The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-17 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPT. 17.

SIR Jour PsalNGrom is now pretty much in
the same predicament that his celebrated prototype
Dos Gioranni suffers when Donna Anna discovers
that she is forsaken for lerlina whilst the latter
lady Rums her misgivings as to how fur
be can be depended on by her. The concerted
piece in which the rival lovers out-do each other in
reproaches, and finally conclude by an invective in
unison against the impudent coxcomb who deceived
and deserted each in turn, has long been con-
sidered Nlozsrer's chifar,reirre. It remains to be
seen whether the copy by our great political com-
poser, Mr. Disitanu, will command the same ap-
plause.
It is possible that when the DoN of the Colonial-
office first laid siege to the affections of the
North American provinces ho had in his not very
capacious head no definite thought of betraying
them. lie made fierce love us men without principle
frequently do, with no other purpose than to triumph
by dint of fair words, and witbout troubling them-
selves to consider how much of their reckless pro-
mises were to be kept or broken. Deliberate and
premeditated perfidy is not the ordinary vice of or-
dinary scamps. They enjoy, in general, the reputation
of bring " rather good-natured fellows"—that is,
they don't outrage credulity, or raise hopes in order
to blight them, merely for mischiefs sake.
It is only when their convenience or their
interest points the way that they trample
down all the tics of confidence and decency,
and shut the door with a shrug in the face of
the unhappy fools who yesterday were the objects ad
their flattering, and fondling.. Our Dos mg
really have been in earnest for the moment, when be
wrote the memorable despatch, promising unquall-
fled concession of all that the colonial could desiree—i
desiring them nut to fret any more over past neglects
or slights,—and bidding them to consider that they
were -henceforth under the too long deferred prate-
!ion that would speedily make them rich and happy.
They might go to sleep, secure against all further
jostling or jars with their Yankee neighbours;
for the iryni of toryism was outstretched over
them—toryism which, as in the days of old,
had cowed "to resist the noxious and dangerous
influence of democracy" at home and abroad—
and the whole power of whose prescient and iodex-
ible resolve was thus formally made known to them
by the hand of their faithful and devoted friend Don
JOHN PAKINGTON. No wonder that provincial gul-
libility was imposed upon by blandishments so fair
and beneficence so overpowering. They set about
preparing to avail themselves of their unexpected
fortune, and were full of gratitude to the " truly
noble, and generous statesman, who preferred their
smiles to the querulous favour of their more distin-
guished rival.
Already the tone of mutual enthusiasm is changed.
Pretensions of a loftier kind have since appeared ;
and the inconstant Minister has endeavoured to
soothe and propitiate the newer object of his atten-
tion by sacrificing all that he lately pledged himself
to guard as sacred. Protection in PAKINGTON'S
colonial dictionary means leaving the weak to
their fate." And a sworn Protectionist, according to
the same infallible authority, signifies one who for-
swears, on the first excuse, the protection of depen-
dants in the exercise of the rights he has himself
encouraged them to claim. The appeal of the Nova
Scotian, to the (.11;res against the treachery and
trucklir g of her principal SECRETARY of STATE for
the Cotontes, has doubtless been read with interest
by most of those who take an interest in the recent
trans-Atlantic misunderstanding. The colonists
set forth their case in energetic but respectful
terms. They assume that their construction of
international law, and of the Convention of 1818,
regulating the fisheries on the canal' of North America,
is incontestible ; and they cite the despatch of the
COLONIAL SECRETARY, written on the 22nd of May
last, as their justification for expecting that the de-
mands therein recognised as legitimate and inde-
feasible should not be suddenly abandoned by the
government of which that Minister is a member.
They may possibly over-estimate the strength of
their case, or in the opinion of some exaggerate the
loss that will accrue to them by the surrender of the
marine line of limitation for whose maintenance
they contend. But on all hands it meet be confessed
that they are fully warranted in assating as an empty
delusion the proffer drecipread fishing privileges by
the United States; and in indignantly "that
they should no further be trifled with as t they
were children." Tantalised with unqualified expesba-
lion, doped by unmeasured promises, stimulated to the
very verge of open violence by imperial menaces sag
the actual presence of an imperial squadron off their
shores—they have without notice, without excess.
and without even the lapse of a decent interval of
time, been flung aside, and made the scapegoats on
which the rising anger of two powerful nations may
irresistibly expend itself, while the ministerial au
thor of the whole excitement and exasperation
laughs in the sleeve of his Windsor uniform. We
enter not here into the question as it might have been
argued on grounds of international law or on those
of diplomacy. It is too late to revert to either.
Whichever view be correct, our government is
equally humiliated in the eyes of other nations, and
dishonoured by its breach of faith towards the colo-
nies. If the construction of the treaty of 1818
for which Lord DiallY sad hia " help" Mai mesistiar
contended in May last was wrong, we were playing
the bully merely by sending ships of war to the
North American waters and by the pen of their
colleague at the Colonial-office inviting the British
provinces to arm. If, on the other band, their con-
struction was right, they were bound either to main.
min it, or, by peaceful negotiations, to seek, as the
price of its relinquishment, for some real and sub-
stantial benefit to our dependencies. But first to
swagger, and then to sneak—first to provoke a col-
lision between the two greatest countries of the
world, and then at the first sound of the hubbub to
capitulate, without terms deserving to be named—in
the month of May to inflate the minds of the colonists
with unwonted anticipations of a renewed protective
system,and in the month of August to renounce finally
and in tale every vestige and semblance thereof as
far as the matter in dispute was involved—this is
indeed a consummation of folly, weakness, incom-
petence, and dishonour, to which we own we could
not have anticipated that even a DERBY administra-
tion would so soon have brought us.
It will not avail our miserable make-believe of a
Colonial Minister to plead that MALIIESIBURY be-
guiled him. He had been two months is the
Cabinet with that ill-educated and silly paasesso,
and with ordinary powers of observation he swot
have perceived that the seals of the Foreign-Ass
had only been given to Lord Matusenuar to hay,
until a suitable person might appear to take abet.
of them. Nor will it even suffice to imp
that the Paw= was cognisant of the car
tire transaction, and that responsibility reds is ell
great affairs on the head of the government. sat de
the hands that may happen in each case to be stir
ployed. The acts of every department are coustite►
tionally the acts of whoever presides therein: end
the House of Commons would lose all real eselleel
and power of exacting an account of what is Ins is
each if it submitted to be baffled by a bilsraws to
an individual who may be a member of the House of
Lords. When the new parliament meets, it will be
seen what other defence Sir Joint PARINOTON will
se able to devise for the conduct he has recently pur-
heed in British North America.

Waiter the body of the Great Duke is lying in
the chamber of death at Weimer, tho interest of the
public is excited in no small degree by the uncer-
tainty which prevails u to the nature of the coming
funeral or the plans where it will be celebrated. A
public funeral might have been voted by parliament
had it been sitting; but u St. Stephen's is empty,
the question of what ceremonies shall take place
doubt.uss rests wit.. the Quer-4 and the PII/XB

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main; and then is little doubt that this decision
will do credit to that good sense which =rely
characterises her ?donne's determinations. In
the meanwhile it appears more than pro-'
bable that the illuitrious deceased himself has
left directions which will be • law to those
appointed to carry out his wishes. We can scarcely
suppose that the man who regulated his daily actions
and those of all within the circle of his ,
operations with the precision of a machine,
has neglected to register his desires upon
this point ; and we may expect that the orders
relating to the funeral will be ss carefully worded
as any one of his most important despatches. There
is little doubt that many are looking forward to the
of the Deee's last wishes on the subject. of
perusal
with something more than mere cu-
riosity. They imagine, and with some show of
truth, that the directions as to the nature of the
funeral he desired will throw additional light on
some features of his character. They think that
if the Du It F. has not, like his illustrious friend the late
Sir ROBERT PEEL, distinctly registered his desire
that his funeral shall net be public, it will be an-
other proof added to the many already extant, that
his sympathies up to the very latest period of his life
remained with the aristocracy, however a wise ex-
pediency may have induced him to co-operate in a
series of measures which appeared to indicate
sympathies extending to the nation at large.
Sir ROBERT, during the latter portion of
his public career, learned to know the empti-
ness, the weakness,e and the faithlessness of
the aristocratical element of the nation. Without
publishing this knowledge, in so ninny words he left
on record a clear and decided testimony to its per-
ception in two paragraphs in his will :—one in which
he refuses a public funeral, and the other in which
he charges his descendants to accept no peer-
age. Nothing can show more distinctly the na-
ture of the feelings entertained by the great
statesman towards this "estate" of the nation.
The DUKE. OR the contrary, never, except for pur-
poses of great public utility, moved beyond the
circle of his "order." Circumstances might arise
to dictate the necessity of acting upon wider
principles of government than those admit-
ted by an oligarchy,—and, to his honour
and praise be it said,—he never failed
to recognise this necessity ; but however vast and
extended might be the circle of influences operating
upon him at these times, he yielded to them but for
a season. When the particular occasion had gone
by, he was again the man of his "order." The
sovereign, as the head of that order, was the star to
which he ever looked. "I have passed a long
life, I trust with honour, in the service of her
Majesty's predecessors" served her Majesty's
" pedecessors," "His duty as the servant of her
Majesty's crown," &c., are expressions constantly oc-
caning. The nobility, and the crown as the fountain
of nobility, were with him the objects of his deepest
admiration. It could scarcely excite wonder, then,
should ho have looked forward to s public funeral as
the due recognition not only of his services to the
nation, but of his exalted rank.

•
In the event, however, of no wish being ex-
pressed by the departed soldier himself on the
subject of the funeral, it remains to be seen what
will be the decision of those who will ultimately con-
trol the arrangements. Lord DERBY is at present
with the QutEN at Balmoral. What will be the
nature of the advice which he will tender to
her !ilansry ? It is known that a message
has been sent to the QUEEN to learn her views and
wishes upon the subt. How will she be assisted
by her advisers? Will Lord DERBY decide the
question as we may suppose the late Duke of
HAMILTON would have decided it ? The Scotch
Duke erected, during life, a mausoleum, exceeded in
II size, wo are told, by no building of the kind except
the Pyramids. He left orders that his body should
be embalmed and. placed beneath the mountain of
stone, in expectation of a sepulchral immortality, un-
moved by the remark of the poet, that

Not a particle remains of Cheops.
Is this, however, to be considered u an ex-
ample of the general wishes of the aristocracy,
on the subject of funerals ? hardly so, we hope.
The late Queen ADELAIDE, it may bo remembered,
in the precise orders in her will regulating her inter-
ment, distinctly opposed the vanity of expensive
funerals. And surely there can be very little reason
to doubt that her example has influenced many of
the aristocracy. The day bas gone by in England
when funeral feather, could give dignity to the dead
who never possessed it, or increase the glory of those
who in their lives had earned it. This day has
with those which exacted illuminated win-
dows or blazing fireworks as the fitting means to
celebrate great deeds.
The Dune has bent during his life under an accu-
mulation of honour, which has no parallel in modern
times, and scarcely in our history. He has not
waited for death to recognise the validity of his large
claims to glory and fame. A grateful country has
covered him with honour and riches, and foreign
monarchs have vied with each other in bestowing
rewards upon their deliverer. Hines will
not have the difficult task so often al'otted
to it, of sifting testimony, of searching records, to
discover what were the merits of the great soldier.
The Present has date far him what Posterity alone
ea for so many. What can a thousand extra
rdo to increase this fame? How will
iellist extravagant expenditure show our gratitude
Ma completely than it has been shown!' What
earosat of ceremony will not look paltry when put
forward as the last recognition of deeds like his?
True it is that our great naval hero, NELSON, had a
public fooeral. Have we, however, learned nothing
since the days of Nusort P Is not a mere cere-
mony now an object of more contempt than admi-
ration ? Have public writer, been preaching to the
age so long, without teaching it the true value of
shams ?

All parties would surely recognise the propriety of
giving the Dunn a true soldier's funeral—simple and
dignitied—in which the mourners would be his
companions in arms. Very little useless outlay
would be incurred by this, as the troops taking part
in the ceremony would—but for their participation
—be most probably idle. The nature of the procession
would most vividly bring to the mind of the epee-
tator the peculiar claim of the deoessed to the grad-
hide of the nation. All the elements in such a
solemnity would be present—simplicity, appropriate-
ness, grandeur. It has been said that the Dunn
expressed a wish in his lifetime to be buried in
the little churchyard at Strathfieldsaye. Ho
probably thought nothing more fitting than
that his body should repose near the grounds which
were the reward of his achievements. In such •
case, a large and monstrous procession would be
simply absurd. Should fit. Paul's or Westminster be
his resting place, it would modify the case. What-
ever, in the meantime, shall be decided upon—whe-
ther in accordance with the Dune's own wishes, or
those of ner MAJESTY—wiII doubtless be acquiesced in
by the nation. Our present object has simply been to
register the nature of the change which has taken
place in public opinion as to the propriety of tasteless
parade at funerals in general.

LORD JOHN RUSSELL or Tin SUMMIT or Bm-
Lsol.—On &andly lest, atthriV 7 o'clock. Lord John
Ransil and family eared oarimirr, on their way
Is Bewledi. Oa arr=sp Oohs lofty mountain,
.little westward et • reed, what the eidebrated
esellst leek plena between rite-Jena and Bekdak Dho
a airibiretabsibadpsniee wan hunt is maths, to sestet
ihe KAN party is ~Meg the ensemit. The day was
einelltee, eel the ...it baring been made Is about three
boom head& e*y themselves en the summit
he a shelela redisorse et the
MOW *MA he rementle endesspe,
ltle well Mews, lenewlereetwitemed ha benched. The party
deneethd the meesteis is whet ably, GM at half-put 3
Vele* is the ahusess seated three* Callender on their
way ts the Gast, highly delighled wither* day's excunion.
DEATH or Xs. Pvent.-11r. Pees, whose name
is anciented with the Netiinift taste he °ethic architec-
ture, died on Tama" wanks at his residence, Wen Cliff,
Remmste, altar s low bee& ~se. Mr. Pugin's state of
belt hes for 'i.e Yoe eseeed meek anxiety to the large
dells Ili his friends awl eishemt, end several communion*
Yens es the wary moistly in the public
VatteOs het Mr. Pugh was restored to his
Wil
r s bet aseessery eto
_nos. and on
ay was wall le Me no Mendfttin. In
the evening he ems .mdse es insraiste pier and
harbour, and oa lie name beme appsered very cheerful.
At an early hour the next 1/181611/1 M was seised with a
fit, and bit medical attention 11111“ ant ter. He con-
tinued to get worse until the menlmy, when he expired.
Tun tlotrrzeurrox Rine Ocars ere gettini2
ass smisate =, eitelogrenseees:MMe trirsaVatilitie
1 eerrieeb",lKbabi vedlemeed dim sob imemelds will noire
the mantilla el *be geletneetat.

FRANCE.
PARIS, TUURSDAT EvlsueO.
The judgement of the Pans newspapers on the
career of the Duke of Wellington may be a subject
of curiosity, but can hardly be of much weight.
The criticism of Napoleon, la fortune a Ail poor Jul
plug veil tea fait pour elk, however unworthy of so
good a judge of military tnerit was accepted by the
French u inflicting the just stamp of mediocrity on
the English general. Wellington was hated by them
because his plain, true-tempered sword cleft asunder
the dresed-up bugbear of French invincibility, and
dissipated the darling illusion of their military supre-
macy. Hence the chief object of all their writings
is to make him as small as possible. The Constan-
tionnel, and indeed most of the other papers, are wil-
ling enough to allow the Duke's military talents in
India, but as soon as these were turned to the con-
quest of Napoleon instead of Tippoo Saib, the English
general is described.. dwindling into a very ordinary
tactician, and the giant at Senngapatam becomes a
dwarf at Salamanca. Of course 'Jenkins° is claimed
as usual as a great French victory. The Conatitn-
lionnol says of this battle, " The day of Toulouse, so
glorious in the mourning of invaded France, would
suffice alone to reduce to its just value the hyperbole
of English vanity which deferred to their general
the title of invincible." So little is accuracy in
historical matters valued by the latest French
writers that M. Lamartine kills seven horses
under the duke at Waterloo, and then says
that, "mounting his eighth charger, tho English'
general, like a common trooper, rode brand-
ishinghia sword at tho head of the charging ca-
valry," the fact being that the Duke rode no horse
but Copenhagen, who might be seen long after
peacefully cropping the pasture of Strathfieldsaye,
and did not even draw his sword. But notwith-
standing this singular infelicity in relating facts,
Lamartino has pronounced a far less narrow and
unfavourable judgment upon the English heroes than
any of his countrymen, who have handled the sub-
ject in the Paris papers of to-day. The Steele is the
fairest. The Aesemblee, Union, Unicers, and Muni-
tour contain no biographical notice.
The Moniteur contains the following telegraphic
despatch :
Nevem Sept. 15, 3 o'eleek p.m.
The Prises arrived at the station et half past two, amidst
the thunder of cannon and the ringing of bells. The
prefect presented to bim 300 mayors and dems•y-mayors
from all the communes of the department. Cries of " Vies
Napoleon !" Vire l'Empereur !" aeeompanied the
Prince from the station to the cathedral.
M. C. Dupin presented the council-general of the
Nievre to the Prince, and reminded him of the wish
expressed by its members in favour of the stability
of the government. The Prince, in thanking the
council for the manifestation of their sentiments,
concluded In these words:

When the question relates toe matter of general interest,
I always endeavour to anticipate public opinion ; but I fol.
low in its wake when the matter relates to sn interest
which may appear to be personal.
The Prince arrived at Moulins at two in the after-
noon, and proceeded to review the garrison ; con-
fident expectations are entertained in official quarters
that the progress will be one continued triumph.
At Lyons it is anticipated that all will go well.
Whether owing to the influence of Proudhon, as some
suppose, or to any other reason, the socialists there
are for the moment anything but hostile to the
government. Some of the most violent demagagues
of other days have told General Castellane th.it if
the Prince will only visit the manufactories, they
will insure him a most enthusiastic reception.
The new municipal council at Arles has not been
able to restrain its imperial enthusiasm till the
Prince's arrival within the walls of that town. In
an address voted unanimously by men who before
December 2 were legitimists and Orleanists, it calls
for the empire in these curious terms:
Arles, an imperial city sines the time of Julius Preset., is
confident that the Senate will raise its respected voice to
demand the empire, and that then the Prince, yielding to
the unanimous wish, will have dellnilvely closed the era of
.
revolutions _ _ _

At the Bourse the Four-and-a-Half per Cents. fell
43c., closing at 103.75; the Threes closed without
change at 103-75. The Strubourg railway rose
13.73 ; Lyons, 6-23; Rouen and Lyons, and Avig-
non, sf. each; Havre, 3.75; Orleans, Northern, and
St. St. Dizicr and Gray, 1.25 each ; Marseilles fell
310 ; St. Germain and Dieppe, 2.50 each.
PARIS, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
Before following the Ptest4int on his tour, I must
add one fact to the account I- sent yesterday of his
departure from Paris. The brawny porters of the
" Relies," in their Sunday clothing, and with their
medals in their button-holes, were drawn up in the
court-yard inside the railway station, and shouted
"Viva rEmpereur" incessantly . while the Prince
and his suite took their seats in the railway car-
riages.

The train proceeded along the Orleans line with
great rapidity. At every station crowds of persons
were assembled to see the President pass, and every-
where the train was received with the shouts of
Vivo Napoleon !" According to the desire of the
Prince, scarcely any ornamentation or preparation
had been made along his pains, until Vierzon was
reached, where the official reception was in
reality to commence. '1 here M. Pastoureau, the Pre-
fect of the Cher, and the Duke de Mortemart, in-com-
mand of the military division, were in attendance.
The prefect presented to the head of the state the
mayor, the deputy mayors, the Municipal Council,
and tho principal functionaries of the place. The
train only remained there a few minutes, and then
passed on close to the gate, over which may be seen
Inscribed the following verses descriptive of the natu-
ral advantages of the town :

Viral; villa Tirana, mikado panes valiant's,
Silvis annals, Time, prat* &conga.
- - __

The train then dashed on woes the fertile plains of
Berry, covered with vines, from which might be
seen to spring up the picturesque towers of many a
village church. Here, every station was decorated
with flowers, evergreens, and a great number of tri-
coloured flags. The shades of evening bad not yet
begun to fall, but in almost every place huge bon-
fires illuminated the station to a considerable die.
tance around, casting a bright glare on the thou-
sands of peasants who lined the sides of the railway.
Amidst the blaze might be seen the imposing rases of
the towers of the cathedral. The cannon of the
Polygon and the great bell of St. Etienne announced
the arrival of the -President. The station was splen-
didly lit up, and ornamented with shrubs and
flowers. The hand of the 9th regiment of artillery
was in attendance, and played military airs whilst
the train was coming up. All round the station were
to be seen several lines of well-dressed persons. The
Prince was received by M. Planchet, the mayor, the
members of the municipal council, Gen. Berme' in
command of the artillery, the colonels of the sth
hussars and of the 15th regiment of the line, and a
number of other functionaries. The cry of "Vive
Napoleon" was raised with vigour, and continued
for several minutes. The prefect then presented to
the Prince the mayor and the other civil authorities,
and after exchanging a few words with them
the Prince moved forward to quit the sta-
tion. By order of the Minister of the In-
terior no speeches were made. The Prince
then made his entry into Bourges mounted on the
same superb charger which attracted the admiration
of the Permian' on Aug. 15th. He was followed by
the Ministers of War and Police, the Prefect, the
Secretary-General of the Prefecture, General Date
de 11Iorteniart, General Bonne, General de None,
commanding the subdivision, the Colonel Director
of Artillery and Fortifications; Generale Baguet,
de Montebello, and de Ooyon, and Colonel
Fleury, aides•cle-camp to the Prince ; MM.
Leine, de ?denoted, de Cambric's, and Merle,
orderly officers ; M. Lagarde, inspector of the
Ministry of Police, Colonel Bennet, of the
9th Artillery, the Colonel of the 6th Human,
from Limoges, the Colonel of the 16th of the
Line, the Lieutenant-Colonel commanding the place,
the Colonel of Gendarmerie from Moulins, and the
officers composing the staff of the division, all on
horseback. The mayor, deputy mayors, and muni-
cipal councillors of the city, together with deputa-
tions from the municipalities of Sancerre and St.
Amend, followed either in carriages or on horse-
back. A detachment of the sth human preceded
the Prince. A line was formed along the streets
by the national guards, the 9th artillery, and the
15th of the line. The crowd was immense, and along
the line of march cries arose of " Vive Na-
poleon ;" The I lace and the Port St. Sulpice
were handsomely decorated. Large masts were
placed at intervals, and were united by wreathe of
flowers and foliage, in the midst of which were the
initials of the Prince. Over the gate were wreaths,