The Express.
London, England, 1849-11-19 00:00:00

CALIFORNIA.

ARRIVAL OP THE PANDORA.
The Pando whose wield samousesd by our
Ravel correspon ra,
dent at Fertsessafft, bee brie& home an
tmsaenw varlet of specimens a Isiatoey for various
ameants, among them are twe mammedt leeks, weighing
nearly 3 cwt. each, and obtaieed on the north west coact
of America. Also, about 15.0001. in goldifrons California,
which we: conveyed to tae Bank of Ragland. The " diggins"
at California Induced one man and a boy to run from the
Pandora, and it seems that the man, 3. Coombe, had been
very saciosetul as be was speedily in command, and owner
at a very fine schooner, in addition to two similar vessels
he had purchased.
The Pandora entered Stanley Harbour, Falkland Isles,
on the Slat of August, and sailed four days after-
wards. blr. Rennie, the present tovernor, was actively
engaged, with his limited means, in doing all that
human means could accomplish to improve the settle-
ment, and had made an excellent road through the town.
Mr. Rennie was at that time engaged in laying down a
course of pipes from the hills to the watering place, which
could greatly facilitate the supoly jog of ships calling at the
island. A set of storehouses are rapidly rising under the
eovernor's vigilant superintendence. The sheep taken there
some time beck have disappeared, and there are none on the
.s'and—plenty of wild cattle, and thousands of rabbits.
The trees planed in 1846 round the government
house are now bare stumps, with no signs of
life, and vegetables will not grow. Altogether it is
considered by those who have visited it as a colony to be
a complete taints

QUEEN ELIZABETH'S FREE GRAMMAR
SCHOOL.

Many of cur readers are, perhaps, not gyrate that
within • stone's throw of Londowbridge, on the Surrey eide
of the river, and hid behind the two greet Hospitals of g•,
Thomas sad Guy's, there to en excellent grammar selsaaL.
founded by Queen Elizabeth out et the drops of the ''
Armada, and devoted to the edoestion of the youth of the
perishes of St. Cleves, and St. Johns, Southwark. pia
visited this institution on Saturday, the great day ef
school, being the anniversary of its reundetion.
The old Elizabethan structure having been swept min
by that males invader, which neither churches, meek,*
nor palates can withstand, the railway, the school is at me.
sent held in temporary premises in Maze-pond, but will, u
we ere inf wetted, be shortly more suitably located. pa
Saar ley the school-room woe crowded with the friends end
relatives of the boys, to beer them recite their commereara.
tion epeeehes, end witness the distribution of the prime.
under the sutierintendecce of the bead master, the her'
Charles Meeker zse, A.M. A Latin ode, complimeettry to
the school and its founder, and a short poem in the mai
language, descriptive of Prince Albert's meat visit to the City,
were up to the usual standard of grammar sehoolcompositiag;
and were very correctly recited by two of the pupils, deg.
inghsm and Pillow, but with that monotony of Realm*,
lion which we have before complained of at St. PaM's and
other public schools. It is much to be deaired that M huth
tutions like these, which furnish so much of the raw material
, of our orators end preachers, a little more attention should
be paid tothe ell•im-eirtant points of delivery end t zinnias,
The same observations apply, with one or two temp:keg,
to the French recitations ; but, generally speakinr, the pe
nunciation was excellent, and ehd much credit to the trade
ing of M. Ravin, the French master. The Bag.
lisp recitations, which were, of count, more gal
we'll), appreciated by the audience, were Meseta
from Shskspeare, Oaldsmith, Beattie, By roe, ea.
'My, end last, though not least, Mectuley, who gets a
foretaste of the immortality which hia great work is mein
for him, in having his graphic account of the acquittal of ma
seven bishops already extracted, and used as a school I.p
recitation. So surely as it is the organ grinder who comma..
the cmposer, so surely it is the schoolboy who ratifies the
immortality of the author. They were all commendahk
.zercises of memory, but one or two deserve t wend m's.
Lion for hewing been quite free from the mottoes,
which characterised the more ambitious emoted es.
citations. A little urchin, named Ward, with a
three cornered head, and • to meadow mark,
development delivered Byron's powerful description ef a
shipwreck with an energy and feeling which toh the
audience quite by surprise, and another (judge) of more ad•
winced years, or at least of a larger growth, gave tt Th
Public Breakfast" from Austey's almost forgotten poem
with a quiet humour which set every one laughing, ell
were curious enough to inquire the y roticiency et mere trek
work of these two ey.dently intellectual boye,and ascertsiwel
that, as is often the case, they were not much distimeisted
in that department. On the whole the exhih tiee
was highly creditable to Mr. Mackenzie and his
es,istants, and calculated to give the school s,
high place among the educational institutions of the metro.
' polio. It may be interesting L.) many a " lather of a
family " to know that the school te entirely free, books sad
stationery included, the only qualification Wing prismatic.
by skoverrior —easily procurable by any person o' good eha.
ratter resident in either of the two parishes mead
in the endowment. At the present moment MO
boys me receiving a first-rate elosical and me
inercial education, under the able auspices of Mr. Mutters
and his coadjutor', end what is better, they are lately aid
impartially minted in the spirit of the founder—viz , from
the families of the " common people," the minces, the
*mall shopkeepers, and the mechanics of the localty.

EXPOSITION OF FRENCH ARTS AND

MANUFACTURES.

A vary interesting exhibition, under the above title,
was opened to private inspection on Saturday evening, ti
No. 13, George-air. et, ilanover-equare. As suel an ten.
bition, at the present time, is 1.k.1y to prove a marmot
attraction, a detailed account of the circurnstaaces (meek
with it may not be thought out of place ; and this abject may
be the more easily tifeomd by re,etence to a strap pamphlet
*bashed for the occasion. It appears that the expositice
is under the direction of M. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix, ex.
4nputy and member of the acting council of manuisetures at

The pamphlet states that " the lively interest which hes
ever been exhibited by tbe British public tower&
the national expoe.iions of French arts and manutecturet
might have eventually induct d the establishment of um
hibition of this nature; but the prospect of a grand enamel
assemblage in the English metropais of sp. cameos of the
manufecturinit industry of the whole world, druded Use
principal manulecturers of France immediately to plate
themselves, as it were, upon a looting of intimacy with their
manufacturing brethren in this country, to whom thty wen
hitherto only known by the honourable rivalry of the pa
ductione of their industry. They therefore entrus of to
hi. Sallandrouze de Lamornaix the task of foreene a caior.
tion from among the objects most distinguished f r earl
lence at the late National Exposition of Paris, adding to
them such specimens of manufactures as were not piqued
in time for exhibition."
In these few observations, the director detires to peat out
that he has had no fiat n ion of establis lug any opiceam
to the contempla•ed exhibition of English works of sit.
Such an assurance es this was, however, tardy
necessary, for the distinction between the manatee
tures of the two countries is sufficiently undentood sad
appreciated to warrant a fair and honourahie conspeutiat
The extreme elegance and taste of the French arts sad
manufactures term an agreeable contrast to the more sad
-tantial, though not less ingenious production., of oar on
country. A well-arranged selection from the Wake
tapestry, together with specimens of ornamental tedium
and a variety of objects from the Sevres porcelain limiest" .
well ca'culated to furnish an attractive exhibition iu this a
any other country; but the present collection derives sa
additional charm from the fact that every pains hes bees
t-ken to produce an agreeable harmony of feral and /dor
Upon this subj. ct the director says: " The peedoun st
Mature of the exhibition is the 'Dundee'se of objects of Ft,
deriving their importance from their Ulm and the Medial
of their wham at that at first sight it would appeal the
luxury alone was thought of; such, however, is sot theme,
end an reality this apparent richness is due in t
great measure to the classification, and the adult
arrangement cf the various specimens." It mil a
found that there is no exaggeration in this statement, for, a
pant of fact, the general. effect of the exhibittou is man
tee j lease the eye, as well as to gratify the taste, of dlegl.,
feel an interest in the productive arts, and it would beet
alt to mention any article of vertu, er ornamental WSW'
feature, which has not been introduced into the collection..
The premises chosen for this undertaking are thews
which toe British and Foreign Institute was t vat fly hell,
whilst aeveral apartments have been added, and spoor
galleries constructed—forming on tie whole a mature*
his sad extensive promenade. Preparations have hee teak
with a view to secure the most brilliant mode of dial,
tion, and the coup d'oxil is such ea has not often beetled.
neesed in this metropolis. The walls are hug
trcl
magnificent specimens of tapestly and Aubusson care
and all the interesting objects displayed througboat.the
rooms are arranged according to their different claesificatem
We shall net enter into a detailed notice of the counted
each
china, r bronzes, z est ,woirlinasfeocetaltbasieYetthwatorretimecs ,
saotiftis6s;
velvets of the richest description, Cashmere shawls,
tive rapers, musical ineiremente, specimens of jeevellell
bookbinding, and numerous other objects for whirl OF
manufactories of France are celebrated, are displayed*
endless variety and profusion. The exposition le reslll,t
from which the projectors of similar exhibitions in Bella.
may derive many valuable hints, and there is no doubt thee
the success Cl the experiment (which is the first of the kid)
will be such as to re pay the director for the troublehe hi
taken.
The following paragraph from the pamphlet is se tioll
illustrative of the nature of the exhibition, and codas' IF,
many apt allusions to the prevailing " signs of the tie/
that we gladly extract it The writer says, this " iede
first attempt of the manufacturers of France to 'stabile
real Peace Congress, for it is only during peace that WO
can flourish, and commerce fulfil its great mission, of of
veying the hlessings of civilisation to the reds of the word
It Is only during peace that man's inventive gehies•
expand or is induced into the right direction for the Odd,
his fellow-men; it is only in peaceful times that science le'
art lend their aid to the industry of the manufacturer, aft
when the labouring chives, no longer dragged from egg
homes to carry war and desolation into other lands, bead:
useful members of society, arid the great engineering gl
manufacturing works spring up which are the oddest,
glory of this happy country. Let us hope then that, free
this humble attempt, good may result, and that the eel!
rivalry between France and England may henceforth be 3
the productive are, in which the conqueror must metnd
and benefit the vanquished."
It appears that Prince Albert has already signified ha
tension of visiting the exhibition, and hu Beet pod a goob
medal commemorative of the event, offered to been by
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Sallandrouze in the name of the manufacturers of IWO

FIRE AND DISCOVERY OP AN ILLICIT STILL.--Y!
teirday morning, about three o'clock, the premise ofnigs,
Austin, No. 6, King'ft.place, Camden-town, were two
to be on fire. The flames having been extinguished its 7;
ascertained that part of the premises was used as ars";
still, the owners of which, upon hearing the alarm d
given, succeeded in making their escape before the ft:
came up. The whole plant was immediately seized hf
authorities. The building was insured in the Prot
F,re office.
AN UNDERGRADUATE ACCIDENTALLY MOO.
AT CAMBRIDGE —On Saturday an inquest war old,:
Newnham, before Mr. D. King, coroner for the borne a
Cambridge, on the body of Mr. William Gunning. sou.,
ofe Rev.
we William Gunning, Prebendary of
Stoy, who was accidentally drowned theell lame dr
noon, in the Cam. From the evidence it appearrd that;
deceased engaged "a funny" in the afternoon, as° "'En
jug abort distort-es up the stream, between I plan boo ,std
Hawes's Island and to a point where there it a chola lot
across the river, to prevent persona trespaesine on tiglot at
the property of the late Colonel Pemberton. On the
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the.* courses it is presumed the boat came ethwat•ted",;
and capaised, when the deceased was immersed in WI :os,
water. An immediate alarm having been itiveo,°°l22lolcl,
uon his cries for ac issance, his body was
then' 00
but on being conveyed to the shore, where 'w...,.;,,e•
of resuscitation were employed, life was found to
ba
Verdich" Drowned by the upsetting of a boat.

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