The Express.
London, England, 1860-02-24 00:00:00

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almost every district; the flamers, reduced almost
le despair, sent petitions eldif lepatatione de -the
Moose praying relief; committees were formed to
*air. into the burdens on agriculture, and gloomy
prophets predicted speedy and hopeless ruin. Now
pa complaint is ever heard ; all connected with the
ownership or cultivation of the soil being far better
off than ever before. Mr. BII.IGWIt premed home this
feet on the opposition landowner. in • forcible, earnest,
and straightforward manner that was irresistible.
" Why will you not understand this fact ?" said the
Member for Birmingham, appealing to the country
gentlemen. " You do understood it. Large land-
" owners and agriculturists in the South and
" West, where the repeal of the Cora Laws was
" most feared, have told me " (said Mr. Balowr)
" that so party in this country had ever rendered
.4 a greater service to agriculture them was effected
"by the abolition of protection. Is it not true,"
Mr. BIIONT added, addressing the great land-
owners, " that you are far better MI now than you
" ever wise before, not only in mere wealth, in the
" possession of larger income', but in the coescions-
" ages that the condition of every class in
" the .sentry Lae improved, and in the greater
"security thus imparted to all the elements of
" your prosperity ?" The Member for Birmingham,
in fact, destroyed in • tew plain, brief sentences the
cumbrous protectionist arguments that have been
revived against the Treaty. Taking the Protectionists
on their own ground, and replying to the oft-repeated
objection that it is one-sided, he clearly showed that
concession for concession the French give up
far more by the Treaty than we do. The only
duties we reduce that are worth speaking of in rela-
tion to are those on wine, brandy, and silks
while on the other hand the articles on which the
duty is reduced by the French Government are
numerous and important. What are these articles P
There are such large items as metals of all descrip-
tions, machinery, cotton, linen and woollen goods,
hardware and earthen ware, which together constitute
the large sum of 95,000,0001. of our yearly en
ports. The duty on all these article. Is
redacted to a point which renders the Freak
tariff es liberal to our exports ae that of
the United States. Now our exports to the United
State, are 10 millions annually. When the duty is
reduced, as the Treaty proposes, to a prise
that will admit of our exports entering Fiume
as they do America, what is to prevent
• similar trade springing up between the
two countries? The political objectiou to the
free export of coal provided by the Treaty, Mr-
BRIGHT justly stigmatised as trivial in the extreme.
France not only has extensive coal beds of her own,
but can obtain coal in abundance tram other coun-
tries ; and to imagine that by stopping the supply of
Britishecal we should materially cripple her resources
in war, is absurd. At most our refusal would
may involve a rather larger outlay in the carriage
et coal to the French dockyards and arsenals. Bat
the most amusing part of Mr. BRIGHT'S reply to
the opposition objections to the Treaty was his
claiming their leader, Mr. Dlaltaat.'l, as its friend
and supporter. The Member for Birmingham quoted
a passage from the right hon. gentleman's most
famous political novel, in which he laments that
the Commercial Treaty, long talked of between
France and England, which would enable us to ex-
change our earthenware for their light wines, had
not been negotiated. The special evils arising from
the absence of such a Treaty were illustrated by the
fact, that with all the superiority of the French is
the art of cookery, their dinners are a failure, be-
cause the plates are never hot, French earthen-
ware not being able to bear the necessary exposure
to the fire. Tuis exquisitely pertinent passage we.
of course thoroughly relished by the House, the
illustration coming home to the daily experience of
its members in • very direct and feeling way. Nor
was Mr. Baionr's defence of the proposed delay is
carrying out the stipulations of the Treaty on the
part of the French Government less happy. It
combined the real and sufficient grounds of this
delay with a powerful allusive argument
ad Asnainini. Such great changes must be
gradually effected in • country unused to
them, and where large classes still oppose them. It
was so in this country on the repeal of the Corn
Laws. Sir H. PEEL did not venture on his great
reform all at once ; and for years after the measure
was carried he reminded the House that the present
Tedder of the Opposition within Parliament, and a
certain Mr. ellowLat out of doors, continued to utter
loud complaints and menaces. The House tho-
roughly appreciated the reference to the French
CHowLeas who are doing exactly the same thing
jest now across the water in relation to this Treaty.
Altogether it must be admitted that theOppositioo
made little way lest night, the only able speech in
their favour being delivered from the Government
benches by Sir F. Esitm. Yet what a dreary,
crotchety, and miserable display it was! Old in
style, obsolete in sob •tanoe, petulant in tone, a com-
pound apparently of professional antipathy, political
suspicion, and constitutional fear.

THE IRISH CHURCH ILDUCATION SOCIETY
AND TSB BOVIBNIIRAVT.

Than Dublin Daily Express publishes a correspon-
dence Wines the Presidents of the Church Kdaration So-
ciety sad Mr. Cardwell. in which the former ask fur exten-
d=
of aid to their schools, on the ground that the minciple
of the National Society—that no child shell be compelled to
receive religin@ teaching which his parents object to---is ob-
served in their school... They, however, add explanations
which reduce the feet to this, that Ocoee they proclaim their
Intention of teaching the Holy ficripturee, patents sending
their children voluntarily most be suppeed townie their chu-
ck= to he instructed in them. In the next place they ok that if
the government should doubt that their schools ore excluded
on the principl. a of the established system, they may m-
otive aid as a srp.rate clam, on the principle upon which aid
is given to convent and monastic schole. Mr. Cardwell re-
plies that two principks ►ave long been recognised by
the crown sad ►y parliament, ea the only principles sppli-
colds to the tiresomeness of Ireland, in respect to religious
end secular elm...tine. let. During school hours the educa-
tion given in school. deriving 'desistance from the sate must
be of ai comprehensive a chamfer 55 not to ezeltide pupils
belonging to any of the Christian chants,. 2nd. Before
mid after school hours the patrons of any school
are free to convey Christian instruction according
to their owes distinctive tenets. But no child must at say
time he required to receive or be present at any religious
instruction of which his parents or guardians disepprove.
If the Church 'ideation Seamy la able to make such
meanest:news in the sc►ools .s may be compatible with them
rules, her Majesty's government will be lumpy to co. operate
with it; Lett they mast decline to infringe the rule which
smarm to all Christiana the power of using any school shied
by Use state during the hones rot spot for pastel insertur
doe. No iafnegement of tbia rule, it 4 added, has bean
allowed in favour of e■J particular time of school* tonnacted
with the Homes esibulic cburch. Tee rule Is of universal
spylionies. sad the commissioners have never sanctioned
violation of It in any see.

The Bishop of Columbia, it is believed, Wes on
board the steamer Melbas, which was wteckad reently off
the (Maws coast. TIN Rev. Mr. Bloodsld, Use son et the
' hat. Bishop of Loudon, wont out ea chaplain to the bishop,
and from the circumstance that Mr. Blomtield was reported
drowsed, through the wreck of the Northers, and ae MIN
ties made of the Bishop of Cotembis, it is expected that the
lattee woo sae of the Mr. d.
BRITISH COAL EXPORTP.—MeSIOI. W. and H.
Laird, of Livarpo7l, is their monthly oral chemist jest
tread, atate that the to.al expertatioa of sod arias the
month of Jaesary from the northern pone ma 'aeon
tone; hos Yorkehire porta 20,112 tow; from U
tow t 0..; trete the Severs ports, 130,334 tae.; end
23,423 tor tram /sae* ports. The total sap et was 389,696
tom, belay se iatzeste over the corresp.oading mouth of laat
yew of 293,992 to..

d.
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Her Majesty the Quest a levee in Sr.
James Palace yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty sad the Prince Cowart, Weeded by the
ladles and gentlemen in esirlng, arrived from Bnokinglaare
Palace et 2 o'clock, escorted by a detaehment of Life Ganda,
lad were received by the great edam °[ state.
TM Deka of Cambridge wee present st the levee.
Her liajesq'e body guard of the Hon Corps of Goldo-
ni's-at-Arm was on duty, under the comemad of the
lieweeseet.

The Teent.n of the Guard attended oder the command of
Certain Parker Bickford, the Ram is Welting.
The Queen end Prince Cu sort entered the Throne-room
attended by the Dachas el fiuthaised, Mantras of the
Rubes, the Coaster 0 Dysart, Lady Is Whiting ; red the
.mown of die houseehold.

Meters. PWpp and Boyle were the Paget of Hewer la
Welting.

The Queen wore • train of Wee satin, trimmed with
guipure sad lilac gone ribbon. The petticoat atwhile satin,
trimmed anti guipure sad Sias gains ribbon to correrpond.
Her Majesty wore • circle of diamonds as a head-dress.
The foreign =abandon sod mildews were introduced.
The dipiotnaiic circle wee sanded by the Turkish sad
French Atabasesdore ; the Saliba, Hatieverian,
Stualuise, Greek, NeWerlande, Pori guess, Bra-
allies, United Suttee, Austrian, Oman, &mask sad
,ono-
Danish, Spanish, Neapolitan, Haase Towns, end
Peruvian Ministers ; Lord John goodl. the allitmen Prin-
cipal Secretary of State for nooks Affairs; sad Lieut.-
amoral the Hoe. Sir Edward Cast, K.C.E., bar Majesty's
Mr*" of the Ceremonies.

The general circle was attended by Prince Oka=
Mohamed, son of rippoo Sultan; Prime Fines Nub. mad-
am of Tippoo 801 Visooant Palsasrates, First Lord of
the Treasury ; sad most of bee Majesty's ministers.
Mr. William Athertm, M.P., has Majesty's Solicitor-
General. was presented to the QOM by Vi..cotmt Palmer-
memo, and osived from her Majesty the honour of knight-
hood.
Captain Francis Leopold Wahltock, R.N., late com-
mander of the Fox, Arctic Expedition, was presented to bee
Majesty by Virotont PallIMIllOl2, sad bad the honour of
knighthood ocsafered upon him by the Queen.
Colossi Gawler presented • t 'titian, humbly describing
important particulars in • mos of which a portion has
already beau placed in the Queen's hands, and soliciting her
Majesty's most gracious attention to dime claims, by which
his case le oompleted. .

Aimee the 'premonitions were the following:
Mr E. B. Andrews, ori appointment es ()overeat of the Gold Core.
by tb• Intim of Neseeette
Mr. beevreft. M.P.. by Vivomet Gough.
Colofee W. IC Season ILuoumbOeeral Tartlet army), canton
from loth by the varl of kaleoboroffeb.
Mr..l. Hibberd Roamer. es Ile eppoletreaft et iooorder of North.
by Mr O. C. teals
" tClion C. Conroe,. M.P.. bribe Marl of 111.110.
Nr e edam Dauber. leart. M.P., ft impartment se Lord of the
Teetaun sod beeper of as. Priry &al of the Duchy of Carnorall. by
Yl'eooot Maremeno.
lads. teetnaterit.Ooloriel Herberts. Edwards.. by the Seerwory of Plate for
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...main D. Galion, on appointment Arel•tantrimpentor.Oeneral of
rertlikstionii. b toe Sterillt•fy of rtatie for W.
SIMor Pavia. M.P.. b the SLIM floe. M. Cantwell.
Mr. M. Verson Marmon. on be marring*. by lOn gad of St. Onri'
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demander W. t Eut.oo, ItN , late .f the los. Arctic Itzpoiltlon.
at IN yoreaurtmt, by the Bake notommt.
Mr. Meow. M. P, by Mr. "chorine'. M. n.
Mr. II natebbn&Minemen, os berm appointed a lord of be trmory.
by Biormant Palmyra n.
lir. Winatte Jelin. ton. It N., on appointment a" Honorary Burma
to lb. kith= tot the Duke of romerot.
C,orninaorter W. henry Jose; ILN., on return from the Pelho, by
thy "eel of Mee.
Mt or Lie nom, 2;th Kim" Own Borderers, on receiving the NW-
loth Cr... by the t .imniander to Chief.
Color! Thom.. Loom, I/..M.. on ?Morn from China and appoint.
moot as COEOOIOIOI3 01 Me Ororr of UN Bath, by the Dube of domorret.
tilr Joho IJddelt, ort anointment se Mammy Pbyslciao to the
Queen. by the Duke or rtornerset.
liteut •Ooloytel Loyd Lousy. on promontio. by Lord Overetrote.
Colonel MnMuraq C.M • e. UM, 00 Moolnimust Imposter of volun-
teer., be the fleerefory of @tato for War.
Mr. 800 Lomb Mangle. on rembing the Vittoria Oros, by Mr. Zan
D. Kasai*.
nye
Omar& m. Henry Mouthy. by the Lord Prinklent of her MaieWel

bybr.
JYorhn bet, off amoolotment ay Honorary ftyltho to ber M& y.
Iflr LIdJl,.
Cop:tlo ,berard thborn, 0.8.. on Muni from foreign .earleo. by Use
Dolor o.f.doroo.rt.

-Ir. Hoary Ydward Pelle+. on Me marriage, by hit tether. the Hoe.
the D. of Sordrith.
Lord Pere. by the Lord Chamberlain, le the absents of the Duke of
Norfolk.

I.lciiMi,nt Harry North Dalrymple Prodergast. on decoration with
Me llama CTOW. by 0.. 1•00{IB t Gough.
Hr. Horace ltsmbold. on Mc return from foreign service. b 7 Lord
Jobe 4a.111.

iftray l.spsetor.oeoenl of Naval licopitalc. De. Jtba Gullet
}lowan, R.N., on apputottacat aa Mammary Burma to the Qom b 7
the Duk• of Boinennat.
Lord Taunton. on dental= to Um pane% E 7 Vt.ooant Pabaentom
Lieutenant Samuel P. Townsend, RD..on appointment to r Alb-
ion, • yacht Victoria and Albert. by tAnt Flea. Captain NSW. LI I.
be. band Walaar. ot Fox Arctic apealtion. by Mr biodortol
YarrLk_ _

tor. iti:tiro *Mauna. of Victoria. on W ream to lathed. byla
Ake of Ito+cootie.
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Mr. Allen Yen. it. on return !rem tbe Arctic expeditton. by Sir
Itudirrielt Inuretteo..

Meeting. of the Cambridge University Commissioners were
held at 6, Adelpht-terrecei, tm Tereday, the 21st, end Wed-
nesday, the 220 d inst. The Commiisiiiners present were the
Bishop ut Cheater, Lord Seenlay. the Richt Hun. Sir Law-
mac. Nei, the Rev. Dr. rattshan, and Horatio Waddington,
Bsq.
Despatches were sent from the Colonial-Aloe yeeterday
to the Ilereriaors of the settlements on the West Coast of

His Excellency the Prussian Minister and the
Countess Bernatorff entertained at dinner lest eveniny, at
their moraine on Carlton II me-terrace, his Excellency the
Auffitrien Minister and the Countess Apponyl, his Excei•
leery the Bavaria' Minister and the Bar0110•P de Ceito, his
Excellency the Beim Wollner, the Merchicavas of Ely,
Baron and &wooers Hoctuichild, Mr. sad Mrs. W. Lowther,
M, Bebintruff, etc. Later in the Gm* the Countess
Beristotif hid a smell amenably.
The Duchess of Sutherland has arrived at Stafford
MAW from Trentham.

Tne Countess Frances Waldegrave's party will
take plan, on Saturday, the 25th instant, instead of Wedner
day, the 29th.
Vtacoun:ess Palmerston has issued cards for
assemblies ea Wednesday, the 29th instant, and Saturday,
the 10th prosirss.

Lord Edward St. Maur leaves the Admiralty in
the mares of next week f a the British Embassy at Vitnne.
On the 17th, Mr. Newtoo, the British Count at
Rouse, delivered a discourse, explanatory of his discoveries
at Nitieveh, at the Arohmologioal Institut, at the Capitol.
The Rev. R. H. Killick has been appointed to the
rectory of St. Clement's Danes, Strand, London, and the
Rev. S. C. Maim to the meanie of Erchfont and S:ert,
Wiltshire.

Cheep " pleasure excursions' to Tetuan from
Madrid and other Owners advertised in the Spanieh capital
by railway had steamboat companies.

Mr. J. La Touche states that after the midnight
Iseetiog at the St. James's Hall on Tuesday, 23 young
wanes, 'event of them of the higher clam (one the daughter
of a magistrate), and well admitted, were received into the
homes. T.,e average age of these young perilous is 19
years; 13 are under 20, the oldest 26.

We learn by electric telegraph that the Channel
diet, consisting of the B•gal Albert, Edgar, Donegal,
Algiers, Tratelgor, Queen, Mersey, Melpomene, and Diadem,
left Portland at noon yeeterday, ender mil, for Lisbon.

Pio ?ion° has been unusually lavish of him preset",
lb the public of late, showing himself oo foot in Rome and
on the most frequ-nted promenades. Whilst walking in the
Yale Baraboo the other day, the Pope's attention Will called
lloosigoor Talbot to the children of Mrs. Ross, of Bla-
denetorg, whose account of the capture of Perugia wu con-
sidered so favourable to the conduct of the Swiss troop.,
that her letter descriptive of the afar, written during her
summer's residence in • villa near Perugia, was recently
published in the official jcurnal of Roma. Pio Noon, desk •
one of showing his appreciation of Mr.. Rosie testimonials
in behalf of the Papal cause, had her child,, ocoducted be-
fore him, and solemnly conferred the Apostolic benediction
upon them, of which proceeding the delighted children did
not fail to gin a glowing account to their parents on return-
ing home.

At a late hunting party in the Royal Park of
Monza, news Milan, ninety deer wan killed. At 9 am, pre-
ttiess to matting foe the aliens, the King had entertained
Marshal Vaillent at kinkiest, together with some French
wad Piedotottiese esearala. Oa the 19th Vic,or Emmanuel
visited the theatre of La Scala, in company with the Prince
of Carignan, Connie Cavoar and Maraiani, Advocate Careful,
sad a Trilliant staff, His Majesty was received with the
raid bursts of anthusium and affection. His Majesty is
expected to way at Milan until the 28th, when he will
proceed to Onto., and give • ball and banquet or two
there.

A Peath letter, of Feb. 17, says that Saroey, the
Hungarian poet, who only lataly was released from the Arad
prison, has been again incarcerated on account of a poem
entitled " Crinoline and Bleck and Yellow." The Austrian
government construes Crinoline as meaning Frame, and
Black and Yellow Austria, over which France is triwephing.
&rosy hu been coaderunad to six month.' earcere there.
The post thinks %hie sentence too tweet/ft, but the Austrian
public prosecutor thinks It too light, sad both panics have
ailloakdt_

MAJUTI'd THEATRE.— Yesterday as agree-
ment via siipsd which cumatitutai Mr. E. T. eaultb, the
Drury-lane 'manager, Inters levee of Her MaMati's
at a few at away Joanna, or twenty-one pen.