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London, England, 1858-01-21 00:00:00

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country to promote the
God has given us that greatatbat as we fulfil or fall short
with my whole heart in the missionary movement. I believe
spread of the Gospel, an
of this end, so will our reward or punishment
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be ; but I believe also that that
out by the influence of Government, still less by any
arbitrary interference orcompulsion, but by the power
of reason and persuasion, by the progress of enlighten.
meat, by the triumph of light over darkness, and by the
grace of God descending upon the hearts of the benighted
millions of Hindoetan. Holding these opinions, it
would be impossible that I could have retained my seat
in the direction if one-half or one-fiftieth part of
what is alleged against the Indian Government on this
momentous question weretrue. I believe that the greatest
misapprehension exists throughout the country on
these facts. When I read that one member of parliament
designates the Indian
government as " half infidel, half
atheist," when I myself heard another member of par.
liament quote to a crowded meeting at Exeter Hall array-
ing of one of the directors of the East India Company,
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opinions
prevailing amongst the honourable body to which I
belong, I do not wonder that misapprehension prevails,
Now, I am not going to enter into controverted ques-
tions on which earnest, sincere men may conscientiously
differ ; my only object is very briefly to lay before the
Court a few facts showing the course pursued by the
Indian authorities at home and abroad, and the principles
laid down to be carried into practice as circumstances
would permit. I am dealing with present facts, not with
old stories that have been dead and buried years ago. I
should like to know what would be thought of a member
of parliament if he was to bring a bill of indictment
against the present Government, and include in it all
the shortcomings: of former governments for the last 40
or 50 years ; if he was to inflict upon the house long
tirades against slavery, protection, and other errors of
legislation which formerly found their advocates, but
now are as exploded as astrology or witchcraft. We have
to deal with 1858, and not with 1808 or 1818. Will any
one assert that there is any government opposition to
missionary efforts at the present moment ? I think not.
Since 1833, when the Court of Directors, in their despatch
of Feb. 20, laid down in great detail the principles which
were in future to guide the government of India in the
question of idolatrous rites and ceremonies, has not each
year seen an advance in the right direction, more espe-
cially of late years ? No doubt still more remains to
be done—the severance is not yet complete ; bat it is
fair and just to ignore all that has been done ! Has
the crown colony of Ceylon outstripped the Indian
government in these matters ? Have not the same
difficulties been met with there as in India ? It is not
very long ago that "devil dancing," for her Majesty's
service, was paid out of government funds, in Ceylon;
but this and other evils have now been removed. The
despatch of Feb. 23, 1833, ought to be republished for
the information of the public. It has been followed up
by other despatches; and in 1840 an act was passed in
India to the same effect. In 1843 an order was issued in
Bombay directing the cessation of public works on the
Sabbath-day. This order was extended to Bengal in
1847 by Lord Harding°, who at the same time stated,
"I am convinced that mach of the success of British
rule in India is to be attributed under Providence to our
forbearance in not interfering with the religious prejudices
of the people, and that the difficulties experienced in
Algeria might be traced to a very opposite system of
government." Then, let meask, is the act passed in 1850,
by which Christian converts are taken under protection
of the law, no evidence of progress in asserting the
prerogatives of a Christian government? What did Lord
Dalhousie state with reference to the conversion of
Maharajah Dhuleep Sing, in 1851 ? "Whether his
Highness's resolution to become a Christian has been the
natural result of the peculiar circumstances into which
the Maharajah's fate has thrown him, or whether the
grace of God has planted it at once in the heart of the
boy, I cannot in my conscience thwart it." Is it reason-
able to suppose that that distinguished statesman could
record his opinion in these terms, and still continue to
preside over a " half-infidel, half-atheist government?"
Thera is only one other despatch to which I will allude,
but it is a most important one, as showing the present
principles of the government of India—l mean the
despatch of the 18th July, 1854, on the subject of
education. I could quote many passages, but not to
occupy time I will simply state that it recognises "the
noble exertions of Christians of all denominations to
guide the natives of India in the way of religious truth,"
and directs the introduction of the grant in aid system
throughout India, by which the Government affords
liberal aid to all missionary schools which are willing to
accept it,lthereby directly promoting religious instruction
and Bible reading. This has been carried out, and a
more important step in advance it is impossible to
conceive. I have thus brought forward a few facts, to
show the principles which have been laid down by
the authorities at home, and acted upon by the
authorities abroad. It is a wide subject ; I have
merely touched upon it ; time would not permit more
at the present moment. I hope I have sail enough to
prove that there is another side of the question than that
which has generally been represented on platforms and
hustings. I hope the people of England will pause be-
fore they condemn their countrymen in India ; I hope
they will hear both sides, and look into the question
They are bound to do so, for, as I said before, the policy
of the East India Company is the policy of England ;
Parliament and the country are responsible for it. Party
spirit and faction may ring the changes on the double
government and the absence of responsibility ; but the
Minister of the Crown, the President of the Board of
tis own'oepartment. It is well known that the Court of
Directors can do nothing without the sanction and con-
currence of the Board of Control. Where, then, it will
be asked, is the use of the Court of Directors ? The
answer is that an independent body, which has the ini-
tiative in all business, and the right of discussion and
remon-t-ance, and which possesses local knowledge and
experience, must exercife a salutary influence, and prove
a wholesome check on the arbitrary will of the Minister
of the Crown. Further than this, a permanent body
exempt from political bias and party spirit preserves the
continuity of the system of government, which would
otherwise be liable to change with every changing
ministry. What did Mr. Fox say in days of old, "If
the dispenser of the plan of governing India has not a
greater stability in his situation than a British Ministry,
what hope is there of the affairs being administered with
advantage to the interests of India or to this country ?"
Did not a President of the Board of Control in more
recent times declare, on the occasion of the recall of
Lord Heytes bury, " that he thought it better that the
interests of India should suffer than that the minister of
the day should be defeated ?" It is this balance of power,
this system of check, analogous as it is to the three
estates of oar own constitution, which has induced our
wisest statesmen to preserve our present system. If the
period has arrived for re-modelling it, for introducing a
simpler form, let it be done with deliberation, after
due inquiry and investigation, not in the present state
of excited feeliwg at home and abroad, not tinder pretence
that after so many years of success it has proved a failure.
To listen to the opponents of the Company one would
imagine not a word had ever been spoken in favour of
the system of double government, in support of the ad-
ministration of the East India Company. I should like
to quote opinions on the opposite side, opinions recorded
by men like Mill and Macaulay, of world-wide fame,
and by eminent statesmen who long wielded the destinies
of the empire. I will not weary the court, but I hope
to be permitted to read the opinions of one of our
greatest men, who spoke from personal experience of
India and its government—l mean the Duke of Wel-
lington. This opinion was given in 1835 ; but if so
much could be said in praise of the Indian government
at that time by such a man, how much more could he
say now ? Though rather long, it seems to me peculiarly
apposite at the present moment. The duke says ; "I
will not follow the noble marquis who opened the debate
into the consideration of whether a chartered company
may be the best or not calculated to carry on the
government or the trade of an empire like India; that is
not the question to which I wish ever to apply myself.
But whenever I hear of such discussions as this, I recall
to my memory what I have seen ,in that country. I
recall to my memory the history of that country for the
last 50 or 60 years. I remember its days of misfortune
and its days of glory, and the situation in which it now
stand?. I remember that the Government have con-
ducted the affairs of, I will not pretend to say of how
many millions of people—they have been calculated at
70, 80, 90, 100 millions, but certainly of an immense ,
population—a population returning an annual revenue
of 20,000,0001. sterling, and that notwithstanding all
the wars in which the empire has been engaged, its debt
at this moment amounts only to 40,000,0001., being no
more than the amount of two years' revenue. Ido not
say that such a debt is desirable ; but at the same time
I contend that it is a delusion on the people of this
country to tell them that that is a body unfit fur govern
msnt and unfit for trade which has administered the affairs
of India with so much success for so manyyear oand which
is at length to be put down, for I can use no other term,
upon the ground that it is an institution calculated for
the purposes ncithtr of government nor trade." Such
was the deliberate opinion of the Duke of Wellington. I
think the East India Company may well be proud of
such testimony, and whatever the result of the ministe-
rial measure, I believe this opinion will be ratified by the
thoughtful and unprejudiced of this country, and all
other countries, and that when some future Macaulay
shall narrate the hi-tort' of those great colonies and de-
pendencies which have contributed so largely to the
wealth
and prosperity of the mother country, the pages
which tell of the rice and progress of our magnificent
Company
_emro.ire under the auspices of the East India
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THE NEW INSPECTOR OF TRA.INING IN
eTI.TdIITIONS
We understand teat Earl Granville, P:
Committee of Privy Council nn Education,
to appoint the Rev. Morgan Cowie, M.A., rector
Lawrence Jewry, Grediauu-street, City, and one of the
Minor Canons of St. Paul's Cathedra', to the office ofe
Inspector-General of Training Institutions, in succession
to the Rev. Frederick Temple, M.A., promoted to the
Head Mastership of Rugby School. Mr. Cowie, who
was formerly Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge,
.11,1 Senior Wrangler, of his year, and was fur some
time Principal of the College of Civil Engineers at
Putall, acted last year as Mathematical Examiner for
tae appointments to the East Indian Civil Service.

HER 'MAJESTY'S THEATRE.-EXTRA
PERFORMANCES, TUESDAY, 16th ;
THURSDAY, 2Sth ; and SATURDAY, 30th January, 1858.
On TUESDAY EVENING (Jan, 26),
LA SONNAMBULA.

Amina, Piccolomini ; Lisa, Sannier ; II Conte Rodolfo,
Belletti ; and Elvin°, Giuglim. '
Conductor, Signor Arditi.

The State Festival Decorations will be retained.
Prices :—Pit Stalls, 12s 6d; boxes (to hold four persons)
pit and one pair, 2/. 2s; grand tier, 3/. 3s ; two pair, 11. ss.
three pair, 154 ; gallery boxes, 10s ; gallery stalls, 3s 6d
pit, 3s 6d; gallery, 25.
Applications to be made at the Box-office of the Theatre.

HER MAJESTY'S THEATRE.—
Her MAJESTY the QUEEN has graci-
onsly signified her intention of HONOURING with her
PRESENCE a SERIES of FOUR FESTIVAL PERFORM-
ANCES, intended to be presented at the period of the ap-
proaching Nuptials of her Royal Highness the PRINCESS
ROYAL with his Royal Highness the Prince FREDERICK
WILLIAM of PRUSSIA.

The general arrangements are under the direction of Mr.
Mitchell, in co-operation with Mr. Lumley, and favoured by
the assistance of the following Managers of the Metropolitan
Theatres ; 1
Mr. Smith Theatre Royal, Drury-lane.
Mr. Buckstone Haymarket Theatre.
Mr. Webster Adelphi Theatre.
Mr. Harrison and Miss Pyne _Lyceum Theatre.
Mr. Robson and Mr. Emden Olympic Theatre.
Mr. Phelps Sadler's Wells Theatre.
The programme will comprise the following Entertain-
ments :

THIS EVENING, THURSDAY, January 21.
Balfe's New Opera,
-ME ROSE OF CASTILLE, _ _ _

By Miss Pyne, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Weiss, and the Operatic
Company of the Lyceum Theatre ; conductor
Mr. A. Mellon.
To conclude with BOOTS AT THE SWAN.

SATURDAY, January 23,
AN ITALIAN OPERA,
By Madlle. Piccolomini, Signor Ginglini, and the Principal
Artistes of Mr. Lumley's Theatre.
And a FESTIVAL CANTATA composed by
Mr. Howard Glover.
With a BALLET DIVERTISSEMENT.

Fourth Performance,
AN . ENGLISH COMEDY,

By Mr. Buckstone's Company of the Haymarket Theatre.
And an AFTERPIECE, in which Mr. Wright and Member
of the Adelphi Company will perform.

Admission to the pit (for which a limited
number of tickets will be issued 10s. 6d.
Gallery stalls (reserved and numbered) 6s. Od.
Gallery 3s. Od.
Applications for boxes, orchestra stalls, and tickets to
be made at the Box-office of the Theatre, and at Mr. Mitchell's
Royal Library, 33, Old Bond-street.

THEA TR E-R OYA L, DRURY-LANE.
Lessee, Mr. E. T. Smith.
THIS EVENING, will be performed HIS FIRST
CHAMPAGNE, in which Mr. Leigh Murray will perform.
After which, the new grand pantomime, LITTLE JACK
HORNER.
Commence at 7.

THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.
Lessee—Mr. J. B. Buckstone.

THIS EVENING, to commence at Seven o'clock. with
A CURE FOR THE HEARTACHE, in which Mr. Buck-
stone will appear.
After which, a new comic Christmas Pantomime, entitled
THE SLEEPING BEAUTY IN THE WOOD ; or, Harle-
quin and the Spiteful Fairy. Harlequin, Mr. A. Leclercq ;
Columbine, Miss Fanny Wright; Pantaloon, Mr. Mackay ;
lown, Mr. Charles Leclercq.
Orchestra Stalls (which may be retained the whole of the
evening) 6s. each. (No charge for booking.)
First Icice. s. d. Second price. s. d
Dress Boxes 5 0 Dress Boxes 3 6
Upper Boxes 3 0 Upper Boxes 2 0
Pit . .
Gallery

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE. The
Public are respectfully informed that Mr.
C. Kean, having been suddenly attacked by a sharp fit of
gout, is quite unable to appear this evening, the Tragedy
of HAMLET is unavoidably Postponed, and A MIDSUM-
MER-NIGHT'S DREAM substituted in its place, trusting to
their kind indulgence under an unforeseen difficulty.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.
Proprietor, Mr. Charles Kean.
THIS EVENING, will be performed Shakspere's Play of
A MIDSUMMER-NIGHT'S DREAM.
After which, a new grand comic Christmas Pantomime,
entitled HARLEQUIN WHITE CAT ; or, The Princess
Blanche Flower and her Fairy Godmothers. The Princess
Blanche (White Cat), Miss Kate Terry ; Harlequin, Mr. Cor-
mack ; Clown, Mr. Hulinc ; Pantaloon, Mr. Paulo ; and
Columbine, Miss C. Adams.

THEATRE ROYAL, AD EL PHI.
Lessee—Mr. Ben. Webster.

THIS EVENING, will be performed the new drama,
THE POOR STROLLERS, in which Madame Celeste, Mr.
B. Webster, Paul Bedford, and Mr. Wright will perform.
After which, a Mythological Extravaganza, entitled
HARLEQUIN, OR THE LOVES OF CUPID AND
PSYCHE. Jupiter, Mr. Paul Bedford ; Mars, Mr. Frank
Hall ; Venus, Mrs. Billington ; Cupid, Miss Marie Wilton ;
Psyche, Miss Mary Keeley.

ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE.—SoIe Lessee
and Manager, Mr. C. Dillon.—

TAM_ PITRNTNO_ will be nerformAd liont'anew
Charles Dillon, J. G. Shore ; Mesdames Charles Dillon and
Woolgar.

To conclude with the Burlesque and Pantomime, LALLAH
ROOKH, and the PRINCESS, the PERI, and the TROU-
BADOUR ; or, Harlequin and the Ghebers of the Desert.
Supported by Mesdames Charles Dillon, Buckingham White,
Eliza Webb, Maria Ternan, Esther Jacobs, and Woolgar ;
Messrs. Barrett, Calhaem, Holston, Poynter, and J. L.
Toole. Clowns, Messrs. T. Matthews and R. Stilt ;
Harlequin, Mr. J. Ricketts; Pantaloon, Mr. A. Stilt ; Sprites,
Herr Zeleski and Sons ; Columbines, Misses Malcolm and
Lees. Gorgeous Feast of Lanterns.—Fenton's Grand Trans-
formation Scene.

Doors open at half-past 6, to commence at 7.
Morning Performances on Saturday next, January 23, and
again on Monday, 25, to commence at half-past 2.
3ox•osice open from 11 to 5 daily.

LOYAL SURREY THEATRE.
Lessees, Messrs. Shepherd and Creswick.
THIS EVENING, will be performed PERILS BY LAND
AND WAVE,

After which, QUEEN MAB ; or Harlequin Romeo and
Julliet. Clown, by the Surrey Buck ; Pantaloon, Mr. Brad.
bury.

TRAND THEATRE.—Lessee, Mr. T. Payne.
—THIS EVENING, will be performed
HARLEQUIN NOVELTY AND THE PRINCESS WHO
LOST HER HEART. Harlequin, Miss Craven ; Columbine,
Deulin ; Sprite, Herr Kirt. The Lambert Family
and the Red Man of Agar in their wonderful performance,
&c.
Commence at Seven. Stalls, 3s. ; Boxes, 25.; Pit, ls.;
Gallery 6d.

CANTERBURY HALL, Westminster-road.—
OPEN EVERY EVENING,—The follow-
iv, company of Vocalists are engaged for the performance of
S elections from all the popular OPERAS, MADRIGALS,
CHORUSES, GLEES, DUETS, ike., viz. :—Miss Russell,
Mrs. Badzey, Madlle. Marietta, Miss Brunell, Miss Ray,
Madame Bartoletti, Miss Montague, and Madame Marietta ;
Herr F. Jonghmans, Mr. Henshaw, R. Grover, T. Farrant,
S. Jones, J. Barker, W. Melling, Senor Antonio, E. L.
lime, Mr. Badgey, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Bell, and Mr. Ber-
nard; Messrs. W. T. Critchfield and E. Mackaey. Piano.
forte, Mr. Cecil Hicks ; harmonium, Master Williams ;
Director, Herr F. Jonghmans. Commence at Seven o'clock
precisely. Suppers, dm., until twelve o'clock.
Mr. Auausrus BaAUAM will make his first appearance on
Monday, the 25th inst.

WEA.THER—Surr OFFICE, JANUARY 21.
IHERHOMETER, IN THE SHADE.
ill—highest since noon yesterday.
37—lowest this morning and during the night.
40 —this day at noon.
BAROMETER, 30.18—rising.
WIND, North-Easterly ; strong, with fine clear cold
weather, inclining to sharp frost.

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missness and indifference which constituted Mr.
VERN©N SMITH, the ruler of India, the represen-
tative of the Moguls—but which almost prevented
the formation Df a House when matters of
vital importance to the welfare and hap-
piness of one hundred and fifty millions of
our fellow-subjects were under discussion. The
failure of General WINDHAM, the only Guards-
man who has had the opportunity of
exhibiting his skill and strategy, has afforded
them a powerful argument in favour of the Anglo-
Indian system of promotion, and the appointment
of Lord GEORGE PAGET to the Inspector-General-
ship of Cavalry, on which we yesterday offered
some comments, came at a very opportune period
for their purposes. They certainly have been
enabled to make some political capital out of these
matters, and we shall readily concede the full
weight to which they are entitled therefor. Let
them be taken quantum vateant. Let the good
be examined as well as the bad, and a wisa and
statesman-like decision arrived at.

The East India Company will not fail to have
many advocates, who have no doubt adequate
motives for the support they may render.
But their best chance rests on public opinion,
which, if it can be made favourable, will carry
them through the crisis. Audi alterarn partern
is a sound principle, and we shall always be ready
to hear and bestow attentive consideration on
every point that may, or can be urged on their
behalf. But it is not the interests of a private
corporation that can counterbalance those of the
native population of that magnificent country, or
of the British people ! We do not ask what is
most acceptable to the Government, or to the Com-
pany, but what is best for the United Kingdom,
and for Rindostan. The question is one of para-
mount importance, and the answer must be given
with due deliberation.

The chief issue raised is, how can proper
responsibility best be established ! That is the
talismanic word. A divided allegiance is prover-
bially injurious. "No man can serve two
masters," and while there is a double Govern-
ment that difficulty must exist. That there must
be a change is manifest ; but what may be the
nature of the change is by no means so clear.
The Directors now challenge inquiry. That inquiry
should be granted, and should, as they ask, be ex-
tended to every branch of Indian administration.
But let not the investigation be secret, or made the
means for shelving the topic, until the public anxiety
is appeased, and apathy and indifference are sub-
stituted for zeal and energy. As the Company
declare, an immediate inquiry would be " more
thorough, and its results would carry much more
instruction to the minds of Parliament and the
country, than at any preceding period." The
object to be achieved is, as we have already
stated, that which will be most beneficial to Eng-
land and to India, and no subordinate interests
should be permitted to interfere with the attain-
ment of that great desideratum.

It is now ten days since the New Divorce Act
passed into law. Already we have received
abundant proofs of the necessity that existed for
some of its provisions. Of course it could not

have been anticipated, that any contested cases
could have been ready for hearing. But there
have been many instances in which deserted wives
have appealed, under perhaps the most beneficial
of its clauses, for protection for their persons and
earnings, against dissolde and careless husbands.
The magistrates should in every way give a libe-
ral interpretation to the statute. They should
give immediate protection, whenever a prima facie
case was established. By so doing, they can
at most inflict but a mere temporary inconvenience ;
while by refusing relief they may allow irrepar-
able mischief. Their orders are
win= can, and may be
set aside, whenever reasonable cause can be shown

to the contrary, or a fair explanation given of the
grounds of the alleged desertion, and the ungaes

ionable absence. Besides, be it remembered that

the protection can only be afforded to after acquired
property, or, what is more to the point, a woman's
own earnings, the fruits of her own talent and
industry.

How many women are there able and willing to
work, not only for their own support, but for that
of their children ? Nay more, who could obtain
pecuniary assistance from friends or relatives but
for the possibility of profligate husbands stepping
in and directing the profits of their toil to
vicious habits and pursuits. In fact, the
main fault of the act is, as weexplained when it was
under discussion, that it does not go far enough
in favour of the gentle sex. They were framed
to be the helpmates and partners—not the slaves
or servants of stern masters. Why should they
not be entitled to retain p issession of alt that
was their own
—whether they became en-
titled to it before or after the separation ?
We believe that few really good husbands--
few that have truly and faithfully discharged
thhoeur—oblihgaatvieonshatdhey contractedbad wives. sat the nuptial
There
are,
of course, exceptions to every general rule, and
there may be women to whom the chief errors
that created unhappy homes should be attributed.
Bub, as we have stated, the best chance of avoid-
ing unfortunate differences will be afforded by
making both parties comparatively independent.
Women, God bless them, are always ready to for-
give offences. It is, generally speaking, the man's
fault ; if it should not be so, and that the wife
were also particeps criminis, she should, at all
events, be enabled to do the best she could for
the future, not being hampered or restrained by
undue liabilities. Whatever may be said against
her want of discretion or judgment, why should
she not be a free agent, until some act of crimi-
nality could be proved, that would alter the
mutual relations between husband and wife, or,
according to the antiquated legal phraseology,
Baron and Femme, the mere terms whereof
implied degradation. We should have nothing
of the kind in the latter half of the 19th century.
Our object, however, under the existing law) is
merely to urge on magistrates the propriety and
justice of taking a liberal and enlightened view of
its valuable provisions, and not to permit its
beneficial aims to be frittered away by doubts or
difficulties that will not bear the test of strict in-
vestigation. The great point to be considered is
that granting the order, oven on an ex parte state-
ment, can do no mischief. Refusing it may do a
great deal.

GRAND REVIEW AT WOOLWICH,

(THIS DAY.)
A grand review of the troops took place to-day on
Woolwich Common, at which the whole of the dis-
tinguished foreign personages now on a visit to her
Majesty were present. s

Shortly after eleven o'clock the Royal party, ac-
companied by his Royal Highness the Duke of
Cambridge and Lord Panmure, arrived at the Ar-
senal for the purpose of inspecting the mechanical
wonders of the establishment prior to the review
commencing.

The illustrious visitors inspected the carriage
department, and were much astonished at the ra-
pidity with which a wheel was cut from the rough
timber, and completely finished. Ti e time occu-
pied being but a few minutes. _ _

In the— gun department the whole process of
casting was exhibited, and elicited much wonder-
ment and surprise. The steam hammer by
Nasmyth excited the greatest interest. Several
proofs of the capabilities of the machine were given,
in order to show the great nicety with which the
ponderous mass can be regulated.
The inspection of the arsenal having been con-
cluded, the distinguished par ty took their depar-
ture for the Common, and on arriving on the ground
they were received with the usual military honours.
The troops were drawn up at half-past 1 p.m., and
the ground was pointed out in the following order :
—First line—A regiment of Life Guards and three
battalions of Foot Guards ; second line, the 11th
Hussars, the 15th Foot, the East Kent Militia,
and the Royal Marines. The Royal Horse Ar-
tillery was stationed on the right, and at right
angles with the first line, and the two field
batteries on the left, at right angles with the first
line. The whole force was commanded by Lieut.-
General Sir J. F. Love. Majer-General Lawren-
son commanded the cavalry brigade ; Major-
General Lord Rokeby the brigade of the Guards ;
and Major-General Sir W. F. Williams the
Infantry. The Royal Horse Artillery and the field
batteries were under the command of their respec-
tive officers. The troops appeared in marching
order.

The review commenced and consisted of a num-
ber of evolutions, slow and quick, marching
salutes, charges, &c., &o. all of which, it is need-
less to say, were gone through in first-rate style,
and elicited the highest encomiums from the dis-
tinguished spectators.

At the conclusion of the review 1,500 of the troops
dined together at the Royal Military Repository.

COURT CIRCULAR.

THE STATE BALL.

His Majesty the King of the Belgians and the Duke
of Brabant, attended by Col. Count de Moerkerke, went
yesterday to Claremont.

The Prince Consort, the Prince of Prussia, the Princes
Albert, Frederick Charles, Frederick Albert and Adal-
bert of Prussia, the Cuunt of Flanders, the Duke of
Saxe-Coburg, Prince William of Baden, and Prince
Julius of Holstein Glucksburg, left Buckingham Palace
at half-past 9 o'clock yesterday morning for Windsor.
The royal party went out shooting, and returned to
town in the afternoon.

The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg, the Prince of Wales,
and Prince Alfred, attended by the Baroness de Wan-
genheim, Baron Treskow, Col. the Hon. N. Wood, Mr.
Gibbs, and Lieut. Cowell, visited the Crystal Palace at
Sydenham.

Her Majesty the Queen took a drive in the afternoon
in a carriage and four, accompanied by the Princess
Royal, the Princess Alice, and the Princess of Prussia.
The Equerries in Waiting attended on horseback.
The Queen gave last evening a state ball, to which a
party of about 1,100 had the honour of being invited.
Tee guests comprised the foreign princes and princesses
on a visit to the Queen, the royal family, the diplomatic
corps, the ministers and officers of sta.,e with their wives
and daughters, the ladies and gentlemen of the royal
household, and a large party of the nobility and gentry.
The Ball and Concert Room, the Promenade Gallery,
the Approach Gallery, the Dinner Room, Yellow Draw-
ing Room, the Saloon, White Drawing Room, Picture
Gallery, and Green Drawing Room, were opened for
this reception.
The royal family, upon their arrival, were ushered to
the White Drawing Room, where the Queen received
her illustrious visitors. Htr Majesty and the Prince
Consort were accompanied by the Princess Royal, the
King of the Belgians, the Prince and Princess of Prus-
sia, the Duke of Brabant, the Count of Flanders, Prince
Frederick Albert, and Prince Adalbert of Prussia, Prince
William of Baden, and the Duke and Duchess of Saxe
Coburg, the Prince of Leiningen, the Prince of Hohen-
zollern Sigmaringen.
A party of the Yeomen of the Guard was on duty in
the grand hall and staircase, under the command of
Capt. Sir John Kincaid, the Exon in Waiting. Sir Geo.
Houlton, the ensign, and Col. Fitzmaurice, the adjutant
of the corps, were also present.
A detachment of the Foot Guards, with the band of
the regiment, mounted in the quadrangle of the palace.
The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh arrived early at Buck-
ingham Palace.
LuTD LIP oitrqTaekii OtWutke Pry ”,,Mary, and.
o'clock. Soon after the arrival of their Royal Highnesses,
the Queen, the King of the Belgians, and the whole of
the royal party, left the White Drawing-room, and
were conducted by the Marquis of Brea4albane, Lord
Chamberlain, to the ball and concert room.

The Ladies in Waiting and the general company
followed her Majesty and the illustrious circle.
The Queen wore a dress of white tulle over white
glace silk, the upper skirt figured tulle trimmed with
blonde. The dress trimmed with large heartsease
ornamented with diamonds. The Queen's head-dress
was formed of a wreath of heartsease, and ornamented
with diamonds to correspond with the dress.
The Princess Royal wore a dress of India muslin,
white spotted with guld,looped np with bouquets of white
roses and variegated leaves. The Princess wore round
her head a wreath of the same flowers and leaves. The
ornaments were diamonds.
The Princess of Prussia wore a dress of white satin
trimmed with puffins of tulle and silver lace, and
bouquets of bright-ooloured flowers. Her Royal
Highness's head dress was composed of velvet with
diamonds and flowers to match the dress. A diamond
and emerald necklace.

r The Duchess of Cambridge wore a white ilk dreso,
ichly trimmed with white lace and bouiilonnees of
ulle. Her Royal Highness's head-dress was formed of
a diamond tiara and lilac featherP. A diamond and
emerald necklace and stomacher to match.

The Princess Mary of Cambridge wore a dress with
bouffants of tulle over white silk, trimmed with blonde
and white satin ribbon, ornamented with bunches of
lilies of the valley and grass, with rich fringe lilies of
the valley and grass on the upper skirt. The stomacher,
diamonds and emeralds. The Princess wore a rosette of
green velvet with diamond or❑aments on one side of her
bead, and lilies of the valley on the other side ; an ewe.
raid necklace.
The Duchess of Saxe-Coburg wore a dress of white
tulle trimmed with silver fri❑ge and ornamented with
bouquets of blue flowers. Her Royal Highness wore
round her head a wreath of blue flowers studded with
diamonds.

The Princes of Prussia appeared in uniforms of dark
blue, with silver appointments, and wore the ensigns of
the Order of the Black Eagle of Prussia. The Duke of
Saxc-Coburg was habited iu toe uniform of the Prussian
Cuirassiere.
Weippert'i quadrille band, consisting of 36 artistes,
was stati, nel in the orchetstra of the boll and concert
room, and after the entrance of the Que3n and the
formation of a quadrille commenced playing "The Rose
of Castil,e" (Callcott).
A waltz, composed expressly for this occasion by Mr.
Weippert, " The Frederick William," was after a'ards
played, and also a quadrille, "The Rose of England "
(Browns-).
The following music was also played :---
QUADRILLES.

Wedding
Linda
Venice D'Albert

JANUARY 21, 18Ng.

Effendi.

LATEST NEWS.

VIENNA, WEDNESDAY.

The dissolution of the Divans is decreed. The

firman which pronounces their dissolution is in
the hands of the Turkish Commissioner, Safet

A despatch from Amsterdam announces that
the Bank of Holland has lowered its rate of dis.

count 1 per cent. on bank bills, and i per cent.

on commercial paper.

FRANCE.

PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.

A very numerous meeting was held Iles afterncon
at Meurice's Hotel, to take into consideration the
propriety of presenting an address to the Emperor
of the French on his recent escape from assassina-
tion. Lord Gray of Gray was called to the chair.
Lord Gray read an address which had been drawn
up, and which he recommended the meeting, to adopt.
Sir H. Hoare, Bart., proposed the first resolu-
tion. He expressed his great disgust, which he said
he was sure was shared by the whole meeting, at
the diabolical attempt to assassinate the Emperor
and Empress, and he declared that Englishmen
had a peculiar horror of assassination. The crime
was, perhaps, more odious in their eyes than in
those of any other nation. (Cheers.) He proposed
the resolution :—" That this meeting have seen wi h
the deepest rejoicing the failure, by the mercy of
Divine Providence, of the late iniquitous attempt
on the lives of their Majesties the Einperor and
Empress of the French." Mr. Newton Scott
having seconded the resolution, it was put from
the chair and carried unanimously. Lord Rollo
then proposed, and Dr. Gunning seconded, the
next resolution, which was as follows :—" That
his Majesty be requested to receive a deputation,
for the purpose of conveying to his Majesty the
expression of these feelings." Captain Pierse, R.N ,
proposed, and Mr. Carter seconde,i, the next re-
solution :—" That an address, framed in accord-
ance with the above resolutions, be agreed to, and
that a deputation be named to present the same to
his Majesty in the event of his Majesty consent-
ing to receive the same." Sir R. Dallas, in an
eloquent speech, suggested that the address ought
to contain Rome reference to the observations re:
specting England, which had been made by the
Presidents of the Senate, the Legislative body,
and the Council of State, when they went up to
the Emperor with addresses of congratulation,
and he proposed an address in accordance with
his views. Lord Gray remarked that it would
be desirable to avoid any political allusions in the
address ; and sir H. Hoare expressed the same
opinion. A discussion then ensued, and eventu-
ally Mr. H. Cridland proposed, and Captain Lynch
seconded, a formal resolution to the effect that
nothing of a political character should appear in
the address, but that it should be confined excht-
sively to congratulating the Emperor. Tins rest).
lution met the approbation of the meeting, and.
Sir R. Dallas withdrew his motion. Mr. Kirk-
patrick then suggested that instead of the word
Englishmen" in the address, the designation
" British subjects" should be inserted. This was
agreed to. Mr. Newton Scott proposed an amend-
ment, denouncing the refugees for abusing the
hospitality of England, and declaring that the people
of England would support the Government in any
measures respecting refugees it might think fit to
propose ; but, in compliance wit a the general opi-
nion of the meeting, he withdrew it. The address
was then put, and was adopted unanimously with
enthusiastic acclamation. It is as follows :
" We, the undersigned British subject residing
in Paris, are desirous of conveying to your Ma-
jesty the expression of our sincere congratulations,
and of our deep and heartfelt joy at the failure, by
the blessing of Almighty God, of the diabolical
attempt on your Majesty's life and that of the
Empress.
"While rejoicing, Sire, in common with the
whole of Europe, that, by the mercy of Divine
Providence, your Majesty has been spared for the
glory of France and the welfare of the civilised
world, we, as British subjects, entertain even a
deeper feeling of thankfulness foi the preservation
of the warm and constant ally of our beloved
Sovereign.
" We beg to assure ycur Majesty of our earnest
prayers for the health and happiness of your Ma-
jt sty and of your Imperial Consort, and that your
Majesty may long continue to preside over the
destinies of this great country, with the best and
highest interests of which the name of Napoleon
111. has become indissolubly connected."

The following gentlemen were then appointed a
dAnnt4tion to carry up the
peror Limy or urray, Lord Rollo, Sir R.
Dallas, Bart., Sir S. Northcote, Captain Pierse,
R.N., the O'Gorman Mahon, D. L., Major-General
Waters, Lieutenant-Colonel Cooper, Sir J. 011iffe,
Bishop Spencer, Capt. Murray, Hon. G. Barring-
ton, Rev. Armstrong, Mr. Kirkpatrick, Dr.
Gunning, and Mr. Augustus Goldstnid, Sec.
It is stated as positive that a communication has
been made by the French Minister in London to
the English Government demanding the expulsion
from England of five political refugees—one or
two Italian, and the others Frenob. I cannot say
wheth, r positive proof has been obtained connecting
those persons with the late attempt on the Emperor.
The editor of the Estafette was sentenced to-day
to imprisonment for two months and to pay a fine
of 500 f., for having published an article described
as "insulting to religion and public morality."
There is little doubt that the Estafette will share
the fate of the Spectateur, and be suppressed.
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which appeared to bo extremely heavy, could be got
out of the hearse, and, when it was disengaged, the
tipper (head) part of it struck the bier with such
violence that persons who were 100 yards distant
distinctly heard the sound produced by the
shock. The hearse was followed by 80 or 90
Generals, and they by 500 or 600 officers of
all arms. While the coffin was being carried
into the church all these officers were assembled
on the place in front of the cathedral, and
such a vast assemblage of plumes and feathers has
rarely, if ever, been seen at one and the same time.
Among the eneral-officers were the Marshal Arch-
duke John, the Archduke Francis Charles (father of
the pi esentEmperer),tlie Ay Old like Ludvrig (brother
of the late Emperor Francis), Marshal Prince Win-
dichgratz, Lieut.-General von Rabenhorst, the
Sax al Minister of War, Lieutenant-General von
Hohenhauseu, the Commander of the Second Divi-
sion of the Blvariate army, and many other
distinguished foreigners. As soon as the corpse
of the deceased Marshal had been taken into
the Cathedral, where it did not remain more
than three or four minutes, the Emperor put him-
self at the head of the troops which were drawn 'up
in the Rothenlhurm-Strasse, and when the coffin
had been replaced in the hearse the procession
moved towards the suburb Jagerzeile, at the end
of which is the terminus of the Northern Rail-
road, by which the body is to go to Stockheran,
the nearest station to Wetzdorf. To the aides
of the rich velvet pall with which the coffin
was covered were a tached the numerous stars
and crosses that formerly ornamented the breast of
Rade zky, and on the top of the coffin lay his mar-
shal's staff, sword, sash, and hat. The chief
mourners were Count Theodore Radetzky and
Baron Wenkheim, his brother-in-law. In accord-
ance with th 3 wish of the Emperor Alexander 11.,
the sword which his father gave Radetzky will be
laid it. the grave with him.

The windows of some of the houses opposite the
principal entrance to the Cathedral were hung with
black c!oth by their owners. Since the death and
burial of the Archduke Charles, in 1847, there has
been no such pompous funeral ceremony in Austria
as that which has to-day been performed in this
city.