The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-23 00:00:00

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por LONDON, WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23.

. ONE WORD or

IN seconding the nomination of Mr. exitowEtt
at Oxford yesterday, Mr. NEATE addressed a
somewhat superfluous admonition to the S RE-
TART of WAIL He warned Mr. CxnewEtt
" not to over-rate the expectations of the
" country." Surely this is not the besetting
sin of Cabinet Ministers, to whatever
party they belong. The expectations of the
country are not, perhaps, so exalted as Mr.
!CRATE would seem to suppose. The country
has had too long an experience of a hand- to-mouth
statesmanship to be very sanguine in its hopes of
what even the most liberal government can accom-
plish. Blessed are they, said a cynical preacher,
who expect nothing, for they shall not be disap-
pointed. In this respect at least the British people
are twice blessed. But it strikes us as a dangerous
doctrine to impress upon a government which has
just come into power with a mejority of
more than a hundred et its back, that it
should not over-rate the expectations of the
country. Happily the present Secretary of War
has learnt statesmanship in too serious and practi-
cal a school, and is himself too well aware of his
responsibilities to accept so singular a piece of
advice ; and his colleague in the representation of
the city of Oxford, Mr. Vtl:NoN 11.111COVIIT
(whose name, by-the-bye. has ls•en too much
forgotten in the lamentations of the Liberal
press and the taunts of the Tory press
at the exclusion from the new Parlia-
ment of the brilliant " Academic " leaders
of the advanced party) expressed his dissent
from Mr. News's advice with eq nal force and
firmness. " I believe," he said, " there never was
" a government of which the country formed such
" high and such great expevtations ; there never
" was a government which in the confidence of
" the Sovereign and in the support of the people
• • had such enormous power fur effecting that which
" will be for the national advantage, and therefore
"if the Government err at all, I hope they
" will err in the direction of over-eetima-
" tine rather than under-estimating the
" expectations of the country." The cheers
which !entombed to this admirable sentence must
have convinced Mr. NEATE that his " one word of
" warring„ was misplaced and ill-timed. Perhaps
it was only a sarcasm in disguise ; but mixed
audiences are imapablet of appreciating
such refined in my. Mr. VERNON H ft-
eveußT struck the true chord when he de-
clared his belief that "it would be a
" profound and fatal mistake to suppose that the
" attention of the nation is engrossed entirely
"by the question of Ireland, or that the
sympathies of the Liberal party are eoe-
" haunted by the queetion of the Irish Church.
" The nation has Ranch larger hopes and lunch
" wider expectatiemi, and in the inauguration of a
household suffrage parliament, the country es-
- peels that the Government now in power will
" give it a house hold suffrage, looliey; a policy that
" shall mainly devote itself to those questions
• • which affect the interests of the humbler portion
•' of the community." Such is the advice to
which the Cabinet Ministers will do well to listen
with attention and respent; awl it may be reckoned
among the good fortunes of the Liberal party in
the roost deletions that Mr. Osinewitr.r. shonlel

bays s colleague who osa speak

well.

In justike to lite 3[Aagrres
bound to add that they appear

concur with M. Viourox
rather thaa with 11 NnATV,
country has a right eameeti
SicarrkitY of Irasatoi GU
cato-ood the moll diacult tl

of a statesman sincerely Liberal
solved to give the British
worth without respect of

of pereonages. No office
demands greater tact, discretion,
all, greater force of character and
of purpose than the department which has the
Horre-Quards under its control. Somehow or
other even in constitutional and parliamentary
oountriea, the administration of the Army

appears to be regarded as a peculiar perquisite,
prerogative, or privilege ; and the control
of Parliament is resented by the dispensers
of patronage as an impertinence and almost
as an act of treason against " the me-
" narchical principle." Evidently the hour has
struck when this state of things must cease, and
Mr. CARDWELL will not have over-estimated the
expectations of the country, if, in concert with
the CHANCELLOR of the EXCITEQUER, and with
the WAR LORD of the TREASURY, he snakes his
own revonsibility felt throughout his depart-
mental jurisdiction. His definition of the true
principles of administrative economy is calculated
to encourage the soundest hopes.

Fast quaiionc (he said at Oxford) of the highest na.
tional importance unilerl:e the whole 'abject of military
expenditure. They are subject, of cardinal importance.

requiring careful examination and deliberate ionsidera.-
tion ; but I venture thus early to make this remark, that
while there may be an economy that will starve the ser-
vire—and this would be an economy which, in dealing
with the gallant defenders of our country, you would not
desire and parliament would not approve—there is 'biotin
economy which braces and invigorates, which seeks to
expel from the system everything which would interfere
with its healthy action, which gives a tone to energy, and
which makes its pulses beat with vigour. (Chews.)
_ _

The Dail
mecum, ily

There is nothing in this declaration of principles
to which any military man, from the COMMANDER-
IN-CutEr to the humblest ensign in a marching
regiment, can take exception. In justice
to Mr. NEAT% it should be noted that
(after a fashion of his own) he corrected his
• asy-going advice to the SECRETARY of WAR in
the most effective manner by two most unexcep-
tionable intimations, which all Army reformers
will heartily approve :—" The country expects
'• considerable reductions in the Army estimates,
" and hopes that they may in the first iustauc• fall me
" the more luxurious aid ornamental portions of the
" nervier. More than this, the country expects not
" only that the Army will be made more efficient,
" hut that, so far as is consistent with its dis-
" cipline, an allenid will he made to ai,e its ,•,•ur! i-
" tutu a a snore pfluilar character."

amply expressed
on Monday. The —_ party la united ; the old intim-
@Mem animates it ; and it is girding itself up for • great
work under leaders worthy of it, and capable themselves
of great exploits. This result is due mainly to two =au—
to Mr. Gladstone and Mr. Bright. Mr. Gladttoas in par-
liament and iu oftios, Mr. Bright ea the platform and in
parliament, have re-united the liberal party, and rallied
the tuition to it.

TILL' parr's,

The rote.. rays of Mr. Childers's promise to main-
tain the efficiency of the navy at a considerably re-
duced cost, and of his intention to nuke Use mamas
thoroughly contented with their po.itiou, that this is pre-
cisely what the oounta7 wants, what has been said time
after time to be perfectly practiosble, bet what, for all
that, has never yet been accomplished. The fact that he
is to be directly reversible to the crown and the country for
carrying out the public wishes, and that those emaciated
with him at the Admiralty have recognised and accepted
the fact, seems to practically settle the administrative part
of the question. The Tines does not regard the task which
Mr. Childers has set himself.. an impossible one, although
he has bean preceded by naval Women as sanguine to
all appearance as himself who, neverthelese, left both the
service and the setimates much as they were before. The
present, however, is an exceptional opportunity for •
zealous and determined minister. fle may rely open his
colleagues for cordial co-operation, on a new parliament
for ready support, and on the public for sympathy and
approval

Earl Spencer loft Althorp-ball last evening on
hie way to Dublin, to be worn in is Lord-Lieutenant of
Ireland to-day. The noble earl will return to Althorp
to-morrow.

whether
West.
Sleety

The Right Eon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., Mrs.
Gladstone, Mr. W. IL Gladstone, Dir., Mr. Glyn, M.P.,
with the pasty who bad aocompanied them to the hus-
tings, were sotertained after the election by Mr. W. La-
gerstein at Woodlands, Blackheath. Among the other
guests were Lord and Lady Sydney, Bev. Dr. Miller,
vicar of Onnawieli, and a select member of those who had
worked at the late election. Ile only torts wan that of
"Yr. Oladaton.,•• who was not lees happy in his brief
reply than be bad been in his speech on the luistiege, end
"Mr. and Mrs. Angentein," proposed by Be,. Dr. Miller.

The Zen end bounteeeOf Yarborough aro enter-
isisiag employ id Brookhay.

The Earl and Countess et Dudley are receiving
a balk, party at Willey Hall.

The Earl and Lidi Cloostance Orosvemor arrivpd
in town yesterday from Cheshire, in order bhe present
at the wedding of the Earl Perry and lady Edith Camp.
Dell.

The marriage of Vice-Admiral George Auguntits
Eliott to Harriett Sophia, eldest daughter of the late Sir
John West, 0.C.8., Aral of the Fleet, toot place on
the 22rid inst., at St. Ostiriers Church. Warwick-square,
Belgravia. The Chaplain-Omens] °Heisted, assisted by
the Her. Brymer Belcher, incumbent.

The Ladies Mary and Ida Fielding have left
England to spend the winter in Rome.

The Dub of Aberoorn joined the Duchess at
CILIUM* on Thursday. The Dublin Irmo, is happy to
be able to state that the health of the Countess of Mount
F,dgcumbe has slightly improved since his grace left
Dublin, although she is still in a very precarious state.

AMERICA.

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The North German Lloyd steamer America
arrived out at 7 p.m on Monday, and the National
steamship Queen to-day.
Gold closed at 1341--the highest quotation
during the day was 1351; the lowest 13
Sterling exchange on London, 1091; 6-20 United
States Bonds, 1882, 1101 ; ditto, 1886, 1071 ; ditto,
1866, 1091 ; 10-40 Bonds, 1051. Illinois, 143 ;
Brie, 381. Cotton, Middling Upland, 251. Petro-
leum, standard white, 32. Flour, extra State,
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that can fall to the lot lead the House of Commons, and how judgment dsy, andd wearrs nem—Zilid asainot=throusit tr ~72iki. VIENNA. Deo. 23.
*rat and sincerely re- and discretion may be lost in • voluble waste of jog by major.oenendwubribm, 0.8., sad ti,, prtncipit It is stated that in oonsequenoe of a proposal
taxpayer his money's words. We know enough to be frightened, but medical officers. made by Rossi& and supported by Prussia, a con-
)f persons, or even not enough to provide remedies, and it is earnestly Their Royal lit ihneetel messed over in her Majesty's femme will probably be hold for the purpose of
) under the Crown to he hoped that forethought and anxious de- tat Albrellaesod were attended by Opuhtars arlhenthal, preventing a conflict between Turkey and Greece,
liecretion, and, above liberation will be employed before any modifies- Count Flintmateia, Csisald Nom* sad Colossi ilPhis, Astoria is inclined to agree to the proposal, and it
&meter and tenacity tion of the law is parsed. is not unlikely that Italy will also consent, though
rtmont which has the A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the whether the same views will be held by the
xontrol. Somehow or OUR CONTEMPORARIES. Foreign-office. The Ministers present were the Western Powers end the Porte is not yet posi-
id and
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, the Lord Chancel- tively known.
parliamentary
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tariff, the Right lion. H. A. Bruce, the Earl of AMERICA.
a peculiar perquisite, ,—__ Clarendon, Earl Granville, the Right Hon. E.
0 ; and the control TEE LIBERAL PARTE. Cardwell, the Duke of Aran, the Chancellor of NEW YORK, Deo. n.
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,rtinenoe and almost neceassiily reserved, the spirit of the new government is the Right Hon. J. Bright, the Right Hon. G. J.
~,,,.;„.„,fr .. the mo. amply mewed in the speeches delivered yesterday and Gorchen, the Marquis of Hartington, and the stelmobil) Queen to-day.
„7,7=;: „„ 1,,,„. 1,„„ on Monday. The liberal party le united ; the ad awn,. Right Hon. C. Fortescue. Gold closed at l34l—the highest quotation