The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-08 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 8, 1857.

natural accompaniment of this playful escapade. The
manner in which the How received these remark
may probably be taken as en intimation that there
will be no disposition to recur in the new Par-
liament to any further discussions as to the merits sr
demerits of the Chinese war in its origin. The HOWies
like the nation at large, has probably an instinctive
feeling that, however indefensible in its outset this
war may have been, the practical problem now bct,re
us is how to get out of it with as little blotr.ished, as
little cost, and as little lose of prc.tige as possible.
The necessities of empire are upon us. The
morality of Dr. BOWIING.II war was a question
decided in the last Parliament—the right settle-
ment of our international relations with China,
is one of the most important questions for the pre-
sent Parliament.
The

, indiscreet seal of Mr. RI:MA:4AX led to a
fiery protest from the veteran Oencral THOMPSON,
suds net only denounced in indignant terma ibis
media of being supposed to acquiesce in the
semliments delivered by the seconder of the
Miss" but declared his intention of bringing 6,-
06a question once more beam the general Wm*
et 6e eountry. Theimprioni ter sad twat
namgy of this earasst psi is podia*
a saarderable erotism areagalthens who hoes
pews awashmod to tho War ages ft more ram*
1,87 afieetilin. It having thus early
become maidialt that eves not harmony in the
&am mil 6.111111 WV who extended in deep
lisin Mid 16tali ftiabli Mashes, it bra= ead-
gently &id& that sum auggorter of Lord Pm,
I imam sissid without be et time throw ell on
Ilthe troubled waters.
I The tie lactate graris to whom this function fell
was Lotd ROBERT OLOBTENOIL A greater contrast
to the earnest and impassioned burst of words
whit& had lest startled the House it would be
wanly possible to conceive. In a rambling style el
tenversational eareleasness Lord ROBERT got up to
I deprecate any reference to the Canton business, te
deprecate any attempt to posh Parliamentary Re-
form in the present swam, but at the same time to
represent that in truth and fact there were onto&
measures which the public out of dean did Me •
little about. He had been a good deal about among
the comediennes, and he was there to state, that
about Parliamentary Reform, for instance, Raw
sion of the Suffrage, &c., there really was some amt
of feeling in the popular, or at all events in the
Middlesex, mind; and for his part, ho did'nt mss
that extension of the suffrage could do much ham.
In fact, the British public had en appetite for smi
fesge, and,within doe limits, suffrage he thought INN
a very good thing for it ; only there most be VII pus I
sure—nothing premature. Then, again, then was
Church ]fates;—Lord Rotatur's decided view was that
it would be quite well if something could be done
about Church Rates that would give satisfaction to
all rain About Poor Rates, too, be might in-
form the Hors that a great portion of his ars&
twig bed rather strong feelings in freer of
speOrg the votes of the metropolitan parishes.
lad' go Lord Rosser Gioarttoa eat dews,
Wag restored &BMuss to a besaming tease sew
dal momenglase and eareersatiomd pod
bistetw, sod illy papered it for the rising of
hard Itautzaem.
Let Pameemeo—adtsee voice and appearance
I OW. 6. WWI= et that failing health whic h
imp Yr allrbielson attributed to him—
waft dims et the House, to supply
Meat Mee emetehet important omissions in the'
Sped true the 'Mew His tone was rather
esembra—bl by SD MOM specific; but he
had es undling te be pleased, even
by did ewe sew eseeemete and still less binding
Osier Ilibitiske Walla (lest to the Law Re.
Ilineenes be eimei ors that the (Mint now had
=ler emediereds• a pies he establiarg a Depart.
molt et Polio lustier which they trusted
weal . pees acceptable to the country."
Aftirmig tha Church Reformers, he made a
dabs emiuma with regard to Church Rates. On
tho &Pet d Ponfienatesnoy Reform, wills
&porting liwamion &erg the present emir,
be reader' as behalf of himself and colar
that tin au nut, after the peurepdka, alma re-
aro tide easti mew* attends% sad that at the
eemensemed of the ant eaudea be believed he
Audi be alio le bander s Emus which should
rimer the jut expeendos etas country." Load
Area apparently from badt Mr of the SPEAKILIeII
elmk, followed the .assess et, and Mr. Rog-
PM. kbat arlisToariag In a few emphatic phrases
slit time emilieitly to fix Lord PALMERSTON
te a Odle et a Reform Bill for 1816,1
dellited doe be would offer no impediments to the
IlChlisid Pan of operations for the residue of 1837,
act sesentiagly withdrew the motion of which he
bed given notice. Not a single speaker having
lima on the Opposition side of the House, the
EIPEAKEI put the question, and thus, within little
more than a couple of hours after its meeting, the
first sitting of the new Parliament came to a close.
It is pretty evident that the length of the Session
will be somewhat in proportion to the length of the
sitting.

whole of the pima Is wawa! with 0.1 emblems sad re-
pesesation cl dowers, which Ma to bore been
oat fiber the on wee mat Then err aloe bkairlowe Saes
villas 4 Awl& am the iflaa.
Obtain Warms& had the beam • present the gar is
the Cr, stabs this be lead beenotainebiewed by the
Dritielt Aratairsehs at Ccaidestbioplo to doss, it being •
pretest Gas the Behar.
$k Habray who, with Nino* Alba; minutely Inspected
the pa, Waked Captain Wilmot, andhoth expressed their
sere of its %may.
Hr Napa, sad the Court then married on board the
Fairy, width 'hardy lert, said *the chose of the crews of
valor chips, for Warms.
Her Wpm, looked, we ere gild to may,way well, though
wamewhat &beet&

INTELLIGENCE.

THE PRE-NCH MISSION TO CHINA.

The Moniker of yesterday has the following ao.

mune-anent
" M. the Baron Gres has been appointed by his
Majesty the Emperor to repair to China in the
character of Commissioner Extraordinary. Lord
Elgin has received from the government of her
Britannic Majesty an analogous mission, with the
same title, and the two plenipotentiaries will lend
each other mutual assistance in the negotiations
which am confided to them, arid the success of which
would, without any doubt, open a new field to
Christian civilisation and the commerce of all nations.
" M. le Baron Gros will almost immediately em-
bark en board the frigate Audacieuse. lie will be
accompanied by M. Duch's:to do Belleimart, secre-
tary of the first class, M. the Vicomte de Contades,
secretary of the third elms, M. the Marquis de
Moges and M. the Comte do Latenr-Mauboarg,
attaches to this extraordinary mission."

DENMARK.

It 11A6 6.

The Faidrelandet nays that a pricy council was
held at Fredericksborg to-day. M. Ileinzellman was
to be present at it. From this it is inferred that the
Holstein ministry will be accepted.

TURKEY AND GREECE.

News from Constantinople, of May 3, states that
the F.nosi railway project is abandoned. Eighty
Israelite families of Xertch are about to emigrate,
and are going to the Danubian colonies.
The Greek chambers have voted the budget, and
adopted the principle of an augmentation in the ex-
port duties.

de Mars would not hold them all, and several corps
took up their stations in the environs and on and about
the bridges. A very large proportion of this army con-
slated of seasoned troops, who have seen several
years' service. Among themwere the Ist,3rd,4tb, and
7th Foot Chassewe, and the 7th, 10th, 11th, 17th,
20th, 33rd, 99th, 46th, 47th, 50th, 56th, 68th, 79th,
95th, 96th, and 97th of the line, all of which regi-
ments were among the first to embark for the Crimea
in 1854. Several regiments appeared for the first
time in new uniforms. Tho infantry of the guard
wore the garanee trousers. Among the cavalry the
amateurs d Clara: de la Garde, who are removed
from Compeinge to Fontainebleau, excited great ad-
miration. This magnificent regiment is mounted urn
light grey Barbary entire horses, brought from Africa.
Although many of the troops are but just off long
ntarehes, they all appeared as clean and smart as if
they had bat just turned out of barracks for a regi-
mental parade. The Emperor left the Tuileries at
half-past one, having the Grand Duke on his right
hand and Prince Napoleon on his left. An immense
staff followed, comprising Marshals Vaillant, Pelis-
slier, Smarmy d'llilliers, Bouquet, Canrobcrt, several
French generals, and very many Russian and other
foreign officers ; among whom was the famous
General Totleben, and Generals Luders, Gort-
chakoff, Liprandi, and Dannenberg. I observed
five English uniforms in the mite. Tho Em-
peror's arrival on the Champ de Mars from
the Pont do Jena, was greeted with the
usual acclamations. The army was too numerous for
any very minute inspection, and too closely packed for
any mancenvres. His Majesty, followed by the Grand
Duke at the distance of halt a neck behind him,
passed along the leading lines of infantry, cavalry,
and artillery, and then the filing past began without
loss of time. This movement was executed by the
troops in large masses and with extraordinary ra-
pidity, under the command of Marshal Magnan.
Each regiment, after filing past, marched off the
ground to its quarters without waiting for the Em-
peror. The review was over by 3 o'clock.
The Empress and the Imperial Prince were on the
balcony of the Ecole Militaire during the spectacle.

UNITED STATES.

ARRIVAL OF THE CANADIAN.
111T11111 AND KAOIITIC TZLISOZAPN.)
Crawl ova own

LIVERPOOL, FRIDAY.

This morning the Canadian steamship, Captain
Balantine arrived in the Mersey, from Portland,
United States, with thirty passengers and with
three days' later intelligence.
On the 23rd ult., St. George's-day was celebrated
at New York, at which Lord Napier was present
and responded on behalf of her Majesty'. ministers.
The Nova Scotia House of Assembly has granted
a monopoly of 25 years to the New York and New-
foundland Telegraph Company to land a submarine
cable from any port in Europe on the shores of Nova
Scotia and Cape Breton.
The governorship of Utah has been tendered to
Major B. M'Cullock. The administration intend •
peaceful policy, but will have the law executed and
property protected.
The Royal Mail steamer America had arrived
hence at Halifax, April 24.
Money was abundant at New York.
Exchange on London 1091 to 109,1 sterling.

CONVOCATION OF THE CLERGY:
(THIS DAY.)

This morning the Archbishop, bishops, and proc-
tors of the province of Canterbury, assembled in convocation
at Wistrainster.
THE UPPER HOUSE.

The Upper House met in Queen Anne's Bounty-ofilee,
Dcan's-yard. There were present the Archbishop of Can-
terbury (president), the Biehope of OKLA, Winchester, St.
David's, Salisbury, Lincoln, Lichfield, St. Asaph, Chichester,
and Leadoff.
The Aacnatenor of CENTRUM:AT read the add reas to
the Queen, which it is customary for their lordships to
present at the assembling of convocation, and in reply to the
royal speech on the opening of the session of parliament.
While the address was under consideration a deputation
from the Lower House came up, headed by the prolocutor.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY addressing them said—.
We are considering an address to her Majesty, which Is the
chief busineee of the present meeting, and we hope to be able
to send it down in a short time. In the mien while we
wish you to direct your attention to a renewal of the ogres
mittee appointed last session for eensideing the beet mode
of extending the ntiesionary work of the church.
The deputation than withdrew.
In the course of the discussion on the address, a brief de.
bate arose upon a portion of it which relates to the powers of
convocation and its authority sa conferred by the crown.
. .

The Brauer Of Ox PAID obeerved that en moo bad
gone abroad, to the effect that convocations were anxious to
take surreptitious advantage of the forbearance of the
government to consult upon subjects for which they were
not called together by the Crown. That was aneatire mists
because the convocation of the province of Canterbury met
under the authority of a writ of summons from the
Church to consider divers weighty matters connected with
the church which greatly needed considerations
They could deliberate upon every subject which convoaffion
might doom fit to enter upon, and beyond the writ of sum-
mons no legal document could be sent down from
the crown which could increase its powers, except
in so far es it might =late to a license to make canons
Convocation, at this women, might be useful to the Ferns
by giving en opportunity to the clergy of the Lower Houma
to deliberate upon any alteration in church law
which might be rendered needful by the change
of society. Convocation exercised no direct legis-
lative function, but its deliberations were of advantage,
sa enabling parliament to learn the opinions of the apiritud
portion of the church upon those matters which required

ansraarm.
The Bishop of Sr. DATIO, concurred in what had Wen
from his right rev. brother, whose speech was a complete
reply to two objections urged against convocation, viz .
the one referred to directly by his right reverend
brother, and the other that the meeting of convocation was
a mockery and a farce.
The Bishop of Sr. Mar& was rejoiced to hear these genii•
meets cap:toted. Convocation might be made very rueful
for advancing the interest of the church, not sea legislative,
but aa a consultative body. (Beer, hear.)
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY said, according to the
words used in the writ of commons, they were called togellin
to treat of and deliberate upon urgent matters and af-
fairs connected with the security and defence of the
church. They were called together in • most solemn
manner to discuss the interests of the church,
and if he were to accede to the wishes of certain requisb
tionista, and discharge convocation, saying at the same
time that there was nothing for them to do,
he
should be acting, to say the least, in a most invidious
manner. It would indeed, if be were to do that, be acting
at variance with what be considered to be his duty to ha

Majesty.
Their lordships were engaged upon the details of the d•
dress throughout the morning.