The Express.
London, England, 1862-03-08 00:00:00

THE ALBERT MEMORIAL COMMITTEE.

Tics Member for Galway deserves the hearty
commiseration of all who can pity misplaced affec-
tion, or sympathise with the pursuit of a hope-
less object under accumulated difficulties. He
tells us frankly, without circumlocution or disguise,
that he is enamoured of the hospitable and
him:trims South. He naturally regards with
satisfaction her efforts to shake of what he con-
siders a discreditable connexion, and since the
rupture took place he has made every effort to in-
troduce her into good society, and get her position
acknowledged by the world. The fates, however,
have from the first been apinstldes, and his devotion
has been sorely tried dazing the last twelve
usooths. In the ardour of his early enthu-
siasm he would have urged the claims
of his persecuted client ea the attention of Par•
Lament at the very outset of the struggle, before
any estimate whatever could be formed of its pro-
bable duration or ultimate lime. He proposed
early last session to bring forward a motion for
the immediate recognition of the South. But in
this, as the bon. gentleman himself soon dime-
verged, his seal outran his discretion. The
South, so far from having achieved her inde-
pendence, had only just commenced the struggle
to obtain it, and it naturally occurred to men of
cooler judgment and lees excited feeling that it
was impossible for the Government to recognise
a position that did not exist and might very pos-
sibly never be attained. The disappointed
Member for Galway wen reluctantly compelled to
acquiesce in this view, and postpone his motion for a
time. During the vacation the transient sue-
comes of the Confederate arum served to keep alive
the hope that the South would make good her
position. But now this hope is so completely
destroyed that the hon. gentleman does not ven-
ture to revive his motion for recognition. Still
the vows of his early devotion are upon him. He
must in some way relieve his own feelings, attempt
to satisfy the expectations of his friends, and dis-
charge under sadly altered circumstances his self-
imposed duty. It would be cruel to criticise with
any severity an address delivered under such cir-
cumstances. The hon. gentleman went conscien-
tiously through his hopeless task, but nothing could
well have been more dreary and utterly ineffective
than his laboured efforts to make out a son
against the practical efficiency of the blockade. A handsome silver drinking-horn has been pre-
There was in reality no case at all, and the 01•6•4 to Dr* Desna;,: erkwewt_ ledifet ef,his services to
Member for Galway displayed throughout such a S'allmei" literature, a °un— An-
leak gentlemn, includiag the King and Crown Prince of
keen and depressing consciousness of this's altogether
Denmark. The horn was accompanied by &handsome letter
to destroy the effect of what was evidently intended foram the DLltiah minister in Loudon, from which the follow-
to be, and might, perhaps, otherwise have proved, ins is ID extract :—" The docking horn is melded like
a spirited and rhetorical display. those is use is olden time, and embellished with figures and
Although last night's debate iu the House of moo inalttstivt el the Niel Sap. The contributors trust
Caveman was on the most serious of all questions, thesei gestidithwilece
flcatofinartDernan y plesee
mark sadyze, as Oa ev
land titereloif.thoef
it is almost impossible to treat it seriously. As Mr. that heroic period of the ge,„dieuvieu meth have found ~,
ifosecros MiLse.s justly said, there was an air obis sad djatjwyeeiee an interpreeer. Os the hem is a
of unreality about the discussion in striking con- Runic inscription, which tells you on the part at your many
treat to the vast interests and in -ewe passions con- and newer* friends in Denmark and Iceland that 'to fries&
netted with its nominal object. Everyone felt the read is short though the distance be great.'"
that the subject of the Blockade was forced on the The season of the Royal English Opera is now
attention of Parliament at a most unseasonable drawing to a close. On Saturday next Mr. W. Harrison
moment, on wholly insufficient grounds, and for no rt benefit, Boon
ew,elliech "num i 'nth'. for the
practical object whatever beyond that of allowing Caoilic isad d
be performed. Another attraction will be it
a few members of extreme opinions to express their novelty is the form of a sew eperetta called Court and
feelings of animosity against a friendly Power. Comp; at which Mr. Tom Taylor has written the libretto,
Mr. tinriaisi's own explanation of the reasons end Mr. F. Clay has composed the music.
which induced him to bring the subject forward Mr. and Mrs. Charles Keen take their benefit on
was about the most inconsistent and unsatisfac- Thursday, Muth 13, at Dewy Lens The play chosen
tory that could well be imagined. He professes to for the cession is Othello, when Mr. Charles Bean will
speak on behalf of the straitened manufacturers If9iiiear in thetchare,..':cie_ter of the sad lira' Charlie Klan
and distressed operatives of the North ; but un- ---OrenPrron-il—ay evening (writer the Path corm-
fortunately both chimes alike repudiate their 'pendent of the Poet) a 1./union took place in the private
officious and unauthorised representative. They do apartments of the Empress, and it is confidently hoped by
not ask the Government to interfere, and they the few that have gained admission to the imperial circles
have no wish that it should think of doing that they may be continued during Lent. The Emperor
so on their behalf. It is quite true bee joined in the masquerades, bat as his domino has been
that a large amount of anxiety and distress wellknown, beban not "aped from some al
prevails amongst these classes, but they are con-
those mystification! with which a mask can test
s person
whom they have reeogaised. Two or three
tent to suffer on in silence rather than England of the gentle sex in the coarse at the evening made
should be guilty of the enormous crime, and be their approaches to him, and amused him with their wit
branded with the indelible shame, which any in- sad piety. The Marouis de Boissy found himself in the
terference on behalf of the South would involve, clutches of an English lady, who did sot spare him for his
Even the humblest clams in this country know hostility to her native land. Navies discovered him,
.shetor
and fuel that there are some causes worth suffering followed
.°ln
imeeidu
rinng theeerd vehnist eadasad
tother.rteh:imie from
for ; and whatever Mr. Giteraiev and his friends I reeled iutoti sreeiezeal was at leegth mitigated by his
may be prepared to do they are not willing to ! e
moiety to make bee feel at the sapper table that be could
barter the birthright of Englishmen for a mess 'be • devoted knight in the service of the sex when *nth as
of pottage. As for the facts and arguments by I occasion called for it, and he good-naturedly ended by
which Mr. Clemente attempted to support his drinking the health of the Queen whose people he se
hopeless proposal, they were sufficiently annihi. naheritatingly attache in his public speeches
Lied by subsequent speakers, and mare* merit Some commie are to take place at the Tuileries
This Eget, and EMMA SIMILE Will be more especially culeb
serious criticism. His attempts to define the mist Tile &gee end Americans in Paris will net die-
efficiency of a blockade by the impossibility el sseehms their smesuissate excepting oe Wednesdays sad
running it, and to prove that it becomes void wigs. As Americo lady, together with a Spanish
if some of tlio Twisty belonging to the mock. I Mme, aka Messes. sad Alladanse Item collected • number
ailing squadion are &bond. for a day or two, •OF Americus' and Spanish fashionable. on Monday last, in
No ise Wel fitted up with more than usual magnificence, 0011.
were the merest cobweb logic in the world.
i Medea that their stay bare is but short. Their saloons,
blockade that ever was established has last
I adorned with rich paintinp, and decorated in the style of
these conditions, and no man of practiced omens Louis produced a very grand eftsct
sense would ever expect them to be fulfilled. The Spurt, which is the journal patronised by
There is no question whatever that the conditiose the dabs sod by „one Fusee, assounoes the item.
of ordinary efficiency have been in the main fully diate seduction of the white neckcloth—it is sin-
met by the Northern blockade of the Southern plarly bitter against this admitted Portion of the
ports. But Mr. Garsioav's pretended facts expo- dims toilette. It seems that the young tun of
fashion will net go to parties where this part of the
rieneed a o fate even than his arguments.
His ins were said so have casennie is iedispeneakde, end many of the WT0641.180 of
posiii4 list of high circles have gives in to the decision. ft &misers that
run the blockade was utterly demolished and a lob aiseictice.
who „ has the
P
scattered to the winds by Mr. Fortirrea's exhaustive mimeo the ;Le eteseet curtsey is Europe
istert.:4;se.
analysis. laved the masterly speech of the . Victoria," moiled the risible families of one of the meet
Member for Bradford was a triumphant reply Waken* assemblies by offering a most greeloin specimen
el her tame the white-narked butler, whom she mistook
to everything in the shape of fact or serious aro-
, far the aster of the house. A fashionable journal dwells
went that had been urged in support of Mr.
sew this contretemps as quite a sufficient reams for the
(leeway's proposal ; and the most satisfactory isaaem.ot a the detestable
whits,
sad the
.simatation i
feature of the debate is that it should have celled d mss ar pink eitk.

Yesterday the eeumitt•e sormiaated by the
Quee• to ebbe ber liderty is the aides cad execution e
• duke far the pargesed asthma wig a the bits
Arius Qe•esit bilk Meee•d sistag. .
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The toamitloo lisit into coorbitiatles the mime oom-
matiodion they MI eloolvid hem moopeo of qualm in
easomet to issololloo so to the Wore and ilmodoes el
the geniis Wipe they weld font& Wolidog. howeepoe,
wee deoldoi co ; sod oaths to the onerisa nature of woo of
the Ipenikes tbat exteo. ,ere Ms dolor sae take plaoa
Blr itoderiek Iforobboo b toodlotlog nimble aelietaeoo to
Ike etemeittee.

Hie Royal dee Duke de Brabrant left
town yesterday by the Hes& looters BeHow for Dover.
His mid bighorn was expeseed to sojourn for the night at
IHkokshenee heed Wades Hotel, sad to leave Dover to-
day for
Hie Ithellency the Ambassador of France and
the Osentss i Moab entertained a select party at
Maar lot wain 4 Os entry House.
The Miesthiroun d Abereorn arrived at Chester-
MGM Hamm Thsolidevening from Baron's Court, county
TlTown.
Maria Marchioness of Aileabury has left town
to jets the essay sossabled at Tottentiens Path. Willa
The Bart and Countess of Tankerville will come
to town as Monday sot from a tour of visits.
Viscount and Viscountess Sydney arrived at their
rethissies to Clevelandopore as Thursday, from their seat,
Beat.
A deputation of the Royal Dublin Society will
wadies Lord Grieving,. es Then day next, at the Science
sad Art Deverhoesk lsdk lesslasks to ask for souse
relentees is coopledeg the Maseasse sad Art-collections
el
the Seesky. We (Aihassess) tellers the deputatios
• sat lay a way May athlete before the lord Prod-
der& They will ea 14 3,0001. towards the National
• 4.7501. for the ensplenies of the Nat West Histary
Itseesea, %OWL to be &Med between the Library and the
lisseses et Balmy, est ICE. far the publicatko et •
Oakilagas d llisseala la slides to this they will sok
for sa laseare 4 abet* NOE sa the annual groat, partly
fen ths asisterses et the Bethel of Art, and partly for
ropers' Wad* the ening et the Botanic Gardens on
desday.
The annual meeting of the Liteeuy Fund Society
will be held as Wolneeday nest, at the chambers in the
Adelphi.
The Geological Society Las resolved that the
salami routribution to be paid by both resident and non-
resident fellows elected after the let Inst. 'hall bs 21.
per seam, the composition for future annual contributions
being 211.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

ORE CE.

The Greek legation at Paris has sent the follow-
ing communication to the papers :

41 Marseilles despatch, dated yeaterday, communicated
by the Maras Bather agency, gives news from Greece which
12 altogether inexact. It is not true that the insurgent
forte in Nauplia consists of 2,500 soldiers and 6,011 robin-
teen. The Nauplis prrison is usually only from 1,000 to
1,200 strong, inclusive of a company of pioneers, but ►t the
moment when the rebellion broke out this garrison was re-
duced to half its usual strength, several companies having
been detached for service at Tripolitsa and other towns in
the Peloponnesus. The number of armed volunteers who
have joined the rebellious troops does not exceed 300 or 400,
according to authentic information. Moreover, the entire I
population of the town is only 4,500, end therefore it is quite
impossible th►t there can be 6,000 volunteers. As to the
blockade of the town, the Greek government has notified
it officially to the friendly powers, and that is • positive
indication that the blockade is strict and effective by sea.
The want of provisions felt at Nauplia sufficiently proves
that the blockade is equally effective by land. Tee
above despatch also states that the Greek government it
denuding the province of soldiers, and that in consequence
of the recall of troops from Thessaly and Epirus agitation
is feared in those provinces. It suffices to say, in answer
to this assertion, that Themaly and Epirus do not belong
to the kingdom of Greece.

SPAIN.

The Madrid journals of the 3rd intimate that in
the provinces efforts are being made to promote
insubordination, but that the precautions of the
government are sufficient to ward off any danger
that may be threatened. The Queen had addressed
a circular to the governors of provinces, directing
them to call out immediately the fifth part of the
35,000 men ordered as the contingent for thi) cur-
rent year.