The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-12 00:00:00

THE ROYAL HOIIBIHOLD.

Lord Steward
Lord Chamberlain
Master of the Horse The Marquis of Allet-
bury.
Mitre of the Robes Duchess of Argyll.
Master of the Buck-
hounds . . The Earl of Cork.

It is understood that Lord Northbrook will
occupy in the Lords the same position which he
held in the Commons as Mr. T. G. Baring, namely,
Under Secretary fur War. Mr. Werra will be the
Secretary to the Board of Trade. Mr. Whitbread
will probably be the Secretary to the Admiralty.

Thu Lord Chancellor (Lord Hatherley) has
made the following appointments:—Principal
Secretary, Gordon Whitbread, Esq. ; Secretary of
Presentations, Hon. E. P. Thesiger ; Secretary of
Commissions, Hon. 11. 0. Campbell ; Gentleman
of Chamber, Samuel Smith, Esq. ; Purse-bearer,
Wm. Goodbody, Esq. ; Train-bearer, Mr. Elsey.

We are requested to contradict the statement
that Mr. Cadogan bas given up his scut at
Cricklade.

The Right non. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.. and
Mr.. Gladstone, and Mr. W. H. Gladstone, M.P., left
their residence ou Carlton House-terrace yesterday even-
ing for Hatfield House, Herta, on a visit to the Marquis
and Marchioness of Salisbury. The Premier wilt have
to leave Hatfield to-day, as be has received a command
from her Majesty to dine at Windsor this evening.
The Right Hon. the Chancellor of the Exchequer
and Mrs. Lowe entertained a select party at dinner
yesterday evening, at their residence in Lowndes-square.
The Eight lion. Chichester Forteeoue, M.P.,
and Frances Countess Waldegrave entertained the Earl
of Clarendon, the Earl and Counter de Grey, the Right
Hon. J. Lawson, Mr. Bernal Osborne, and a select party
at dinner on Thursday evening, at their residence in Carl-
ton-gardens.

The new Lord Chancellor is gazettod as Baron
'latherley, of Down Untherley, in the county of Wen
center.

The Bishop-designate of Lincoln (Dr. Words-
worth) will preach in the Chapel Royal, Savoy, to-
morrow.

Mr. Disraeli has nominated the Rev. Reginald
Henry Barnes to the vicarage of Hughenden, Bucks.
Mr. Barnes, who is M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford, ap-
pears to We taken deacon's orders in 1854, and priest's
orders In 1866. Ile has been • prebendary of Exeter
sines 1886, and vicar of Bt. Marys Church, Torquay,
since 1860.

There were great rejoicings at Leigh on Thurs-
day night, on the accession of Mr. Gladstone to power u
ime Minister. Them was a brilliant display of Ilieworks,
and the streets, thronged with visitors fro® the surround-
ing villages, were crowded for several hours.
_ _

The (butte of last night officially announces
the appointments of the °Shiba Ministers and Privy
Councillors.

WIII7IIIIALL, DEC. 10.—The Queen has been
pleated by letter* patent under the Great Seal to grant the
dignity of a 'baron of the United Kingdom of (treat Britain
and Iroland unto the Right Honourable Sir William Pegg
Wood, Knight, Chaamllor of that part of the mid United
Kingilmn called Great Britain, and to the hews male othis
body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of
Baron Hatherley, of Down Hetherley, In the county of
fihaawster.-60:elle.

CoLotrIAL Juvo9Bltira.—Wo understand that
Sir William Einagg, Chief Justice of Antigua, has been
appointed to moored Chief Justice Beaumont in British
Gann* ; that Mr. Arthur Peel, of the Midland Circuit,
has been appointsd Chief Justice of Aatiguaj and that
Mr. Charism Thomas 4ailh, of the Mee Cheuithoe
been appointed a maw Jake at the Cape of Good Hops
rice Mr. 8. 8. Bell promoted to be Chief Judos In tW
plea of the late Bir W. Hodge.—Law isetrissl.
Reim Clou.zon.—The wheel will close next
Friday, the 18th inst., for the Christiana vacatioa. Which
will last till the 90th of January, when the lower boys ro-
tors, the fifth and sloth toms wiring on the 91s1 and
Und January.

7'l
EgISG, DECEMIIE
OUR CONTEMPORARUCti.
Mitt DAY.)

The Times finds cause for deep regret, almost fur
despondency, in the intelligence from Spain. From various
parts of the peninsula comes news of threatened disorder,
and three who are sanguine as to the liens Wiles the
prerent danger to be most serious. The lint error of the
provisional government wea the arming of a large unease
of people who, under the pretext of volunteering, demanded
and received almost ell the arms in the government animate.
A still greater mistake was the adoption of the miserable
expedient' reported to by the French government of 1814,
particularly in the establishment of national workshops
for the poor or the idle. The Timm also regards it as •
serious error that a regular government has not been re.
tabliahod before this by the summoning of the Constituent
An nobly, and thinks the only remedy for the present state
of things is to keep a firm hand over the people for the
moment and to push on the settlement of the national in-
stitutions with all possible speed.
The Telegraph says the intelligence received from Spain
maims the foresight of those who hold that it is an open
question whether bloodless revolutions be not more mis-
chievous to a state than revolution-4 achieved by hard
lighting.
Referring to the threatened rapture between Turkey
and ()recce the Pail), News contends that it is the duty of
every wise end foreseeing statesman to restrain the little
Week kim,dons from mischief, and to compel it to conform
to the obligations of a civilised state towards its neigh-
bours, but also to take care that the Sultan's government
shall not be driven by desperation, or persuaded by evil
counsellors, to waste the powder and shot which foreign
bondholders have paid for, in lighting up the 1011gibibiyell
CollfilliClStiOn and giving too suddenly to the "grind
idea" the form and pressure of • mud unmans:444olu
fact.

The Pea describes Ormee as the enfant pile of Europe,
and says that nation may be as little expected to listen to
reason as Use meet wilful of spoiled children. She must,
however, be made to understand that she cannot set in-
ternational law at defiance, nor presume upon the protec-
tion of those powers which have guaranteed her ialepens
demos.

In adverting to the case of the Tangchow missionaries,
the Star assumes that the English government will
promptly interfere to prevent the mischief going further,
and that it will also reconsider the principles upon which
oar Chinese policy is based, and the method on which it
ought to be carried oat.
The 64eridersi dote not think that the new cabinet has
any claim whatever to the credit of containing more de-
bating or administrative power than the two or three
cabinets which have preceded it. On the other hand,
nothing can be more ridiculous than the disgust professed
by newspapers which promised, three days ago, that it
would make the whole kingdom healthy, happy, wealthy,
and wise, because two pet members of the radical party
have net been provided with places.