The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

7718 DUCHESS OF GLOUCESTER.

The following bulletin of the health of her
Royal Higlutes. the Duchess of Gloucester woe lamed this
carer:mg: . _

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"Gloucester Howe, April 25, 9.30 a.m.
"Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Gloucester has
posed a quiet night.
" There is no material change in Der Royal Highness's
general conditios.
(Signed) " FRANCIS HAWKINS, M.D.
"Rosser Fanousox, M.D.
"EDWARD H. Huss."

His Grace the Archbishop of York and Mrs.
Musgrave entertained a select circle at dinner last evening, at
their residence in Belgrave-square.
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The Duke and Duchess of Argyll arrived at their
villa residence on Censpden Hill tart evening, from Meade,

The Earl and Countess of Clarendon entertained
a select circle at dinner last evening, at their residence in

The Earl of Minto left town a few days since for
!dint° Castle, neer liewitk, N.E. His lordship is expected
in town about the 6th of next month.

The Earl and Countess of Chichester are staying
at Steamer Park, Sussex, and will not return to town until
the latter end of next month.

The Dowager Countess of Clonmel and the Ladies
Scott are expected in town in a few days from Torquay,
Devon, for the season.

The Countess Dowager of Morley arrived in town
• few days since from &Warn, Devonshire. The most
Earl and Ccontre will not return to town until the latter
end slant wash.

Lord and Lady Kenyon and family arrived in
town a few days mince from Oredington, Flintshire, for the
NSSOIL

Lord and Lady Carington and family are staying
at Tkkford, his lordship's scat, seer Neerport-Pagaall.
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Laura Countess of Antrim and Lady Helen
]['Donned have arrived at their residence, 31, Upper
Oroevenor•street, from a visit to Barton-Constable, for the

The General Kherkdine, Miniatre de la Marine
do Son Altesee Le Bey de Tortil, accompanied by Colonel
Heassein, Colonel Kan, and Ileahomed Ali, has arrived at
Claridge's Hoeg, from Parts.

The Ruches; of Sutherland was amongst the Rev.
C. H. Spurgeon's congregation at the Surrey Music Hall list
Sunday morning.

EARL FITLIARDINGE AND Ills Ilsonui.—The
latest accounts respecting his lordship'■ illness see very un-
favourable. Up to about a week ego he was considered to
Demuth better, but sines that time his appetite has failed,
and but little hopes are entettained of his rallying spin. We
have authority for stating that a paragraph which has gone
the round of the papers, to the effect that Lord Fitzhartlinge
has been reconciled to his brother, Mr. Grantley Berkeley,
le totally inceracra. It is so far fact that the leading gentle-
men of the county, among them Colonel %ingemte, ems.,
deputed Captain Francis Berkeley to express their wishes, in
conjunction with his own, that the earl would sec hie brother
for the purpose of a reconciliation; and Mr. Graniley
Berkeley awaited the event of his nephew's mission at the
vicarage in the town of Berkeley, bat the reply was
peremptory refusal.—Bristol Mercury.
It is seriously asserted in the Trieste,. Zeitung
that M. Caveman, of Lodi, hes succeeded in procuring
silk from mulberry-leaves. The silkworm is henceforth to
remain undisturbed in what Gibbon calla its "golden
tomb ; " and that may prove sober fact which Weller wrote
es s Sight of fancy—that
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Without -the worm. hi Portia& .11k. we Atha"
" Having got m far," (observes the Lancet, " it will scarcely
excite surprise if some enterprising philosopher announces
that he has succeeded in overcoming the proverbial impossi.
tidily of making a silk puree out of a sow's ear, skinning a
flint, getting blood out of a stone, or takin the brooks off •
Highlandman."

Within the last week the cuckoo has been heard
and the swallow has been seen eying is the neighbourhood

of Ewood, in Lower Darwen.

"A swallow," says the Westmoreland Gazette,
" was seen skimming over the village of Ingleton on Monday
last, and twittering as gaily as if on a warm summers day.
Upon seeing the snow capped summit of Ingleborough, the
fair harbinger wisely left for a more genial locality."
THE BROTItEETON MEmovata...—lt has been dc-
termined that the Intended memorial to the late Joe. Bro-
therton, Bsq., M.P. for Salford shall consist of a monument
over his tomb, in the Salford cemetery, at New Barn, end of
• bronze statue in the Peel-park, Salford. The commission
for the statue bee been given to Mr. Matthew Noble, and
its coat will be 1,000 guineas. The pedestal will be of
granite.

THE FINCHLET CEMETERY.—Yesterday, at the
meeting of the vestry of St. Einem held at the Vestry-
hall, Camden-town—the Rev. T. Dale in the chair—on the

preeentation of the accounts of the burial board, • minute of
the board was reed relative toe protest made by the vicar
spinet the payment of gratuities to Mr. Freeman for offi-
ciating at interments in the nonconformist portion of the
Finchley cemetery. The auditors considered that it was not
their duty to decide a question of law, and expressed them-
selves that the payment was resionable. The rev. chairman
begged to be understood that his protest against the pay-
ment of Mr. Freeman for reading the service in the conse-
crated ground, was not in reference to the amount, for he,
thought that 81d. per. funeral was wretched retatuotration-
but it was upon pnnaple, and as to the legality of the pay-
ment, that ho bad protested against it. The reply of the
auditors wee just what ho expected. Mr. Eckett, amidst
confusion, in reply, read a statement, showing that of the
7621. I la 2d, remind during the year for interments in the
consecrated ground, the vicar was paid 1781. Bs. dd., the
church trustees 1421. 18e. 4d., the parish clerk 621. 9a. 7d.,
and commission to undertakers 311. 7a. 61d. ; so that all the
burial board got for the pariah wee 3571. out of the cozen
anted ground. With regard to the =consecrated round
the ewe was different. They bad received for interment
fees 6611. 17e., and all they had to pay out was 661. 10s. to
Mr. Freeman for reading the armee in that grenad, and
201.4 a. 2jd. as undettakers commission, thug leaving to the
benefit of the burial board for the pariah 5671. A resolution
to the Ake that the auditors' minute be panted with the
accounts was paned after a warm dieemmimi, the chairman
in patting the question statingtluit Imbed ehargedthe burial
board with baring adopted deceptive and illegal proceedings,
sad he should take we the parish should know it.

INN CHINA APPOINTMENTS.
(From the Eramiarr.)
We have not been in any haste to remark upon the
appointntents of Lord Elgin and General Ashbomhain. The
nomination of Lord Elgin wee received with general tans,
faction. He had acquitted himself passably well in Canada,
where it Irma his business to let the people govern them.
selves, and to meddle ao little as possible. lie had to ply
tha part of hinge to a door, and he performed it whines
making. What nears could be desired Y A riot, however,
broke ont at Toronto, sorely discompoeed him, for it
was &thaw out °fhb line of business, and he certainly
appeared to lose his head on that occasion. But no matter.
Every now and then the world agree* to emdt .m 011542,
and every hand le lent to pulling and hauling him up to lofty
position. It is a gnat comfort to the public to have anu
of this sort to put its trust in upon titration. It is ell s
matter of faith. Totes( quia posse rirletor. The county
be. it. Mrs. Harris upon a pinch. If Lord Palmerston
bad sent anybody but Lord Elgin to China, no two ism
would have met in the streets without wondering that
Lord Elgin bad not been undid. Lord Elgin stood dot
for any odd job of state. He would have been of no mark is
ministerial office. His spocialty is rather running of errand',
Whether his quiet ways will serve the purpose of his mission
to China remains to be seen, and it is to be hoped that Its
will not bo put to any rude trial like that of the Toronto
data.

L'pon the appointment of General Aslitnanham to the
command of her Majesty's forces in China, the question i•
every mouth was, Who is he, what hos he done"' and the
antecedent■ to the relative are now coming out. A writer is
the 7isus says
" It was at the battle of Sobraon that General Ashburn.
ham, then a lieutenant-colonel of the G2nd Foot, cseanandr4
a brigade, consisting of the 9th Foot and two regimentaof the
Native Infantry.
"At the mess-table of the 9th Foot, in March, 146, it
was frequently alluded to how beautifully the brigadier 44
the brigade in • nullah, or deep ditch, until an aka tie
Lord Gough's mad rode down, end, with more isopetumity
than politeness, roared out, in reply to an observation a
the brigadier, Manauvring be There are the bet-
' teries, and the chief says you are to charge them. This
order the brigade received with a burly cheer, and dil
charge them most gallantly!'
Another writer in the same paper gins • more eiretunstan.
tial account of this gloriests passage of arras. • • •

The very name number which prevents this ens.
ple of the truth of despatches and the reward of merit Itee
• loading article on the lying Persian account of the,
battle of Horshab. Our contemporary observes that "the
official journalism which devotes itself to the concealment
of events ham been introduced into Persia with great pain
of success;' but can • finer specimen of this an be
cited than the quoted despatch of Sir H. Gough, damning
the very prudent halt of General Aehlenrnham in the dry
ditch as a meritorious manmuvre, executed with great mole
news and success ? We see that w e have omitted the quali.
tying expression as a reserve," and if the account be inn,
seldom has reserve been carried farther.
Well, but do these statements, if worthy of credit, show
that General Aahburnham was not a proper men for the
China command ? It may be that we want dry-ditch way,
in this China war. Chins is a very chins article, ems&
jingly fragile, and England would hardly be matron other.
self if China were to fall. We do not want to break up the
empire of the brother of the sun. It may then be desirable
to have • commander-in-chief who will not be too forward,
too pressing, and who will make his halt in a safe and com-
fortable ditch, to give the enemy time to evacuate.
The appointment of such a man cannot but be highly
acceptable to the peace party. They have • guarantee
that the war will be conducted without violence and Mood-
abed. Cool manoeuvring as a reserve in war, in the manner
described, meet be permitted even by Mr. Cobden himself
There was once upon a time a very swift-footed giant, who,
laving to travel in company with other giants not so fest,
resorted to the expedient of tying b,s legs *ether to mots
himself companionable. General Achburnham la perhaps
the ligature to keep our mighty expedition from going too
fast. He is to bind it over to quiet behaviour.
So far we have defended the appointment, assuming that
the representations quoted to impugn the propeisty of it
are true. All that we have heard from other sources el
information is that General Aahburnham is an officer el
fair, but no extraordinary repute, liable to the one objection
of very bad health. But here precedent comes in tampon
of the appointment, for General Elphinatone's gout did no
disqualify him for the commend at Cabool. General Ash.
burnbam has indeed lort no time in falling sick, and ha
made his first stage of ailment at Malta. We apprehend
that ditch at Rhodawallagh was not as dry and well aired In
Ilying in ea it ought to have been.

LAUNCH OF THE ROYAL SOVEREIGN
(THIS DAY.)

(LT LIACTRIC TELLORAPH.)
PORTSMOUTH, SATURDAY, Nov.
The launch of the Royal Sovereign, 131 guns, wu
most succesefully performed at a quarter put II this mae•
log. The immense ship glided into the water in beautiial
style, amid the acclamation,' of 40,000 persons. There is so
aoeident of any kind to report.