The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-10 00:00:00

)t. Th:a great •vent will take

place, we believe, between the 15. h and 25;h of this month.
meta at least, if we are not deceived. is the period indicitrd
by the data of science, as well as by the article
inserted in the MoUteur of the 12th of October last, which
announced that Her Mei 'sty was ent•rtag Ilia fifth month
of her pregnancy. If what we bear be correct, it will not
be impossible that the 20th of March, which sou the natal
day of the King of Rome, will be that also of the heir or
he ram of the Emperor Nspo'eon 111. It wi 1 be under-
rood, however, that we are cow simrly garreinz. The
duration of pregemicy is not invariat le, and however exact
may I s the intelligues, our readers know very well that
en a question of this nature it Is impoesible to acetate
to a day. The moment is espreed with great interest. and
in any ease this expectation w:II be neither hog nor
troubled. The Empty s'e health is excellent, and it is per-
mitted to judge from appoeratres, rigl tly considered as sig-
n-ficant, that the delivery will he bat pi y e [footed.
" Public cariosity Is alive to know if the Empress will or
will rot be subjected to tle action of chloroform dairieg her
acconchement. Ws believe no decision bas yet been taken
upon this delicate matter, and that all will depend upon
the e'rcemetuc•s of the delivery. We wish we could
'newer enot%er question of far more importance—will
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the Empress give birth t, a Inn or a daughter? We
declare ourselves unable to give an opinion on a subject
upon which no serious reirutilie foot can be invoked. Beta
may be laid upon it, but reasoub'.• eorjeeturte ue impos-
sible.

ee We ere not unaware, however, that =spy people believe
themselves much better informed than we upon this point,
and that the pretence of foretelling the are of en infant is
often set up In circles where medical studies are unknown.
It is doubtless because we ere situated is clifftreat circum-
stances that we speak with more reserve. If,
!aweless., we wen compelled to offer an opinion,
we shred my very modestly that the chums at
least ere equal, aid that if a very slight differ-
ences:nits, it is in favour of the birth of a ton, gees, as re-
gards numbers, more boys are born iota the world than
li girls. In • few days the question will be decided by Pro-
vidence. Let no patiently await that sovereign decision."
It is expeeted that on odic al iatimation of the birth of an
heir to the throne of France beteg received ty the British
government a general royal salute will be ordered Übe fired
by the fleet (with ships drexed and yards °meet) at Porte-
mouth and elsewhere.

A memorial has been prepared by Sir David
Blewster, David Banter. Esq., of Kilrearon, and other gen-
tlemen who have been h 'neared with dew rations of the
Legion of HO3OUT by the French Emperor, addrewet to
r 1 Clarendon, respectfully requesting rt.?. nission to wear
these honour s on public occasions in thin country.
A singular misprint occurs in the book entitled
" Men of the Time." Dr. Samuel Wilberforce, the present
Bishop of Os ford, is thus sp •ken of :—" A more kind-h. acted
and truly benevolent man dots not 'Lis'. A seept,c as it
regards religioau revelation, ha is, nevertheless, en oat and-
eat believer in spirit enovensents " In " as the
printers call fs, a hit of Robert Owen rot tacked on to
ISamuel Wilberforc-, and the hilltop became at once an in-
fidel and a spirit•rappir.