The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-21 00:00:00

NIL DISRAELI ATM THZ

ITIPIIRTIOS.

Mr. VihaLey asked last night whether the estimate of
expenditure on account of the Abyssinian expedition,
which was presented in November, was likely to be ex-
ceeded, and Mr. Disraeli replied that he hid no meson to
believe that the estimate had been exceeded. The Tines
sees in this another illustration of Mr. Disraeli's tact In
meeting a difficult question. The explanation of his
answer, the Tian says, is simple. Up to the present time
no more money has been spent than was anticipated, and
the Chancellor of the Exchequer may perhaps be able to
m►ke the same statement on the 31st of March. But this
is all that can be said. If it be asked whether it can be
still thought, as it was thought in November, that Genend
Napier might find himself with his army completely
equipped and reedy foe action in Abyssinia at • cost of two
millions, the answer mast be in the negative. If it be asked
whether it is believed that our troops may leave Abyssinia,
having done their work, at the end of April, the •newer
must be In the negative. If it be asked wbethtr
the estimate of the total cost of the expedition can be
reekoosd, "with a confidence by no means slight," at
454.10,001 X, increasing to 3,800,01101., or 4,000,0001. in
the event of • necessity arising to replace the Indian
troops lent for the expedition, the answer must be in tie
negative. Mr. Disraeli did wisely in confining himself to
• question which was in fact not asked, because he could
answer it with sufficient explicitness and entirely to his
own satisfaction. Had he attempted to meet the inquiries
Mr. Whalley and Mr. Derby Griffith, with a confused and
perhaps overstrained notion of their public duties, really
made, he would have had to enter upon explanations which
would have been lees pleasing and lees satisfactory to him-
self and his beams

YINCIELLANEOO,4

The Zlegrapl4 points out that Mr. Diem for some
week* past, if not months, bas virtually anted as the bead
of the government Lord Stanley halt served under him
for yeses, sad no resew Wets why he should be
sanest epee suddenly** supersede hie deist Mr. Dbrush,
tho Trieoroph concludes, will be the Prime blirdeter of
England.

Assuming that there is • consensus of opinion as to the
unsatisfactory state of the metropolitan police, sad that
the oonfidenos in its chief commissioner is completely
shaken, the Daily News considers the pretensions raised
by the military profession to provide • successor, and de-
cides that the objections to it are insuperable. The police
by each • head would be made an essentially mili-
tary service, whereas the predominantly legal character of '
his ditties requires the mutant presence in the mind and
conduct of its chief of that spirit of legality which la the
opposite of the military epirit.
The Star draws from the Colenso case, and the new
phase It has assumed through the judgment of the Supreme
Court at Natal, the conclusions that in managing spiritual
affairs the state is wholly out of its province, and that
whatever is right or wrong in • church ought to be
adjudicated upon without reference to state necessities or
secular traditions. It may or may not be monstrous that
the Church of England cannot decide bow far ritualism
may go, or whether a particular bishop is or I. not in
Christian communion ; but it must be meastroue that cer-
tainty on than point■ is unattainable, solely becaus,
of the temporalities which make the Church of Ragland
what she is.

The Herald strongly supporta the government measure
substituting executions within, for executions without the
prison walls, and is persuaded that the spirit of parliament
is favourable to the innovation proposed

CAVERTDOE UNIVZI/SITY ELECTION.—THR POLL-
-1 N7.—CAWBRIDOZ. THURSDAY. 4.15. —Hope, 83; Chiasby,
In. This includes the proxies as registered, ands the
*umber at present polled.
Fotoirx-Oroie-Tinev ELECTION.—At the official
class of the poll yesterday the numbers were as follows :
—Melly, 1,4.49 ; Campbell, 1,430. Great excitement pre-
vailed, but there was no disorder. Mr. Melly mid ho use-
copied the victory in the names of Gladstone, Russell,
Bright, and the groat liberal party._

THE UNIVERSITY BOAT RACY. —CA MBRIDOZ,
FEB. 20.—After all, the annual aquatic contort is not to
be abandoned. A large and induentially attended meet.
' ing took place last night at Swann's Booms, Mr. Still, the
president, in the chair. A letter was reed width had been
received from Oxford, Mating that they (the Oxford au-
thorities) did not consider the grounds pat forth by Cam-
bridge sufficient to justify the withdrawal of the race, and
expreceing a hope that the Cambridge University Boat
Club would reconsider the matter. Whilst the meeting
hardly approved of certain portions of the contests of the
letter it was resolved by 2J to 6 that the request for the
withdrawal of the challenge be withdrawn, end the nos
will therefore take place. The embossment of this
determination bat given general satisfaction amongst all
clews here.

SHOCKING DZATII AT THZ CHEWI STIEL
Worn—Considerable excitement bee prevailed in Creme
•

during this week, is conseaseace of it its Mews that •
Amman at the Steel Works, amid Sam Baselea came
to his death there on Sadao morning leek under cir-
cumstances at once horrible sad envisions. As is PAW
rally the oars in connexion with such matters, several re-
argues war= the meet promiarent being to the ethos
that the had been asked some time daring Saler .
day eight to pay toe ma beer and had refused to do es,
That be had then been held thetas would be paid altar it
before sensing, and in wafensity with this throat that
the steam bail hese turned upon him while is the
boils; se es istraticsally or otherwise to cause his death.
Colour is ghee to this statement hem the fest thee
deceased was • new band, sad that uses the gut time ha
had entered a boiler ; sad it is further hinted that the bear
was deeseaded from hi. far his "feotiag." Tram Ile
evidenee given at the inquest it is deer slat the sham
must bare been turned on ly some time oaks, essidenially
or with a malicious purpose, but who that mess oasis we
are=earat ignorest. ft was seated at the Ins=that
woman, whose husband I
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larireates4 his sat foe he deeded lisd le haw any-
thing el it ldmeen, or est his wife ad. ea far ea he was
wawa The inquest wee adieurned.—Oman Ormrdiso.

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Yesterday both houses of the convocation of Um;
province of Canterbury memnbied at Westminster for the
despatch of business. The Upper House ems Presided one
by the Archbishop of Canterbury,
In the Lower House, shoe the presentaßon of some
petitions and notices, Ms debate on the Church in South
Africa and the Bishopric of Natal was messed by the Dean
of Ely, who spoke in support of his amesidaal which
. had
been only formally moved on the provisos —" That
while fully sympathislag with the Bishop el pe Town
in the painful poirion in which he was _ plaord_,
_sad
anxious that the divisions in the church of Natal shoal.
under Ood's good providence, be heeled, cams adopt the
gravamen of Canon Seymour, bemuse it involved nese-
-41:1411b eons of drishieh abs house was act competent to de-
cide," all very well to say that they were gulp
d the spiritual rt of the q 4 bet
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allik__w a was laformed by em t yeri ttic.
was not the ease. At all events,
_there was great diffiwoimo
of opinion ea the subject. The ...D11•111.411 Claslerbwr
•ermsweded the asseadment. Archdeacon Daiwa said that
the time for eympathy had gone, sad the then for settee
had come. They were not called upon to dell with this
legal quertion but-with the spiritual, and no court of law,
so competent authority, bad said a word wiinst this
.piritual censure and deposition pronounced by the
Metropolitan of South Africa against Dr. Colenso„.
Archdeacon Allen held that they bad neither the
evideuoe nor the qualiaostions for pronouncing a judgment
in the matter, and advised that they should content them-
selves with facilitating, as far as they could by their influ-
ence, the consemation of a new Bishop of Natal. The
debate was continued by the Dean of Weatminster,
Chancellor Massingberd, Archdeacon Mackenzie (who held
that the Bishop of Caps Town as the superior authority,
having deposed Dr. Colosimo, was hinuelt the legal Bishop
of Natal, and he warned the house against complicating
the legal difficulty by furthering the consecration of an.
other bishop to the me), Archdeacon Wordsworth,
the Rev. Mr. Mackarnees, Dr. Jebb, ('anon Illakelley,
and Archdeacon Hale. Canon Seymour then replied,
altering the terms of his gravamina, in order to
meet objection which had been raised, the amended
form praying the upper house to take measures for do.
claring that, while refraining from expressing any opinion.
on the legality of the claim of Dr. Coke«, to the tempo-
ralities of the see of Natal, the Church of England accepts
tho validitr of his deposition, and accepts aa valid his
excommunication, Lc., being carried, the hone? then ad-
journed at six o'clock,