The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-30 00:00:00

join Dome experim

There are many ladies
years sanctioned and

and their efforts the

given to women in this
others--eigners of the Memorial-LI-who have than-
selves been educators, and who understand, am
none but a very few schoolmasters can, the
whole ease of the education of middle
elms girls. The Assistant Commissioners could
not but be thankful for the guidance and co-
operation of ladles so qualified. The plan would
relieve the members of the Commission of their
Aid embarrassments and difficulties in this depart-
ment of their duties ; and no doubt there are duly
qualified ladies publioepirited enough to swept the
task. They will have, at all event; to give evidence ;
and the Commissioners avow their sense of the

value of what will be learned in that way ; but
these ladies could do, in addition to that service,
far more good as a part of the organization of the
inquiry. Such an opportunity seems precisely
what is needed to make their experienoe and their
views available to their countrywomen (we may
say to their country) ; while the standards of
attainment and the testa of knowledge which pro-
fessional inspectors of schools carry about with
them for application in their inquiry will supply
in the best manner the most essential requisite of
all. Is it not true, in short, that the duly quali-
fied gentlemen and ladies would do their work
better by uniting their forms 1 May it not be
true that nellber, and certainly not the gentle-
men, can do the work in the most sound and
effectual way by any other means than such an
union of forces!

The proposal wilt probably be more welcome
than surprising to the Commissioners ; and it cer•
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tainly appears to outside) °boomers that there are
many nownos why they should, and none why
limy should not, relieve themselves in this way of
• part of the emberreanwent and of the difficulty
which must be preening on their minds and hands.

int Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, NAsox 29.

The Queen, acoompemied by Princess Louise,
honoured Yr. Jhsseetead sad Mr. Philip with visits at their
Oodles, yetterdsy atomism, to ingest their models for
the tee reliefs to be plowed on the Prism thwart's me-
morial.

Her Majesty arrived at Windsor Castle at a quarter before
7 eslcok last eveniag from London.
In attendees, were Vimeuetees Jocelyn, lady Augusta
Stanley, the Hon. Florence Seymour, end Lord Alfred
Paget.
Prinotes Helena, attended by Lady Csrolbm Barrington
and Colonel the Moo. A. Hardier), returned from London
last eight.
•

ThspQneen walked and drove in the grans& this morning,
attended by the Lady Augusta Stanley.
'Viscountess Jocelyn bee snotioded the Countess at Galas-
borough as lady la welting.

Viet;onet liminess red Llentssispi-Geeeral filir H.
Beetiook have sueeeeded the Earl of Caithness lied Limits-
Dant-Colonel H. Cavendbh as lard sad ponce is walking to
her Majesty.

The Primer of Wales teak s carrier drive yesterday,
stisadod by the Coaster de Grey.
The Prince of Wales visited the Kiss of the Belgians at
Baekingham Patios.

The Prince and Princess of Wass had a dinner party is
the evening. The oompay included Prince Alfred, the
Duke and Dwain' of Walingtos, Duke and Dashes" of
Itialtorgbe, Earl of Herdwieke, the Earl of Malnieshery,
the Eal and Coates" de Grey and Rippe, Lord ',linear,
the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers, lisatesaat•Coloesl Roe. IL
sad Mn. Byng tfir Edmund and Lady Bead, Lieutenant-
Gaeral Mealy", Lieutenant-Cabeel Kappa, Major Cowell,
Lieutenant Haig, the Rev. O. T. Terror, Dr. Bernhardt,
and Mr. Rol:many.

After dieser Mr. Thome. Gryffudd performed a sele3ties
of music as the Welsh triple.s.zigged hep

TM Maxine De Oily hes sneoeeded the Has. Mrs.
Bruce es lady is waittogto the Prisons of Wale&

The Judicial Committee of the Pricy Council sat yester-
day. Preseat—Lord Shmadowo, the Lords Justices Knight
Bruce mid Turner, /lir E. V. ,Willisms, Sir Edward Ryan,
Sir Laurier* Peel, and Sir Jam.. Oelrile.

Derpstrhes were received yesterday at the Colonial-offioe
from the Governor of Malts.

Visciount Bogy. the Boa. Mrs. &nestle aad Mill
Bouvet* and the Hoe. Mrs. Harding*, timid be added to
the het of those who, from unavoidable moms. ware pre'
vented from atteodieg bar Majesty's Court as Tuesday last
Lady Claud Hamilton was erroascoaly awatioasd as guest
as that aossakea.

York to the 18th inst.
The following despatches had been issued by the
War Department at Washington :

City Point, March 16, 1865.
Hoe, 0. A. Dear, Amistant Staretery.
lam just in reesipt of a letter from Gomel Sherman,
12th, from Fayetteville. He describes his army as in fine
health sad spirits, having met with no serious opposition.
Hassles keeps in hie treat at a reopectful distaeoe. At Co-
lumbia ha destroyed Musses, amenals end railroad 'stab-
Hamm* sad forty-three mance. At Cheesy ha found
mach mackisory and war material, iocluding twisty-ilve
mason and thirty-el: kindred barrels of gunpowder. la
Fayetteville be found 20 Memo of artillery and much other
amteriaL He ways bathing about Kiipatrkk's defeat by
Hampton bet the direr who brought this letter says
that before daylight, on the 10th, Hampton got tvo
brigades In the rear of Kilpatrick's headquarters, and sur-
prised and captured all the staff but two officers. %Ups-
, trick wiped, termed hie mac, and drove the noisy with
great lose, recapturing about all that he had lost. Hampton
lost 86 left dead on the field,

(Sigel) D. S. Gaon, Lient.•Geaersl.
Major-General John A. Dix, New York.
Major-General Sheridan reports, oa the 15th inst., from
Me bridge of the Richmond and Fredericksburg Railroad,
armee the Booth Aqua River, that, having destroyed the
James River Canal m far to the east as Goochlaad, he
marched up to the Virgisla Central Railroad at Tollaville,
and destroyed it down to Beaver Dam Ration, totally
destroying 15 mike of the road. General Costar was then
seat to Ashland, and Geomal Devi& to the South Anna
bridges, all of which have been destroyed. General Sheri-
' dm says the amount of property destroyed la hts march is
eserames. The enemy attempted to prirmat hie burning
Ike gratisl Railroad bridge over the South Alma, but the
Fifth Vatted States cavalry charged rap to the bridge, and
about dirty roan dashed acmes on foot, driving off the
mew, sad capturing three pieces of sitillery, sweaty-
penader Parrotte.-0. A. DANA, Assistant Secretary of
Mu.

A telegram from General Grant's head-quarters
report. that the Daily Dispatch was the only paper
issued on the 16th in Richmond. It says :
The Dsapateit is published this morning *a half • sheet
cab, bemmes of the fact that all the employers, printers,
reporters, and clerks, are members el military organisattess,
sad were called out yesterday morning by the governor to
perform special service for a short time. But for the kilt&
am of a few (rimed., who ars exempt from imam, and
who volunteered their aid, the ball leaf promoted would of
aresseity have been withheld. In a few days at farthest,
our forme will return to their poets, when we hope to re-
nabs and coetinue anietsrrupardly our fulleised sheet.
At Washington, on the 16th, President Lincoln
addressed an assembly in front of the National
Hotel on the occasion of the presentation of a
captured flag. He said :
Fellow Oilizens,--It will be but a very few words that I
shall nudertake to say. I was born in Kentucky, raised in
Indians, and lived in Illinois. (Lialghter.) Avid now lam
hers, where It is my busbies to ears equally for the pod
people of all the elates. lam glad to see as tedium regi-
ment on this day able to present the captured Bag to the
Goveroor of Indians. (Appian's.) lam not disposed, in
saying this, to make • distinction between the states, for
all have done equally well. (Applause.) Them are but
few view' or Raped. el this pest war upon which I have
set said or mitten something whereby my own °pi-
stons might be knows. Bat there is osie—the recent
attempt of our erring brallma, as they ere sometimes
called—(laughter)—to employ the negro to fight for them.
I have oeither written nor made . speech on that rubject,
bemuse that was their business, not mine; sod if I had a
aria upon the subject I had not the power to introduce it,
or irks it effective. The great question with them was,
whether the negro, being pat into the army, would fight
for Item. Ido not know, sod therefore cannot decide.
(Laughter.) They ought to know better than we. I hare
in my lifetime heard many arguments why the Degrees
ought to be slaves ; but if they fight for those who would
keep them in slavery, it will be • better argument than
stay I have yet heard. (laughter and applause.) Ile
who will fight for that ought tabs • slam. (Applause.)
They bays ocinahreed at lest to take ova out of four of the
slaves, and pat them in the army ; and that one oat of the
four who will fight to keep the others in slavery ought to
be • slave himself melees be is killed in a fight. (Applause.)
While I have cites said that all men ought to be free, yet
I would allow thorns oolonred persons to be slaves who
mat to be ; and sort to them thaw white persons who
argue iv favour of making other people slaves. (Applause.)
lam in favour of giving an opportunity to such white
men to try it on for themselves. (Applause.) I will
my one thing is regard t.) the negro being em-
ployed to fight for them. I do know he can-
not fight and stay at home and make bread too—
(laughter and applause)—fad as one is about as important
as the other to than, I don't care which they do. (Re-
newal applause.) lam rather in favour of having them
try them as soldiers. (Appian's.) They lack onel vote of
doing that, and I wish I could send my vote over the river
so that I might oast it in favour of allowing the 'lmre to
tight. (Applause.) Bat they cannot tight and work both.
We must now see the bottom of the enemy's resources.
They will steed out as lam as they can, and if the Deem
will kelt for them, they most allow him to fight. They
have drawn upon their last branch of resources. (Applause.)
And we can now see the bottom. (Applause.) lam glad
to see the end so near at hand. (Applause.) I have said
now mon thee I intended, and will therefore bid you
good by.

-.me to our altered 0011-
bee'; brought ender examine. '
remarks, It le fp fibs my intention
time to any elks muse Ora than
manriblies, but only nrptatly to
recommend prompt action on the measures now ablated.
Ws need for canylag on the war suocessfully men and
supplies for the army. We have both within our country
sufficient to attain MOM. To obtain the supplies it is
necessary to prated prodadive district', guard oar lima of
communications by as hawses. la the number of oar forces,
and Meese it results that with large augaientatioss in the
numbs[ of men in the army, the facility al supplying the
troops would be greater they with our recent redueed
strength. For the purchase of supplies now required, es-
pecially for the armies in Virginia and North Carolina,
the treasury must be provided with means, and a modifi-
cation of the impressment law is required. It has hese
samrtaised by examiasticia that we have within oar
reach a sufficiency of what ls most needed for the army,
and without having recourse to the ample provision ex-
isting in those park of the coaledermy with which our
communication has be.. partially interrupted by hostile
operations. Bat in some &frisk from which supplies are
to be drawn, the inhabitants, being either within the
enemy's lines or In very close proximity, as. unable to
make use of Onifederate Tommy notes for the purchase of
articles of prime seeessity, and it 1. usemearr that, to some
extent, coin be paid to order to obtain swollen It is
therefore noomesseded that Congress devise the means of
making availed' the oohs within the Confederacy far the
purpose of Napplyieg the army. The oaken of the supply
dspartmeats report that with two minims of dollars la ado
the armies in Virginia sad North Carolina can be amply
supplied for the remainder of the year, end the knowledge
of this feat should sato' to Mears the adoption of the
measures mosseary to obtain this moderate sum.
The impress:neat law as it now exists prohibits the public
officers from impressing .applies without making payment
of tit valuation at the time of impresumat. The limit
fixed for the issue of Treasury notes has been nearly
reached. and the Treasury cannot always famish the funds
necessary for prompt payment, while the law for raising
revenues which would have afforded means for diminishing,
if not removing this difficulty, was unfortunately delayed
far several maths. sad has just bees signed. Is this asse
ditionof thiap it is impassible to supply the army, although
sea* stores may mist is the musky. Whessear lie
einem refuse to give credit to the public ofiloer it is seem
eery that this restriction on the power of impressment
be removed. The power is admitted to be objec-
tionable. liable to abuse, and =equal in Its opera-
tive en Individuals ; yet all them objections roust
yield to absolute necessity. It is also suggested that the
system of valuation now established ought to be radically
eietpd. The legialatioa requires la melt same of impress-
ment that the market prim be paid ; bat there is really no
worked pries in many mem, and then valuation is made
arbitrarily and in a depreciated currency. The result is
that the most extravagant prices are fixed, snob as no one
sear aspects to be paid is coin. Now believe that the go•
vererneat can ever redeem is coin the obligation to pay 50
dole. a bushel for men, or 700 dole. a barrel for flour. It
would seem to be more just and appropriate to estimate the
supplies hammed at their value in eoin—to give the obki
pits. in
coin, -
getios
te.g."7.74 for
theo at the
the ere.
ditor, to return in kind the wheat or corn Jimmied, with
a reasonable interest, also payable in kind, and to make the
obligatioas thus lamed receivable for all payments doe in
coin to the government. Whatever be the value attached
by Congress to these suggestions, it is hoped that there will
be no hesitation in so &aegis, the law as to reader it pos-
sible to supply the army in case of nementy by the homier
meat of provision. for that purpose. _ _

The measure adopted to isle; revenue, though liberal is
Its provisioos, beige elearly inadequate to nuet the armors
of debt and the cutout expenditures, moose degree of em•
banumment io the management of the finaaoes must ora-
tions to be felt. It la to be regretted, I think, that the
recommendation of t►e Secretary of the Treasury of a tax
on agricultural inmate equal to the augmented tax oil other
inoemea, payable in Treasury sotto, tram rejected by Con-
grew. This tax would have oontriboted materially to
facilitate the purchase of provisions and diminish the
necessity now felt for a supply of oat. The measure,

passed by Congress during iieessokin for recruiting the
army and supplying the additional force needed for the
public defence, have been, in my judgment, insufficient,
and lam impelled by a profraind lionviction of duty, and
stimulated by a muse of the perils which surround our
country, to urge spec you additional legislation ou this
subject.

bill for employing negro= as soldiers has not yet
reached me, though the minted Morsels of your proceed-
ings inform me of its passage. Much benefit is antici-
pated from this measure, though far Les than would have
resulted from its adoption at au earlier date, so as to
afford time for their organisation and instruction during
the winter months. The bill for diminishing the mutt-
her of exempts has just been made the subject of • special
message, and its provider are such as would add no
strength to the army. The recommendation to abolish
all clam exemptions has not met your favour, although
still deemed by me a valuable and important
measure ; and the number of men exempted by a mew
sleuth in the act just mused is believed to be quite equal to
that of those whose exemption is revoked. A law of a
few lines repealing all class exemptions would sot only
strengthen the forties in the bold, but be still more bene-
ficial by abating the natural disoontest and jealousy
created in the army by the oxidate* of classes privileged
by law to remain in places of safety while their fellow-
oiliness are exposed is the trombone end the fold. The
measure most needed, however, at the prieset time
for affording as effective increase to our military
strength, is a general militia law, such as the sonstitu-
time anthorises Congress tepees, by granting to it power
tovide for organising, arming, and disciplining the,
militia,pro and for goveraieg such part of them as may be
employed In the service of the Confederate States," cad
the farther power " to provide for calling forth the militia
to execute the laws of the Confederate States, suppress
insurrectioes, and repel immolate." The necessity for the
exercise of this power can never exist if not in the aroma-
steams which now surround us. The security of the
States against any encroachment by the Confederate
t is amply provided by the constitution,
by to the States respectively the appoint-
ment of the officers, aid the authority of traialog the
militia, according to the dieeipline prescribed by Coe-
grog. A law is needed to prescribe not only how and of
what persons the militia are to be organised, bat to provide
the mode of calling them out. If Matthaei be required
to show the necessity for such a general law, it is samaieut
to =gothic that in one case I bare beim informed by the
governor of a state that the law does not permit him to sell
out the militia from one comity far wombs in another ; so
that a single brigade of the enemy could traverse the
state and devastate each county in turn, without any power
on the part of the executive to use the military for effective
deluge ; while in soother state the executive ramped to
allow the militia " to be employed in the service of the
Confederate States in the absence of a law for that

purpose.
I have heretofore. in • eoefldeotiel message to the two
houses, stated the facts which iodated me to seerdder it
imaginary that the ',Sege of the writ of babies caroms
abeuld be suspended. The eneviction of the esionsity of
this measure has become deeper as the ergots of the '
struggle have been developed. Congress has not concurred
with me io opinion. It is my duty to my that the time
has arrived when the suipenake of the writ is not simply
advisable mid expedient, bat almost tedispeemble to the
suer:add conduct of the war. Oa Cooper must rest the
responsibility of declioing to exercise • power conferred by
the oonstoritiora as a gneiss of public safety to be Need ie
periods of eational peril mealtime from foreign invades. If
our preset circumstances were not each as were warm-
plated when this power was conferred I oonfees myself at •
Ices to imagine say (antinomy in which this chose of the
constitution will not moats • dead letter.
With the prompt adoption of the measures above rano u-
nleaded, and the untied and hearty coeperstiou of Congress
sod the people in the execution of the laws and the defence
of the country, we may enter on the coming campaign with
(fieertal confidence In the result. Aud who can doubt the
toesbased existence of that spirit sad fortitude of the
people, and of that eionstancy ander remora. which alone
are seeded to render our triumph secure? What other re-
/COMM remain available but the undying, uecoaquerahle
resolve to be free ? It has become oertaio beyoed all doubt
or question that we must esetiene this struggle te •
sosompfel issue, or inset male shirt and unconditional
suberseion to midi terms as it shall please the
eeequeror to impose epos us attar our surrender. U
• possible doubt could exist after the conference be-
tween Our commissioeers and Mr. Linage, as meetly
reported to you, it would be dispelled by • nicest occur.
mos, of which it I. proper that you *bread be informed.
Cosiness will remember that in the conference above re-
ferred to our eeinnaimioners were informed that the govern-
meet of the United State. would not ester Into airy scree.
meet or treaty whatever with the Oonfederate States, nor
with any single State ; and the only possible mode of obtain-
ing pesos was by laying down oar arms, disbanding our
forces, and yielding tiewinditional obedieooe to the laws of
the Uoited States, Including those named for the eriallece-
don of our property, and the constitutional amendment for
the abolition of dewy. It will forth*, be remembered
that Me. Limo's declared that the milt terms co which
hostilities could awe were those stated in his aulessge of
December last, is whisk we were informed that is the event
of our preheat aribudeeise M weed Weeper
_jostles with
gaialff. Old that thequelis• 'WSW we imulniiiimeraiii

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as deprisdreo terrherles or permitted to hare a te-
iheirwiticemwee are on which he premise
but be decided by Mar Oesgress after
oar es hem accepted.
It bee however, bees hitherto sated to yea that in
the coarse dthe costeinee at Fortress Moore. a
ties was made by ese el oar demadedeassihat the=
hoe entertaleed by Mr. Linage to freaking with the go-
vernment of the enfedersey or with any separate state
might be avoided by enbetiteting for the tuna mode el
Dactirlieg *torah maimissicaus or otiose diplomat
spats the method sentrienee employed of s military me-
ventios, to he mind Sato by tie emannedies gender&
of the armies of the two belligereas. This, he admitted,
was a power pommeled by him, though it was net thought
communists with all the gaieties brooked. As he did
••• mops the sum sties when made he was afterwards
regulated to reconsider his conclusion npoir the sabot. of
the sespeasion of hostilities, which he agreed to bat
said that be had maturely ceesidered of the plan, had
damned that it mad not ho dm&
Babesquestly, however, as interview with General Loz,
ANN was asked for by Genera Ord,
enemy's filmy of the James, during which Geselealnineag-
eked wee hilemed by him that there was • possibility of
e=t2 • eatiebekey atielonsat of Si. merit tribal
d ,'
by mesas a a Willa, arsvesties, and that if
Geseral Lae &grad en isteniew as the sallset it would
set be dedied, ravioli& Oenmea Lee bad irerity to ad.
This eseasuadea tba was supposed to be the oesommuce of
the above mimed to, sad Genera Lee,
to wrote to General Great me the freliawsprldia
month, proposing to meet him for mamma ea the Paha,
es 4 stales that he wee vested pitit ohs regailteledliMAY-
General Grant's reply stated that be had so eaterity to
moods to the proposed onfereme ; that his parm ex.
heeded eel,. to ma k* • cosmetics an subject. a •
military ehersober, sad that Omega Ord only_ have
meant that so interview would sot be refused as my sub-
ject as whisk he (Gemara' Great) had the right to act. It
is. aims that either with the Confederate antheaties
of any fitate, Wig through thecomaiuding mien de, will the
government of the Carted Maas Ina sa leaks say ••••••
or agreement whatever for the meals of hostilities.
There remain thee, for us se drone bat to mann* this
contest to a Gael issue • for the people of Si. eonfoi=
ass be but hale liso4n to him who It '
=trouloi ever comet to parches, at oast dem-
and slavery, perstrisioe to live in • country gar-
risoned by their owe agrees, and reversed by alms seat
by the conqueror to rale over them.
Ravin ohm fully placed before you the information
requisite to mai you to judge of the irate of the coun-
try, the deafen to which we are awed. and the ma-
sums of logislatioa needed for avert* them, it romans
for me but to iamb° year attootice to the °middleman
of those ahem by which, above all others, we may tappet
amps lie mismities that would remelt from oar
Premisea above all others is the necessity for earseet7l2
mama seeporesties barren all departseads of gessm-
mat, State sad Cieforderate, sad all tist diem
hinnies* tho •••Sa••••y. To you espew 66 mar
tore and impromishetime, do Si. people leek foir esester-
egemmt med mane& To your oetion—sot °sly la Ws-
, Wive hale, bat la year hemee—will their eyes be tweed
for tie ample of what is befitting moo who by willing
SIMIANS on tie air el freedom show that they ere worthy
to enjoy ite laiewiegs. I feel fall essideese them yea will
resew with me to the eoevistion that year pubis duties
will sot be smiled whoa you shall hers dead the Impels-
are Idiom of the swam ; bat that your voice' will be
beard cheering and mescreass the people to that persist.
' oat fortitude whit* they lave hitherto displayed, and
animating them by the mailestation of that some coo-
&Isom which is mosrests a public &we is the di-
, tractive oharestoritie of the patriot who deride ocarege
from hi devotion to his coustry's deellay. sad le thus
issued to is*, tie like mange is ethos. Tina suited in
• • 0001210111 sod holy maw rasing above all eallia eensidem-
I time. readmits all our moms and faculties tributary to the
country's welter, let as bow subrandvely to Divine will
mid reverently imam the bleeping of oar Heavenly Father,
that ma be protected and guided our rim whom ll
is a Medlar cane, se he will enable as to pea earajteali.
I sham and our firesides, sad maintain in the political
I rights which we ialierited. JIFFIES= Davta.
Richaseed, Hank 13, 1886.

(itgerm's vegsamexe.)
ROME.
Ma lisissillso.)
ROME, limeca 26.
Two numerous bands of Neapolitan brigands
wearing uniforms, and supplied with arms and am-
munition, have penetrated into the pontifical terri-
tory. They have carried desolation into the pro-
visage of Frosinone and Velletri. All occupiers
have fled from their homes.

Count Paris deFrosinone having fallen into the
hands of the marauders, was compelled to pay
50,000 fr. ransom.
The French troops, in conjunction with the
Italian soldiers, have adopted vigorous measures to
destroy the brigands.
The Italian troops frequently pass the pontifical
frontier. It is thought that the papal government
will remain inactive in the matter.

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