The Express.
London, England, 1868-07-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS. WEDNEpAi ' EVENING, JULY 15, 1868.

" of CANTERTURY." There is no Ateiht that it was
submitted to the Pores Chamberlain as a warrant
of some sort to dismal. the question of re-union,
on the terms on which Mr. NALIII' is prepared to
accept it. We must do the Archbishop of CAN-
TERBURY the justice to say that there is not a
word in his letter which implies either that it was
" commendatory " or a "credential," in the
sense in which Mr. MALET niado use of it. It
simply commends him to the care of " all Chris-
" tines, whether cleric or lay, whom ho may meet,
" as one well worthy of such attention as they
" may please to bestow upon him." But when
the PorE's Chamberlain found the Aaenmanoe's
letter associated with an introduction from Dr.
ILttemio, and Mr. MALET'S "commission for re-
" union of Christendom by the President and
" Secretary of the Society for promoting that
" union," he might not unnaturally suppose that
the pilgrim bad come to Rome with a sort of
quasi authority from his Metropolitan for the same
purpose. Mr. MALET says (page 40) that "it was
" in virtue of these presents (which he carried at
" the time) that this presentation [to the Fors]
"of himself and his fellow-pilgrim, Brother
" Cirremus, was granted." The matter is, there-
fore, more serious than if it were the case of an
individual enthusiast, like poor Brother lossuus,
who had gone to plead for what Mr. MALET calls
" recognition" on his own hook. The Pilgrim
really represented others besides himself, and
was supposed to represent the Archbishop of CAN-
TERBURY.

The whole proceeding was unwarrantable.
At the very most, the thousands of whom Mr.
MILLET speaks as desirous of being recognised by
the Church of Rome, are a mere handful of English
Churchmen, and have not even the right of num-
bers to excuse the arrogance of their proceedings.
Moreover, their labour is thrown away. Though
the POPE received him courteously, listened to
him, and gave him his benediction—which Mr.
MAL= hails " as an earnest of recognition" (page
40)—it is clear from his own narrative that both
Pon: and Chamberlain regarded his representa-
tions more in a spirit of contempt than seriously.
The power of the Papacy, spiritual as well as tem-
poral, is on the wane, and in reality its pretensions
are nowhere more repudiated than in England.

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than a string ,of h. modraesi an*liroadest
doubles "tenches, which; *o Perallyttel out
by horse-play, •grimaciail gestic ns, all
of the meat Indecent Mx& The bid classical
story has been first weigh tf by heavy words,
and has then been bola Prod up by acting
which is undoubtedly clever, but which ap-
peals to other instincts than the dra-
matic. The immense popularity La Belle
lielelne obtained in Paris can never be re-
peated in England, for the simple reason that
one half the practical allusions and hints aro over
the heads or beneath the feet of an English au-
dience. In a land in which the denii-monde is a
fashionable institution, having its literature, its
art, its laws, and its social observances,
Mdlle. fiCIINXIDI3II'B latest performance at the St.
James's is full of special charm. Not an eleva-
tion of the eyebrows, a curl of the lip, or a bit of
byeplay with the eloquent shoulders, but tells,
not merely a perfectly intelligible story, but gives
to every detail of it the charm of per-
sonal history or satire. Eighteen months'
ago Millie. 1301INZIDER'a quarrel with
another French actress then playing with
her in La Belle Mike, and the cruel
letters written and published by the latter,
enlisted as much attention in the world of Paris
as an edict of the Maraaon's, or a proclamation
of war. There is no such depth or permanence of
interest in Mdlle. SCHNEIDER here. The people
who have gone to see her out of curiosity, having
satisfied that feeling, will stay away ; and it is
hardly to be believed that the shamelessness of
the present performance will ensure the same
imitation in English which the success of La
Grande Ducheur provoked.

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assolfsz. Aux 14.
The Queen visited her Majesty's ship Galatea,
in Osborne Bay, yesterday afternoon.
Her Majesty was accompanied by the Duke and
Duchess of Coburg, Prince and Princess Louis of Hesse,
Prince and Princess Christian, Princes Louise, Prince
Leopold, Princess Beatrice, and the Princess of Leiningen,
and attended by the ladies and gentlemen in waiting.
The Queen embarked at Trinity Pier, East Cowes, on
board the royal yacht Alberta. Captain the Prince of Lei-
ningen, 0.C.8., and proceeded from thence to the Ga-
latea, whereher Majesty was received on board by Captain
the Duke of Edinburgh, the yards being manned, and
the Royal Marines presenting arms.
The Queen was met on board by the Prince of Wales,
who arrived shortly before from London, attended by
Colonel Kingscote, C. 8., and after all the officers of the
Galatea bad been presented to her Majesty by the Duke
of Edinburgh she was conducted round the ship by him,
the whole ship's company being inspected at the seine
time.

The Queen remained on board for upwards of an hour,
and soon after seven o'clock landed in the Duke of
Edinburgh's barge at Osborne Pier, a royal salute being
fired by the Galatea on her Majesty leaving the ship,
her Majesty's ship Hector and the Trinity yacht Galatea
paying the usual compliments as her Majesty passed to
and from the frigate.
In the evening the Prince of Wales, Prince Louis of
Hesse, Prince Christian, and the Prince of Leiningen,
with the gentlemen in attendance upon them, dined with
the Duke of Edinburgh on board the Galatea, after
which the ship was illuminated.
The Queen and the Royal family walked in the grounds
this morning.
The Earl of Bradford arrived at Osborne yesterday, and
had an audience of her Majesty.
The Prince of Wales and the Duke of Edinburgh, at-
tended by Colonel Hon. A. Liddell and Colonel Hingseate,
returned to Marlborough-house yesterday afternoon from
H.M.S. Galatea.

Their royal highnesses visited Admiral Farragut, on
board the United States frigate Franklin, in Southampton
Water.

The Queen will hold a council at Osborne to-day (Wed-
nesday.)
The Hon. John Kent, receiver-general of Newfound-
land, had an interview with the Duke of Buckingham and
Chandos, at the Colonial-office, yesterday.

The Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelitz
favoured the Earl and Countess Stanhope by her company
at dinner last evening, at their residence in Grosvenor-
place-houses. The dinner circle included the Marquis
and Marchioness of Bristol, the Countess of Shaftesbury,
Lord Henry Percy, M.P., Lord and Lady Delamere,
Lord Carington, the Bishop of Oxford, the Hon. Frederick
and Lady Constance Stanley, the lion. Edward Stan.
hope, Sir Charles Baleen, Bart., M.P., and Lady Caro-
line Cud and Baron Lithe, in attendance on the Grand
Duchess. Later in the evening the countess had a small
and early party.

His Excellency the Austriaa Ambassador and
the Countess Apponyi received at dinner yesterday, at the
Austrian Embassy, in Belgrave-square, Archbishop ?don-
ning, the Earl and Countess of Denbigh, Lady Herbert (of
Lea), Mr. and Lady Georgian Fullerton, Monsignor
Talbot, Monsignor Pattison, Baron and Baroness de
Baude, Colonel Townley, and the members of the Em.
busy.

Viscount and Viscountess Sydney entertained
the Duke and Duchess of Buocleuch, and Lady Margaret
Scott, the Duke de Richelieu, the Marquis and Mar-
chioness Ailesbury, the hfarchionees of Bath, the Mar-
chioness of Waterford, the Earl and Countess of Cork,
Count Erdady, the Right Hon. Sir Henry Storks, G.C.8.,
Hon. Frederick Byng, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harvey, Mr.
W. Dyke, M.P., &c., at dinner last evening, at their resi-
dence in Cleveland-equate, St. James's.

A marriage is arranged between Miss Frances
Banbury, second daughter of Mrs. Hanbury Leigh, and
the Hon. Lionel Ashley, third son of the Earl of Shaftes-
bury ; also between Mr. Arthur Arbuthnot, son of Ge-
neral and the Hon. Mn. Arbuthnot, and Miss Cuthbert;
and between Mr. Oswald, nephew of Mr. Oswald, of
Auchincruive, and Miss Smith-Bury.—Owl.
Mr. Arthur Russell to-morrow will ask the Se-
cretary of State for the Home Department, whether, con-
sidering the recent decision of this house to confer the
franchise on the officers of the Customs, Inland Revenue,
and Poet-aloe, he is not of opinion that members of par-
liament should be precluded from making application in
favour of persons seeking employment in those depart-
ments.

Mr. Gilpin intends to ask the First Lord of the
Treasury whether the government have any objection to
continue to allow foreign sheep imported into London to
be removed alive to populous inland towns as at present,
with the sanction of the Privy Council ; and, if so, whether
there would be any objection to except foreign sheep
from the operation of the Metropolitan Foreign Cattle
Market Bill.

On going into committee of supply, Sir John
Gray intends to call attention to the alterations recently
made in the second, third, and fourth lessons issued to the
schools under the charge of the Board of National Edu-
cation, Ireland; and to move for the correspondence
and minutes of evidence of the proceedings in reference
thereto.

NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION.
(THIS .DA 7.)

Another scorching sun ushered in the third day's
proceedings of the National Rifle Association on Wimble-
don Common, and the volunteers were early astir from
their tents to prepare for the business on the programme,
which included the commencement of the contest for the

Queen's Prize. The entries embrace the representatives
of nearly every county in England, Walea, and Scotland,
besides some from Jersey, Guernsey, and the dist►nt
countries of the Cape of Good Hope and Bombay, and 28
targets are simultaneously used for the purpose.
The first stage of competition for this prize consists of
three ranges, of the respective distances of 200, 600, and
600 yards, at which the whole of the volunteers are
allowed to shoot, and at the conclusion of these ranges
the one who makes the highest aggregate score is entitled
to the silver medal of the National Rifle Association, the
silver badge, and 601. in money. The next 29 best shots
in the order of merit are each entitled to the National
Rifle Association badge and 151. in money; the next 30
winners in the order of merit are each entitled to IW. in
money, and the National Rifle Association Badge; and
each of the next 90 winners in the order of
merit entitled; to 3/. in money. With this stage. there.
fore, the great bulk of the volunteers cease to have any
Interest in her Majesty's Prize, but in the second stage of
the contest the 00 highest in the first stage again are
brought together in the respective ranges of 100, 900, and
1,000 yards, and the one who is fortunate enough to make
the highest score, of course, becomes the hero of the day,
and is entitled to the most valuable prize offered as well
as to the gold medal of the National Rifle Association.
The next contest is a continuation of that for the first
stageof the Alexandra Prize, which will go on for some days.
At 200 yards range for this prize Private J. D. Web-
ster, of the Ist Notts (Robin Hood Rifles) made twenty
points, which is the highest possible score.

Lieut. Hiller' of the Bth West Yorkshire, has made
eighteen points for the Queen's prize.
The shooting for the Daily Telegraph prize was con-
tinued to-day, and the following made eighteen points
each for it:—Major Hothray, 11th Norfolk; Private
Henson, of the London Scottish ; and Captain Jenson,
of the Civil Service. The contest is still proceeding.
A new competition began to-day for the Martin's Chal-
lenge Cup, value 601., given by the National Rifle As-
sociation, with 601. in money, and divided into thirteen
prizes. This competition is restricted to marksmen of
1867 and 1868. The cup to be held by the winner
for a year, who is to have 10/. in money, and the
rest of the money to be divided amongst the twelve
beet shots. The winners of these prizes are re-
quired before the prizes are awarded to produce a cer-
tificate signed by their commanding officer, or by the ad.
jutant of their cod a, that they were marksmen in 1867 or
1888.

The Duke of Cambridge Prize will again the subject of
competition with breech-loaders, as well us the Ely prizes
also shot for with similar weapons.
The other competitions do not call for any particular
notice as no result has u present been arrived at.

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(THIS DAY.)

SPAIN.

FOREIGN NEWS.

The correspondent of La Lihertt writ"s from
Madrid, under date of Junn 9, as follows :
In spite of the extraordinary measures adopted by the
government we are here on a volcano, and from one
moment to another the insurrection may break forth. It
is perfectly organised, and only awaits the order to be
given. A great many guns have been introduced, and the
searches of the authorities have not succeeded in di,-
covering where they are. Several of these are of the re-
cent make, which have been so much praised. The flags
of the insurrection bear the following inscriptions :
" A free people for ever," " Down with the Bourbon*,"
" Confederation." The government affect the greatest
security, but the steps they have taken prove the appre-
hensions they feel. It is impossible to tell the moment
the insurrection will break out, for the order will be given
only a few hours in advance.