The Express.
London, England, 1857-05-21 00:00:00

A PERSIAN PROCLAMATION.

We find in the Bombay Telegraph and Courier of
April 16 the translation of a prochunation found in the libmi
Zada's tent after the capture of Mohamrs, which is maim
and amusing in its style. The proclamation declension
the British government has for some time seam
of aggression aiming at the dominion of all ttr 111:
"Unexpectedly they brought troops to the gait aping
of Islam, and. having thus gained a footing, tore
of we of the forts of Islam, which was on the mm=ol
yea only held by • small number of troops as its initipoi•
sou, and thus no army being present, they eotioid M.si
when they saw that if they advanced from the gga iiigg
they would flounder about, like flab on dry bask Os Me
stuck there, for they knew that if they advanced the Weed
the sharp swords of the heroes of Islam would teitillge
breath in the soul of one of them. But his Ilejeety Ike
Shah-in-shah has taken advantage of this breach of faith el
the British government to make manifest his royal
will and pleasure; and his orders have gone forth that
remitters armies are to be assembled on the boundaries of
every country; and victorious troops have been directed
towards the frontiers to drive out the enemies of the faith,
and scatter the rubbish and dirt along the shores for (Arabic,
God giveth the victory to whom He pluses;) and now in
obedience to the words of the Prophet to him who doeth ix-
-17 unto you do ye ipj el-, unto him in like manner as he don
ury to you,' let all the people of Benin consider it le-
cumbent upon them to follow the precept ' any in the nuts
of rood those who wish to slay you; and let the old and the
young, the small and the great, the wise and the ignorant,
the eyot and the aepoy, all without exception stile In the
deism of the orthodox faith of the Prophet; and hay*
girt up the waist of valour, adorn their persons with arms
and weapon; and let the alma and preachers call ups
the people in the mosques and public assemblies and in the
pulpits to give in • J•had in the cause of God. and that
than the (thane in the cause of the faith have a just title to
tho promises contained in the words of the' Verily
Ire ars of those who fought in the MINI of God.,

The Journal de Franefort contains a letter from
Giessen, annotating the death of Count Lehrbach, Grand
Menial of the Court of Hesse Darmstadt, from the acd-
dental discherge of a carbine which he wee about to try to
/ring at • mark in a ahooting-ground. M. de Lotirbach
wee Minister of War id Darmstadt from 1849 to 1831.
A letter from Vienna states that, on the 13th, one
of the cashiers of the National Bank diaappeared, leavieg a
deficit of about a million of franca. The seam created • cer-
tain aeseation at the Bourse, but uithont having much effect
on the price of bank shares.
The cashier of the National Bank of Vienna, who
lately absconded with a sum of 300,000 florins, was armlet
on the 15th, at Herninth, in Lusatia.
Prince Metternich attained his 84th year on
the 13th. He is in perfect health, and tell take a journey
into Bohemia in June. He brie just had co p ies made of ea
unpoblished work of his, " Hungary, before, during, aad
after 1844," to be distributed among his friends.
A letter from Vienna says :—" The Archduke
Maximilian d' Este, grand master of the Teutonic Order, U
now having the chateau of Bilenbourg, which belongs to
that order, repairekin order to found in it an eatabliekment
of Jesuit bthers. This I. the first time for fifty yaws that
tide fraternity has gained a footing."
PRESENT TO THE QUEEN FROM THE RING OP
Poem:GAL.—His Majesty the King of Portugal bee jest
sent over to this country a present of cattle of a very pecu-
liar breed to her Majesty Queen Victoria, consisting of a
bull, two betters, and a bull calf. The animals are of the
most perfect symmetry, and very diminutive, dead*
enamel, 40 indite Wet ; they are of a dun colour, and is
fine condition. The cows are very docile, but the bull, on
being driven Sem the station to Prince Albert's modal farm
at Frogmen, where they are now installed, eahibited a dia•
position rather the rennin of that of bin compailions,
taming an unfortunate donkey about his own sine 'Auk
happened to come in hie way. These Lilliputian animals
math neemble the Alderney or Jersey breed, but appear to
be scarcely more then half the size.
NEW MANSION AT FONTHILL.—Tho interesting
ceremony of laying the foundation atone of a new mannen,
about to be erected by the Marquis of Westminster took
lace on Monday lad. The stone we. laid by the resident
Pend
in
for the noble marquis. It will be • "edam edi-
&eon the Scotch baronial style, from the designs of Wm.
Burn, Bal., of London. The estate was formerly the pro-
perty of Mr. Beckford, author of " Caliph Vathek," and the
Bite for the new mansion la about a quarter of a mile from
the remains of the celebrated Foothill Abbey.—Sierberes
Amaral.
DEATH OF MR. ROBERT BURNS.—We have to
announce the demise of Mr. Robert Bunn, which melancholy
event occurred on the afternoon of Thursday, the 14th inst.,
at his residence hem. Mr. Burns arm born at Matichlios in
September, 1786, so that he bad nearly completed his 71st
year. In respects, In point of intellect, the deceased
was no ordinary man, but yet he was chiefly remarked'
throughout life as being the eldest eon of Robert Baru,, the
national poet of Scotland. Burns died In 1796. and his allot
boy wee nearly ten years of age at the time of that premature
decreer. Mr. Burns wee an accomplished scholar. En-
dowed with a prodigious memory and great pewees of er
plication, he had amassed a vast quantity of knowledge on •
great range of subjects. His enthusiasm In the sequienian
of information continued to almost his test days, and he
some years he had been almost pemeionately attached to the
study of the language of the Gael. In music he was a pro-
ficient student, poseeding both. a theoretical and practical
knowledge of the art. A portion of the father's poetic
mantle had fallen upon the eon, and in bin earlier years he
composed verses of considerable intrinsic merit. The re-
mains will be laid to-da beside those of his father in the
mausoleum, St. Michaels churchyard, the vault of which
had not been opened for upwards of twenty years.—Derrefries
airier of Tuesday.
TESTIMONIAL TO A NEWSPAPER PROPRIETOR:.
The Madams listiwedel lately saiseribcd for by no-
lelornonnielumen, and dim owilsmen connected with
is ermehlratitliskany
_lbiliatiltants of the city of
Olsarsdae, wasgausalad tole,. D. M. Walker, modem*
of the Ays
_akft ~dor el fiVeressar Journal, et the
Ifsees Mad Heral,-ca Wedassiwast, st a public diner.
W. P. Price, Req., M.P., medlad, ad shoat a hundred
=awere pmeent. Its lasilmealel consists of a
llini vase, two silver dad jaw, a sliver inkstand.
MI • dreaming are—the deshe ward at shout 330 gulag.
LICENSED VICTUALLERS' AsTLcd.—Teisterday the
29th madvanary festival at tbe UnweiedVictoallers' Antes
was held at Os Higideary Ban Timm. M. T. Bea, Est
M.P., was fa the distr. He was sagprened by Sir J. Duke:
M.P.. Mreq. Awn* M.P., R. lisalasy, lam M.P., Edda
J R., thee geed air st die came the
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been sdadad here the ot the inedads• The
chairmen sad other gentlemen very _ easeged%dZolsi
the intimate of the iastitntion, whim woo no
sponded to. It vas stated that In the pad per
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was received from the amid bell. The list of I
as awasamal was Wald by the dminaini.ll. TZ4C
sad ha as, yak MI plasm; a private fried of dos awe
1311 plums; and de des malnaldsd through the agog
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