The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-03 00:00:00

TO MRS. LINCOLN.

Madam,—We are charged to present you with the
medal struck in honour of the great man whose name
you bear, at the desire of upwards of 40,000 French citi-
zens, who wish to manifest their sympathy for the
American Union by a tribute of respect to the memory
of one at its purest and most iihmbiewi representathee.
If France possessed the liberties that America enjoys it is
I not by thousands but by millions that the admirers of Lin•

coin would be counted.*
Pray, accept Madame, the homage of our profound
respect,
The members of the committee:—Albert,aneien membre
du geevernement provisoire ; Arego (Etienne), ancien re-
prieentaat du people ; Sarni (J.), profeeseur i l'Acadrimie
de Geneve; Blanc (Louis), ancien membre du gouvisneinemt
provhlarre ; Chants homme de ',titer; elhattffoor-
Keetner (Victor), ancien representant du people; Delord
(Taxile), reclacteur de l'Avenir National; Despois (Eugene),
prefesseur libre ; Greppo, ancien representant du people ;
Hugo (Victor), ancien representant du people ; Joigneaux
(Pierre), ancien representant du people ; Kneip (Louis),
ouvrier en pianos ; Laurent-Pichat (L.), homme de lettree ;
Littre, membre de Phistitut ; Mangin (Victor), redacteur
en chef du Phare de /a Loire; Michelet (J.), membre de
l'lnstitat ; Pelletsn (Eugene), depute de la Seine ; Qulnet
(Edgar), ancien representant du people ; Schieicher (Victor),
ancien sons-secretaire d'etat au minister° de Is marine,
ancien representant ; Thomas (A), ancien directeur du
National.
In presenting the above letter and medal, M.
Albert (the member of the provisional government
of 1848), addressed Mr. Bigelow as follows :
We thank you, air, for having taken upon yourself to
transmit to Mrs. Lincoln the gold medal which French
citizens desire to present to her. This medal is a homage
rendered to the illustrious President for whom she
mourns, a testimony of admiration for the man who im-
mortalised himself in the service of the great republic of
the United States, and a thank offering due to him from
all defenders of liberal and democratic ideas throughout
the world. We are happy to think, sir, that Mrs. Lincoln
will receive this medal from your hand, and we beg you
to accept the expression of our warm sympathy for the
great nation which you have the honour to represent.
Mr. Bigelow warmly thanked the committee for
their sympathy with the American republic.
Father Hyacinthe, the Carmelite monk, is a
candidate for the very chair in the Academie
Franeaise which was once occupied by Voltaire,
and is now vacant by the decease of Baron
de Barante, the author of " Lea Duca
de Bourgogne." Among his competitors are
Theophile Gautier, Jules Janin (who ought
to have been elected long ago), Henri Martin,
Victor Sardou, the successful dramatist, and M.
Bouilhet, whose new piece was played before the
court at Compii3gno last week. Apropos of M.
de Barante, the biographical notices of him contain
a good anecdote. After the revolution of 1830 he
was sent as ambassador to the court of St. Peter's-
burg. The Czar, who detested Louis Philippe and
the principles he represented, was anxious to say
something civil to M. de Barante which should at
the same time be sarcastic towards his sovereign.
He happily accomplished his object by saying,
when M. do Baranto presented his credentials,
" I am happy to receive the representative of the
Dukes of Burgundy"—an allusion to the late
academician's principal title to literary fame.
The news that Admiral Persano, after being ca_
amined by the committee of the Italian Senate,
was ordered under arrest, provokes the following
observations from the Patric :
Without wishing to prejudge the grave and lamentable
trial now pending, we must say that putting together all
the accounts we have seen of the battle of Lissa, and after
reading a recent article in the Revue des Druz Mondo,
which is very severe upon Admiral Persano, we have come
to the conclusion that he was incapable and unlucky, but
not a traitor.
Admiral Persano will scarcely thank the French
semi-official journal for volunteering such an
apology.

' [lt is known that the prefects throughout France were
instructed to throw every difficulty in the way of the sub-
scription, short of absolutely interdicting it, which would
have been odious.]

GORDON RAMSAY AGAlN.—Quite a scene was
created in our office yesterday by the notorious Gordon
Ramsay, who, in a state of inebriation, sought to bring us
to account for opinions which, from time to time, we have
found it necessary to express in reference to his share in
" the hellish saturnalia of Martial Law." He first de-
manded a copy of the Jon; nal of a back date, and was told
that there was not one to be had ; he thereupon became
violent both in manner and speech, and used language
both offensive and indecent to Mr. Robert Jordon,
who happened to be the party addressed. He
was ordered out of the place, but he positively
refused to go and shortly after assaulted Mr. Jordon,
who, in return, struck him with a ruler. We are afraid
the hero of llorant Bay got the worst of it. With consi-
derable difficulty he was removed to some plaoe in the
neighbourhood, whence he was conducted to the railway
terminus, and despatched to Spanish Town. He swears
to murder some one in our office. It would, perhaps, not
be the first murder that he has committed, and it is not
improbable that he will be haunted by the blood upon his
hands until he does commit himself again, and then meets
his just retribution. No wonder he talks lightly of mur-
dering, seeing that he can only count upon a jury with
fellow-feeling enough to ensure his acquittal.—Morsing
Journal (Kingston, Jamaica), Nov. 10.
THE WEST INDIA STEAMER SEINE.—MORE
YELLOW FEVER. Our Southampton correspondent,
writing on Saturday, says :—" The Seine arrived
here this morning with the West Indian, Mexican,
New Zealand, and Australian mails. She left St.
Thomas late, having been kept waiting there for the
intercolouial steamers. She was delayed also on her pas.
sage home by continual and strong head winds. The yellow
fever broke out on board the Seine at St. Thomas on the
9th ult., immediately after which she left the harbour, and
remained outside until the 14th, when she took her depar-
ture for England. In consequence of this precaution only
two persons belonging to the Seine died. When she ar-
rived here eight persons who had been ill were recovering.
No passenger or officer had been attacked. The Seine wa
telegraphed off Hurst at about half-past eight o'clock
this morning, and she arrived at her moorings at
half-past 10. In consequence of her foul bill of health
and the invalids on board she was ordered to hoist the
yellow flag, and to await the orders of the Privy Council.
She was guarded by her Majesty's gunboat Pheasant. The
Seine's nails, consisting of about 100 bags and boxes,
were transhipped on board a steam tug, out in the river,
and after the mails had been exposed for half an hour to
the poisonous fumes arising from nitric acid being placed
in contact with pieces of copper metal, they were landed,
and despatched to London by special train. The specie
was transhipped and fumigated in the same manner at a
later period of the day." " Southampton, Sunday.—The
Seine left here for the Motberbank to perform
quarantine at daylight to-day. She was guarded down
the river by her Majesty's gunboat Pheasant."
It is expected that Mr. John Stuart Mill will
deliver his inaugural address as Lord Rector of the
versity of St. Andrew's en the Ist of Feb. nest.