The Express. — London, England, 1851-08-28 00:00:00

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And the proximity of the crowning work of the wondrous labours of the great engineer could not fail to act ass constant spur to enthusiasm if it were at any moment in danger of flagging, The boldness of conception, the nicety of adaptation, the skill to plan lona unflagging steadiness to execute, evinced in t i n' tubular iron bridging of the Menai Strait can not hut he a constant source of honourable compla cent reflection for hint who achieved it ; and the fes tival at which so many of the most distinguished of the land assembled to express their sense of his me rits, while it must have warmed and heightened this selhgnetulation is admitted on all hands to be a tri bute rio hie deserved. Oil such an occasion it is not easy to separate the son from the memory of the father. With some charac teristic dilferenees the two men have much in com mon. In their professional careers, ton, they have been ammoniated with a rare closeness of intimacy. Bouvier Sreetivesoe participated in the earliest experiments and efforts of his father in the adapta tion of steam locomotion to railways; in the pro gress of that wonderful invention lie was his confi dential counsellor; since his lamented death he has with mediated energy held on in the career of its improvement. 'Dien: Wan exquisite moral beauty in the unity of purpose with which father and son co operated during the life of the former, and with which the plume of the father have been matured and carried on by his worthy pupil and successor. We have no hesitation in designating GEtIRGE Srteitt.csost the inventor of the. modern swam ies 11111 l tive railway. The combination of the motive poserof steutn with the rail's minimising of friction, to teselerate and economise the carriage of goods and igisscligers, was a problem that had engaged the at tention' of others before him. All honour to their ingenious efforts; their very failures doubtless tended to harrow the field of conjecture; but he was the nem who solved it. Before the Liverpool and Man e:hest, r Railway was carried over Clint Moss, before the hbc ket was made to dart along it, the whole de tails of railway road structure, and of the engines that were to drive over them, were visibly and tan gibly pnsent to the prophetic imuginatiun of Giionfir. Sri eill.ssox. His descriptions to parliamentary couuuit i s'. of what he could do, before Is3o, may be taken now as accurate and graphic descriptions of what he and citlwrs have since done. This presciemm was the result of a rare genius for inventive experi ment, united to intimate familiarity with the practi cal working of the...temente he combined. Iffanai;f: SrErittssos was a self-taught genius; his intellect had all the robustness, and in some re elects the au kwardneivi which is the result of self training. this son lie took care should enjoy the ail' alitagi sof education. Vet the inert:wail elegance of to molestation which has been the result has in no way. alxited the stn.ligth inherited front the parent. The ...ugliness of purpase, the sterling honesty, the a irtielteauted ottani to friends, the unostenta tious energy which accomplishes in silence some Ilereuleatt task while others arc talking about it, whirls marked the father Its superior to common men. survite in the sin. 'llie life and actions of the boll are nimplententary to those of the father; the bistoory of the one is incomplete unless blended with that of the other. tirEriii.ssos was one of Nature's noblemen; and the position achieved by his sot shows that there is such a thing in nature• as hereditary nobility. Tlw civil and social slates at tained by Itiomar STEritExsos, taken in conjunction with the early history of his father, is a symptom of the healthy and natural state of society in this country, of which, as a 11.120111 e. We have rewent to he 'They have risen honourably by genius, toil, and parscteiane. The tine has arrived when the railway system con teemed apart from the chicanery. the mania, mid to which it at one time gave occasion in so ucun ill-regulated minds. The revolution it has al ready i trilled in the industrial and social relations of this and every civilised country is amazing; hut it is a s nothing to the greater revolutions, which, in cont inuation with other invent' it seems destined to , necompl isle. 'flit' construction areaways hies opened a new field of rentunerutiee industry--loth fur head and hand lalsairers - in what seem:dun over-peopled Railway- pniperty is II great and substan tial :Add' to the national wealth. The discipline and regularity required fur the safe working of • railway afford a permanent school of nioral training tor a numerous class of our skilled artisans. Without the aid of the railway it may be doubted whether lloowt.‘Nll 1111.1:S postal ameliorations could have made such progress as they have. Distant friends and relations are brought into close jx-rsonal contiguity by the railway; and the addition of the electric telegraph seems almost to annihilate the har riers interim'' by space between mind and mind. Even though Houma SrEctir.xsost had never ex isted, mechanical invention had advanced so far that his in...lithe' would doubtless have been hit upon liv snot• other person, but he was honoured by l'reni &nee to be chosen as the instrument to effect it. And of his already numerous and meritorious successors, his son still continues the must distinguished, no one ap proaching hint in originality of design and boldness caoiception, except perha . ps Mr. BRI:NEL. We cannot quit this subject without adverting to a project which at one time appeared to be in a fair way of being realised, but which has been unaccountably desisted from. GEORGE SrEritEssoN died on the 12th of .kugust, ISIS, and only four days later, 1/r. IlVek- Lvs it, under the impression that a memorial would, as a matter of course, be erected to his memory, spontaneously offered his consent to its being placed I: in Westminster Abbey : Here the matter rested, notwithstanding the private efforts of many admirers of the de-es-tsed, till January, IKel, when, at the an nual meeting of the Meelianical Engineers of Bir mingham, a committee was appointed to take to pay some lasting tribute to the memory of Ovoltee Sretomesoe. The committee requested Mr. (Ave to become treasurer to the funds sub scribed fur the memorial; and there is now on our table a printed list (dated in December, 1830) of subscriptions to "the Gynacit STEPRENAON Monu ment" to the amount of 2,000 t. 'the list embraces the names of sonic of our most distinguished noblemen, ince of science, and capitalists; but it also enumerates subscribers of less amounts infinitely more interesting. There is a subscription of 32'1. from " I lei clerks and workmen, employed by the Petent Shaft Company, Weducebury ;" one of 171. tram " 317 overlookeno and workmen, employed by Mr. Ctatits, contractor on London and North Western Railway ;" one of 1!. is. from " 4S ballast men on London and North Western Railway;" one of 10/. 3s. tad. from "312 orerlooken and workmen employed by Mr. IlKessEy, contractor on the Buck inghamshire ltailway ;" one of 31. ,is. from " men on North British Railway, Edinburgh ;" and others of a similar description. It boots not to inquire how a scheme, started with so much of promise, cause to fall to the ground. We cannot, however, but regard its failure as a na tional disgrace. We fully . admit the truth that there is in the sarcastic remarks sometimes nut& about the public's readiness to pay funereal and monumental honour* to those whose merits they have overlooked during their lives. But in these cages it is the preceding neect, not the subsequent paying of homage, that is b lameable. In the ease of the Stteut.Nmees the country has nothing to reproach itself with. 'lle manly and sagneionts diameter of the men themselves enabled them to command such remuneration for their public eery ices as mere material wealth can afford. The ne rite of both have been promptly and gladly ac knowledged by their contemporaries. The banquet at the Nlenai-bridge--the occurrence which has :ed us too indulggec in this train of remark—is of itself a proof how thaooghly the flitummtliotts have been THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVEgiltfG, AUGUST 28, 1851. are Who enikred and undergone, nothing but par- Kral experissice can adequately tolL And them, when the Hardt is reached, to live and dwell and associate with men blasphemously claiming in spiration, annuigst a People ignorantle or deceitfully claiming to be especial objects of Gun's care, amongst a community claiming to have superseded all ordinary rules of moral manners and obligations by laws vouchsafed by themselves unto themselves—these arc considerations from which the mind shrinks with horror and dismay. Nevertheless, there is Mor monism; and there are the Mormons, masters of a State; and what it will end in Heaven only can tell. Let us watch and mark its career, in the full confidence that a wise and gracious Providence cares and pro tects the world from such delusions. The mono journal asserts that both the French and Ensh geoernments are watchfully obwrving the large gli purchases of arms and accoutrements now making by Russia. At the Bourse to day the Five per Cents. rose Sc., and closed at 93fr.; the Three per Cents. closed without change from yesterday, at 56fr. Wk. honoured and sympathised with. Noe is , it for the !mike of GEORGE STEPRENSON himself that we would urge the resumption of the plan of erecting a monument to him; our railway aystem is his monu ment. We wish to ACC such a structure Sated bysitle the monument of WArr, as a proof that the nation appreciates its great men and beticfactots, and as an additional incitement to the genius of coming gene rations to emulate their beneficial careers. A BRIGUTON paper the other day announced that preparations were goin.• on there for the departure „ of a party of Sussex Mormons to the City of the Great Salt Lake, beyond the Rocky Mountains; and on taking up a Calcutta journal just received, we find it stated that a Mormon Missionary had ma.e his appearance in the Cooly Bazaar of that capital. American journals speak of the rapid growth of the settlement of Deseret, u the Mormons fondly call their new found home, or Utah, as United States legislation jealously designates its new territory; ac counts published in this country early the total numbers, wherever spread, of * these I.attcr Day Saints up to 3110,0141; some 10,000 or 12,000 of our emigrants arc said yearly to join Mr. BRIO -11131 YOUNG and " the Church " in their Pacific paradise; still leaving,however, it is added, not fewer than from 30,000 to 50,000 believers in JOE SMITH'S pretensions awl revelations behind them in this country. Strange and provoking as this delusion is. nevertheless it is one that on many accounts deserves passing attention. The difficulty in getting at authentic information on the subject is, however, very great ; and to that difficulty is probably owing a part of at least the numerical importance of Mormonism. Fur with it, as with other things, it is more than likely we exag gerate that which we do not know with accuracy. At all events, we can find no sufficient voucher for the numbers assigned, either in America or here, to the sect. In America it seems probable, for several reasons, that the great majority of Mormons have already crossed the Rocky Mountains. The present head of " the Church" has urged in the strongest manner the union in Deseret of all the Saints; he has painted the fertility of the coun try and the happiness of the community in glowing colours; and, with no little skill and elo quence, he attracts all who have faith in the New Revelation to the city of the Salt Lake by enthusias tic assurances of the spiritual advantages to be gained by "a Communion of Saints." "There," he tells them, " the wicked cease to trouble, and the weary find rest." On the other hand, public opinion in the Union still runs with unabated prejudice against the Mormons; and their presence in any numbers in any State would, it is to be presumed, lead again to the dreadful persecutions they before suffered in Mis souri and Illinois. Assuming, then, that the great bulk have fled beyond the bounds of American civilisation into Deseret or Utah, there is no authority that we can discover for any such number as even I(X),000 there or even half of it. The city of the Salt Lake appears, according to the best statistics, to contain in its lumber huts and scattered houses some 15,000 01.20,000 Ile* ut most, probably, not more than 12,000; and, if to them, be added the scattered population of the sect through ' out both hemispheres on the handsomest scale that reason will Is emit, it is clear that in talking about 300,000 Mormons, the world is largely and hugely • impotent on. That they are a growing sect is, however, clear enough. Twenty years base not pas sed away since Jog SMITH p rofessed to dig up under inspiration the Golden Tables ;yet his followers now constitute a great fad ; which not even the persecutions he and his early disciples suffered can wholly account fur. They built an important town in Ill' • , Nauvoo; and, driven from at they are founding a State beyond the Rocky Mountains, to be wholly inhabited, as they hope, by Latter Day Saints. Apart from its re ligious interest, the growth of such a society towards ' the shores of the Pacific has considerable political importance. As yet the Mormons affect to be loyal citizens at the American republic. When called on to assist in the Mexican campaign, they forgot their expulsion from Nativist, and, aeknowledging its claims of alle gianee on their part, scut thither a Marmon legion 4islstron-: they still consider Deseret part of the Union, and, with no little practical wisdom, the fe deral lamer has apt cinted Burman Youxu, the sue ty-wit of Small, Governor thereof, judiciously re straining, however, the limits of the territory of Utah foam c • g down so far as the coast of the Pacific. But, notwithstanding this present connexion, ambitious designs du necasionally pap out about a great - Marmon Empire, having a commission to conquer the world to the New Revelation; and it is quite certain that any further interference with or jarsceution of the Mor mons in their pnsent location will induce them to shed the republic for ever, to disclaim its citizenship, and to id rep ainnewhere for themselves a distinct and separate nationality, as well as a new religion. " We have salt enough here to pickle the Union, if that would preserve it," wrote, on one occasion, Biwa; fuser,; but a wish for its preservation does not prevent that Ilictnrch preaching against its inhabitant,. •• • ; Sabbath, or trying to render Utah independent of supplies from the rest of the world. There, at all events, in the basin of the Great salt Like, on a fertile plain, under a temperate sun, and inclining towards the Pacific, religious enthu siasm. delusion, and imposture are forming a State. Ilundreda, it may be said thousands, of our choicest artisans are annually flocking thitherwards, careless of the distance, indifferent to the severities of the endless journey; and missionaries have gone forth, penniless and ignorant, to all Europe, to India, and to China, summoning mankind to adopt the new religion and to proceed there and swell the new community. The murder of JOE SMITH has nut, then, destroyed his imposition ; on the contrary, it is confessed that in BRIGHAM YOUNG a greater man than JOE has been found to preside over the com munity ; that man the Federal Government of the United States has honoured by its confidence ; and crowds are responding to his summons. All this is strange—stranger than lied Republicanism or Social ism in this boasted nineteenth century. Miserable an imposture as Mormon ism was in the hands of Jot! Ssirrit ; and frightful a delusion as it must ever remain, its attractions are plain and ob eivas enough. 'the pretended Revelations do not shock all the traditions and feelings of Christians: fur they profess to be supplementary to what even Mormons admit to be the inspired word of God. Mormonism accepts the Bible and the scheme of salvation therein disclosed; it only claims to add thereto means for its speedier and better fulfilment in America. It elevates SMITH and his successors to a position coequal to that of the Prophets; treats them as inspired writers and teachers; but only to' carry out more effectually and completely and securely the intentions and objects of the earlier inspirations. It holds forth an easier, a more vulgar, more' material access to keaven; and to that it adds a species of communistic and socialist, or co-operative and associative scheme of subsistence, enjoyment and happiness here on earth. In its mundane rule it is at once democratic and sacerdotal ; it gives free dom of action to the people ; but, conferring super natural communications on its hierarchy, enables it to direct and control that freedom; and these com munications are used very freely and unscrupulously by the sacerdotal party. Such is Mormonism in tfscory. In practice, it is no doubt self-indulgent, though oat that point the evidence against it is, we must admit, meagre and insufficient. But at the same time there seems to be proof that in its results, there has as yet been con siderable material success. Fur the Salt Lake is already the third desert they have brought under cultivation ; at uo little coat of labour and of money they built Nauvoo, and being driven thence, another city and another temp'e arc rising under their hands. Though the first discoverers of the golden sierrasof California, few have been tempted to the" diggins;" and already manufactures are spring ing up in Deseret. All this is doubtless the conse quence chiefly of superior organisation, disdpline, division of labour, and of the marked characters of the enthusiasts. Some little, however, of this credit mast be assigned to the immense importance as signed to labour, and enterprise, and industry by the Creed itself. This, of course. is the bright side of the picture. To reach Deseret. what endurance, what fatigue. what illness, what fever, what heat, what co ld, what ruin, what attacks from hostile Indians, what even worse quarrels with mbre savage Americans, GERMANY. A telegraphic despatch, dated Vienna, Aug. 26, says Au autograph letter of the Emperor regu lates the position of the Council of the Empire and of the ministry, as a responsible body in connection with the crown. The ministry and the president of the Council of the Empire are invited to examine as to the possibility of the existence and execution of the constitution of March, and to draw up proposi tions conformable to the monarchical principle." UNITED STATES. The reports from the various grain-growing parts of the Union indicate that the wheat crop of the present year will be the heaviest ever taken from the earth in the Western States. In Ohio, the crop is a very large and fine one. In New York, Indiana, Michigan, and Wisconsin, the yield is also very large, • and the wheat of the very best qual it y . In Michi gan, particularly, the yield exceeds anything ever known even in Michigan. lowa appears to be an exception. There the wheat crop is nearly a failure. The winter wheat was badly blighted and rusted, and the spring wheat is blighted also in a great mea sure. The corn looks very poorlv,but hopes are en tertained that it will yet turn out well. The oat crop is very abundant. The potatoes are ruined by the - rot. - A committee of gentlemen of Louisiana and Missis sippi, appointed fin. the purpose, have issued a cir cular, in which they propose a convention of dele gates from the states of Texas, Missis44)o, Alabama, Arkansas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Indiana, Illinois, and Ohio, to unite with the people of Louisi ana and of New Orleans, to deliberate upon and con cert such measures as will be likely speedily to in fluence the construction of a system of railroads con necting the Gulf States with those of the west and the north-west, and radiating throughout all the interior. They also invite delegates from others of the southern states, in order more fully to understand the systems of workl projected or being cArried out by them, and to co-operate in the construction of any which may . have an interest joint and common to all. It is proposed that this Convention hull be held on the first Monday in January next, at New Orleans. A terrific thunder and hail storm had swept over a part of Connecticut and Massachussets, doing a great deal of damage to buildings, crops, fences, &c., and in some instances destroying life. At Windsor, Connecticut, a brick house was prostrated, and a woman buried in the ruins. Scores of beautiful elms, which had braved the storms of inure than a cen tury, were prostrated. The tobacco crop tt that vicinity was almost totally ruined. The forte of the wind that accompanied the hail may be judged of from the fact that, in one instance, a load of hay was lifted up and handsomely capsized. At Springfield the storm was very severe, and one man was killed by lightning. Our correspondent writes : NEW YORK, t ilto. 15. By the arrival of the Prometheus, we leaf u that passen gand gold dust are actually beginning to cross by the Nicaragua route. The billowing extract Lila letter gives uu interesting picture of the route, and au idea of the facilities for tniversing it : It was my good fortune to he a passenger in the Nicaragua Company's steamer Pacific, which left San Francisco on the evening of the 14th ult., with a strong wind from the north-west, with 425 ;lessen gi n. After a pleasant voyage of fourteen slays, we made San Juan del Sod on the Pacific. This is a very beautiful harbour, where a ship can he well sheltered from all winds, and the climate , is perfectly delicious. The passengers were all landed by the ship's boats on terra firma. The flag of our country fluted front the mountain peak in honour of the first steamship that had ever walked the waters of San Juan of the South. We immediately proceeded with mules over a picturesque country of forests, hills, and the murmuring of "soft waters, " followed by a clear, beautiful champaffin country. After a ride of Ii ' miles, we reached the memorable and dilapidated city of Rivas ' situated on Lake Nicaragua. This is really is beautiful sheet of water, with two large mountains rising from the centre. At Rivas we were detained three days and four hours, waiting fur baggage, de., but all this delay will of course be obviated by the next trip, as the Cu tttttt °dere will have everything in locomotive order. From this city we embarked on board the steamer Director, and ran down the lake to Fort San Carlos, thence to the Rapids of Castille, a distance of 101 miles, where we em barked on board the new iron steamer, Sir 11. L. Bulwer, and proceeded at a rapid rate down the San Juan river. The air was serene, the river placid, and the banks studded with trees clothed in " perpetual green." We arrived at San Juan, on the Atlantic, in 30 hours' running time from the Pacific to the Atlantic, all well. At this point we em barked on board the steamoiltip Prometheus. I must not omit to inform you that Commodore Vanderbilt was with his passengers on the overland route, and did all that could be wished to expedite matters. lam convinced that the route host New York to sau Francisco by " this travel" GUI and will be made by the next trip in, at the further most, 23 days, through a beautiful country, perfectly healthy, the inhabitants kind, attentive, and obliging." It is quite difficult to determine which route will yet be the favourite one. If the San Juan can be navigated by thi se new iron steamers, it will be a great point gained. The rumour put afloat, that the Nicaraguan government hail revoked its grant to the American company, is denied on the best authority. Mr. Letchcr, our minister to Mexico, has returned in the Bennie, and is instructed by our government to enforce the Tehuantepec arrangement. A New Orleans correspondent of the Baltimore Patriot, writing thence on the sth, gives the following additional particulars concerning the plans and movements of Gen. Lopez and the Pamper() : "The steam-ship Pamper°, the fastest thing on the water, left here on !stolidity morning with GOO men, and takes in tow is schooner loaded with arms and ammunition. This much is certain. Now what follows is rumour, but is gene rally credited as fact. The steamer Pampero is in search of the Spanish steamer Pizarro, which she hopes to meet and capture, and transfer her own men to her. Then the Panipero is to run into some Texan port for another lot of men to carry to the island. A steamer left here on Thurs day lust fur Vera Cruz, but she is said to be destined for Cuba with 300 men. The steamer Chingarora is missing from the Lake, and is said to have taken a full load of men and ammunition in Mobile Bay. The steamer Alabama is engaged to take .500 men on Saturday next. Two schooners are said to have left Pentacola with ammunition and men. The steamer Monmouth is to take a party from Florida. In fact, there is nu doubt that a large party, say 3,500 men, are now either on their way or ready to embark ; and the moment it is known that a good landing has been effected, there will be 10,000 men ready to leave on the expedition." Captain Brown, of the bark Lowber, arrived from St. Thomas, on the western coast of Africa, informs as that in the month of April last the British brig Englishman, Captain Harris, bound from Bristol, was capsized during a tornado off the island of Fernando Po, in the Bight of Biafra, about 20 miles from the main land. It was reported that she had 30 persons on board, all of whom perished, with the exception of a native African, probably one of the crew. who was picked up three days after the catastrophe occurred, floating on a spar. The vessel by which this man was rescued was a British ship from Carnarvon for Fer nando l's. Among the passeupers lost was the Rev. W. Simpson and his wife, connected with the Presby terian Board of Missions, of this city, and the wife of the captain. The names of the others lost are not given in the account of our informant. EGYPT. TO TILE EDITOR OF TUE EXPRESS. CAIRO, Ara. 6. The engineers who came here to arrange mat ters with his Highness Abbas I'acha on behalf of Mr. Stephenson, for the construction of the railway, would have returned to England by the last steamer, but as they were on the point of leaving Alexandria, his highness commanded their recall, with a view to their examining a line which should pass more , through the cultivable parts of the Delta than that first proposed. The direction contemplated is by Hanka and Tanta, the latter town being a place of pilgrimage and of considerable trade. There are three large faits held there in the year, and Tanta may be regarded as the Leipaig of Egypt. It is also ; scarcely necessary to dilate upon the advantage of a line of railway through the midst of the Delta as I compared with one which merely skirted the I I Delta on its Western side. There is now nothing I to delay the final departure of Mr. Borthwick and his assistant by this mail for England ; and it is to be hoped that in another six weeks we shall again see him among us with an effective staff for surveying and setting out the line, which will, in all probability, be as last suggested. Now that the construction of a railway may be regarded as a fait are , ,mpli, the jealousy which wns so strongly mani fested here has in some measure subsided; ana people are beginning to understand that it may be useful and remunerative to the Pacha. The groat thing i will be to keep down the fares to the level of the means of the people, which, estimated in money, arc very moderate. Last night the ceremony of cutting the bank of the canal at Old Cairo was performed, when the Nile is supposed to have risen 10 cubits. On the bank being cut, the river sends its fertilising stream through the channel of the canal into the town of Cairo and the surrounding gardens. Tho occasion is one of great rejoicing. l'he river, near the mouth of the canal, is covered with boats tilled with com pany, who keep up their mirth and hilarity to a late hour in the night. Ilis Highnesspays considerable attention to busi ness, judging and acting for himself in all matters that conic before him; and the meanest person under his rule has the right of presenting to him, in per son, a petition. The question of the Tanzimat is in data quo, A TRAVELLER. FRANCE. PARIS, WZDNEADAT EVEMINO. M. Michel %urges and the other advocates of the accused of Lyons have renounced the defence. The President will immediately name public officers to defend the accused. The absence of Count Mole from the list of Or. leanist visitors to London has been remarked as con firming the fact that Prince de Joins ille intends to persevere in the course that has been so long an nounced. M. Mule was the most active supporter, if not the inventor, of the doctrine of Aaiun. That the princes of the house of Orleans should only re enter France as the heralds of the Count de Cham bord, and that their only proper place in France is on the footsteps of the throne of St. Louis,are darling maxims of the legitimists, who never conteuiplated fusion upon any . other terms. But the Orleans princes, by, pledging themselves to an alliance upon such a basis, would deny the whole political character of their family since 1830. They are desirous, above all things, to be relieved from the decree which banishes them from French soil. Ambitious to take a leading part in the direction of political afisirs they doubtless are, and they arc perhaps over confident as to the extent of the influence the y possess, but the theory of national sovereignty was the only professed foundation of their father's throne, and they may honourably and consistently recognise the same sovereignty in a republic. '1 he result of the Joinville candidature has naturally been to extinguish the small party of fusionists com pletely, and the Count Mule supports the defeat with impatience. Meanwhile the cause of the Prince has made much more progress than could have been ex pected, and becomes every day more seriously consi dered. General Lamoriciereis one of his warm sup- porters, and it is even said that Colonel Charms, an exceedingly democratic republican, will vote for him. The Ordre promises in his name that if he should be elected, he will fulfil his mandate as an honest man and a good " citizen." The Ordre, in deed, speaks to-day on the subject with more confi dence and determination than ever. To thu argu ment so frequently urged of the danger of splitting the votes of the party of order, it gives a bold denial in this remarkable passage : Is it said that we pretend to exclude any other moderate and constitutional candidate ? Not the last in the world. It is well to observe that it is not with the presidential elec. tion as with the legislative elections. In the latter a rela tive majority suffices; trout which it results that the demagogical party, although a minority, may win if the party of order divides atilt In the presiden tial election it is quite another thing. No one can be elected who has net the absolute majority of suffrages. The multiplicity of candidatures, deplorable, fatal in the first case, ha% in the second only one inconve nience, that of casting upon the Asse mbly the duty of a choice. Against this inconvenien,e, which certainly is not great, the multiplicity of candidatures has the incontestable advantage of giving to every . fraction of the party of order the means of freely espn•.suyt their opinions, their pre ferences, and of preventing many votes from being be stowed on the unconstitutiontl ca ndidate out of hatred to the socialis*. one. So far front dreading, then, we desire that the legitimist party should have their candidate as we have ours, and, whoever hr may la. we promise before hand that we will not oppose bilLiwith the same weapons that are used against us. A fatal duel took place recently at Lorient between two naval officers, attended by singular circumstances both before and after the event. The report states that the seconds, earnestly desirous to prevent fatal consquences, largely used their powers both in regu lating the distance, and in loading the pistols, so as to lessen the probability of danger. In spite of these precautions one of the combatants, a lieutenant in the navy, fell mortally wounded by a ball in the neck. The curate of the parish declined to perform the burial service over the body, and in answer to a re monstrance from the major of marine of the ship to which the lieutenant belonged, wrote that he hail sought advice in all proper quartets, and that it would be quite impossible for him to perform the ser vice unless the unhappy victim of the duel had pre viously to his death expressed his repentance for the act of engaging it. The surgeon who had attended him in his dying moments thereupon wrote a certificate that lie had observed indications of much regret in the officer at being unable to fulfil his lust religious duties. This was received as a satisfaction of the curate's scruples, and the funeral ceremonies were performed. An extraordinary general meeting of the great Northern of France Railway Company was held yes terday, to take into consideration the propriety of ratifying the treaty lately agreed to between the Board of Directors of that company and the board of the Boulogne Company, for an amalgamation of the two lines; the principal condition being that every' two Boulogne shares, liberated at aoo fr., may be exchanged for one Northern share, liberated at 400 fr. ; or, at the option of the Boulogne shareholders, each share of that company may be exchanged for an obligation of 300 fr., issued by the Northern Com ty, and bearing three per cent. interest. Very r itt le discussion took place, and the treaty was ratified , almost unanimously, only eight hands amongst all the persons present being held up in the negative. A meeting of Boulogne and Amiens shareholders • was also held, at which the treaty was unanimously ratified. Two of the political prisoners confined in the prison of the Chateau-Fouquet, at Belle-Isle, Flotte, and Cazavant, contrived to elude the vigilance of the jailors, and make their escape. An alarm was speedily given, and soldiers were sent out to scour the country. Flotte was slam after discovered lurk ing under a hedge, and was secured and brought back, and in about two hours after Cazavant, who had concealed himself for some time in a house, find ing it impossible to escape detection, surrendered himself. Both of them were lodged in close con finement, where they will be more rigorously watched. The long-talked of affair of N. Lemulier's action for a defamatory libel has received a further, though not necessarily a final thmouement to-day. It was originally an action against M. Cartier, the prefect of I police, SI. Pomade, and M. Virmaitec. The judg . ment pronounced some time since declared that the I court was incompetent to entertain the action against NI Cartier without the permission of the council of state; and that, it being a joint action, proceedings must be suspended as against the other two. M. Le flintier, then, on receiving an apologetic explanation' from M. Cartier, withdrew the action as against him, but persisted in going on against the other two. Of course so soon as M. Cartier s name was withdrawn from the cause, the principal interest in the matter owed. But it was thought extraordinary and un just that M. Lemulier, after accepting an apology hem the principal author of a libel, should pro ceed against the accessories. Th e e Court of Premiere Ia- IWicc today dismissed the case so far as regards M.Forcade,and, considering that it is the province eta to judge what constitutes an unjustifiable attach the press upon a public functionary in the exert- of his functions , it has declared itself incompetent 1 with respect to M. VirmAitre. M. Lemulicr is ordered 1 to pay all the expenses. '1 he wheat harvest is now completely terminated in France, and the fine dry weather of the last fort night has enabled the farmers to get in the whole of their crop in excellent condition. The districts which have given the greatest yield are Lorraine and Alsace. In these, the crop is above the average; in the other parts of France it is about an ordinary one, nut more. A good part of the wheat of 18,10 is still on hand, so that there is little probability that any augmentation can take place in prices for some time to come. The Bulletin de Paris, of this evening. states that a committee, composed of representatives, admirals, and others having special knowledge on the subject, is about to be appointed, to consider the state of the French colonies. It adds, that negro emancipation has given a deadly blow to the French colonies in both hemispheres. Zbe Court. Her Majesty and Prince Albert, with the Prince of \Vales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Prince's Alice, attended by the Countess of Desert, the Hon. Beatrice Byng, Colonel the lion . C. B. Phi pp s, Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieut. Colonel the Hon. A. Gordon, arrived at Buckingham Palace yesterday, at half-past 12 o'clock from Osborne, Isle of Weight. The royal party left Osborne at a quarter to nine o'clock, and crossed in the royal yacht Fairy to Gosport, where a special train WA, in readiness to start for the Nine Elms station of the South Western Railway. On reaching the station, the royal party entered four of the Queen's carriages, and proceeded to the palace, escorted by a detachment of Hussars. The Queen and Prince Albert were received on alighting front their carriage by the Vice Chamberlain and Major General Wemyss. The Prince and Princess Hermann of Saxe Weimar visited her Majesty yesterday at Buckingham-Palace. The Queen and Prince Albert, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, the Princess Royal, and the Princess Alice, attended by Lord John Russell, the Countess of Desart, the lion. Beatrice Byng, Colonel the lion. C. B. Phipps, and Licut Colonel the lion. A. Gordon, left Buckingham palare at half-past one o'clock yesterday afternoon for tne terminus of the Great Northern Railway, at King's-cross. The royal party occupied four of the Queen's carriages, and were escorted to the terminus by a detachment of Hussars. Sir James Clark joined the royal suite at the stutiun. A special train was in waiting to convey the august party to Doncaster. OSBORNE, WEnsEstEtv, Aro. 27. Yesterday was the birthday of Prince Albert, but the weather was so inclement as to preclude any of the royal family from leaving the mansion. The band of the Royal Marines performed a matintse, in honour of the day. The band also performed a number of select pieces in the middle of the day. The only addition to the royal dinner party were Colonel the lion. C. B. and Mrs. Phipps. A deputation from Betlinal-green, on the subject of nui sances in that paridi, hail an interview yesterday with the G. nerd Board of Health, at their offices, Whitehall. The deputation eonsi.ted of the Rey. J. B. Anted and Meson. White and Z. Cornwell. TILE QUEEN'S VISIT TO TILE NORM In yesterday's Express was recounted the progress of the Queen from o,burne up to the departure from Lon don by the Great Northern Railway. The line of railway wao thickly dotted with spectators fur a ycry considerable distance from the station, and it was not until tho valley of Southgate was reached, that the country tu.suimd its malal aspect. . Hatfield was the tirst town which poured out its poptilas Lion to greet the sovereign. here the railway stati.m was lined with happy faces, whose smiles were rewarded with only a very passing glance of her Majesty, the length of the journey to he accomplished rendering it necessary that the train should pass through ail the lesser stations at full speed. Ilitehen, distant from London 32 miles, was the first halting point, awl this wily fur the purpose of replenishing the boiler. The station here was decorated with Hags, and thronged with spectators, who took advantage of the mo mentary halt of the royal party, to sing a couple of stanzas of the National Anthem. Biggleswade and the country of the Bedford Level was next approached. At frequent points the royal train was watched for with evident anxiety by knots of villagers, who gave vent to their feelings of loyalty by the waving of handkerchiefs, and such other demonstrations as could be hastily devised. Iluntingdoa was reached at a quarter-past three o'clock, the royal approach h. lug heralded by a salute from some guns in a field adjacent. The platform of the station and the embankments of the railway fur some distance were thronged with spectators, and it was really a matter of regret that the arrangements of the iron road did not permit a slackening of speed as the royal party passed through. At Peterborough the satire population of the city seemed to have assembled at the station, for when the royal train drove up to the platform a perfect sea of faces was observed on every side; the air resounding with shouts of welcome. The mayor and corporation were in attendance, headed by the bishop of Peterborough and the clergy of the district ; "' • ' •, and when the saloon carriage drew up, the venerable bishop (who, it will be renumbered, assisted in the Queen's tuition) advanced to the window and paid his respects to her Majesty. The Queen appeared much pleased to recognise her venera ble preceptor, and remained iw conversation with his lord ship for some minutes. Among the ladies upon the platform WAS the Countess of Aboyuc, with several of her ladyship's children. One of them, a beautiful boy, about live years of size, dressed in Hi!:hland costume, and carrying a beautiful bouquet, was led forward by the bishop to present his oiler. to her Majesty, who received it very graciously. BOSTON. The royal party arrived at Boston at 4.30, and Lord J. Russell presented the mayor to the Queen. The train stopped only six or seven minutes at the station. Great crowds of spectators were on the platform and along the line to give her Majesty a hearty reception, which she re turned most pleasingly. The following address was pre sented: " Most Gracious Sovereign—ln approaching your Ma jesty's most royal presence we desire to express our un feigned thankfulness to Divine Providence, by whose allwise direction this empire is blessed with a Queen, whose life is unceasingly devoted to the welfare of her Majesty's subjects, and under whose benignant reign this country enjoys the blessings of peace ; civil and religious liberty, and by whom, united with his Royal Highness Prince Albert, your Majesty's royal consort, the arts and manufactures of this kingdom are munificently patronised, and in whose domestic virtues and devotedness to the religious, moral, and social elevation of the people, an example is placed before the court, the country, and the world, in the highest degree important and beneficial. We fervently pray that the blessing of Him by whom monarchs reign may for many years be vouchsafed to your Majesty, and that long living with your Majesty's Royal Consort and children, and continuing to reign over a loyal, prosperous, and happy people, your Majesty may at some distant period, when called to lay down an earthly crown, receive a celes tial diadem which shall never fade away.—Given under the corporate seal of the said borough, 27th day of August, LINCOLN. The run from Boston to Lincoln was made in rather more than an hour. The population of this ancient city were out in great numbers, crowding the vicinity of the railway for a long distance, and cheering her 'Majesty most lustily u the royal train drove into the station. The mayor and corporation were assembled on the plat form, and when the carriage containing her Majesty drew up, the mayor (Mr. Charles Ward) advanced, and, in the name of the corporation of the city, presented the following dutiful address : " TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. "The loyal and dutiful address of the mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the city of Lincoln. " May it please your Majesty— "We, your Majesty's faithful and devoted subjects, the 1 mayor, aldermen, and citizens of the city of Lincoln, beg to approach your M ajesty,' and, on behalf of ourselves and our fellow-citizens, to offer to your Majesty, and to your Royal Consort and children, a hearty and cordial welcome to this your ancient and loyal city. " It is to us a source of joy and exultation to be thus en abled to tender to your Majesty in person a renewal of tho i homage of our profound loyalty, and of our warmest affec- tion and attachment to your Majesty's sacred person and government. I "We beg to assure your Majesty that no class of your ' • subjects feel more deeply or appreciate more fully the bless , lop conferred upon this great country by your M a je s ty' s enlightened devotion to the duties of the regal ;Ace, and by those personal virtues which enable you, in your high , position, to respond to the requirements of the age, in co ' operating with every work of mercy, in patronising the , I sciences and arts, and encouraging with assiduity i and en thusiasm whatsoever tends to advance the popular industry, and to promote and connect the brotherhood of nations. "We earnestly pray that your Majesty, blessed in the affection of your illustrious consort, and in the tender love of your children, may be long spared to extend the benign ' influence of your Majesty's bright example throughout all classes within your dominions, and to receive the grateful i homage of a loyal, attached, said faithful people." DONCASTER. This morning the weather was anything but promising, and showers kept falling at intervals. Preparatit.ns were made at the railway station fur the iweoinin.alat;on of the public, and also for the comfort and accommodation of the Queen and suite. Amongst these was an awning at the entrance. Inside the station the platforms, and that port of the floor on which her Majesty would pr.weed, were covered with scarlet cloth. The iron pillars at the sides were decorated with wreaths of evergreens and flowers, and other decorations were added in different places, Several additional policemen arrived from different parts of the line, and about silty special constables were sworn in to attend at and about the station. About twelve a party of the B.3th regiment of infantry arrived front Hull, with the band,and marched into the town, when they proceeded at once to the Guildhall, fittel up fur them as a large barrack. room. Lord Cathcart and his uide-tic.camp, Capt. Warr*, were at the station on the arrival of the troops—the military being under his lordship's command. WEDNESDAY NIGDT, 9 o'Cnot K. Precisely at half-pant six this evening, atter a pilot-engine had passed the station, the train conveying her Majesty and the royal family arrived at the station. Iler Majesty was attended by Lord .1. Russell, the lion. Cul. Phipps, Colonel Gordon, and several others. Her Majesty and Prince Albert were handed front the royal carriage by Edward Denison, Esq., M.l'., who, along with several directors, had come Ma carriage throughout the entire journey from town. Im mediately on alighting, her Majesty and Prince Albert were presented with addresses from the corporation and inhabi tants of the borough, of which the following are copies: TO THE 4EEEN:t4 MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY. May it please your Majesty,—We, your Majesty's dutiful and loyal subjects, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of Doncaster, awl other inhabitants of this borough in public meeting assembled, beg humbly to ex press to your Majesty the fe,ling of delight which pervades all hearts on the visit of your Majesty und your illustrious consort to this ancient seat of unfaltering loyalty. Sincerely grateful fur the numerous blessiags we enjoy under your Majesty's mild and peaceful rule, and front your Majesty's promotion of those practical sciences which have once more opened the way for prince and people to our town, we cordially join in that homage of devoted at tachment to your Majesty's person and family which is ex citing the admiration of observing nations. And we ear nestly pray tkat your Majesty, along with your iilustrious consort, may long be blessed with health and happiness to reign in the affections of a loyal and contented people. TO 1110 ROYAL 111011SEbS Pitt biCE MIT UT. May it please your Royal Ilighness,—We, the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, of the borough of Dewar, ter, and the other inhabitants of the borough, in public meeting assembled, humbly avail ourselves of this opportunity of expressing to your Royal Highness our deep feeling of respect towards a prince who is at once tho worthy consort of our beloved Queen, and himself possesses so many personal claims to the admiration and sympathy d the British nation. Living in the centre of an agricultural population, our interests closely bound up with theirs, we have lung marked the exertions of your royal highness in extending the benefits of every useful institution, in the practical application of the discoveries of science to the cultivation of the soil, and in promoting tb.• comfort of the labourer. And now that your royal highness is seeking repose from that triumph of peace and international go od will, the Exhibition of the Industry of all Nations—we would add our sincere acknowledwuints to that universal tribute which is so justly paid to the noble design and its glorious execution. In Calleillbeoll, we beg year royal highness is accept the assurances of our dev.dion to the persons of our beloved sovereign and yourself; and of our ' prayers that your royal highness may long be spared to be the nearest and firmest supporter of her throw, and the leader in every usetVl national undertaking. Iler Majesty, on alighting, stopped to sneak a few words to Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, who was standing on the platform, as was also Lard Cathcart, in full regimentals, attended by two aides-de-camp. The baud of the Ist West Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry was stationed at the opposite side of the platform, and played the National Anthem on the arrival of the Royal train. On proceeding through the station, which was beautifully decorated with dowers and evergrecua, the royal party entered the car riages, and proceeded to the town, amidst the loud plaudits of thousands of spectate's, who evinced their delight in a variety of ways, such as cheering, waving of hats and handkerchiefs, &e. On reaching the National School the children, who were on a platninn, sang " God save the Queen," and thus her Majesty passed, to the Angel hotel, where a guard of ho nour, of the soldiers of the B.ith infantry, were waiting to re ceive the royal party. The loyalty of the thousands who lined the atreets on each bide, awl who filled all the windows on the entire route was beyond all bounds, and must have convinced her Majesty that the loyalty of the good people of Doncaster has in no wise abated. In the eve g the Mansion House, Guildhall, and several et the residences of the pnifessional men and trade-men were brilliantly illuminated. The devices at the Mansion Iluuse consisted of th corporation 4[lll6—a castle, with the motto " Son comfort et Siesta.," a crown, and the letters "V. A." On the Guildhall was a crown on the pediment, and uuderneath the word " \Velvet:lie " and "V. A." on each wing. Tina was immediately opposite the Angel Hotel, and had an imposing appearance. The other devices in the town were generally of a tasteful cha racter. In the evening, a dinner was given by George Johnson, Esq., mayor, to a party of about 140 gentlemen, amongst whom were Mr. Denison, M.l'., the chairman, and several directors of the Great Northern Railway. The dinner took place in the banguetting-room of the Mansion-house. The proceedings of the day terminated by a grand dis play of fireworks, in a field at the south end of the tuwn, at which thousands of persons were present. 11cr Majesty and mite will ave Doncaster at 9in the morning, arriving at Edinburgh in the titternmi, accord ing to the time table already published. 'the smile proces sion will accompany her Majesty to the Station as attended the royal party front thence this afternoon. TIM, QUEEN'S VISIT TO THE MANUFACTURING HtsTiticrs.—A meeting of the Salford town council was held yesterday, when the mayor, Thomas Agnew, Esq., formally announced to the council that her Majesty had intimated her intention of honouring that borough with her presence on the 10th of October next. Re was sure that with every member of this council there would be an enthusiastic feeling of gladness at her Majesty's condescen sion, and that this vast community would do everything in their power to give her Majesty, the lady of the manor of Salford, an ardent and sincere welcome.—Mr. Councillor Langworthy then moved "'That the council do undertake to defray all the expenses which may he incurred in making the necessary preparations to give a proper reception to her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert on the occa sion of their intended visit." The motion was ,ecotled by Mr. Alderman Jenkiuson, and carried una kk I 11l ously. A committee wad then appointed, to consist of the mayor, Mr. Alderman Worrell, Alderman Jenkinsun, Alderman Kaye, Alderman Higgins, and Cour.cillors Latigwortliy, William son, Wrigley, Foster, and Gendall, to make all the neces sary preparations. The proceedings that terminated. DR. 11. E. 0. PAULI'S, Doctor of Theology, Philo sophy, and Laws, died at Ileidelberg on the 10th inst. Ile has been for more than half a century kuown as one of the most able and active among the theological and philoso phical writers of Germany. Dr. Paulus was born at Leon burg, near Stuttgard, in 1761. He studied chiefly at Tubiugen, but visited several other univer•ints in Ger many, Holland, and England. Whilst at Oxford, in the year 1781, be was appointed professor of oriental languages at Jena, chiefly through tho recommendation of Ciries bach. In 1793 he succeeded to the theological chair, and continued to lecture on theology at Jena, Wurzburg, and lastly at Heidelberg, above forty years, till advancing ago and its infirmities compelled him to retire from public duties. His profound learning, penetrating judgment, unshrinking courage, and unwearied assiduity, obtained for his writings, which were very numerous, is wide circu lation, and there can be no doubt but that his researches, historical and critical, as well as the inferences he deduced from them, had considerable influence on the public mind. In private life he was one of the most amiable of men — easy of access, courteous to strangers, tolerant towards op ponents, bestowing kind and unostentatio.n attention on aU who sought his assistance, and ever actively engaged, up to his ninetieth year, in endeavouring to prostate the inte rests of freedom, order, and peace—of piety, virtue, and humanity. ANOTHER" LEVENSIDE" CASE.—We have abstained from further comment on the case of the Levenside • waiting for the report of the judicial proceedings at St. Ilelena. For this abstinence we think we deserve some credit, considering the tfierts of certain gallant newspaper correspondents to prejudge the question. We deem it our duty, however, to place on record the following notice of a CAW alarmingly similar, which has appeared in a Scotch contemporary. " Greenock—Aug. 26. Letters have been received by the owners of the Elizabeth of this port, from Calcutta, for Lon don, from the master, Mr. Cheyne, annuuteing that be had been forced to put into Mauritius on 20th J one, for pro tection, the military on board, 90 in number, partly govern meat and partly East India Company's troops—having become unmanageable and aaaaulting the officers of the ship, who could get no redress, the military officers in command neglecting or refusing to do their duty. On one occasion the surgeon, in the employ of the owners, had got drunk and was put in arrest by the master, but released by the military ' officer in command, who stated that the master had no right or authority to do so without consulting him. Truly these military officers seem to be taking most unwarrantable liberties upon the high seas of late ; and it is absolutely I necessary for the safety of our mercantile marine that at matters in this case, as well as that of the Levenside, shall undergo a strict and impartial investigation. It is proper to state that the troops en hoard the Elizabeth are ime.tly invalids, portions of dfferentregiments." —Urcenock.ltica tiaer. GRAN' Tt About I the grout with a ve ting ullw gigtunie lin ; the network, at the bid The co assembly five tido. seats in t of retreal dintur w chairman ➢1.1'., th, panietl 1 Bulkele7)• Bart., 31. ley Hugt R. West Sheriff ul High Sh , hdr. 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