The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 22, 1866.

possible; but such is the danger which must always
exist when the power of conferring or withholding
public honours rests solely with the Government,
whose means of information are necessarily casual
and imperfect, and who must be often at a loss
themselves to discriminate merit that does not force
itself upon their notice. If future philosophers
should desire to know how their labours will be
appreciated, let them consider the history of Mr.
RONALDS. It is just fifty years since, in 1816, he
offered his discovery to the Government, who
scornfully rejected it. Thirty-six years later, in
1852, the Government of that day placed his name
on the civil list for a pension of 75/. a year, in
consideration of what they called his " important
" discoveries in electricity and meteorology," one
of which was the electric telegraph. It seems he
had subsequently made other discoveries in these
subjects. And this pension from the Crown Mr.
RONALDB, at an advanced age, still lives to enjoy,
scarcely, perhaps, a full recognition for services of
such importance. Finally, he has to witness, with
that equanimity which only philosophers can coin-
wand, the receipt by others of high public honours
in which he has no share, conferred upon them
for a particular application of his invention, and
on the recommendation of the same authority of
the Government of the country which had already
assured him that the invention itself was " wholly
" unnecessary." But whether Mr. RONALDR, or
Mr. WHEATSTONE, or any one else, be entitled to
stand first in order of merit, it would be a national
reproach, not possible in any other country than
England, if claims of such a nature were met with
nothing but the indifference and contempt of which
the Government of a former day furnished so signal
an example.

exploit :—" I got a note off from the Governor, saying
that they wanted to execute • rebel, sad selling me to
Wag a bit of reps. I went e• shore with • couple d
dingey boys in the dingey, sad took them with me, and
ha vse pointed oat, and we hung him on tb►epot." Isar
gine this man presiding as a judge in cases of life and
death.

THE CONFESSIONAL IN THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND.
Referring to the letter of Dr. Pusey, the Times reminds
its readers that the argument of the " Eirenioon" was that
there is no material antagonism between Anglican doctrines
and those of Rome, and this fact, when we remember
the uniform language of the English divines, is sufficient
to condemn the whole movement with which his name is
connected. The complaint against the extreme high church
advocates is that they enjoin confession as a duty, and
practically extort it in cases where it is neither necessary
nor desirable. If a clergyman systematically enforces
on his people, as the Bishop of Salisbury would have
him do, that he is personally entrusted with supernatural
power to absolve men from their sins or to withhold &boo-
lution from them, he exercises a moral compulsion on
them to apply to him for a pal tioipation in its benefits.
But to receive this he must previously confess ; in
effect, therefore, the high church doctrine of abso-
lution compels confession. The Times then sup•
plies an illustration of the practical operation of this
system from a volume of experiences recently published
by an English Sister of Mercy. A young lady who had
entered a protestant sisterhood subsequently left it at the
request of her relatives ; " but Dr. Pusey, her confessor,
wrote to urgo upon her to return, declaring that if she
failed to do so he could no longer remain her spiritual
director—a threat which involved his refusal again to
grant her absolution." The result was that, though so un-
happy in the convent as to be " perpetually weep-
ing" and meditating self-destruction, the poor girl
returned, and when asked the reason could
only reply " What could I do I must have
been lost if Dr. Pasty would not give me absolution."
Such doctrines and practices are monstrous and intolerant ;
they are downright Romanism in its most obnoxious form ;
and the claims of the high church spokesmen as to the
identity of their powers and doctrines with those of the
Itomish priesthood is utterly fatal to their claim to be
recognized as true members of the English church. To
this plain issue the question was brought twenty years ago
by the publication of " Tract 90." To this it seems to have
come once more. It is impossible to doubt that the answer
will be the same.

Witt Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE. Nov. 21,

Tho Queen, accompanied by the Princess of
Wales, walked and drove yesterday, and her Majesty
drove out with her royal highness this afternoon.
The Princess Louise walked in the grounds to-day, and
Prince Leopold went out also.
The Duke of Edinburgh, attended by Major-General F.
Seymour and the Hon. Mortimer Sackville West, went
out shooting. Lord Crofton had the honour of accompa-
nying his royal highness.
Lord Alfred Paget returned to the Castle yesterday.
To-day is the birthday of the Crown Princess of Prussia
(Princess Royal).

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
offic'al residence of the First Lord of the Trea-
sury, in Downing-street. The ministers pre-
sent were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chan-
cellor, the Duke of Buckingham, tho Earl of
Malmcsbury, the Right Hon. Spencer H. Walpole,
Lord Stanley, the Earl of Carnarvon, General
Peel, Viscount Cranborne, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote,
Lord John Manners, the Right Hon. Gathorne
Hardy, and Lord Naas.

Deputations from the vestries of St. Pancras and St-
Idarylebone bad an interview with Lord John Manners at
the office of her Majesty's Works yesterday on the subject
of lighting the paths across Primrose-bill. The deputation
from St.. Pancras consisted of Messrs. Jonathan Salter,
Michell, J. Tayler, Winter, and Lawford, accompanied by
Mr. Scott, chief surveyor. The deputation from St. Mary-
' lebone consisted of Messrs. Sumner, Ward, and Soder,
accompanied by Mr. W. K Creenwell, yeah/ clerk, and
Mr. Browning, chief surveyor.
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yes.
terday. The lords present were Lord Westbury, Sir E.
V. Williams, Sir J. Colvile, and Sir Laurence PeeL
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
office from the Governor of Canada.

BANQUET TO THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF
!BELA ND.

The Marquis of Abercom was entertained at a
banquet last evening by the Lord Mayor of Dublin.
His EXCELLENCY, in replying to the toast of his health,
alluded to a number of local subjects—such as the im-
provement that was visible of late years in the city and
suburbs, and the plans for purifying the Liffey ; but he
made no political allusions, although the Lord Mayor, in
proposing the toast, directly referred to the question of
the relations between landlord and tenant, and the neces-
sity for their adjustment. His excellency merely said
that, although there were differences of opinion in the
country, he could congratulate the people on their position
and on the satisfactory character of the harvest. He
pointed out that the live stock had greatly increased, and
lamented the decline of the population through emigra-
tion, remarking that the country ought now to be able to
support in comfort its present inhabitants, and that it be.
hovel all who were interested in the welfare of Ireland
to discourage and, if possible, prevent any further exodus.
His excellency was loudly cheered.

INTENDED VISIT OF THE QUEEN TO WOLVER-
HASIPTON.—The people of Wolverhampton have put up a
bronze equestrian statue in their Market-place to the me-
mory of the late Prince Consort, and it now awaits unveil-
ing. The sculptor who prepared the model from which
Messrs. Elkington cast the bronze was Mr. Thornycroft.
Before that gentleman submitted a model to the authorities
of Wolverhampton he consulted the Queen, and her Ma-
jesty suggested that the figure should be in military attire ;
the subscribers approved the design, and the Queen
graciously allowed the sculptor to have the temporary
possession of a suit of the Prince's military uniform to
as-ist him in producing a correct representation of the
Prince in that costume. During the progress of the model-
ling her Majesty and likewise the Princess Helena honoured
the sculptor with several visits at his studio and displayed a
very warm interest in the work. Encouraged by these
facts, first the subscribers and then the corporation deter-
mined to invite the Queen to inaugurate the statue, and
her Majesty has been pleased to accept the invitation, and
will go to Wolverhampton on Friday, the 30th inst.,
accompanied by the Princess and Prince Christian, and by
the Princess Louise. Yesterday evening a special meeting
of the town council was held to make the necessary
arrangements ; the belle of the town were set ringing, and
the telegram which conveyed the news of the acceptance of
the invitation was proclaimed on the Ironmasters' Change,
where it was received with enthusiastic cheering. Funds
for receiving and entertaining the royal guests have been
voted by a special meeting of the town council.
. . . . .

Her-Majesty (says the Worcester Chronicle) has
sent an extensive order to Newtown, in Shropshire, for a
quantity of Welsh flannel and red flannel cloaks, for died.
table distribution. In celebration of the royal favour the
church bells were set ringing, and the lucky tradesman
who had received the order illuminated his shop to testify
at once his satisfaction and his loyalty.
Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales will visit Sir E. C. and Lady Caroline Rerrison
at Brame Hall, Suffolk, on the 4th or sth of December.
The Prince of Wales is expected to return to Sandringham
from Russia about the 24th inst. ; and on December the
let, the birthday of the Princess, the school children at
Sandringham will be entertained by her royal highness.
The Prince and Princess are expected to remain at
Sandringham during December and January.
His Excellency Count Appon3i, the Austrian
I ambassador, left town on Tuesday for Paris, on his way to
Hungary, and will be absent about two months. In the
I interim, Count Kalnoky, who is expected to arrive from
Vienna to-day, will act as charge d'affeires in the absence
of the ambassador.
The Duke and Duchess of Richmond go to Good-
wood, Sasser, where the coming of age of their eldest son,
the Earl of March, is to be celebrated with the customary
rejoicings next week.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

SPAIN.
EXPECTED REVOLUTION.
"The Queen Dowager," says the Arenir Na_
tionaf, " has added her solicitations to the advice
tendered by the Duchess de Montpensier to Queen
Isabella, but without effect. The Marquis de
Miraflores, one of the oldest of the Spanish
nobility, and formerly President of the Council,
next endeavoured to show the Queen the
danger of the course she was pursuing,
but his influence was equally unavailing.
Political considerations have no influence on a
mind which is the slave of religious scruples.
Que me imparts mi etterpo si salvo mi alma (" my
body is nothing if my soul be saved") was her
answer to the Marquis de Miraflores. Arrests con-
tinue to be made amongst the people and in the
army. The colonel of the King's regiment and
other officers have been sent off to the Philip-
pines. The influence of Gonzales-Bravo is increas-
ing every day. Father Claret has confidence in
him alone, and Sister Patrocinio considers that he
is the man appointed by God to save the church
and Spain.
" In the political and governmental circles of
Paris," says the hviaperidance Beige, "it is ex-
pected that the telegraphic wires may bring at any
moment the news of a general rising throughout
Spain. Should such a calamity occur the Narvaez
cabinet cannot say that it has not received friendly
advice from France. M. Mon knows this, and the
President of the Council cannot be uninformed of it.
Henceforward French diplomacy has only to wait
and watch the current of events."
" Our news from Spain," says the ,Shale, " is
most afflicting. Never has such a state of things
existed. Everything is in paralysis. Commerce,
trade, and agriculture are at the last gasp, and the
severity with which the immediate payment of taxes
is enforced terrifies the population. In the great
centres of business there remain some resources,
but in the small towns there is desolation.
The representations of pauperised families have no
effect in mitigating the misery to which they are
doomed. At the same time the prisons are full of
innocent citizens. Neither age nor sex is re-
spected. There Is grief in families, disgust
in the army, and fear everywhere, but
greatest in the government, which is expecting a
revolution on all sides. M. Berger, Marquis alai-
dori, a French citizen, was arrested in his bed at 3
o'clock in the morning. The private letters are
opened, and the provincial governors seize on all
correspondence that is suspected by them. This
state of things cannot possibly last, and a catas-
trophe is momentarily expected, for despa'r• and
misery have exhausted all patience."
The hi,rd says that a report prevailed in Paris
that the Queen intended to abdicate and meant to
take refuge rri France, and that the French govern-
ment was concentrating troops on the side of the
Pyrenees, in order to be prepared for any insur-
rectionary or revolutionary movement that might
arise.

THE CHOLERA AT ROME.
Letters from Rome of the 16th state that the
cholera there is now very serious. On the 15th
there were 100 cases; and in consequence of the
panic several foreigners have left the city.

EXPR]

PARIS.

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PARIS, WEDNESDAY ZEMMOL
I see it stated in several quarters that General
Fleury's mission to Italy is merely complimentary
and formal, and that,instead of staying some months
in Rome to see how matters go after the departure
of the last French soldier, he will certainly
be back in Paris before the end of December. The
telegraphic-news comes to-day that the general only
stayed in Florence long enough to have one inter-
view with Baron Ricasoli, and that in pursuance
of orders from Compiegne, he went on at once
to Rome-. This dies not look as if ho had
any painful negotiations to conduct at Florence,
tending to a suspension or a remodelling of the
convention of September, but rather as if the
main object of his journey was to make a final
attempt to subdue the obstinacy of the Pope.
Nevertheless M. Emile de Girardin, whose rela-
tions with Prince Napoleon render his testimony
on a matter of fact of some importance,
says in the LibertJ, this evening, he " knows
for a certainty that General Fleury's instruc-
tions are to consult with the Italian govern-
ment as to the best mode of preventing, or at least
postponing, the fall of the pontifical throne, and
that with the view of depriving French catholics of
a grievance of which they would not fail to make
formidable use against the imperial throne in forth-
coming debates on the address."
The Emperor, who did not attend the first battue
at Compit.gne, and was of course, therefore, sup-
posed to have suffered a relapse, was out shooting
on Monday, and brought down upwards of 100
head of game to his own gun.
There is much confirmation of the news I confi-
dently gave you yesterday, that the Emperor
Maximilian had " suddenly " left the city of
Mexico ; but the most significant confirmation of
all is to be found in the silence of the Moeiteur,
which does not publish a single extract from the
government despatches by the last mail.
The Bourse was somewhat firmer and more active.
Rente rose sc. for cash, and 10c. for account,
closing at 69fr. 50e. and 69fr. 52ic. The approach
of the dividend has something to do with this im-
provement. Mobilier fell 71r. 50c., but Credit
Foncier rose 5f r.