The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 21,. 1861

moment of irritation, killed a man with a blow of
his knife, having the weapon in his lard at thil
time, a soldier has in his rifle a terrible. minister
to his anger always at hand. This should make
those who have to manage bin eipseially prudent
and sagacious in their command ; let punishment
be as severe and the ordering as stern as may be,
but let them be free from the slightest taint of
unfairness, prejudice, or favour.
But so far from guarding against any mur-
derous use of the weapon in the soldier's hands,
our routine system actually insiste that every man
shall have in his possession at all times twenty
rounds of ball cartridv. We are at a loss to
see for what purpose he carries this ammo•
' nition when it cannot possibly be required.
When doing the duty of sentry over the public
property or as guard over convicts, the soldier of
course would be nothing without his loaded rifle ;
but off duty and in his barrack-room his weapon
should not only be unloaded, but he should not
have the option of loading it ; he should, in fact,
be made to deliver up every cartridge supplied to
him. As every barrack is provided with a maga-
zine, there is no excuse for allowing the men to
retain their ammunition, and there would not Le
the least difficulty in carrying out the order that
no ammunition was to be left in the possession of
the men. Such, however, is the tenacity with
which some matters of routine are retained—
whether it is that a pontoon bridge shall be re-
moved at a certain hour of the night, although
fifty good lives may have been sacrificed, or
whether every man shall have a bullet at hand to
gratify his sudden impulse of revenge at any
moment.

gp eoun.

BALMORAL, Sarrtmerit 19.

The Queen and Prince Consort, accompanied by
Prince Alfred, drove yeatenlay through the Bauch Buie
wood, and round by Caatletown.
Princess Alice, Princess Helena, and Prince Louis of
Hesse, with Lily Churchill, went out riding in the morn-
ing. •
Her Majesty's' dinner party included Princes' Helena,
Sir Charlet Phipps, Sir Janie, Clark, Mr. Sulam!, and the
Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting.

Deepatehes were received yentarday at the Colocialmffice
from the Go►ernors of Citylos, Hong Kong, the Australian
Colonies, Gibraltar, wed from the Lord High Commissioner
at the Imam Mao& Despatches were sent to the Cover-
nen of the North America° Provinces

The Queen has chosen a design for a lace flounce,
by a etedent of the Female School of Art, to be exhibited at
the International Exhibition of 1862.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wale% has
gives a donation of 501. to the fund now beiog raised for the
partare of works of art for the gallery in coarse of erection
en Lebrun!, laws.

The Duke of Devonshire and Lady Louisa Caven-
dish have left Bolton Abbey, Yorkshire (where the noble
duke has eutertaieed a large party at grouse shooting), and
have arrival at Helices Hall.

Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston rejoined
the Earl of Shaftesbury at Widmer Castle on the 14th inst.
On Mooday the 3rd company (Deal and Widmer) Cinque
Ports Artillery Volunteers marched to the castle for their
usual gun drill. Lord Shaftesbury and the Premier wore
upon the ramparts during the whole of the drill, the latter
familiarly convening with the volunteers, and aspecially
alluding to the fatiguing day for the company at his lord-
ship's installation.
The Ron. Mrs. Carleton and Mims Carleton have
left Femmes lintel for Came Park, near Surton•upon-
Trent.

Lieutenant-Colonel and Mrs. Aetley have arrived
at Farmacies Hotel from Swindon Park, Wiltshire.

His Excellency the Swedish and Norwegian
Minister, owing to domestic circumstances which require
his permeable to Sweden, having obtaioed the assent of t►e
Kim I. reties from the appointment lie has held for some
rad at this court, has delivered his letter of recall,
sad Tway, zcoorapacied by the Countess eon Halm,
left Leaden for Folkestone on their return to Swedes. A
orsaraster will probably soon be domed, hat meanwhile
Baron Berk Fria remain as charge d'alfairem
The Frankfort Jounoal says that Lord Granville
will he present at the cuirewation of the King at Prowls,
bet sot le es elleiel eapasity. Lord Clarendon will be the
Ambassador et Weed es the occasion.

The Lord lisittenant of Ireland arrived at Hills-
borough es Weisendep evening, on • visit to the Marquis and
Minkikassis of Downehire. The slyest, at Lisburo were
enteded with people, and en the Lord Liget/mat pared
under the larch the cheering was hied and general. There
wee a direr party at the re le is the eves*, which, is
oddities to the viceregal visitors, included the Lord Bishop
of Down wed Mn. Knox, Lord sad lady Duffer* Left
Erse, lady Lenin Crichtoe, lady Chesiotto Chetwynd end
Miss Ctiotwysi On Thursday the vieszegal patty drove
late Liam, end inspected the hiesehweets of the *am
Riabardssea, where they partook al Mnaheoo, and next
visited the &mask manufactory of Moms. Hidden sod
N'esnbon. There we a ball at Hillsborough Castle at
sight. . _ _

A new agency is brought forward in the adver-
tising columns of the Morning Post. It is as follows :
" The widow of an English not/lemma would be willing to
introduce into the best society a young lady of fortune, who
from her own station would be ratable to move In the higher
circles uoleas under the chaperonage of one in high position.•
Nearly 300 liberal voters have been struck off the
Southampton borough parliameolnry Het this week, is ewer
sequesice of eamsrvative objections.

The Board of Guarciisas to the South Union
of Dobbs haws agreed to permit tae ladies who are mem•
bees of this &mid Science Assosidise to visit the paupers
ia the workless&

Tho Dublin Enmity Put barn ascertained that
Mr. R. Caisson Hill in sot related to Mr. Benjamin La
Claimers, and states that Mr. Hill, who bears the Chris-
tie& same of Guineas, was a relation of the late Mr. Har-
ley, had of the brewery drat of Messrs. Daley and
Niceslass, d Stillorpo. Formes yams after the death of
Mr. Harley and the aviation et the brewery establishment
Mr. Hill carried on • malting establishment there.
Sams years sines, as stated in the report of the pro-
esedisgs, Mr. 8M surds& is Beards. Mist Burdett, •
yoang la ly of great personal attractioas and hop foram',
the xranklanghtor of the late Sir Frown Burdett, for
may years Member for Wallpapers?, and ahem of Miss
Barlett Cants, who had taken • meat lamest Is her
welfare. For some time after their marriage Mr. and Men
Hill resided I. litepben'wgrees West, in Dahlia, mad Mr.
Hill carried of the hominess of • imitator, making Wes
occasioo.lly as the Corn Exchange.
The Dory Standard says it is impounds to
speak is terms of oserstraised compliment of the colotaiy,
urbanity, aid 'Madame cf the admiral. and officers of the
Clllllllllll tied daring their stay in Lough Foyle to the
crowd of visitors of ell =aka who during four or flee deal
thronged the ineionaatly from early morning till •
late hoar at night.

On Tuesday last 1,200 members of the different
Orange societies were mare-him is oceepeniss, at a very
early hour, through the streets of Limpeol, with banner,
sad decorations, sashes and rosettes. Crewing the Mersey,
they mustered ►t Birkenhead station, end by haU•past 10
arrived in two special trains at Ru►ton. Here they formed
• proeseeros awl marched to the seat of Mr. Whalley, the
member for Peterborough, where they formed a semicircle
before the louse, and heard several speeches, particularly
two by Mr. Whalley, and the editor and proprietor
.1 a metropolitan contemporary. After the speeches
the 1,200 " brothers " dined under two large testa,
the expense of the "substantial fare" being "liberally
defrayed by Mr. Whalley." By 3 o'clock the lode•
facade brother were egais on their legs, and marched
three mules into the " fair lend of Wales," to a tower on •
bill, where they were halted, and for some boors listened
to more speeches, prayers, professions of faith, expositions
of principles, votes of thanks, and loud cheering. They
then marched back to Mr. Whalley's mat, sad, after some
boars' dancing and other &mammon* towards 10 o'clock
they took the nil, sad about the small hours were fading
their way borne In the sheen of LiverpooL

Rev. Dr. Smyth, Lieutenants Rowcroft and'
Ingle/field, Captain Schiffner, Major !Wilbur'',
Captain Lewis, Major Beecher, Dr. l_eleg
horn, Captain Sym, and Lieutenant ,Mertitt.
The Indus took on freight 260 'boxes'
specie, value 780691., for the following porta, viz. :
—Mauritius : Five franc pieces, 4,0001. ; jewellery,
kc., 2841. 10m. Madras : Gokl coin, 1,3361. 10s. ;
silver, 11. Ils. ; gold thread, dm., 6401. 10s.
Calcutta : Bar silver, 5601. ; sovereigns, 350/. ;
jewellery, 3381. Singapore: Jewellery, watches,
eke., 1621. Hong Kong : Dollars, 11,2201. ; seed
1001. ; watches, kc., 142!. 10s. Foochow :
IDollara, 1001. Shanghai : Bar silver, 15,000/. ;
dollars, 27,7461. ; jewellery, 4071. Hobson's Bey :
Jewellery, eke., 1.4311. se. Sydney : Jewellery
and watches, 1,3501. ; and for Alexandria : Sove-
reigns, 12,6001. ; watches, kc., 1,000/. The Indus
also took on freight a full cargo of general mer-
chandise.

of bc. both for cash and account, at 69fr. 15c.
and 69fr. 25c. Mobilier rose 2fr. 50c. No change
worth notice iu railways.

The Imperial Court of Poitiers hex just pro-
nounced a judgmeut'' of some importance, in a
matter of miracle working—a trade which has de-
veloped itself to an enormous extent of late years.
Mdlle. Gontarel, a schoolmistress, of Mung, who
bad acquired great notoriety iu the Cha-
rente luf4rieure, by circulating writings,
which she sakl she received from God
and his angels, was indicted for the double
misdemeanour of " spreading false news and
insulting the catholic religion." The tribune of
Salutes found her guilty on the first head, and
sentenced her to fifteen days' imprisonment, but as
to the other count, they held that, so far from
insulting religion, her motives obviously proceeded
from excessive religious zeal, and they therefore
rejected the accusation. The appeal court, how-
ever, on the motion of the public prosecutor, took
• different view, and decided that to " simulate a
miracle" was as great an offence to religion as to
reason, no matter with what intention the act
might be done.
The new Russian church in the Faubourg St.
Honori will be opened to the public only on Thurs-
days from 2 to 4, and on Sundays from 2 to O.

THE DISASTER TO THE GREAT EASTERN.

CORK, FRIDAY.

Yesterday, at the request of some persons whose
families were on board the Great Eastern, Captain
Seymour, local agent of the Inman line, despatched
the screw-steamer Edinburgh to offer assistance in
case of accident. When she got to the mouth of
the harbour, the storm had increased to such a
pitch that it was quite impossible a boat could
be lowered, even if the necessity had existed.
The Edinburgh therefore remained until daylight,
and then went out to meet the Great Eastern, but
finding that her assistance was not required, she
proceeded on her outward voyage to New York.
The Great Eastern passed the night about twenty
miles south of the harbour, and steamed in to-
wards Cork and Spike Island at half-past seven
this morning. There her steering gear was found
useless, and she had to drop anchor. She is now
in perfect safety, and in calm water.

LIVERPOOL, FIUDAY, 12.40 P.Y.
The Great Eastern has returned, and is anchored
securely in the Queenstown Harbour.
Captain Walker's judgment is praised for taking
her to sea yesterday while the gale lasted. Had
he kept in shore the ship would have been smashed,
as she would not answer her helm.