The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-22 00:00:00

~2 _ THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, MAY 22, 1867.
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JOHN BROGDEN, eve of a financial crisis, but at the end of one. tits Court. LATEST INTELLIGENCE.
- That cruel, black east wind, which blighted enter- --e— —.-_____
ORIGINAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, prise a year ago, has blown itself out, and warmer A nisei
(REUTER'S TELEGRANs.)
la HEN KILTrA-nTILNKT, COVILNT.OARDIIN. WINDSOR cusruc, ILA,/ 21. Commons
--- .. - The baptism of the infant Prince, son of Prince CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN eider the r
JOHN BROGDEN'S 18-carut GOLD CHAINS. donee. Altopther, whatever the future may haveMAILS. which has
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In store for them and their neighbours, we believe Christian of Schleswig Holstein and Princess Christian
(Princess Helena of Great Britain and Ireland), took place CALLE, MAT 19. determine
JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAINS. 1 Englishmen of all sorts and conditions may eels- to-day, at 1 o'clock, in the Private Chapel at Windsor The Ottawoo, from China, arrived on the 15th Irish rails
brats their national games this year in a tolerably Castle. inst., and the Avoca, from Australia, to-chy. of evident
JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD ALBERT CHAINS. subject in
cheerful temper, and with the comfortable pride of Arrangementa were made in the chapel for the per. The Surat leaves for Suez to-day.
chase o
an united family. formance of the sacred rite. Two rows of chairs, one on sanction
I
JOHN BUGG DEN'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. each side of the centre, were appropriated to the use of OUTWARD MAIL OF THE 20tH-2Gru two year
the Queen, the sponsor,, and the royal personages invited FEBRUARY.
should be
BROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR OUR CONTEMPORARIES. to be present. The font was placed in front of the altar. The Bombay reached Melbourne on the 14th and controL
as Ireland
Seats were ranged within the rails of the communion
for CHILDREN'S DIET. (THIS DAY.) bestowing
To obtain extra profit by the sale other kids are sometimes table for the officiating clergy. The choir consisted of tbe Sydney on the 16th April.
system, mu
sawed lacteal et BROWN and POLSON'S. ---..--- gentlemen of her Majesty's Private Chapel, assisted by
John Brown," "John Poison,* Is M wend * wawa "1
adb pat bet THE GOVERNMENT or THE WETROPoLIe. several gentlemen and boys of St. George's Chapel, Wind- OUTWARD MAIL OF THE trri-10tH APRIL. circumata
The Mongolia arrived at Galle on the 4th May. opinion, I
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%rite erpreliO. the vast, shapeless masa which constitutes the metropolis The follow empire.
ing royal personages were at the ceremony :-
of England comparedmpared with the little district which bears The Queen, the Prince of Wales, K.G., the Duke of Edin- EXPRESS FROM PARIS. who in an
general re
the name of the city of London, and observing that from the burgh, Prince and Princess Christian, Princess Louise, —40.-- be purcha
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want of corporate life, London is worse administered than Prince Arthur, Prince Leopold, Princess Beatrice, the economy :I
(111011 OUZ OWN comasoiricss.) accommod
TO COILIMPONDINTS. the capitals of far less wealthy states, the Times proceeds Duke of Cambridge, the Grand Duke, the Grand Dachau,
Ithertheinents Intended for "The ILvprevc" London Evening PARIS, Tournsv Eremite. forward i
Paper. must be at the Dace. 10. Ikwvetteatreet, by Two to describe the general tenor of Mr. Mill's proposal to and the Hereditary Grand Duke of Mecklenburg•Strelits,
gra
theclock on the day of publication. establish a central federal municipality as reasonable. The the Duke and Duchess D'Aumale, Prince Edward of Saxe.. London g °
rs contain a tale m statinf I elterd
vaned the
All pape o'
- only objoction ever heard is that such a corporation would Weimar, the Prince of Teek, and Count Gleielher that the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edin- of the railt.
DRUM LANL he too powerful ; but even if we were to admit any force in The Cabinet ministers present were :-Tbe First Lord Chantilly races on Sunday. tele:nem,
TUN ETEXING THAT RASCAL JACK. Mews Rouse and thisburgh attended the
• • argument, yet it should not suffice to deter parliament This is a serious mistake. It is quite certain that D ff
Neville : Ile,lames Alleyne and Thonspisin.-To conclude web _ of the Treasury (the Earl of Derby, K.G.), the Right u elm.
THE GREAT CITY. Meows Warner, Morton, Fitzjanics. Rouse, from endowing the metropolis with so powerfulan instrument Hon. Spencer Walpole, and the Secretary of State for the the Prince of Wales told the Marquis de Lagrange Hamilton
Irving, se. ; Mesdames Robertson, Le Thiere, and Thompson. for energetic and combined action ; since if the functions of Home Department (the Right lion. Gathoine Hardy). at thehavingtakenthe •
any such federation were strictly defined it might safely •F. He t
Jockey Club that, after
HAYMARKET. . The clergy officiating were :-The Archbishop of Canter- Queen's instructions on the subject by telegraph, trick Igraii,
Tan zritsiso. DE 4VAS A POST. Meseta Compton and receive power to do many things to which parliament has
bury, the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Windsor, and
Tama, Sc. ; Mrs. Vitswillbun, etc.-A WILD GOOSE. Mews. not time to attend, and which official boards and local
&Allem Buckstone, Howe, Rogers, Goalie, ge. • Medium* the Very Rev, the Dean of Westminster. e Herbert,
he was advised that it would not be desirable, Messrs.
although he was on a visit in France, that h R. J. 1
busks, Chippendale, 1114 Lain, Itc.-Ad FAMILY. JAYS. vestries do very inefficiently. The second proposal of Mr.
The members of her Majesty's household present were ;
Mill, to which he asked the assent of tho House of Corn-should so far depart from English customs as to be King, G.
tEDIVENTR. mono yesterday evening, is the establishment of municipal -The Earl of Bradford (Lord Chamberlain), the Earl of
resent at races on a Sunday. The foundation for Vance, J.
Tnis Eras Imo. ANTONY AND CLSOPATRA. Mite*, Mr. 11. Tankerville (Lord Steward), the Duke of Beaufort, K.G. P Clanncart
Lemiine . &lob rims, Hr. C. verse', hernial, Mos Pelle; sad corporations conterminous with the metropolitan boroughs.
Cleopatra. like Glyn. Them are many things which these communities, equal to (Master of the Horse), the Duchess of Wellington Otis- the incorrect report is probably this :-The Duchess meeting a
lives in the Chateau Mr. Greg
the populations of large continental cities, do better tress of the Robes), the Dowager Duchess of Athole de Tremouille, who
others. 1
LYCEUM. (Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting), the Hon. Lucy de Chantilly, asked the Prince of Wales and the cons poet
Tito Ervinin, BAMBOOZLING. Mr. Price and Mies localaction than •
concert ' h the restof the tby in with
Kerr and the Hon. Emily Cathcart (Maids of Honour in
Hate Illehop.-TilZ DUKE'S MOTTO. Mr. Pechter, Messrs. polls. There will be a general satisfaction that the sub-
lfznery , Widdlromb. Jordan, Price. ha ; Maass Unworthy. Hen. • Waiting), the Viscount Hawarden (Lord in Waiting), Duke of Edinburgh to breakfast with her on Sun- amount e
day morning, to meet the Marquis and Marquise that the i rade, Grattan, sad I...lrlotta Leclermi. set has been taken up by one competent to treat it, and
Colonel Hon. C. Lindsay (Groom in Waiting), Lieutenant-
it is to be hoped the session will not pass away without •• de Galliffet and a distinguished party. The Princes 900,000 f.
to DEMAND. real effort adapt the institutions of this neglected capi- General Hon. C. Grey and Colonel H. Ponsonby (F.quer- 19 000 00(
Trim Eves isn WAITING POR THE UN DERGROUNE. -THE ries in Waiting), Major-General Sir T. M. Biddulph, K.C.B. accepted this invitation, a special train waiting for th,e, lines,
Lirroc SAVAGE -PYGMALION; OR, TII Z STATUE PAIR. tal to the requirements of the time.
lleaus-Ta"rae. ;amok Ac.; Meallionee Swaol.,ningh, Rayaham, The Hrrold, while expressing its satisfaction that Mr. (Keeper of the Privy Purse), Sir John Cowell, K.C.B. them the while at the Creil station. It is quite for 610,00
Marland,Johnsiose.ilioNS-And THE FRENCH MILIBITION. Mill has brought the subject before parliament, would re- (Master of the Household), Mr. Legg, and Mr. Sahl. possible that the Princes, while smoking a cigar for profit I
one-third
HOLBORN. legate the whole matter to Mr. Hardy, who in the recess The ladies and gentlemen in attendance on the royal after breakfast, may have seen something of the and good
TIM 121117122, MT TURN NEXT. Mr. Delmore; Muses will have leisure to mature a comprehensive scheme. Pemnages were :-lady Susan Melville and Mrs. Gordon, races from a balcony in the chateau ; but there is were the I
Mole and Leanom-And IMMO SCUD. meows. Neville, Bel- in attendance upon Princess Christian ; Lady Caroline which,
. in
20000. Make, Yothike, to ; Mesdames V. Josepks, C. Saunders.
Barrington, in attendance on Princess Louise and Princess no harm, even according to the most rigorous oiroomota
Bomb loots /kids; Limo; Barniond, the. MIScELLAN COIN TorWs. English usages, in looking out of a window on a Sir F. He:
Beatrice; Lady Caroline Cost, in attendance upon the
Without blaming the government for the course which other gem
BRITANNIA. at this particular juncture they think it necessary to Grand Duchess of Mecklenburg-Strelitx ; Mademoiselle Sunday. position, i
Tins Mario. THE SHAMROCK OF IRELAND. Mn.S R. ,-
Thaw-TIIR VOLUNTEEKS. Mr. Bigwoed and Miss R. Emits. take, the r,"-, News remarks
d that parliament renews Clinchamp, in attendance upon the Duchess D'Aumale ; The Monittur du Soir says that Prince Oscar of adopted ~
-And THE OLD MAID IN THE WINDISO-SHEET. Misses S. bills for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in General Sir W. Knollys, K.C.8., Comptroller and Treasurer
and mend
Sweden has only left Paris temporarily to see the elication
MOB X J. Curtsey. to the Prince of Wales ; Major Teesdale, C. 8., Equerry to
Ireland with almost as much regularity am it renews the the Irish
the Prince of Wales ; Lieutenant Haig, Equerry to the Derby, and is coming back again.
Mutiny Act in England. The two measures are symbolical
HIGH WATER AT LONDON immix of the principles of government which prevail in the two Duke of Edinburgh; Major Elphinstone, C. 8., Governor There has been considerable excitement in Stem- that the •
bourg in consequence of a publiahed answer from Ler'd Derl
Tall DAY -Morning, 411. I. n.... -Afternoon, 412. 28m. to Prince Arthur • Colonel the Hon. J. Macdonald, C.B. committ
EmMossow-mseathig. es. 5u.......Ati.... :Ay 3,, countries. England is ruled by law ; Ireland by the sus-
Equerry to the Duke of Cambridge ; Colonel Gordon,
' " the students of Berlin to a fraternal and pacific cloned wit
pension of law. Though it would bo unjust to censure for
address Prince
-
students, affirming that earde:
this any existing statesman or party, it is Impossible Equerry to Christian ; Baron Engel. in attendance from the Alsatian ,
LONDON, WEDNESDAY, MAY 22. to disavow national responsibility for it. A bold upon the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg.Strelits. Alsatia and Lorraine were imprescriptibly German
.4, policy of remedial measures would wive us from The following had the honour of receiving special invi- territory. The Strasbourg students replied in a The El
Ties Derby-day has sometimes marked a diffi- the necessity of a violent one. In this respect Lord tations to the ceremony :-The Countess of Caledon, Earl
Naas's land bills, and his speech on the Irish church ques. Granville, LadyAugustaimSdtanmliz, Mali jor.GtehneeraHl the Hon.
imri most insulting address-justified by the assump- Totting fi
cult and dangerous epoch in the domestic and even,ion under which it was written-that they were "nan'ena:
in the foreign political season. Not perhaps Art'ont,oallthoewwuosalitotfle to
coercionhope (Loud'
subjugation,
present grohveerernismelnt. X•
ess weue..ley,
iTia Mary,jor.
end F. H. and Miss Hon. Mrs.
the. Marque
all proved to be Frenchmen, descendants of 1789, of Winchi
as ominous as the Ides of March was the what Mr. Ma- Hon. Mrs. and Mies Grey, the Hon. Mrs. Ponsonby, Mr. and ready to die for their nationality. It now the Earl
fault to be found, and without prejudging
fortnight before the Kalends of June, but the quire may have to say on the second reading of the Sus- and Mrs. Engleheart, Sir James Clark, Dr. Jenner, Dr. turns out that the address attributed to the Berlin Bradford,
great day at Epsom has more than once of late pension Bill, the Daily News believes that, apart from Farm, the Rev. R. Duckworth, Miss Hildyard, Mdlle. students was a forgery. They are about to hold Viscount .
years distracted the public sympathy for full casual and scarcely avoidable errors, the administration Novelle, Mdlle. Bauer, Mr. Legg, and Mr. SediL a meeting to consider the reply to be made to their child, Ho
twenty-four hours from the perilous for- will prove to have discharged with firmness and con- The household in attendance assembled in the corridor Strasbourg brethren under the circumstances. Peel, Sir
• tunes of an administration, arrested the sideration its delicate, painful, and responsible functions. shortly before one o'clock. The ministers and other coin- At the Bourse Rente, under the impulsion given Vieux, H
rorester,
fell hand of an angry The Tints gives an account of the conclusions arrived piny invited to be present proceeded, on arrival, to the
Parliament, and di" at by the Digest of Law Commission. This body urge that Red Drawing-room, and thence were shown to rests by the rise of lin Consols, rose to 70fr. 15c. ; but eniven, el
pro-
vided the outside betting world between a digest is expedient, defining it as "a condensed sum- video' for them in the chapel, subsequently the realisation of profits brought it down Last a,
the anxieties and uncertainties of the double event mary of the law as it exists, arranged in systematic order, The aponsoes for the infant Prince, viz., the Queen, to 69fr. 90c., at which it closed rather heavily. All ern .
on the Downs and in the House. About the end under appropriate titles and sub-divisions, and divided the Prince of Wales, Princess Louise, proxy fur the Crown other securities closed at the lowest prices of the shire HMI
of May the House has been sitting long enough into distinct articles or propositions, which would be sup- Princess of Prussia ; the Duke of Edinburgh, proxy fur the day. Tits F
to be worried with work, restless and irritable, ported by references to the sources of law whence they Duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha ; Prince Arthur, proxy for - -- -Flood,
weary of measures and sick of men. It has lost were severally derived, and might be illustrated by Oita- the Duke of Schleswig-Holstein•Augustenburg ; Lady WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) two forme
principal instances in which the rules stated urchinproxy for the Dowager '
tiona of the Ch , Princess of Hohenlohe- servitude.
the equal temper with which it began the session,WEIMEGMT, MAT Er, 1 A.M. against h
had been discussed or applied." Such a digest, they Langenburg, were conducted to the sesta prepared for
and found no solace in the routine of duty. It has state, would be of especial value in legislation, would tit • •
em on the left side of the communion rails. 9.1 Extreme. , ledge of
climbed painfully a mountain chain of work, and vastly lighten the labours of all concerned in the The Queen was attended by B. ,T. W. illo ..---A---., W. S. Ii to nounced 9
the Duchess of Wellington 12 P. D. 9.
sees more and more mountains stretching before administration of the law, and would bring out into (Mistress of the Robes), and by the Dowager Duchess of - fight, but
it under the summer sun. Indeed, whenever bold relief the distinctions between the law of real Athole (Lady-in-Waiting), and the Hon. Lucy Kerr and halm
Aberdeen
there is an ugly question in the air, at home or and personal property, as well as between legal and the Hon. Emily Cathcart (Maids of Honour.) Leith - I 6 Captain JI
co
abroad, a ministerial crisis or a corns belli, now is equitable doctrines. Further the process
of compi- At the commencement of the service the folio • Ard""•••• 241"N.E.6' N' IL b - 3 trial for hi
the time when it should be felt. This year, lation could not fail to disclose many flaws, am- hymn, composed by the Prince Consort, was sung : Greenemtle 130.21 46: HEAL
Valenta& 30.13 56' X N.N.W. eb - 1 THE I
Z. bo - 1
biguities, and inconsistencies as yet but little known, yet raps Clear !Nt 22 62 N.H. 1.5.1. tb -14 Nlusr-A
however, the Derby-day has a happier and calmer ' . • • • In life's gay morn, ere sprightly youth
EOM MI N.N.W. Z. 0 -, 2
pregnant with future perversions and failures of justice. By vice and folly is enslaved ; liite;ZZ 30.10 40 N. N.H. KN& c- I 7 town was
advent. Instead of a parliamentary perturbation, A digest in the opinion of the commissioners could only Oh, may thy Maker's glorious name Penzance.- PM 48 X H.S. o 'O.lO 2 the chair.
we have a parliamentary appeasement and recon- be accomplished at the national expense ; and to avoid the Be on thy infant mmd engraved. Brest 30.00 60 N. H.& ". Ire '0:04 2 Mr. Aid.
Lorient. WWI 60 N.N.I, W. co -I a
ciliation ; instead of a storm of parties, a great necessity of a large immediate outlay, they recommend So .ball no shades of sorrow cloud Rochefort ,149.64 62 &W. &of, lal _ . 4 the Refer!
lull and calm ; instead of armies on the march that a portion sufficient to serve as a specimen should be The sunshine of thy early days, Plyraouth -10.07 40 I. IN.& eb 000 2 this eased
But happiness in endless round Weymouth SSW 47 N.N.IL E. fob , 0.07 a .
and Bourses in dismay amidst gathering clouds of prepared in the first instance under their own direction.
Shall still encompass all thy ways. Partsmouth SLIM 46 N.N.E. 2,.E. ,rc. ow 2 tnumphan
The Standard, apropos of Mr. Jefferson Davis, has ain amendi
Mar, an international festival of peace and con- The infant •ce was then brought in, • ded by i'md°6 - - 211.98 43 g.:"' LICE
,rbc 0.06
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furious attack on the ruling party in America. It taxes Yarmouth feet 47 14.5. c - 2 •
thog the b
cert of goodwill. Sufficient for the day.
'nding tyranny, and lady Susan Melville. Searborowils. SEW II N. N.E. tin 0.15 4
the government with lawless and - a lodger stiff
There may be troubles to come for the peace says that Mr. Stanton, Mr. Sumner,gn
Mr. Stevens, ad the The Queen handed him to the Archbishop, and named ZIT 3Q°6 42 N.E.l4g. - - N.E.N." I-i - - rates and
of Cabinets, of Parliaments, and of nations other chiefs of the opposition are unquestionably guilty of him CHRISTIAN VICTOR ALBERT LUDWIG ERNEST
REMARKS. clove conic
ROW basking in the sunshine of serener hours. a conaniracy of the worst kind. a consignee, like none Alernire The leereame of atmosohmical Dressers since yesterday has :.. .h. ...1.

Without blaming the government for the course which
at this particular juncture they think it necessary to
take, the Dotty News remarks that parliament renews
bills for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in
Ireland with almost as much regularity as it renews the
Mutiny Act in England. The two measures are symbolical
of the principles of government which prevail in the two
countries. England is ruled by law ; Ireland by the sus-
pension of law. Though it would bo unjust to censure for
this any existing statesman or party, it is impossible
to disavow national responsibility for it. A bold
policy of remedial measures would save us from
the necessity of a violent one. In this respect Lord
Naas's land bills, and his speech on the huh church ques-
tion, allow us little to hope from the present government.
As to the work of coercion and subjugation, there is leas
fault to be found, and without prejudging what Mr. Ma-
guire may have to say on the second reading of the Sus-
pension Bill, the Daily News believes that, apart from
casual and scarcely avoidable errors, the administration
will prove to have discharged with firmness and con-
sideration its delicate, painful, and responsible functions.
The Tisws gives an account of the conclusions arrived
at by the Digest of Law Commission. This body urge that
a digest is expedient, defining it as " a condensed sum-
mary of the law as it exists, arranged in systematic order,
under appropriate titles and sub-divisions, and divided
into distinct articles or propositions, which would be sup-
ported by references to the sources of law whence they
were severally derived, and might be illustrated by cita-
tions of the principal instances in which the rules stated
had been discussed or applied." Such a digest, they
state, would be of especial value in legislation, would
vastly lighten the labours of all concerned in the
administration of the law, and would bring out into
bold relief the distinctions between the law of real
and personal property, es well as between legal and
equitable doctrines. Further the process of compi-
lation could not fail to disclose many flaws, am-
biguities, and inconsistencies as yet but little known, yet
pregnant with future perversions and failures of justice.
A digest in the opinion of the commissioners could only
be accomplished at the national expense ; and to avoid the
neoessity of a large immediate outlay, they recommend
that a portion sufficient to serve as a specimen should be
prepared in the first instance under their own direction.
The Standard, apropos of Mr. Jefferson Davis, has a
furious attack on the ruling party in America. It taxes
the government with lawless and grinding tyranny, and
says that Mr. Stanton, Mr. Sumner, Mr. Stevens, and the
other chiefs of the opposition are unquestionably guilty of
• conspiracy of the worst kind, a conspiracy like none
that history records save that of Titus Oates, • conspiracy
to murder a political enemy by a charge which they knew
to be false. Wherever Mr. Davis's dwelling may be fixed
the esteem and admiration of good and honourable men
will be with him, and with the clause for which be suffers ;
and history will one day enshrine his name among the
noblest of those whose deeds are none the less glorious,
and whose fame is none the less brilliant, because they
battled against an irresistible destiny.
The Star believes that both in counties and in boroughs,
all the inconveniences which form the pretext for the pro-
posed voting papers would disappear if polling-places were
multiplied, and thinks that if, as a means to this end,
clauses were introduced into the Reform Bill which served
to meet the want and which, at the same time, relieved
candidates from an unjust incubus, parliament would pre-
vent all the mischief that must accrue from the legalisa-
tion of voting papers, and at the same time accomplish
an incalculable amount of good.

Tae Derby-day has sometimes marked a diffi-
cult and dangerous epoch in the domestic and even
in the foreign political season. Not perhaps
as ominous as the Idea of March was the
fortnight before the Kalende of June, but the
great day at Epsom has more than once of late
years distracted the public sympathy for full
twenty-four hours from the perilous for-
tunes of an administration, arrested the
fell hand of an angry Parliament, and di-
vided the outside betting world between
the anxieties and uncertainties of the double event
on the Downs and in the House. About the end
of May the House has been sitting long enough
to be worried with work, restless and irritable,
weary of measures and sick of men. It has lost
the equal temper with which it began the session,
and found no solace in the routine of duty. It has
climbed painfully a mountain chain of work, and
sees more and more mountains stretching before
it under the summer sun. Indeed, whenever
there is an ugly question in the air, at home or
abroad, a ministerial crisis or a mew brill, now is
the time when it should be felt. This year,
however, the Derby-day has a happier and calmer
advent. Instead of a parliamentary perturbation,
we have a parliamentary appeasement and recon-
ciliation ; instead of a storm of parties, a great
lull and calm ; instead of armies on the march
and Bourses in dismay amidst gathering clouds of
war, an international festival of peace and con-
cert of goodwill. Sufficient for the day.
There may be troubles to come for the peace
of Cabinets, of Parliaments, and of nations
now basking in the sunshine of serener hours.
Certain indications over the water are not
entirely reassuring. But while the reorganiza-
tion of the French army on a peace footing of
800,000 men is as yet unvoted, and the Chassepat
is still a fancy weapon, and Paris, the delight
of nations and of kings, is entertaining all
the animated and inanimate curiosities of
the universe, and the devoted Corps LOgislatif
has still two years to run ; while Mr.
Lowe, who, perhaps, after all, is the
actual Now Zealander whom MscsuLax ima-
gined, remains the eloquent and secure representa-
tive of the property and intellect of the borough
of Cable; while, to employ Mr. BERESFORD HOPE'S
vigorous metaphor, " the castle, the avenue, and
" the deer-park" of the British aristocracy have
not " crumbled away," and the national debt is
still " fructifying " in the pockets of the people,
and that strong, blind Samson, the ratepaying
householder under 101., is still standing at the
gates of the constitution in blissful ignorance of his
destructive powers—in a word, " while still the
" calm hours creep," let us go down, electors and
non-electors, compounders and personal rate-
payers, the " conatitutionalista " of to-day and the
"residuum" of to-morrow—let us go down in a
lump, without respect of persons, as citizens of a
common country, speaking a common—on these ems-
sions a very common—language, and all more or
less, in the English, not in the French sense, ad-
dicted to horseflesh ; let us go to the Downs, and
snatch a breath of pure English air, and do our best
to enjoy the national holiday together, as though
there wore really no probability of our tearing
our native country and each other to pieces as
soon as possible after the Reform Bill of a Con-
servative Government shall have become law.

At the ceschudon of the service another hymn, com-
posed by S. Bach, was sung:
Jesus, Lord, Thy servants see
Offering here obedience willing:
Lo ! this infant comes to Thee,
Thus Thy mandate bleat Milling.
'Tis for suds Thyself declared
That the kingdom Thou prepared.
Prince of Peace, Thy peace bestow,
Shepherd to Thy sheepfold take him ;
Way of life, his pathway show,
Head, Thy living member make him,
Vine, Abundant fruit providing,
Keep this branch in Thee abiding.
Lord of Grace ! to Thee we cry,
Filled our hearts to overflowing ;
Heavenward take the burden'd sigh,
Blessings on the child bestowing ;
Write the name we now have given,
Write it in the book of Heaven.
The Queen then retired from the Chapel to the Green
Drawing-room.
The royal and other distinguished guests were also con-
ducted to the Green Drawing-room, where the baptismal
register was completed.
Luncheon was served for the royal family in the Oak
Room, and for the otber distinguished guests in the dining-
ream.

The increase of atmospl7eWal pressnre since yesterday has
been general. and greatestln the south west; it still continues
this morning. Temperature has fallen in the south, where the
winds have become more northerly. Weather has become Mier
since yesterday , but rain, hail, and snow have fallen on the east
coast.

The affianced bride of the King of the Hellene:a,
daughter of the Grand Duke Constantine, was born on the
3rd September, 1851, and in therefore in her 16th year.
The King is only 21, h►ving been born the 6th January,
1846.

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At the Princess Mathilde's reception on Sunday
evening thee, were present the King and Queen of the
Belgians, Grand Duchess Maris of Russia, Printer Clo-
tilde, the Siamese Ambassadors, &c. The wife of the
first ambassador made her first appearance on this
occasion in • Paris salon. " She wore," says
GaNniosti, " • magnificent dress of her country richly em-
broidered with gold. Her stature is considerably below
the average, and her bands and feet scarcely larger than
those of • girl of eleven. She had great success during
the evening from the elegance of her bearing. She is
forty years of age and a grandmother, but scarcely looks
thirty. The ambassador himself wore on his finger • mag-
nificent ring, • present from the Emperor Napoleon. It is
regarded by his excellency with deep veneration ; where-
ever he may be, be is anxious to exhibit to others, and
contemplates it himself with visible satisfaction. During
the evening Madame Miolan-Corvalho sang some airs,
which were much applauded."
_

During the collation the Lord Steward gave the follow-
ing toasts :
" Prince Christian Victor of Schleswig-Holstein."
" The Queen."
" The Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-
Holstein."

The Univers considers that the Ethnographical
Exhibition at present being held at Moscow is of consider.
able importance as far as the principle of nationalities is
concerned. " Holy Russia," rye the writer, " is, in fact,
holding a Sclave congress, to which all of the race who do
not live under her sceptre have been graciously invited.
The government indemnifies them for the costa of the
journey, lodges them gratuitously, cajoles them, and loads
them with attentions of all sorts. About forty or fifty.
&laves of Bohemia, Moravia, and Croatia, amongst whom
are some leaders of parties, have arrived at Moscow. A
certain number have also gone frem the Turkish provinces.
The Czar himself has travelled from St. Petersburg to
Moscow, to give, by his presence, a high consecr►tion to
this manifestation. But the noblest of the Sclave race,
the Poles, are not represented, or at least only by a few
rare and forced exceptions. Wherever a trace of liberty
is left to the Pole, he raise, his bleeding head as en amt.
Banal against the Muscovite."

A special train left the Paddington station for Windsor
Castle at 11.30 a.m., to convey her Majesty's guests, and
returned from Windsor at 3.15 p.m.
The Queen, accompanied by Prince Leopold and Princess
Beatrice, drove out this afternoon.
The Dowager Duchess of Athole has succeeded the
Countess of Caledon as Lady in Waiting.
Viscount Torrington and Colonel the Hon. C. Lindsay
have succeeded Viscount Hawardeu and the Hon.
Mortimer Sackville West as Lord and Groom in Waiting.

Her MAJESTY'S Ministers, to begin with, have,
it must be confessed, very fairly earned by hard
work, and by the exhibition of qualities
which are not Knappreciated on the Turf, a holi-
day sharpened in zest by a lively sense of past
'icissitudes, if not of dangers to come. Nor need
Let Maitsres Opposition be less " abandoned and
" spirituous," to use a French idiom, to-day. For
is not the Government making all the running
with their Bill, and winning with their colours
No doubt there may be a few exceptions
to the general contentment, but, on the whole,
we see every reason why Downing-street and
the House should show none but happy faces
on the Downs to-day. And if our statesmen and
legislators have a right to make merry without
any compunction, surely the diplomatists who sat
in Conference may take their share in our British
madness without remorse. They have given the
world at least a summer's peace ; and after last
year's events a single summer seems a century.
And the gentlemen who make good or bad weather
of it on all the Bourses (especially those who made
good weather of the Luxemburg question), if they
pull long faces to-day it must be over their
betting books, and not over the political
" situation." For we are not, as last year, on the

The Prince of Wales, attended by General Sir W.
Enollys and Major Teesdale, went to Windsor yesterday,
and was present at the christening of the infant Prince,
first child of the Prince and Princess Christian.

A Committee of the Lords of her Majesty'. Most Mon.
Privy Council at yesterday, a. the Privy Council-office,
Whitehall, on the subject of the cattle plague. The lords
preeentwere the Lord President and Lord Robert Montagu.
Mr. Harrison and Dr. Alexander Williams attended the
committee.

The Calcutta correspondent of the Times writes :
—" The Bishop of Calcutta hat been very busy during
Lent. I regret to say that be has made a serious mistake
at starting, which will interfere with his woefulness. He
has seemed to identify himself with the small and petty
high church party here. The Christian life and profes-
sion is too serious a thing in the face of so van • man of
heathenism for men to waste their energies in ecclesias-
tical millinery, sacramentarian absurdities, or sectarian
disputes. Hence, especially with bishops like Wilson
and Cotton, the Church of England has been both re.
spectei and useful in India. But farewell to that if Dr.
Millman is to lend himself to men who advertise the Holy
Week and sermons on the sleep of departed saints in a
style of which English Roman catholic@ would be ashamed.
I dare say he will discover his error in time, but with his
advent ritualism has begun to raise its head."

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
from the Governors of the Cape of Good Hope, Natal, and
St. Helena.

Csantrr CouNcm.—There will be a cabinet
council this afternoon at half-past three o'clock at
the Earl of Derby's official residence in Downing-
street.

His royal highness the Prince of Wales will
honour the officers of the 10th (Prince of Wales's Own
Royal) Hussars by his presence at dinner on Saturday
next, when the annual regimental dinner takes place at
Willia's-rooms, King-street, St. James's.

A Roman catholic paper, printed in Dublin, ac-
knowledges the receipt during last week of a handsome
sum of money, which bee been subscribed in New Zealand,
for the benefit of the wives sad families of "the state
prisoners in Ireland." It is to be intruded for distribu-
tion to Mrs. O'Donovan (Rosso) and Mrs. Clarke Loby,
both of whose husbands are now confined in Portland
Prison.

The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and
Mrs. Gladstone entertained a select party at dinner yester-
day evening, at their residence, on Carlton-house-terrace.
LORD CHAMBIRLAIRtg Omen MARCH 18.—
Notice is hereby given, that her Majesty', birthday will
be kept on Saturday, the 76th of May wit.