The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-13 00:00:00

ANNOUNCEMENTS BY " THE OWL."

The Owl, which has made its re-appearance to-day,
has the following announcements in its " serious " page :
"Al was naturally to be anticipated, the resolutions
proposed by the government have at once been taken into
the moat serious consideration by the liberal party. A
meeting was held yesterday, consisting of the prominent
lenders of the Opposition, at which opinions were declared
so much in disapproval of the resolutions that we may ex-
pect at no distant day to see this general feeling of diem-
tisfaction take distinct shape. A meeting of the party is
to be cAled for next week.

" We are able to state that Mr. Brand finally gives
up the office of ' whip' to the liberal party, and a gentle•
man has been found who, we hunt, will be able to dis-
charge the duties in the same amiable and courteous
manner which has so remarkably distinguished the career
of Mr. Br.tiol, who is accompanied on his retirement from
this responsible position by the sincere regrets and good
wishes of both sides of the house.

" A marriage is arranged between Lord ll'aterpark and
Lady Coreilance Finch-Hatton, daughter of the Earl of
Winchilsea. Also between Mr. IValshrun, at present
attached to the Legation at Madrid, and son of Sir John
Walsham, Bart., and Mies Scarlett, daughter of Mr. Scar-
lett, C. 8., late British minister at Mexico. Also, between
Mr. Bement and Miss Anstruther, sister of Sir Robert
Anstruther, Bart., M.P., and Lord-Lieutenant for the
county of Fife.
" We understand that the scheme for the reorganisation
of the army is now nearly completed in its details, which,
when announced in the House of Commons, will not be
found to coincide in all points with the recommendations
of the Royal Commissioners on Recruiting. The militia
will be made the foundation of the active army. Men will
be enlisted for 12 years, insteiul of 10 as at present ; seven
of these will be spent in the army available for'
general service, the remaining five in the militia
under certain advantageous conditions. A measure will
be proposed for obtaining their further service at the end
of the 12 years. Nonoommissioned officers and men will
still be permitted to re-engage in the army and serve for
pension. Such, we believe, well be the leading features of
the plan. The difficulties of the details are, of course,
financial, but the House of Commons will, without doubt,
afford the government the mean' of carrying into effect
their scheme if it can be shown that, it will give the
country sufficient available force for general service and
an efficient reserve to rely upon in case of need.
" We are sorry to bear that, after immense expenditure
in providing ammunition for the new Snider gun, it is
found in practice that the copper of the cartridge so
obstructs the barrel after the discharge as to render the
gun useless. This was not the case with the hand-made
cartridges, and the fault is directly attributable to the use
of machinery adopted by the government under the
yre.sure of the great demand.
' "By the eucceo.ion of the lion. George Barrington to his
father's title, 110 vacancy will, as is generally tenoned, be
' created in the representation of Eye—the peerage being an
Irish one. It is, however, generally rumoured that Lord
Barrington will succeed the present Marquis of Exeter as
Lord Treasurer of the Household, in which case a new
election will he neon:Lary.
" In reply to the many complaints made by the public
about the narrow passage between the hoardings in Hal-
kin-street, which terms the thoroughfare from Belgravia,
we are glad to he able to announce that the Marquis of
Westminster will, in about two months time, open the
street from ttroavener-crescent. It is necessary at pre-
sent to wait till the new reed settles."

The Duke and Duchess of Beaufort are enter-
taining a select party of friends at Badminton.

The Countess Cowper has leaned cards for a
series of small awl early eeening !ionic+, at her residence
in St. James's-square. The first of the series takes place
to-night.
Lord Houghton has arrived at his residence in
Upper Brook•street.

Lady .4utrobus's first soirk tionsoitte will take
place on Tue.day, the 18th inst., and the second on Tues-
day, March 5.

A marriage is arranged between Mr. Arthur
William Crichton, eldest son of the Her. William John
Crichton, of Broa,lwsnl Hall, Shroinhire, and Eaton-plies,
Landon, and the Hon. Constance Emma Augusta Powys,
fifth (laughter of the late and sister of the present Lord
Lilford.

Miss Burdett Coutts and Mrs. Brown have left
Stratton-aUvet for Torquay.

DEATH OF LORD FEVERS/JAN.—We regret to
announce the death of Lord Feversluun, which took place
on Monday night, at his residence in Great Cumberland-
street. The deceased wee son of Charles, first Lord
Feversham, by his marriage with Lady Charlotte Legge,
daughter of the second Earl of Dartmouth. He was horn
Jan. 14, 1798, and married Dec. 18, 1824, Lady Louisa
Stewart, third daughter of the eighth Earl of Galloway,
by whom, who survives him, he leaves issue two sons
and three daughters. He was a conservative in politics,
and was a member of the Royal Agricultural Society, of
which he was a trustee. He is succeeded by his eldest
son, William Ernest Duncombe, M.P., who was born is
1829, and married in 1831 Mabel Violet, daughter of the
late Right Hon. Sir James Graham, of Netherby.
The DieNni E.rprem is happy to be enabled to
announce that the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have re-
solved to allocate 12,000/. for the purpose of increasing the
incomes derived from small benefice..

A mooting of the Schools Inquiry Commission
was held yesterday. Present—Lord Taunton, the chair-
man, Lord Lyttelton, the Dean of Chichester, Rev. Dr.
Temple. Mr. Achttel, M.P., Mr. Raines, )LP., Mr. Raster,
M.P., Mr. Erie, Q.C., and Dr. !Mortar.