The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, JANUARY

" NINO luta been most unjustly assailed touching
" many matters ; but as respects this outbreak at
" Chittagong I confess I do not see what excuse clan
"be made. To have relied on the fidelity of any
" ooe native regiment in the service, or of any por-
tion of any regiment, was a strange infatuation
" after the lessons of the last six months. Troops
" have been arriving daily in large numbers, and
" only two or three days ago about 4,000 men
" were inspected on the Midan. We have a large
" number of steamers here ; Chittagong could have
" been reached in a few hours, and one company of
" British bayonets would have preserved the peace,
" saved 30,0001., and prevented the junction of these
" latest rebels with the disaffected of the adjacent
0 districts. The fact is that when the Government
" saw the Bengal army was thoroughly disorganised
" it should have disarmed, if not disbanded, the
" whole. Supposing even half-a-dozen regiments
" had remained true (for want of opportunity, pro-
.' bably, to throw off their allegiance), the inconveni-
" ence would not have been small when the time
" came for the re-formation of the army. At
" this moment there is a native regiment of
" Infantry, and two of Irregular Cavalry—some
" 3,000 men—at Berhampoor, with arms in their
" hands, which we have a right to fear would be
" turned against us if the utmost vigilance were
not observed. When everything has to be done
" by British soldiers, and when the few we have
" hitherto had have had to watch their native allies,
" would it not have been better to get rid of the
" fellows altogether ? The Chittagong affair is
"damaging, and the outcry will be loud if things
" go wrong at Dacca."
These extracts, taken in connexion with the lucid
narrative of our special correspondent, will convey
to our readers a better ides of the actual state
of affisirs in Hindoatan than any laboured ex-
position of ours could do. The mutiny—the insur-
rection, call it what you will—has been checked,
but the day of its suppression may yet be far dis-
tant. Anarchy reigns triumphant in Gude, and in
the adjoining districts of Rohilcund. It does not
clearly appear that the insurgents have any definite
plan or policy, but they are animated with an
envenomed, stubborn detestation of British rule,
which inspires them with a determination to resist
—whether massed together or broken up into
straggling bands—to the last. This defiant spirit
nourished and supported by the general incredulity
as to our victories, and the arrival of our reinforce-
ments, which pervades the Mnssulman mind
throughout Ilindostan. In Gude it is not •
mutinous army, bat a desperate people, we
have to deal with. They cannot stand
against British troops in the field, but their submis-
sion will, for a long time, not extend beyond the
range of the British guns. There was one man
among them who was reluctantly driven to take up
arms against us, partly by gross blunders on the part
of the local officials who had to deal with him, and
partly by the false representations of the.;insurgent
leaders—a man whose hereditary wealth and political
influence gave him authority among his countrymen
whose conduct throughout these disastrous times
was truly chivalrous, whose hands were unem-
breed with British blood. With this man—MtuN
SINGII—we might have entered into negotiations,
and he could have answered for his countrymen's
fulfilment of any terms. But Providence, for its
own wise though inscrutable purposes, has stricken
him down, and no one is left who can be looked to
as capable of becoming the medium of an ultimate
sou.loot. There Is little prospect of a speedy
termination of the anarchy in Oude, and while it
continues no permanent tranquillity can be looked
for in the whole surrounding region.

TIM Revenue Returns for the year and quarter
eliding yesterday present the rather formidable falling
off, ea compared with those of the preceding year,
of somewhat more than 1,800,0001. This diminu-
tion would have been greater but for an unwonted
increase under the head of Miscellaneous ; and as we
learn from a ministerial organ that this increase
is principally owing to sales of military stores,
it would really appear that these sales had been
forced on at a time when military stone arc so much
in:demand for the purpose of trying to save appear-
ances. In the Customs there has been a diminution
in the yeses receipts of 1,154,0231.; in the Excise,
of 801,7781. ; and in the Property Tax, of 890,4261.
The first two items indicate a falling off in the year's
consumption amounting to nearly two millions; and
this falling off in consumption appears to have been
steadily increasing throughout the last nine months.

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meted December bt, the Applkstion the same.
end the Charge of the Consolidated Fund fur the tteM
Quarter, together with the Surplus or Deficiency upon
such Charge.

earplug Balance Osyond the tharge o 4 the Corrabdausl
Fund, for the Quarter ended dept. 30. 1037,
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THE QUICKEST DESPATCH OF THE INDIA MAIL.
—The Calcutta portion of the India Mali, consisting of 42
boner, left Paris yesterday morning at 6.10, sad arrivod at
Boulogne by special train at 11.26. The boxes were em-
barked in ten minutes on board the mail packet Prises
Frederick William. The vessel ran to Dover in one hour and
38 minutes, the shortest time in which the pioneers has ever
been made. The male were at the railway station within
12 minutes, and the South-Eastern special train started at
1.26, and come op to London in ,:ne hour and 38 minutes,
arriviving at London-bridge at three o'clock:

peed per
Miles. S
hour. Railways, &c.
Paris to Boulogne 169 32. 2 Northern of France.
Boulogne to Dover 30 18.37 Mail-packet.
Dover to London.. 88 66. 2 South-lisetern.
Thus the Calcutta mail wan conveyed from Paris to London,
including all stoppoges sod time occupied in embarking end
tenting, and conveyance to and from steam-boat and railway,
in eight hours and 60 minutes. By this special a-range.
leant on the part of the General Post-oflige, the London
letters were sent out for delivery before id: o'clock, and ell
crrrespondence for the country was despatched by evening
mail trains.

DRAM Or SIR DAVID H. BLAIR, BART.—We
announce with much regret to our readers the death of the
venerable Sir David Hunter Blair, of Blalrqahan, county
Ayr, N. 8., which event happened at his country seat in the
north on Saturday, the 26th ult. We believe that at his de-
ems* be bad recently entered upon the 80th year of hie age.
Our readers wi.l remember that hie eldest son by his first
union, the late Colonel Janice Hunter Blair, dike FosWer
Guards, and sometime M.P. for Ayrshire, wee killed at
Likermann in November, 1854, and the title has conse-
quently devolved on hie second son, Edward, formerly lieu.
tenant in the 93rd Highlanders, now fourth baronet.

•
ACTIONS FOR CRIMINAL CONTERSATION.—From
the Order to Council, taking egect.under the new Divorce Act
on the I Ith instant, no action is to be maintainable in
England" for criminal oonversati.n.

HILAIOT TEr.x.—On Monday week, the 11th inst.
Hilary Tenn commences, when the several courts of law and
equity will resume their sittings. On that day the two acts
of last session will come into operation, when two sew courts
will be established—" the Court of Probate," and " the
Court tor Divorce and Matrimonial Causes." The arrears of
rules in the common law courts are inconsiderable.
PIOICIAL SEPARATlON.—Henceforth no decree is
to be wade for a divorce ci natal et thoro but for • Judidal
, which may be obtained under the sew set
.(z—s:rtal Vass. o. 8.5), either by a husband or wife, on the
Sn mood of adulterre y Or cruelty, or desertion without mum, for
yoses sad ua&

the Court.

WINDSOR, Du. 31.

The Queen, accompanied by the Prince of Wales,
rode In the Riding•house this morning, attended by the Hon.
Lucy Kerr.

The Prince Consort went out shooting. The Prince of
Leiningen:accompanied lite Royal Highness.
The Princess Royal has honoured Mn.s Thornycreft with
sittings for her bust.

The Duchess of Cambridge, and Princess Mary, and the
Dike of Cambridge,Nre expected to arrive this afternoon on
a visit to her
_Majesty.

We are requested to contradict the statement, contained in
the journal* of yesterday, that the public can obtain tickets
to view the procession oa the occasion of the marriage of the
Princess Royal, on application to the Lord Chamberlain.
•rrangementa have already hem made for the disposal of the
few tickets which, in consequence of the limited space in
St. James's Palace, can be given on the °minion. The
Chapel and Rooms, however, will be exhibited to the public
by ticket immediately alter the ceremony.
'Count Baptiste Metaxi arrived with despatches from the
Lord High Commissioner, from the lonian Islands, yester-
day, to Mr. Secretary Labouchere.
A meeting of the Cambridge University Commissioner,
was held at 6, Adelphi-terrace, on Wednesday, the 30th of
December. The Commissioners present were Lord Stan- '
ley, M.P., the Right Hon. M. T. Baines, M.P., and the
Rev. Dr. Vaughan.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-ofece
from the Governors of Hong Kong and Malta.

Their Highnesses the Siamese Ambassadors re-
turned to Claridge's Hotel last evening, from a lengthened
tour in the manufacturing districts. Their highneeees came
from Birmingham direct to London.

His Excellency the Persian Ambassador, accom-
panied by Captain Lynch and the members of his suite, paid
a visit to the new City prison at Holloway yes:erday. Hia
excellency dined at Claridge's Hotel in the evening, and
afterwards honoured the operatic performances at Her Ma-
jesty's Theatre with his presence.
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The Duke of Bedford is Surrounded by a family
circle at Woburn Abbey.
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The Marquis of Clanricarde arrived in town on
Wednesday e►ening from Windsor Castle.

James BankeaStanhope, Esq., at Revesby Abbey,
Horncaatle, a few days ago, entertained Lord Stormont, Lord
H. Brntinck, Cob Chaplin, Wm. Elmbirst, Esq., under the
management of Mr. Watkins. They killed, in four or five
hours, 24.5 pheasants, 97 bar., 77 rabbits, 12 woodcocks.
The Earl of Shelburne has joined the family party
at Bowood for the Christmas holidays. The Count, Cormteers,
and the Hon. Miss E. de Flahault, Lord John and Miss
Russell, the Bean of St. Paul's and Mrs. Mittman, Mr.
Chaney, 'Mr. Twopenny, Rev. Prebendary Guthrie, Hon.
James and Lady Louisa Howard and family, have been
spending Christmas with the noble marquis and the Countess
of Shelbwao, who intend receiving a suxession of visitors at
Bowood for some time to come. We are happy to learn that
the venerable marquis is now enjoying excellent health.
Viscount and Viaoountess Combermore will arrive
in town on the 20th inst., to be present at the marriage of
her Royal Highness the Princess Royal.
The Earl of Carlisle arrived at Kingstown from
Holyhead on Wednesday night at ten o'clock. His exoel-
lency and suite proceeded to town by special train, and
shortly afterwards left for the viceregal lodge in the park.
Mies Harcourt, of Derwentwater, has bestowed
her hand upon the Rev. Mr. Mortram. This young lady,
who is an immensely rich heiress, was courted at different
times by a marquis a baronet, and a bsnker,lbut gave a posi-
tive refusal to the three, and has at last preferred an humble
carafe.—Stamford Mercury. irarallits

PREPARATIONS FOR ME ROYAL MARRIAGE.

—TheTimes States that there will be no state pro-
em:loos to St. James's at all. The various royal and dis-
tinguished guests will assemble without any preconcerted
order or arrangement in the Throne-room of St. James's.
The only arrangement made is that the bridegroom elect,
attended by the officers of his suite, will arrive first, and will
probably reach St. James's aeon atter ten o'clock. Imme-
diately after his highness's procession has been formed in
the Throne-room it will move at once to the Chapel Royal.
The same regulations will be observed with regard to the
arrival of her Majesty with the royal guests and
the bride elect, the Princess Royal, with her ladies
and I 1-blastulas's There will then be three procee
atone formed from the Throne-room to the Chapel
Royal, and each will occur in the order we have mentioned.
The arrival of each procession in the chapel will be marked
by the performance of an appropriate march or anthem by
the choir of the chapel and Queen's band. All the distin-
guished personages who take part in the processions will
aster the widen of St. James's Palace by the gateway {sad-
ist how the Mall, and proosed along the old carriage drive
le the Queen's rival& entrance. The private chapel at
Buckingham P is "611 smaller than the Chapel Royal,
end in spite of linme sums that have bum spent upon
it there ls sot (except the bell-room) at Bnckhrghem
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Palace which is equal to any in the suite at St. Jamie's.
TM court, therefore, had no choice but between
S. James's and Westminster Abbey, and a stale
minviage the latter edifice would involve an
outlay of a
beteen 60,0001. and 70,0001. The Chapel
Royal hag been thoroughly altered and refitted
for the prevent ceremony. The very old high- backed pews,
which were built up an extra height in consequence of
Bishop Buniet's urgent complaint to Queen Anne, that the
ladies came dressed to chart* as if going to the opera, and
pruned the hours of envies in ogling the beaux in the sur-
, rounding pews have been entirely done sway with, se as to
make every inch of the 'mall amount of space in the band-
ing available for the spectators. In place of the pews four
rows of seats, raised one above another, occupy each aide of
the church. In front of where the communion rails for-
t:only stood a haul-pas has been raised, which
extends down the church as far as the reading
desk and I. meant for the accommodation of the
royal relatives of the high contracting parties, the brides-
maids and others in Immediate attendance. A great improve-
ment in the chapel, and one which we are pled to say Is a
permieent one, is increasing the size of tho old window over
the alter by one-third. Thu allows a full stream of light
into the building, though its effects will be modified when the
window is filled in, as it is to be, with richly stained glass.
Above the raised seats two narrow galleries have been built
which will accommodate about 150 persons. Both galleries
are supported on iron columns, and their construction is
light and elegant in the extreme. They are fronted with
carved oak, sad the spandril' of the little arches which rest
on the columns are to be decorated with the royal
cipher and the emblarammenta of England and Prussia.
The recesses on a level with the organ loft on
each site have also been fitted with seats, though from
those but the moat limited glimpse of the processioa,
era posoaet, can be gained. The large royal pew immediately
over the entrance and facing the altar w 4 we believe, be
set aside for the corps diplomatique as on the ocomaion of the
celebration of her Majesty's nuptials. Sir George Smart
will preside at the organ and over the usual choir of the
Chapel Royal, which consists of about thirty persons. There
will occupy the organ loft, and the recess facing this at the
opposite side of the chapel has been enlarged and opened
backward so as to afford accommodation for her Majesty's
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privets band. The music to be used e■ the suspicion; mis-
sion he not yet been decided on. There le to be neither
/fife:leer nor banquet in the line old benynetting-hall of St.
Jamie.

Tire PRINCESS ROYAL AND THE BALMORAL
COITAOSIN—Now that the marriage of the Princess Royal
is just at band, that auspicious event forms the engroming
subject of converse with the cottager. on the Balmoral es-
tates, among whom her royal highness is an immense
favourite. And justly so. Nowhere else, perhaps, is the
state of royalty so entirely laid aside as at Balmoral, and no-
where else does joyous, sympathetic human nature shine out
more unditguiredly among the younger members of the Royal
Family. Her Royal Highness the Primers Royal was wont
to be a frequent visitor at many of the humble cottages
around the palace, and her habits of acute and intelligent
observation had rendered her gaits familiar with the details
of lowly life as seen in a Scottish peasant's home. Burns has
sung ;the praises of " parritch," " Soothe' barely food."
Some of our readers may be surprised, while sager Imes will
relax into a genial smile, on being told that a prinoem of
royal blood has, in this nineteenth century, dunned the
housewife's apron, and In childish Yrs " tried her hand" at
stirring the porridge pot. One anecdote we have heard of
the Primer Royal was this .—" Several years ago, when
quite a young girl, a matron, for whom her royal highness
had a special liking, bad added one more to her husband's
family. The baby, of coarse, was an object of superlative
interest; and, when the christening was about to take pleas,
the printer* asked to be permitted to attend and act aa god-
mother. This was freely agreed to. The day Cann, and so
did his prembyterian reverence, but the expected god-
mother, from some mum, did not make her ap-
peanmoe, and after a little the ceremony wrat on
in her absence. It wa• barely concluded when the
pincess came,: breathless with baste and excitement. On
being told bow matters stood, her undipguised feelings
found vent in a sorrowful "Ohl but couldn't you do it
over again 1" When the Court left Balmoral last summer,
the dependants were invited op to the lawn to bid farewell
to her royal highness. The feelings of the princess so over her, however, that she was unable to make her appear-
ance before them, and the Prince Consort beds adios on her
behalf. It is a cherished hope that they will yet me her at
Balmoral, though her home must now be at a foreign court
Invitations to Le in London at the prineeeee marriage have,
w hear, been sent, by her own spacial request, to Dr.
Robertson, the Prince Consort's commissioner, and to Xr.
Omsk the head pmaksepsr at BatasteaL—Bdiainryd