The Express.
London, England, 1853-11-05 00:00:00

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distress, not es hiedihiesetenetir; and, slowest,. he _
them to look to that quarter from which alone in the
list extremity aseistaani can be expected. (Hear
hear.) He begged them to remember that overruling fro-
dente which had saved them In the midst of au many and
such great dangers. It was the will of that Providence that
he should net survive; it was the mercy of that Providence
that the two men who were his companions should, in the
course of eight-and4orty boors, be drifted beck almost to
the very place where they had left their companions' and
they have survived to tell the story. Now, ladies and gen-
tlemen. an appeal indeed has been made to your generosity
en this occasion. But it is not the first appeal. Captain
Ins/Wield, when he paid of the Phoinix the other Jay,
mentioned to Li. gallant companions that some such oppor-
tunity as this would be given, and said he thought some-
thing was due from the companions of Lieut. Bellot. What
was the conduct of these men—these common I
sailors—who, after a voyage of six months, had some '
trifling balance due to them alter remittances to
their wives and children, ae.d when it had been
eitenebtful whether they would live to come home again I
Why, they rushed forward, and it became the duty of
Captain Inglefield to restrain their eagerness to contribute
oat of their humble earnings mote than he thought proper.
(Cheers.) Silver—gold—was tendered. Ile said " No, it
`but a small tribute of respect that I ask of you. I will
not take much." It is out of your abundances, ladies and
gentlemen, that I ask you to contribute. (Cheers.) Well,
I said that I would not long detain you ; hut will you per-
mit me to espreu to you one feeling more ? I am ad-
dressing a Christian assembly ; and I have told you what
was Lieutenant Bellot'* feeling, what his exhortation, at !
the moment of extreme danger. His noble spirit in its as-
pin'ions lifted bins up at once from earth to heaven. It is
a question now whether we rhould erect some trail memorial
to :cis memory. You may write it is inailde, you may in-
scribe it in brass, but it will pass away. But there is that
which melees monuments--honourable time, duty faith-
fully performed, the glorious remembrance of gallant deeds.
(Cheers.) It is a saying of ainhiguity, and has been truly
said, that the whole earth is the tomb of illustrious men. It
matter, not whether their bones whiten the shores of the
Equator, or whether they are entombed under the eternal
mu of the Arctic regions. But I would say to thin Christie*
audience, let us also, while there is time, follow the advice
of Lieut. Belled. (Hear, hear.) Let us elevate our hearts;
let us raise our thoughts above this grovelling sphere of sor-
row sad disappointment; let us look to dote regions when
we hope Lieut. Bellot is now at rest, and where, as one
of our old divines has mid, with impressive truth, " Eter-
nity is the meuure, felicity is the state, angels are the com-
pany, and God the portion of II e blest." The resolution
which I have to move is as follows: "That this meeting,
composed of various classes of Englishinee, being anxious to
mark their deep sense 4,1 the icicle col duet of Lieutenant
Bellot, of the French Imperial Navy, who was, uuhappily,
Lit in the last Arctic expedition in search of Sir J. Freak•
lin, resolve, that their couniryine ii be invited to unite with
them in promoting a general subscription for the purpose
of erecting a monument to the memory of that gallant
°dicer, to be placed at an appropriate spot at or near the
Royal Hospital of Greeuoich." In moving this resolution
I beg leave to state that I entirely approve of the general
terms in which it is left to the discretion of the committee
to decide upon the precise locality in which this monument
shall be placed • bat I think at or near to Greenwich would
be the fittest ;lace, because it was there that when Lieut.
Bellot embarked on board the Phoiniz, his friends, both
French and English, bade him their last adieu.
The right hon. baronet resumed his seat amid loud
cheers.
Admiral Fir E. PARRY seconded the resolution.
Capt. Acxs:E6ay neat interrupted the proceedings for a
moment by some wild and incoherent question ; but, with
the aid of a policemae, he was quickly ejected ; the Chair-
man observing, after he had retired, to prevent misunder-
standing among the foreigners present, that that was not
the first -on the twentieth time that the unanimity of public
meeting* had been thin iuterrispred.
The resolution was passed unanimously.
Cul SABINE meted the following resolution : " That the
surplus of the subscription, atter defraying the cost of the
monument, be invested for the benefit of the members of
the family of Lieutenant Bellot." He said he felt great
satisfaction in being permitted to take part in the proceed-
ings and to express his cordial sympathy in the object.
Lieut. Belle, qualities were such as secured for him the
esteem and affection of all with whom he came in con-
teat; and he hoped that one effect of the tribute now paid to
kiln would be to induce the French government tee engage
energetically in the work of geographicsl research.
The resolution was seconded by Capt. Fitzroy, and
agreed to.
airs BAEILOW moved, "That it be an instruction to the
sub-committee to communicate with the municipal autho-
rities of other parts of the United Kingdom, and with the
naval Commanders-in-Chief, in order to make thu sub.crip.
tion general, and particularly among the seafaring popu-
Istios." .

Captain IMILIYIELD, who WAS received with much
cheering, said he felt great pleasure in seconding the reso-
lution. Ile would not attempt to improve the finished pie.
tun of Lieutenant Belled which was drawn by the First
Lord of the Admiralty. All he would attempt was to odd
we or two little traits by way of illustration. The meet-
ing had heard how attentive 31. Bellot was to
his duty and with what seal ho performed it.
There was a particular department which he (Captaiu In-
glefield) appointed him to superintend, namely, the meta
ecological journal, and obeervatiens on magnetic intensity.
Many a time he had to ask him to wait till the ship was
secured before he pursued his observations lest he should
slip overboard. (lieu, hear.) He was most careful in his
attention to discipline. One Sunday afternoon, fearing that
the ship would not remain in her then position, long
enough to enable him to complete what he bad in hind, he
came to him (Captain Inglefield) to ask him whether he
might continue his observations on that day. e replied,
that it was hie desire that the sabbath should be kept sacred,
but that he (M. lIcllot) was in a position to judge for him-
self, and he should not object to his carrying
on his observations if be pleased. The result was, that in
deference to his (Captain Inglefleld's) implied desire, he
abstained from taking his observations on Sunday.(Cheers.)
On visiting, alter the catastrophe, the tent at Cape Riley,
where Lieutenant Bellot had been almost up to the mo-
meat when be lost his life, he found the tent thrown down
by the violence of the gale. Pis instrument was carefully
packed up, and beside it was his handkerchief containing a
few biscuits and a slice of pork, which he had put there in
order that he might eat his meal in the tent, and thus save
time, instead of returning to the ship, which was only a few
hundred yards off. He bad a very gay manner, which en-
deared him not only to all his comrades, but even to the poor
Esquimau:. It was customary for the Esquimau: to
amuse themselves occasionally during their short summer
by dancing. Lieutenant Bellot invariably attended the
dances; and having purchased an Esqulmaux woman's
dress he robed himself in it and appeared amongst them as
en Esquimau: lady. His name would be remembered
among the poor Esquimau: when that of the Phenix and
all the other ships engaged in the Arctic expeditions bad
long been forgotten. He would mention one other Was-
tration of the beauty of his character. Amiable in every-
thing, he possessed those high religious and moral qualifk-
cations which constituted • christian sailor. Though •
Roman Catholic, he invariably attended their Divine sees
vies. He always sat near him (Capt. Inglefield) when he was
performing the duties; and he remarked his attention,
his following all their forms, and observing what there was
no necessity for his doing; and he felt sure that with that
thoroughly Christian feeling which must be in every breast
that thinks aright, whilst they were adoring their God he
felt that he was adoring his God, and that it mattered
comparatively little what precise form the service assumed.
(Hear, hear.) Ile bad had an opportunity of learning from
those who were with him in his last momenta, that when
he went from them he was probably prepared for the
change, and he trusted, therefore, that while they were
raising on earth a tribute to his memory, he was enjoying
rest in heaven.
The resolution was then adopted.
On the motion of Captain HAMILTON, secoaded by Capt
OUrimearici, it was resolved: "That the following gentle-
men be a sub-committee to carry out the objects of this
meting : Roderick J. Murchison (chairman), Earl of
Aberdeen, Sir J. Graham, Admiral Beaufort, Colonel
Sabine, Captains Fitzroy, Ommanney, and Inglefield, MN.,
with the Rev. G. C. Nicola,' and Dr. Norton Shaw,
secretaries."
Captain AUSTIN moved the following : " That the thanks
of this meeting be presented to the press for their volun-
tary support of the Bellot testimonial, and for their free and
liberal insertion of advertisements."
Colonel CAMPHELL seconded this resolution.
I The CHAU/WAS, in putting it, said he must remind the
Meeting and the public that the liberality of the press on
Chet occasion amounted to quite as much as the subscrip-
MOM. (Cheers.)
The resolution was carried.
Sir J. °KARAM moved a vote of thanks to the chairman.
Sir It. lamas seconded the motion, which was adopted
by the meeting.
The CICUIVILN, after returning thanks', said he had
omitted to mention before that he received the coacurreswer
of the present Lord Mayor and the Lord Mayor elect, and
of the Earl of Rome and Sir T. Brisbane. lie had alao re-
ceived letters to the same effect from Sir John Pakington
and the Earl of Malmesbury. He was sure the object would
have the warmest support of the predecereor in office of Sir
J. Graham (the Duke of Northumberland), under whore
authority Capt. Inglefield went forth on his recent expe-
dition. The Earl of Aherncon, whom as the most important,
he had reserved for the last, wrote to him as follows :
"Most willingly, and with the gr. des: pleasure, alien I
associate myself with those who form the committee for
this object, in which, from the first, I have felt a very deep
iatemt." (Cheers.) All who knew the truthfulness of
Lord Aberdeen's character, and the value which he set
upon words, would know how to appreciate that decla-
ration. (Hear, hear.)
The meeting then repented.

Tim OVERLAND MAIL for India, China, and Au-
stralia, which left the 0 1 Post ntfice yesterday, for
Southampton, consisted of above 400 holes and hags,
nearly 300 of which were for Australia. The mail was con-
veyed from the Waterloo station to Southampton by 1,114,6'1
train, and weighed about 15 tons. More than half of the I
Australian boxes were for Melbourne, which more thus I
doubled the number for New South Wake. In some
instances, when the India, China, and Australian mail has
arrived in Egypt, there have not been provided sufficient
camels to convey it across the desert.
Ma. ItustaN, author of the * Stones of Venice," is
delivering, in Edinburgh, a series of lectures on architec-
ture. His first essay was on the " General Construction of
Domestic Buildings.