The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-20 00:00:00

MB. COBDEN AND THE MANCHESTER CITY

COUNCIL.
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The following letter from Mr. Cobden, M.P., has
just been received by the Mayor of Manchester :

" Algiers 12th April, 1861.
"My dear sir,—l beg to acknowledge the receipt of or
letter enclosing • copy of the resolution peened by the Man-
chester city council, expressing their thanks for my labours
in arranging the treaty with France. It gives me peculiar
pleasure to receive this renewed assurance of the approba-
tion of the body over which you preside, representing, as it
does, the city which must be ever recognised as the birth-
place of practical free trade. We are not, I trust,
taking too sanguine • view of the effects of the
resent commercial arrangement in assuming that its
ilifilletlo6 will be felt beyond the limits of the two
countries immediately concerned. When England and
France are found co-operating, whether in peace or war,
for the 'attainment of • common object, they can hardly
fail to snake their policy triumphant throughout Europe ;
and, looking at the negotiations now going on elsewhere,
and the indications generally manifeetol, lam led to the
conclusion that ere long the example of those two nation
will induce the whole continent to adopt a more liberal
commercial policy. In the meantime, whatever hesitation
there may be in urope or whatever temporary backsliding
in America, it is satisfactory to know that England, speak-
ing through the voice of Manchester, remains faithful to
the principle of unoonditional freedom of trade ; if it be
accompanied with redptocity from other countries, so much
the better for her and them—if not, so much the better
for her than there. In any ease, liberty will bring its own
reward. Let me beg you to be the medium for conveying
to the council my sincere thanks for this expression of their
confidence and kindness, and pray accept parochially my
acknowledgments for the friendly terms of your letter
which accompanied the resolution ; and I rennin my dear
sir, yours sincerely, "R. &taw.
"Matthew Curtis, Esq., Mayor."

LORD CHAMBERLAIN'S-OPTICS, APRIL 18.—Notice
is hereby given that his Royal Highness the Prince Cowart
will, by the desire of the Queen, hold levees at St. James's
Palace, on behalf of her Majesty, on the following days at
two o'clock, vis.:—Saturday, the 4th of May next ; Wed.
nesday„ the 15th of May next. It is the Queen's pkesuref
that presentation to his royal highness at these levees shall
be considered as equivalent to presentations to her Majesty.

B€IIINTIVIC MzrrrNoe FOR THZ ENBUL.IO WZZB.—a
Mooday.—Architecta, 8. OTgraphical, " Latest Re-
searches of Dr. Livingstone • with "Memoir on B.toka
People," by his secretary, Mr. Livingstone. Tuesday.—
Antiquaries, 2, Anniversary. Engineers, 8, " National
Defences," Mr. Bidder. Statistical, 7 (Special Meeting),
" Serf Emancipation," M. Von Buschen ; at 8, " locomo-
tion." Zoological, 9, "New Woodpecker," Mr. Gould;
"Reptiles, Cambodia," M. Mouhot. Royal Institu-
tion, 3, " Flakes, Professor Owen. Wednesday—
Society of Arta, 8, " Coloured Statues, &c.," Mr.
8011. Geological, 8, • Cyrena 11=41416 at Kelsey Bill,"
Mr. Prestwich ; "Great Fast or Simon Fault, Sh
shire Coal-aelcl," Mr. Scott. Archaeological Amociation,"9-.
Thursday—Numismatic, 7. Philological, 8. Royal, 8 .
"Distribution of Aqueous Vapour in Upper Parts of At-
mosphere," 001. Strachey ; " Synthesis of Succinic and Pp
rotenone Acid,". Mr. Simpson. Royal Institution, 3,
" Electricity, Prof. Tyndall. Friday—Royal Institution,
8, " National Museum of Natural Hietory," Prof. Owen.
Saturday—Royal Institution, 3, " Largiage," Prof. Max
MitUer.

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Coborm NORMA:4. Lieutenant-Colonel Nor-
man, C. 8., has cooed to be assistant military secretary to
his itoyal Highuans the General Commanding•in-Chiet, and
will leave nest weak for India, to assume his former ap•
pointment on the staff of the Bengal army. The rules for
the amalgamation of the royal and Indian armies have
been already settled, but • roar of details remains to be
carried out in India, and it has been felt necessary that Col-
Norman who has bad much to do with the arrangement of
this difficult question from its first stage at home, shall com-
plete the teak in India ; the Duke of Cambridge has ac-
cordingly yielded to the necessity of the can, and the
wishes of the Secretary of State for India.—Arny and Nary
Gazette.

OnclB PLAYING IN Yong.—On Thursday evening
Mr. Lumley, the celebrated blind these player, visited this
city to contest wiz mines of chess with six members of the
York Chess Club. The remarkable features of the cooled
were that Mr. Lumley not only played the games siniul-
taneously, but without any board. His opponents were
Mr. Burtt, who won his game ; Mews. Newman and
Hands, whose games were drawn ; and Messrs. Ball,
Hornby, and Birks, who were defeated. Mr. Lumley thus
won three, last one, and drew two. The play lasted over a
period of Nix boric—Yorkskire Gwelte.
BOWNDSH AND THZ Lacs DLSTRICT.—The weather
during the Net week being beautifully fine, has bad its
effect in attracting a number of pleasiire seeker. to this
beautiful and fashionable mummer resort. A few of the
lodging-houses are now quite full, end should the present
fine weather continue no doubt each day will bring an addi-
tional number of visitors to Rowans, as it may with pro-
priety be termed the gem of the lake district—Kendal
Mercury.
A SAD SCENZ.—We have just received intelli-
news from Burnham market of an extraordinary proceed-
ing, yesterday (Thursday) afternoon, at the burial—or what
should have been the burial—of a deceased parishioner.
The deceased, it seems, was a primitive methodist. lfu
family objected to the church burial service, but at last,
under advice, submitted to it, having performed their own
service elsewhere. The rector met the body at the church-
yard-gate, and began reading the service, walking toivards the
church. The relatives declined to follow ioW the church,
and proceeded with the body to the grave and set
it down. Not one word was said by them--not even a
hymn was sung—and the family returned to their home.
The minister ordered the graveto be filled up, leaving the
body on the ground by the aide of the grave—and there it
remains now 1 The minister, we presume, justifies this
proceeding by the refusal of the family to follow him into
the church ; or possibly there may be other circumstances
of. excuse. We will not prejudge. This cue, any waZ
viewed, illustrates the necessity for legialation, Aral Wku
furnish Sir Market Peto with another fact in support of his
bilL—Norfolk New.