The Express.
London, England, 1859-09-01 00:00:00

CEIEBOUI6.

On landing we met an officer of the douaniers,
whom duty It was to receive us, and not only by him, but by
every dada with whom we mum in contact, the most
marked civility woe shown. At to o'clock we all met, by
appouttment, et the Emperor's litmus, and root...lei to the
dockyard, every part of which was open to us; the buildings,
elite, the machinery, the storehouses, were all in a c.supietio
suite, similar, but not ruperioe, to our own.
The tidal Loins see certainly vats and commodious,
end by having such a depth of water the limo-of-war ley
ant ; and I was informed that they could COON iu, sod be
token out, of any time of tide, indeed 1 ca. the Emperor's
sew Joan come out at lot! teeter.

^Thnro cu bu no doubt test r
y large feet of steamers
might attariotle is there [twin, take their troops on board,
sail proceed to eon erliti every facility. 0a leaving the dock-
yard, we amowided to Fort Koala, standing Mn great slava.
Won, and, no doubt, it a commanding situation; but at pre-
sett there are no embrasure. or a gun asotiated. 1 rode up,
bat did Pot like the deer...tiding in • corvine, end so Wotan
it. 1 have bass told aim* that the Qua did the same,
which 1 think was diecreet.

We then drove abwit three oaks to Fort Des Flasoaad,
which certalaly la eapsble of doing great execution ; it is
just raised above the tea, no that tra guns would have great
ffee, and is eurroaaded by the sea, baying a drawbridge
fewevenounkation with the land.

At Ire o'clock we :a-embarked d the wharf in the har-
bour, sad proceeded to the Digs., as the French eall It, an
which street number of oar passenger. landed, the well is
papeadicular, waich It appears the sea moat have greet
power on, es in the year 1808 the centre facilitates& wee
washed away, and upwards of two hundred soldiers were
dmiweed, It I. low rebuilt. The Button Battery hes sot
bun finished, indeed you can eve the ravages which the em
bee made on it, the upper part of he esti. having been
weeded away. The Western Battery bee • rent in its We-
rke wall from top to lygtora, and the foundation is mid n'eo
es
haws ambled; so my usseicalitla mint, a most sin...Hi-
ner, remedy has boon &Wind , tnonsmede of tone of heart
mine Mee is Wows lato the sea Is protest its aides
end an lasmare gesatity of stale has bees built up an
the bankmente M wale the balding down. This formed •
well about ton list lath ; but the power of the eta ha. Mau
such that • vast Arm has been made, and the greater
pert of them stone bare been weatted to the east aide, nearly
Ulm" up • large amber, constructed 14 melte bargee or
Imes with supplies for the fort.
ham what us here aloes, one may form some idea of the
'ratability that were gun. inounkd there the forte would
War their diwAsigee.
That Lb@ arectsan le of iotnito haptwtance to the forma-
lien of • specious honour u undoubted, but if for dansies
speraleas r yet to be proved.—/Yysemeti

Vo "Ile= RIYLC Coat.—TM first meeting
Oar drill a re Pratere Votaress Me Corps tor place
es Fr[doy reels, the 70th fest,le the cora mat k.t. list
her volunteers messagaill, other driers Crag, les• of the
/loyal Arohsiy, whe Is orporerly emplope es Isetrocter.
Tim corps weenie se eery 100 au, who have Ire more
ks eed serellsol. The 'More s. yet sheer sr Mops-
Cheirl Tressereere es coosseed, esd lir. T. Corr a.
They Ism M.'s presser. is well ma Mr. Richard
re error sf toe toes, sr serval rueren of the
[li. arse sosseurs.
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MO; nEll Ar SEA .—A telegrams enflame/8 th.
at Falmouth yeameday, of th. etdp Manures, from
Liam, and midi that th. umitor, Barker, had been mar
end et IPOI by do atowsed.