The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-29 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 29.

THIS Journal des Debots, of Wednesday lest, pub-
lishes is seem° the throe proclamations of the
Spanish Government, dated the 22ed test., containing
an elaborate exposition, on the part of all the Minis-
ters of the Crows, of the motives which they would
bare the world believer:tasted deem in dissolving the
National Guard. This laboured document appears to
ess simply a Mender. The pretexts which are pet
forward are by moc► tee Sissy M produce the slightest
argumentative inflames: the whole statement leased
is obviously concessive spinet Its authors; and
O'Dorfestr. appears to have merely demonstrated
that he is not a logician. The exposition in
question takes the shape of a letter addressed to
the Quante, and signed by all the Minletnre,
as though with a view of individualising
the responsibility attaching to so important a
nesseuras, and of demonstrating the unanimity with
which it was adopted. Silence would have left the
Spanish Ministry in a far higher position. The atti-
tude of O'Donstu., in truth, reminds se of Lord
Ecoox's saying of Cameos 111., who, after drat
simply refusing an application of the Chancellor,
went on incautiously to state the grounds of his re.
fuss,. "Hu Majesty," said Lord Ex.non, "refused
me, and I way beaten ; but be gave me his reasons,
and I beat him."

The National Guard, it will be remembered, was
called again into active existence in 1864, attar
baring been suspended by the hostility of the Mode-
radar, who were previously in the aseesdant at
Madrid. So regularly, indeed, has the suppression
and recreation of this body attended on the triumph
and subjegrtion of hostile parties in the
State, that any resolution affecting its interests
by a new administration has been taken
Si conclusive upon their whole policy. O'Doit-
um was himself in 1864 the prissipal agent
in the restoration of the National Guard. This body,
however, in proportion as his policy underwent secret
change, he afterwards neglected, with a view of
increasing the strength of the raspier army, and for
the past year O'Dontrau, bee bees emaciated with
the grey as closely as Bersaramo with the Nation?'
Guard. The amnions regarding the want of
organisation prevailing in this popular form have
indeed some shadow of truth; for while it numbers
probably 300,000 men, and the army itself barely
89,000. it made no effort to overthrow the present
usurpation.

The drat assertion contained in the ministerial stabt
asset is an unmitigated lie. It is aftrred that the whole
'agree/ion, both sotagl and morel, tank its initial=
with the National Guard, sad hones the alleged jests_
deaden of the fall of that body. The prominence,
fed=d, salsas is gives to the denialif prorocedoo by
the State is itself atgaieatly laditative of the eon-
aerostats' and seemptibility of the Goverment apes
this point. The document goes on to state that "the
throat wee attached in its most mosatial prerogatives,"
that " =seeable dieesesica was replaced by manifest
and avowed rebellion," and that tonseqesatly the
Crowe saw so alternative but betwess the horded=
of the National Guard and a perpetuity of elan 'bib.
The childree of this world may undoubtedly—Is epee
as elsewhere—be wiser in their generatkm than the
children of light s and if O'Downizr. stn make any
waverts to his own mese within the Spanish Writs.
rise by so noblushiog a febrioatica, he may
possibly gain momentary strength in certain
quarters by so doing; but sales be desire
is ippropriste to himself individually the unenviable
reputation attained by the Journal de di. Paireltourg
during the recent war, be would bur ism imprudent
while he starts the opinion of Europe, end nab*
himself to bed STIOIMISOI rather than =bad hie
wspriesstations into the region of tales foots.
The Spanish Ministerial mendesto next pellets&
to desk= that the exists= et a National Guard is
aeoemerily fraught with wile assailing the liberty
send the order of the Commonwealth. O'Donnita.,
however, does sot vouchsafe to inform us et the
TIMINGS which have led him to • coachision directly
contrary to the asserted convietiste of his know
=libelee t or doss he attempt to =pleb away the
glaring absurdity of mocha dogmatics after Spain hoe
hero in the esjoyment of mare liborty—more order and
polities! ennead, during the past two years, than la
any juncture sines the (Aril Warn The,. is solar
thing gaits ssrisando I. all this sent sad Wpm.
tars. Tce Spanish iiinistsrs all upon as to some
forward, end " edgily sad philosophically" study
the history of the National Card. When, is gig
dieser to the Ministerial tommash we app such the
oracle, we get no history, ao foots—sot eves
eirowastaatial falsehoods. All we reed= for ear
tread* is a vogue declamation spinet the National
Guard, and • still more eampreheogire leveed=
against liberal institutions In geagral. O'Dowitzu,
has evidently taught the Visa= slang. Everything
that dose not exactly favour the melodies dike go.
=nisi party is homediably vowelised to the
list limbo of 'artistica—swarthy and sosialls=
• Social seder' is all very well as a plasm
onsanatigi from M. Omar In domain( the semi
ties to which Cateuattorx had new= in &diet
with the barbarians of his see; bet, whoa applied
by a brutal Dictator to a drills= people, the fares of
the =premier' beacon's directly inverted. It is at
least =thrifts that this tonal order was didenball
solely through the labia's= of O'Domu., sal it
those with whom ha was associata in power.
The Spaniel Minions get choosey= into a we.,.
dilemma. They prose= to rat their righted= of
the dissolution upon the general meirtisa that"every
lamitstioe whom end. =jest, eherestor, rights. aid
duties are not properly dela= by =inks sad the
kws, is abnormal, contradictory, and perilous :* they
Imply that the National Guard fall to tome up to this
spaded, and thus pronouns spinet it. Doss O'Dox•
uv t. in declaiming against whet be calla "abnormal
and mostradictory," esesidsr the deviation from the
established entoargy it
or that
protested= of
Spanish
treasesa-
Power, tad
sides of all
opinions. have
• saulanmeam
in law

don, except I. so far u it tends to mtablish the
singular doctrine for a despotic Government to main-
tain, that the interests of the few are to be preferred
to the safety of the State, and that these few
are to be exempted from a legitimate bards* lifaigy
becalms they don't like it. Moreoveg, the manifesto
had already elimin►ted near;y ever; member of this
body from the "cosservativediassee.' Coasecosutly
the number to which tide paltry wpm/at applies
meet be nearly Ink On the whole, it is clear that
O'Doxtraxx and his Government have simply com-
pleted their degradation in the eyes of Europe by
this manifesto ; end the beet advice that we PM offer
them against a future occasion is that, when they
have nothing to say, thay had better say nothing.

Mrr. and Wm Smith, from Souteri to Derby-
shire." These were the fellow-passengers of voysprs
from the Beet who little knew that Flames Night-
ingale wee at their elbow, under c eir tithe same of
the good soot who acoompanied her. The simple
Uscogitit, answered perfectly ; and the long absent
daughter entered her father's hams as quietly as she
left it. What • meeting with parents and sister!
What a waking next manias, in the old country
home

Florence Nightingale is not ill; Wake is fatigned.
She needs a long and complete rut. Let her bays
it. Let no one intrude upon her, with praise or pro.
**or ender pretence of any sortwhateeer. If her
present needs are duly coasiderecl, there is plenty of
time ahead. If allowed the requisite femme now, the
world may have yet half a lifetime of her gloriosa
nsafalaen. She went. neither honours, nor pram,
nor sympathy that is not silent and pantos!, nor
stimulus, ace suggestion. She wants nothing but to
be left quiet at home for a reasonable time. After
what she has done for the world, the world may well
grant her this. Let a. wait till she moves to show
bow we can help her. Till then, let um gratify her
by respectful algae..

The woks,' is a krge tesaureetoty in the neigh-
twerbeed a Noweset'e-apsa-Tyse seat sa address to Ulu

Nisbeitirsk a few d.ya shies, eotgrattlatlas hot alma Mt
Ws reran to kw home tad hinds. Mao Nigbtlegal, hat
retuned Qui lollowiag reply : _

"Aviset 28.181!.

" My hoar Frisads,—l wish It were la my power te tell
you what war la my heart whoa I reetimd year latter.
Year velem, hose, your eyaspethy with what has hoes
peadsg while I ham bara 'Meat, bare tosebed me mare
this I ma tell la words. My dear friessis, the thlap that
are deepastia ear hearts are perhaps what it is mast Mamie
to as to @sprees. ' Ohs bath dose what abs mall.' Them
words I laerribed as the tomb of as. of my beet kelpen
whom I left la the 'rev, yard at flestasi.
" It has bum my eadearoar, la the sight of God, Mum
aka has dm& I will sot speak of reward, whim permitted
to do oar mismay's work. It is what we lies for. DM I
may my that to receive sympathy from &Meadows barb
like yours le the greatest support, the greatest math shear
t►at it is possible fir a to reeetre from sus.

1 Umiak roe all, the I,Boo,wita ratite', tender affection.
Lai I should have writes hetet, to does, were sot the br
which my Mara hese has sot Gaud, elect mare
that I cam maw.
„Pray believe me, my dear Meade.
0 Yours &debts'', osd gratefully,
(Eig awl) "FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE."

THE SOLENT.

(1110 X •

RYDB, Agave/ 27.

Tuesday was err at the tent days that we hiwe
booms RN Nee Umit wt, mad tbo &loot lowa drooled
for the oreeke. Prison Albert'. birthday seat all the
?Glean most blab, rad the wares Ter revered with gala:,
aid Rh. The bead of the MA, at Hula, treat err la
Or rumen to Ryda, sad played with faunae seriatim
till said. The pier wet etowded by beery aid f: bias,
sad whoever hob prawn I. aid retamee, roil& bar
bees there, hr the ha't eel maths of the ladies rade is
fury them trip jest rapped sat bra the friar of Harp-
tos-etert. Oh, these be (Wobble hat% ae esquttiobly tented
at the eidee,with the Gerbil leather, mad the bugle drawated
veilodookfiag UL the bolf mobs of Vanier, what Cll yea
sot have to sweet fort We was ell our rale trader her
Ryde pier, far what Bewsdlak amid be should die • bermaler
ha serer theuslit he should like to be sarrled, awl errs
the height eyes ef se rimy Brattier bussed se a fru
breath then Warble bate, that we eseeider leer dry to
held sot Oh sort refer wandag.