The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-02 00:00:00

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CIA have—the society alter elklldron,—aad nahhor permitted
to cosnotanica:a or tee them. Pb hue been basely
slandered by thole who are ignorant of her true worth and
amiability, and unjustly persecuted on all side.; and I think
it my duty, as her daughter, to do all in my power to pro-
test
test and comfort her in the midst of so many trials. She is
in a foreign band, with no one to stand bar friend, and shame-
fully oppressed by all ; and it is my decided determination
to remain with her, and to comfort her ea much as possible
the remainder of her days.
"My humble petition to your lordship is that I may he
allowed to give my own evidence in this case, and to do jus-
tice to those who are falsely accused.—l remain, with much
respect, my lords, yams obediently, ELLEN Celine."
"Monday, August 16, 1847."
Dr. A. Dingli, on the part of the plaintiffs, replied, that
the
.young lady, being a minor, he was not hound to call
her into the suit; that his clients (the Mises Cannon) had
had delegated to them by the father full paternal authority,
and be contended that they had a full right to recoaduct
her to their school. The cause was not that of the daughter,
for, as the court had properly observed, the daughter had no
will of her own ; in fact, the ease was reduced to the removal
of every impediment on the part of the mother to her
daughter's return to the are and keeping, for educational
pur,toses, of the MiseesCannon, where the father had thought
proper to place her. He offered to read, and did read, au-
thorities bearing upon the ease ; and stated that he had wit-
nesses to prove that the young lady was, even under the
law of Malta, a minor; that she had not left Miss Cannon's
boat and protection of her own free will, as now
Pretended in her wr;uen address to the court; and tendered,
in proof of the mother'. divorce from her husband, the
Statutes at Large, passed in the 6th session of the 14th par-
liament of the United Kingdom of Greet Britain and Ire-
land (9th end 10th Viet.), where, under the head of private
act!, will be found "An Act to dissolve the Marriage of
George Savage Curti*, Esquire, with Emma Curtis, his now
Wife ; and for other Purposes."
The court declined hearino any evidence, but after retiring
for shout an hour to delib-rate, declared that it saw no reason
why, independent of the citati a of the young lady, sentence
should nit be pronounced rind thereupoa gave judgment
" actor log to the prayer of the plaintiff., to the effect only
that the defendant should not in any mode impede the re-
turn and stay of her daughter with the plaintiff.; and in this
mode ',formed the sentence of the Civil Court of the 11th
instant, from which an appeal had been instituted, faith
party paying its own sue a.'
A septum of thia leaorlptios i Imlbarniist to some at all

TIER MAJESTY'S VISIT TO THE HIGHLANDS.
ARDVEREKIE, TL'ESDAT MORNlNG.—Yesterday af-
ternoon it was expected that her Majesty, accompanied by
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, would have made an
aquatic tour on Loch Luggan ; but the royal party did not
make the excursion, owing to the roughness of the water.
His Royal Highoess Prince Albert yesterday, in company
with the Prince Leiningen and a retinue of game-keepers,
proceeded to the deer.forest, where, after about two hours'
stalking, his Royal Highness returned to the lodge at about
one o'clock, having killed a 6nc stag, which was, of course,
conveyed home and placed on the lawn as a trophy. This
makes the fourth of the horned species which the prince has
killed since his arrival at Ardverekie.

This day, it is thought, the Prince will proceed to the
moors; but, as changes are made up to the last moment, we
cannot speak pssitively on the subject.
Earl Grey is expected to leave either tad► or to-morrow ;
and Lord Palmerston, it was thought, would have arrived
yesterday evening to succeed him; but the noble foreign
secretary did not make his appearance. A change in the
secretary department is, however, sure to take place this
week.

ANOTHER ASSASBINATION IN PARIS.-It is Tit-
monred in Paris that a son of one of the most distinguished
Marshals of the Empire has murdered his mistress and fled.
—The cause of M. de Montesquieu's suicide is attributed to
his having committed forgery.—According to the National
there are some shocking scandals whispered about, affecting
high individual,.

Loss OF ruE AUCKLAND.—We regret to announce
that private letters have been received in town, which leave
very little room to doubt that her Majesty's ship Auckland
has been unfortunately wrecked. This vessel was engaged
in endeavouring to carry out Lord Stanley's project of find-
ing a fit site f.,r a new penal settlement, we believe to the
north of Port Emington. The first attempt, as our readers
are aware, was a complete failure, but as at was in hopeless
efforts of this description that the energy of Lord Grey's
predecessors was chiefly remarkable, a renewal of the at-
tempt was determined on. A site was discovered possessing
the advantages of being completely without water, and
being so infested with mosquitoes as to be actually uninha-
bitable. It was on their return to announce this hopeful
discovery that the Auckland went upon the rocks.—Morning
paper.

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TELE GLAMORGAN STEAM-SIIIP.—A correspondent,
who dates his letter " Bristol, lit September," says ..—., I
em happy to inform you that the arrival of the Glamorgan
this morning has removed the pa‘nful rumours which pre-
vailed yesterday as to the alleged sinking of that mail, and
tke loss of same hundred lives. The voyage was altogether
• diustzous one, and the ship was placed in a most mama
situation : yet it is gratifying to know that there has bees
no injury to life or limb. The Glamorgan was an old beet,
and has hem laid up for some time past. The vessel wu sd
mild hi II pleasure trip to Weston and Minehead, to take
at,
as 7, quitting Bristol is the morning and re-
in as evening, and she was described as • large and
ate. The first diseppaiseaut the pemengere We
mssllles rifseal of the captain ( who sated that he was fearful at
*keg the tide) to permit more than one boat full of puma_
ryas to lead at Westonenper-mare, and consequently many
persons who had not intended to go beyond that point were
carried on to Minehead, where they arrived at about 4 o'clock.
The passengers were preparing to land and enjoy the font
hours' rustic amusement which had been promised when the
aspirins told them that in half an hour the vessel must be
again got under weigh for her return to Bristol. In conse-
queue only two boats full of passengers were landed, but
in a short time mach alarm spread among the whole
of them, in consequence of a strong smell of burning, which
gave rise to a cry that the steamer was on fire. The unto-
ace which ensued was indescribable. Females screamed,
and fainted in all directions ; but it was discovered that the
Ire had arisen from a birch broom having been incautiously
Arad on the top of the boiler. Subsequently, much alarm
mess from a cry that the boiler had burst through want of I
water, and that, in consequence, the steamer had sprung a
leak and was going down. The pumps being kept can-
etantly at work strengthened this belief. Some persons state
that the engineer and some of the crew were intoxicated;
but this the captain and the crew deny."
A MEMORIAL TO TILE POET CRAZIER was placed
in the church of Aldeburgh last week. It i. • marble
bust, rather larger than the natural size, standing apes
• graceful plinth, also of marble, on which is sculptured
• suspended and unstrung lyre of antique model. Beneath
appears the following inscription .—"To the memory of
George Crabbe, the poet of nature and truth, this monument
is erected, by those who are desirous to record their admira-
tion of his genius, in the plus of his birth. Born Dec.
24, Mt ; died Jan. 29, IB32."—The erection of the testi-
monial was first suggested by the vicar.
Discovray or A ROMAN VILLA.—The Gloueeater
Journal states that during the first three days of last week
the local antiquaries were much gratified by an opportunity
of inspecting the foundation of the Roman villa lately dis-
covered at Stancombe Park, in this county. By the kind-
ness of P. B. Purnell, Esq., the owner of the soil, these
curious remains were thrown open to the public on Monday,
Tuesday, and Wednesday last. The area occupied by the
rills and appurtenances comprehends • space of about mix
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acres. The specimen of tesielated work -are not equal to
otters which have been brought to light in various parts of
the country, but the extent and arrangement of the plan, and
the beauty and eonveniene. of the situation, are amply suffi-
cient to arrest attention. The site was visited by hundreds
of persons, and on Wednesday the public invitation of Mr.
Purnell ism responded to by many of the leading homilies of
the county, who were cordially received and hospitably en.
tsrtained.

A HINT TO TIFF. FARMERS of the principality is
given in the North Wales Chronicle of Tuesday. The editor
of that journal, in an article upon the prospects of agricul-
ture, and on the necessity that exists for farm improvements
now that protection is withdrawn, says : " Model farms, got
up by the landed proprietors for the edification of their
tenantry, are effecting quite a little revolution. One of
these experimental farms, in the immediate vicieity, we may
refer to. The swampy coursing-ground upon the Penrhyn
property, near Aberogwen, called Glanmore, in extent about
120 acres, within the memory of man a source of vexation
and loss to tenants—that impromoing piece of ground
was, about two year, back, pnrposely selected as the
site of a model farm on which fairly to carry out
and tevt the efficacy of draining. aubsoiling, &c. without
regard to expense. Accordingly, Mr. Wyatt, of Li;ne-grove,
took it in hands. Two main drains, or tunnels rather, empty-
ing into the sea, were established in the first instance, mid
the next step was a process of draining and thorough-
draining. The subsoil plough did its good office, and
rushee, mosses, and other like dropsical symptoms quickly
disappeared. By dint of good management the soil was
brought into tilth, and last year's crops were sufficiently en-
couraging. The object in view was steadily followed up,
and this year magnificent crops of wheat, barley, and oats,
were realised, while the green crops, the swedes especially,
are very promising. The harvest on this farm was got in on
Saturday sennight, leaving all the neighbouring farms full
three weeks behind. Now surely this is something to brag
of. The ground is now being prepared for a large
breadth of wheat, to be got in forthwith. A farm-
yard on a thoroughly scientific system will there
he seen ; with an eye to liquid manure, the drop.
pings are conducted to a covered tank convenient to
the road, with a pump attached. The stables are thoroughly
drained and ventilated, and there is an entire absence of
ammonia. no very injurious to the sight of home. The
number of hands employed seems unusually large, but con-
sidering the nature, extent, and variety of the works in
hand, not out of proportion. The green crops on this farm,
about 12 acres in extent, are kept in order by boys, ten ridges
a piece an arrangement which keeps them sufficiently apart
to guard against waste of time, irrespectively of which an
account of each boy's work is taken at the close of the day,
and payment made accordingly. We may add that six
' horses and 28 cattle are maintained upon this farm, which
our informant, himself a practical agriculturist, who has
travelled far and wide in search of improvement, declares to
be equal to the best managed things of the kind he has ever
seen in England. The result of the experiment will show
whether or not so considerable an outlay may be ventured
span with safety by that class which cannot risk the loos of
capital."
WIND-Cr OF A YANKEE ADDRESS.—
" May it please the court, I hod rather live thirteen hundred
centuries on the small end of a thunderbolt, chew the ragged
end of a flash of lightning, swallow the corner of a Virginian
thorn fence, and have my
_bowels torn out by a green briar,
than thus to be bamboosUd by those gentlemen."