The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-31 00:00:00

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camps was not wil

%feat ql rrof bread are daily purchased ;
and 15,1 r floer weraboughton the sth. Chain
*ens_ _, Mass abeut,!h,ooolbil. per diem*
galls below pre -,neuald .wish. The. ghee ob-
thinedaufg• .attroneumption, to that except in
tea, sugar, Na is, the camp is not only self-
anpportim, ta the trtichilit lour making a
rapid acceits of storee. Ohl% evening of
'the 4th tile, As 300;000 rehhisfrall Shie bed
article paid). Atinie, as meat ifinriffigtys be ob.;
Minot we li, '-- naceaparies of, fife for 5,000
man fog two 4. In speller point/4 such as
onion/ and a the coinnussanat have alio been
tolerably am 1 in their purchases.
Prom the _ant that we commence
' until • that *hid, the 'wearied weigh' era
measurers , -,_ hum. thole task the natives
Ili
PORt
Ul. - *geodg, nearly the whole of
which lite/ on their backs. Every two gr ,
Attree•daja buying-places haVe to be assigned,the fainting her being found insufficient :at
present then are six for flour acne. In their
marketing tat Abyssinians show grid .gotid
temper, but Olirtainly they draw largely upon shat.
of those who forohase front them, and it requires
Te
no slight e of patience, combined with firm-
ness, upon part of our people to make businSaa
flow with ev comparative smoothness.
At each of buying-places are stationed a mea-
surer, a man keep order, and another to diabetes
dollars. Their poste are by no swans sinecures..
far
The native. to lave no conception of ordeg
or of deeps in commerce, and to be incapable of '
Waiting for ir turn to dispose of their gouda. All
crowd round the measurer, each trying to get
theneck of bin or her bag into the measuring vessel I
the instant inns been emptied and its late tiontenta
have been added to the purchased heap. European.
sentries are,gf little use in trying to enforce
discipline ibLey can be rough enough with
the men— the women, the worst offenders,
soon found• t they could set their authority at
defiance withimpunity. One Parsee is worth six
Knglishmeneller this work, as their custom is to
punish the ntrnly with a whip, and they are re-
strained by gip maples of gallantry in meting oat
1042 a fairly dm their shatio.ef castigation, which is,
Agetlik.l ail_kt_MliffitraVNciPuillate.r.
e companions o ewe vi im.

CAMP, NEAR ANTAL°, KAREN K.
We are gaining some experience of Abyssinian
fires, as an average of two or three in the twenty-
four put in an appearance. Their origin is vari-
ously attributed to the results of hostility, acci-
dent, or a wish on the part of the farmers to clear
and manure the ground, in order to facilitate the
growth of the young grass. A few days ago the tire
alarm was sounded through camp, and a thick
cloud of smoke, rising a quarter of a mile from our
lines, pointed out the spot at which the efforts of
the troops were required. The 33rd and Artillery,
the first with sticks, the latter with their while
covers, ran, without attempting to keep any order,
to the scene. On getting near two thin lines of
flame, about 400 yank in length, could be
distinguished, the one to windward of
where the grass must have first been lit,
burned very feebly, and was at once got under;
that to leeward blazed about three feet high, and
fought against its enemies for ten minutes, the
infantry trampling with their feet, or beating with
sticks the kindled herbage, while the gunners smo-
thered it with their tarpaulins, some of the regi-
mental bhecstiea (water•carriers) assisting with the
contents of their mussocks.

Tgere is one point on which I wish to write,
although the facts might be as easily obtained in
England as Abyssinia, namely the different cir-
cumstances in which soldiers who go on active ser-
vice from England or India leave their families.
1 was talking the other day to a sergeant and a
private soldier; each had a wife and three children,
and both were married with leave. The sergeant
had come here direct from Ragland, and his wife
received sixpence a day foe herself and another
sixpence for her three children; and upon this and
what he could remit her of his pay he assured me
her existence was a constant struggle. The soldier
from India said that, on the contrary, his family
were perfectly comfortable, they got the same
money as those of the sergeant, he seat them in
addition 20s. a month, and all this went only for
clothes and luxuries, as they received from govern-
ment, what the sergeanli family does not, free
quarters, with three-quarters of a ration for the
woman and half a nitres for each of the three
children.

The grass covering a space of about a dozen sans
was consumed. Although the conflagration wariest
a small affair, it imparted a useful little lesson, as
it showed how quickly such fires can arise, and if
taken early, to use the phylciaas phrase, how
easily they can be stamped out. The herbege
which caught fire, probably from the negligees* of
a muleteer, had never been thick, and for the bat
two weeks was much grazed
ass, . Had it hese as
luxuriant as it is in many sand had it had
another hour's start, woisculdi not have extin-
guished it, although we might have kept it off
certain positions.
As an instrument of warless in the Ira & of a
cunning foe • hex of middies would be mere dan-
gerous to us time a battery of artillery ; not that
with ordinary pegmatite, in the selection of our
canape, and common wuttabfearws upon the part of
our sentries, there could I. any possibility of oar
being burned out, but that if the natives were to
five the choisishiti of mesas on each side of the road
we construct, we. woeld be seriously hampered and
put to greet stz eits to find forage for our mules ;
se these anima& now never receive more than 31bs.
es fibs- of icre in, they need each daily at least
abs. of tog bar edify their appetites.
Still, we k/ang on here—few are quite certain
I why ; it en tot be for food or mules, as we have
&bandana of the fi--at, and nearly 3,000 of the
latter. Sac ie say it is until the road in our front
is made yr., ictiesige, but I do not believe that our
staff case 0 inch about the pace at which that is
formed+ er, present, as the pioneers and the two
compete. 'a of the 33rd, sent out to form the route,
are sc, week in numbers, that furnishing their own
guards ;reduces the strength of the force below that
neamer xy to finish quickly the tough job which
thewe/Oure of the ground in our immediate front
hes .it out for them. Elephants to carry on the
Ammetreeer 12-pounders are another reason assigned
far/ the delay, as twenty of these animals are now
*?.s aide of Addigerat. This cause of our pro-
•nged halt, if it be the real one, will soon be
1,1 emoved. Another supposition is that the chief is
waiting for more regiments ; but the first brigade
is bare complete, with the exception of the 3rd
Dragoons, and seems strong enough in fighting
power to destroy all the armies in Abyssinia,
could they be combined. The most specific want
in the preparations necessary for an advance is
money ; and it was the discovery of the low state
of our funds which stopped the march of the force
ordered to proceed on the 7th. It may seem odd
that when England is spending millions on this
expedition there exists • chance of its being
impeded by the absence of say 100,0001. worth of
dollars at the front of operations. But it must be
remembered—and it is • curious fact to note—that
in the ware of many countries, our Peninsular one
included, the want of • comparatively small sum
of actual coin with armies him been heavily felt.
Our troubles in this respect are greatly deepened
dthe monetary system of the Abyssinians. To
gnify their eccentric notions on the subject of

Sir Stafford Northsete has received the follow-
ing telegram from Sir Robert Napier, dated In-
tido Mardi 9 :
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,
" Headquarters, and lit Brigade march towards
Aahangi en the 11th. Expect to reach ou the
16th. News from prisoners up to 17th February
—all well.

"Theodore, with guns and mortars, on table-
land of Wants. All going on well."

THY LINZRYOOL CZAM/LZY OF COMMIBCZ ON
liaminerrcr etti,Commencui. Monturr.—At the meet-
ing of the Conseil of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
held yesterday, a report was read from the Special Com-
mutes of the Chamber, which had been appointed to con-
sider the bankruptcy laws, and other laws bearing upon
commercial credit and morality. The following is • brief
summary of the report The °omegas' think that the
fullest publicity should always be gives, not oily to the
fact of gsolvency, but to the circumstances under which
it had occurred, and that to ensure this publicity, the
winding-up or arrancement of the debtor's estate should
be initiated by a petition to the Court of Bankruptcy, pre-
sented either by the debtor or some one or mare of hi
creditors. The committee further think that the bank-
rupt, being uncle the jurisdiction of the court, the ee-
-1 ditors, so far as their debts are not secured, should
have the entire power over the administration of the
estate. The committee also think that the Court of
Bankruptcy should not have powers for the punishment
of bankrupts, but that in moss where the common judge
directed that the bankrupt was liable to a 'ringed prom-
ontioa, that such persecution should be paid for out of
the public funds. The committee were divided ino
as to the application for the benefit of creditors of s t=a-
rupt's afteroonuized property, but were evenly united as
to the prevention of • bankrupt continuing to bold public
races. The committee further date that their attention
had been aided to the law of settlessentm, and
wen saanidonsly opinion with nerd to anti-nuptial'
settlements, no unperformed covenant or agreement a
trader becoming bankrupt foe the pe tof
tender of prepay at a figure , should iil7:7tisl
as agedt creditors and with regard to poet-nuptial set-
tlements, that no sash settlement by a trader d his own
y ahead, under may sixameasesse, be valued as
creditor. It was resolved that a radii eseedas
held on the 6th April to dims Ile revert.
TEI CHIMOH ABBOCIATION.--Bosie dose ego •
meeting of this body was held in lambs to BUM a
guarantee fund of 60,0001. to be gelled for at the rate of
sot more than 24 per reit asi=itie timi et
testing tbe et sad In
the church of Wm— A. Upwards of 37,0011. d lids 11111011 ti
has, we understand, berm &heady gnessattesd.

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int nornimsn's tin is sold Bd. pound cheaper se
the duty b reduced. Ills lea wEllorbes My
kaeene, eves fortis, balers Ilk be Uwe tholes tow
lirestreac's are set bad bow but bialede, *add " ser-
abeam sad Oa, Orlibled Imperbeeed Tile,-44Todis••
rawatj

_ -aka
"440. 4r,

pfi04.470,„.„, . xboy .rem perfectly wader- COOllllOl4l that the Irish eatiblishment must animism-ie. ezia't
sews ems ............-
Mak that they w )eare.the power, should take is clear, and will soon be recorded &won Its rotes, .as they are ' iiimatoined teol'elki'' Tbe speech of Lord Stanley, says the Doff Nese. • 'get r.., ~.,
plea .at to pretend do a pisec gums Ai beet jnegification of tilitcounie teki by the . •••-• ' -
thoralr
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a tali tetufvelent 'for their oxen ok rimed 66 the ageinitici: animaters evidently. assisishinitse - .._;. ~ • ,-.4"wyt
in their eats adding /bleak trainiltr7... 4.s e. ,; .. i %hay • are &pear, sey ready to defend Vac eiwnilisei liiii*F. %
T air
one of our intrpgatigaratat oh r or.i.rtir conveguel raor.diclata• . 114<44 yr -...t.
Haman who resided for a conaidelable hit send riiiia eta, ma," of peace she' needs, nor we! ~ ..! 4,-.*
stain, what Was the native 6phinelf up:l the, ie the - Mar*. getablienseat. that: leambiew;• - ";,1
He said, 'fine they dis'belleeS dtet toe.* wh it lonsUpsrastst. They are metered •to • tittellcem...... --•"•• 4. -T - •
fide Chrilitians ; they set. a Yet mittaitily4tud.' ewe !with respect to taepretaseeristganshmeet tinet4o:ll!....E-wi, 4
te.be so; bat you never .etnnin to der . .
et • 'Vat which, Ord keel Ishlbeaket kei.t.4lBll.ti•etPi/V. eA.-' - •• •
except to took at thank . thief Ale, 431114.41115ei it. 'en has hese onidesult mvpitetel that, es .
...t. :..:0;
down or kiss the gsuundi, Y
eat the unclean hate and noel ; pg"k 6°lfffitY ' a ii r• merely
timing..m at
a larliv-"7' the det..;er ;4 . .
.. •2. 4., 's neat iieworrilthe acdEptetT 7an
dhicorered this last item' A non t allow, 'ie'a. . $ wad "wow ads
.mkerehaeaka ka,,isotp,
men no tame Uri" to e" in AbYlledlie ' 4 same Whin on this subject Mr. o,laneotaKitwiatygrksoli i'
gentleman told me that thiniwnelhoirtno' • 01l hirtholittivin fee purposes of the_ highest prentical as r:.. •• - .
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syMpatisY connecting the ilikalbilela • • INP.-- ittifte to Inland and the pen Si will not resells INI": ' 41! • .
(haus, and hatred to Theoeog; %it that sa tort lifeerettkerm. As.
tssetile 40 pawl'''. prviernoideA,,iiiet
the last ho attributed the fact •of okr•
being so little plundered. nit'-z. 'Tli re iii....jni. tuber VP'sd-4-14-34tAgulttil'ie mlijil -''' 1 ''''' -4 .'..
- conquered 1.
conaidared 4w...crime .
ea rtritirteteacie anions will be submitted totitedokt: I,__lit ',re 4 a, sSf.
MCIWIFIllplia k1ib4.64411-1111)6ai 03 ; '4-: 44. 7.
must look ;i-it, as the-pa da %ley • . wig vt ..
. ici of Lord Ilisaley'sopeeeltiat-oonfines itsel oises,l/.
them may then he ea illessialible
. a rest oflill ltdiGetaft4r:MlSM to *Midi(
to the Abyminians. Within/tad til Oar e 1 e 44, • .
•-..- •• -
strength, those who know the pop • .
011 Wei Peeulielthet •lelltseterdePhiaeleirretintreit ten. r 0 `ear
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that the impresaiou made is not What We ijo
4. 4 it
expect ; our numbers at first piedpied aneffeht.t ,..! t=11111:4)".1"lifinst""lat *NV' . i.i.' •
all our camp followers, our real Bowie of treeltneihil; ""'"' II" sa,,,_ tera 'if tailliVitqlare•• * • Vt Nu
at the commencement of the cabpsigui, Asti Wire ,' • takikeril4° ItPlEaallitl,c,,,..r, . gr. i'" tii ,
were a great many of them, werseetdoweilit fight- 148 0 e.r‘f,q .J . Jev : 11' rot gip,/ I -1...4.•• r-
n,
un g
..... o dee ra n ? Is it is wit ou
ling men ; but thus has been much I by what
- effect whys' i . leotrierwig Ai mai oillinn4 . - (
In Europe would make au armmai
ling' • 50th • deolani of telt AWE' fir * Wt. a it4l 'w •• '
our habit of paying for evert '''
ir no one. This Oby say is the con of traders 1"i to laPsdaall redden=. Idedj/atilltrir.ahlesMs°lllll4ll4 ..sa di,
not of soldiers. Our tactics, and our Movbnienti ' the ~,llN'hitils. ". "07 of Idle 61lers*N44 hem efilten4 *l' '7 S. RIO
from column into line, they utterly despise ; they : 1.1 all stm'lract re•asili""••- ' el, -if 0. Ise iiine .0. whent, that, maa to ma, they are eaperior.to aii. 1 The Tdeprepa thinks the dirj,dou au rshantake. i
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Our cannon certainly iutereat them,. but then Place ea Thursday. Meanwhile, fee that,hle. -Wet. 4 4
points ; kin has been forced by his constittisidt to ~..
those of Theodore are much bigger. Two
alone shake their conviction in theiipwn superior ' wasadalest at the disposal of Mr. (Maarten/ 'ed flif MOM —-r
fighting power : first, we are evidently king a great
the ground. The opening of the campaign Mu au Ilri 'efie
ti
deal of trouble to meet the K ing,whownone of their whole, costumed the judgment of Mr. Olaestente. aid -le
own princes care to orinfrost ; ..mealy, be are shown the ailabasos of his oPPallealsi Ma liTistaiDiti .. a • lasderdahly poweeed of a large member of excel. , advanced by the opposition will be attuned, sad the ,
lent firearms such as they durably, meet more 1 govanueent will be forced to accept the opinion of the
than anything else in thia world ; but to the din. ; present Mena of Commons that there must be no mere 4
cialine ahown by our soldiers
itlczicnet attach . biding with the grievances of Ireland. Aid from the!
; any weight, and do not yet sok the meal I bee, however mesh may he of aesesety and propriety left
and' physical superiority which thh man feels ; to donative as and future /111.01110, will at once celninewe
he pommies 1
over the black and the brown. a new era of contest for Ireland, and a future without
1 don't know whether I before told you the , shame and hatred for " the Anglican Communion "in that
system on which the transport train is to be. worked ' country.
on the highlands. Eight thousand mules are to 1 The Scar regards it u impossible after Lord Cranbornife
be employed and organised in four divisions-the speech, that she government policy should not be de-
A and the D, the Lahore, and another Punjaub teased.
division. Although these two latter did not arrive
until long after the others had commenced their i
formation at Zoola, still, landing with everything
organised and with drivers of one nationality, who
could be spoken to in their own tongue by their
officers, their superiority over the divisions hastily
improvised from discordant materials was at once
recognised.

EARL GRlal.ti LETTER TO SIR. BRIGHT.

In his know to Mr. Bright, respecting the Irish church,.
Earl Grey says he would hare its property made over to
commissioners, whose duty it would be to administer it
and pay over the annual proceeds to the protestant vote-
copal, Boman catholic, sad preabyterian shurches in pro-
portion to the number of their members, according to tee
census. Lord Grey's plan, in the opiaiin of the Dad!,
News, is open to all the objections which caused Marl
Russell's proposal in his letter to Mr. Chichester Forteecue
to fall dot. The suggestion has now so practical value,
as Lord Ore; himself appears to be convinced. The eon-
eluding portion of the letter, in garish Mr. Gladalone's
resolution are referred to in a tone of earnest deprecation,
perhaps supplies the aims to its publication just nova

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-.--• .....y. ',an is Gann SO Impetees
• --,....• say aama 'PALSY oyuuon nu winch we might follow in a ruropwaisetutti:y, of u that Lord Wank, ebelleibied be won then • bin . .
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it flew ►P. .• . Pape IVY not without its piece- of pleasantry. ', ey could pecfe,stly under. Commons that the Irish est iblishment must cease *exist
stead that they who bees the power ;holm take is clear, and will soon be recorded Kong its votes.. a. id.,
• HMO q,- . of bread are daily purchased ;ea they are thoroughly eimustomed tedOtemt* elki.! no speech of Lord Stanley, eep the Dego aim s% IR:et -'
sod 15, ,'. : • floer wereboughion the sth. Chain plea; -but to pretend that a piece Mho tie hest jusgfication of Mit mane Parisi by the 0-... kr •
eieswi, m: , . shaisia,,gaUlbsi. per diem; arch equfrilent 'for their oxen et MINIM Mb Shbelleasillb: lnsiders AvideeSlY• arse sielleAse -_s• • ‘4l;*-.4"1111
lalla we', wish. The. ghee ob- in their ens adding inhale issiatlery... -ibe ,: • .17367 .are aPPbteuelY ma, to dlefeba•me eweeShesk 111WSI4 'elir• • 41'
,1141 th '(' °Olt OCIVIUMPtiOn ;09 that except in I asked yesterday one of our ,interratitgeg, gage* eh • ar.Parkir 0012/eftiWl tior.dicltte• . TheiCeill *°*".... 2-V.,'•
tin, sugar, ~,r,
~ , d roe, the camp is not only self- Haman who resided for a conaidnable hit , send Ireland the taiikia of esece'she• needs:nee IMF IX --1 -
atileporling • a in -the ertichilit four making a Binh, what Was the native 6pininvi up:* I the, in the- Chink. Enablielimeqt. thak-eamemiews.seg
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rapid acme •.. ,of mores. Okras evening of He said, 'first they disbellerS that ton Ile whim it loudly mum. •Tbey are pretend •te•Wri•osiCee., 44,
the 4th afire ' - 300,000 ratioing-afi this last fide Chrhtians ; they sat- "' Yee oirtaitd=ud.'.eimio with rennet to the'ProtallharEintiMilimeut the' 4''-'ll %, is
article paid . • tkenie, as meat onadighys be obt., to.be so; bat you never sitnnei •te dur et :vat which they mud leonton,o4 "004111 all.§lboAr /ftaM. 8A•- . s ..
tainet we ha .the necemaries of, hfe for 5,000 except to look at them ; diet AM A° 31114,eliheel it. 'tin has been esehlesult maaatel that, as Ms.
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- •••ic-
DWI fop two - the. In speller pointa, such as down or kiss the groundi, rtl: chriql: coactiou . is merely timing at a par y rietory, the &NM •e- -a 4-- -
()Moil and • • ~ the conimuumnat have alio' been eat the unclean hare and gig.: .
41/ ill, , a ga,463o,,emesmika.weerstt. ;ai-psogry *woo' 'P 04i011,
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tolerably au. .1 in their purchase*. discovered this last item Ado t know, " ve . t wags ry' kit oak ..mketektmaka kkaikinyaan‘spg:itik . z••
Prom the nt that WI! commence • seep no tame swine to eht in Abylhainta saine option on this subject. Mr. o,lagetspichic ittaggigelkas et, le: t.:
until • that . hid" the %wearied weigh' ere gentleman told me that thaw itehoifttro• • oil I.l•l4o.leinieas foe purpows ofptihz,iit test prestical im,.., ,-,,
measurers • from Wirt task the natives sympathy connecting the allieraleseln . • •••.-- it ' to wand and the g,;; , gil an not mega ,Se -.- 'll
poor in, • their • geode nearly the whole of dollars and hatred to Theodora; tura that Mt° liaise um: iia enorbeLtra !Maffgre Pfrirlrileukediellibs
which the/ on their backs. Every two or the last he attributed the Uct • of. ow. rt.,..jnsi ha. 1,.. ~H444,44k0g ;4 .kt jausattit. wil,. i, ;$
, 4hkee.deje • buying-Places ha•vs to be e•Li/Fitds being so little Plundered. yitia..Th . ii oir.iiii4o:-.7....- ..-7—,u....ci----11 b:..b.,,k,..i in !h. kiiirr: c_. he onnairlssui m. 0.! a -AO .-a .•
the filleting . her being found insufficient :at conu tiered

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