The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-14 00:00:00

SYRIA.

(MON A COIRIATONDIXT4
JERUSALEM, MAY U.
Another nine days' wonder is just over. The
Grand Date Constantine was here just nine days, during
which we were living in a Evasion city. The streets were
filled not only with Russian pilgrim', but with marines and
sailors (who art always trained as soldiers also) is white
uniforms, by hundreds, from the frigate. at Jaffa. About
every second day there came in large detachments replacing
othersi, so that the high road must have bad than constantly
Ipassing ; and in these streets hardly any other people were to
be seen. They were all furnished with extra gratuities of
money on leaving the ships, and with each of
the detachments about twenty were armed, but they
unscrewed their muskets on entering the city; on the whole,
they behaved themselves very well, and were lodged in the
smaller Greek convents. The hotels were filled with cams ;
the large Russian consulate, and the Greek Patriarchate with
its OUOtheOtte rooms built for the oecesioo and furnished
from kfarseilles, were occupied by the court :end by oftthers of
the civil ethyl«, many of them a:unabated with the English
language. The Grand Duke end Duchess resided at the
Patriarchate, and were alibis to everybody—the former
speaking several leaguers, including Turkish and a trifle of
Arabic. Her Imperial Highness is a blonde beauty, with
light blue eyes, being a German of Saxe-Altenbourg.
The entry on the 12th inst. formed a magnificent spec-
tacle, but, though conducted on as large a scale as possible,
was wanting in several of the features of natural feeling which
characterised the arrival of our sailor Prince. There was less
also of good arrangement, chiefly owing to a considerable
withdrawal of troops from Jerusalem since that time. The
imperial party came up In three days from Jaffa, and were
received on wracking the city in a pavilion with much
state, such as a salute of field pieces, consuls in uniform
presented, &c., as also the patriarchs of all ecclesiastical meta-
bllehmenta ; the English bishop and his staff of missionaries
went up with the Prussian consul to be introduced.

As the political aSaint of Europe were clouding the horizon,
end as the mason wee pretty well advanced for strangers to
travel in, their imperial highneeses did not spend time in
going down to the Jordan, but limited themselves to Jeru-
salem, Bethlehem, Bethany, and Mar Saba. In the city
the Grand Duke visited every public institution
with careful attention, including the Anglican churoh,
in which, although it is indisputably sad exclu-
sively English property, he wee received by the Jewish
Society'■ missionaries, headed by the Drumlin' consul, no
notice having been given to the English consul. The Grand
Doke did not, however, visit any institution of the Jews,
neither synagogue, nor the Rothschild and Cohn hospitals
end schools.

At the Sepulchre Church, the Imperial party edified all
beholders by their religious fervour. On Sunday a peculiar
visit was paid to the Sepulchre as such, Independent of the
church, or of aerial ceremonials. On this occasion ths
Greek Patriarch bestowed on them crosses of gold, contain-
ing portions of the true mots, and exhorted them to be
champions of the sepulchre. The Armenian Patriarch has
also since given them valuable crosser inelosing pieces of the
true crow.

On the 19th (Thursday) was a commemoration Penile of
the death of the Emperor Nicholas, sad if I were a Russian
I should have felt proud emotions at the speedy retribution
of events, by the honours pald to his memory in such a place,
and for which he died • msrtyr. As It is I only regard it
as an instance of • righteous cause (that against the Raw
elan) having been outwitted by cunning and falsehood.
The 17th was the great day for entering the Mosque of
Omar, so called, sad it was a day not to be forgotten. Of
comes the great people behaved with propriety, but all the
multitude of dirty, ignorant Russian, Wallaebian, and
Greek pilgrims, who were allowed moue at the rams time,
gave rim to indescribable disorder. The soldier. were not
audit:lent to keep deceit restraint over them, and while the
imperials were in the very Kulbet-es-Sukbrah, the ignorant
and fanatic crowd rushed against, and broke one of the great
iron doors off its hinges, notwithstanding the mistime of the
military within. The ragamuffins of lamellar laughd.
shouted, and gallopped about, while the Malaita curved, and
spat, end threw stones. In the mosque of Aka" (Itutinisree
church of the Purification) the Greek ckegy wale like mad,
shouting, " Glory be to thee, 0 mother of God!" and voci-
ferating in praise of their new deliverer Constantine, while
Moslems mounted the low gallery set apart for the Bsdi
mufti, &c., caning and spitting upon the Christians. Ons
fanatic rushed upon en English clergyman and bit
him la the 'boulder, and another gentleman wee
knocked down to the ground by • soldier, for in the general
excitement they assailed both friends and foe.. The Puler
was vexed at the disgraceful event.; but what could he do?
He hod that morning received his meant of the Grand Core
don and Cotes of St. Stanislaw; and the heteditary keeper
of the sanctuary was expecting, what he has since received,
his baksheesh of 1001. sterling (twenty purees). Several
English travellers *ere in the city, and took advantage of the
general holiday to walk within the hallowed predncte. They
and most for the Knlbet.te-Sukhrah, and the venerable
rock on the site of Solomon's Temple, while the Emden'
and Greeks paid moat devotion to the Akaa, a. being an
ancient church of the Virgin Mary.
On another day the Prince visited the Sepulchre of David
—but alone. During the whole time be wee in Jerusalem
the Grand Duke was occupied with the business of present
actual life, and in sowing weds for the future, rather than
with contemplation of the put—the religious amoelations of
the Jordan and Dead Sea were not of so much importance as
an inspection of the ground purchmed for building, outside
the city; or endeavouring to get, by any means, their C3lle
vent from the poor Abyssinian", by means of the Copts.
which, however, was not carried out. Before his departure
the Grand Duke gave a grand diplomatic dinner to the cone
ids in full uniform.

People woe encouraged to preeeet petitions to his impe-
rial highnos, which he promised to convey, and urge their
matters in Constantinople. I mean Tinkle& subjects.
The money poured into Jertuatem by this " simply nil-
gams ;Alp image" has been incredible; the shopkeepers found
difficulty in providing articles enough for sale; extraordinar,
prices were salted and obtained for everything;
and this time just after the urual annual harvest
of trade from the Earter pilgrims. Some affect-
ing is:dames arms from the circumstance of Jew.

14 cosscripls bring found among the ships' craws. In the
Royal Naval Hotel, kept by Mrs. Rosenthal, four men cams
to their officer, cap in band, asking permission to go on a pil-
grimage to Rachel's sepulchre. Lave nos not only given.
Lot Oar four days for going to Hebron, if they pleased—to
the sepulchre of Abraham, law, and Jacob, and a gold coin
le each for spending.

Another time one of the railer', of course in the white
uniform, with blue shirt•collse, and throat open, was weep-
tag bitterly in front of the castle. My informant could not
speak his languege, but sent a Jew who wee passing to
Inquire thereupon ; the latter returned, saying, "Why should
he not weep Pin not this the holy city, and N not that the
made of David the king P" but the poor weeping men was
alone, wearing the Gentile uniform, and without the sacred
Cocks or the Tallith. I have h. ard that the missionary
bookshop sold large numbers of copies of the Holy Scrip-
tures; this may be amounted for by the fact of moat c f these
men being, not Rushes, but FinMndere.
The presents which the imperial pilgrim has left behind
almost exceed belief in their amount among terranta,
policemen, soldier., MS, cm, and sheikh". The C, lonel of
Boehl•besuk had a decoration of honour and 1001.; Sheik
AbCt Cloeh had a diamond ring; one of the majors of infantry
bed a decoration ands large sum of money, while the other
of the saute rank, a veteran who had et rued against Roods
in the reign of Sultan Diamond, as well se et Kars under
Williams Bache, was kept out of the way and got nothing.
0 clowns all this Is exclusive of diamond cro'o'n given to
churches and patriarchs.

Suchhes been the visit of the Orand Doke Constantine.
The scene is now shifted, the ribibi ion over, but thaw
will b 9 pest:Decent effects which will issue in grave results.

The Madrid Gazette of Sunday publishes a docu-
ment, by which H. 11.11. the Infute Don &tertian, brother
of Dos Carlog, solemnly recognises the Queen.
Mr. C. P. Melly, of Liverpool, writes to a cotem-
porary :--•' Observing that a paragraph I. making the round
of the payers in which it is staled Met I have spent 2,0001.
is the erection of public drinking (medians I shell be much
obliged to you if yon will allow me, through year c9liirons,
to contradict this r• port, end to sate that the 40 fantains
I have semod here, together with the few I bore rent to
other town', have not cord me more then one-fourth of that
elm. My rem or for troubling you on the subject Is not
Merely to &eolith:lr & liberality to which I can make no pre-
teeelOni Gut because I think It important that the ontibt
should know that the expense of ertotiog granite drinking
fouotaine, of plain bat u.eful dn•iges, is really very much
lass than might be otherwire 'apposed."