The Express.
London, England, 1856-11-29 00:00:00

ROBBRT PBBL

The prayer, of which the following in a copy, and
for the genuineness of which we (SeaffordsAire Advertiser)
an able to pledge ourselvee, was found in the late Sir Ro-
bert Peel'. private bon, on his dressing-room table, in
hely/ 1860:
" Great and Merciful God, Ruler of all Nation., help me
daily to repair to Thee, for wisdom sad grace suitable to the
high offices whereto thy providence has called me.Strengt hen.
0 Lord,my natural powers and faculties,that the wriatity cad
solemn interests with which Thy servant ie chirged may not
greatly gaffer through weariness of body and confusion of
mind. Deign, I beseech Thee, to obviate or correct the ill
effects of such omissions or reit:takes in my proceedings u
may result from partial knowledge, infirmity of judgment,
or unfaithfulness in any with whom I may bays to do.
" Let Thy blueing rest upon my Sovereign and my coun-
try. Dispose the heart. of all is high stations to adopt sack
measures as will preserve public order, foster inderry, and
alleviate distress.

"May true religion flourish, and peace be universal.
" Grant that, so far as may mein with human weakness.
whatsoever is proposed by myself or others for the general
good may be viewed with candour, and that all wise and
natal measures to.; be coodnoted to a prosperous issue.
" As for me, Thy 'creme, grout, 0 merciful God, that I
may not be so far engrossed with public anxieties as that
Thy Word should become unfruitful in me, or be so moved
by difficulty or • pposi don as not to pursue that o arr.) w way
which leadeth me to life. And, 0, most gracious Father, if
net• ithstandieg my Jensen% desires and purposes. I should.
' forget Thee, do not Thou forget ihe, seeing that I entreat
Thy constant remembrance and favour, only for the sake of
our most blessed Advocate sad Redeemer, Jesus Chris:, to
whom with Thee and the Holy Spirit be gin; tar ever.
Amen."

A ;RAILWAY JOURNEY IN INDIA.—That brief
whistle, that strong, silent pull, that gradual glide, that
monotonous rattle, have nothing in them, hers in the plains
of Nagai, to distinguish them from the same sounds and
sensations so often experinced emit the factories of Lanca-
shire, the red cliffs and bine, minding waves of South
Divan, the vine-bearing plains of France, the rugged passes
of Styria, the tropical hills of H ab, or the wild jungle
of Pinions America. The train travels at a rate varying
from fifteen to twenty miles an hour. About eight
'miles occurs a station with some uncouth name. We look
out so we pass one of these • the long, straight line of iron
rail still retains its familiar look of civilisation, but all its
circumstances bees Monne entirely Oriental. The station
is • little whits bungalow, with green open doors ; its name
" Hooghly," is written in those three characters which mg.
gest at every turn to the most careless traveller the strange
fete of India: the English, plain, busiorex like capital
letters, looking as if they were conscious of belonging to the
conquering people; the graceful Persian curling from right
to left, emblematic of the politeness, the facile dexterity,
perhaps, too, .f the intrigue and instability, of Central
Asiatics, powerful enough to impress on • sus-
ceptible people a manner which makes every peasant
of Hiadoetan more or less • gentleman, but unable to cope
with the plain, honest foroe which is represented by the
It man capitols ; and, lastly, the mystical Bengalee, this
vernacular of the provisos, closely allied to every versa-
calor tongue all over laths, which here, at the Hooghly
station, Is read by thousands ; while of the two contusing
languages one is read by hundreds, the ether by units ; rho
language of the conquered million, yet containing in it the
roots or sore than half the words spoken by conquering
English, close akin to the ancient Sanskrit, that 1.04110 be-
yond which the stream of human language ha. not yet
been trend. Bot the train moves on, and, so far as it is
concerned, the conquering English has it alt its own way.
The 'manta Sanskrit is still represented by every one of
the dull Wilms which meet the traveller's eye. The en-
grseeful palm, so strangely associated In European ands
wish Oriental beauty; the green, melancholy plain; the
cecasional glimpen of the yellow, sluggish, capst-beasing
river—these 618 the witnesses to the 148110 strange, yet
so forgotten—that where the Boglish steamengine now
travels, there, just one eentnry ego, the Nawab of Bengal
was marching down on Calcutta to perpetrate tile Bleak
Hole mitemere—that tragedy from which the Anglo-ladiaa
empire took its birth. Here, centuries ago, the Hardee
walked and sat and smoked, worshipping his god Perms.
nonce, even as he walks and sits and smokes and worships
the same god to-day.—Frosor for December.
Tnz LATE his Boats.—At en early age he we.
epprentlind to Mr. Inland, a publisher in Edinburgh, and
continued in his eetabliahment for a number of years At
length, in 18.1.5, circumstances led him to think of trying
his fortune in the south, and with • little money and a few
letters of introduction In Ms pocket, he took a omega for
London. Among the letters was one to Charles Tilt. Mr.
Bogue sometimes meationed that when he first went to cell
cat Mr. Tilt it was • busy day, sod he found
everybody about the place too mach occupied to
give him lay attention. In the .e circamstsate
had the sagacity to. refrain from presenting his
letter, and to beat a retreat. Had he importuned
Mr. Tilt at ouch a time, the name of David Drigne
would have appeared at St. Bride's-passage. When
Bogue called split and presented the letter, Mr. Tilt sail
he wanted no assistants thee, but asked him to leave his
address. After waiting long, spenoiog nearly all his
money, and thinking of returning to Scotland, Mr. Bogue
wee one morning mot for ant engaged at a small salary to
do what hominid. He was wencierfully industrious, how-
ever, and made himself so useful to Mr. Tilt that in 1810 he
had the satisfaction of being taken into partaenhip.—
Press.

-PICEPOCIETINO ON THE FRENCH BOURSE.—
A gentleman at the Boone, on Thereday, suddenly lotted
that a 'mall bag containing I,ooofr. in gold had been ab-
stracted frost his pocket, and be unhesitatingly accused a
well-dr/seed man standing near him of havirg taken it.
The latter energetically protested his innocence, but the
gentleman toasted on his going before the commis-
sary of police. The man there loudly declared trial he
was perfectly respectable, and oomplained bitterly of the
indignity to which he was subjected. He was swathed,
bet all that was found on him was a red silk parse c
intaie-
log 31fr. 1511., and that he solemnly declared was his own
property. As there was no proof against him, he was shout
to be discharged, when, jest at that mosses% two persona
cans before the commissary--ons to deposit a bag
containing I,ooofr. in gold, which to his profound
astonishment be had found in his pocket; and
the other to complain that hie pocket had bien piked
of a red silk pores in which were 311 r. lye. On this the ma*
takes in charge was obliged to admit that he bad stolen both
the tug of I.ooolr. and the parse of 31fr. 150. ; sod he said
that on being accused of taking the former he had slipped it
Into the pocket of the person who stood nearest him. Be
at ones was taken to the Prefecture of Police, and it was
there discovered that he is one of the seat skilful pick-
poakets In Paris.
THE WEATHER IN THE MEDITERRANEAN.—Maro
wines and all the adjscent coast, as well as that of Atria,
have, during the law Liar or five days, been visited by com-
plete hurricanes, with a tremendous ma running. Two days
ago, the wiod waves violent that eves In the port of Le
Joliette the vessels wets obliged to have two, and even three,
additional mooring hastier", and even with this precaution
were in great danger of braking adrift. One vessel caned
away two of her hawsers and stove in her b. at, which was
hanging at her stern, by coming in contact with another
vessel. Meet of the steam-packets from the posit of Africa
are behind their time of arrival. Three of them c imiog
boa Ora* and Algiers have been compelled to put in at
Cadawses. The T.mise, from Alezendria, was compelled
by stress of weather to put into Toeloe. Her mall was put
Into a boat to he landed, but in coming onshore in the gale
tman.cif- wee's boat put off to their assistance.
boat filled, and mail and crew would have boss lost, bad
from Marseilles, states that the weathcr continues exceed-
ly bolei:terr as. The steam-packet from the Levant had
phie despatch, received yesterday morning
not yet arrived, although silty hours overdue. A pease
had come in twin Algiers, after a passage of nice days.
Inait:gtA a:eom
BOARD TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 27.—Th•
Right Honourable the Lords of the Cantata's of Privy
Council for Teed* and natation& have waived, thromk
the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, a oopy era
dapateh from her Majesty's ociasul at Madrid, reportiteg the
following alterations in the Spanish tend :—Boakbiadeser
prepared cloth to tay an import duty of 8 reels per lb.
ceder the national 11. g, and 8 reale 10 cent". per lb. node,
foreign flag. Tarred tow and felt, 10 male 80 mats. per
quintal ander national leg, sad 18 reale 90 cents. tinder
foreign Seg. Saltpetre, raw, 28 reels per quiets! under
natioael flag, 38 reale ander foreign nag. Saltpetre, fa
lamps, 88 reale per quintal wader national did. 46 reds
under foreign flag. Saltpetre, refined, 48 reale per quintal
under asthma! flag, 58 reels under Welsh Seg.—Goa/tie.