The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-15 00:00:00

GERMANY.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Timmins'. Erextxo.
M. Roger (ord) has written the following letter
to the Ordre :
My dear Coileae,.--:Certain journals attribste to me a
tahnion from our Mends in Paris to the PrinoeteJoinville.
It is tree that I have been to England and to Refloat. I
have bad the honour of seeing the prince d the royal
fawns of Orleans and their august mother. I had no
sa*ion from any one to go to England. On ay return I
have made myself the organ of no one. Is it wished to
know my opinion upon the question with which the public
seems to be so much occupied ? I have the most profound
and personal conviction, that if the country wen to appeal
to the devotion of the Prince de Joinville, the pnnce
would never be found wanting to France. Accept, my
dear colleague, the assurance of my most affecionate sen-
timents, RO4 ra (Nord).
Paris, August 14, 18.51.

The Prince de Joinville is thus flirty is the field
as a candidate for the presidency. M. Roger (du
Nord) is a confidential fnend of the (Moms family,
a representative of the people, and an old mperienced
member of the Chamber of Deputies under Louis
Philippe. Ile must be taken to have will weighed
every word of his letter. In writing at the present
moment, when so ninny conflicting coniectures are
hazarded as to the prince's feelings on the subject—
in writing to the O,dre, the journal which for several
days has been labouring to prepare the public mind
for the announcement—M. Roger must mean, as be
will certainly be understood to assert, that no family
or personal scruples of the Prince de Joinvillc need
abate the ardour of his friends ; and that, if elected,
he would consent to fill the office of president of the
republic. If the importance of this event is to be
estimated by the efforts that have been made by the
legitimists to avert it, or by the fears of the Bona•
partists lest it should come to pass, the declaration is a
fact of great political moment. It hasbeen represented
to the Print.* de Joinville that, as a man of honour,
it was impossible that lie should place himself
in a position in which he must either betray the re-
public which he would swear to maintain, or desert
the principles of his illustrious family. Appeals have
been made to his pride as a Bourbon, to his filial
affections as a son of Louis Philippe, whose dying
breath exhorted his family to unity, and to his na-
tural duties as a guardian of the Count of Paris,
whose rights have never been relinquished. These
arguments failing, others have been brought forward
to prove that suttee would be impossible. The
various grievances of Louis Philippe's reign have been
recapitulated for the purpose of showing that the
name of Orleans would be a symbol of unpopularity.
Then supposing him elected, the certainty of a coalition
against him on the very morrow of his election has
been urged. lie has bee.n told, and with much plausi-
bility, that however sincerely he might wish to main-
tain the republic, nobody would believe him sincere.
That he could not make an appointment but it would
be said he had gained an auxiliary, or dismiss a
functionary but he would be accused of having rid
himself of an enemy. For him, as for Louis Napo-
leon, the great difficulty would be to obtain a revi-
sion of the constitution, but to him the revision would
be refused with still greater obstinacy, be-
cause no one would doubt the use to which he
would desire to turn it. If he were to be
elected it would not be by any overwhelming ma-
jority of the people, but by a bare majority of the
Assembly after his name had been tossed about in
the crowd with those of Ledru Rollin, Cavaignac,
Changarnier, and Lamartine. Is it for such ques-
tionable honour, it is asked, that the Prince de Join-
ville would repulse for ever the fraternal hand which
has been nobly held out to him by the Count de
Chambord. The projects imputed to the l'rince.
exclaims the rition, this very morning, are those of
a vulgar ambition, and therefine they cannot be his.
Such is a specimen of some of the reasoning addressed
to the conscience and interest of the Prince de
Juinville, which will be disconcerted by M. Roger
(du Nord's) letter. It would not be very unreason-
able if the Prince de Joinville, knowing himself to
be the most popular member of his home, and not
being desirous to pass the prime of his manhood in
exile and inactivity, should have made up his
mind that the restoration of the Bourbons as
a royal race will never happen. Whatever
Louis Philippe may have had to lay to his con-
science, the Prince de Juinville personally owes
no allegiance to the elder branch of his family. Ile
well knows that " fusion " only means that the Or-
leans family should renounce their claims to the
crown, and he may very well think it quite justifi-
able and more politic to renounce them in favour of
the nation than of the Count de Chambord.
The Minister of kt%ao. has determined strictly to
....force the regulations which prohibit naval officers
from being accompunied by their wives on board ship.
As an example to all lesser offenders the minister
sent an order to Admiral Parseval Deschenes, com-
manding the squadron off Cadiz, desiring that Ma-
dame Parseval Deschenes might be sent on shore
immediately. This lady has been in the habit of
cruizing aliout with the admiral during the last 15
years. 11e must now console himself, if he can, for
her absence by the reflection, which the minister
suggests to hint, that it is especially incumbent on
men so distinguished as himself to set the example of
respect to the law.
The rairrrs, the leading journal of jesuitism and
of divine right, has made up its mind to a bolder
course with respect to Mr. Gladstone than the mass
of King Ferdinand's admirers have been aisle to
screw their courage to. It asserts roundly, and un-
dertakes to prove hereafter, that " not a single fact
in Mr. Gladstone 's two letters will bear examination."
Meanwhile it maintains that Ferdinand is the
" worthiest" and " best of kings."
The municipal council of Orleans have endowed a
novel professorship, not unworthy of imitation.
They have voted a salary of 20/. to a lecturer on the
art of grafting and cutting fruit trees.
The President of the Republic has created 1 grind
officer, 3 commanders, 7 officers, and 63 chevaliers of
the Legion of Honour, in consideration of recent ser-
vices in the African war. The new grand officer is
General Camou.

An exaggerated account of the damage done by
the tire at the Inv alides appeared in the Patric, and
was copied by several other papers. There were
234 Hags and standards in the church, and of these
only about 13 were destroyed. as I mentioned yes-
terday. The famous parasol of the Emperor of Mo-
rocco, taken at the battle of Isly, was saved with
slight damage. The 52 Hags captured at Austerlitz
were not in the church. They are deposited tempo-
rarily in the governor's apartment until the comple-
tion of the Emperor's tomb, which they are destined
to decorate.

The Syndical Committee of Barges have voted
the necessary funds for the restoration of the pyra-
mid erected in honour of Queen Ilortense, on the
Queen's bridge at the entrance of the valley of Luz.
M. do la Gui'yonnis'.re, the eminent journalist, who
was so long assJciated with M. K de Girardin in the
Prissf', and who now, under the direction of M.
Latuartine, is the principal editor of the i'oys, is
about to publish in the latter journal a series of
sketches of contemporary political personages. He
promises, on the irith inst., to begin with Louis
Napoleon Bonaparte, and afterwards to proceed with
portraits of the Count de Chatnbord, the Prince de
Joinville, Lamartine. General Cavaignac, General
Changarnicr, 'fhiers, Michel (de Hourges), Berryer,
Emile de Girardin. Ledru Rollin, General
Lamoriciere, Victor Hugo, Nlontalembert, Guizot,
Jules Favre, Odilon Barrot, Proudhon, and Do Fal-
lon:. These names might almost serve as a list of
candidates for the presidency.
The llesiver sup, but there is as yet no confir-
mation of the statement,

It is positively stated that the President of the Republic
will leave Paris between the 20th and' sth of this month,
for a tour in the departments. The President will go to
Bordeaux. He is to stop two days at -kngouli.ine, and three
or four days at Bordeaux, where he will receive deputa-
tions from Toulouse, Agcn, Montauban, Auch, Carcas-
sonne, Montpellier, &c. From Bordeaux, the Presi-
dent will go to Rochelle and Rochefort, and will re-
turn by Perigueux, Limoges, Moulins, and Never.. This
journey will occupy from 10 to 12 days. He will be accom-
panied by the Ministers of the Interior. Finance, and War.
The prefects of the different localities were yesterday in-
formed of the intended visit of the President, which, it is
said, was decided on in a council of ministers before Om
separation of the Assemhly. It appears that the President
of the Republic has renounced the idea of passing 10 days
at the Camp of Lunkille, as he at first intended."
M. Lemulier has abandoned all further proceedings
in his action for libel against the Perfect of Police,
the latter having admitted to two representatives,
friends of M. Lemulier, that he had been deceived
as to the facts alleged against MM. Lcinulicr and
, Lacordaire in the repo rt nfided to M. Forcade.
M. Lemulier will now continue the action against
MM. Forcade and Vermaitre.

AUSTRIA.
The Emperor of Austria returned to Vienna on the
9114 from Ischl, where he went to visit the Queen of
Prussia. It is said that he will soon return there, to
have an interview with the Kings of Prussia and
Bavaria. The Gallician trip of which so much has
been said seems to have been indefinitely adjourned.
It is said that the change is mainly owing to Mar-
shal Itademlei's demand for reinforcements in Italy.

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, AUGUST 15, 1851.

Professor Lemaim, who spoke the Latin oration
at the Sorbonne, has been nominated a member of
the Legion of Honour.
The wounds of M. P. Bonaparte are going on
wciL He was visited by the President yerterday.
The Five per Cents. closed at 93.30, with a fall of
10c.; and the Three pet Cents. closed at 37.15, with
a fall of 10e.

ITALY.
PIM/N[ONT.

A letter from the frontiers of Italy, given in the
German Journal of frankfort, of the 12th, states
that the journey of the King of Saxony to Italy
had an important political object. His Majesty was
to use all his influence with his relative the King of
Sardinia to induce him to dismiss all his ministers
except M. Foresta, and to wean him from English
influence. A Itomish prelate had been present at
several conferences between the two kings. The
conservative papers say that the King of Sardinia
has deeply reflected on the subject, and is disposed to
be reconciled with the holy father."

INDIA.

[By fr:!ectric Tekirsph.)

1k adviees finm Trieste, of the 13th inst., we are
informed of the arrival at Suez of the Indian mail.

The Haddington ►eft Calcutta on the 3rd July, and
arrived at Suez on the ith inst.

Her dates from Bombay are to the sth July.
It was reported that orders had been given for the
surrender of the Northern Provinces of the Nizam,
in satisfaction of the sums due to the East India
Company. . . .

There were rumours of an outbreak in Cashmere.

An English vessel has been wrecked in the neigh-
bourhood of Aden, and a portion of the crew mur-
dered by the natives.
Commerce vas dull

GREAT FIRE AT HAVRE.

On the 12th inst. the ship-yard of one of the
largest builders in France was for several hours a prey to
fire. Shortly after midnight the p'or'rrile was sounded
in the streets of Ilavre, and it was soon found that
the building sheds of M. Normand, in the suburb of l'errey,
were in flames. Immediately the alarm was given the au-
thorities of Ilavre and Ingouville, about 400 men of the Ist
Light Infantry, the fire brigades of the three communes,
the custom-house officers, with the gendarmerie, police, and
national guards, repaired in haste to the scene of the disaster.
It was found that the fire had broken out in the large block
of workshep• in the centre of the dock, and theft:MlCA, which
rose in broad masses, lighted up the horizon. From this
centre the flames, favoured by the high combustibility of
the materials collected there, extended to the frame on
which rested the magnificent steamer Normardv, and a
schooner yacht in course of construction for M. Caylus.
Words cannot describe the appearance presented at this
moment by this scene of desnlatiou. The elegant lines of
the steamer and schooner, which the flames enveloped on
every side, showed grandly at times through the smoke,
and occasionally assumed the most fantastic forms and pro-
portions. Seen from the shore, the two vessels had the ap-
pearance of resting on a sea of fire, and being beaten by its
waves. Notwithstanding the eftirts of the workmen, the ,
flames made short work with the two ships. At the end of
an hour the cradle of the Normandy was level with the
ground, and the vessel, reduced to a mere hulk,
lay upon it as upon its bier. Of the once
promising schooner there remained but a few smoking
embers. Front the beginning it was seen that it would be
impossible to save these two vessels Isom destruction, after
the flames had once invaded them. All the energies of the
workmen were therefore directed with a view to circum-
scribe as much as possible the ravages of the fire. This
end was partially attained. The steamer Cygne, construct-
ing for the company of Messageries Nationales, was saved
from the destructive action of the fire, which, however,
charred her sides for a considerable length. The citizens
behave d with the greatest courage, Mid persevered in their
emleavours, in spite of the shower of tire which rained
around. A fine shore-boat, destined to take part in the
approaching regattas, was dragged from the midst of the
fire, and conveyed to a place of safety. By great exer
tion, the great workshop situate in the Rue Pettey,
as well as the immense stacks of timber piled
in the northern part of the yard, was also saved.
The loss sustained, as far as appears at present, is about
400,000/. The proprietor W:Li insured for a portion of the
damage, hut neither of the vessels were included in the
policy. Happily the direction of the wind at the time hin-
dered the progress of the flames, otherwise Perrey must
have been in great danger of destruction, and Havre hail
hardly escaped. A great ship now building in the yard of
M. Vasse, contiguous to that of M. Nem:in& was fur a
short time menaced by the flames from the Cygne, but was
fortunately saved.