The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-02 00:00:00

1 beiStifig it hp not aecemary for me to say to then, who have
seenilisen that she is intelligent may be discovered at the
f pint glaneei it is by more slid titles, by modest and well
direfted benefits, by her just appreciation of all that does
I boons. to the throve, and advances the civilisation of the
Dsgioa, that she knows and will know how to establish •
right to be at the head of a people eu cicar•aighted and r,
grateful as the French. The few words alike eloquent end
simple by which the Emperor announced his choice to the
nation, worthy of her and worthy of him, is the finest
eulogium that can be pronounced on her merits. ,It was
then hope, now it is reality. It Is family which consoli-
dates thrones as well as nations, and it is family virtues
which tighten the bonds between the sovereign and his
I people, and of the people among themselves. It is in the
conviction that this truth, already admitted by every mind
and in every heart, will be every day more and more coa-
-1 armed by facts, that I propose, gentlemen, the health of the
Empress.
This toast was received with loud applause.
During the dinner and until midnight, a numerous
band played national airs and various morceaus
from well known operas, and the hotel of the Lega-
tion was brilliantly illuminated.

TUSCANY.

The Grand Duke of Tuscany has prohibited kis sub-
jects from subscribing to the monument to Gioberti.

THE MEDITERRANEAN.

ARRIVAL OF THE RIPON.
SOUTHAMPTON, FILIDIIT fdoaxino.
The Oriental Company's steam packet Ripon,
Captain Moresby, arrived here last evening, and
landed her mail under the charge of Lieutenant
Barrow, R.N., Admiralty Agent.
Her dates are : Alexandria, August 19; Malta,
23; Gibralta, 27.
The Ripon brings thirty-four first class, and
twenty-five second class passengers.
She bring' no political news.
The weather during the voyage has been mode-
rate.

Off the Berlings the Ripon exchanged numbers
with the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer
Tagus.
Her Majesty's ship Cruizer was at Gibraltar,
ordered home.

The Valetta left Malta for Marseilles on the 23rd
August.

DEATH OF JOHN GREGORY, ESQ., GOVERNOR
OF THE BAHAMAS.

The Nassau Guardian of July 30 thus announces
the death of the Governor of the Bahamas :

" It is our painful duty to record this evening the melan-
choly intelligence of the death of our highly.respected go•
vernor, the Hon. John Gregory. His excellency was
attacked with fever on the night of Monday last, and was
considered by his medical attendant, the Hon. Dr. Kirk-
wood, who was called in on Tuesday, to be dangerously ill.
The day after, Wednesday, the fever subsided, and the
most sanguine hopes were entertained of his excellency's
recovery. On Thursday, however, a change for the worse
took place, and another physician, the Hon Dr. Chipman,
was called in for the purpose of consultation. The most
unremitting attention was bestowed by these gentlemen,
who used every exertion that medical skill could devise
fsr the recovery of the governor, all of which proved unfor-
tunately unavailing. lite excellency gradually declined until
yesterday afternoon, when he breathed has last amid the
regrets net only of his immediate family, but of every
member of the community. Immediately on the intent
genes being made known, the flag staffs of the government
offices, the forts, the various consulates, and the shipping in
the harbour, evidenced aigns of mourning, the Bags being
lowered half way, and the bells of all the churches and
chapels being tolled in testimony of the. steem in which his
excellency was held. We very sincerely condole with his
amiable family in the loss they have sustained. His excel-
lency's remains were interred at Potter's Field this evening.
The tuners' prat-anion left Government•house at six
o'clock. The body was carried into Christ Church, where
a portion of too burial • was read by the Venerable
Archdeacon Trew, the remainder being performed at the
grave. Minute guns were fired from the Water Battery,
and the bells of Christ Church, St. Andrew's Presbyterian
Church, and all the other places of worship iu town, tolled
solemnly as the mourners passed along."