The Express.
London, England, 1859-04-30 00:00:00

Dropitohoo gyro romivel et the
from ihr Lord High Orradolsm

lelesial-aelke yesterday
.of.lda lonise Isleads,

ea I it... t►e Gove;nre of Weeks, sod Welts. Deepetehee
mete tut to the Got emcee ti OM& sad Neerketathsed.

The Doke of Ilesonsbiro left Chatsworth yester-
day to TOO' hi. Neaten at Lhosoro, to the county of Water-
tor4. His grate is espectel at Devonshire Home on
Wo heeler neat.

The Diubele Dowager of Beaufort and the Ladies
ilweereet !me niarwed t, t►eir aew reef/lame is
Sill-
atreet, hien Badraiat,ia Peek, ter the mellow.
The Earl and Counter. of Ellesmere have returned
to Bridgewater Howie from Torquay foe the miaow.
The Earl of Itoaelyn, accompanied by tha Lady
Harriet Se. Clair. has arrived at Ciaiidge'a Boil free
Dysart Hare, Fifwhirs.

Th. Earl sad Counter of Winehiler have left
the St. George's Hotri f r &Myren Park.

Lord and Lady Ashburton are on a War in Egypt,
sad ain sot wore to Roglaad unit' j.. 0.

Lord and Lady Borghersta have left town on a
visit to Ur. sad Lady Chiasiotti Slut, at edictslll Roast,
Dante.

The Right Rey. the Lewd Bishop of London has
beet paying a vivre to the Bight Bar. the Dean of Wells this
weel, twos shleh occasion a mad mama party wee ten
at the &Emery. Welk, Massif by the Kart Hoe. lite
W. G. Barer, Bart.; A. Maher. H. G. Maretrell, sad
W. J. Webb. bows.; Lady Aaddead, lion. Mies Eden,
Mee, sad Wises Moak; with may of the clergy and
sot ,lity of this city sad meighblerheed.
A memorial to Safi Derby ie beim lead by
perm neonir'e of partimmak mad Mimes memagel with
Nottil WaV ...imolai a arras ONSAildoa—afrofee
recant see of !keg a—that the hearaele of the lbw& ta the
principality tall Le greatly promoted by the apystalmeat he
Ctla seta of prelate now dreamt the Welsh leageege.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, APRIL 30.

AT the present moment the most civilised half of
Europe is anxiously looking to England for a tran-
quillising example of equanimity and firmness. If
is this crisis we are not wanting to ourselves—if
_ .

we display the calm wisdom and cool civil courage
which have so often rendered the English name

illustrious—there is every probability that we shall
confirm the enlightened and Protestant States of
Germany in the neutrality to which their interests
and reason incline them, and do all that is possible
to circumscribe and confine the war. For it is not

alone in this country that the Mephistophelic arta 1
of Austria hare been exerted to sow the seeds of 11

suspicion and hatred. The dismal phantasmagoria
of tremendous conspiralies, treacherous ilVllliol3l,

partitions, overthrows, and spoils hu been held up
to frighten other nations besides our own. While
the press of Germany has been incited to
stir up old hatreds, diplomacy, and, wont dell
that tinauthorived presuming diplomacy which
is unrestrained by any sense of responsibility,
has also been busy to suggest and stimulate
those ostentatious precautions which, when uncalled
for, provoke the mischief they cannot prevent.
Hitherto the most powerful of the North German
Powers has resisted the appeals which have been

aside to her military pride aid political se-esteem.
Prussia neglects nothing required for the safety of
her own frontier and for the protection of the con-
federation of which she is a member. She hen ap-
plauded and hastened the reinforcement of the federal
fortzesses and the mobilisation of the federal corps
d'arms4e : she bas neglected nothing which belongs
strictly to defence, bat hitherto she has declined to
become the accomplice of Austria in Italy, or to con-
nect the honour of Germsoy with the oppression
and degradation of Italy. The Archduke Ausawart
returned from Berlin to Vienna empty as he auk
But other more insidious, familiar, and constant
agencies are at work to undermine her resolution and
betray her into onerous obligations to the profit of
Austria. The Prussian people, courageous enough
to despise vain alarms, are also enlightened enough
to see that they have nothing to gain by war, and
that an honest neutrality lei the wisest course for
them to follow. Our example, if we hold fut our
present policy, will strengthen their present position,
and enable them the better to meet the current of
deluded passion which might otherwise harry them
on to war.
But satisfactory an it would be to know that our
free public opinion had rendered important services
to other nations, it does not follow, on the other
hand, that our course is to be made dependent on
theirs. The Continental Powers are European; we
are something more. Our empire is world-wide,
thanks to the enterprising genius of our country-
men and that noble service which preserves for us the
command of the see. Whatever detracts from our
Papillose, es that element is of importance to us i
but is territorial changes which leave this untouched
we have ashy • secondary interest, where we bars

say at all. We are told that at this moment our
Oovernmest is occupied in attempting to mediate
between those Powers which already we may call
belliesnnt. We cannot but regard such an attempt
with great anxiety. Now that so many hopes have
ism excited, so many provocations given, so many
ibeigns disclosed, it is next to impossible that war
ilia be avoided, although each of the Powers will
be happy to make use of England to put her
adversary in the wrong. While neither state was
committed, and a reasonable chance of bringing the
parties into the council chamber existed, the pro-
ject of mediation was one to be approved. But
at present, even if all the parties were sincere in
their desire to make sacrifices for peace, their passions
and interests are so contrary and so strong that he
must be a sanguine politician who could hops to
neossiks them. A fortnight ago we could give
advies mad there stop. Now that so much has been
staked on war we cannot offer counsel with dignity,
salsas we are prepared to accept responsibility. At
the first mention of our revived mediation, the Paris
journals begin to discuss the guarantees we are likely
to give to France. After Lord DERBY'S recent pro-
fessions of neutrality, be will not, in case of success,
venture to pledge this country to answer for Austria
to France. As little will he undertake, in case of
failure, to join the forces of England to those of
France for a war in Italy. The offer of mediation
has already given occasion for dissatisfaction
with this country on the part of the French, and we
are accused of a diplomatic manoeuvre intended to
fix upon France that responsibility for war which
belongs to Austria. We know how absurd this i
charge is, and that nothing but a disinterested desire
to preserve the peace of Europe regulates oar efforts.
Bat it will be well to consider whether we do wisely
to indulge a barren magnanimity at the expense of
dear and solid interests.
If, as we hope, Lord DERBT will recognise that,
La his own word+, " the time has come when Eng-
" land, having exhausted all her friendly effort.,
"should withdraw from an interference which can
't be no longer useful to public interests or consistent
with her own honoor," the country will bested to
hear that our fleets in the Channel and the Medi-
terranean are powerful; that Woolvrieh is well or-
ganised ; and that Gibraltar, Malts, and Corfu are
impregnable. Let Ministers prosecute this line of
defensive peeparetioe, and we may laugh at the
grim stories which Austrian canning dresses up for
English credulity, and not grudge to our chart-
makers the most profitable trade which a brisk
foreign demand can supply.

LORD CiAItBRILAIN'R OIFICR, APRIL 213.—No-
des I/ litsinhy gfws Out list Mrje.ty will hold a Lew, et at.
thris Page, ea Wstiosslay, tits 11th of May seat, st
o'clock—easofte.