The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-21 00:00:00

LONVIN, MONDAY EVENING, 21. 1860.'

(Stamped id. Additional)

CAPTAIN ItCLINTOCIE

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Sir F. /11`Clintoch replied _as follows to the
address presented to him on Setioday —My Lord Mayor,
Ladies, and Gentlemen' —I sea fully sensible that
the honour which has been conferred upon Die is • eery
high and unusual one, and I feel with corresponding force
my inability--from professional eauses—to express to you
in mienhie terms the deep muse of gratitude which your ctn.
aznested notice of my services some month, since has
awakened; yet, relying upon your indulgence, Ido hope
to convoy to you some impression of those please/able
feelings, bind also of the respect which I entertain for this
ancient and honourable assembly. In receiving this mark
of ' ape= notwithstandingi,ity
c the liattiering leer-
but
iiM"—that you have been induced to view in their most
favourable light my exertions and those of my companions,
basemsemence of the strong sympathy of the public) with
thermals in which we. were implarked. (Hear.) My own
team from the find iris precisely similar to those so
fori=expressed ; but -it was more intense,
le sad hit hram assoeless were not only mf
cetuttcrilmi-7-thVicomt hrellistemmon—(cheers)—and
having isli apt of the sinks in which they
perished, I
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of 11 INA illecoglytwith a sense
of the merit thoesdevnibed and man. (Heim,
hear.) I also felt the peat importance
sestieZecianY to
those employed is the polblie service' aid over the
globe, that we should Make good the aft fejmated assertion,
that the life of even &single British subject is a matter of
solicitude to the whole nation. (Cheers.) In the accom-
plishment of our psaosful miesien (which necessarily in-
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volved a eamidiumblel_ameno /swankiest •disoreery
ewears nothiffiff bawd Aka Fos,- ur
re bright examples and ever cheerful en-
durance which have aharac rimed our northern voyages
Tram the earliest times (Hear, hear.) We knew, too,
that the epirit of .uterprise which sent them forth de-
rived much of its strength from the fostering care of
this ancient city ; for upon the Arctic maps—which lay con-
stantly spread before us we saw recorded the mama of
•ita chief magistrates, its aldermen, its citizens active pa-
trons of Arctic explication, and affixed in graceful recogni-
tion of their support by DaVill, Bean, Hudson, and others,
to their geographical *mambo nearly three centuries ago.
(Cheers.) Nor need we at this age apprehend the extinc-
tion of that spirit of adventure which we inherit from our
Scandinavian forefathers, and which lies at the root of our
national greatness. (Loud cheers.) Thia instance alone
of the "heart of the empire" graoshtlly rewarding similar
exertions in the meet remote and inhospitable region would
prove to the world that the love of maritime discovery, the
ardour of British enterprise, continues undiminished.
tHemer,e,:elazity I beg to thank you mostleartily for haying
mindful of them who shaved the voyage
with me—they folly deserve to share largely of its honours.
(Cheers.) Where all did their duty so well it would be iovi-
diotur to particularise • but I feel bound to state that no one
of my companions ;rude so large a sacrifice in devoting
himself to the cause as Captain Allan Your* (ftruMg to
that-gentlemen amid loud' cheers). My osiy regret is that
I cannot claim him as a brother officer is its restricted
sense, and that he is therefore beyond the reach of Ad.
miralty reward. (Hear, hear.) You have also afforded
me the most sincere pleasure by the asp:erica of your
sympathy with that distinguished lady who entrusted to my
gur&uos her final etfort—lebeers)--the little limpidities in
which was centered her last ray of hope. (Hear, hear.)
How nearly that effort teasel, I am sure all here will recol-
lect, and will heartily rejoice with me that, for her sake at
least, it wee permitted to enesesd—that the mum might
be all her own. (Cheer) The Frank/in story now forms
a part of oar national history; and all literary failsto supply
a more beautiful and striking instance of heroic manly
endurance under the most appalling circumstance':
and of no lees enduring devotion, true womanly
eoestancy awl courageous hope. (Cheers.) The
=iof future generations will reed this enno-
story with the deepest emotion, and will receive
from it the impress of those eminently great and good
qualities of which it tells. Such valuable instruction for
all aes it would be difficult to overrate. (Hear, hear.)
The " final effort" has fallen far short of saving life. It
has,
.however, terminated a painful suspense ; and in re-
cov the knowledge of our lost countrymen's great
• die:oversee, of their sufferings, and of thew
rmr devotion to the last, lady Franklin has accomplished
a most important national object (Hem, hear.) The same
act of justice which will perpetuate this memories will also
transmit to posterity, in the ample record of their achieve-
ments and Christian worth, an example of which England
may justly feel proud. (Haar, hoar.) This very inadequate
acknowledgment of the disttartion conferred upon me by
so rare a graft as the freedom of the City of London, would
be stall more incomplete than It is, did I not also thank you
for the very beautiful ad appropriate heirloom in which it
was enclosed. (Loud and low sumained applause.)
It was then ordered that the address of the Chamberlain,
and the reply of Sir Leopold, should be entered upon the
journals of the court, and the proceeding terminated.
In the evening the Lord Mayor and the lady Mayoress
setertrined at the Mansion-house a large party, who were
invited to meet Sir Leopold M'Clintock, R.N., and some of
the intrepid companions of his voyage in search of memorials
of the Franklin expedition. The company included Sir
Leopold Weinstock, Lord Lennox, Mr. Whiteside, M.P.,
Sir R. Murchison, Colonel Graham, Colonel Baker, Captain
luglefield, R.N. • Captain Young, Captain Hobson, R.N.,
Captain Colinas:lt Sir G. Forster, Captain' S. Osborn, Dr.
Walker, Mr. Norris, M.P., Mr. Cubist, M.P., Captain J.
M'Cllntock, R.N., Hr R. Carden, Alderman Mali, Alder-
man Lawrence, Alderman Finn* Alderman Abbisa, Cap.
tain Toogood, Captain Shea, Captain Hensler, he. Amongst
the ladies present were the niece of Franklin said Miss
Grinnell, whose father contributed so much to fit out the i
American expedition under Dr. Kane.

A meeting of the Finance Committee of the Royal
Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 was held on Saturday at
the Privy Council-office. There were prarmt Earl Gram
vale (Chairman), Lord Overdone, Lord Taunton, the Right
Hon. R. Lowe, M.P., Sir A. Spearatan, Bart., Mr. Thomas
Baring. M.P., Mr. Coulson, Q. C., Mr. .W. Dake, Mr. T.
F. Gibson, and Mr. Edgar Bowling (Secretary). Mr. H. R.
William, (financial officer) attended.
A DEPCTATIoN ON Iro TRAVELK—OH the night
of the 25th of last March, I found mybelf precisely in the
condition of a British traveller making invidious political
oonsperisons of this nature, while steadies, in • highly
irritable frame of mind, jammed against the glass door of
the waiting-room of the Lyons and Geneva Railway, be-
tween a fat and somewhat offensive Belgian, and • lady
with a baby, which she allowed to rest temporarily on the
bundle of wrappers I held under a very tired arm. We
wereall waiting to make that rush for seats which is the
usual preliminary to • night-journey, and casting longing
eyes on the carriage ticketed "Geneva," when, to our
horror, a Ode-door opened, and • poem of gentlemen ap-
peared upon the platform,. welly clambered into the afore-
said carnage, and appropriated all the best seats. It was
evident., now, that I had nod chance of getting into the
corner with my back to the engine, and securing the seat
otazhite for my legs, by putting my cloaks into it, as
they belonged to some one else. Bulky men were
making themselves comfortable in each compartment, so
that even the usually perverted sense of their own rights,
which distinguished my companions, was roused, and we
clamored vociferously. At last the door was opened
by a responsible official, with au air of authority, of whom
linquired, with that polite irony peculiar to persons in a
state of suppressed virtuous indignation, what the amount
of the sum might have been which he had privately re-
ceived for giving the choice of seats to the
stout gentlemen! (who had by this time filled
all the compartments with tobacco-smoke) "Sir,
you insult me " That was my intention ; but I
feared you might not feel insulted by the remark." "Take
care, sir—but, in tine, lam not master here. It is not my
fault ; let me show yoga seat." So I was crammed, as the
eighth passenger, between seven men—all smoking, all talk-
ing, and Genie of them whose proximity was disagreeable
for other reasons. They were to be my companions for the
next fifteen hours, during the first ten of which I was fully
occupied in making futile endeavours to sleep. My neigh.
hours, when they did not talk, snored, letting their lighted
cigars drop feebly out of their mouths as they wont to
sleep, and carefully retaining as much smoke in the carriage
as passible, by keeping both windows shut. At last morn-
ing dawned, and we stopped for " cafe au laic," and under
the genial influence of the early meal one's faculties be-
came once more roused, and one's better nature protested
against ten hours of unsmiability. I made a mental apology
to the railway official, which I am happy to repeat here,
should this meet his eye, alai also to call his attention to
the remainder of the article, aid entered into conversation
with the cleanest of my seven companion& "Yon mud be '
old travellers," I said, "to break through the rules of a
French railway. How did you manage last night to get
into the carriages before anyone else ' " Why, to tell the
truth," replied my friend, with a modest downfall of the eye
and a quiet simper—"to tell the truth we are—ahem"—
and be looked me full in the faoe, u though to prepare use
for the astounding revelation —" we are the Savoyard
Deputation." Rallying as well as could be expected from
the shock which this announcement reduced. I coacretu-
lated him upon the succeed' which had attended the mum;
and begged to be introduced to the other delegates who had
so richly earned any little advantages which • patriotic
railway company could grant them. —Blackwood's Afayanne
for May:
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terrible clam of &mum Holloware remedies have bald an
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Ointment should be rubbed twice daily over the stomach end
spine as perseveringly as salt in rubbed in meat. At the same
H
oeHolloway's Pills should he freely taken in doses, to act
'osmotically on the bowels. sO that the Wean generally may be
thoroughly cleansed.

(T WOPENCE.

THA' PRINCE OF sl 3 DTHENZAN fr—Y6kX

ALDERMEN.

At a meeting of the New York Board of Alder-
men the following communication was read :
"To the Mayor 4114 COMADOIR 000 oil of the city of
New York—

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" The undersigned, citizen, qf New yark venture to call
your attention to the visit which the Priam d Wales,•the
heir apparent to the throne of Great Britain Ind Ireland,
about to make to America, on the invitation of the British
provinces. This is to be regarded as the visit, not merely
of a person of peat distinction, but of a future ruler, to his
federal subjects, and partaking of an official character.
I..:onsidering the intimate relations which exist between our
cotuatiy and England, and by bow many ties we are hound
to that great people, over which the Prince of Wales will
hereafter reign, and out forgetting that international courte-
sies tend to promote good understanding between nations,
and lessen the chances of war, we beg leave to suggest that
be should be invited to visit this city, and receive its hoe.
pi[latftiee•'

Signed by Cyrus W. Field, William C. Bryant, Henry
Grinnell, James &own, and by meet of the most influen-
tial merchants of New York.
The PRESID/117 of the Boon offered a xesolution, to
the effect that, it Wag currently reported that his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales is about to visit her Britan-
-11.1 ablissietithinhimet he Ninth Mavis^ sad. ea en ex-
tends. el hireidi b the elty dP 31*NotIc would tone
more strongly cement the friendship existing between Groat
Britain and the United States : therefore—

Resolved—" That his Honour the Mayor be requested to
invite his Royal Highness to visit this eity and partake of
its hospitalities."
The resolution was adopted by a vote of 9 to 3, and was
sent to the councilmen for concurrence.