The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-09 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

lITILON OUR OWN

PARIS, FRIDAY EVINING.
The American residents in Paris had a splendid
banquet yesterday at the Grand Hotel, to celebrate
the national " thanksgiving " for the termination of
the civil war. As many as 300 sat down to dinner ;
Mr. John Jay, of Bedford, a well-known and in-
fluential American citizen, presided. After toasts
to the President of the United States, the Emperor
of the French, the memory of Washington, and the
memory of Lincoln, the "Army and Navy"
was proposed. General Schofield rose to return
thanks, and all eyes were at once fixed upon
him. He is one of the many distinguished
soldiers who rapidly attained high rank during the
great war. Re is only 34 years old, and scarcely
looks more, notwithstanding all he has gone
through. He is about 5 feet 8 inches high, rather
thick aet,with large head and shoulders, and figure
altogether adapted for hard work. As might well
have been expected, he said not a word to throw any
light upon the question of the day, whether or not
he is here with a " mission." He paid a glowing
tribute to the American army, which he proudly
declared fit for any service, and dwelt particularly
on the grand spectacle of the numerous disbanded
regiments quietly laying down their arms and
resuming their peaceful duties as citizens, after
victory had crowned their efforts. He was
very loudly cheered both in rising and sitting
down. Mr. Bigelow, the United States Minister,
returned thanks for the Corps Diplomatique, and
the evening was wound up by some occasional
verses recited by Mr. Boker, an American poet,
known as the author of an admirable translation

of " Faust."
It is given out, in order, I suppose, to afford a
colour of courtesy to the prospective abandon-
ment of Maximilian by the French army, that
negotiations are going ou at Vienna to get him
10,000 Austrian soldiers, instead of 2,000 of which
it seems he has already a promise. It is suggested
that the reductions in the Austrian army will make
this arrangement all the easier.
The Prince and Princess Hohenzollern left
Feria to day for Compiegne, by a special train.
A little-known person, Dr. Ramolino, who has
just died at Rome, was a grandson of Madame
Letitia, the mother of Napoleon 1., and the great
aunt of Napoleon 111. Dr. Ramolino enjoyed a
pension from the French emperor. His will leaves
his savings, which probably were not large, to pay
priests to say masses for his soul.
The news that Verdi, now in Paris, was about to
bring out an opera at the Italian theatre, entitled
King Lear, is contradicted. Ho has in his port-
folio two works, King Lear and Romeo and Juliet;
but they are not destined to be launched in Paris.
Another Prussian military band is shortly coming
here to give concerts.
At the Bourse, Rents rose sc. for cash and 20.
for account, but the market was heavy at the
close. Mobilier left off without change.

The Cain: rtantl. From the papers re-
ceived from the country this morning it appears that
during the last week the range of the cattle plague has
been extruded in Cambridgeshire, though the deaths have
in some plains rather diminished inconsequence of the prior
annihilation of large herds. In the Yorkshire district the
disease is still prevalent in the neighbourhood of Middles-
borough, Mahon, South Holderuess, Beverley, Think, and
other places. It has sot extended any further in Comber-
land, but veterinary skill seems to have utterly failed to
destroy it. In Norfolk there have been fresh oattreakp is
the Erpiogham Union. In Staffordshire also the dames
has continued its ravages. The aroaunta from many other
ports of the country are cf so equally gloomy character.
RiCaartunON VHS SHOWY/ff.—The kin
was a regulad-heartedr
ness of the old "bowman
was notorious. He
subscriber of 501. a year to the Green. Coat School Charity
at CaratorwelL At St. Albeit's a fire had matured, at which
he and his company rendered gnat assistaoce. A sub-
scription list was afterwards opened for the relief of the
' sufferers, sod among the other donations was an anonymous
gift of one bundled ponds. The corporation dis-
covered the donor, and acknowledged the mupifi-
cent gift as that of Richardson the showman.
He afterwards gave two handsome donation to the tows
of St. Alias's, one towards the repair of the town-hall,
sod the other in aid of the funds for renovatiog the abbey.
Another instance of his generosity is worth nomedlog.
Some rascally manager bad brought a company dorm to
Greenwich to perform between Easter sod Whitsuntide *at
• time shed Kiohardsou was always encamped .st int
pine, as lie did not think it worth while to desert the spot
at Sister, only to reappear at Whitsuntide In dm time
the rival reneger made off with the treasury, leaving the
salines of the actors is artier, and the actors themselves
in dire distrem. Riche:dein, heeriog of their condition,
gave orders at various shops for all that they really needed,
and invited several of them to come and dine
vehiclesith him in
his " carrywas." In thin compendious he always
lived, aod regulated his domestic economy with the as-
sistsoce of his cool, and man of all work, Davie. He had
bruit a cottage in HorsenlOnger-lans, which cottage was
sometimes called his Tosculum, and was well knows to dra•
matte aspirants as the place where engagements were some-
times to be heard of. His house was handsomely furnished,
but he never need about living there—the Bohemian spirit
was too ikon in him. In his last illness he would not
be removed from the " wan " even at the urgent
and
advice of the doctor •it was only within
two days of his &sib, when he had gives up
all hope, and declarcd he would fake no more doctor's stuff,
that e allowed himself to be carried to his house. At last
the time came when he might hmeexclaimed with Rabelais,
" Let down the curtain," and with Augustus, " The farce
is over :" he died in November, 1836, being then upwagle
of 70 years old. Richardsos was remedied, _ ternperate;
and would tolerate no drunkenness among his company.
Lie left property to the value of upwards et dl,oool. . and
did not forget those who had cootributeJ to hissortale by
their ezerticme. He left legacies to several of eirepany,
sad to two of his musiciaus 1,0001. each. His booth passed
into the hands of Messrs. Nelson Lee and Johnson, who
used to exhibit a transparency of the old tom, is front of
the show. Fortin seems, however, to have deserted it on
the showmaa's death. It cam now °s be seen once a year,
we believe, at the Dramatic College Fete.—Corn/tiff Maga-
zine for December.
A GIANT IN A IDIFFICULTY.—Iciirn'S tzuvelli
ling
giant, giant, otherwise Fickkeou, happened
at the selfaame
to be a trying it on in the town. The genteel lay was
adopted with him. No hint of a van. Green baize alcove
leading rip to Pizklews in • suetiou
the exroom. ltrirt eted
pneter, " Free list suspeuded, with oeptioof
that proud boast of an enlightened country, a free
prin. Schools admitted by private arrangement. Nothing
to raise a blush in the cheek of youth or shock the
most fastidious." Mini swearing most horrible and terrific
in a pink calico pippins, at the skelrome of the public.
Serious band-belt is the shops, importing that it was
all but impossible to come to a right understanding
of the history of David, without seeing PO:lawn.
I went to the auction room is querind, end I
fond it entirely empty of everything but echoes and
mouldiness, with the single exception of Platoon on •
piece of red drugget. This suited my purpose, as I wasted a
private sad confidential word with him, which was :
'• Piekleam. Owing much happiness to you, I put you in my
LAIIIISTABLE DAN tOE TO TES WOLF ROCS will for fypunnote ; but, to save trouble here's fourpunten
LlollTHOUni.—One of the moat infant and yet remarki- down, which may equally suit your views, end let us leo coil-
ble accidents arising from the late gales is hitherto son- elude the tnuseactios." Flekken, whoup to acreth mark had
ported. We say natural, because of the exposed positios hod the dejected appearance of Lions Roman ruablight that
of the Wulf Rock—remarkable bemuse the casualty Goulds% anyhow get lighted, brightened up at his top
shows the woadrous streogth of tin sea, and of the extremity and made his acknowledgments is a
masonry ou which it made a succeseful onslaught. The sear
likewise (fen b_,Mii me Yerdiem"" eloquence.
Wolf Rock lighthouse is built up as far as four courses He ""I'''. s."' ".'". that, .......g ceased t° draw
of granite blocks will raise it ; but then four only just as a Roman. Him had mode proposals for his
elevate the structure above the natural hollow, somewhat 1 ing is as a eoewerted Indian Giant worked ups by
enlarged by Watts' and quarryise ia the rock itself. The Dairyman's Daughter. This, P.ckleeon having no ac-
quaioteoce with
32 stone of the fifth cOUrae were laid, every stone joggled tee tract named after that young womau,
and dovetailed to ire oeighbours. laterally sod vertically, sod not being wittie couple gag with his serious views,
secured in its place by opulent SS hard ali IMO, god bolted 1 bad deemed to de' thereby leading to words and the toted
to the worse below by powerful metal ban. This fifth , stoppage of the unfortunate young
.man's beer. Allot
course was jest a little ledge. which offered orate opposition mitieb., dm"( the whole d well
~ermilirmed by
to the sea, in additin to the rock itself, of which the the tercet". frree.eeli"` ea'm "'ln ''''lr in co
PePliseei
surges have beat in many a hoarse, wolfish strain, for ages. which shook the pant like a loDr.MarigulitsPrescrip.
The sea, moved to fury by the repeat gads, net floes. by Ckarka Dick."'
swepttsa,
away every stone of the filth course, sod : urit:cilrone.—A poor invalid wee found lamenting
is a day the summer's work of 60 men is undone. The that Prmidenee had gives her no daughter to sone her.
rectal ben moll steed tip hum the b course ....gome " Perhaps," said her visitor, in the hope to err
ed a to
very much best, others nearly uprights; showing the i things ee they were—" perhaps If Yee bad had • daughter
violent watery upheaval which rant three-ton stones from i she would have married.* Of so ! she wouldn't,' was
their bed. Whether the sheer, terrific force of the wt. i the reply ; " I siatuld have brought her up
,differest."
aided sea did this ; whether some of the elopes, quer. " How wit," inquired a very superior woman.
' that Mr.
ried from the adamastine Wolf Rock sod thrown into, i Se-msa4o.leihildees are nil so short! I thought they bad
comparatively, shallow water, were raised from the 1 bolo celefullY educator]." " Yoe may not b• &bk." writes
vasty deep and hurled against the finely worked sad i the author of a prize essay on Sunday schools "yea may
compact, granite rampart ; whether one more hapless need ~ not he able t• train up so apostle, but you may prevent one
was dashed on the place which, years hence, would, with I boom* • Judea. Bed Mohan:mini whoa a child, one
Ere welcome light, have wanted her from her peril, end, a . placed seder the care of a faithful Sabbath school teacher.
angle bin* first going, the others followed, will be stetter I who a" believe be would eV" have bees what he did
er impictuce, The public, ewe especially its *taming , become?' These are eases more or less extreme of what
members, will leers with regret that the labour of one !we owe by the temper of the educator. The poor woman
favourable 'woo, valued st 1,5001., is swept into 40 or i Yell Is himself the power to suppress the Ot°o mama
45 fathoms of water, sod that the work of humanity is Isesisge end isstinets ; the lady believed she knew the
delayed. Not delayed, however, should fins weather per. 1 Mania, which could add Ischia, if sot n* to the
mil,
a tedeote bigger than cee peembal be helped. bee i Mature the author 'mord' &today wheals uoder her
Trinity workmen hosed of the loss with as much sorrow 1 enters sea match, but also the only mates, for all the
as if it had been their own ; they fool proud of, as well powers of eviL—Blacktrocers Megazint for December,
iis interested in, their evil: ; sod every exertion in already. I ORTISTAL PALACZ. --• 01111 80U LID
T. ...
and will he, made to repair the damage with the least de- i FILDAT, DEM 8 —Adroitness as memos% 374 ; ditto by
lay.—Corniet Tel ' Mem Winne 827 ; ton' visitors, 1,30 L