The Express.
London, England, 1857-04-10 00:00:00

their elagieity, obstinacy dieinessty
_wad recklmasm; but
I maks that up was itisesat. Out of some
800 at nes that s4telsa micas pets of the comity,
then wars sot above -a-dossa at* whom than was
reason to had. fault.
On starting from Kazan the travellers—for Mr.
Spottiswoode had a courier with him—were regaled
with marvellous stories of perils from robbers, &c.,
on the road; but although at every fresh start into
the semi- wilderness similar warnings were given, they
met with no other robbers than those inuniform who
inhabit the police-ofiloes and post-stations. That
crime did emit they, however, soon had ocular evi-
dence,ou paging the long of prisoners on their
read to the mines at Nartohissk, in Eastern Siberia.
Three days after leaving Kann they reached Perm,
and after a twenty-four hours' rest, which was Com-
pulsory from the time the officials took in making
out a fresh pusport, the tarantae.e was once more
on its way to the Ural Mountains and Ekaterin-
burg. An interesting bat brief sketch of the river
system of this region is given, and it is • very re-
markable me :

At a little distance mouth of the reed (rye Mr. lipottla-
woode) the Takla:win and the Imes approsch within four
vents of mach other, end it wee care proposed, by s short
canal st tina point, to unite the water esranwadestkws of the
Caspian end Arctic Sees.
Every one who his travelled in Russia will feel
the truth of the veneerk that

TlSre Is eTcaselt-semseW shot *sena tetras that it is
ohm adonis olhe say 0 simitaiW
0110.110 ths iments
ken make, 11//if 1111NOVIdasillils pinanselte
repented inesef Ibir ens. ell snake le mob • *rig
"SIN whin *wed isika dinneo. Bat It is Ms •
pimp: II 10111111111•11 lims 1111111114 MIS wakes mint the
breed. dab Os* led to. greet Imes seem whim the
dust foal. gent Illte • fee, re the mad *imp and etQL
At Rkanwhahum the uniansental stem weeks, the
Mint, and aanafsleeisa of machinery end mush
were inspected : far this is the Birmingham of the
Ural, and, with Zlatotist, 'applies the arms for all 1
the tribes and frontier foroesof Siberia. After visit-
ing the hia-warks at the latter town, a short cut,
awl a very tateratieg but rather uncomfortable
ma, was mat through the Bashkir country,
looked mom by the Russians as a sort of
Ogre land, wboee inhabitants Mr. Spottiswoode
found to be uncouth enough, but quite as harmless
as their neighbours. At Ufa the travellers were
unlucky enough to stumble on the holidays in
honour of the coronation, and wore compelled to
remain and receive hospitality from an English lady
married to a Dutch doctor. The appearance of the
suburb of Orenburg, across the river, is very aptly
likened to " a Retch toy on a green cloth," the trim,
formal wooden houses standing on the sheer steppe.
No one seemed capable of giving any information
about the road to Ouriev on the Caspian, so our
traveller started by the Samara route to Astrakhan,
and we recommend the narrative of that part of the
' adventures of the Tarantame and its occupants to
all who wish to know what travelling on the steppe
really is. Sere is a pialwrie el the physical educa-
tion of a itassian before he mien at au age to be
made into a military sossida• :
When find from ite hemlegoe the child's education begins
et once, ear I whey if a peened eheneter. He--or she,
for it is the NM elk kat eme—malbes his drat
la liis by dinfelmkg is the end a owl k Whim
keen did k • eseeniug= int mai waft limo. 1
Bringlang ht bp Sem too slism, If perk% r.Clalerldis ef mad, be
_wee oylla la the Mos of
• boa haardsgred pig, taken is Swop prowling goat
ea Ile ekes of semskkg re eat. Looking urea sit
of
amble as see et the natant evils of In,
ha bogies to imitate the yerliascious dilifence with
which that animal takes everything into its mouth,
renting only whet 4 elederely impowitile.lierd
so tar aniehed hie slantket as to cis
between the evil mid the greed, Is nutters of the paste
st Irk, he iapremsted le tie genZlif the fray sun
of kook hunt Ind
_.steltil," es arm and ao the
dlgailge4l
of ea ebl siege*
Illeltill *a la Me a
these Mims amigo ; fie WWI far, se se men of
it es n *lehltklinef Easy ear living telephoning
hisolf ; *was, saws! Genoa as he se the little
eine sem es% reeohleg dew* to the read es
ease sib dr hoe wawa be* each big eesegh lair
Ink ble elks pe*Seidle Waived in the dint which
nein to yaw selesenn. Ant se he live@ ; until at last, kr-
*Skirl Se aim nimbi sea do something, his edam-
ties Is imined, owl Islas* I* es a man.
Mr. Spot/ammo& was evidently struck with the
fact that the members of the Moravian colony of I
Sarepta are as much " colonists" in a strange land
now as they were eighty years ago, and that their
Russian neighbours have profited but little by the
example of their superior skill and industry. There
are only two towns between this place and Aisne-
khan, the dreary sandy desert stretching far away
on the eastern aide of the Volga. Mr. Spottis-
woode supplies us with a capital sketch of Astra-
khan and Astrakhan life ; and at this city the tra-
vellers seemed to have lived in clover, being the
guests of M. Saposhnikoff, one of the industrial mag-
nates of south-eastern Russia. The return journey
northward is of course less interesting both to the
traveller and to the reader, for Astrakhan is the na-
tural climax of the narrative; but the visit to the
Kalmueke,, the fishing excursion to the mouth of
the Volga, and an account of the advances which the
Russians are making towards lihiva and Bokhara,
are interesting, and the latter valuable, as a hint
to watch closely the proceedings of our insidious
rival in the direction of Persia and India. Some use-
ful tables of the eastern trade of Russia, given in the
appendix, add to the value of this little work,
while an excellent map, and some well selected and
executed illustrative views, aid the reader in realising
the localities described. Judging from this " taste
of his quality," we should imagine Mr. Spottiswoode
to be the very sort of man who could turn such a
journey to the best account, and we regret that he
did not earry out a plan which he seems to have
entertained originally, of extending his tour along
the western coast of the Caspian, returning by way
of Tiflis. Brief, however, as was the time at hie
disposal for any careful examination of the country
and people, Mr. flpottiewoode has made the most of
it, and produced a work which is a welcome contri-
bution to the library of travel in Russia, and one
which we doubt not will induce others to examine
for themselves the curious scenes so happily sketched
i by that gentleman.

WATRRAOLOUR DRAWINGS.— The engravers'
&twiny of *epidural in the Verson Gallery, the property
of Mr. Moines/. et 111~ara, were submitted to public
cenapetities by Mame. Twelerof Pall-mall, on Weft...day
amid Moseley. They mengerei 162, and realised upwards
of
LIAM. Lot 66. J. LW. Terser, R.A., Lake Avernus,
steW by W. Smith. 17d gime. Lot 72. W. Collin.,
R.A. Rii as a Xing, 'mph& by Content, 16 goinnui.
Let 107. Vonetelde, R.A„ Tbe Valley Farm, copied by
Ben= Lot 112. W. Hilton. WA., Edith and
the baud Herold, copied yJ.
=Blll4ipions. 117. W. Hilton, meeting of the
of Mesh= end Redreem, copied by ',towel], 25
Orr. 'Nand dey :—Let 143. Labs, R.A., Uncle Toby
eel the Widow lifsdnisn. copied by R. Woodmen,
Mil Lot 153. Sir 18 Landseer, R.A., Peace
Dolby 61 gains'.. Lot .164. Dia& War copied
bY 116 Lot 161D66 lise, R.A., the Play
Sees., copied by Rale eMess. Lot 178. T
Uwinakii Vistyp es the Bisi of the Garonne,
copied set r. 22 clefrav Let lid W. Mubeady,
tl7. R.A., salseitbebeeratese,33l glizroipied by
..4i.....
F view Lot 188. T. Wabeeer, RA., Going
hie espied by W. es
U solossa. Lot 190.
Dige, the • School, 48 guineas.
Lot M.. i. 111. Wog, R.Ac.V.ltimaCheiris sate-room
at Lard Clulteigra, teserspir U plasm Lot
191. DWI& Pall ft I.LWeeduseu, 26
166. P. Gee/el, the Wye Teetivel, espied
a ....... 42 gime& Lot 212. L. a
• .„, War in its Ha of Ceertray,
by Weederisivillileas„gelnam. The hiseisg
bad
d mplat boor Ng dedri
bang ii Lot UT. W. Haat MPG Meet
Ad Pow U plum Lot SU 11. Heel, Antwerp
altakCeelesiAlm.l uti.144,61,31:12,111.8:11..1‘4114.4340:1274.e5iMin1tanaa150rin
Lot
~.:
sa. the two renowned weds pehlhhed at
utia7.33,47.
m:::.
iha: 3:::: Trurguismal, IL
LI:.
i,
ArnillerdallAte WAglikaminvokallavil'ftwee. s°
peers
Ir. C. ILA., 410 Ilt me.A.:a ettellent es-
-1
sople, tot DA WA. D. Hay Field, as
important thseriag, 27 gainalui. Ditto. The Com
==lte
2f,172 21 'slum The two days' sale