The Express.
London, England, 1849-04-13 00:00:00

ENGLISH VISITORS IN PARIS.

The Jardin d'lliver,in the Champs-Elpeeq, is being
laid cut and newly decorated in a style of magnifi-
cence which, when finished and il:unnostel, mises
to realise the f tiry descriptions .f the g irelens in the
"Arabian Niihts." 'Chess preparations ore mukiog
for the grand national fete to be given to the English
visitors oa Siturday night next. It is expected that
the President of the Republic and the Elite of Par.sian
society will he present to honour of the occasion.
A considerable Lumber of the English party now
in Paris, and who are inhabitants of Westminster,
have presented, in the name of a lame body of their
fil'ow-inhalitants, the following address, voted on
the 4th instant, to M. de Lamertine
Honoured Sir,—We, the undersigned, inhabitants of We st-
raj rster, embracing the opoortuoity prc.e nted to us by the
visit to Francs of our excellent brother, Mr. George
a consistent and tried friend of liberty, beg respectfully to
tender yen, however inadequately, the high sense we enter-
tain of your transcendent merits and your heroic devotion to
the sacred righ of freedom and humanity, We refer not to
the present state of affairs—we regard the past. We behold
you in circuraitinces in which patriotism, play, firmness,
disinterestedness, and every lofty virtue were tested, and
through which august trial you came forth pure and inv.
proaebable, crowned with thessereads of victory, and nobler
still, loaded with the blessings not only of France but of
mankind. Wotan cannot express how our hearts pslpiiated,
cur bosoms heaved, our hopes and our wishes turned to you
and your noble compatriots during the eventful period in
which you guided the destinies co! your country. Oa your
judgment, your firmness, your generosity, the purity of
your motives °depended the safety of Franca and the in-
terest of frculcm throughout the world. Your countrymen
confided to you a sacred trust—nobly did you redeem it.
During the whole course of your administration, " Peace,
Liberty, end Fraternity," shed their celestial Influence over
the nation ; Frame presented to all Europe a spectacle as
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ifaPPhPearLumanity and freedom, they were
wirnisrhndthallisediiveiwaernsisningsbeennot
hailed be the wise, the liberal. and the 'pod of every nation
with feelings of unalloyed satisfaction and delight. Inha-
bitants of a free country, we felt that in your act our in-
genets were, to a certain extent, involved. By your heroic•
conduct, these liberties have been strengthened, and the glo-
rious progress of humanity &deemed. Accept then, benig-
nant sir, accept this feeble expression of our sentiments, the
humble acknowledgment of our highest esteem; which,
though it cannot enhance your fame, or enrol you higher on
the let of those whose names, as benefactors of their race,
can never di., may yet testify that, in the bosoms of those
whom you may never know, there will he retained while
life shall lut gratitude for your self sacrifices, and wishes for
your continued welfare and happiness. With sentiment* of
the profoundest esteem, we are, honoured sir, yours in the
hoods of fraternity.
M. dm Lamartine replied as follows :
Gentlemen—l brig you to return my best thanks to your
countryman. Justice comes ever from afar. We receive it
to-day from England ; we may hope hereafter to receive it
from our own country. You have rightly understood the
character of oar revolution. The distinctive character
of the revelation socomplished in Prunes on the 24th of
February—a revolution in which chase., the voles Of the
people, and my devotion to my country. gave me
share of power that I did not asek—was that of a revolu-
tion of moon, and necessity. of fraternity between all
nations, and all climes of oitssem instead of a revelutlon
of hatred, revenge, and war. Therefore I trust with you,
that God will bleu the French republic, which arose oat
of that revolution without conspiracy, premeditation, or
mime. Yon must not, like some timid minas end fainthearts,
be surpiriestd at the difficulties, distresses, and troubles, at the
newel, though slight and pawing, commotion which agi-
tated :this country for some time after so greet a.
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en7.IIOW institutions, What ere twelve menthe in this pa.,