The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-16 00:00:00

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seeded with and completed after the tendcred4 ZZas
Derby pia eecaity of game: lint a few.
their resignations, and held offal )or th : • of w Chris**. ; they bitty brought
conduct of the ordinary business of the nation . t we basil ever bees yes- to s;
till their successors could be a inted. nearer '
settlement of the question of church-rates ; they have
ppo seen the beginning of a new type of legislation, ands new
A charter granted is not, however, necessarily style of speaking, with reference to Ireland, which, if it
a charter accepted. The Senate of the QUEEN'S I had been witnessed a few years earlier, might have de-
University hastily summoned, like the French bed prived open disaffection of the encouragement which it
of justice, to register the decrees of the Castle, derives from the presence of secret discontent. The tem-
have postponed for three months the consideration r of
lithalettati-itnyf isa nothingbrmaoaireng than
of the supplementary charter. In doing so, theyand
ther result nof theilnfitrsintna
most e ary disciplitpe. There is not one manwhom
have acted in a manner which deserves the highest , such a change disgusts who is any real loss if he deserts.
praise. They were appointed to administer insti-
tutions based upon certain principles, and they
refuse, in the execution of their trust, to be
partial: to the reversal of those principles. It is for
j Parliament, if it thinks fit, to change 'What Par-
liament has established. The House of Commons
is indebted to the Senate of the QUEEN'S Univer-
sity for the opportunity which Mr. GuinsroNE
promised it, and out of which the Irish Govern-
ment essayed to trick it, of discussing a subject of
Imperial importance. The attempt, of doubtful
legality, as Mr. CA ERNES informs us, to swamp
the Senate by the nomination of members noto-
riously opposed to the principle on which that of
I the University is founded, failed ; but the discredit
of it remains.

THE AMERICAN NAVY.

The Times reminds Sir John Pakington that the United
States alone among the nations of the world have an
iron-clad fleet worthy of the name, though the Admiralty
is still reluctant to believe that anything done out of Eng-
land can be done well. The Miautonomoh has been openly
pronounced a failure by some of onr officers, and its very
principle is condemned, notwithstanding that the ruins of
one of the finest cities in the United States remain
to this moment as evidence of the terrible power
of such vessels. The officer at the head of
the United States' navy recently declared that if
the experiment could be made without exciting ill-
feeling on either side, he would allow the whole iron-clad
fleet of England to open fire on the Miantonomoh, and con-
tinue it for two days, provided that the Miantonomoh
might afterwards be allowed to have ten hours' firing at
our ships in return. Of course this will be called an
example of American " brag ;" but there is scarcely a
practical and competent officer in the United Sts'es'
Navy who would not be content to risk his existence
on the result of that trial ; for, however much the
Admiralty authorities may refuse to believe the fact, the
monitors have been tested in every conceivable way by the
Americans. The 15-inch gun—a better gun, in the opinion
of many among our own officers, than any see possess—has
been fired at them at moderate ranges without doing them
the least injury. The monitors carry that gun ; they will
soonlcarry a 20- inch gun instead, and they could anchor calmly
under any of our forts, and let it Are at them forany length
of time with comparatively little damage to themselves.
The American naval authorities make no secret of their
undertakings, but explain minutely every detail of new
ships or inventions they have in hand. Have we profited
by this information ? The answer is that our flagship in
the Mediterranean is still a wooden three-decker, which.
with her 1,000 men, could be sunk or burnt by a long-range
shot or shell from a gunboat, and that the ironclads we
are building are still built on the old pattern, so as to
present the best mark for an enemy'., guns. Already the
Americans have eighteen Monitors carrying four guns, and
when others actually under construction are completed
they will have 75 of various tonnages. The most defective
breech-loader known to die Americans is an immeasurably
more serviceable arm than the needle-gun which has
startled the War Department into a spasm of activity,
while some of the beat of their rifles have scarcely been
seen in this country. It is exactly the same with their
navy ; while we are hesitating and delaying the Americans
are working and finishing.

We do not desire to re-open now the questions
of academic and ecclesiastic policy which are at
issue between the promoters and opponents of the
educational policy of the Government. All that
it is now necessary to maintain is that they are
questions for the consideration of Parliament, and
not fur the secret and arbitrary determination of
the Irish Office.

OUR CONTEMPORARIES.

(THIS DAY.)

Eft, Court.

osnoßsE, JULY 14.

The Queen went out in the grounds yesterday
afternoon with Princess Louise, and again this morning
with her Royal Highness.
Prince and Princess Christian left Osborne yesterday at
half-past 2 o'clock, and embarked on board the Royal
yacht Victoria and Albert, attended by Lady Susan Mel-
ville, Count Rantzau, and Major-General Francis Sey-
mour, C. B.
Princess Louise, attended by the Duchess of Rozburghe,
accompanied their Royal Highnesses to the landing-place,
and at 3 o'clock the yacht left for Cherbourg (where it
arrived at a quarter before 9), from whence Prince and
Princess Christian intend proceeding to Paris, previous to
making a tour of a few weeks in SwitzerLoal.
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JULY 15.
The Queen drove out yesterday afternoon with Princess
Louise and Prince Leopold.
Princess Beatrice drove out also.
Divine service was performed this morning at Osborne
by the Rev. George Prothero, before her Majesty, Princess
Louise, Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice.
. . .

The Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting were present.
Prince and Princess Christian of Schleswig-Holstein
were received at Cherbourg on their arrival in the royal
yacht by the French authorities with every mark of at.
tention and respect.

Their Royal Highnesses left Cherbourg for Paris yes.
terday morning, and arrived in the afternoon.
. _ . - .

Her Grand Ducal Highness the Princess of Leiningen
dined with the Queen and the royal family yesterday.
The Queen continues to receive very favourable accounts
of her Royal Highness Princess Louis of Hesse and the
infant princess. _ . .

- .
Lady 11 aterpark has succeeded the Duchess of Roxburgh('
as Lady in Waiting to her Majesty.
Sir James Clark left Osborne yesterday, and Dr. Jenner
arrived in the evening.

The l'rince 'of 'Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, at-
tended by their suite, went to Sheerness on Saturday, and
inspected the United States ship of war Miantonoinah.
Their Royal Highnesses were afterwards entertained at
luncheon by the officers of the ship.
The Princess of Wales took a carriage drive.

The Prince and Princess of Wales, with the Lady and
Gentleman in Waiting, attended divine service at the
Chapel Royal, St. James's, yesterday morning.
The Communion service was read by the Rev. C. Packe
and the Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay.
Anthem, " The heavens are telling," Haydn ; sung by
Masters. Searle and Dyson, Messrs. Cummings and H.
Whitehouse. Mr. Cooper presided at the organ.
The sermon was preached by the Hon. and Rev. C. L
Courtenay from St. Mark, chap. viii.. v. 4.
The Duke of Edinburgh and the Duchess of Cambridge
also attended the service.

A Cabinet Council was held on Saturday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury,
in Downing-street. The ministers present were
the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke
of Buckingham, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Right
Hon. S. H. Walpole, Lord Stanley, the Earl of
Carnarvon, General Peel, Viscount Cranlxime, the
Chancellor of the Exchequer, Sir John Pakington,
the Right Hon. Gathorne Hardy, and Lord Naas.

A committee of the Lords of her Majesty's Most
Honourable Privy Council met on Saturday, in the
Council Chamber, Whitehall. The lords present were :
The Lord President, the Lord Privy Seal, the Right Hon.
S. H. Walpole, Sir John Pakington, and the Right Hon.
Gathorne Hardy. _ _

A deputation from the vestry cf St. Marylebone, con-
sisting of Dr. Richardson and of Messrs. Chubb, Tavener,
Poland, Tyler, Surridge, and Harlowe, had an interview
with the Right Hon. S. H. Walpole at the Home-office on
Friday on the subject of the Aztisans and Labourers.
Dwellings Bill and the Public Health Bill. The deputa-
tion was accompanied by Mr. Greenwell, vestry clerk,
and Dr. Whitmore, the Medical Officer of Health for St.
Marylebone. _ .

Despatches were reoeived on Saturdav from the Gover
non of Canada, Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, New Bruns-
wick, British Columbia, Vancouver's Island, and British
Honduras. Despatches were sent to the Governor of
Canada.

His Royal Highness the Field Marshal Com-
manding-in-Chief will hold a lev6e at one o'clock
on Friday, the 20th inst. _ _

Her Majesty's absence from Windsor (says the
Court Journal), with the exoeption of one day in August,
will extend to the latter end of October.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales are expected at Kent House, Osborne, for the
season, on Friday next, the 20th inst.
The Duke of Edinburgh during the past week
took up his residence at Clarence House, St. James's. On
Saturday his royal highness honoured the Marchioness
(Maria) of Ailesbury by hie company at dinner, at her
ladyship's residence in Hertford•street, Mayfair, when the
following guests had the honour to meet the duke :
Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe-Weimar, the Duke
and Duchess of Manchester, Emily Duchess of Beaufort,
the Marquis of Harlington, the Earl and Countess de
Grey, the Earl Cowper, Viscount and Vistunmtess Sydney,
Lord and Lady Londesborough, Lord and Lady Proby,
Lady Constance Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Charles Bruce,
Colonel Hon. Jame Macdonald, and Colonel Hon. B. and
Lady Margaret Charteris. Later in the evening her lady-
ship bad a reception.