The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-04 00:00:00

Constantinople, with deopatelses for t►e government from
the Ports. The contents are kept secret ; but, (rem a source
to be depended upon, we are informed that the Porte is not
disposed to consider any reparation complete until an apology
is offered to H. Munroe, for the occurrences of 2.5 th Jan.
It now remains to see what Coletti will do. He has gained
one great object—time. He will probably lay the whole
affair before the chamber, and be counselled by it. If e will
thus escape the onus of having acted from his own natural
impulse as a man, sad come out a minister complying with
the wishes of his party.

Abe Court.
Lord and Lady Byron, Hon. Mist; Macdonald, and
Col. and Lady C. Harcourt had the honour of joining the
royal circle at Osborne at dinner, on Monday evenitg. The
Baroness de Speth left Osborne yesterday. Lieut.-Col. the
Hon. C. B. Phipps arrived at Osnorna iu the afternoon.

Prince Caste'cicala, the Neapolitan Minister, had
an interview yesterday, with Viscount Pahnerstun, at the
Foreign-office.
Despatches for the Governor of Canada, and also
for the Governors of the other North American provinces,
were sent off from the Colonial-office on Monday evening.
Mr. Macgregor, M.P., has arrived in town from

GOVERNMENT EDUCATION.—The Committee of
Council on Education have been engaged since the education
grant was voted, in the consideration of memorials presented
by deputations from the education committees of the religious
communions in England and Scotland, and the schoolmasters
associations in both countries. Their lordships have recently
instructed her Majesty's inspectors to proceed to Larry the
recent minutes into execution. The Lord President has ap•
pointed Mr. J. Armitage, Fellow of Trinity College, Cam-
bridge; and Mr. It. R. W. Linaen, Fellow of Daniel Col-
lege, Oxford, as examiners to conduct, under the direction of
the secretary, the correspondence miring out of the operation
of the recent minutes.

(From last night's Gazette.)
WHITEHALL, AUGUST 2.—The Queeu has directed
letters patent to be passed under tie great seal, con.ditutina
and apposntine the Right lion. J. Russell (commonly called
Lord J. Russell), the Hight Hoo. Eir C. Wood, But , H.
Fortescue, E-q. (commonly called Viscount Ebrington), W.
G. Craig, Esq., H. Ricb, Esq., and R. H. Bellew, Esq.,
Commissioners for executing the offices of Treasurer of the
Exchequer of Great Britain and Lord High Treasurer of
Ireland.
COMMISSION BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF MID-
DLEBET.-11. Benucheret, Gent., to be Cornet of Uxbridge
Yeomanry Cavalry.

THE LATE CAPTAIN GEORGE MACLEAN.
We have to-day to record the death of Capt. O.
Maclean, another of these useful and valuable men who un-
catentatiously and resolutely serve their country in compa-
ratively subordinate situations, but whose abilities, judgment,
and decision would qualify them for the most distinguished
posts. Capt. Maclean closed his valuable life at Cape Coast,
on the western coa=t of Africa, on the 22nd of May last. To
meet of our readers Capt. Maclean will, doubtless, be best
remembered as the husband of " L. E. L. ;" but, without at
all underestimating the good fortune of his marriage with
that distinguished lady, he had far more substantial and
independent claims on public attention and respect.
The deceased was the nephew of Gen. Sir J. Maclean ;
and, early in life, entered his relative's profession. After
serving in the Waterloo campaign, Capt. Maclean was
draughted, after the peace, icto the Royal African corps.
From his first entrance into that force he appears to have de-
voted himself to the study of African life, habits, and customs,
and their relations to, and bearings on, the European settle-
ments on that ern. This study, his cool, unbiassed
judgment, his rate ability to appreciate accurately the
feelings with which barbarians regard their civilised
neighbours, and his undeviating tact in conductieg in-
tercourse with, and in creating confidence amongst, the
natives, enabled him to render perfect. He had not
been many year. on the station, when the Colo-
nial-office, in despair at the disastrous consequences
of the miserable Ashuitee war, threatened to abandon
our ancient forts on the Gold Coast. This threat,
if acted on, would not only have been a discouragement to
our rising trade with the coast, but must have proved an
active cumulus to the slave trade. The merchants con-
nected with African commerce remonstrated against the inten-
tion; but all their remonstrances accomplished was, to in-
duce the Colonial-offlee to resign our forts there to them, with
the paltry allowance of 3,0001. a year for their maintenance.
Happily for the preservation of these ancient possessioas,
the committee of merchants, who undertook the duties
abandoned by their government, nominated Captain
Maclean to be president of the council appointed to
rule these dependencies; and, on the yearly sum thus
allowed, be restored their prosperity, gained complete power
over the water-side tribes, made British influence felt where
before his arrival the British name had seemly been known,
restored perfect amity and friendship between the forts end
the neighbouring kingdom of Ashantee, and drove the
last remnants of the slave trade from this, its
most ancient and once flourishing site ; for which services,
and for the unbounded hospitality with which he received
the officers of all nations whose vessels entered the roadstead
commanded by Cape Coast Castle, Capt. Mselean'a aal.ry
was 5001. a year. The great secret of his influence over the
natives was their implicit confidence in his sense of justice
and their knowledge of his resolution to repress all attempts
to disturb the " balance of power" which he had established ;
their general resort to him fir the settlement of all disputes
was unequivocal evidence of the former ; the signal chastise-
ment he inflicted on the savage King of Appollonia, willloag
be remembered as • most remarkable instance of the latter.
And while thus satisfactory to the natives, his rule was
equally popular with the European residents ; for this rea-
son, it was governed by good sense and knowledge, not sen-
timent and quackery.
No sooner, however, had Capt. Maclean accomplished
these important results, than the Colenial-office became
ashamed of its abandonment of its duties, and resolved again
to bring the Cape Coast into immediate and directdependenee
on the crown ; but, in taking this resolution it exhibited its
usual petty jealousy, for instead of continuinc the services of
Capt. Maclean as governor, a naval officer was appointed to
the government, and Capt. Maclean was reduced to
the position of judicial assessor. Such, however,
was his sense of duty sad his fondness for the people whose
happiness he had long promoted, that he accepted the in-
ferior office, and fulfilled its functions as thoroughly r he
had previously those of the superior appointment. Fran the
change to his death, he had the mortification to witness the
gradual declension of British influence on the coast, and the
slow disturbance of those friendly relations he had established
with the interior tribes. His presence there doubtless pre-
vented much mischief which would otherwise have overtaken
his successors; but the intelligence of his death has created
very serious apprehensions for the future amongst the Lou.
don houses trading with the coast.
During the greater part of Capt. Maclean's residence in
Africa he enjoyed excellent health ; bat it was evident to
those who had the happiness to enjoy his society when last
in England, that his return would be haurdous. It was,
therefore, with se very gnat surprise that the news of his
demise was received ; but the grief thereat is as general as
his acquaintimes ; and it is difficult to say whether govern-
ment has last • more able servant, or society • more esti-
mable member.

SUICIDE OF AN INSPECTOR OF PRISONS.
An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Bed-
ford, arnmar for Westminster.' in the Board-room of the
lifillheak Prbees, to inquire into the circumstances attending
the deade el the Rev. Whitworth Russell, aged 63, a
nephew of the Premier, and one of the inspectors of
prisons, who committed self-destruction, yesterday, by
sbi oting himeelL The jury having been sworn, pro-
ceeded with the mows to view the body of the deceased,
which lay in the same position as it was found. It was
lying tom of a aanow passage leading out of
t gellia and tweimasiosting with the armoury; the
head was vary much thawed, and the Boor wee deluged
with Mast
M. C. Detweirt.aimMory to the 'prison, ststed that the
dimmed wee so eel tbs visiting inspectors of the psi on.
BA visited the mists ea the previous day. He came about
ami seismic, and ea splalthig to him on prison matters, the
dowsed mid he ilk wiry unwell and totally unfit to transact
say prima beim which he deferred till another day. The
whfietepeaking, frequen.tly place to his
tssear4i eamplained of great pun. He thing very
ill and emmaild in spirits. He left the deceased alone in the
beard-moss, but visited him several times up to four o'clock,
in the interval he was engaged in writing letters on his pri-
vate affairs. The lest time he saw the deceased alive was a
few minutes alter four o'clock, when he came into witness's
private office, neer the board-room and after drinking Nome
water from a glass which stood on the table, he said that he
should not detain witness much longer ; he shortly after-
wards left, and witness heard the door of the board-room
shut. In about half an hour afterwards he heard the
report of fire wile. but as there was a regatta on the
river, and guns gobs off frequentlage tech
es no notice of the
circumstance hobos than sem it some of the
officials, who odd they hot as the webs, but they
attributed it to the gemis&g of a dear in the beading.
About five o'clook whose directed the piton orderly to go
sad inquire it lir. Rama had any bitten he the mist ? the
messenger returned, *Meg that the desetwell mesa* is the
board-room. Re mat Merial and seeks ilseseestPs hat
lying on the table, he idled New by ma% fa=l as
answer, an smell* powder to tine me he the
door of a sash bras to the amain. whew be saw
the deceased I estewiri ea the leer mend with blood,
and quite Whams immethisly deptsited a mes-
senger for the residua sesilisel teem who premptly
attended. Owe of Or babas deemed had bees Initial( was
addressed Is Titers; din allemilmg to the eseastrophe he
aciatempleted, he Wool et witness to lump it a secret, if
possible, until his Midges were Ia pemdisa of the facts,
and ended with the taw* eentesee "Itis my dying
request."—W. R.
Mr. Davey, the reekhod sorgeon to the prison, stated that
he bed known the deassoad several years ; about five o'ciosit
on she previews sham be was sent for to attend the d►
ceased in the brmliwown, ea his arrival he hand the de-
rAelsslealowisd on his toe ea the floor, which was
Wed. on tellits blip he found a
whit hod hem dlesherged, antler
sight am, saddens by • ewe with one pistol in k.
On examisation be bowl Mb hail been extinct for some
time, the piss! led boos diwitieged in the month and the
ball had mewl wwweris, the heed was extensively shattered,
but the has had wet pawed out. Death must have been

Mr. Jams Collins, itmataker and silversmith, No. 115,
Regeabalmat, stated Oat about twelve o'clock oa hioaday