The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-26 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING,- NOVEMBER 26, 1867.

Mr. HARDY is now making haste to undo
could never have been committed ; and a
radical remedy would probably before now
have been applied both to the nuisance of
street trading, and to the greater evils which
street trading partially abates. It cannot be
imputed to parliamentary politicians as a very serious
crime that they are not acquainted with matters
essentially civic or parochial. The real fault lies
further back, in the fact that the Legislature
has not provided a proper organ for the transac-
tion of the local business of London ; and that it
has thus been forced to undertake work for which
it is unfit, and which it shamefully and ludi-
crously bungles.

PORTUGAL
• LISBON, Now. 86.
A contract has been signed between the Portu-
guese government sad Mr. Rose, civil engineer,
fora telegraph cable from Lisbon to Gibraltar.

THE DEATH OF SIB P.REDERICS BRUCE.-LORD
STANLEY'S LETTER.

The following is a copy of the letter of Lord
Stanley, forwarded to the Mayor of Boston, relative to the
death of Sir Frederick Braes :
" Foreign-office, London, Oct. 12, 1867.

" eir,—l have received your despatch of the 23rd ult.,
confirming the melancholy news which you had previously
conveyed to me by telegraph of the death of Sir Frederick
Bruce. I have already, in reply to your telegram,
directed you to convey to the government of the United
States the acimowledgmenta of her Majesty's govern-
ment for the expressions of sympathy with which the
United States Legation in this country was instructed to
communicate to her Majesty's government the intelligence
of this sad event ; but lam glad to avail myself of the
opportunity afforded me in acknowledging the receipt of
your despatch, to repeat my instruction, and desire you to
make known to Mr. Seward, and, if you have an opportu-
nity of doing so, directly to the President, the high value
set by her Majesty's government on the friendly feelings
which they have shown on this occasion, and on the
general concern manifested by the public in the
United States for the severe loss which her Majesty
has sustained by the death of her able and faithful servant.
Her Majesty's government 'are glad to recognise in the
feelings which this event has called forth the regard felt
by the government and people of the United States, not
only for the person and character of the deceased minister,
but also for the country which he so ably represented,
and whose policy and wishes he so effectually carried
out in cultivating the friendship and good will of those
among whom he was commissioned by her Majesty to
dwell. But not only to the government and people of the
United States generally are the acknowledgments of her
Majesty's government due. They have their special thanks
to render, of which they desire you to be their organ, to
Mr. Gilpin, the gentleman who so considerately accom-
panied Sir Frederick Bruce from Narragansett to Boston,
and to the numerous gentlemen at Boston whose kindness
toward the deceased during the short period which inter-
vened between his arrival at Boston and his death, and
whose attendance at the funeral ceremonies with which his
remains were honoured before their departure from
the United States, entitle them to their warmest acknow-
ledgments. To Mr. Sumner, to the Governor of Massa-
chusetts, and to the Mayor of Boston, and other distin-
guished persona in that city ; to the physicians, clergy,
and others who did honour to the remains of the Queen's
late minister, her Majesty's government are sincerely
grateful, and you will make known to them in such a man-
ner as you may deem most becoming and best calculated to
assure them how deeply it is felt—l am,
(Signed) " SUNLIT.
" Francis Clark Ford, to."