The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-14 00:00:00

MR. LAYARD'S APPOINTMENT.

I lord GranvWe's appointment of Mr. Layard is an
act ef high courage; it is a disregard of the formali-
ties and conventionalities of office ; it sets at naught
exclusion and caste pretensions; it is a search in the
proper direction for real merit; it looks like convert-
I mg shame into realities; it indicates a desire to em-
ploy the true workers of life; it exhibits Lord Gran-
; vile, not only as superior in intention to many of
his Colleagues, but free from their prejudices, and,
what was actively to be anticipated, jedel'en-
; dent in his own department. Lord Granville might,
had he been disposed, have found many
stereotyped excuses for seeking refuge in the
Staeloys or Btrangways of his party ; he could not
choose a member of the lower hous, for already
there are two under secretaries in the Commons and
the law allows sf no more; what so natural, then, am
to take a peer, as did Mr. Gladstone in a similar
portion? Lord Wodehouse might have been had.
Lord Granville, too, is a young man, himself inexpe-
rienced in the Foreign-office; -flow readily might he
have called in some aged Whig talker having the re-
putation of experienes greater than even Mr. Ad.
(Wigton ? Or, if he wanted a nonentity, there are hun-
dreds of his well-dressed acquaintance daily pacing
St. James-street who would have taken the salary
and spent it Newmarket.
But no; Lord Granville wanted a man of work,
of hope, of promise, like himself. Ile instinctively
looked into the ranks, and there he found Mr.
Layard, the eon of a Ceylon cinnamon planter, who
bad distinguished himself, not merely in making great
and interesting discoveries, but in the rower he had
exseeissd over the unruly Arab, on whom only ho
could rely for seistance; and—disregarding all that
ease might allege of Mr. Layard's want of expe-
risme In the heves of olive, of his want of special
eddies, and sash other idle babble—Lord Granville
has ailed a mail of the people to his aid. Whilst
Sir George Grey hes the son of an earl, and Lord
Grey the see etas old minister, for their subordinate
secretaries, Lord Granville, is appointing Mr.
Layard, has enlarged the field of choice beyond
social and political limits. Let it bo our duty to keep
open the door he has turned the handle of.
What the world wants is youth, not age, in office.
We are oppressed by what is called experience, end
can hardly move for the weight of decrepitude that
beers down upon us. Mr. Macaulay says that no
minister upwards of forty ever governed this coun-
try long or well ; and there is much truth in the
statement. But, at all events, new phases are open-
ing on humanity, and what is required are men
who will meet events cordially and hopefully, not
invalids or valetudinarians, who shrink from looking
the future boldly in the face by burying them-
selves and their tears in the past.
Nor is there any such mystery, or difficulty, or
occult science in public affairs as it is the fashion in
ministers of all parties touffect. It was not want of
officiel experience Lord Derby failed from, but want
of ability and responsibility. Already the inexpe-
rienced Lord Granville sir s securely and grace-
fully in his saddle • the very day after his entrance
Into the Foreign-oice he arranged a grave question
with the United States wir.h good sense and in good
faith; and within lees the.a • six weeks' tenure of
place he writes and ape aks with the authority of
what the world calls a great minister. Away, then
with the twaddle th* it we need old, experienced,
grave, and reverent', seigneurs. Lord Granville
teaches us better i a appointing Mr. Layard: it is
intelligence, aotivir y, acal,and sound judgment, that
we require for don .ng the work of the autism—Daily
Noss.

THE FATE or THE EXHIBMON EVILDINO.—The
atasatisaaaars appointed by the Disarm to inquire and
report on the proposed papaw and appropriation of the
Glue Palm A have concluded their invent scion. They
have has a the evidence of Sir Charles Fox Sir beep
Pats, a. Bilk*, Mr. Cole, Mr. Hawkins, of 'the British
MUOMa , Mr. Kelk, and others ; and the various nigger
&one fee . the future use of the building wore hilly con-
athirst% ; among these, were the projects far • winter
gel*
.a—a gallery in aid or relief of the British Museum—
end an industrial and educational institute, to combine the
lee Jim scientific societies of Loadoa, the School et Design,
&c. The qquntie, s of site end met were ascesemily care-
r. ally eooidered. It appears that there is a reject for re-
moving the transept, with a certain portion of the save east
and west, and re-erecting it ia Kew Gardens ; bat we are
, not able to state that the commissioners have yet agreed
upon say report. The ultimate decision (sub feet to the
saactioa of pmliament) will rest with the Lords of the Tres-
sury.—thoMite.

fRZTWIN or COUNT THOMAZ TO PORTUGAL—
Comm Mornay, the ea-prime Waiter ar Portugal, leftthis
coaatry for Port, OM the 7th het, la the Patinas:
nail packet, MadrX So war anima to leave Ragland
ea the 7th, hems@ al add_ saimarge wee to leave, and
did have, tbde hensey he La.. by the Bradliaa nail
steamer ea the /IL lad.. who would prevent the count from
sellbeed le 40 at Lisboa. The eorint's purpose of
eignalohnili=
beaau Thazmarriatrivett there
has bezillo most
Iblised
to Dm late ranee& thresigh strum of weather. It is so.
Ipeetad thee le *tibia, Coint Thema, will lead
at Viso, sad proeoei overload to Portugal.
MITILOPOLIB WAVES erLT--Yesterdadzi4l::
Ketratee bill for vest*/ its water supply sad of
the metropolis is eseandedeaare
Wimp was printed. It M rho eratailli ea Me &deft of
Willi supply now la the Sava' or Comeess gm hill,
broorrif:rward by the govewreeed, baviv bah pelsted a
her ago. There he 7$ his alm the preseat and 171
ia ihe bill yesterday issert, which desires that it 1....1
p. that the water =Old *miaow of the met:o-
pal should be *sod ; that the
weds WI het tegesest. Is eat=111:8:11 executive
width regereseat the Interests of the
pubis Theo. 4 Olt gehesseet bill is outlined to
41:Monefipure esdliblileine water. There is a sub-
** bill whirls, pies Melia calamities, will be mai-
the raverlary wearrein. Perhaps the
two wM hi relieved tea setae aseeadttee, and a prao-
deal measere made eat of the two.

AIPOINIC•11111S. HALL.—Naano of redeem who
pawed their examinatian in the Women and passim of
aeollisthe, and resoload sertiSsatas to practise, se Thurs-
day, Feb. 12, 1111111,--Walaria Maxwell Barman, Wath-
mian-Deathe ; John Haat /goads; Bath ; James Strange
Nam Devises,
004J52 TILIKI repasts se to explain that in his
his., the word nobility le in al] three paaeyes need in the
siathis mom ; sad sane of them does t oserespond to
'the went peen In Illeglish, but denotes the large class
nalliunsa fa litmzirswilte, before the law of March,
MA bad the ewes as the magnates (peers of
Hungary) except • seat In e upper house.
' A Mtecaxewr.—An Italian calling himself Eugenio
Itslw has tat a few weeks psR bun living in the High-
static to Ilthit drawing. The
wieldier at hie ep bass ensued with Rossinteas of his
art. Wilms also boss inhibiting a *Sams of the binning of
Zwitasta. It liss now bas diesevered that he Yr less
anew es wham he ashibilleagralniteudp, sad
has bra Moieties in the nest divesting sad watitigesse
mow towards them. • Sew days slams two Ude glele.
between An and six year. of age, were enticed behind this
wren on width the picture was exhibited, under pretense
of bidding lights so that the children outside might witaam
thassridolima. The children behind thepiston wen
to sty, end a girl who war present
at tho asthibitio• maims voor to aseertsin what wee the
matter. new the altessinablis meadeet of the Italian, and for
thus hateriaring was WOW, Nicked by him. As soon as
, tiepotato of the shildeen herd of the °fames they had
he sessadrel apptaisaisd. and brought before the borough
emigistrates, by edema ha was sestanoed to pay • fine of of.,
sr suffer three Mahe istprbenniest. The Sae wm paid.
As it is not improbable he may attempt the same offences
by the same means in other towns, the public cannot be too
much on their guard. The fellow is very tall, and appa-
1, ready about 40 year, of age.

A FLEET OF FIFTY SAIL op COLLIEIS has just
arrived in Southampton Water. Such a kegs number has
not been known to arrive at env time at Southampton for
many years. Several Austrian meek have also arrived at
the same port during the week, laden with linseed, guano,
and grain.

s' 2. /RANCE.
FAIDAT EVENING.
.4111 a" kal, on the PUS wiU lippear in the Moniker
If borrow, or to:OM!. Tbil caution-money is now
.81411 to ,80, *Aid of 100,000 fr., as I
'But the former wpBlddouble of the caution-
money. ',meted at pram& There will be no censure.
The government will have the power of suspending
aloarnal immediately ; but the suspension must, in
'cedar to be definite, be ratified within a proximate
slelay by the judicial authorities. The other features
r of the law are such as I have described in a preceding
letter.

I am informed that there is no good foundation for
the report found in the Paris correspondence of the
hukpendareee Beige, that there is to be any mitiga-
tion of the contiseation-docrea. On the contrary, it
appears that the President is extremely irritated at
the letter of the Orleans princes, and will maintain
in all its rigour the measure of January 22.
M. de Montalivet is about to deliver to publicity
an autograph latter of Louis Philippe to Casimir
Ptrier, on the subject of the decree passed after the
revolution of July, obliging the elder branch of the
Bourbons to sell their real property in France. This
latter, which has been discovered among the papers
of the celebrated minister, is as follows :

lionideur,—lt is impossible for me ever to approve or to
signs law such u that which you propese to me. Ily
taking the oaths to the chaster, I have sworn to cause pro-
perty to b /reputed; and such a law would resemble
confiscation. Accept, &c.,
Louts PHILIPPI.

A fac-simile of the letter is to be executed and dis-
tributed. The object is to prove that Louis Philippe
personally was strongly opposed to the decree in
question, and that it was only after an obstinate re-
sistance of five months that he surrendered his con-
scientious opinion to the state reasons alleged by his
minister.

A private circular has been forwarded to the Fe-
ted. on the subject of the elections. The object of
these instructions is to lay down a rule of notion
with regard to the candidates of the opposition. ''hose
are divided into two climes, namely, those who're posi-
tively hostile to the present rvgirne, and who will
labour inflexibly for its subversion, and those whose
opposition is only a milder form of Bonapartism.
The former Nidi&tes are to be kept out at every
price, and their success in any case will cost the
prefect his place. The latter are to be
also excluded if possible. But where their success is
pretty certain the prefects arc so to act that such
success may be claimed as a triumph for thc govern-
ment.

It •is reported that several of the mayors of the
arrondissements of Paris will be proposed as candi-
' dates of the government for their respective districts.
I mentioned yesterday. that the charge of grand-
veneer was to be revived. I hear to-day that
Berthier, Prince do Wagram, is the personage likely
to be installed in this revived officeof the old monarchy.
What is certain is that Louis Napoleon has charged
several petsons to buy horses and hounds for
him in England, so that we may expect shortly
the revival of the Court-chase, with its pageantry,
crossed perhaps by some fashions of English im-
portation. In relation to this subject I am
Wormed, from a good source, that the lessees of
the forest of Compiegne have been hammed with
law-suits for the purpose of driving them to give up
their leases. By a clause in these instruments those
who purchase the right of chase are bound to destroy
the game in order to protect the property from in-
jury. Several lessees having been prosecuted on the
plea of their having failed to fulfil this condition,
and the damages having been in some instances laid
as high as a thousand pounds sterling, they have
preferred to allow their lessee to be rescinded rather
than expose themselves to such vexatious litigation.
Hence Louis Napoleon will have carved out a royal
ebace for the gratification of his ambition to ape the
pastimes of the court of Louis XIV.
I informed you lately of the liberation of the
notorious Huber, who was condemned by the High
Court of Bourges. The letter addressed by this social-
ist convict from hisprison at Belleisle to the President,
is published in several of the papers. M. Huber
give* a list of his long incarcerations for the demo-
cratic cause; but is now so thoroughly satisfied by
the seven or eight millions of votes gained by Louis
Napoleon, that the banner under which he has served
is for ever folded up, that he renounces politics
and only wishes to breathe the air of liberty even
in exile. The petition of Huber has been more than
granted. Ile has remised pardon to tun, and liberty
without reserve or condition. M. Huber, at his trial
before tbellenrses High Curt having denounced seve-
ral of his in sedition, is likely to become a
useful ally of police. Pompous eulogies of the
Prince President's magnanimity in liberating this
veteran conspirator appear of course in the news-
papers. The Parisians jocularly applaud the eon-
, sistency of the act, as Huber proclaimed more than
three years ago the dissolution of the National
P Assembly, which was effected on the 2nd of
' December.

The President of the Republic has received from
the Grand Duke of Tuscany, through the Prince
Poniatowski. the minister plenipotentiary of that
prince, a letter acknowledging the receipt of the no-
tification of the new powers conferred on the Presi-
dent by the French nation.
The Moniteur contains a report from M. Lefebvre
Durolle, the Minister of Public Works, recommend-
leg the direct concession of the railway from Dijon
to 'Besancon, by Auxonne and Dole, a distance of
90 kilometres (56i English miles), with a branch
line from Auxonne to Gray. The railway
From Dijon to Besancon will form the
first section of the line from Dijon to Mulbensin,
and the branch line from Auxonne to Gray, doss'
37 kilometres (23 English miles), is intended to dd.
mately unite the Din to Besancon lino with that
from St. Dialer to Gray. The company offering In
take the Dijon to Besancon line is composed, the relied
says, of the principal capitalists and manufacturers it
the town of Besancon, and of the department of the
Daubs. The company takes on itself all the expense
of executing the line, the state according to it only
two advantages—its aid in effecting a loan of 1 million
at 5 per cent., and a guarantee of 4 per cent interest
during filly years on the capital expended over and
above the said loan, that capital in no case to
exceed twelve millions. The length of the concession 1
is to be ninety-nine years, and the works are to
be all executed within a space of three years. A
decree from the President of the Republic fol-
lows, conceding the railway just spoken of, and
its branch line, to MM. Bonchot, Iron master;
mayor of Besancon; Bretillot, banker in the maw
town ; Vaulchier, landed proprietor ; Clialandre, mann-
facturer ; Zeltner, merchant; Seguin de Jallerang,
lauded propristor,&n, on the terms specified above. The
llfessiteur also contains another report from the Minister
et Public Works, recommending the direct concession
tithe branch line from Dide to Wins,37 kilemetresin
in order to connect the important salt works
lestiesest with the Dijon to Ballocoo Railway. The
length af the concession is to be 99 years, and the
state is to intervene only in guaranteeing an interest
of 4 per cent. on the sum expended in executing the
works, which is in no case to exceed seven millions.
A decree from the President of the Republic follows
the report, and concedes the said branch line from
DOle to Salina to M. de Grimaldi, the director of the
vast salt works at Arc, commonly known by the
name of the salt works of the west.
M. Guilhem, a friend -•
poken
of P-

M. °MIMI% • Mead M the Orleans family, is
sks• of as a assedste in the 10th arrondissement
Preis

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Berrver and Alfred de Mused were elected, yes-
terday, members of the Academy.
The Putrie says that the statement in the thornier
cis Marseilk, to the effect that an insurrection had
broken out in the Herault, the Gard, and the Ae.
cliche, and that the troops had fired upon the people,
is wholly without foundation. It appears, however,
by accounts from the departments thus morning, that
a body of infantry, cavalry, and artillery, has left
Nimes to make the circuit of the Gard, and that in tho
Herault 96 inhabitants of Abeilhan were arrested on
Tuesday last by the " Mobile" column of Peron's.
The Conalitedionel says on the subject :
The bournals of Marveille. have announced that an in-
surrection had burst out on different points of the depart.
meats of the Gard, the Ilerault, and the Ardeche ; that
maws of individuals had assembled round the prison, to
obtain the liberation of their friend. ; and finally, that
the troops had fired on them. We have before us
the journals of Nieuwe and Montpellier, and the
Courrier di In Grim. et de r Ardeche, and they say
nothing about the matter. Nay, the Messager du
Midi contradicts it in the most formal man-
ner as far as the Herault is concerned. All that is true is
that, in some towns, the ministerial circular was inter-
, prated in too absolute a manner, and that a certain emotion

was the consequence amongst the friends of the prisoner
who expected to see them liberated at once. In the Gsrd,
some prisoners were lately set at liberty. The commiwion
charge to examine the different cues is continuing its
labours actively. In the Drume, some insurgents, who had
succeeded in concealing themselves from the research of the
police, have been arrested at Montelimart.

At the Bourse the Five per Cents. lose 40c., and
closed at 103.90. The Three per Cents. rose 4(k., and
closed at 05.30. Bank of France shares fell 5. Rail-
ways were again better. Central rose 16.25; Rouen,
15; Northern, 11.25; Bordeaux and L)•ons, 3 each;
Havre and Boulogne, 2.50; Orleans fell 3.