The Express.
London, England, 1860-04-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EV

M. Lope BLANC AB A I
sub'
IM. Li BL
tTesi s, St. John's
'daysigh e Mysterious
Agencies in France towards the enr of the
Eighteenth Century "—was happily selected. In
our own enfeebled days mysterious personages
and agencies of a milder sort are said to be extant
in a few privileged coteries • but the men of whom
M. Louis Mane was to speak are better known lie
the fererunners of a GreatTribuhitien with which the
world has not yet done • and it was in glancing at
the society that danced, dallied, and disbelieved
on the threshold of the Rsvoturime, that the
lecturer, himself a sou of the Revolution, earried
into power and cast into exile by the Revolution,
made his audieuce feel the genius of France,
with all her splendid errors and aspirations.
Clearness and liveliness of narration, an epigram-
matic turn, and a quick dramatis instinct, are the
usual characteristics eves of indifferent French

writers ; but in all these it is known thatV M.
Louis Blanc excels, and he adds the higher quali-
ties of earnest feeling and sincere faith in the
nobler destinies of mankind. It is this ardent
acorn of baseness, and this heartfelt human
charity, that give to the lecturer's richly modu-
lated voice tones that thrill through an
audience; and we may oteerve, by the way, that M.
Louis Blanc's elocution, the intonation and pitch
of the voice, the easy unembarrassed delivery,
accompanied at fitting moments by at spon-
taneous action, is a study for public sera. In
his account of the " Convulsionnaires,and of the
Boscrucians, of the sempiternal Count St. Germain,
of Bt. Martin and Mesmer, and of the salons and
alcoves in which the sorcerers and necromancers

found their favourite adepts, the lecture brimmed
over with anecdote and illustration. It was a pic-
ture in which the lights and shadows are distributed
with a cunning hand, and allthe figwvis are in keeping
—flashes of wit lighting up a distance of weighty and
impressive thought. The sketch of Cagliostro was
• chef d'oviere of brilliant narration, and the moral
of his life and story was finely pointed by a burst
of moral indignation at the worship of success, at
which the British audience started " like a guilty
thing," and cheered with all the responsive enthu-
siasm of remorse. But it is only fair to M. Louis
Blanc to state that the lecture was wholly free
from any taint of political predilections. It
was the cultivated and informing talk of • man
of the world, • man of genius and a true gentle-
man, on a subject which he knew by heart, and in
this consisted its rare and peculiar charm.
We have considered the first appearance of this
distinguished man as an English lecturer worthy of
something more than a passing record, and it only
remains for us to say that M. Louis Blanc was in-
troduced to the audience in a few kindly and
graceful words of welcome by Mr. Hepworth Dixon,
and that among the noted celebrities present
around the platform were observed Mr. Thackeray
and Mr. Robert Bell, who expressed their admira-
tion in cordially flattering terms. Mr. Home, too, the
celebrated Spirit-Rapper, was among the most
attentive (and amwopriate) hearers on the
foremost bench. The success of this lecture
I was so decided that M. Louie Blanc has
already accepted an engagement to deliver
four lectures on " The Salons of Paris in the
18th Century " (a capital subject) at the Marylebone
Institution, and it was whispered that he had received
messing invitations from the great towns in the
North. It is sometimes the honour and good fortune
aI England—the sanctuary of political sufferers—to
arrimilate, as it were, their genius, and to make it,
by • sort of transfusion, her own. Thus it is that
it Louis Blanc is added to the ranks of the
choicest interpreters of our language, and we believe
that it is in common with all our countrymen that
we heartily wish him success in the honourable and
interesting career which he commenced on Tuesday
night at St. John's-wood, and which he will not
NOM be permitted by his friends and admirers in
England to bring to a claw.—Daily News.

THZ LATZ BARONE*. STRATHZDEN. —Tlie Loral
Clummidlor, Lord litratheden, and other members of the
family, left town early yestenlay morning to assist at the
funeral of the lamented baroness, at Hartrigge, Roxburgh.
shire. The funeral is appointed to take place to-day.
_ _

The mortal remains of the late Earl of Longfonl
have peen removed from town for interment in the family
vault in Ireland. A troop of the deceased earl's regiment,
the 2nd Life Guard., escorted his remains to the railway
station.

The DuMin (Jazett4 Iraq the following additional
bequests froth • millimmire : -Thomas Polio, late of War.
ren-puint, Down, gentlemen, deceased, has bequeathed
1,000/. to Miss Mary &Ragan, the then superioress of the
Roman catholic convent of Ht. C 1.,., at Newry; to the
Roman catholic bishop of the diocese of Dromore, 5001., in
trust for masses for the repose of the souls mentioned ; 40/.
for mouth by the clergy of the diocese; 301. to be applied
to the education of the pour children ; and other MTN
amounting to 4,0001.

Mademotaelle Vietoire Bane, the favourite vo-
calist, ham fast been married at St. Petersburg to Sir John
Hessen T. Cnumiton, K.C.8., her Majesty's Iliaiater at
the mud of Rumba. Sir John, who succeeded ea second
baronet on the death of him father, the late Sir Philip
Crampton, Surgeon. General to the femme in Ireland, in
1858, was formerly Minister Plenipotentiary to the United
States, and is now in his Shy-third year, having been born
in 1807.

Circular were yesterday issued through the
department. of Woolwich Arsenal, announcing that the
general busineu of the establishment will be closed for the
week this (Thursday) evening, and will not be resumed until
the following Monday morning.
The ceremony of haying the foundation-stone of
the Welters College, at Plymouth, took place yesterday,
amidst much rejoicing. The college was established in
1752, to educate young men for the Christian ministry
amongst Congregational dissenters. It at present contains
20 students preparing for the university ; and facilities are
afforded for the admission of lay students.

Yesterday (Wednesday) the annual conference of
the Lancashire Congregational Union was opened at Liver.
pool. The pruceedinp were private.

A pamphlet published by the Bishop of Nimes
haws been seined

M. Eugene Vealllot has written a " History of
the Siuppressian of the Ungar'," but bar not yet found •
publisher.

Baron Vincent de Tuyll de fiereeekerken, cham-
berlain to the King of Holland, has just died at the Hague,
quite suddenly, from the rupture of a bloodireeeel. He had
gone to visit Lord Napier, and was found dead by his ser-
vant a quarter of an hour after his return home.
The Archduke Maximilian of Anatria arrived at
Trieste on Monday, on board the Austrian steam frigate
Mandela

The Archbishop of Florence wu received on the
31st at the Pitti Palace by the Prince of Carignui, with
whom he had a long convenatiou. His royal highness after.
wards visited some of the hospital., and on his return re-
ceived a deputation from the clergy of Florence, who pre-
sented an address oouched in terms expressive of the great-
est devotedness to the Italian cause. In the evening the
Prince Lieutenant went to the Pergola Theatre in company
with Baron Itimsoli. The house was brilliantly illuminated,
and the prince had several times to rise and acknowledge
the enthusiastic cheers with which he was reeeived.

A vote of 8,0001. has been pameed by the Victoria
Parliament to be applied to the exploration of the Austra-
lian continent, and a committee has been formed to carry
out the organisation and control of a party for that wpm.
In every portion of Australia it haft been re-
marked that snakes have been unusually prevalent during
this summer, and several persons have suffered from bites.

Joon &Arun, the Maltese sailer who behaved
so nobly on the occasion of the wreck of the Royal Charter,
bee arrived at Melbourne in the Great Britain, and has
been warmly welcomed. A purse was to ham been me.
genteel to him at Cremorne, but owing to some nthunder-
standing between the mayor of Melbourne and Mr. Coppin,
the presentation did not take place. A purse containing
forty sovereigns was given to him on the boards of the
Royal, by the manager of that theatre.
Seventeen of the crew of the hirer! transport
Havering, stranded at Plymouth, were brought before the
&onetime, migistmtes on Tuesday, un a charge of insub-
ordination and refusal to do duty, and were sentenced to
two mouths' imprisonment at Exeter.

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APRIL 5,

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DreividiuttiEsciLAYT PALERMO.
The following official telegram has been received
at Mr. Reuter's office this ramming :

" NAPLES, APRIL 4, 9.30 p.m.

" Factious persons have attacked the troops at
Palermo, but were bravely repulsed and dispersed
to the cry of ' Viva il Re !'
" The city is tranquil."

THE CARLIST MOVEZICINT IN SPAIN.
MADRID, Aram 4.
___. .

When the troops became aware that General
Ortega had deceived taws as to the object of their
movement, they refused to march, and to his cry
of " Viva Carlos seis !" they answered by shouts
of " Viva Li Reins !" The general took to flight.,
accompanied by four persons, of whom nothing
is known, and was pursued by his own troops.
Hopes are entertained that General Ortega will be
captured. The troops whom he bad misled made
their submission to the Queen on the arrival of
General Cerida. Tranquillity reigns in the Balearic
Isles. No agitation prevails throughout the na-
tion. All the deputies at Madrid have presented
an address expressing their devotion to the
Queen.