The Express.
London, England, 1850-12-25 00:00:00

FRANCE.

PARIS, TOZADST MORNING.
In the Lrgis Assembly yesterday, the discus-
sion on the Mortgage Reform Bill occupied the whole
sitting, and wu again adjourned.
The Moniteur announces that Monseigneur Gari-
baldi, Archbishop of Myra, has presented kis creden-
tials as Nuncio of the Holy Apostolic See to the
French Republic.
The 2lfoniteur also publishes several columns of
appointments and promotions in the order of the Le-
gion of Honour.
At the Ac idemy of Sciences, yesterday, Lord
Brougham read a supplementary paper on light. The
reading of the essay lasted an hour. His lordship
left Paris last night for London.
The publisher of the new Republican journal, Le Vote
Universe!, was yesterday tried for an attack on the
right of property, contained in two articles published
in that journal abut a month ego. On the first he
WAS acquitted, but on the second he was found guilty,
and sentenced to six months' imprisument and a
fine of 8,000 trance.
PARIS FUNDS, DEC. 24.
Three per Cents.
Five per Cents. o3f. 50e.
Bank Shares.. 2 335f. De.

At the time of going to press our French despatches
of last evening had not arrived.

CHRISTMAS DAT.—To day being Christmu day,
has bees observed as a strict holiday at all the goverosseat

and other public offices, no Donnas of any kind having been
'ransomed at them of a regular or ordinary nature. The only
exception is the Post-ofilee, at which establishment there
ware a receipt of letters for, and delivery of letters from,
the provinces and abroad in the swathing as usual on
other week days, and the deli in the 'metropolitan or
district post took plasm until noon, after which',
business was suspended in that branch of the establish-
ment for the remainder of the day, the only one is the
year. This day, with the exception of Good Friday, and
the day appointed for celebrating her Majesty's birthday, is
the only None's! holiday *binned at the Castonahouse in
tasequenco of the compete stoppage to the import busliess
and trade of the country which is ;heyday occasioned.

THE PUPILS OP THE MANCHESTER SCHOOL
. .

Diatom held their second social soirée on Monday evening.
Mr. Cobden, M.P., Mr. Brotherton, M.P., the Mayon of
Manchester and Salford, and other influential merchants and
gentlemen being present. Mr. Thomas 11,eley, President of
the Chamber of Commerce, presided on the 'cession, and
cieliverel an interesting address, is which he dwelt upon
the important influence which the Exhibitioa of 1841 would
exert upon the arts in general, and upon that of design in
particular. Mr. Joseph Brotherton recommended the es-
tablishment of a museum in connexion with the school.
Taste, he argued, was not intuitive; the eye must be
tutored, and it could only be tutored by esespartions,
!acuities tee making which such museums would afford.
Mr. Brotherton referred to the Museums Bill, which he
and others had been instrumental in carrying—a bill
which empowered the lea, of • rate of a halfpenny la the
pound to provide buildings for the reception of works of
art, Ac. ; and be recommended the directors of the school to
endeavour to bring their institution within the operettas of
this act. Mr. Cobden, M.P., also made reference to a local
rate for the support of the school. He was not lend, he
said, of government interference ; bat he would say that, If
• rate in Manchester could be legitimately raised
(or anything in the shape of education, it might be
raised for the parrot of supporting a school of design. Ha
would rather have money raised by • local rate than derived
from this exchequer. because, it locally raised, it would be
better applied. If money was raised where it was spent, it
was well locked aft, r ; there was very little jobbing about its
disponi, while there was • great deal of jobbing about
money dispensed from the central government. One half-
penny in the pound urn the Munitions, assessment would
realise the sum of 2,.001. • year ; while, If Salford were to
join in the movement, upwards of 3.0001. might be secured
for the support of the school, and for the establishment of
a museum. (Hear, bear.) The company were afterwards
addressed by this Mayors of Manchester and Salford , by Mr.
J. A. Hammersley, head master of the school, and by other
aentlemen. The rooms of the institution, all of which were
thrlwn open, were decorated with the produe ins of the
pupils, some of the paintings and drawings being of a very
thperior character.
DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF A BOAT'S CREW.—Tc..e
following extract of a letter from Mr Jamie 0. Jones,
second master of her Majesty's steamer Dee, employed on
the Cape of Good Hope 'taboo, which has come to Ragland
to his parents, discloses some almost unparalleled privations
sad sufferings of himself and crew, by the upsetting of their
boat:—" We are at present lying up Quilimane River, tan'
I believe we go to the Caps about Christmas; we are
nearly tired of stopping up here. It was a very great
chance sending this letter, as the vessel only anchored off
here yesterday (no date is given), and sails to-morrow, sad
she ha about nine miles from us. The greater part of this
was written in an open boat, as I was going out to ewers
haul her. . . . I have sad news to tell you. I had a
narrow neap with my lite. 1 was going into the rim
from the Pantaloon, 10, Commander Parker, where I had
beta for provisions in one of the Dn's ("alien, when join as
we wire nosing the bar a heavy breaker ran in over the
stern, filled and capsized the boat in the griddle of the surfs
and as it wasjust dusk they could not see us treatise 'hip, se
we were &Mine about the breakers all night, clingieg to the
, ' boat. la the morning we drifted up the river, and an Me
from the ship, has, as only our heads were above water, they
could not is. us, although looking cut for us; at last we
drove ashore on a sand-bask, where we got out. more
dead than alive, after having been In the water 34 bean
without anything to eat or drink. The next day, about
o'clock, the ship seat a boat and picked us up. Out of eta
swot and three officers who were in the boat, there are Italy
myself and four others eared. The manses assistant (Mg,
Dyer) and three men were washed off the boat by the Rif.
Poor Dyer got bold of my foot and took me down a good
way with him ; I tried to swim up with him, but found I
could not, so I was compelled to kick him clear of myself, I
and could only just get hold of the boat then "
BURGLARY AT BRISTOL—A OM was heard yester-
day (Tuesday) at the Bristol polies court, from which it
appeared that on Friday night, or rather on Saturday
wrung last, a very daring burglary was perpetrated by two
boys, named Thomas Yowl.* and George Jones, at the
Sancta's HMI lan, near the Great West. rn Railway ter-
minus, Bristol. It appeared that at 12 o'clock on Friday
night the prisoner Vuwles, who had been previously urn
lurking about the premises, entered the house with two of
the railway policemen. It was supposed at the time that he
was to their company, but it was sniped that he was very
officious in goinfato the bar to fetch what was wanted. At 2
o'clock the land dy saw the house apparently securely fas-
tened, and retired to reit. About 5 the meant girl was
called up by a policeman, who informed her the front door
was open, and, on examina•ion, it was found that the bar had
bean broken open, and 101. worth of silver with other porta.
Ole artllm were abetracted. The large lock of the outer door
wee heed ages, and the lock of another door. Suspicion
Yea Verestees who was apprehended, and on his way to the
Medea-hesse esafessed the facts, and alleged that he had
hem " pat op to it" by Jones, who bad received 11. of the
sr may. heal was apprehended and brought up yesterday,
emd, with the other prisoner, remanded till Saturday, to
isliplete the depositions against them.