The Express. — London, England, 1855-08-20 00:00:00

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THE DAILY NEWS: LONDON MORNING PAPLIt, prim eastamped 4d., stamped :d. leadtag Liberal formal, the advocate of free comments and dad mead reforms. — lttthe retest and raise of its mere asare—in the memo of its bw sawn paved. reports, asd is the varied smeroantlis mad emsseeredal Wens& de. sunned in the city, railway, aid morstary articles—OM piper Is SPECIAL CORRESPONDENTS AT THE SEAT OP HAIL. ITE FOREIGN NEWS IS RELIABLE AND IMPARTIAL. As isolative, early report of shipping in the limbs flees Le sop pbed to It by every Overland Mad, and It eantsins of primaTHE ONLY DAILY MINING kEPORT, with Hmt . IT EXCLUDES ALL mums ADYEATISEMERTIL It le 'Wetly indepoissi, sad, Otimil_ MEW by carers Um gay leen than any of iimemMemporarink Mtle pour bee, by emblessy e z ip Information. salmi for Itself a character sad paitlea ast to soy. adiredatsayLdsolartannumisthe Itispismi or it Seselse, 10. 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A dreadful murder has just been brought to light sear this city. Ihe victim of the atrocious crime is Melinda Payne, • Sue little girl, aged about 10 years, and daughter of Jamas Payne, a carpenter, in the employ of Mr. Eaglestiff, of the Hotwells. Deceased's parade occupied • small cottage on the banks of the Avon, near Mr. Esglestirs quarries. Oa Saturday evening, about half-past sic o'clock, Mu. Pips* gave the deceased @japer°, and an earthen*, and directed her to go to the Cook's Folly Tavern, which is situated at about three-quarters of a ails from their sottsge, oath, borders of Dsrdbam Dews, and fetch • quart of beer. The approach to this tavern from the river below is effected by • winding and somewhat rugged path through the woods. It has been ascertained that the poor girl reached the tavern, purchased and paid for the beer, and that having had • couple of small cakes given to her by the landlady, one fur hind( and another fur a little brother whom she hail sick at home, she left for the purpose of deseenciiog again to the cottage. It is said that the was afterwards seen by a boy w►o drives donkeys near a part of the Doom rolled " the sea wall," and which is about cue hundred yards from the tavern in the direction of the rood leading to her ewn home ; but from this point all trace of her is lost up to the period of her murdered body betas discovered. When the child left her home for the beer eke was divested to nturn as soca as presible, and when it was head that a eresaiderible peeled had elapsed without any sign of her approach, her parents became alarmed, end her brother, • boy of about thirteen years old, was sent to me if be could find her. He eserched in every elincties without 'untie, and alum being then incited, the father and mother sad some of the neighbours went forth in quest of her, and the search war continued with the aid of • candle and lantern up to near midnight, but all without avail. At daylight this morning the lather, bro- ther, end some neighbours, one of whom was named Samuel Heady, resumed their search. They first eaamined the cliff., and then proceeded to make their way through the different gullies in the wood. They had bean sea:shins for some time without success, when the brother called out, "0 tether, I think I can se* our Linda." The fiber immediately kastesed to the boy, who was on the footwsy leading from lb. cottage to the tavern, mid which had daring the search bee■ already travelled over several times. On the father approaching Lim, he poured to • kited of nook, in which was • beep of stome, and slid "I can see sister's hair among the stones." The father looked, and seeiag blood on lamed the stones, was too much terrified and shocked to continue the search. Heady, however, and some others, removed the stones, which, as well u the twigs of the bashes, were very much stained with blood, and underneath them they found the mutilated body of the poor girl. Against the back of the nook was the hedge of a cottage garden. The feet had bent thrust ne.rly into the garden, and the head lay outwards towards the toad. The right arm was Vaned towards the head, as if is the effort to mist some violence. The head had been dreadfully beaten the b►ain protruding, the lower jaw appeared broken and one of the ankles dislocated. The nose had been nearly severed, evidently with • ►nib or some sharp instrument. There was • deep cut on the lip, and the throat was severed from ear to ear. Some person think that the poor girl was killed where the body was found, se no marks of any etreggle, footmarks, or stains of blood cut be elsewhere freed ; but the police consider that she mat have been Murdered el./where, and brought there. This they infer frem the fact of the place being within 20 yards of • out. tap, and not more than 40 from her (ether's house, at either of which her cries might have been heard, from the comparatively small quantity of blood found amongst the stones, sad from the fact of the head sad face being literally covered with blood, as if they had beet wrapped in • cloth or seek. Near to the spot were the corpse was disc...reefed the bonnet was found, and also some figments of cake, but up to the present time no trace can be found of the jer, w►ich it is thought might have bees earned off by the murderer. A number of persons have entered upon a diligent ma/eh (lithe wood, and it is to be hoped that before the night is our something may be discovered which will put the oti ose, of justice on the track of the perpetrator of u heartless sad sold Wooded a murder as ever was committed. DILATE OF THE Duna or MANCHE/TER.—We regret to announce the death of the Duke of ltlanthester, who expired on S.turday forenoon, after a painful and pea Minted illness, borne throughout with the greatest fortitude sa►d resiuoation. His grace had jest completed his fifty *lath year. la polities the late Hake was • support*? of Lard Derby, from whom he seeepted, la 1862, an aPPdat toast la the royal household. He is succeeded by ►s sour Thurnsat Mandeville, wha is ea the coolant. LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, AUGUST 20, 1855. THE QUEEN'S VISIT TO PARIS. 1 THE QUEEN AT ST. CLOUD. (Front the Moviiletsr). PARIS, SUNDAY Immo. This morning her Majesty and the ooert heard divine service. To-morrow the royal party visit the Sainte Chapelle, at the Palais de Justice. PARIS, MONDAY MOINIXO. The Queen, Emperor and Empress, and Prince Albert, took a drive to the Bois Boulogne at half-past 5 p.m. The Versailles park will not be open to the public, nor will the great fountains Puy HER MAJESTY'S PUBLIC ENTRY. (MOM Otrt PARIS, SATURDAY, el IDNIORT. " One hour too late," was the general expression in Paris, when, at 12 minutes past 7 on Saturday even ing, the report of artillery announced that the Impe rial train, bearing the Queen of England and her august host, with their respective suites, wu ap proaching La Gore of the Che'nin de fer de Stras bourg ; and certainly it was a pity that the inexorable tide at Boulogne should have paid u little respect to the modern Majesty of England, as, in the olden time, it did to her Danish predecessor. But for the hour's delay thus caused in land ing, the Imperial train would have arrived at Paris in broad daylight, when the brilliant Parisian Inn would have obliquely gilded everything without burning anything, and full effect would have been given to the arrangements which no people so , well as the French know how to get up for those whom they delight to honour. There can be no doubt but that the inhabitants of the fondly styled capital of civilisation had girt up their loins for a great effect. The excitement had been simmering for some time, but it fairly boiled over, during the past week, taking in the first instance effect on the febrile organisa tion of the proprietors of schools and lodging houses, who, in their bewilderment, lost every faculty but that of calculation, and wildly established the most extravagant tariffs for their visitors, both provincial and insular. Every train—north, south, east, and west—brought in daily and nightly its thousands of visitors, and the pollee cocheree of the various hotels suffered under a species of chronic bombardment, that kept the several land ladies perpetually &niece r first, because their houses would not hold any new visitors; and, secondly, became they could not squeeze a few francs more out of those who had already taken possession. Not a tiled floor in Paris, not a wretched mansards, pre viously the undisturbed abode of the metropolitan cats, but was put into requi.ition, and nightly car- Petted with vine-dressers from the Bordelais, cotton spinners from Manchester, students from Gottingen, and the more peripatetic members of the London corporation, all of whom were obliged to fraternise with each other in the most primitive fashion, and show their zeal for the entente cordial, by paying the highest price for the accommodation. It was, in short, a congestion of the nation, and the local doctors had nothing to do but make the most possible of the epidemic. The hey-note of all the preparations was in the first instance struck by the police, the chief of whom, the puissant M. Pietri, in issuing his rules and regulations for the reception of the Queen of England, took his text strangely enough from the 12th Messidor, 1790, prohibiting the erec tion of projecting galleries, the throwing of bouquets, or, worse than all, the presentation of petitions. The deputations from the Ville de Paris, from the Com munals, and the &milting', and the departments Seine et Oiss, and Marne, were informed how with ban. nieree en tete, they might rendezvous in the avenue of the Champ' Elystros, and then pay their homage to their Emperor's illustrious guest. Then, the tasteful and ready artists were set at work, and the whole line of the Boulevards was soon planted with poles of enormous altitude, each crowned with an oriflamme of bright colour and large dimensions, and the intervals decorated with triumphal arches, of varied and tasteful design, and a most granitic solidity of appearance. The celerity with which these various decorations were got up was perfectly magical. On Friday bare poles everywhere, rude ecaffolding and emblematic statues scattered about in most admired ooefusion, and on Saturday at three o'clock everything was in its place, the poles raised their gilded heads high into the air, the oritlammes Buttered gaily in the breeze, the statues gazed with sculptural placidity from their pedestals, and the motley crowd that circulated with difficulty along the magnificent promenade of the Boulevards had nothing to do but criticise and admire, both of which they did with their usual acumen and vivacity. Those who know Paris—and who does not in these times of tidal trains and twelve hours' journey ?—will admit that no other city in Europe could furnish so magnificent a route as that by which the royal and imperial cortege was to pass from the debarcadere of the Strasbourg Railway to the Palace of St. Cloud. The Boulevard de Stras bourg, now rapidly approaching completion, promises to be the finest street in Europe, and thence, when the procession turned at the Porte St. Denis into the Boulevards, there was nothing but a succession of palatial terraces, each more gorgeous than its pre decessor, to meet the eyes of the visitors, until they again turned at the unique Madeleine, and crossing the magnificent Place de la Concorde, they emerged into the avenue of the Champs Elysdes, and crossing the Bois de Boulogne, terminated their triumphal progress at St. Cloud. Richly ornamented façades, shop windows of fabulous splendour, cafés of oriental luxuriance, thickly stud the whole line, and nowhere are these various fea tures of metropolitan splendour seen to more perfection than in the new continuation of the Rue Rivoli, upon which the genius of Visconti may be said to have fairly exhausted Welt. When to these accumulated wonders of art we add the occa sional decorations, and the countless crowd that con tinuously heaved, and surged, sod eddied backward and forward,with the suggestive blouse for its ground, and the various provincial and strange teatimes for its figures, some idea may be formed of the spectacle which Paris presented on Saturday, the 18th of August, 1886, when SI Majeste la Reins de la Grande Bretagne was expected on a friendly visit to her next-door neighbour, the Emperor of the French. The military preparations were on a soak of immense magnitude, although state, not preesation, was evi dently the inspiring motive for this portentous amount of martial array. Forty thousand troops had been summoned from the outlying districts, while the whole of the National Guard answered to the rappel, and together they formed a faros of nearly 200.000 men to line the whole route, three-deep, from the Boulevard de Strasbourg to St. Cloud. The magnificent cavalry of the Garde Muni cipals kept the ground, and the Garde de Paris—e remarkably select body of men—formed the outer line on both sides of the way. The Imperial Guard was drawn up in a vast semicircle in front of the railway, and the Guides stood ready to form the im mediate escort of the royal and imperial party Within the railway itself the greatest activity had been shown in preparing for the auspicious event. The extended and ecclesiastical front was profusely decorated with flags and trophies, and, within, the decorators had been hard at work for wend days. The whole of the erection known in Fres& railway nomenclature as La Gare was covered over with rich carpeting, and the vestibule was draped with velvet and gold lace so as to make it a most worthy royal pavilion. The arms of every town taken in by the Strasbourg route ornamented the cornioes,having in addition the royal arms of Eagland in the centre, figuring like a triton amongst the minnows. Tem porary galleries had been erected for the friends of the directors, and these were soon filled with elegantly dressed ladies, who exhibited the liveliest impatiens to see their expected royal visitor. The accommodation provided fell far short of the demand, sad one of the expedients resorted to by the ladies of Paris to gain admission deserves to be recorded. The invitations were, in the first instance, all dio- tated by the court, and left out many of the wives of the directors themselves. A happy thought sug gested that a deputation of fifty ladies, in court dresses, would be an appropriate compliment to a female sovereign on her arrival, and a proposal to that effect was sent to bead-quarters. It was imme diately responded to, the tickets were ordered to issue, and, it is almost needless to add, were at once appropriated by the parties from whom the suggestion had come in the first instance. The reception of such an unique deputation would no doubt have been a most pleasing ceremonial, but unhappily the delay in the arrival of the train interfered with its success. The platform was soon filled with persons of distino tion, both male and female, in brilliant toilettes or magnificent military habiliments. Lady Cowley was an early arrival, and was accommodated with a chair of state, round which a little court was soon formed of the ellie of Parisian society. The officers of almost every arm of the French military service were nume rously represented, and none were more admired than those of the Garde Municipals, who towered above all others in stature, while they outshone them in the splendour of their appointments. The burly Marshal Magnan exhibited quite a collection of mili tary decorations; and around him, in all varieties of colour and gold and silver lace, were grouped Carabinier, Garde Imperiale, Genie, Zonave, Voltigeur, and Guides. There were also three English officers present, Major- General Sir Arthur Torrene, Queen's military com missioner in Paris; Captain Bourchier, his aide-de camp, and Captain Bramston, of the Grenadier Guards. It was a noticeable fact that these repre sentatives of the British army seemed to have no acquaintance with their French brethren in arms. But the most conspicuous feature in the military por tion of the tableau was a group of young continieres l of the Guides, who marched boldly in and took their places with entire self-possesaion in the very front of the company, to the sore bewilderment of some of the English visitors, who asked eager questions in every variety of insular French as to the sort of military service that was expected from such fragile-looking warriors. Prince Napoleon came early, and perfectly electrified every one by his likeness to his uncle, enhanced on this occa sion by quite an artistic preservation of the costume of the Great Emperor. His Imperial High ness was at once recognised on every side, and re turned the salutes with much graciousness and dignity of manner. The following directors of the railway were present, not only superintending the arrangements, but waiting to assist in the reception of the Queen :—M. Le Comte de Seger, chairman ; M. le Dac de dalliers, M. Emile Persire, M. Say., M. Roux, M. Dollfus, M. Fol, M. du Bochet, M. le Baron d'Hervey, M. Baigneres, Mr. Alderman Humphery, M. Perdoonel, and MM. Bossange, Vuigner, and Bauvage, secretary and chief engineer of the line, together with Mr. B. B. Williams, and some other of the more extensive English share holders. When it is intimated that all these varied groups began to form on the setts& at three o'clock, and that the arrival of the Royal train was not signalled until twelve minutes past seven, it may be imagined that many ex pedients were resorted to to while away the time. Occasionally an individual attempted to rush into the forbidden space, and immediately the police closed on him in a body and harangued and bustled him back to his place with surprising energy and diner floe. Then the telegraph was in constant requisition, and every stage of the royal progress we. duly an nounced by the officials. The troops aired their tactics by performing various mysterious evolutions, and now and again the presence of a band was indi cated in a tantalisinernanner by a bar of "God save the Queen," which Was evidently under rehearsal. At last a loud whistle was beard, and all eyes were turned to the line. The royal train of eight carriages rapidly approached, and a loud, hearty, sad universal cheer indicated that her Britannic Majesty had at last placed her foot on the soil of the ancient city of Paris. The select company on the platform, ' which could not have numbered lees than two thousand persons, rushed to the estrade, bearing the melons police along with them, and were rewarded by seeing her Majesty shaking hands with Lady Cowley as she pained rapidly to the vestibule. The Queen leant on the arm of the Emperor, who wore the uniform of a general of division, with the grand eollon of the Legion of Honour ; and Prince Albert, who wore the dress of an English field marshal, fol lowed alone. Marshal Magoon rode on the right of the carriage containing the Queen, the Emperor, and Prince, Albert, and General Lawmetine on the left. In the second oarriage were the Prince of Wales, Prince Napoleon, the Margot► of Breadalbaae, and Lard Clarendon. Her Majesty's suite was composed of the Mar &Looses of Ely and Lady Churchill, Ladies in Wait ing; Mies Blase!, Maid of Honour; and Miss Hil liard, Governess to the Princess Royal. The Marquis of Abersorn, Hon. CoL Phipps, General Grey, Sir Imes Click, the Has. Spenser Ponsonby, and Lieut.- Colonel Biddulph, Equerry to the Queen, were also understood to be of the party. Lord Alfred Page.• and General Grey were amongst the cortege, but by this time the shades of evening were closing in so rapidly, and the police were so jealous of intrusion, that it was quite impos sible to recognise the whole of the arrivals. Not a moment was lost in getting to the carriages, and the burst that was then made by the ticket-holders to the outside enabled us to see one of the most magnifi cent civic spectacles that could possibly be imagined. The imperial carriages—a splendid train, much supe rior to the regal vehicles of England were drawn up in a long row, their splendid English horses champing the bits, and the postillions manfully struggling with their im patience. The Guides on one side, and the Garde Municipal* on the other, were drawn up in compact squadrons, and their respective trumpets were sound ing a shrill fanfare in honour of the great event At intervals the strains of the National Anthem of England, beautifully played by the Guides band, floated through the vestibule, and the whole of the esplanade was preserved from unauthorised intrusion by a dense double circle of the pinked grenadiers of the Garde Imeeriale, who presented a most imposing and formidable array. To number the sands of the sea would be about u easy a task as to attempt to give anything like an adequate idea of the enormous crowds that filled the whole of the vista. The trouts and roofs of the numerous houses on each side of the Boulevard were covered with company as if with bees, and in the street the people's heads formed a pavement quite mosaic in its variety. Cheering com menced, faintly at first, which meant that the people had been kept waiting too long, bet, growing louder and louder every moment, am her Majesty's gracious manner came to be seen and appreciated by the crowd. The women, who in Paris speak with great authority, pronounced her Majesty to he " Tres gracieuse," and one old lady was pre pared to swear that the illustrious visitor had bowed to her personally several times in the most marked and condescending manner. Hand kerchiefs were waved, good hearty cheers were given, and both soldiers and crowd converged on wards from the sides of the route for the purpose of following the procession. It was now almost dusk, so that, although the carriages proceeded at first very slowly, it was quite improbable either that the people could get a satisfactory view of their visitor, or that the latter could judge with her usual discriminating glance of the magnificent preparations that had been made for her reception. The triumphal arch at the Rue Vivienne might be seen in outline, but its inscription and decorations were all obliterated by the twilight. The statues of Peace, Glory, and Justice, the last-named pointing to the code Napoleon, which were often repeated, might be dimly seen ; but as a general rule, the effect of the decorations was lost, as were also the exorbitant sums which the curious had paid for seats in the various balconies. 'Eke people, however, crowded on and cheered enthusiastically, and every repetition of her Majesty's gracious salute brought down renewed plaudits. In the meantime the military marched and manwuvred with admirable skill, so as to cheek imperceptibly the human tide, without seeming to offer any serious obstruction. At one moment the Chasseurs de Vincennes literally flew through them at the Pas Gymnastique, at another the Garde de Paris formed squares and paused while the ad vancing crowd was perforce obliged to follow their example. But everything was done and taken in the most perfect good humour, the only interruption to military placidity, being when some unlucky gamin gave a provoking imitation of the word of command, to the great chagrin of the officer, who the moment before had been throwing his whole elocutionary force into its delivery. A pleasing proof of the forbearance of the military, and the substantial politeness of the crowd, was afforded by the facility with which a group of young girls were borne, rather than permitted to walk through the crowd. They were the jeunes filks des Charenton, the pupils of the Empress's school. Dressed in white, and wearing chaplets, they had waited under the burning sun during the whole afternoon to pay their respects to her Britannic Majesty as she passed, and having done so, might be seen gliding along with the immense muses of people and soldiers, in the most perfect cheerfulness and unconcern. Thus, slowly, but at a gradually increasing pace, Imperial cortege, troops, and people, made their way towards the Madeleine. ASPECT OF PARIS. Cram ova own COIIISPONDINT.) PARIS, SETIIRDAT AFTERNOON. I have witnessed a great many fetes and triumphal processions in this festival-loving capital, but never did I see anything like the universal and resolute determination to make a great day which is manifest in all classes of the population on this happy occa rion. All the markets were closed at an early hour. Many of the shops were that in the afternoon, not withstanding the chums of selling more than usual resulting from the unprecedented influx of foreigners. The concierges and their wives draw lots to decide who shall keep house, and many a six-storied tene ment inhabited by steady people who habitually never stir fifty yards from their outer door sill, is this day left deserted all but by en old woman in the porter's lodge, whose slumbers no visitor oomes to disturb. From an early hour the Boulevards were as thickly crowded with people curious to see the mere prepara tions for the Queen's reception as they are at the very high noon of ordinary fetes. A hot sun drove the multitude to the shady side of the way—a happy circumstance for those who, like myself, prefer the pure glowing heat of the god of day to the foul steam of a densely-packed mass of human beings. To walk in the sun was the only way to get along at all to-day, for as to carriages they could only crawl in their rank at something much slower than a foot pees ; and now, as all this week, you may look for an hour without finding one empt. The y disposition of the population to do the greatest honour possible to the great historical event of the day is universal. I have not heard a single legitimist or republican sneer in any quarter. The national pride feels engaged that nothing shall be wanting to evince feelings of national hospitality and national gallantry. I heard a distinguished member of the Provisional Government, who notoriously has not changed his republican opinions, say this morning, in a tons of winning good humour," We all twpt politics to give a warm reception to the Queen of England." Many well-known adversaries of the present order of things in Franco have cheerfully subscribed their 60f. or 100 f. to pay for decorations on the Boulevards. I this afternoon took a walk—l would much rather have taken a ride, had the regulations allowed it— slag the whole line which the Queen Is to parade from the Strasbourg Railway station to the park gates of St. Cloud, and will proceed to give you a hasty sketch of what principally struck se along this route (Stamped id. Additional.) [TWOPENCE. of at least eight miles in length. The decorations in the interior of the station will be described to you by another pen. I would Edo have visited them, bat my ticket of admission was reused on the reason able plea that the workmen were yet completing the finishing strokes of the ornamentation, and that visitors distracted them. All that I saw at the station were some beautiful orange trees, remarkably full of blossom, placed at the entrance. Starting from thence towards St. Cloud, along the magnificent new street called the Boulevard de Strasbourg, I found the newly built, and in many cases unfinished, houses on either side of the way so shrouded by flags and streamers, and garnished with platforms in iron!, that the as yet incomplete state of the street will not strike her Majesty's eye. As early as three o'clock people were settling down into their place., where they deliberately made up their minds to re• main patiently for many hour., awaiting the spec tacle. In this quarter 6f, was the very least sum charged for a tolerable seat on a back row bench. But there were places very far retired indeed, and more favourable to the exercise of the woes of the Imagina tion than of sight, which were let as low as 2f. Further along the line, on the Boulevards proper, good places fetched 15f., 20f., and 25f. Many enop windows were let for 250 f. and 300 f. A speculator paid 3,600 f. for the balcony of the Cafe du Grand Balcon. The Maison Dore" would not admit any parties to dine in a private room fronting the Boa levard (and these rooms, or cabinets as they are called, are of infinitesimal proportions) except on condition that the dinner was to cost at least 300 f. But to return for a moment to the Boulevard de Strasbourg. It was deco rated with 64 Venetian poles of great height, bearing ample flags—the Union Jack and the Tri colour tastefully intertwined. At the angle where the Boulevard de Strasbourg abuts into the Boulevard St. Martin, there was an extraordinary profusion of decorations, and from thence along the whole length of the Boulevards St. Denis, Bonne Nouvelle, Poi.- eonni&e, Montmartre, and Italica', there was scarcely a window from the top to the bottom of any house without its flag. The total sum of money spent in these decorations must have been enormous. The least expeoiive cost s°. each, and at this price a great trade was driven all day by itinerant vendors, who drove up and down the boulevards in carts loaded with this merchandise, and waving a scroll with the inscription, " French and English flags for sale." Medals with the likenesses of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert were sold at two eons each. A biography of her Most Gracious Majesty, illustrated by a very good woodcut, was sold ex tensively for the same moderate sum of two sow. In this sketch numerous anecdotes are related illus trative of her Majesty'. many virtues as displayed from her very cradle. In early youth, the writer has been informed, her offability was such that she never met any stranger in Kensington•gardens without stopping him to inquire after his health. I think this fact worth recording, as you may perhaps never have heard it before. The pamphlet breathes throughout the most friendly spirit towards England and England'. Sovereign, and concludes with the following highly complimentary paragraph, which not only evinces good feeling on the part of the writer, but an amount of talent worthy of a work of higher pretensiona:—" In truth, the entire life of the Sovereign whom we have described, is but one bril liant page which the history of England develops with pride. To see a young Queen coming to the throne of a great nation at the age of 18 years, and govern. ing her people with wisdom, prudence, and firmness, is an example for the world. 'fbie is the reason why the English people, full of love for its good and beautiful Sovereign, proffers continually that cry, in which we join with all our heart and soul, ' God save the Queen.'" Interspersed with the flip, arches, and decorations along the Boulevards, were numerous well-chosen mottoes and devices. The hearty English word " Welcome" was repeated in a hundred placer. " Hurrah for Queen Victoria" (in English), appeared on a magnificent streamer near the Gymnase Theatre. In front of the theatre itself was a very handsome decoration bearing the inscription " August, 1855 April, 135 (alluding to the periods of the reciprocal visits of the two Bovereigns)—Union—Force—Dia interestednesa" less than 200 milieus of subjects; in this circum' stance they will be the interpreters for all the nation. The Queen will find here a welcome not less cordial, not lees enthusiastic, than that which the Emperor and Empress have received in London. Certainly, one of the moat important facts of the epoch, so fer tile in great events, will be this visit to Paris of the Queen of England, under the reign of the Emperor Napoleon—this solemn consecration of an alliance now cemented by sufferings and victories in common, and which draw closer still the mutual sympathies of the sovereigns. What more striking proof of her friendship can England give us than thus to confide tons at one and the same time her well beloved sove reign, who is a brilliant example on the throne of every virtue, and the young prince who is to succeed her. France will worthily reply to this loyal confi dence. The wekwme given to the Queen of Great Britain will be addressed also to the august sponse so intimately associated with her high destinies, and who, by the rare qualities of his mind and by his noble character, has known how to conciliate the esteem and affection of the English nation. From the eagerness which is manifested in all cheese/1, from the preparations which are making upon the points of passage of these august guests, it is easy to dis cern that the population comprehends all the bearing of this great event, that it associates itself heart and soul with the sentiments of the Emperor for his faith ful ally, and that the arrival of the Queen of England in Paris will be a day of rejoicing for all France." THE LANDING AT BOULOGNE. BOULOGNE, SATURDAY, AUGUST 18. At two o'clock precisely this day the Victoria add Albert steam yacht, having on board the Queen, his Royal Highness Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the Princess Royal, arrived in the har bour of Boulogne amid the most deafening peals of artillery and of musketry from the soldiers stationed along the front of the cliffs, as far is the eye could reach upon each side of the port. His Imperial Majesty immediately stepped on board, and, having first bowed, kissed the band of the Queen. Her Majesty then kissed the Emperor on both his cheeks. The Emperor then conducted the Queen on shore. The Imperial and Royal cortege moved off at a quarter past 1 o'clock, and arrived at the railway station at about 20 minutes put 1 o'clock. - Having stopped for a few minutes to partake of the refreshments there prepared, the illustrious party entered the carriages in waiting, and proceeded by the railway at a rapid rate on their route to Paris. The whole scene was one of dazzling brilliancy, and the most eloquent pen would fail in depicting it in its true colours It is stated that there were nearly 50,000 soldiers under arms for the occasion, and as they were seen crowning the heights of the cliffs for miles together upon each side of the harbour, as well as lining the route by which the august party were to move, the effect produced was one of surpassing splendour. The Royal and Imperial cortige were preceded by regiments of Lancers and Carabineers. The Imperial Ouard and the Masseurs des Vincennes were also In attendance. The rich and varied uni forms of the officers present rendered the coup trail one of the most entrancing character. Not the least striking and interesting object et the entrance to the station, was the presence of the pois sardes, or flehwomen of Boulogne, who occupied the most prominent seats in the semi-circular benches erected there. It appears that they enjoy some pecu liar privileges on such occasions. Their rich red petticoats and nicely-trimmed caps gave them a most picturesque appearance. Most of them held bouquets of flowers in their bands, and they bore their honour able and prominent position during the pawing of the gorgeous pageant before them with that dignity and calmness which • thorough consciousness of their prescriptive rights no doubt imparted to them. We understand her Majesty took marked notice of them, and made some inquiry respecting them. Twelve other steamers entered the harbour imme diately after the arrival of the royal yacht, some of which conveyed the members of the royal household. Her Majesty looked remarkably well, and, as usual, was favoured with lovely weather. Preparations are being made for a grand review and sham battle, which, it is raid, are to come off here on Monday week in the presence of his Imperial Majesty and the Queen. The soldiers occupying the four encamp ments, viz., Honvault, Ambletense, Equihen, and Wiemele, will, we believe, be in requisition on the occasion. The Moniker has the following article on the visit of Queen Victoria : "It is this day that the Queen of England is to make her entrance into Paris. The presence of Queen Victoria in France will be for the inhabitants of Paris an occasion for testifying their sentiments of affec tion and for the powerful ally of the Empe ror, for th r aTg e olsreign whose vast states do not count FRENCH IDEA OF COLONEL SIBTHORP. Among several of Mr. Cattermole's water paintings—. says La Patrie, in an article on the Exhibition—there is one that requires particular attention. The most remarkable, both from its size and the singularity of the subject, is one that goes by the fantastic title of " Sir Biorn of the glittering eyes." It is then a question of a somewhat wild legend with which Mr. Cattermole has familiarised himself in read ing the " Sintram and his Companions" of Motte•Fouque. It seems that Sir Biorn was troubled with a profound con tempt for his oontemporary knights ; at least it is thus that we mount for his singular taste, for "he was in the daily habit of placing the armour of his ancestors, instead of com pany, around the table at which he est to drink." We have, thee, a banquet of SIMMS, at which presides, with • Byways sort of dignity," Sir Biorn of the glittering eyes." What surprises us is that none of the hollow and sonorous guests appear cold or stiff; they are all animated with a certain sombre gaiety, and seem to move their limbs as though they were shouting " hurrah " in drinking the health of their noble Amphitryon and faithful descendant. In the House of Commons there is an eccentrie colonel, a true gentleman of the old school, who lately on the floor of the house declared himself "a real John Bull," and who at every opportunity that promote itself never fails making a furious sortie against I.reignen ; who has vowed war to the knife against the Crystal Palaces of Hyde-park and of Sy denham, which he compares to the Trojan horse, to an infernal machine, got up in favour of Frenchmen ; in short, a man who would st-ip the age in its march, and who, since the Anglo-French alliance, leads a retired life on his estate, predicting the end of the world. " Sir Biorn of the glit tering eyes" was the Colonel Sibthorp of his time. ELOPEMENT. An elopement, which in the face of unusual diffi culties was recently effected, has for a few days past been the sole topic of conversation on the Fel'sides. The young lady, who is very reepcetably connected, was a minor, and under the guardianship of her brother. She bad, however, contrary to the wish of her said guardian, formed an attach meet fur a young farmer, or rather a farmer's son, who lived in the neighhourhood. Her brother used his influence to break off the attachment as one unworthy of his sister, being anxious that the matrimonial alliance made by her should conduce to her advancement in the social scale. The young lady was determined to consult her own happi ness, independent of worldly considerations ; the opposition offered to her wishes only made her cling closer and closer to the beloved objet . Vihether there had been a serious family quarrel, we are cot prepared to say ; but on • Tues day morning about three weeks ago the young couple hastened across the country to the nearest railway eta' ion (Plumptori). Having procured tickets they awaited the arrival of the train with feverish anxiety; but, alas! just before its arrival the young lady's brother, who had become cognirant of her flight, dropped in upon them. A scene ensued, the fair one was marched off under protest, fighting her brother with words and blowe, exclaiming as she left the station, in • tons of sarcastic defiance, "Never mind, Joseph, I'm yours! I'tl be true! W'il beat him yet!" Her brother, however, was determined not to be so easily foiled as his disobedient ward imagined. He immediately removed her to Liverpool, where she was placed under strict surveillance ; but she rill found means to cleamuoicate with her lover, and after about a fortedaht, he, accompanied by a friend, presented himself under her bedroom window at midnight. Out she came, throwing her clothes before her. On the following morning the parties with whom she was staying found that she was mining, and telegraphed to that effect. There was immediately • look-nut eloeg the Lancaster and Carlisle be which the fugitives were expected to proceed to Gretna. But they had learned wisdom by experience, and the young lady was resolved not to be again torn from her lover. Therefore, instead of taking the train, they ' sailed by the first packet by the west coast of Scotland, from whence they proceeded to Gretna, where they were mar ried according to the law of Scutlised.—Caelrele Journal. ATowerro3 I O :4 ,tv S E heel, which - -0 FIZL N D— TII T rt e botln FATAL . BOILER .ploaon.t the caused the death of four men, has been followed by a similar calamity, at the adjoining establishment, the Hartford Steel Works, Willey•street. the property of Messrs. Snort ridge, Howell, and Jump. The chief department in these works is the steel rolling mill, a spacious enclosure about ' 60 yards long, by 14 yards wide, and proportionately lofty. The boiler.houss was separated therefrom by a stout bride wall. The boiler was a large one, having to supply steam to a thirty-horse engine, and one of six-horse power. The machinery started at six o'clock on Saturday morning, and at ten minutes to seven the boiler exploded with a terrific* noise, knocking down the partition wall, blowing out portion of each side of the mill, so that the entire length of the roof fell, and killing a man named Bennett, besides injuring I others. The side of a row of cottages abut ting upon the boiler house was likewise driven in, but for tunately these had just been vented by the tenants, to make room for an enlargement of the works. Much loss will be occasioned by the damage done to manufactured steel. No positive opinion can, as yet, be Riven with respect to the Gauss of the expleeion. The boiler has been in WA a year and eleven months. COMMUTATION OF PUNISH)!ENT.—IL will be recol lected that at the last sessions for the Ipswich division, Mar nett Skipper, sped 63, was convicted of receiving 12 mien of cheese, the property of William (indwell, of Briancon. Mathias had ever been known against the character of the prisoner before. The chairman, William Gordon, Esq., before whom the case was tried, at first passed a sentence of seven yean' transportation, but upon the representation of counsel that such a sentence was illegal, awarded four years' penal rrrr itude. We have now the satisfaction to announce that her Majesty's Secretary of State has com muted the punishment to two years' imprisonment. A great deal of sympathy having been expressed in behalf of this unfortunate woman, on account of her age, previous cha racter, and number of children, we understand a further effort will be made for an eaiension of the royal clemency in her behalf. It is earnestly hoped that it may be sac cesaful.—lpneich Journal. MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—A melancholy accident happened in Wellhope, in the upper part of Wendel°, on Monday, the 13th inst. In that district, Samuel Parker. Hari , of Newcastle and Houston, has for some years spent part of the autumn with his family, combiring a healthy and agreeable sojourn with ample facilities for grouse shoot ing on the adjacent moan, sod on shooting excursions was constantly attended by Joseph Fairless, who acted as game keeper, and to whom, for his faithful and zealous services, Mr. Parker was greatly attached. At an early hour on Monday morning, Mr. Parker and friends went into Well - and at noon were occupied is grouse shooting, in different parts of thews extensive moors. Mr. Parker had shot eleven brace, and was aiming at a bird which nee in front, but flow off to one aide. Fairless. unknown to Mr. Putter, and, as is supposed, without seeing the bend rise, advanced rapidly in front from Mr. Parker's right hand, and so came into the direction Is which the bird was flying at the very instant when Me. Parker fired, and he received the contents of the gun into his head, and only survived a few minutes. Au inquest was held on the following day, when it appeared that them bad been no want of ordinary care on the part of Mr. Parker, and a verdict of accidental death was returned. Wand event has occasioned a deep gloom in the locality, where the deceased was well known and greatly respected, and to no one has it caused more profound grief than to Mr. Parker. Mr. Fairless was 44 years of age, aed unmarried. The funeral took place on Wednesday, and was attended by Mr. Parker led family, as well as by numerous sorrow ing friends, and many of the respectable inhabitants of the slistrlct—Newcoatie Courant CRYSTAL PALACE.—FIVE SHILLING DAY, AUG. 18. Admissiosson payment, 400; ditto by season ticksts,2,l63 ; total, 2,663.