The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1868.

of State ; and whatever may be the conclusion
ultimately arrived at it is certain that the great
popular lender would make no insonsiderable sacri-
fices in aeeepting office. Should he kowevee de-
cline India, but be yet willing to give
Mr. GesPerowe the moral weight of his sego
port, the Chancellorship of the Duoky of
Lancaster would be open to hint. Mould be do-
cide upon preserving his position as an indopen-
I dent supporter of the Government, we may be
sure that hia friendship will be hearty and sincere,
and in any case Mr. BRIGHT will be au im-
portant central figure in much of the work to
come. Perhaps the person most closely affected,
after Mr. GLADSTONE, is the Duke of ARGYLL,
who probably stands for the India-office
if Mr. 'lntone refuses it. His grace has
reneend yeoman's amok° during the last two
years ; the Liberal Government wants debating
strength in the Upper House ; and his appoint-
went to the India-office would be a fitting reward
for good work honestly done. The Earl of
GRANVILLE, as President of the Council, will set a
graceful example of unostentatious and unselfish
usefulness; and, by his talent, experience, and
many ceurtly qualities, will be u real power in the
Caliuct. Perhaps the appointment of Mr. LOWE to
the Exchequer is the ono that will awaken moat Bur-
p lee. Mr. CHILDERS or Mr. 00SCHEN aro the
n who upon the principle of natural selection
might be expected to prepare the annual budget;
ender Mr. GLADSTONE, and should Mr. Lowe be
created Chancellor of the Exchequer the public
will be at lease certain that the office will be a
real one, and that the new minister of finance will
have both a policy and a will of his own. What
Mr. WARD Hvirr has been popularly supposed to
be to Mr. Dtaitezei—a mouthpiece, a shield, an
hottest but not thoughtful instrument—Mr. Lowe
can never be to any Premier under Heaven ; and
his appointment, if confirmed. may be taken as an
earnest of a vigorous overhauling of our national
taxation and an originality of execution in carrying
out the policy of the Liberal chief. That Lord
CLARENDON should succeed Lord STANLEY at
the Foreign-office is so natural and proper
that the country would have been surprised
bad any other arrangement been made. The ab-
surd accusations and humiliating retractations of
Mr. Disasem when speaking of the foreign policy
of the Liberal party are too recent to make it ne-
cessary to do more than refer to the Earl of CIA-
RENDoN's services and experience. The Liberal
policy continued by Lord STANLEY upon coming
into power will be resumed by the repre-
sentative of the party originating it, and
the public will rest satisfied that the national in-
terests are in skilled and prudent hands. If,
as is said, Mr. CARDWI.L' L ie to be placed at
the head of the War Department the duties of
the position we may be certain will be con-
scientiously discharged. It is, however, the Home-
cftice for which Mr. CARDWELL'S talent and
training fit him most; and though Mr. C.
P. Vieteres, who is named for the latter
post, wield make a valuable Home Secre-
tary, there are strong reasons for wishing that
he should occupy his old position as President of
the Poor-law Board. The working of the reforms
Le inaugurated requires personal supervision ; the
sort of legislation of which the Union Chargea-
bility Bill, the Houselew Poor Act, and the Public
Welke Act may be taken as types, is still urgently
needed ; and the return of Mr. Vieeinits to the
Pour-law Board would be hailed as a good omen
by the influential classes who have set their
hearts upon improvement in the working of the
poor law. For some time past it has been obvious
that Mr. CHILDERS would hold high place in the
next Liberal Government. His talent is of an ex-
tremely valuable kind, and has the advantage of
icing always readily available. His relations with
Mr. GI ADSTONZ, his recent utterances on the
condition of our Civil Service, and the need for
financial reform, marked him out for the prefer-
ment Lis appointment to the Admiralty will rea-
lise. Mr. CHILDERS'S success has been achieved
in a very few years, but he has secured
the confidence of the country as well as the House,
and important reforms in our naval administration
are sure to fellow Lis accession to power. Mr.
STA.NSIELD, as Secretary to the Admiralty, will
more than justify the high opinion of his friends,
which the sterling qualities he displayed while a
subordinate member of the PALMERSTON Govern-
ment will have freer scope in the post he is
about to fill. Mr. CHICHESTER FORTESCUE, as
Chief Secretary for Ireland, with a seat in the
Cabinet, will be a useful member of the Adminis-
tration, it being his happy privilege to render
social as well as political services of the highest
value to his party. Lord DUFFERIN has been
named as Lord-Lieutentant of Ireland, but the
news may be premature. If Mr. W. H. Foaseen
goes to the Colonial-office, as is said, most of
the "new blood" will have been satisfactorily
placed ; and it only remains to dispose of the
great legal prizes and of the poste and politicians
not in the first rank. First, however, it
may he remarked that Lord MAYO is
the subject of much interesting, and for
himself, ominous talk. His lordship, al-
though only on Lis way to assume the govern-
ment of India, is already spoken of as a nian
whose successor will have to be found; awl it
may chance to be that the first official commu-
nication he receives from Mr. BRIGHT or the Duke
of ARGYLL is a summons for his own read.
tir ALEXANDER COCKBURN, Sir ROUNDELL
PALMER, Lord ROMILLY, and Sir W. PAGE WOOD
are the lawyers from among whom the holder of
the Gnat Real will be selected. The first would be a
splendid accession to the Liberal aide in the Howie
of Lords, is personally popular, and has an amount
of *emir faire and intellectual quickness which fits
him for any position to which he may be called.
Sir ROUNDELL PALMER is more of Mr. GLAD-
-norm's own type of thought, and Sir W. Peas
WOOD is a churchman uniting some of the quali-
ties of each of the two great parties of which the
Church of England is composed. It may
be that recent events had the tendency of
modifying Sir ROUNDILL PALMER'S opinions with
respect to the Irish Church, and that the inter-
view he had with Mr. GLADSTONE yester-
day removed such scruples as may have
remained. Lord ROMILLY'S name is always
mentioned with respect; and Lord WEST-
imaY's signal abilities recur whenever the
Lord Chancellorship is vacant. It is worth
remarking that if Sir Aeexeereien Coexuune
were made Lord Chancellor, the Lord Chief
Jwsticeship would full vacant, and that Sir JAMES
Wrepti would be eligible for it, while his present
post of Judge Ordinary might be appropriately
conferred upon Sir ROBERT COLLIER, the ex-Soli-
citer-Generul. Mr. Me:molt CHAMBERS, the
Hon. GEoltoE DENMAN, and Mr. HEADLAM, arc
among the Liberal lawyers entitled to look for
some of the other prizes.

The Government will, we venture to opine, be
constituted in some such fashion as we have indi-
cated, though, as we remarked in last night's
Ea-press, caution is necessary in accepting even tho
most positive statements during such crises es the
present,.

RESUSCITATION OF MR. JAMES CROW.

Turn are signs that the tap of Tory satire and
inveotliq applied to Yr. Ova is riokrija. to
the dgainb He has bets SpcmuetrAge is
powitailiziow. It is so. g since Jniteacrw
was a Wog member of Sodet* that tlis
cari-
catBrid vrho has pat lamlibleett as Ms. otot,n-
‘trrotree face and a banjo in hit haqds must surely
have been hard puked before Be dug down to
such a depth in—what shall we say P—the H.B.
strata. Mr. CROW is sometimes beard of among
educated people, because it so happens that the
air which bears his grimy name makes an excellent
psalm tune if sung in minima instead of quavers ;
but many people will wonder who he is or was.
Perhaps if prizes were offered, the satire of the
Tory wits would be quickened, and wo cheerfully
make them a present of the idea.

Wit eourt.

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in the gillib
and July went out a
.Militing, mesas
pulled hyPringas Louise
11. Crown Pebios of Protasis, &Winded *Copt* Yon
Behlebeits. ebbed Prime Arthur at desinsish:gailtgae.
torday, and afterwards honoured Major-General Wes*
C.D., and the oblows of the Royal Artillery, with bi bas.
pony at dinner at Woolwich.
The Crown Priam and Princess of Prussia (Prisms
Royal) Sated the Doke of Cambridge to-day at Gnomes.
tre-honas, and realised to besedess. Ornate.. Hohenthal,
Count Purstenstsin, and Captain Von Bobbisits were in
attendance.

The Crown Princes of Prussia, attended by Nantes
Hohenthal and Count Pureteastein, and Primes Beatrice,
attended by Lady Caroline Barrington and Colonel the
Hon. A. Liddell, honoured his lbeelleney M. and Madame
Van de Weyer with their proms at an evening party
last evening, at New-lodge.
The Bight Hon. W. N. (Redstone arrived at the Castle
yesterday, and bad en audience of the Queen.
Major-General F. H. and Lady Rosily Seymour had the
honour of dining with the Queen and the royal family
ymterday.
Prince Christian of Schloswig-Holstein, attended by
Lieutenant-Colonel Cordon, returned to Progerßo on
Wednesday from visiting the Duke and Duchess of Wel-
lington at Strathfieldsaye.
A committee of Ruined& of her Majesty's Moat Honour-
able Privy Council met yesterday at the Privy Conseil-
oft ce, Whitehall. Present :—The Lord President, the
Duke of Buckingham and (Candor, Lord Robert Mon-
tagu, Sir Stafford Northoote, Bart., and the Hight Hon.
C. B. Adderley.

Mr. Gladstone during yesterday morning re-
ceived the Earl of Clarendon and the Earl Granville at
his residence on Carlton-house-tenses. Later in the day
Lord Justice Page Wood, Sir Roundel' Palmer, and Kr.
Childers, and Kr. G. G. Glyn were engaged with Kr.
Oladstooe. The Right Eon. Edward Cardwell was also
among Yr. Gladstone's political friends who met at his
house yesterday. The Duke of Argyll was expected to
have arrived in the coarse of the day from Scotland.

Prince Christian of Schleswig:Holstein. attended
by Lieutenaat-Colonel Gerdes, returned to Pregame ea
Wednesday from visiting the Duke and Duchene el Wel-
lington at &wadeldeays.

ilia Royal Highness the Duke of Naos and
suite hays left tows for Brighton.

The Prince Bariatinalty has left the Clarendon
How for the Isle of Wight.

The Earl of lifalrneebary has left town on a
visit to the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at
Hatfield House, Herts.

The Earl and Countess Stanhope left town yes-
terday for Hetdeld•house, to spend a few days with the
Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury.
The Earl and Countess of Dudley are entertain-
ing & select party at Witley Court, Woroostarabize.

A marriage (says the Pod) is arranged to take
place shortly in the private chapel of Charlton House, the
seat of Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson, Bart., uncle of the
bride, between Helena Emma Wilson, youngest daughter
of Mr. John Ilaryon Wilson, of Fitzjohns, Ease:, and Mr.
Charles Robertson, of Kindeace, Ross-shire.
The number of new members returned to the
House of Commons cam& that at any general election
for rely many years. In 18.59 only 131 new members
came back from the country ; in 1805 there were 193 ;
while at the present election the number is 224.

Signor Arrivabcne has introduced a bill into tit,.
Italian Chamber granting a pension of 2.000 francs a year
to the widow of Monti, who wus decapitated by the Pape,
government on the 24th ult., and a pension of 1,000 francs
a year to the father of Topmetti, who 11144 executed at the
same time. Throughout Italy subscriptions are being
raised for the fending of the two men, auras being
in many cases by the municipal and communal authoritic-.
The movement, too, bas extended to the army, and the
officers of two regiments at Bologna have subscribed ni
franca.

ROYAL VISIT TO THE THAMES IRONWORKS
COMPAST.—}Iis Hord Highness the Crown Prince of
Prussia yesterday visited the works of the Thames Iron-
works and Shipbuilding Company, and instmeted the iron-
clad frigate Konig Wilhelm. 0,938 tons I, I aO-horse power,
building by that company for the Prussian government.
He was received by Captain Henck, the commander of
the frigate, and Messrs. Kering, Bauch, and .7Arnick.
the engineer officers inspecting the construction of the
Air. Mid Mr. l'cter Holt, the chairman, and the officers of
the Thames Company, and Mr. Field, of the firm of
Maudslay. Field, and Co., the makers of the engines.
His royal highness expressed the greatest satisfaction with
the vessel and all her arrangements, and the perfect
manni r in which her construction has been carried out by
the builders. The Kooig Wilhelm has bean built on the
design of Mr. E. S. Reed, C.D., chief constructor of the
Engli-h navy. She is completely armour-plated with
8-inch armour-plates, will carry 27 guns of the largest
calibre admit, and her speed fa expected to be fifteen
knots. She is nearly ready for sea, and her trial trip will
take place early in January, on which occasion his royal
highness will, it is announced, be present.

LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOR THE
ENSI.INO Wm.—Monday: Royal Institution, 2. General
Monthly Meeting; Entomological. 7; Society of Arta 8,
"Aniline" (Cantor Lecturee), Mr. Perkins; Royal Aca-
demy, 8, "Anatomy," Mr. Partridge. Tuesday: Ethno-
logical, 8, " Westerly Drifting of Nomadsa," Mr.
Howorth, "Flint Implements and Roman Remains,
Oxon, Ac.," Colonel Lane Fox; Photographic, 8; Civil
Engineers, 8, "River Witham and Estuary." Wednes-
day : Society of Arts, 8, "Drying Properties of House
Paint," Mr. Tomlinson; Archzeological, 8, " Planche's
Earls of Gloucester," Sir Stafford Carey; "Stone Im-
plements? Jamaica," Lieutenant Bell ; Microsco=B,
" Mounting, &c., Animal Tissue," Dr.
Geological, 8, "Geological Reconnaissance, Arabia Pe:
ties," ' Sulphate of Strom Tertiary Rocks, Egypt,"
- Clark

uixontia,
Mr. Bauernian • " Basalt Dykes, India," Mr. ,_
" Glacier of Second Order in Quaternary Periol," Dr.
Martins. Thuriday : Mathematical, 8, " Currespondenoe
of Points," Mr. Cotterill; " Dygometers," Mr. Smith;
Hoye], 81 ; Zoological, 81. " Abyssinian Expedition Re-
port," gr. Jew; " Indian Mammals," Captain Hutton
" Ornithology, Argentine Republic," Dr. Burmeister ;
" Tanysiptera," Mr. Sharpe ; Antiquaries, st, " British
Round Barrows," Dr. Thurnam. Friday : Astronomical,
8, "Arrangements for Observation of Transit of Venus,
1874 and 1882," Professor Airy.—AtAriaruiti,

ROYAL CA/MMISSION ON PRIMARY EDYCATION
(InEranD).—The royal commission on primary education
assembled on Thursday, the 3rd inst. at the offices of the
commission, 46, Upper Sackville-st;eet, Dublin. There
were present—The Earl of Perris, Lord Clonbrock. Mas-
ter Brooke, Rev. Dr. Wilson, Mr. Deese, Mr. Gibson,
Mr. Stokes. Professor Sullivan. and Mr. Waldron. The
secretaries, Means. May and Dunne, were in attendance.
ELECTION OF PROCTORS FOR CONVOCATION.—
DIOCIFTE or LONLON.—Yestcrilay afternoon a meeting of
the clergy of the archdeacoury of London was held at the
parish church of St. Sepulchre, Snow-hill, for the petrel°
of electing two proctors to represent them in the Lower
House of Convocation. Thu Venerable W. H. Hale, M.A..
Archdeacon of London, presided. The Itcv. Michael
Gibbs, M.A., Rector of Christ Church, Nowzate-street,
and the Rev. William Scott, M.A., rector of St. Glave's
Jewry, were unanimously elected.

A paragraph in the last letter of our special
correspondent in Spain has been received with consider-
able satisfaction. He assures as that the impression which
certainly prevails in England, that protestantiom has not
even a foothold in Spain, is an entirely incorrect one, and
that, all external manifestations of it have been
aupprared, there are many in Madrid, and at least
• scattered few all over the Peninsula, who
have carried on protestant worship in the secrecy
of private houses. This information, which is in
every way trustworthy, ought not to surprise us ; yet it
does so. Our English theory of the matter has been that
the policy of suppression had succeeded in Spain. Not that
it had succeeded in killing diversity of religions thought,
but that it had destroyed diversity of religious profession.
Spanish nonconformity denied public expression, had
turned, it was believed, to private doubt and contempt.
The national worship requiring outward conformity
from all, the result had been that men had continued
catholic' in profeesion, and bad become entire unbelievers
in fact. That this is the case very extensivel'im Spain
there is no manlier of doubt. Catholic unity Ends its
Nemesis in unbelief. The church gets "mouth honour,
breath, which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare
not;" but loses its hold on the affections and con-
victions of the people. It is • great testimony,
and one not needless just now, to the vitality of
protettantiani, that even in Spain it supplies • re-
fuge from the Axed alternative of priesthoods,
Rome and authority, or reason and atheism. It
can not only exist without State aid, but can spring up,
here and tiara, where its very worship is proecribed.
What would theme Spanish protestants my to protestant
clergy and laity who affect to believe that without a
splendid endowment and all the dignities of an establish-
ment protestantina would die l Thep can cherish it with-
out even the means of piddle worship ; with all the dead
weight of the Roman church mauling upon it ; and all
they ask for it is liberty to live in open day. A fair Mild
and no favour for their faith sallies all their dukes, be-
cause it stabiles all the asinine at its peosperity aid
haelth.-11eilu Nom

4' IGN NEWS.
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AMERICA.
NEW YOWL. Deo. 4, Evsanto.
Ames .gran Yr. Adam Moffat's report, the
reoeipta of the week at American ports amount to
92,000 bales. Export to (heat Britain, 33,000 ;
Continent, 28,000. Stook, 239,000 bales. Market
very dull, and tending downwards: middling, 10d.
coat and freight per steamer.

The royal mail steamship Scotia, from New
York, arrived at Queenstown at 6 a.m. to-day
(Deo. 6), with 72 cabin passengers. She landed
108 sacks of mails and 7 passengers, and pro-
ceeded immediately. All well.
THE WAR. WITH INDIANS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 21.
General Sheridan, in his report upon the
Indian war, charges the savages with
great treachery towards the government,
and with having committed brutal out-
rages upon the settlers and prisoners, and
recommends the transfer of the management of
Indian affairs to the war department.
Mr. Henry Rivua Pollard, editor of the
Southern Opinion, published at Richmond, has
been assassinated.

THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND THE
ALABAMA CLAIMS.
NEW YORK, Nov. 24, NooN.
The Washington correspondents of several
journals state that the government approves of
Mr. Reverdy Johnson's conduct during the nego-
tiations for the settlement of the Alabama claims.

MB. JEFFERSON DAVIS.
NEW TORS, Nov. 24.

The trial of Mr. Jefferson Davis has. been fur-
ther postponed, Chief Justice Chase being un-
able to preside in court. General Howard
in pursuance of an Act of Congress has issued an
order for the discontinuance of the Freedmen's
Bureau after the Ist January next, except the
educational branch of that office.