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oilman in a foreign land
' of the authorities, to greet
freest nation in the world Let us pass by that
representatives
'nide and affection ?
and much else, and watch tl procession. Behind
the English comes another ba alion of the National
Guard, bearing the gloroga ban er of Old England
palace, and then
circle round the Great Square, amid the s
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upon it
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tn with
front
houts of
tens of thousands of the people, and then: form in
of the
lish. Look round on the scene. How gay, striking,
and impressive ! Sullen and gloomy looks the Royal
1-?
columns, the National Guards parallel with tht,' ,ng-
Palace behind ; the palaces on either side are well I
filled with people; just in front are the equestrian
statues of the Bourbons covered up with sheets, and
the long legs of one of them peep out, as if threaten-
ing to kick us all over if he could. After a few
minutes' pause all are in movement again toweids
the Toledo, where every window is decorated with a
flag, and the spectacle is as grand and brilliant as
it can well be imagined. There is a sea of human
heads, and, moving backwards and forwards as they
do continually, they remind one of the " pecove,"
as they call them here, on the agitated surface of
the Mediterranean. In some windows flowers and
evergreens are showered down ; " Vivas" are
shouted and handkerchiefs are waved from all.
Some dirty young gamins were calling out, " Viva
nostri fratelli i Inglesi !" It is always pleasant
to find relatives turn up unexpectedly in a
foreign land, especially if they do not make exorbi-
tant demands upon the pocket; but as I looked upon
our new connexions I felt that, except on the most
Christian principle, I should be indisposed to ac-
knowledge the relationship. Still the gamins
shouted " Viva i nostri fratelli!" Were Ito write
a ream, I could only repeat what I have already
said—it was a brilliant spectacle; it was a kind and
courteous reception on the part of the Neapolitans,
who are as kind-hearted a people as any on earth,
and who are what they are, not because they have
not all the elements of good within them, but be-
cause the image of God within them has been de-
faced by brutal rulers, and yet more by an igno-
rant, superstitious, abandoned, and self-seeking
priesthood. I could note many incidents of interest,
—how a jolly monk headed one procession with a
flag over his shoulder; how a woman headed ano-
ther ; how a fine looking British officer had been
laid hold of by the beard by an elderly lady—it was
a pity that she was not young—and kissed. But
here we are at the gates" of the temporary barrack
of the legion. The National Guard file off and our
countrymen enter amid the last shouts of the
crowd. I thought at times the demonstation might
have been warmer, but half the houses are unoccu-
pied and the people out of town; the doubtful
weather kept many away, and especially the ladies,
who would not dare to wet the soles of their feet;
and there is a strong reactionary feeling and much
timidity. At the back of the building is a large
yard, where the battalion was formed, and cheers
were given for Major Styles, who is a great fa-
vourite with the men. The band of the National
Guard arrived and played " God save the Queen"
in good style, and we did the lady of our land the
honours due to her, and then the hymn to Gari-
baldi, the glorious Garibaldi, was played. Ven-
ders of every kind of eatables crept in and plied
their frauds most busily, until the appearance of
the police, who were most courteous and attentive
in appointing persons to regulate the prices and
guard the pockets of the men. All seemed to be
delighted with the day, in good spirits, and
longing to be sent to the front. " Three cheers
for old England !" they shouted over and over
again as they marched along, and it was plea-
sant for one who yearns after his country to hear
them joining in chorus as they walked through the
city, and winding up with the burden of " Merry
Old England." I have fault to find again with the
arrangements, or non-arrangements. Until the last
moment of their entering the barracks nothing in
the shape of dinner had been ordered for the officers,
and it was only by special exertion that rations
had been sent up for the men ; but everything is
in disorder.
,Later in the day there was almost a
refusal to march forwards unless Major Styles was
liberated, so that Colonel Peard was compelled to
enter into some explanations in order to restore
order, Of course, I do not doubt the honourable
and good intentions of those who have the direction
of this unpleasant incident, but I still think that
there has been much precipitation and imprudence.

TILE SECRETARY SIIIP FOR TILE

TREASURY.

(From the Times.)

By the appointment of Mr. Laing to the situation
of Fourth Legislative Councillor in India a vacancy
has been created in the very important office of
the Secretary for the Treasury, and an opportu-
nity is offered, of which we gladly avail ourselves,
of calling public attention to the state of this de-
partment of the Government. The first and most
important duty of the Treasury is to check expen-
diture. Without its consent no other department
is allowed to put its hand into the public purse.
It stands guardian over the national income, and
not only will not permit money to be spent that
has not been voted, but will not allow money to
be asked for which in its opinion is not required.
The absence of this central check is, perhaps, the
greatest defect in the whole miserable system of
Indian finance ; its presence has done far more
than the supervision of the House of Commons—
which is more apparent than real, and has a far
greater political than financial significance—to
keep our revenue on a level with the calls upon it.
It might be expected that a department to which
are intrusted functions so varied and so pervading
—which has, by its control over the purse, the
means of directing, to a great extent, the opera-
tions of all other departments—which stands, in
fact, towards them much in the same relation in
which the House of Commons itself stands to the
other parts of the Government—should itself be a
model of perfect organisation, and of a complete
and accurate distribution of its business among
those who are to transact it. No expectation was
ever more fallacious. If we wanted an instance
of the usual makeshift way in which we manage
things in England—of a more than ordinary con-
tempt of everything like a scientific and logicalte
arrangement,—we should easily finditin
n of ha
Treasury. The department properly consiststse the
Board of Lords and a Secretary.
First Lord, being PrimelMinister,
detailsn of
to occupy his attention beyond
thlittle to do with
ex-
penditure, and has, in fact, very
have no duties
the department. The other Lords
as heasOfther things
defined by Mr.
at all, their vocation being,
House, to keep a House, and
Canning, to make a
cheer the Minister, series of gradual en-
croachments,in whose hands, by longHThoe—reeremains the Secretary,
o
hale business of the office is
the
office, is not allowed to exercise
superior in his. own office,
control. The head of what is
vested. But even he, though having practically no
the Chancellor of the Ex-
witheo_c
office the
over the Secretary of the
his powers
thatas h s somehow slipped through
of my Lords,_ so that the whole thing may
crehaalcilyueramther
Treasury which a the
bfieng:irims
med up by saying
,thwho
is in his turn
that the Treasury is
eaSdecorfeatnaroyther
department. The
practically what might be apprehended.
governedgoverned
by h by teh he
The secretary is emancipated from the control of
one superior without being fully submitted to the
effect is
control of another, and thus enjoys
a degree of
power and importancequite •
incommensurate with
the nominal importance of his place.
Besides these obvious faults of
organization, the
Treasury has yet a • more serious fault in the func-
tions which it ex • ercises. The Treasury is, as we
have shown, the department which controls the ex-
penditure of other departments, and it is therefore
quite clear that it ought to have nothing to do
with originating expenditure itself. If no other
department is to be entrusted with its own expen-
diture without a check, this must be the case with
the Treasury itself. The eye can see everything
but itself, and the Treasury may cheek every one
else except—the Treasury. Yet we have had re-
peated instances of late years of the Treasury, in
the case of contracts, guarantees, and even original
expenditure, imposing burdens on the country.
The natural result has followed. These opera-
tions, being conducted by a single department,
have in many cues excited the Auspicion °
o '

.111,6 public, and have by no means been re;
garded with that implicit confidence with which.
we are accustomed to look upon the pecuniary pro-
beedings of Government. The inference from all,
this is that the department should be recast, and
its functions carefully reconsidered. Of this,
however, we see little prospect. Those who take
upon themselves the necessary and honourable
office of correctors of abuses devote their attention_
to other and less useful objects. A reform of this
kind will hardly come from within, nor from with-,
out, unless some popularity were to be gained by,it,
of which there is, of course, no chance. In thee
meantime, then, the best thing that can be done is
to select for the arduous and responsible office or
Secretary of the Treasury a person whose political.
and official antecedents are more commensurate
to its real importance than to its nominal, rank;
who will not only be a vigilant guardian of the
revenue, but will keep clear of the questionable
practice of originating expenditure in a department
formed expressly to check it, and who may be a safe
adviser and efficient representative of the Chancellor
of the Exchequer in all matters into which he can-
not or will net inquire himself.
Such a person we do not doubt that the Go-
vernment of Lord Palmerston has secured in.
Mr. Frederick Peel. He is a man .of indepen-
dent character and independent, means. We
look to him for the dixch urge of duties which
are among the most useful,. if among the least
ostentatious, that can devolve on a public man.
We do not doubt !that we shall find in him a
faithful guardian of the public purse, and a sturdy
and immovable opponent of anything which has
the least tincture or semblance of a job. We ex-
peet to have no more of improvident contracts and
reckless guarantees, no more rumouts of useful
information conveniently leaking out, no more of
those vehement assaults on the public purse' which
have come from the very quarter from whSeh it
ought to look for protection. But we expect even.
more than this. The duty of the Treasury is yet
only to check expenditure, but to revise taxation-.
We are not fortunate at this moment in the hands
upon which that duty has devolved. From Mr..
Gladstone's own extraordinary and inexcusable im-
prudence, and not from any captiousness on the
part of the Parliament or people of this country,
has it come to pass that every step which he takes
is regarded with the deepest suspicion, and that
there is a general opinion abroad that our interests
are safer in any hands than his. We rely upon
Mr. F. Peel to offer a steady opposition to the sub-
versive tendencies of his chief. We are weary of
glitter and brilliancy ; we sigh for a little prudence
and solidity. We want as a coadjutor to - Mr.
Gladstone some one who will be satisfied with
change a little short of revolutionary, some one
who will throw his whole weight into the scale to
preserve the equilibrium between direct and indi-
rect taxation. Such a man we believe we have in.
Mr. F. Peel. He has an opportunity of doing
great public service, and of founding a reputation
which shall stand him in good stead in the political
changes of coming years. A better choice could
not have been made.

FATAL ACCIDENT ON TBB BAIL Trit Y

WORKS NEAR DO PER.

On Tuesday afternoon, at a little after one o'clock,
as the navvies engaged in making the line to Dover
were at work at a bridge at Temple Ewell, the
whole structure suddenly gave way with a terrific
crash. Three men were at work under it at the
time, and they were all buried under the ruins.
Immediate efforts were made for the recovery of
the bodies, but it was not until two hours had
elapsed that they were dug out. Quite dead, we
need not say, they were; and two of them had sus-
tained the most dreadful injuries, their faces being
so bruised that they were unrecognisable. Their
names were Henry Jackson, George Hammond,
and - Rumle. They were at once removed to
the George and Dragon, Ewell, and information.
was conveyed to the coroner for East Kent, Mr.
T. T. Delasaux.
The inquest was held by Mr. Delasaux, at the
George and Dragon, at a little after one yesterday
(Wednesday) afternoon. Mr. Potter was named
foreman. The jury first viewed the bodies of the
unfortunate men, and afterwards went to the scene
of the accident. Previously the coroner bad in a fey
appropriate observations explained to them that,
though the accident had resulted in the death of
three persons, yet the jury might confine their at-
tention to the case of Henry Jackson, because it was
presumed that the same cause which produced his
death produced also that of the other two. He felt
it necessary to request the jury to visit the scene
of the casualty, because they would not otherwise
have a clear idea of all the circumstances attend-

ing it.
After their return the following witnesses w,c:re
called :
Thomas Russell—l come from Worcestershirer
and am engaged on the railway works at Ewell, as
labourer. I have seen the body of the deceased,
and I identify it as that of Henry Jackson, my
half-brother. I cannot say anything as to the cause
of death. I had left the cutting about six minutes
before the bridge fell. For the last week I have,
been working under or near it. The deceased has
been also so employed. I was working all yester-
day with the deceased. I heard the bridge fall just
as I had got out of the cutting. I ran back at once.
I am employed by Mr. Packson ; but I do not
think he is the contractor for the erection of the
bridge. I have seen the bricks as they now lie.
Most of them seem as clean of mortar as ever
they were. Some have a little mortar ; but
many, I should think, can never have had.
a particle of mortar on them. I cannot say
whether the bridge was properly built. I
have seen many buildings pulled down, and.
the bricks in these cases have always had. a
great deal of mortar sticking to them—very differ-
ent to the bricks of this bridge. I was present when
my brother was dug out. I did not assist the work-
men. He was quite dead. His body was much
injured.
The Coroner asked Mr. Macdonald (Mr. Cramp-
ton's agent) who was responsible for the building
of the bridge ?
Mr. Macdonald—Messrs. Hawley, of Dover. I
think they had the sub-contract for its erection, and
they did not sub-let it to any one.
Mr. Delasaux—The bridge must be rebuilt.
Who will rebuild it ?
Mr. Mills, the resident engineer of the company
—Mr. Crampton, I should think. He is responsible
to the company, and Messrs. Hawley to him. I
understand that Messrs. Hawley undertook it them-
selves, and did not sub-let it. They
foreman to superintend the works.
e coroner,
appointed a
Mr. Hawley, at the suggestion of tb ,_
was sent for, and remained in the room during "A`
rest of the inquiry. said.
Mr. Macdonald, in answer to the coroner
that he had the contracts between the com any ,
and.
c mp
him
on and.
Mr. Crampton, and between g t
Messrs. Hawley; but he had notgro' them with
then. be produced and no
The Coroner said they must ,
further evidence could be taken, as he should have
It was a very important
public interests, as
to adjourn the inq __.
one, and intimately acted the•
well as the safety of the otherlabourers. It would,
he thought, be necessary to have a professional.
opinion as to the erection of the bridge, and whether
the
propel materials had been used, and in the
proper way. He should . therefore propose an.
adjournment.
After a little discussion, the inquest was ad-
journed till next Tuesday morning
at 11 o'clock.