The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, S FPTENIBER 12, 1857.

who were so incompetent in General 81111•50,111
opinion, purchased or not; though we suspect there is
not much doubt of it. If they did, et awn the evils
of purchase become manifest in the most offensive
manner. But even if they did not parehaor, it is
clear that this system does not achieve the purpose
for which it is designed. It does not " induce old
" men to leave," nor " does the regiment go on well
. _ _

" with it." In short, it is clear that utak; a irystem
of parches° " officers may rise to the command of a
" regiment who are not in any way qualifies:l"—a con-
clusion, we fear, from which General SIMPSON
would fain oar.

We have selected the evidence of General Styr-
we became it is the evidence of an eminent soldier
and a trustworthy man. But it is obviously
thoroughly professionaL He will not allow himself
to 'tepee. hair's breadth oat of the ordinary routine.
Bat prejudice is not peculiar to him. The
Cenunimioners have recommended that the Brute-

nissit.coloneley of a regiment should no longer be
perchased, bat should be tilled up by selection on
the responsibility of the COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF': If

aay chine is alisolately imperative, clearly this is
one. According to the evidence of every single witness
examined, the command of a regiment is of the most
vital importance. The whole internal economy of a
battalions,

the whole morale and habits of both
°Seem and men, depend upon the colonel in time of
peace. The issue of a battle—nay, of a campaign—
may depend upon the same ofilecr in time of war.
Now, at resent any major who eau deposit the re-
quired sang of money may become lieutenant-colonel
There ia, indeed, a power of veto in the Comm gamma-
m-Ctuer ; but this power, according to the Doke of
CAMBRIDGE, is seldom or never exercised. More-
over, lieutenanteolonehp known to be unfit are still
in command. Impelled by irresistible arguments,
the Commiadoners ham recommended the very

moderate reform that henceforth lieutenant-coloncis
shall be appointed by selection and not by purchase.
Neverthekss, moderate as the change is--vital
as it is to the safety of the empire and the
honour of the British Army—Sir JAMES 51311'8024,
Sir OZORGII BROWN, and the COMMA:WEIL-IN-CHIEF
vehemently oppose it. They consider such &change
impracticable, unjust to the individual officers, and
therefore not fit to be adopted. Surely those mili-
tary witnesses who cannot sufficiently emancipate
themselves from their professional notions to recog-
Idin the necessity of securing a competent com-
mander of a regiment can scarcely be looked upon
se very safe guides in ascertaining or in remedy-
ing the defects in our Military System.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

MOM ova owl! colassroxvir.)

PARIS, ?BOLT ZvIVIIWO.

The oseend grand manceuvres took place on Wed-
nesday. The enemy was supposed to be adeancing
to attack the camp from the village of La Cheppe,
by the old Roman road. In order to prevent the
intentions of the enemy, the infantry were formed
in line by battalioos, and advanced to the road, to-
wards which the enemy were supposed to be coming
on; other battalions formed in column supporting
them. A brigade of heavy cavalry then advanced
through the metre, supported by two batteries of
hone artillery, when at some little distance in ad-
vance they made a charge on the approach-
ing body of the enemy, the artillery at the
same time pouring in a tremendous tire. This
charge of the cavalry having somewhat checked
the advance of the roomy, the signal was given
for the advance of the infantry, who drove buck
the enemy at the point of the bayonet. All these
=serener's were executed in the most admirable
order, and with a precision which appeared highly
satisfactory to the Emperor. Scarcely had the
mane arms terminated than a complete deluge of
rain came down, as if to put the victorious army
to the rout. On tho previous day tho rain fell
for some time in torrents, and tho whole camp
was transformed into a lake. Several of the huts
were blown down by the wind. In consequence
of the inclemency of the weather, the theatre of
the Prince Imperial, at which some amusing pieces
were to be performed, must remain closed. Yes-
terday being the anniversary of the taking of the
Malakoff, the different officers' messes drank toasts
to the memory of their old comrades who fell in
that affair and in other actions in the Crimea.

It would appear from the following paragraph iu
the Pays that the Emperor of Russia may come to
Paris after the inteniow at !hangar& :

TM purreyoes of fit, fur tbs city of l'aris hems been re-
quested to be precervd, to ease august personages should
cement, after the lob:mew at 9tuttgerdt, to visit the capital.
News has been received from the Persian Gulf to
the effect that Emiro-Mirru, who has been appointed
Governor of Baskire, took possession of that place
on the 2ud of July, after the departure of the English
troops.
Telegraphic despatches have been received from
Constantinople, rid Marseilles. They state that
some changes have been made among the
' governors of the provinces, and that diplo-
matic relations have been resumed by the ex-
change of visits. Tho escutcheons of the Russian
and French embassies have been restored to their
places without the usual salutes of artillery. Prince
Vogorides has proposed to adjourn the Moldavian
elections for a month. The commissioners of the
Porte, England, and Austria, have complained in a
note to the Kaimacan Ghika of his having joined
in the manifestation in favour of the union, which
took place on the occasion of Napoleon's festival, by
lending his band of music for the occasion. The
Prime d'Orinet notices these protests, which, how-
ever, did not prevent the town of Ploiechte from
receiving M. de Talleyrand on the 18th ult. with a
grand ovation. The Porte has granted to an English
company a railway line from SUM= to the old
copper mines of Tokat.
At the lbiurse the quotations of almost all secu-
rities have been about the same as yesterday, with
no business doing. Threes have been done from
66fr. 90e. to 66fr. Dsc. ; Mobilier, h6sfr. to
867 fr. 50c. ; Austrian, 816 fr. 23c. to OCifr. 50c. ;
Orleans, 1,330 fr. to 1,373 fr. ; Lyons, 86Mr. to 862 fr.
50e.; ditto New, 8521 r. 50c. to 830 fr. ; Northern,
NT. 50e. to 866 fr. The market continued
in the same state to the close, when the following
wero the last quotations:-Four-and-a-Half per
Cents., 90fr. DOe.; Three per Cents., 66fr. 80c.;
ditto, end of month, 66fr. 95e. ; Bank shares,
2,730 fr.; Ceddit Mobilier, 860 fr. ; ditto, account,
838 ft. 73e.; Belgian Four-and-a-Ralf per Cents.,
Wife.; Piedmontese Fire per Cents., 90fr. ; Roman,
87fr. ; Austrian, 89i ; Rome Debt, 371 ; Orleans
Railway, 1,3821 fr. for cash, 1,373 ft. for account;
Northern, 8371 fr. for cash, 8621 fr. for account;
Lyons and Mediterranean, 863 fr. for cash, 8931 fr.
for account; New ditto, 860 fr. for cash, 832 W.
. for account; Geneva, 6621 fr. for cash, 661,1,fr. for
I account ; Midi, 610 fr. for cash, 6361 fr. for account ;
Western, 703 fr. for cash, 703 fr. for account ; Stens-

burg, 6821 fr. for each, 6771 fr. for account; Ntw
ditto, 680 fr. for cub, 680 fr. for account; Grand
Central, 010(r. for cub, 010 fr. for account ; Aus-
trian, 641ifr. for cub. Gf 7ifr. for account.

SWEDEN.

(no)[ ova oast coaarenownzay.)

BTOCKIIOLM, Beer. 5.
It is now no longer a secret that the health of the
King is unfortunately so bad that some public mea-
sures must be immediately taken to transfer in a
legal manner the prerogatives and duties of the
crown to another head. The subject is now pub-
licly discussed in the Swedish journals. Yesterday's
AfTunbluilet contained an article insisting on the
necessity of appointing a permanent regency and
making the Crown Prince Regent. Strensbt
to-day reproduces the article and confirms it. There
appears, however, to be some formal difficulty in the
way; for though the King's medical men have given
a certificate that he is unable to devote himself to
public business till the lapse of more than a
year, yet the 92nd paragraph of the constitu-
tion says expressly that the King must have la.
Loured under mental or physical infirmity for
more than twelve months before a regency can be
appointed, so that according to the letter nothing
can be done till next year.

As it is, however, absolutely necessary for carry-
ing on the buainess of the State that a responsible
successor should be appointed without any delay,
the Grand Council of State has been convened
to take the matter into deliberation. If they
should unanimously agree to the propooed
titan of virtually shelving King Oscar to make
room for the Crown Prince, an extraordinary diet
of the general assembly of the four estates will be
convened, probably in the course of the month of
October, and called upon to ratify the decision of
the Council of State.

A meeting of the Pnvy Council was held yester-
day at the Palace of Tullgarn, at which the King
himself presided. On the certificate of the three
royal physicians being read, to the effect that the
Ring was incapacitated from attending to public bibi-
Dv./ for at least a year to come, his :Majesty
voluntarily signified his assent to any measure that
might be thought advisable for transferring the
reins of government to his successor ; whilst Bishop
Amveratadt openly proposed a permanent regency,
which was approved by all the members present ex-
eept Count Lagerbjelke, who seemed to object
to it as unconstitutional. Under all cir-
cumstances, it will be necessary to convene
the Estates-General of both kingdoms, when
a joint commission will be formed to appoint
legally a Regency. There can be no reason to doubt
that as soon as the technical and formal difficulties
are overcome, the Crown Prince will become the
legal, as he is at present de facto the acting Re-
gent, whilst many people arc of opinion that the
King will abdicate the throne altogether, and retire
to end his days in peace and quietness in Italy, or
the south of f'rance, larre the mildness of the cli-
mate would be uwre congenial to the health of the
Sovereign.

DENIIA Itl:,

COPENHAGEN, Barr. 6.

The Committee of the Holstein Estates has drawn
up its report on the draft of a new constitution
for the Duchies submitted to it by the government.
The report proposes that the Estates shall declare
"their insbility to take into consideration the pro-
ject relative to the introduction of a new and un-
proved constitution for the Duchy of Holstein spe-
cially, as entertained by his Majesty, until the posi-
tion to be occupied by the duchy in the monarchy
shall be definitively settled in accordance with the
just claims of the duchy to self-dependence and parity
of right." The report has been signed by. all the mem-
bers of the committee, and as the opinions of the
letter strictly represent those of the assembly, it re-
quires no extraordinary prophetic powers to be able
to foretel that the reconitneod.itions of the cotn-
mitten will be agreed to and carried out. We have
thus prevented to us the remarkable phenomenon of
a representative assembly rejecting a liberal con-
stitution proposed by the government without point-
ing to any alterations which they would desire to
introduce ; for the projected constitution is a great
improvement on the existing one. The principal
reforms which the government offers to Holstein are
the right of aemetation and of petition, ministerial
responsibility, guarantees for the inviolability of the
judges, and increased authority in financial matters.
All these advantages, which the Holsteiners have
hitherto been deprived of, are now proffered them,
and they refuse to accept them, saying—" Thneo
Datums et dome ferentis." _ _ _

The debates on the report e.ommenced last Satur-1 '
day, the molations of thecomniittee being opposed
by one member only, Mr. Bargain, who represents
the Holstein democracy. This gentleman expressed
his regret that the committee should have refused to 4
entertain the project of the government, which in
many respects was so great au advance upon the
existing state of things, and announced his intention
to move a aeries of amendments. There can be no
doubt, huwever, that these amendments will be re-
jected, and that Mr. Bargam's liberal views will
not find a single supporter; let Mn. Dar-
gam does not belong to the banish party,
and he is as warm a defender of the
rights and privileges of his native province
as any of the ether deputies ; but he is of opinion, as
he openly declared in the As•soubly, that it can only
lie detrimental to the Duchy to drive matters to ex-
tremities and to render a rupture between Denmark
and Germany inevitable.
The last mail from Sweden brought the melan-
choly intelligence that the health of King Oscar
continues to decline. The physicians have declared
that his Majesty must entirely abstain from all go-
vernment cares for a whole year, and the Crown
Prince will therefore tempomnly assume the govern-
ment of the country.
l'he cholera is appearing on various points of this
country. In Gleickstadt and Itzehoe (in Holstein)
it counts already numerous victims; and it has also
shown itself in Zealand, more than twenty eases
hlving occurred in the little town of Korsoer on the
Great Belt, in a population of 2,200 souls. Although,
as far es I am aware, no decided cases have as yet
appeared in Copenhagen, the sanitary state of this
city is nevertheless very bad, and the number of
deaths, which is generally eighty per week, has in
the last week risen to 100, a result, no
doubt, of the great heat which has prevailed here
since the month of May, and which still prevails.
In consequence of this high state of temperature, the
government has determined th it the assembly of
troops which usually takes place in the month of
Ikeember, shall lie dispensed with this year, and the
greater number of the troops in garrison have already
been dispersed on leave of absence.

NAVAL AND MILITARY.

(rain( LAST MOST'S oiszt rig.)
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, SEPT. H.
Byrd Artillery—Lieutenent-General George Cobbe to be
colonel-commandant, vice Lieutentnt-General Thomas
Hutcherson, &geared.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, Seer. 11.
3rd Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Henry Mapleton Mackin,
gent., tobe cornet, without purchase, %ice Park, promoted.
2nd Dragoons—Cornet Thomas Gonne to be licutenutit, by
puriltme, vice Mills, who retiree; Charles Hill, gent., to
be cornet by purchate rice Gonne; Nicholas Hills, gent.,

to be riding-waster.
. _ .
Military Trsin—Capt.sin William Alfred Swift, from half-
pay unattached, to be captain, rice floury Alexander, ap-
pointed to the bit Dragoon Guards.
Royal Artillery—Brevet Colonel John St. George, C. 8., to
be optimal, vice Dell. promotol; Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel
John Miller Adye, C B. to be lieutenant-colonel, vice St.
neg; Second Captain George Hatton Colimb to be
iei, rice Adye; Lieutenant John Donald George If ig-
gon to be second captain, *kw Colomb; Staff-Surgeon of
the Second Class Thomas Park to be surgeon; Awistant-
Surgeon Joseph Read, frotn the Staff, to awiatant-eurgeon,
nice Bowen, resigned; Amistant-Surgeou ltobrrt Lewer,
front the Staff, to be assistant-surgeon, vice Daniell, re-
signed. The undermentioned Probationary Veterinary
Surgeons to be Veterinary Sutgrum—George Lmguum,
Charles Steel, John Tatam, and John BalMok.
Int or firemdier &violent of Foot Guards—L,utenatit and
Cardin lion. A. F. Egerton to be captain and lieutenant-
colonel, by purchase, vice Brevet-Colonel Hervey Hop-
wood, who noires; Boehm and Lieutenant I'. K. Mo ray
to be lieutenant and captain, by purchase, vice Hon. A. b.
Egerton ; Hugh Leary Cholni-ley, gent., to be enaign and
lieutenant, by purchase, vice Murray.
'2nd Regiment of Foot—Lieutenant George Money Briglii,
from the 14th Foot, to be lieutenant, vice Ewens, appointed
to the 60th Foot. . . . .

3rd Foot—Lieutenant William James Newton to be captain,
by purchase, cite Floyd, who retires; Ensign Alfred
George lluysbe to be lieutenant, by purchase, vice New-
ton; Fella Thomas Jones, gent., to be ensign. by purchase,
vim Iluyabe.
nth Foot —James Vaughan Comb, gent, to be ensign, with-
out purebase, vice Fitz Roy, promott d.
14th boot—Lieutenant Charles Coetin to be adjutant, vice
Alisonder Gordon, who rodeo the adjutant, only.
16th Foot—Lieutenant Ficelenck Edward Leclito be captain,
by pureb.i.r. cue Wohnsley, who roirca •' Resign Hairy
Jardine Iltillowea to bn lieutenont, by purchoce, eke Lock.
2.lnd Font—Francis Edward Illyooke, gent., to be ensign,
by Purchase, vice Cobhotn, who retires.
31st Foot—Francis William Henry fovea Butler, gent., to
Le ensign, witLont purchase, site l'hillipson, oppetntod to

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.m
7th Light Dn.gos. _ _
44th Foot—Lieut.-mint Arthur William Stavely to lie cap-
tain, by parehrose, vice Mieklethwait, who retires • }:wigs
Henry Num= Saha to be lieutenant, by purcllso, vice
Starchy.
57th Foot—Lieutenant William A. James Shortt to be in-
atructor of tumketry.
60th Foot—Major Robert B. Bewley, fora Depot Battalion,
to be major, without purchase ; Etweiga Charles henry
Coo. from the 67th F.mt, to be ensign, without purelooio.
Gsth Foot—Arthur William Crozier, gent., to ho ensign,
without pureloasi, vice Bates, pr. 111 l oted.
71st Fout—Cosign Edwin Sergeant Sw.iinson to be lieutenant,
by purchase, vivo Alir,house who tires ; Itichanl Kane,
gem, to la. ensi..,-n, by purch re
purchase. vice Swaineon.
75:11 Font—Brevet-Lieutenant-Colonel Chant. Herbert to be
lieutenant-eolanel, without purchase, vice Brovet-Colonel
deeasused ; Brevet-411cm Edward Knollys to be
major, without purchase, vice Herbert ; Lieutenant George
William Muriel to be captain, without purchme, sive
Knotty.; Lieutenant Browning Drew to be captain, with-
out purchase. vice E. W. J. Knox, killed in action ; Ito
sign It Crosier to be lieutenant, without purchase,
vice Muriel; Ensign Owlets Melville Pytu to bo lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Drew.
77tb Foot—The undermentioned officers have been super-
tailed, having best absent without leave Ensign Richard
Butler Clarke Ensign James Peacock.
94th Foot—Assistant-Sorg on Eilinued McGrath, from the
Staff, to ho saiiietant-snrgeon, vice Martin, promoted on
the Staff.
97th Fuot—Captain Roger Swim, from half-pay l7th Foot,
to be captain, vie litevetillajor Chariot Henry Lumley,
whew: brevet rank has been converted tutu substantive
rank, under the Royal wet net of Oh October, ; John
ltudge, gent., to be enek,m, by putrhate, in succession to
Lieutenant Aldereon, who retires.
Ride Brigade—Brevet-Colonel Henry Pentane, from Ulf-
pay unattached, to be lieutenant-colonel ; Brevet-Lieutc-
mot-Colonel Frederick Itohert }Arington to be lieutenant-
colonel, by purchase, vice P. nleme, who retires. The sur-
name of the captain motored to full-pay on the let instant
la " Norris," and not " Morris," as stated in the Gazette of
the 4tk Inst.
3rd West India Ilegiment—Ensign Charles O'Loughlin L
Prendergast to be lieutenant, without purchase, vice De Ito-
vignen, reminded in the Oel.l Coast Artillery Corps; Bo-
han John Stewart, gent., to he cosign, without purchase,
vice l'nedergaet.
Gold Coma Artillery Corps—Lieutenant Charles Henry
Theodore Brum de Ruvignee, from the 3rd West India
Regiment, to be captain, without purchase.
DEPOT BATTALION.
For Maj .r D. 0. A. Durroeb, trot, lull-pay-unattached,
vice Brevet !.lent.-Colonel Pretyman, apponted to lithh
Foot, which appeared in the Carnte of the 4th inst., read.
Heim 1). G. A. Darroch, from half-pay unattached, to be
major, he.