The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-15 00:00:00

IRE ZIEFRESS, FRIDAY EV

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We beg pardon for referring for • single
moment to the story of " The Young Lady and
her Groom." Marriages of this kind, between
lovers of unequal station, though made in
Heaven, do not often succeed in this sub-
lunary world, and it would be dangerous to recom-
mend other young ladies and other young grooms
to go and do likewise. When the sentimental curio-
sity of the young lady, and the passionate gra-
titude of the fortunate youth have lost the fresh-
new of the first sensation, the prospect of an ever-
lasting Cite-a-tete between • couple of turtledoves
who can only chirp one note with both their voices,
and have nothing in common but the cage and the
perch, is apt to become • little wearisome and hope-
less. In fact, except in the world which fast female
novelists of the "Lady Audley" school create for the
edification of young persons of the gushing order,
these disproportionate matches very seldom turn
out well. But who pauses to forecast the future
of a loving couple on the wedding morning !Surely
the enthusiasm of the Wandsworth population
when this Paul. of the stable and the pantry, and
this VIRGINIA of the parsonage were seen walking
side by side from the sympathising baker's towards
the Church, where the curate of the pariah was
waiting to turn two stanzas of a lgrric into solemn
prose, was true to human nature in its most civi-
lized state. Is there not always a secret sym-
pathy, whether of envy or regret, among the pro-
perest and sedatest of women, with these triumphs
of "she feelings" over custom, and prejudice, and
conventional distinctions of rank and class
Rosily, the situation was quite idyllic ; it was
• morning performance of the Opera Comique.
The benevolent baker, who was " °mot the groom's
"bail" the other day, considerately came forth as the
dens ex louicleind, to assist in the development of
the plot, and in preparing a truly English tableau
for the curtain to go down upon. A French drama-
tist would have bad the courage to invent • more
tragic denatment, but an English audience insists
on going home happy. So, instead of the younglady
and her groom meeting at the baker's house and
dying in each other's arms over a pan of charcoal
in an upper room, they arrived at this worthy and
practical philanthropist's house the evening before,
severally and separately, with all due discretion
and propriety, and took refuge under his paternal
wing, in order to come together before all the world in
the morning, and be joined in the most undeniable
bonds of the most unexceptionable wedlock, "by
" license and with the father's consent." Mr.
Citossz has made the amplest indemnity and
reparation to the young groom wrongly ac-
cused, and to the public unnecessarily scan-
dalised, by accepting the servant as • son-in-
law, and by treating the public to one of those
tableaux of virtue rewarded and love triumphant
which no British audience can resist. The father
is often an ungrateful part to play in comedies
which end like idyls ; and in real life the father
who simply makes the best of • had business is
likely to do so with • wry face and an embittered
heart. That the father has done wisely in
letting his daughter go and get married to
a young groom after the story of her adven-
turous passion has been made a public
scandal, we can no more doubt than that
a fruiterer in Covent-garden-market is wise in
getting rid at the earliest moment, and without
haggling about the price, of • very fine peach,
which has been taken up and put back into his
basket too carelessly or too conspicuously, if not too
often. And the instincts of • crowd are generally
mound ; it was not only the pluck and confidence of
the " natty" young groom, so spruce in his wedding
clothes and so happy in his good fortune, that
the old and young women of Wandsworth saluted
yesterday with a flutter of tearful emotion ; nor
was it only the proud humility and unselfishness
of a girlish passion that an agitated crowd went out
into the High street and filled the Church at
Wandsworth to gape and stare at. Grateful as a
glimpse of romance must be to Wandsworth, we
fancy the practical common sense of an English
public instinctively rejoiced in so healthy,
honest, and natural an end of a story
with so equivocal • beginning. With all
the world before them where to choose,
there should be nothing to prevent Mr. and Mrs.
G ISOROS SMITH from justifyingby their future course
her father's consent and the congratulations of his
admirers ; while Mr. CROBBI will at least bars
made an end of the doubts and fears of too sympa-
thising friends, and have delivered himself and his
home from that roost terrible of domestic anxieties,
a young lady with romantic views of life and ine-
Feasible yearnings after " the unforeseen." On
the other band, many fathers and mothers will agree
with us in regretting that Mr. Citoesz should, by
turning • private into • public scandal, have con-
trived to make a popular heroine of • runaway
Miss of stable mind, and almost • national hero of a
" natty " young groom transformed in the twink-
ling of an eye by the reporters into • " young
" gentleman" not unaccustomed to public speak-
ing, dressed "in • black wet and trousers, with
" a white waistcoat and white kid gloves."
In behalf of the peace of families and the har-
mony of households, such • "royal marriage " es
the one which was celebrated at Wandsworth yes-
terday with the pealing of church bells and amidst
acclaiming multitudes, can hardly be recommended
to admiration without misgiving. Marriages, like
murders, are apt to be imitated.

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BALtituislarr.
The Queen with Princess Einkeir.; Lo
Prisons Beatrice, and Priam Leopold, arrieirillikien
yositetday afternoon, shortly atter 3 o'clock, having travelled
layspeotal toga front Windsor.
Her Majesty and the royal family partook of breakfast at
Piga. at 8,40 a.m.
Lady Char:hill joined the royal train at Odor.), In atten-
dance, on her Majesty.
The Kon. • Mrs. Grey, Lisateaant-General tho Hos.
Charles Gray, Colonel the Hon. D. F. de Roe, Dr. Jenne',
and Kr. Buff, travelled in attendance on the gown aad
royal family. _ .

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The Primo and Prinesse of Wales, secooseaoled by Primo*
end Hama Louis of HIM% ma Prisoses Hilda of Anhalt,
drove out yesterday and visited the Zoological Gardens.
In the evening their Royal Highoealies weak to the Prim.

eses's Theatre.
A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty's most honour I
able Privy Connell met at the Conseil Chamber, Whitehall,
on Wedamday, upon the subject of the oattlo disease.
Present—The Lord Presideat and the Duke of Somerset-
The Conseil was attended by the Solieitor-OsnentL
Another committee of the Council met again yeaterdaY
(Thursday) upon the same subject. Present—The Lord
President, the Duke of Somers* and the }tight Hon.
Edward Cardwell. The Solicitor.6esesal and Mr. Wad-
dington were also present. Mr. Helps sad Mr. B. S. Her-
-741011 (the clerk end deputy clerk of the Privy Ocurecil)
tinded the committee oa both occasions.
A depnt►tioa consietiag of the Chairman of the Markets
Committee, Mu Suakin and Mr. Sewell (members of the
committee), sad the City Solicitor, trsasected business
with Mr. Waddington, et the Home-office, yeetorday, upon
the subject of the cattle disease.
The Hon. Arthur Ceram, had an interview with the
Hight Her Edward Cesiweil, at the Coloaial-offko, yes-
terday

Despatches were received at the Oolottlal-offlee, radar.
day, from the Governor of Casale

JOY AL MIT TO THE TOWER OP LONDON.

On Wednesday afternoon her Royal Highness
the Prinoses of Wake made her first visit to the fortress of the
Tower of London. The Primers wse sorompsaisd by her Royal
Highness the Priooms Louis el Hewn and Princess Hilda of
Admit, attended by the Hoe. Mrs. W. Grey, lady-in.
waiting, Bari:mess de Palsenk, LientenantColonel Koppel,
and Baron de Nerds& &abeam The authorities of the
Tower had received iotimatioe of the intornied royal visit in
the earlier pert of the day, bat that it was to be considered
perfectly private, and there was to be no guard of honour
or saluting as upon previous royal visits. Their royal
highnesses arrived in the Tower shortly after 4 o'clock, sod
were received en alighting by Major-General Sir George
Bowies, K.C.8., the li•eutentat-governor of the fortress;
Colonel Wemper, resident governor, and Colonel Wyndham,
keeper of her Majesty's jewels and regalia. The Yeoman
Warden was also in attendanoe. The royal visitors
were first ocroduated to the horse armoury and small
arms repository, end then ascended into the White
Tower, which has recently been reasoned into a
grand hall for the store of arms of every description,
arranged in the style adopted in Use old Armoury when it
was burned dews some years book. The Primmest minutely
inspected the Royal Chapel is the White Tower, the soiree
of coronations and imposing state eeremomies is former
days. This part of the Tower has only mostly been
thrown open for public, iespeotion. For npwarde of a cen-
tury it was used ass military store. sod was filled with
cases of firearms and accoutrements. The chapel is now
fitted up for Divine sersios for the use of the resideetsia
the Tower. The Prioresses thee proceeds" to the Jewel-
house, and remained some time esarniMog the crown jewels
and the royal regalia. From theme they walked across the
green to Beauchamp Tower, and seeded to the various
prison-like chamber, and closely inspected the earring and
inscriptions in the stone walls. One of the chambers
is said to be the place where Lady Jane Grey
was confined up to the period of her esecutioe. The royal
party ea quitting Berrechamp Tower IMO conducted to the
Resident Govereor's hones in the Bell Tower, antidote(
the Council Chamber wherein the oommiesion on Guy
Fawkes held its inquiries. The chambers contain some
carious carvings oe the walls, which ere adorned with a
portrait of James L Their Royal Highnesses, remained is
the Tower upwards of an hoar, and on their departure
*husked Major-General Sir George Bowles end the Resident
Governor for the attention shown them. The royal ergs
rlages passed through the City to Marlborough-home, bat
mead limes got ie • block of carriages which filled the
streets at the time, and osesequsntly were much &Aryls&
having to follow in the line with other vehicles.

We (Gardeners Chroni-le) hear with great plea-
sire that her Majesty the Queers has been pleased to per-
mit the announcement that the Great International
Rata
cultural Show and Congress of next yea is under her
Majesty's patronage. Her Miijcaty has also most liberally
contributed 501. to the face raising to pay the expenses.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales, with the young princes, and their Royal High-
nears the Prior and Princess Luis of Hesse and their
Middies, and the Princess Hilda of Aaltalt and a numerous
suite, leave Kariberoogh Hones this evening to join the
Queen and royal family in Sootland.
Their Highnesses Mina Eyed Hussein Ali,
Nina Bred Hessian Ali, sad Mira Steed Mahommed Ali
and suite, sormapacied by Calor& Herbert, have arrived at
the Portland Hotel, Souther, from dandgate.
The Earl and Countess Spencer left Althorp
Hall, Northamptonshire, yesterday, for Croke, the noble
earl's seat in Norfolk, foe partridge shooting.
The Earl Cowper Ism left Wrest Park, Beds, for
his 'bootleg-box in Scotland.
After being attacked with paralysis, the Earl of
Strathmwe went to Barcelona, in Spain, to endeavour to
remit his health. His lordship return 1 but slightly im-
proved, and is DOW staying with his mother, Lady GLceis,
at Magda Castle, N.B.
Lord Lyons intends to leave England on Monday
next for Constantinople, to resume his duties as ambassador
from England. Sir Henry Bolster will not leave Coastaa-
tiaople till after the arrival of his 1100301100 T.
Lord Hotham, M.P., is shortly expected home
from Aix-la-Chapelle, where his lordship has been staying
some weeks.
A marriage is announced to take place between
the Hes. Arthur Hamilton Gordo., eon of the fourth Earl
of Aterdesn, and Mira Rachel Emily Shaw totems.
It appears that of the 196 new members who
have hem returned to parliament the army furnishes
35, while the navy supplies only 5. The class of ()country
gentlemen has nerved an recision of 47 members, while
the merchants hays added 26 to their number, but the
manufacturers only 5. Three of the new members are
bankers sad 4 are or have been brewers. The medical
profession has added a member to its strength, while the
lawyers have icereased their numbers by 21. A yeoman
farmer of celebrity, a distiogaished author, a learned
University professor, and a well-known Irish newspaper
proprietor will mak i their respective first appearances in
the ensuing parliament. The railway interest will be
assisted by a gain of 3 civil engineers, 2 railway chairmen,
and 4 oceteactors for public works. There are also 6
members who have been in the diplomatic gravies of the
state. There are no less then 30 gentlemen who previously
mat in parliament, and who, after some years of retire-
ment, have spin sought sod received the suffrages of
" independent electors."
A letter from Biarritz says :—" I had not seen
Queen Isabella for 16 or 17 years, and in that time she has,
of mum, .banged, though not so ranch sa one might have
expected. She is very large le sire, sad with features by
no means remarkable for distinction. The Infanta, her
daughter, is tail for her age, slight, dark, and does not look
in good health. Both mother sad daughter wore the man.
Ulla, which is always becoming. The little Prices ci Astu-
rias behaved very well indeed during those exhibitions.
He WM ever, with his little bat in hie hand, respoodice to
the salutes of the crowd. The Kieg, Don Promise°, looked
much better than I expected. He wore a field-marshal's
uaiform, which the greed cross and Aimed of the legion of
Hoeoar, bat ►e did Dot look much of a warrior."
The latest cholera returns from Italy are as fol-
lows :—Aatona,llth, I caw and no death ; alms, z oases
Bari, 3 .arse and 1 death ; Moller% 18 rear and 4 deaths ;
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Hendrik 3 deaths from preseding stroke ; Aagnl,l ore ;
Count Kalnoky is discharging the diplomatic Macerate, 1 ore sad ! deaths ; Sae Secede. 1 ease and 4
Air at the Austrian embassy deriog the abase. of his deaths ; San Marco fa Lands, 9 camas and 3 deaths;
willowy Coact Apponyi and Count Wimpifea. Apnoeas. 14 aces and 6 deaths.

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It is asenied in financial oiroles that the muni-
cipal excise duties and the ootroi will shortly be
abolished throughout Spain.

THE AIISTRILNS IN HOLSTEIN.

KIEL. Barr. 15.

Field-Marshal van Gablents, the new Governor
of Holstein, has arrived here, and has issued a pro-
clamation addressed. to the inhabitants of the
Duchy. The Field-Marshal expresses the hope
that as the representative of the Emperor of Aus-
tria he would meet with the same kindness which
had been shown by them to the Austrian troops.
The proclam►tion then continues :—" I rely
with full confidence also on your manly cha-
racter,. which has already shown itself on former
occasions, and on your sense of legality. This
reliance facilitates the fulfilment of my
mission, the difficulties of which I do not fail to
understand. These difficulties can, however, be
overcome by your quiet attitude and your real
patriotism. I will maintain the autonomy of your
administration, which is so splendidly developed,
and above all I will allow the native-born citizens
of Holstein share in the public management of the'
affairs of the Duchy."

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
PLYMOUIEL, Barr. 15.
The Royal Mail Company's steamer fiar.on
arrived here this morning. She left the Cape on
the lath ult., St. Helens 22nd ult., and Ascension

on the 26th. She brings 66 passengers.
At the Cape the war between the Free States and
the Basutos was being prosecuted with vigour by
the Boers, and they bad entirely maintained the
aggressive, and had carried their commandos far
into the Baanto oountry, ransacking and burn-
ing several small native towns, and capturing a
large quantity of stock.
A Free State commando had reached within:a few
thousand yards of Thaba Bosigo, the capital of the
Basuto*, where Moshesh, their paramount chief,and
their principal warriors were centered. The Boers
were preparing to assault it.
The rumour was in circulation that the Basutos
bad abandoned this stronghold, but it appeared
by last &deices to be somewhat premature.
Hitherto the Boers bad escaped with but few
casualties in actual warfare, and they appeared
sanguine of their power to humble their foe.
At Natal no settlement had been come to in re-
ferenoe to the reparation for the inroad made
by the Basutos into that colony. It
was alleged that Melapps had at first
returned some stock, but that a letter had since
been received from Moshesh expressing his deter-
mination to make no reparation and to re-
turn no booty, and further expressing his surprise
that his son should have been so weak as to send
any cattle. This notice from Moshesh bed ex-
cited surprise in the colony.
The Kaffirs and other natives on and beyond the
colonial border remained perfectly quiet, and no
ground existed for fearing any outbreak among
them. Thu Basuto women and children, with;,a
large quantity of their cattle, had taken refuge in
a range of mountains very difficult of access.
In the Cape parliament business had been con-
siderably obstructed by thelimembers for the
eastern and midland districts, who, in opposition
to the bill introduced by the government for
the annexation of Kaffraria, had occupied time by
reading blue-books and other papers for several
hours together. In this manner they succeeded in
causing the bill to disappear from the notice
paper, but as it was invariably put down again
by the govenment, and as the western majority
refused to consider the estimates or go into any
other business of importance, the minority were
compelled fivally to withdraw any further opposi-
tion, and the bill had passed th 3 Rouse of Assembly
and was in progress in the Legislative Council.
The Diamond Company had proposed to run a
line of mail steamers to the colony for a subsidy of
10,0001. per annum, but the proposal was declined.
They were only offered the postage accruing by the
mails forwarded by their steamers, which was sup-
peoed to amount to 1,0001. per annum. The Natal
Lt3islature had agreed to give a subsidy of 1.7001.
per annum, towards a telegraph line connecting that
colony through the Orange Free State to the other
telegraph line. At Graham's Town business con-
tinued dull ; the prospects• of trade with the
frontier and Natal had not improved, and until the
commercial embarrassments of the various houses
were settled there was no expectation of any very
bright change from those quarters. It was how-
ever considered that the crisis in the Eastern pro-
vince had fully reached its limits, and that matters
would tend to improvement.
The Kaffraria arrived out on August 3, and the
Roman on August 13.

AMERICA.
ARRIVAL OF THE BORI7SSIA.

8011T115.15PTON, Sear. 15.

The Hamburg and American Company's steamer
Borussia, from New York on the 2nd inst., has
arrived. She brings 240 passengers for this port,
Havre, and Hamburg, and a full cargo, but no
specie.
On the 3rd inst. she spoke the City of London,
and on the 13th the Austrian barque Humphrey,
the Dutch barque Alycone, and the Swedish
barque Gideon.
Her news has been anticipated.

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