The Express.
London, England, 1857-08-22 00:00:00

THE WEEKLY PRESS.

We read is the Press:—" The legislature is ad-

journal under gloms circumstances. It is Suit amongst
politicians of all partial that shun the year ISM (when myth
great demos& shears took place) them never was are em
which might be looked forward to with so much interest, as
beteg likely to beteg forth wet serious Sneaked.. Then
Dave boos poUttod changes since the lit of January
Wert,' lba whims had secretly organised at eledieleeetials
system ; Lord Stanley of Alderley bad been made a member
of the Cabinet ; and the opportunity was takes of a dissolution
on the Chinese pretext. Tho oossarratives Mood Inn, sad
pined rather than lost; but the isolated rections were swept
away, and an anomalous majority was returned. The
minister appeared to have a triumph, and without foresight'
comiunted himself poitively to undertake a Reform Bill
for the rat rassioa. By prognosticating this measure to
IS% the Preards hoped to get out of the dinanßy. Various
unssures ware I.ld odds until this HAIM 2111 should be
disposed at red dee paths mind relieved. na silleide• Bill
was labadliCal art mink stet comgesmins set cuttinp
sad perlap wither* td. Them MINI lbe When mils,
which Waiters km the lbek sd saes t• the pima
week, have a, staßowely palled b gobseedidg, tint
they am have no fair excuse Ow adimmoing M add
Air modes of a Reform BM. Ud. dam. betide AI
from their mks gbh" as the - lid dr Win
edis W ed migralutb, items egraid k=ris of
west ed Iheedgli. set ask opsebed, • plebleddlle
610.4 MIN WPM tee=the mein_ igidggpis. We
tame gegpme Slot they assemples• • slop v "NM
Ma their already damaged reputation, and was take fm
paled that they still meditate adhering to their seisms
pledges on le Reform Bill. To conclude. The second por-
liamantory swim of the year may now be said to be at
an and ; bat Are is every prospect, according to preesnt sp-
ringiness, and the Premisr's hints.= Thursday, et parlia-
Mai wady' again before Christmas. It would, therefore,
be pulpit/do se assume that the parliantsalary year has
sighed."

The Saturday Rerieto says We are sorry to
be invidiously particular, but surely there is something my-
sticism sad inscrutable in the dieperatlon which has
alma Mr. Vernon Smith to be just now at the head of the
India lierd. That Mr. Vernon finthh is unit fur any
awe we Arid be loth to awn. At the recent Onurd eke-
dr, the imeested member, when introduce= Kr. Thacker.,
le the esentirreff, semsdamt ea the pestamioas of • certain
Noble poems, vile was supprael te be batman to coast
the city. ' This seldemen: sail Mr. Neat., wee once • lord
of the Admiralty, Midi Is seraathlme. Now be is • lord of
the Treseary, =di imeering: We de not tan Mr. Vernon
Smith with bass opals only of lordship, but we
carest irrearkathesty sty that ha bias op to the walk ad
the Adminity. Metabolite see, la het, Isimmedlela Man
capacity for a slower sal Maw fie ea seem Ile le • set I
of nondsseript, presailes et the aim meneed the
&opossum oftheAdadrakyrithelminisserempliresseks
of the Trrsury. That it shoal Yle hie lot to he the Isms
=delay de real empire endorsee art= is • eiressedern
whickeeght to be mentiord by the bishop r • psi teat
for • smarm es dr Dm.* mutiny. No one era make any
use of it, exempt • eingyeer on • day of humiliation. The
ministerial journals mom to us university to ignore Mr.
Smith. Even the peribrentary reporters sr beaten by
him. They ester drambes Se owapneeleg his speeches
into • line es ter ea the aped /ha that he addresses the
house 'in so tonviertkosi •SW What a nodes of
infinite diejointodome, et halimmimllated fame pitched ent
pell-mell one del:airing amilsret, le conveyed by this bp-
Mous formula! But the Oleg, as we hoot said, te tamer
table. Curafolyiroma ai sepias 4petriustir. It is • asyslisp.
One corner of the veil we sin elms lift up. Mr. Versa
Smith, whatever be the giber Moo be convey., is • mew
ing to Yonng I. Maw pethemlas ell the rem=
which sae peamllmi as gamer hr Midesieesk lbws m-
ambo Mr. bmib. The She. betide me be lave eves
thaeaw de dude lawn emeebree and our Indian mike.
That suer, ht hells be /mead by Mr. Smith. Mr.
Dimwit rosside OM Xs Wads are to be drawn does
between our band Qom QM bar Indian subjects. That,
again, resolves Mee late • Smith autocracy in Hlndostan.
Lord Ellenboreegb tells as ISM the Qttemes name la e
tower of strength. That =wag fortress, on inspection,
turns out to be Mr. Smith."
The Economist observes that as the true nature al
the crisis begins to be more clearly understood, and the spi•
pions of older statesmen on the condition. of our left'
empire are brought to light, a muse for our calamity an Lees
wont end woehoosibte than that erroneously suggested by
Mr. Disraeli, but far more consistent with actual facts, sews
to be emerging more and more distinctly into view. The
civil administratieu of India, admirable as it has tem
has been feat absorbing the life end energy of the all.
tary administration, and this not merely in allsatiolc
native, but also in legislative measures. "Absorbed
their great and noble task of educating the people—
in giving them a good system of irrigation, to
relieve the droughts and prevent the floods—in snaking them
canals, roads, and railmede—in establishing equitable inha-
lants and sdrnirable schools—our Indian rulers have scarcely
remembered that there wee one power in the country—and
that one, next to the general population, by far the mightiest
—whom the,. ameliorations would for • keg time scarcely
at all affect. It was well to give the people • good system et
justice, but the army wee subject to a diligent costreL It was
well to improve the egticulture and the communications, bat
the Sepoys did not move about lath* own sat, and for their
living they depended on the government. And even the
general system of education lately established la the North-
west cannot reach the Sepoy, end amimilate kis Wed to
the smallest extent to English modes of thought, until seem'
generations bare peened away. Indeed, the Chide soldier
are from a recently acquired province, where no edsoatlos
ban as yet been possible at d. limos the very skim of ht.
provement spreading over the fees of the cometry one =its
likely rather to have fired the ambition of the unoccupied
Sepoy troops ; and the press set free by the exertions of Lord
William Beaten and Lord Metcalfe, hie effectually taught
them their power and importance, before the most elementary
education had in any way taught them the sources and the
value of English infloonce."
The New Turk Herald calculates that we 'hail
want more recruits than England will produce—" The.
United States contain far more men who are reedy to serve
as troops in actual warfare than Great Britain ; and as we
have no treaties with the nations or peoples with whom the
English are fighting in India, none of our la= would be
broken by enlisting them. To gain their good-will it will, of
course be necessary to satisfy this mammaity thM,
is realm for our sympathy gavel. the alai
were waling to code to as the nibs NNW a
the affairs of this continent and its depsndreles
and this would not be an may Gig Nast
for so unbending a politic= ea Pabuenies be sib%
or for so Incredulous • people as oars Ito weft Ike
were it accomplished there might doubtless be 'waisted •
strong feeling here in favour of the British in Lain sad
very likely, with proper measure and • makable outlay,
60,000 men could be enlisted in • few weeks." Upon this
the Leader remarks We may take =noel exceptions to
this exposition. England will have no lack of recruits,
should the government rime to a eoemeicouness of the public
necessity, end offs those sufficient motives which every sol-
dier ought to feel in accepting the military service of his coun-
try. Americans, if sufficient inducements were offered,would,
we believe, not wait for any sock tergata es our
contemporary anticipates; and the bergs& itself is sot at
present on the cards. But we believe that if England were
to ask America for recruits, they would sot be Wand.
Wee they granted, one conernanc• would necrearily
fol-
ltrw; the friendship as well as the Interests of the people
would be closely, openly, and evoweßy keit together. The
aisles between England and America would be coneoli-
dated ; end it would become more &Meade than ever for any
government in Downing-street to set two great nations by
the ears, for the advsntage er amusement of a coterie or •
of I cebinei."
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MAxsioN House.—Yesterday (Friday) morning
the Lady Mayoresa ewembled the Committee of Ladies who
had undertaken the duty of Matting the female wards of
the West Landon Caton 'Workhouse, at an inaugural meet-
ing within the walls of the Mansion Rome. The committee
wee formally organised under the presidency of her lady-
ship, and resolutions a to details were agreed to. Several
of the diatrictusL= were preeent, and took an evident in-
terest In the inga, which had already attracted the
Ineerable of the Bishop of London.
PAILT CLOSING FETE.—LIBERAL CONDUCT OF
Execoenas.—them of the principal dupers of Islington
beet plead bah la their windows coetairdag the following
samotommamit " pub& ere respectfully informed
that to ceeseqemace at the Crystal Palace Fete for the be-
nefit of the Early Closing Associatlem on Saturday neat,
this establishment will In closed the w tole of the day."
Cauca, num. BI ILLISO Def.
Pater, Auciyar M.—anaemia= on payment, 2,110;
ditto, by MOM ticketa, 219 ; total, 2029.