The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-03 00:00:00

SONDON; TUESDAY. MAY 3.

" Ler nobody frighten you out of your wits ;
" keep a good fleet in the Channel, and you will not
" have to go to war." Such is the advice which the
CH 0( ELLOR of the EXCHEQUER gives the country
from the hustings at Aylesbury. Even in theme
times be presumes to think a man may be a good
Fogliehman without taking leave of hie senses, and
so he quietly surveys the circumstances of the nation.
We have in England 100,000 disciplined soldien ;
in six weeks we shall have one powerful fleet
in the Channel and another in the Mediterranean ;
and the national revenue is elastic. The French Em-
peror gets with difficulty 20,000,0001., which will not
serve for more than one campaign; while we,if it
were necessary, could raise that amount annually by
alO per cent. income tax. England ought not to be
dragged on one side by the doctrine of the European
balance of power," for we are of the whole world.
Europe may fall into decrepitude, but our future will
still be glorione, bound op as we are with the
young communities of the earth. " When I know
" these things." said the right hon. gentlemen,
" lam not frightened by leagues of Binge and
Emperor,. I know that if there is to be a war of
nationalities, a war of opinion, or of revolutions
" or of

we shall weather the storm.
" It will not be England that suffers, it is Europe
" that will be desolated, it is Europe that will be in-
jived, and those potentates whose pride, arabitkm,
"and lust of conquest bring about th,s dangerous
" state of affair' will find themselves in the end in
"an inferior position to that which they now occupy.
" It is for Europe, not for England, that my heart
" sinks"

The Cm tNcerion of the EXCIIEQUER made short
work of that dreary and disastrous stoiy of which
so many are trying to forget that they were the
dupes, and of which so many more will never be
able to forget that they were the victim,. He said:
" There is no ' Secret Treaty' exist;eg between
" France and Rusk' ; there is no secret convention
" existing between France and Russia. There is
" between France and Ramie what may be called an
" engagement which they were not bound in any
" way to communicate to this country, but which
" was voluntarily communicated to this country by
" the Minister of Foreign Affairs in France ; and
6' what does it amount to ? That in cue of a war
" between France and Austria, Russia should
" assemble ►n army of observation upon her German
" frontier."

After making the very obvious remark that
Russi► had " u much right to mumble an army of
" observation on her German frontier u England has
"to eend—u eke is about fp send—a commanding
" fleet to the Mediterranean," the right hon. gentle-

man continued ; " I have further to communicate,
" that we have felt it our duty not only to request
" and to receive this communication from the 0o-
" vernments of France and Russia; but we have men
" gone further, and we have asked the Russian Go-
" vernment what, Ferhaps, according to the strict-
' nese of diplomatic etiquette, we had no
" right to ask—we have asked Franca and
" Russia whether they have entered into
" any engagements to make war upon Oer-
" many, and we have received a most ex-
. plicit and unequivocal declaration that no such
" engagement exists, or has ever been asked for.
" So much for the ' Secret Treaties '—so much foe
" Secret (inventions'--so much for the ' engage-
" melds between France and Rustic"
Of coons it would be rash to predict that the
adventurous story thus denounced will not be
repeated; but certainly no false report that may
arise in future will ever receive faller, more various,

or mars authoritatirs contradiction than this has

awe. If the tale should still be maintained, the
world will understand that it has a Talus of its own
quite apart from its connexion with fact.

LOOKED at with the eye of a sane soldier it is
impossible to imagine a more interesting scene then

that which is now to be witnessed on the banks et

the Ticino. The opposing armies are vast in num-
bers, admirable in discipline, and are commanded by
officers some of them of the highest reputation.
Two of the greatest military Powers this world hes
ever seen are about to tame in a conflict, whilst
King VICTOR Easemetar. is about to demonstrate
with what self-denying devotion the Italian people
will fight in behalf of constitutional liberty. More- The effects of the war in Italy are already being
over, every inch of ground about to be trodden has felt in the metropoPe. In Mark-lane wheat hes than 10e.
been fought over by the fathers and the grandfathers to Va. • naive; with': the sparecyai.oLatsorsethk, whileAt the price
of the very man now engaged in this struggle. The of the `l4:triladity' on ioh previous
deakes, ha: a:ancedn" lid.
land has been fertilised by human blood. And from u°ru
um, -
the grey-haired veteran in either army to the merest The Mointeur of yesterday prints the speech
stripling in the ranks—from the commanders-in- delivered by Lord Palmerston, oa the mossion of hie return
chief to the youngest otticere—there is not one for Tivertoa, ion the largest type and en the front pogo.
who ia cot as familiar with the battlee THE COLONIAL SERTICS.—It has been decided
fought on those plains u ever, Englishman is to ere.t imo
itcolony the
tdirtri: eistotthetlrßay, now •
The
with Agincourt and Waterloo. Na is this all. This Ltriono this district a sZarata colony h.ea beam
is the theatre on which every officer in Europe has fee the last six years urgently and repeatedly pressed by the
studied his profession. It is the text-book, in short, laiNLlmto their tile°ulitobiasbworne
rs g9Ziaoord thy Atitiale
city of ea
in soadt.g
to which every student must hays recourse who do- amassment ter apportioaing the public debt u between
sires to find the most brilliant illustrations of mill- Sydney and Moreton Bay, a prim now suiefactr ray ad-
The separation now effected will, DO doubt,
tart' geniuv. On such a theatre military mistakes jaw to a rest and rapid demi pro at of the
will not readily be pardoned. If the enthusiastic coley Una created, which wlli take the risme Queens-
spirit which pervades either army leads us to antiei- Lew .colosty leg°;:r George )commonto it..., 1i.C.51
pate without doubt the display of no maser/ gal. at peanut Chief Secretary to the Lard High Coniai siasn"
lantry, other circumstances render it probable that of I,7briostele7,, temPon her hasi lit foe soßme.t.ms...to
the campaign will be conducted upon the most Somali a fellow of Bemoans an:d a Let George
sod has
scientific principlet. obtained coseldentile distinction la literary so well se official
Dependent am we mutt be for information on leis- eguird`Be%li ...„,PPuippi."7,not.isgli,kreel4.lo beapoptheulGsroida
CoiatAitairalia.,
grams which reach as from hour to hour—difficult been
.eppoisted Lientesant.H.vessor of St. Christopher's.
as it is to ascertain when information is accurate and itss'iladtel'etott7et :Liad7,7l Litt, h
promtl r. ti;:eb;:rvhit::::
when it is inaccurate--certain at the same time that the best mesas of wearing to our (Modal neon the most
the commanders of the opposing troops will ase the 'aaa""diaßverak =tat b: t
be N
T.I» name ut the
Wen er.—
tdegrapbic wires to deceive the enemy so often as yaw.