The Express.
London, England, 1857-03-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 17, 1857.

valise into the interior. Still the question returns
at every fresh stage in the imaginary campaign, esti
Moo f You comet conquer this empire; you cannot
permanently occupy it; you cannot faros trade inter.
coulee with it. What then will you do P Vindioate
the prestige of England ! Perhaps : we will not stop
now to estimate how far prestige is worth anything
as distinct from morality and honour. But we will
remark that the prioc we are likely to pay seems
rather high for the ueertion of a prestige that has
only been jeopardised by the unauthorised acts of
our subordinates, and for the gratification of a
national instinct of pugnacity which is either
admirable or execrable according to the nature of
the cause that calls it forth.

In 1855-58 the total export of tea from China to
Great Britain, from the Ist of July to the 15th of
January, was 68,005,1001b'. ; in 1858-7, the total
export for the corresponding period was
39,991,40011 w.; being a decrease of 18,013,7001 b..
In 1843-4 the total export of tea from China toOreat
Britain was 41,839,4001b5. ; in 1855-58 it was
91,931,800165. In 1843-4 not a single bale of silk
was exported from China to Great Britain ; in
1855-8, 50,489 bales were exported. The great in-
crease of exports in the course of 13 years throws a
shade of doubt over the alleged impediments in tho
way of foreign trade in China. The marked falling
off in the export of tea during the presont year
throws a shade of doubt over the wisdom of the
policy which seeks to extend our commercial inter-
course with China by force of arms.

ebt Court.

The Queen held a em;t yesterday at Buckingham

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the Eat st salldeeed boas, ea baggi anointed
her le Clam
Tib32.l elsoodea an mama et the QOBBll.
Her Mritall vim @gloried by lord Byneg, Lord in Walt-
V, and Meiee-Omerel Babtiey Deummd, Groom is
Mao Abut rods on haystack in the itegosso, yak the
Prate et Wales. _ _ _ . .

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jtoMsad Mr. Abel the yaks et the putts rental Cum-
Oty-icel
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bemedul the Pdhelds Thulw ortth their p.we. fa tho
,syst mite oddelett el the et De-
welt Bea. Laid Oortioa. Led Dytrah Led Medd
navy, ed the Boa. D. tle Itta
Dageeehee Item the Gorman of Awards ad delta
vie reeelvei iedirday et the Camel-am Deoptiches
wan eat to the flovorsort of the West leie Ms&

His Excellency Count d'Appony, dr Austrian
Minister, MeJ est returned to Chendos House, bent Ourasny,
where he him been to intend the obsequies of kW bream

Ilia Excellency M. Gonzalez Bravo. the slowly-
appointed Spanish Minister at this court, is staying at (b-
-ridge's Hotel.

The Duke and Duchess of Cleveland and Lady
August& rowlett intend to remain at Baby Castle until the
week after Enter, when the noble Duke and Duchess will
arrive in London for the season.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland arrived
!foram:laLad Mum on flaturrisy, from Alemnck Comte,

for the season.

The Duchess of Somerset has left the Clarendon,
for Stover Lodge, Newton Abbot, Devonshire.
The Marchioness of Tweeddale is expected in town
to-day, from Tester House, N.B. The noble marquis, who
is in Lineobshire at present, has taken • 11A131011 ht

Greesenor-mesamt fur tho meson.
The Marquis Camden has left town for the Wilder-
ness, his wet, mar &meek'. The noble marquis and the
Ladies Pratt will mos to town immediately after Easter for
the aessos.

11w Marquis of Downshire and Lord Edwin Hill
bays gone to visit the Marquis's estates in Ireland. ;The
noble marquis is at present at Hillsborough Castle, county
Down.

The Earl Talbot has arrived in England from
Italy. alai is staying with the Earl of Egliaton. The
Countess and the Ladies Talbot are at pressed at Boole.

The eldest son of the pie■ent Earl and Countess
of Fife, a youth, aged eight yeses, will take the title of
" Viscount lisoluff."

Sir Brook and Lady Bridges and Miss Charlotte
Knight have arrived at the Clarendon from Godmemon
Park, Kent.

Sir Robert Gerard has arrived at the Clarendon
from Oar wood.

Saint Thomas (Charterhouso) New Golden•lane
&boobs will be opened by HALM Prince Albert, on Thum-
day afternoon.

- .
The Bishop of London preaches at St. Pancras
church on Bundy morning neat..

The ninth aiinivervary festival of the City of Lon-
don Hospital for Dismal of the Cheat takes place at the
London Tavern tolnorrovr, Earl Granville in the chair.

A society of noblemen and gentlemen have esta-
blished • fund, to which they have given the name of the
"Wellington Efalgratioa Fund," from the fact that the pretest
Duke of Wellington heads the aubucriptionlist with adoration
of 1,0001. More. Labouchere, Sidney Herbert, end Thomas
Haring, the Lord Mayor, Lord Stanley, do., take ea active
share In the proceedings of the amotiation. The committee
is formed with the view of endeavouring to cohere, by emi-
gration, the dietram existing among the labouring claws in
the metropeDu The emigration will be principally directed
. . . . . .

to those eolosiee which contribute towards the fund, and
subscribers may specify the particular colony to which their
contributions are to be applied. Regulations will be made
by the committee on the one hand, and Lord Ooderieh,
M.P., Rev. F. D. Maurice, Mr. Neale Porter, and others
kindly acting on behalf of the working men, for the selection
of emigrant'. Facilities will be afforded for the emigrants
repaying in the colony the sum advanced, so soon as their
Improved circumstances may enable them to do so. It is '
propoeed, when the temporary pressure calmed by the
glut in the labour market shall have subsided, to apply the
balance to promoting female emigration.
It is stated by one of the I)ablin papers that the
Hon. Mr. l'hipps, commissioner for the Me of encumbered
estates in the West Indies., has been attending the proceed•
logo in the Encumbered Estates Court for some day. pest,
for the purpose of making himself acquainted with the prac-
tice and the mode of carrying out the provision. of the act.
He sat ca Saturday with the Chief Commissioner while he
was disposing of hie list of chamber motions, and afterwards
proceeded to Mr. Commies'...me Long eld's chamber. On
Friday he went through the different oflicee of the court, ac-
companied by Mr. Commissioner Hinreave, where,of mune,
every facility was afforded him to acquire the desired infor-
mation.

Mr. Phelps takes his benefit at &idlers' Wells
Theatre, to-morrow night.
Mr. J. L. Toole will take his first benefit at the
Lyman Theatre, on the 31st.

Mr. Bayle Bernard's new drama, to be produced
at the Haymarket Theatre on Thursday, is in four acts, and
is entitled A Life'e Trial.
A Paris letter in the Inapendance of Brussels
states that a play written by Alexandre Dumas in twenty-
four hours is ab..ut to bo performed at the residence of M.
de Girard* and that M. Daman, who boasts of being the
best cook in France, is to superintend the preparation of the
dinner which is to precede the performance.

Handers Israel in Egypt will be performed on
Friday, the 27th inst. Advantage will be taken of this per-
formance to hold the first choral rehearsal for the great

Handel Festiva, which will take place under tho dire-ction
of Mr. Costa In the large hall, Easter-hall, on Friday
evening next, the 20th init.

The Aczardo of Nice of the II th says :—" 'Yes-
terday the first motion of the Vfilaftenea road less hump.
mord. At 2 p.m. the Emmet Dowager of Russia, accent.
petard by the Grand Dyke Ccesiestine,•the Grand Duchess
Olga, and the Prime loyal of Wurtemburg, arrived at the
pavilion prepared kir thew, and wore cordially greeted by the
multitude. The Elyria restated a pair of gold shwas to
the Empress, with winch her Itehisty cut the ribbon wt kh
was drawn across the laud. A regatta and ()this Ildritedons
then took Om."