The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, ma.

was not called into existence for any Bush pur-
pose, and it would not be proper to turn a purely
voluntary organiz.ation from its first ends. Our
Volunteer Army was raised to defend the cutmtry
against the foreign foe, not to be used against
Englishmen. Its members may withdraw
from it except when it is actually called
Ont,'and there are abundant reasons for believing
that a large proportion of them would do so rather
than remain subject to a liability which they con-
sider most objectionable. For in the next place
the composition of the various corps makes them
most unsuitable for employment as a military
force in cases of civil disorder arising from
domestic causes. The Volunteer, who, towards the
invader, is every inch a soldier, is, towards the
persons whom he might encounter in civil strife, a
neighbour, a fellow-townsman, a master, an
employi;. And while these are his permanent
relationships, his military character is the assump-
tion of a few hours, a thing put on to-day, but put
off to-morrow, when he returns to the general body
of citizens. The employment of the yeomanry fifty
years ago to put down tumults in towns was
bad enough, and engendered a class feeling, and
fostered enmity, or at least alienation, which has
descended to our own day ; but the employment
of one set of townsmen against another would have
worse consequences. Civil tumults generally arise
out of some question which strongly agii:ates and
divides opinion or represents class interests which
are supposed, often erroneously, to he antagonistic.
Rut the Volunteer Corps are composed of persons
of all classes and opinions, Reform leaguers,
Saturday Reviewers, West-end shopmen, and me-
chanics from over the water, artizans who want to
pass political resolutions in Hyde-park, and trades-
men who have lost a day's profits through a
Reform procesaion. No doubt all these persons
would do their duty as volunteers if called upon,
but it would not be wise to engage theta in an
occupation which would he intensely distasteful to
some, although it might be highly exhilarating to
others. The heart-burnings and misapprehensions
to which such a use of the force would give rise
are easy to be foreseen, and if any mischance
occurred, the consequences might be disastrous
and indelible. If some eminent but unpopular
Conservative minister were accidentally injured, it
would be inconvenient if it were found that the
careless Volunteer in fault had once moved a reso-
lution on Clerkenwell-green ; or, again, if a working
man should happen to fall, it would be unfortunate
if the corps nearest him could be shown to include
many members of the Carlton. Amidst the sus-
picions and exacerbations which would follow an
untoward event, every foolish letter in the Tinos,
every indiscriminate eulogy of the efficacies of
grape shot that might have appeared in a Tory
journal, would be remembered, and the social dis-
organization that would ensue would be worse than
the consequences of any riot which we have real
reason to apprehend. All moderate and sensible
persons would unite, should it become necessary,
to discourage legislation which would make such
a state of things even possible.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.
(THIS DAY.)

aervatives, who have pnvented the countri,
_from. getting
the best which the sew ministry is capable of *ring es.
The conservative party is geserned by its baser consti-
tuents. Poor Lord Derby ! (waelairos the Daily News). He
ma veil declare that nothini shall bailee him to become
nee Minister agaiii.

The Tthyrupitprepares its readere to expect the resig-
nation of Lord Derby as an event far from improbable or
distant.

the Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, FEB. 28.

The Queen, with Princess Louise, Prince Leo-
lad, Princess Beatrice, and Prince Christian, arrived at
Windsor Castle at a quarter before seven o'clock last even.
lag from Buckingham Palace.

The Duchess of Itoxburghe, Lord Charles Fitzroy, and
Colonel the Hon. D. de Ros were in attendance.

pier biajo.ty and Princess Beatrice walked, and rode on
ponies in the grounds this morning.
Prince and Princess Christian Trent out walking. Prin-
cess Louise also walked out.
Prince Leopold took a drive, attended by Mr. Legg.

Lord Begot bat succeeded Viscount Hawarden u lord.
in-waiting to the Queen (not Viscount Hamilton, a erro-
neously stated in the Court Circular of the 27th).

MARLBOROUGH-HOUSE, FEB. 28, 2.30 P.M.

Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales has recovered
from all ordinary events of confinement. The general
disturbance from the acute rheumatism has ceased, and
the local affection, limited to the right knee, is leu severe.
The infant Princess continues well.
No bulletin will be issued for some days.
(Signed) ARTHUR FARRE, M.D. W. JENNIE, M.D.
JAM PAGET. EH. SIEVEKING, M.D.

The Prince of Wales, attended by Viscount Hamilton,
General Knollys, and Major Teesdale, presided yesterday
at a meeting held at the Mansion•house in aid of the funds
of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution.
Hie loyal Highness was afterwards entertained at
luncheon by the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress.

Mr. Saul Immo had an interview with Lord Stanley at
the Foreign-office yesterday with reference to his screw
steamer Tornado.

A deputation, consisting of Lord (ourtenay, M.P., Mr.
Kekewich, M.P., the Mayor of Exeter, and the Town Clerk
of Exeter, had an interview with the Lord President of the
Council and the Right Hon. H. Corry, at the Privy Coun-
cil-office, yesterliy, with reference to the licenaing of
Exeter-market.

A deputation from the Worrell (Cheshire) Board of
introduced by Mr. J. Tollemaohe, M.P., and
Mr. Laird, M.P., and consisting of the Rev. M. Coxon,
Chairman, the Rev. T. Redhead, Vice-Chainnan, the Rev.
P. Rohn, and Mr. C. Bushell, Guanlian, had an interview
with the Lord President of the Council and the Right Hon.
Spencer H. Walpole, at the Privy Council-office, White-
hall, yesterday, on sanitary matters.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

ELECTORAL MANIFESTO 01%914.11.18ALD1.
The AvOiliguardia, a new dernocedtic journal;
published in Florence, contains in Its first =mbar
and in very large type, the following maniksto,
addressed by General Garibaldi to the people? of
Italy :

Citizens! to the electoral urn. We must secure for
Italy liberty, menaced and imperilled by the clerical party
and its accomplices. The efforts of every freeman should
be directed to this vital aim. The new chamber should
have no partisans of liberticide projects nor the satellites
of fallen dynasties—all accomplices of the empire and
of the papacy. The general elections may either wive or
ruin the nation, may make an arena for reaction or a focus
of progress. The clergy are the subjects and soldiers of a
foreign power—an authority mixed and universal, political
and spiritual, which commands'iand sill not permit dis-
mullion, which sows discord and which corrupts. From
these obstinate enemies of oar country and of civili•
sation we must take the means of mischief. The
patriotism of priests should be devoted to the intellectual,
moral, and material progrem of the people and come for.
ward to assist the public fortune. As our contest with
the clergy is intently watched by the whole civilised world
our victory over them will be the restoration of liberty of
conscience, and the triumph of reason over prejudices. To
the urn, then, citizens. To the urn, all of you. Your
votes will proclaim to the world what kind of government
we are worthy of, and whether we are fit to be a nation
great and free.
Florence, Feb. n.

(izuris's nisoLaws.)

WEST INDIAN, MEXICAN, PACIFIC, AND

AUSTRALIAN MAILS.

IN, MARCH 1.

The Royal Mail Company's steam-ship Tasmanian,
with the above mails, has arrived here, with 81
passengers, 3,364,275 dollars in specie, 2,905 pack-
ages of cargo, consisting chiefly of cigars, tobacco,
cocoa, and cochineal. She left St. Thomas's on
the 15th ult., and experienced head-winds and
heavy sea for the first seven days ; since favourable
weather. On the 27th she passed the Hamburg
brig Elizabeth Nicholson, homeward-bound. Her
Majesty's ship Simoom was to leave Jamaica for
England on the 10th February.
The French troop ship Gironde went ashore at
Bare Busk Key, 20 miles from Port Royal on the
9th February, and it was expected she would be-
come a total wreck.

The mail steamer Matuara, from New Zealand,
arrived at Panama on the bth ult., with 23 pas-
sengers, and gold dust value 38,7011. sterling for
England.
The passengers and crew of the Tasmanian are
all healthy, and the ship has been admitted to
pratique.
The weather at Jamaica was favourable for sugar
making, and most of the estates had commenced
operations. In some districts the prospects were
good and the weather dry.
The coffee crop is smaller than was anticipated.
A few cases of yellow fever had occurred amongst
the shipping, otherwise the island was healthy.
Coffee, 425. to 565. ; sugar, lls. to 20e. Ex-
change on London, per cent.

Sir Peter Grant had returned from Honduras to
Jamaica. His visit to Belize appears to have had
no effect upon the question in dispute between the
colonists and the Indians. On the day his excel-
lency left Colonel Harley with 400 men was to
march against the marauders. The colony re-
mained in a very unsettled state.
The weather at Demerara was fine and dry. The
sugar crop was an average one. Freights were im-
proving, being quoted 21d. to 24d. At Barbadoes
sugar making was progressing, with prospects of a
good return. The weather was fine and dry, and
the island healthy.
The weather at Antigua was still unfavourable,
and the sugar crop has fallen far short of last
year's.
At Grenada the weather was improving, and the
prospects of the crops were moderately good. The
island was healthy.
The cholera has disappeared at St. Thomas.
The quarantine regulations were enforced at all
the islands on vessels arriving from St. Thomas.
At Chile the secret policy of the government was
still maintained ; but it was generally believed that
the conclusion of peace had been resolved upon.
Business was good. Largo shipments of copper
and wheat had affected freights, which had ad-
vanced. For copper produce to Liverpool and
Swansea they were quoted 575. to 60a. Exchange
on London, 45 to 46 ; on Paris, 7.40.
The news from Bolivia was unsatisfactory, many
respectable citizens having been imprisoned for
political offence..
In Peru the government were affording every
facility for the encouragement of immigration. A
decree had been issued for establishing an agency
in Liverpool, the chief object of which is the
chartering of vessels with guano on government
account.

The government expedition for exploring the
Amazon found it navigable for 1,300 miles.
The Bunk of La Providencia was expected to
resume operations.

The contract for a railroad from Ica to Jisia,
had been annulled, the contractor forfeiting
40,000 dollars.
The Chinchas Islands were healthy. Eighty
vessels of large tonnage were loading.

CENTRAL AMERICA.
At Salvadore the cotton crop had been destroyed
by worms and rains. Coffee, sugar, and rice were
being largely cultivated in several parts of the
state, and the republic was represented in a pro-
mising condition. Peace prevailed and agricul-
ture was increasing. The revenue was improving,
with a fair prospect of the public debt being soon
paid of
At Nicaragua the revolution was suppressed, and
the epidemic was disappearing.
The Costa Rica government had concluded a
contract for a railway from Simon Bay, on the
Atlantic, to Caldera, on the Pacific.

Great uneasiness was felt on account of the
cholera at Nicaragua. The coffee crop was large,
and estimated at 150,000 quintals, half of which
was already picked.

AUSTRALIA.
SYDNEY, JAN. 1.
Parliament was prorogued on the 22nd Decem-
ber, after passing the Education Bill.
The Aberdeen clipper ships Jason and Australian
have arrived out.

The John Duthie, from London, has been burnt
in the harbour.

A large fire occurred on the 22nd ult. The low;
is estimate! at 30,0001., which is principally insured
in English offices.

The Premier and Colonial Treasurer have left
for Melbourne to attend a conference between the
Australian colonies on the postal arrangements.
Tha harvest *unusually large and satisfactory.
The Victoria parliament has been prorogued until
March.

The Intereolonial Exhibiton has been largely
attended.
Markets unaltered.

WELLINGTON, JAN. 8.

The ?governor has returned from s visit to the
east coast. He spent some time with the natives at

lisinpo, 'shore one imperial regiment will be
quartered.
News arrived yesterday from Auckland of tho
death of Wirimu Janihama, angticeWilliam
Thompson, the great chief of the Waikato', on the
26th ult.

The gold fields on the West Coast were
flourishing.
Hawkey Bay was perfectly quiet.
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The New South Wales government have voted
their share of the subsidy for the Panama mail
service for two years, amounting to 55,000/.

THE EGYPTIAN ARMY.
CAIRO, Fes. 28.
The Viceroy has decreed the diminution of his
army by one half.

THE BRAZILS.
BUENOS AYRES, JAN. 27.

Exchange on London, 501 ; dollars, 25. Wet
salted bides, 32 for 60. Wool, 47 to 87. Tallow,
14. Sugar, 19.

BOMBAY MAIL.
ALEXANDRIA, FEB. A.
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The Tanjore and Pere left at 10.30 a.m. to-day.
The former may be expected at Marseilles on
the oth, and the latter at Southampton about the
13th March.