The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-16 00:00:00

Till 4NTIBES LEGION.

The following letter from the French Minister
of War to the °eked of the Antibes legion at Rome has
been published in an order of the day issued in the Pon-
tidal capital :

" Paris, June 21.
"My dear Colonel,—My attention has been too seriously
fixed on the Roman legion for me to be ignorant of the
grave facts which for some time have been taking place in
that corps. What explanation is to be given for that
desertion, not individual, but collective, which threatens
to reduce your effective to nothing! The soldier has
nothing to envy of the troops of the mother country. He
is commanded by French officers holding fitting grades
in our army; he is serving • respectable cause at
his own desire; he has before him what ham always
attracted the French soldier—an enemy to fight and
a danger to affront—and yet he has shamefully deserted
the flag he had freely chosen, and, giving way to guilty
reductions, he is abandoning his chief to follow some mise-
rable foreign recruiting agents. His excuse is not a wish
to see his country again, for he knows well that as soon as
ha *turns to France he will be sent to • disciplinary corps
in Africa, where he will remain until the expiration of his
period of military service. I deplore that state of things,
my dear colonel, as it is • retain on the French army, which,
wherever it is represented, should maintain its prestige of
honour and courageous abnegation. Notwithstanding such
lamentable incidents, my dear colonel, I do not despair in
seeing the good elements which your legion still
contains, efface, by means of devotedness and per-
severance, the recollections of recent times. Your
energy is well known to ' e ; the governments
rtof the Emperor and of the ope know that it will
not fail. It is important that your ofiloers, in whom you
so firmly trust, with such good reason, should give omit-
deuce to the troops, by their attitude, their language, and
that military spirit which is in France the source of such
great things. In all the ranks of your legion I shall be
happy to point out to the Emperor those who shall dis-
tinguish themselves by their conduct. lam aware that
you are to present to me Sergeant Douse& and two sol-
diers. I shall examine their claims with great Interest.
Tell your legion, my dear colonel, that we have our eyes
upon it ; and that I suffer deeply at everything that is an
insult to • flag so justly venerated ; I combine it with the
corps of the French army for everything that concern" its
military honour and the neocesities of its organisation.—
Receive, ko.,

INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR DESTITUTE OIRLS.
Yesterday an interesting ceremony took place
at Baling-house, Sal*, Itiamon, oa the occasion of the
inauguration of the building as an industrial school for
homeless and destitute girls, which, in connection with
the Refuge Home, 18, Broadetrest, Bloomsbury, was for
several years carried on at Acton. The Karl of SWISS-
num presided, and was supported by Judge Payne, the
Bev. W. Belton, Mr. J. H. ordham, he. A large tent
had been erected in the extensive grounds et the heck of
the house, and a bead was in attendance to perform on
the occasion, but the unfavourable weather rendered it
indoorsnecessary that the business of the day should take place
. _ _

It appeared from • statement read by Mr. WILLUMB,
the secretary to the Rehire for Homeless sod Destitute
Children (with which the present institution is associated)
that the total cost for the purchase of the
and the repairs and alterations was over 2,600/.,P=
meeting which expenditure and for anneal subscriptions
for the support of the girls an earnest appeal was now
made. There were now 44 inmates in this house and 48
girls in the home, 19, Broad-etreet. The committee in-
tended to increase the number to 50 in each home, so that
they might have 100 girls under their core. The girls in
each home are fed, clothed, lodged, educated, and trained
for domestic service. They are taught all kinds of domestic
work so as to fit them ea f•r as parable to become useful
and efficient servants. Since the establishment of the
homes down to the close of last year 710 girls had been
admitted, and 586 had been sent to Navies at home or
abroad, or otherwise provided for.
The Custom...it, in addressing the meeting, meld he was
quite satisfied that this undertaking was one of paramount
importance in the present condition of the country. He
bad long been of this opinion, and he had hoped that
pester efforts would have been made ere now for the wel-
fare of such pew girls as were intended to be benefited by
this aroai Lion. They had established man/lrflormato-
ries and other institutions for the benefit of ; but it
I was only lately that the idea seemed to have enter-
kilned that the girls were entitled to an equal share of
public. consideration. All history showed—end ex-
perience supported the lessons they learnt from his-
tory—that the moral condition of the male
population depended to • peat extent, upon
the character of the women. (Hear, hear.) It
was not so much the employers of labour as the fathers
and mothers of the children who were responsible for the
degradation which besets large portion of the juvenile com-
munity. The present movement was one in which
everybody (from the Queen en the throne to the meter-
monger) had • personal interest. (Hear.) The object
of this home was to provide good domestic servants, and
he sincerely trusted that it might achieve the same success
which had attended the operations of the Chichester
training ship. The scheme was undoubtedly • very large
one, sad it was eminently deserving of public support,
seeing that it was calculated to give to this country • new
generation of wives and mothers. (Cheers.)
The Rev. W. Belton, Mr. J. H. Ferdharn, Judge
Payne, and others, severally addressed the meeting to •
similar effect, and the proceedings terminated with a col-
lection of subscriptions at the entrance door.

This morning was issued the Report of the Select
Committee of the House of Commons on Special and Com-
mon Jerks, together with the proceedings and minutes of
evidence. The committee state that in consequence of the
late period of the session they have been linable to com-
plete their inquiry into the emitters referred to them, and
they have accordingly agreed to report the evidence taken
before them, and to recommend to the house the re-
appointment of the committee in the next minion of par-
liament.

WILLS AND BisQtrEsTs.—The will of Sir William
Mordaunt Edward Milner, Bark, of Bolton Lodge, Nun
Appleton, Yorkshire, and of Eatoo-place, Belpave-square,
was proved in the court at York by Lady Milner, his relict,
the sole executrix. The personalty was sworn under
25,0001. Sir William was for some time M.P. for York and
Deputy-Lieutenant for that county, and died in Febraary
last, at the age of 47, having executed his will in 1850.
which is brief, disposing of the whole of his property,
sad personal, to his wife absolutely. The will of
Carey Danger, Esq., formerly of Chaloot-Alias,
Haverstock-hill, Hampstead, and late of Effingham House.,
Copthospe, Sussex, and of Great St. Helen's, was proved
in London on the 13th alt., and the personalty in this
oountry sworn under 30,00&.—the executors and trustees
appointed being William Dangar, the brother ; Henry
Carey Dangar, the nephew ;'Thomas Oliver, Nicholas
Michell, and William Golding, jun. The will is dated
September, 1856, and the testator died June 16, 1867, at
the age of 49. He was in partnershpthe firm of J. B.
Rundle, F. H. Danger, and Edward Chapman, merchants,
New South Wales and London. The testator has
settled an annuity upon his wife, with an allow-
ance for children during minority or on marriage.
but in the event of no issue acquiring a vested
interest, the testator leaves annuities and legacies to
other members of his family, and also to charitable por-
poise—namely :--To the University of Sydney, New South
Wales, 2,0001. the interest to be paid to the scholar (born
in Australia) most proficient in elocution, and in compo-
sition in English, French, German, or Latin, to be celled
" The Danger Prise ;" to the Incumbent of St. Neot's
Cornwall, some gifts for the poor of that pariah ; to the
chairman of the Quarter Sessions at Bodmin, 4,000 f, to-
wards establishing a juvenile reformatory in Cornwall ;
and divides the residue of his property equally amongst
the undermentioned hospitals— e London Hospital ;
UniversiHovital ; Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road ;
Collage
King's Hospital ; and St. Mary's Hospital, Pad-
dington.— narrated London Neon.

tin EARL OF KIIIEERLEY ON THE WORETNO
OLANIZIL—On Wednesday afternoon. at the inaugural
meeting of the Norwich and Eastern Counties Industrial
Exhibition, the Earl of Kimberley was present, and made
• brief speseli. The noble earl said that in the close race
which England had now to sustain with the manufactures
of other countries, it was essential that our artisans should
show that they were not merely ready to work with
their hands, but that they were ready to do their part in
improving their minds and their intelligence ; and lie was
I confident that, although in some matters of taste we might
not have been quite equal to other countries, yet, by
the careful cultivation of the capacities of our artisans,
we should be found as pre-eminent in future times as in
the past. Even in matters of taste, he considered It was
impomible to go into the house of • middle-class man, or
even of an erMna, without observing the improvement
which had taken place Lot anyone take the articles of
china and porcelain, for instance, and he would see the
improvement which lied been attained; and why should
not the same excellence and the came progress be attained
in other directions? It should be remembered that idea-
tion was not only effected through the ear, but that it
was effected to • very great extent through the eye also.
Parliament had this session given politieal power to the
great mess of the people, and it was by each an exhibi-
tion se the present that the artisan eases should show that
the time had emus when they ought to be entreated with
that power.

Stiscrzota.—On Wednesday afternoon a labour-
ing ism named Flack was at work on Kr. finish's faros,
Writtle, during the intense beat, when he was observed to
stagger end WI, and war found to be dead, it is auppowat
from the effects of sunetrokm—Chelerrford CAronick.