The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-14 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY iW-1,-sfsiiNG, MARCH

BROWN and POISON'S CORN FLOUR equalized, it is surely time to place *air mit I
for calumnies DIST. e •
To obtain extra
_profit by the sale other kinds are aomettnise and pay on a more equal wont the they
offered Instead of BROWN end POISONS. now. A oyung man who • the• good
" John Brown," "John Polaon," la signed by the makers on
each packet. tune to get a nomination—say foe the 110,14
Trade—this year, will have no greater difficulty
in passing the examination for that department
than ho would have for some of the " inferior"
offices ; but there will be this difference in his
prospects, that he will have a good chance of
getting his 300/. a year at least as soon as men
in " inferior" offices who have already served 10
or 15 years. We say again that this ought not
to be ; and the proof of this assertion is to be
found in the wide-spread discontent which now
pervades the middle classes of the service. This
feeling will not be allayed by partial improve-
ment here and there ; the difficulty should be
grappled with in its entirety.
The best, indeed the only, way of meeting
the civil servants, so as to do justice both to
them and to the public, would be by the appoint-
ment of a Royal Commission, selected, not, as
usual, from the staff officials of the service, but
from the independent members on both sides of
the House of Commons who are known to pos-
sess good business ability, and whose duty it would
be to investigate the present status of every
department of the Civil Service, as regards the
duties performed, and the rates of payment.
We might then hope to see the service reorganized
on a sound and liberal, yet economical, basis, which
would put an end to dissatisfaction, and encourage
those who have ability and diligence to devote
them zealously to the business of the nation.

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Hanby, Fitztoncs, Harcourt. I•liilyre, Warner, and W. Harri-
son Hrs. licrinan Verin, Mn.ani a enhoff, l.ihel Adams.
WANIED 11l ABANue FOR SIX. Miss L. Thompson.

MAYNIAltirt
THIS EVIMING, DAVID CARRICK. Mears. Sothern, Buck-
Moor, t Itippenaltle. Koper*, Clark, &e. Mesdames Moore, Chip-
'Nodule. 6r.—DIAMON DS AND! IEABTs. MeMr& Chippendale,
karma, &c.; Merl:twee Burke, Moore, ire.—And MRS. WHITT.

FREPICMIWS.
TOO IMMO, HIS LAST LEGS. Messrs. Verner d: Fenton:
Mrs. B. White and Him Wentworth.—And SHADOW TREE
EMAIL Messrs. Main Shore, ♦erner, V. Villiers, Forrester,
Mellon, and Cathcart: Slimes Montagu, Edmonds, end Rodgers.

Jiving mi its capital,
mcbicate itself by its own exertions,
letting its tradis and commerce slip`awaz, .nd the very
Rroducts of ifektail be sent b mate* the4hanufacturhit
industry offiimers. ' •
• Commenting on Sir Colman O'Leghlen'e,gbol bill, the
Star contends that a newspaper does not-Aggravate but
lessens the evil of calumnious speaking by giving it pub-
licity. How often a statement, adverse to an individual,
may be of service to the public ; and if a newspaper
editor has to dread even an action for libel—to say
nothing of a verdict against him—he must be continually
forced to suppress what he knows it would do good to
publish. This is the weekly, almost daily, experience of
newspaper managers.

LATEST IN TELLIGENaIti
THE &ASTERN QUESTIONA
-
The Porte has addressed a circular to its repro!
sentatives abroad, in which it declares that it has
reached the limit of its concessions, forevery conces-
sion only encourages its Christian subjects to shatter
the foundations of the Turkish empire. The
Sublime Porte is strong enough to repress rebellion
everywhere, and it demands of the cabinets only
one thing—to consider the Cretan question a purely
internal affair, and to be allowed to settle it by
itself with its Cretan subjects. The Russian Corre-
spndence comments on the Turkish circular as fol-
lows :—" Let us still hope that the Great Powers
will watch over events and succeed in 'alining
passions ; but if fanaticism is not checked, if
Europe is to witness once more, in the nineteenth
century, a religious war, the responsibility of the
blood shed will weigh heavily on the egotists,
who, in order to be able to prosecute more
easily their selfish designs, have gone to
sleep in a false security, and believed them-
selves able to resolve by temporary expedients the
most difficult of modern questions." The St.
Petersburg Journal of March 7 asks whether
Turkey is sure of being able to maintain her autho.
rity in Crete, and adds " when events are hurrying
on they devour time. The powder train when
lighted burns so rapidly that the eye can scarcely
follow the blaze ; and though cracked edifices
are sometimes seen standing for centuries, the time
comes when a wall gives way all at once, and there
is nothing left but a heap of ruins."

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.I
ST. PETERSBURG, MARCH 14.

The Journal de St. Petersbourg of to-day publishes
despatches from the Russian government upon
the Eastern question, dating from 1860 and 1861,
requesting the great powers to anticipate by an
unselfish line of policy the serious events which
the conduct of the Porte towards its Christian sub-
jects is likely to bring about.
The Journal says :—" These despatches show
that even at the period they were written the
western powers recognised the necessity of reforms,
and condemned the apathy and unfavourable dis-
position of the Porte ; but the efforts of Russia to
bring about an understanding remained fruitless,
notwithstanding their conciliatory and unselfish
tendency."

SERVIA AND THE PORTE.
VIENNA, MARCH 14.

The Porte has consented to evacuate the Servian
fortresses in consideration of the promise of the
Great Powers that the sovereignty of Turkey over
Servia shall be maintained. The Prussian Lieu-
tenant-Colonel Krensky has arrived at Belgrade
and paid visits to the Prince of Servia, his minis-
ters, and the Turkish governor of the citadel.

'At
17* April, 1852. tht CMG of provisional execution pro-
nowscred by the tribmeal of correctional police, the per-
son condemned, even in &Mat, may immediately lodge an
VFW, and tkei °MALI** give judgment within three
days.
e Art. 15. The printing and publishing trades are freed
from the neoessity of having a license. No printer or
publisher can establish or remove the place of his trade or
his shops or warehouses without giving previous notice at
Paris to the prefecture of police, and in the depart-
ments at the prefect's office. This notice must contain
the names of the places to which the presses, shops, or
warehouses have been removed. Failure to make the pre-
liminary declaration 11111 be punished in the case of pro-
prietors and managers by an imprisonment of from one to
two years, and a fine of from 3,000 fr. to 10,000 fr. The
establishment will be closed.

Art. 16. Are abrogated articles-1, 24, and 32 of the
decree of Feb. 17, 18.52 ; Article 11 of the law of Oct. 21,
1814 ; the decree of March 22, 1852, and in general the
provisions of previous laws which are contrary to the pre-
sent one.