The Express.
London, England, 1865-10-25 00:00:00

THE EXPBESB, WEDNESDAY

surprised if the blame their officer sought to?'
throw upon • useful and humane pmmulit• •
upon their own beads. It is the old
obstructiveness, and while .41.111111011"
strengthen the public belief iii the inflifteiecessi
for the measure of last session, it proves more
clearly than ever the difficulties the Poor-law an.
thorities have to cope with, end the interested
perversity they must beat down.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

(TRIB DAY.)

LORD rricmonor.
Lord Palmerston, so fax as can be judged, rye
the Tina, by his rations and declarations, was Dot an
ambilinee man. He wse west to teke • tone on gush sub-
jects whisk, waste hem see of his trek and epee tem-
perament, almost 'moored to cynicism. "Heat." he
said on re occasion, "is, sitar all, nothitg but the
opinion which one man entertains of soother ;"
sad when posthumous fain. was mentioned be-
fore him as a motive to exertion be disposed
of it by the remark that "the reputation of Cesar
or of Alexander did not belong to the wan, but only to his
name." But whatever the value of the tribute whir •
surviving generation may pay to the memory of a gnat
man may be, it is the duty of the government and the
people of this country to pay it ; and the Tones, therefozm
rejoices that the bones of the demand Premier are not to
rest in the darn place whir he donned for their repro.
TM rakes to Westminster Abbey have been filled up ean-
lemly enough, bet very few, if say, of his mimosas have
been bone to the grave with a more USOLOiLOOILI feria, of
regret, adrointeon, and gratitude. Betides, he was so MN
esetlally one of la, that in showing reverter for his me-
mory we an indirectly hocourieg our country and ourselves.
What Is it cotatitutas the rig value of a position like
the Pereira the very highest prise of as Eoglisimnaa's
sunder ? It is sot worth. says the Pres ; it is re
rank ;it is not osesideration ; sad es to power—in so
pleat in life bra ma less power to do just as he Pleases.
Without a pledge, perhaps in despite of pledges, In finds
his work chalked oat for him, and it must be done, or at
Mr attempted. He bulbar es little rope for enterprise
seaman packet-host fee bncoureering. Is it the prise of all
mime, the summitel allearthly unbitten, to be engaged is
a daily tamale of sertniente, premiere. and authorities,
with the interminable Me. Seward upon • question !mole.
ins, not remotely, the lives, may be, of millions, and the
honour, not to say safety, of this whole empire! Never-
theless it is hardly possible to est:mate too highly the pod.
ties eta men chard, upoe • driers ground and within a
gives time, to preens the p.sco of nations and his own
country's interest and honour. For the present the Times
cannot think that in this won the new Premier himself
will have spare thoughts tot speculative improvements
which or wait, at least, till they are asked for.
What strikes an Englishman most, the Daily Heirs
absence, in the Ortirotal skitters of Lord Pelenerstee,
is the hot that the highest praise they give him applies te
qualities whir could set have been developed r they
actually were in any other country either of Europe or
America. It is in relater to public opinion, which be
studied so marvellously, that be appears to most advantage
in the eyes of OUT neighbours. That be would have
adapted himself Malty system which be found established.
that he would have been the hot to seek to change it, that
whatever it might have bean be would have rime to emi-
nence is it, carrot be doubted ; bat such as his character
was, it was formed and adapted to improve S. the utmost
the opporeunities afforded by a high °reiteration of
public opialoo, and an active condition of perliameattery
lile If Lord Palseentou did not distinguish !timer( es en
ardent Ural, his near aseallences wen essentially those
of a minister of • free esentry. Who. the foreign critics
petard to chaneteties his foreign policy they do him lees
justice. It is not true that he made the interest of England
the solo standard of his action, not only where this country
was brought into contact with other nations in the ordinary
intercom's of affairs, bat when he rented to be acting as
the disinterested eounailler of our neighbours.
The ordinal riot of Lord Palmerston's policy
towards the countries of Enrolee where we have
no conquests to make, no 'animations to desire, was
proclaimed years ego in the Greek debate, when it was
declared that "It is for the interest of England that the
independence of nations should be supported, and that
freedom should be extended.' Ws have never made our-
selves, as • striae. responsible for the attainment of neat
object', but we have promoted them as we have had oppor-
tunity, and not without soocass. And to have borne foe
thirty years the principal pat le the application and con-
duct of such a policy le re of the leading glories of Lord
Palmerston.
The Pod centineste upon the expressions of homage to
the memory of the deceased meatier which hen proceeded
from the (overmodest!' of France. Belgium, and Italy mad
traces it to his pure and fennot patrotism and the broad,
comprehensive politial doctrines which guided his policy.
If the teen of two Cootieents watered the grave of Can-
ning, the realleed &spiritless of regenerated nations will
illumiesto the teen of Paimentoo.
The Herald diereses the chanties of the resoestituted
mluistry, ridding in a variety of orojectures as to
what may happen. It concludes that if Lord Russell had
failed to cionstruct a ministry the Queen would ulti.
stately have been obliged to seed for Lord Derby. Aid
this the Herald would have regarded r a serious mis-
fortune. It does sot wish to see the conservatives brought
back to oars till the liberals have bad • fair chance of
'bowies what they are and whet they or do without Lord
Palmerston. It will not take many months to convinces the
country of their inability to meta soberly and strongly.

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enifolllonotive easl, rad set tstiolleeetive,
latecht4l=l Tories.
The prelleed [Mutton of the Beemokiloy Board of
Cluartikee to disregard the kw' with, regard Is the deed-
totes' wards, is durribad by the Time as a eurpriaing
pion of lurnbordinatiou. If paused over by the Poor-law
Board, the law of but savior, and the most important
peovikene el the poor law itself, will be practically reduced
toe deed letter, except so far as it may plumb the guer-,1
dime of the various wisher to carry them ont. Mr.
Teruel Wormed them that the Poor-law Board had not
the pour to ireprieu or punish the chairman of the
guardians, but "it wu to their power to coltish the
guardians' odious if the poor were neglected." "If so,
we can only say," observe& the Timer, " that the moue
the Poor-law Board obtain some more reavonable powers
the better."

greatly favour. the MAO point. out, es
wail as sagged the inquiry into the cholera epidemic pro-
posed by /L Drouyo de Talley.. The commissioners would
samortei• the principal plums in which the disuse has been
known to originate, and study t
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to be le of It
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Progress. On both those poi there a
from the visitation of the prreot year. The main proud.
tioo of all, that the conference would " propose praetical
11111•111“, for coollsieg and suppressing the cholera at its
trek appearascw," well deserves the most anxious 'Maeda'
which the governments of Europe can give to it.
The Herald costeada that the election for Woodstock was
as free from intimidation as that for Finsbury, and charm-
Urine the allegations which the defeated party make of
undue iaterfereooe by the Doke of Marlborough as • tissue
of impudent falaehooda.
Apropos of Hr. Rogeres scheme for rendering the charities
of the City nears =dui, the Daily Nem urges that some
attempt should at cam be made to prevent
public mousy being granted for the portion
of education when local funds exist whiob, if gap•
perly administered, might be found enfficiest. Those who
care to look into the repurt upon educational charities,
published by the Duke of Newcastle,Vin nod that the ease
• fit. Thomas, Medullae's, is not a peculiar one. It is
traie to bay that in the administration of educational
charities persons are aided who ought not to be aided ;
that some obtain more aid than they require; that
some endowments educate • much smaller number of
children than they might educate ; whilst others, iiistud
1 of relieving poverty, actually promote it.
The Daily TelivrapA would have official reports published
once • week, so show precisely at what speed the rinder•
pest is spreading, and coatieses to Waist that to discard
drugs and turn over all sound beasts to the butcher when•
ever signs of the malady appear in the sheds, is by far the
best and cheapest method. Aluowhile the importation
from infected mastitis—sub u Melissa and Kuria—
ought to be prohibited.
The Star asks if it is not posalbleto adopt " the same geom.
ous prieeipies with regard to Ireland as President Jobasos
is applying to the Souther. States!" There is happily no
slavery question to divide us, no separate race whose claims
are in dispute to embroil the polities of the two ..untrue,
"Thoreau only gacetiees of churches, sod land laws, and
absentee landlords, and milfiovernmetit. Why ca nnot we
allow the Irish people to prescribe the remedies for their
own admitted evils, to have what church they please, sad
what laws they think moat suitable to their audition, and
thus save the necessity of periodically makiog raids apes
old ballad women, and a few weak enthunasts who have •
craving for martyrdom

EDt Court.

BALMORAL, Ocr. 21.

The Qneen, accompanied by the Primus Helenl
sad attended by the Marehioneee of Ely, drove to Alt-lie-'
Onitliseards.
The Prince lied Prism., LOtlil of Hesse rode oa bone.
bock, attended by B.TOD Itabeoan.
The Rae. Principal Tulloch, D.D., ono of hot ltaisety's
chaplains, arrived on a lama.

OCT. 22.

Her Mejciity, acoompanieel by the Prisms Helena and
P7illolllB Louise, attended Divine service at the parish
eharch of Crethie. The Marchioness of Ely was in attend.
&W.
The Rev, Principal Tulle& performed the nervice, and
had the honour of dialing with the Queen and royal family
is the ins.

The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive yesterday,
accompanied by Princess Hilda of Ant alt.
The Hoe. lits. Grey wu in attendanoe.
The Priam sad Prioress of Wale% aceomeanied by Prince
Alfred, Prince Jobe of Gluelabor', and Princess Hilda of
Anhalt, went to the Haymarket Theatre in the evening.