The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-23 00:00:00

ENTRLLIGSNCS FROM ABROAD.

WITTIVIeII MIZIFOT.)
AND kIREECE.
. • CONS ANTINOPLE, Dom 21.
La nerd/ of to-day says that Greece is making
preparations lot war on a oessiderable scale.
It is miaowed that the period of lb days, ori-
ginally allowed or the departure of the ()reeks,
has been extended to SO days.
Hobart Pea, is blockading Byre with a force
of seven vessels.
CONSTANTINOPLE, Duo. 2.
The Terfuie of to-day contradicts the assertion
of the North 0 a Oesette that the government
of the Subli Porte had ordered that Hellenic
subjects in Roumania and Servia should
reg4ta
be expelled. i
PARIS, Dail rl, Ilvforrau.
The Mendel*. of this evening says, " There is
no truth in a nottour current here that the repre-
sentatives of &gland, France, and Austria at
Constantinople have declined to take the Hellenic
subjects residing in 'Flan under their protection.
These diplomadetsitave not even received any re-
quest to that efiset."
The mane paper states that the news of the re-
signation of tbs Bulgaria Cabinet at Athens is not
yet confirmed..
According tf ihei Petrie I private 105 grant has
been received fivm Constintinople, (Fated the 20th
inst., which says that the latest advice! from
Macedonia and Thessaly are satisfactory, and that
Ihe governor., have taken energetic measures which
insure the tranquillity of those provinces. The
frontier is watched by flying columns.

SPAIN.

MADRID, Dec. 22.
A decree istuad by Marshal Serrano opens a
supplementary credit of 311,619 crowns for the
Ministry of War, and directs also that various
changes should be made in the budget of the sain
ministry.

SAXONY.
DRESDEN, Dl9O. 72.
The Dresden Jossitai denies a statement that
M. do Forth-Nonen,othe French Minister hero, hai
leen recalled, but says that he is about to retire
frcni the diplomatic service.

HUNGARY.
PESTI', Dee. 22.
The Empress leaves to-morrow. The Emperor
and the Empress will return hero at the end of
January. Thn provincial municipalities are send-
ing addresses of gratitude to M. Disk for the aer-
vices he has rendered to the country.

MALTA.
VALETTA, Pric. 22.
The Ilit:Lop of Gibraltar returned from Tnnia on
the 10th inrt.
Gelber.' RAM, the African explorer, with prexents
from the King of Propels for the sovereigns Borrow and
Ferran, has reached Tripoli from Malta.
The hired transport Una left on the 12th for Bpithead.
conveying powder, obsolete 'toms, and time-expired and.
invalided military, numbering in all 380 men.
Her Majesty's koop-Phip Crocodile has just arrived from
Alexandria, 51 dap., with drafts numberinw667. She expe-
rienced head wads. The Crocodile leaves to-morrow for
Portsmouth.

(MGT LET EIGHTS GAZETTE.)

THE STAR OF INDIA.—INDIA-OFFICE, DEc. S.
—The Queen has been graciously Massed to nominate and
appoint the Bight Hon. Sir William Robert Seymour
%es., Fitegeraid, K.C.5.1., Governor of the Presidency
of Bombay, to be an Extra Knight Grand Commander of
the Most Exalted Order of the Star of India. Her Majesty
has been further pleased to nominate and appoint:—The
Rajah of Parricood, of Pooree, in Orion; James Duncan
Sint,
:Esq., Madras Civil Service, Member of the Board of
Revenue. and litivenuneut Director of the Bank of
Madras; Pundit Mumphool, of the Punjab; Robert
Hong Davies, Ecq., Bengal Civil Service, Chief Commis-
ruissioner of Dude; the Neweb ()holism Human Khan,
of the Punjab ; John Clark Kerahman, Esl.,
Major-General Freeric Conyers (Cotton, late Madre,
Engineers; Sahib Khan Tawawnah Khan Bahad,sor ;
Colonel Arthur Broome, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery,
. Controller-General of Military Expenditure Bengal
Colonel Albert Fytehe, of the Bengal Staff Corps, Chief
Commissioner in Eritish Burmab ; Colonel Cravats
Hildesley Dickens, Royal (late Bengal) Artillery, Secre-
tary to the Government of India iu the Public Works
Department ; Colonel Edward Tulle Dalton, Bengal
Staff Corps, Commissioner at Chota Negrito ;
Litutenant-Colonel Octavio' Edward Rothnoy, Bengal
Staff Corps, Commandant of the 6th Goorkha Rep-
-1111. rat ; Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Bombay
Staff Corps. Political Resident in the Persian Gulf ;
Lieutenant-Colonel James Barnes Dunsterville, Bombay
Staff Corps, Commissary-General at Bombay ; Lieutenant-
Colonel Thomas Rattray, Bengal Staff Corps, Com-
n:andant of the 42nd Regiment of Bengal Native In-
fantry; Major Fredmick Richard Pollock, Bengal Stair
Cori a, Commissioner of Peehawur ; Joseph Fayrer, Fast.,
M.D., surgeon, Bengal Establishment, Professor of
Surgery iu the Mouissil College, and ex-officio First
Surgeon of the College Hospital, Calcutta ; John H.
Oliver, Veg., Deputy-Commissioner at Sine; and Frank
H. Bootee, Esq., Deputy-Commissioner of Police, Bom-
bay, to be Companions of the said Most Exalted Order of
the Star of India.
ST. JAIIEfell PALACE, DEC. 17.—The Queen has
been pllea~seoed to appoint Elizabeth Georgians, Duchess of
Argyll, to be Mistress of the Robes, in thereon of Eliza-
beth, Ditcher of Wellington, resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DEC. 22.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint William Amelius Aubrey de Ver.,
Duke of St. Albans, to be captain of her Mers Guard
of Yeomen of the Guard, in the room of HenryH Charles,
Earl of Gideon, resigned.
ST. JAMES'S PALACE, DSc. 22.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint Albert Edmund, Earl of Morley,
to be one of the Lords in Waiting in ordinary to her Ma-
jesty, in the room of Edward, Lord Skelmeeedele, re-
signd
ST. JAMES' PALACE, DEC. 22.—The Queen has
been pleased to appoint Algernon William Fake Greville
Nugent, FAq., M.P to be one of the Grooms in Waiting
in to her MeHesty, in the room of Lieutenant-
Colonel the Hon. Marla,' Hugh Lindsay, M.P.,n.igned.
BOARD OF GREEN CLOTH, DEC. 12.—The Queen
has been pleased to appoint George, Lord de Tabley, to
be Treasurer of her Majesty's Household, in the room of
the Right Lion. Percy Egerton Esemet, resigned. The
Qtaen has also been pleased to appoint the Right Hon. Otho
Augustus Fit:Gerald (commonly called Lord Otho Fitz-
(Jerald) to be Comptroller of her Majesty's Household, in
the room of the Right Hon. Charles Philip Yorke (com-
monly called Viscount Royston), resigned.
WIHTEHALL, DEC. 21.—The Queen has been
pl. ascii by letters patent under the Great Seal of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to consti-
tute and appoint the Right Honourable Hugh Culling
Eardley Childers; Vice-Admiral Bir Sydney 0 Apoys
Duerr", K.C.8.; Vice-Admiral Sir Robert Spencer Ho-
binion, K.C.B. (being the Comptroller of her Majesty's
Navy) ; Captain John Hay (commonly called Lord John
!lay), C.B. ' • and George Otto TroTelYan, Esq., to be her
Majesty's Cemminsioners for executing the °Moe of Lord
High Admiral of the said United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, and the dominions, islands, and tar-
ntot ion thereunto belonging.
WHITEHALL, DEC. 21.—The Queen has beau
pkand to present the Rev. Edward Postmen@ Welling.,
8.A., to the vicarage of Stanford-in-the-Vale, in the
count of Barks, sad diocese of Oxford. The Queen has
also been
_pleased to present the Bev. Joes*Akcroyd
Armitage, M.A.. to the rectory of Bt. Philip stwood,
in the county and diocese of York.

VRYORIA INSTITUTE OR PRILOOOPRIMaI.
riI.TY OF UNZAT BIUTAIN.—The second ordinery aseting
of the session was held on Monday everpiantt 9, Con.
duit.street; the Earl of Shaftesbury (the ) in the
chair. The discussion on the by Rev. W. W.
English, M.A., on "Ethical fa fts Relations to
Science and Revelation," read at the melds(
_on the 7th
inst., wee resumed by the Rey. Dr. Irons, Mr. Meddle,
Rev. C. A. Bow. Rev. Dr. Rigg, Bev. Dr. Thornton,
Rev. W. Mitchell. The next meeting wfll bs held on
Monday, January 4.1869, at 8 p.m., when • paper will be
red by Dr. McCausland. of Dublin, on " 801 n• Uses of
Failed Primeval History."
FLOODS IN BEKRBRIRE.—Thu quantity of rain
which bas talker lately bas caused the rivers to overflow
their banks in several parts of Berkshire. The exteuidve
nicadowe near the Basingstoke and Huogerford bniaolsa,
of the Great Western Railway present a vast &Feta
wider, the Kennet and Avon Canal having been unusually
bleb during the past week or two. la many placed and
atticularly in the neighbourhood of Twyford, OM the
at. Wreteru Railway, the Thames has flooded the

I TEE SECRETARY FOR WAR ar OXPLOAD.

Mr. Cardwell, on his re-election for the City of
Weed, said—Freemen and electors of the city of Oxford,
I new only rowans far me to repeat the grateful teak
Witida, you so often impute upon me, of return-
* gay ;mincers thanks for this renewed mark of
yew eionidence and kindness. The principles I explained
Wpm in the summer are the principles which actuate
111 new. (Chews.) 1 entertain the ewes opinions, and
fed them, if possible, with increasing strength. I shall
• rayour by every means in my power to give effect to
tlt~s fn the cube for which I have had the hemmer to be
nesommended by Yr. Gladstone to the gracious approval
of the sovereign. (Omen.) As yet the time has
been Ghent, and ft has been impossible for me to have
examined minutely the details of queetioes of expenditure;
but 1 think it may be istisfactory to you if I say that even
now I venture to anticipate theta thentinsatesof the ensu-
ing year you will find evidences of • substantial valuation
of the expenditure. (Cheers.) But it most be evident to
every one who has thought upon the subject that the object
of retrenchment is cot confined to a single year, and that
it would nut le true economy which should lighten the
burdens' of the present year at the expense of mcreasiag
the burdens of fhture years. (Hear.) The object must be
to lay down prtheiples whisk shall endure for all time, and
which will be eductive in future years as well as in
theinunediate year with which we deal. (Hier, hear.)
Teat queetkne of the highest national ire underlie
the whole subject a military expea dere. They aro
subjects of dual importance, requiring careful exams.
lathe' and deliberate consideration ; but I venture thus
early to make this remark, that while there may be au
eeenessy that will starve the service—and this would be
. an economy which, es dealing with the 'gallant defenders
of our country, you would not desire and parliament
would not approve—there is also an economy which braces
and invigorates, which seeks to expel from the syAsini
everything which would interfere with its healthy action,
which gives a tune to energy, and which makes its pulses
beat with vigour. (Cheers.) It ought to be the objert
• of government, as l &111 sure it will be of parliament and
the people, to introduce this kind of economy through
every branch of the public service. It is with
• sincere desire that I may be able to render
some assistance in performing a task like this that
I have Teetered to accept the office I now till, and
that I stand before you to-day as a caudid de for
your suffrages. I eeteen it the highest homier to be
connected by the ties of office with • noble service. awl I
hole, I believe and I expect that in wined with Mr.
elladnotie and Mr. Lowe at the frenswy. and with Mr.
Childers at the Admisalty, we of the military department
will be able steadily and rapidly to effect such a revision
of the public exiendituie as may bring about result.' with
which you will be ratistied herr. after. (Cheere.) I have
raid so much to you during the past three months that I
en net think you will e ith sue to outer at
any I. neth upon gonna! questions. You know
my sentiments on all of them, and I believe
they are in harmony with y:run. (A Voice—" I
should like to know what you think about the tuna.")
Well, 1 will tell you with perfect plainness my
• Bothers about the -ballot. I am for irera voting, •
ulatever e 1.6 ham ene but I shall always be best
pleased to tied that in this free country every was is aisle
to give his vote, and fear nobody in to doing. (Cheers.)
As you have already returned me nine times in sixtoeu
yew a, de re is another point ef the charter of which,
so far us I am concerned, you will feel that you
lave no need—l allude to triennial parliaments.
(Laughter.) I return you once more my most unfeigned
and sincere thanks for this new mark of your unvarying
confidence and kindness, and enure you that I feel deeply
the responsibility whith has been cast upon me ; but volt
know a mac is greatly strengthened and encouraged when
he can return to the dubee of his office supported by the
confidence, the kindness', and, I may truly say in your
case, the attachment of the citizens whom he represents.
(Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman concluded by moving
a vote of thanks to the Mayor.
Mr. Haueounr, M.P., in wending the motiou, said -
Standing heroes I do, not to claim your suffrages. for I
have not preformed that act which, according to the
constitution, would forfeit my seat in parliament, 1 may
say that I think I am entitled to some degree of credit for
having been a true prophet. Almost the last words I
spoke on these buntings were to the effect that I thought
we should have a merry Christmas and a happy new
year, for we should see at the head of the affairs of this
country an administration which enjoyed the confideuce
of the people. (Cheers.) The prediction has been ful-
filled even sooner than I expected, though I knew that it
was certain to be fulfilled. I remember having once heard
• story of an American gentleman, called Captain Smith,
and who was a celebrated rifle thee One day, as
be was • gut with his- rifle in a foreet there
wee an animal called a 'coon sitting on the
top of a high tree, and as soon as the 'coon saw
the celebrated marksman, it called out—" Pray, sir, are
you Catain John Smith because if you are, I know so
well what an excellent shot you are, that I will not give
you the trouble to fire, but will come down at once."
(Laughter.) Now, her Majesty's late administration
seem to have partaken of the sagacity of the 'coon. They
seem—although not in the same vernacular as the 'rerou—
te have addressed the present Prime Minister in laugnage
quite as intelligible, for in effe t they said, " If you
ham-en to be the Right Hon. William Ewart Gladstone,
we will not give you thetrouble of meeting parliament and
wsewill go out at once." (Hear, and laughter.) The
mune they took upon that occasion seems to me to have
been a wise and aprudent one, =done that was in accent-
once with the principles of the constitution. Above all,
it seemed to me to be a matter of caution on their part,
because it ham enabled them to leave office without declar-
ing what their policy is, or allowing people to find out,
what I believe is the fact, that with reference to Ireland
they have no policy at all. (Hear, hear.) Now, however,
matters have returned to their proper position, and we
have a government in a majority—a government which
can govern—while we have also, what is not a bad thing if
the minority is not too large—a minority who can
Vse. There is one thing which fell from my friend
Neate, in the piece of advice be gave to
Mr. Cardwell, in which I cannot concur. a en-
tirely dined from the sentiment be expressed when
he invited my right hon friend not to over-estimate the
expectations of the country. I believe it is impossible,
and that it would be most unwise on the pszt of the ex-
Ming government, who have in their bends the fortunes
of the liberal party, to under-eatimato the expeabstions of
the country. (Hear, hear.) I believe there never was a
government of which the country formed reek high and
such joie expectatione—there never was a t
which an the confidence of the sovereign, and the sup-
port of the people, had such enormous power for effecting
that which will be for the national advantage, and
therefore if the government err at all, I hope
they will err in the direction of over-estimating
rather than under-estimating the expectations of
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the country. (Cheers.) This parliament win elected, no
doubt, specially with reference to the Irish church, but I
believe it would be a profound and fatal mistake to nip-
tie that the attention of the nation is engrafted entirely
he question of Ireland, or that the sympathies of the
ral party are exhausted by the geodes of the Irish
church (Hear, hear.) I believe the nation has much
larger hopes and much wider expeciatioft, and that in the
inauguration of • household suffrage parliament the
country expects that the government now in power will
give it a household suffrage policy —(hear, hear)-...11 policy
that shall mainly devote itself to those questions whin
affect the interests of the humbler portions of the com-
munity. (Cheers.) It wu for this purpose, if fur any,
that the extended suffrage was Amen otherwise we
shall be in the situation of • manufacturer who has put
up machinery of greater horse-power than his work re-
quires. Waving expreewd the pleasure it afforded him to
see the exalted position in which We right hon. friend had
bin placed, Mr. Harcourt concluded by seconding the
vote of thanks to the Mayor.
The motion was carried by acclamation, and the pro-
ceedings terminated.

THE WARIrMOTIIB.—The polling yesterday in
the respective wards whore polls had been demanded
with regard to the election of Common Councilmen re-
sulted as follows. Bossishaw.—Yearn. 8. Hesth, 95;
W. Lister, 98; F. Quitt, 92; A. Locke, 89; W. S. Os.
born, 38; T. Beard, 28. lir. Alderman Stone accordingly
declared the first four gentlemen duly elected. Cheap.—
Mows. J. Bennett, 281; W. Tegg, 267; 8. I). Morey,
246; B. B. Omdge, 246; J. F. Bonds', 231; J. Thorp
7.10 ; E. Davis, 222• W. Wheeler, 219 ; H. B. Wik44414
The first eight were elected. Coleman-street.—
W. Webster (deputy) 218; J. E. Saunders, 218; W.
Jenkinson, 293; B. oolle43199•; J. Wilcox, 196; W.
Clark, 196 ; L. Hart,
.1 ; W. B. 8wa11111.4 180;
The lint siida—
Ztne. 121.
H. A. a, ;ght were el
Rafgeed.rs. 220;Aldgad B.
B. Whiteside, 216 Lam ; J. C. Davis, 212; W. H. Team,
181 ; J. Ines, 177 ; B. Burnell, 173; J. , 187;
J. Hudson, 70, The Id eight were elected.
'eta Messrs. 3. Richardson, SOS,. B. Eitaphilsa, ;
J. H. Heeps, 321; W. Jones, 318. O. N. Jade% 318 ;
N. Hopgood, 306; .7. 'Thames, 30k; MillingtemPleW
didatel, 303; F. Latimer, MI ; F. Bedewed, II2• 11. 31.
Rigby, 270; H. L. Hammack, 273; A. Laybesreis, IN
T. P. littehards, ; St. Straker, 197. The Orel isewlsin
were elected. Farringdon Without.—lllassra 85.18,1111 ;
Fluter, 693; Bedford, 681 ; Be Herter, 642 ; Bediter,
642 ; Spiller, 329 ; Lawley, 617 ; Walter, 687; Derikeir,
41'9; Payne, 402; Cotterell, 477; Phillips, 468; Pear,
467- Rowell, CZ • Wood, 463; isaill,r; Boo"8N•
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