), Mr.
Tweedy (Truro), and Mr. Cobb (Hall), had an interview
yesterday with the Right Hon. the Chancellor of the
Exchequer.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Conseil resumed its
sittings yesterday in the Council Chamber, Whitehall. The
Lords present were Lord Kingedowe, the Lords Justices
Knight Bruce and Tomer, Air James Colville, and Sir Law-
moos Peel.
Despatcher were sent from the Colonial-office yesterday
_ _ .

to the Governors of the Wont India Islands and British
Columbia.

It is stated that the Queen will hold another
Court on the 13th inst. at Buckingham Paws, which will
be limited to the English nobility and a select few en-
joying her Majesty's intimate friendship.
DIJWITURE OF Panics ARTHUR FOE THE HOLY
LAND.—Hie Royal Highness Prism Arthur, third eon at
her Majesty, left Ragland yesterday ow a three mouths'
tour in the Holy hand. The Prince loft the Londoe-bridge
terminus of the South Eastern Railway at half-past 10 tam.,
accompanied by Major Elphinstone, Dr. Jolly, and other
members of his elute; and travelled by the special tidal train
to Folkestone. His royal highness arrived at Boulogne about
3 o'clock, and would break his journey by sleeping at
Amiens. To-day he proceeds to Paris, and thence he will
go to Marseilles, where the Enchantress has bean ordered
to meet his royal highness, and convey him to Malta. The
Prince will first touch the Rasters lands at Egypt, and will
theme go over la great part of the route taken three years
lime by his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales.

Her Royal Highness the Princess Mary of; Cam-
bridge is esperted to arrive at St. James's Palms to-mor-
row, from a lengthened visit to their Royal Righomme the
Duke and Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strolls at *Unlit&

The Marquis and Marckioneee of Bristol have
arrived ie Paris Iron London, on their way to Pan.

The Earl of Bradford is much better, and is now
stated to be out of danger. The noble earl is staying at
hie mat, Westmlimrk, Shiffail, Staffordshire.
The Earl and Countess Russell had a dinner
party yesterday evening at their residence in Claeshean.
plan. Among the company were Viscount Palmerston,
the Earl of Albemarle, Viscount and Vimountess Amber-
ley, Lady Theresa Lavin sad Mir Lister, Captain Colin
Campbell, R.N., Mr. Adams, Mr. Arthur Rural, Mr.
Stopford, Mr. Fonblaaque, Mr. Panizsi, Mr. Forster, Ito.

A marriage is arranged between Lady Adelaide
FaOdin', daughter el the Berl of Denbigh, and Mr. Chas.
Murray, nephew of the Berl el Mansfield.

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A marriage is to take place between Lady Mary
Lamellae, sister to the Feat of Halewood, and the Hou.
Robert Meade, second son to the Earl of Clan williern, aed
Equerry to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales ; also
between the Hon. Alias Pitt, fourth daughter of Lord and
Lady Rivers, and Captain Arbuthnott ; and between
Ydlla d'&reo and Sir J. D. Acton, 3LP., eon of the late
Lady Granville.
The Earl and Countess of Minto have arrived at
the Hotel Hirabsair, at Paris, on their return from Italy.
The Oro/ states that the celebrated Eland diamond
has been purchased by Mesas. Canard, of the Haymarket,
foe Sir Jamsethe Jehehhoy, of Bombay, for 20,000/. The
historical interest attached to tisk hone is remarkable, and
quite authentic. It formerly belonged to Charles the Bold,
of Burgundy, then passed into the poseersion of the Sand
family, from when it took its same, ultimately became
one of the crown jewels of Fran.., was worn at the corona.
Hoes of Louis XIV. and XV., and was stolen at the seek
of the Tuileries is 1789 ; it then passed to the Quer of
Ferdinand VIL, of Spain, who gave it to Godoy, Prises&
h Pair, and from him was transferred to the Demidoff
family, Be last powesssors.

Mr. J. F. Maguire, M.P., author of "Rowe and
Ur Ruler," and " Fatima Mathew, a Biography," is stated
to be engaged in the generation of a biographical memoir
of the late Cardinal Wiliam&

M. Plon, the Emperor's printer, hoe issued •
notiee that the first volume of the •• Hietaire de del.
Cow," which was to appear yesterday at Paris, °inset
be published until the early pert el seat week, the 0010021101
maps which socompeny the work sot being yet reedy.
The series of concerts •t the Tuileries will com.
memos on Monday evening next. The moat eminent artiste
of the Graad Open, the Italians, the Opera Camino*, sod
the Theatre Lyrique will be bawd in turns at these mueicel
Mee, which will be coetioned to the eod of Lest.

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THE AMERICAN MAL '6-

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The New York lierald of the 18tb ult. thus com-
ments upon the latest news of Getieral Sherman :

Branchvine wee captured on the Itch tut, by Sherman's
forces, after three days' hard fighting. A courier from our
army reaolted Snitkettle on the 12tb, sad communicated
the news of the victory to Admiral Porter. The Rsohmoad
papers to the 15th make no mention of the battle, but raj
port Branchville evacuated. The rebel war department
probably purposely withheld the unwelcome intelligence of
the diameter from the public.
This sautes of General Sherman is of great importanee,
and the rebels know it well. "If Sherman takes Branch-
ville," says the Richmond Examiner, " he cuts our great
railad artery, and General Lee will have to gather Me
mapping from other quarters than the rich storehouses at
south•western Georgia ;" and on the same day on which
this statement was printed In Richmond the Sentinel of
that city—the Davis organ—announced that Branchville
had fallen into our hands, and that Sherman wee already 17
"glee north of it. Thus two more of the delusions im-
posed upon the Southern people are done with.
They bad been told only the day before that Sherman
would find a " lion in his path," and would be met by
Beuregard with the army that was lately in front of Nash.
villa, under Hood. But the Sentinel declares that BIM.
regard sad his army were absent, and that it was impos-
sible to light for the poseration of the most important point
in South Carolina or even to attempt it. The ',seminar
hinted some days ago as other means of communication
with Georgia besides that by the "greet railroad artery,"
and now it admit' that there is no each other comm/nicer
tion at all, and that Georgia and Richmud are hopelessly
separated. Branchville is a central point between Columbia,
Augusta, and Charleston. Columbia bee probably been
raptured ere this, rendering more complete the destruction
of the enemy's lines of communication.
By the articles extracted from the North Carolina and
South Carolina paper we see what will be the probable
effect on the political situation of Sherman's march through
the latter State. We see that it will develop a more dis-
tinct and positive Union sentiment than even his march
through Georgia did. The Raleigh Progress contrast, his
army with the Southern armies, and says it is not " a
loose mob, prowling on the country to oppress
friend as wall as foe," but is, on the contrary,
"an army of discipline, vigour, action." It sus
Roth's": to prevent the junction of Sherman and Terry at
Raleigh and their permanent lodgment there. It thinks
that the rebel legislature ss in its last session, and that
when Sherman comes the legislators will run away ; bet
" the people will atey where they are," and make the beet
of it, as the people did in Savannah. South Carolina goes
even further. It is declared that the people of that state
" want the beet peace they can get, and want it now."
Even the Charleston Mercury believes that a majority of
the people of South Carolina " would jump at peace, with
reacesstroation." Evidently the rebel rhodomoutade is
pretty well ran out, and the end is Dear.
GENERAL LEE'S LAST APPEAL
(Prom the RicAmond Dispatch, Feb. 15.)

We invoke all good citizens, wherever it is in their
power, to place before deserters and absentees from the
army the last appeal that General Lee will ever make to
them to return to their duty and resume their place under
the flag. It well be seen that a full and free parka ia
now offered to all who will come back within the spe-
cified time, but that thenceforth no pardon' will be
granted either to those who refuse the present offer or
to those who are hereafter guilty of desertion. We are
sure that General Lee must deeply deplore the noose-
sity of snob determination. No man has a kinder and
more benevolent heart; no official, civil or military, has
a more honest and profound sympathy with the private
soldier. He feels their sufferings as his own ; and they are
well aware of the fact. Indeed, his (tenderness to those
andel his command has been regarded by some as the only
defect in his military character. For our part we honour
him for it ; but when such a man feels the necessity of pro-
claiming that, if the present offer of executive clemency is
not regarded, there will be no more pardons hereafter, we
feel assured that he means all that he says, and that he will
be as inflexible in the execution of his duty as he is humane
and merciful in seeking to avoid the terrible necessity.
We therefore earnestly entreat all the class whom he
oddness to avail themselves of this last offer of pardon,
and to return to the standards which they once illus-
trated by their valor, and to the comrades who are ready
to welcome them once more to their Bide. The most die-
contented must now see that Lincoln is only aiming at
the complete subjugation and ruin of their native land ;
at the elevation of the negro to an equality with them-
selves, and compelling them to fight longer and more
dreadful wars spinet France and England than they
will ever be called upon to fight under the Confederate
flag. No one pretends to deny or to doubt, no Yankee
hesitates to avow that, as soon as the United States
succeed in putting down " the rebellion," they will drive
Francs from Mexico and England from Canada. The troops
for that purpose will be drawn from the conquered South ;
sad unless the deserters expect to pass their lives in a
encosseful escape from military duty they will be famed
into the front of this battle. Their only hope as indivi-
duals in that of their country—in a triumph and resistance
to Northern despotism. There is no safety for any man
except in the path of duty. We invoke the deserters and
absentees to listen to their beloved commander, and hasten
to retrieve their own honour and the flag of their country.
Let them come back at once, and, with the blessing of God,
our independence is secured.

ROME.
DEPUTATION OF FOREIGN ROMAN
CATHOLICS TO THE POPE.

An address of foreign mitholics to the Pope was
presented on the morning of the 25th ult., very few
English being present. The assemblage consisted
principally of French, Belgians, Italians, and a
sprinkling from other countries, in all numbering
about 80. Count Almeida, a relative of the Duke
of Saldanba, acted as whipper-in. As each person
arrived he was requested to write his name on a
sheet of paper, though it had been agreed that the
address should not be signed, except probably by
the president, Lord Stafford. Lord Stafford read
the address, which was in French, though the Duke
de Caraman and other French gentlemen were
present, and the Pope replied in Italian, in a speech
of a conciliatory character, and in a clear and dis-
tinct voice. The assembly after receiving the
Papal benediction visited Cardinal Antonelli The
following passages occur in the address :

We contemplate in your august person the double ma-
jesty of Pontiff and of King. We venerate this temporal
power, eoneecrated by Divine Providence, and which in its
weakness is yet more venerable and stronger than all the
powers of the earth surrounded by form. . . . . Bat
raising our eyes to this spiritual authority so gloriously
monied during 20 years by your Holiness, we thank the
Divine Founder of the obumb for having constituted in this
imperishable chair the souroe of instruction sod the bond
of unity. At this moment, above all, when still resound in
our MS the accents of the ever memorable Encyclical in
which your Holiness, enlightened from or high, has am. I
damned collectively the errors of these times, measuring at
ono* the extent of the evil and the opportuneness of the
remedy . . . to your awed word entire catholicity
submits with complete devotion.
The Pops replied, according to the recollection of one
who was present, in the following terms " Jerus, before
his death, offered up a prayer to heaven and addressed his
diedpLy enjoining them to remain nailed in the faith.
. This has been verified and proved by the demon-
'Walden of today, as those assembled represent all the
different parte of the globe. Let them remain staunch and
united in the faith, and exercise charity--not only that
which is usually understood as cherity--kindoess towards
others, or philosophical charity, bat tree charity." His
Holiness repeatedly mid that the temporal independence of
the Pope wee absolutely necessary to the free exercise ci
his spirituel power, es this must bo preserved from the
strifes of the ambitions of the earth. When inculcating
the duty of charity be added : " We have been attacked
meet vehemently, but those who anathematise tts we will
Ulm; those who vituperate us we will pardon, cad pray
est the Holy Spirit may illuminate them and teeth them
whet is right." he.

Several times while the Pope gave his benedic-
tion the people knelt down. He spoke fluently and

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-With ok fine voitio, accent, appeared to be* •
good heathy evidently tired of the Si&
foot and hand kissing of the 80 persons present.
Among the foreigners present were the Prince
Bohenlohe, the Duc de Regina, Chamberlain of the
ez-King of Naples, the Due de Caraman, the Mar-
quis de Rostanig, Count Almeida, M. Beauval of
Beaulieu, and Liszt, of course. Among the
English were Lord Stafford, Messrs. Langdale,
Murphy, Chichester (Captain), Joyce, Fitzherbert,
Leigh, Ryder, Palmer, Weld, Selby, &c.
Lard Van, and his son, Sir John Acton, and
many other English catholics no* in Rome, were
not present, " being," writes the correspondent of
the Times, " strongly opposed to the spirit and
letter of the address."

THE REPORTED LOBB OF HER MAJESTY'S