The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-27 00:00:00

OUR PARIS LETTER.

LORD RADSTOCK IN PARIS.
(FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONURNT.)
PARIS, RAN WEDNF.SDAY.

This day, at 2 o'clock, I heard Lord Radatock
preach a sermon in Lady Harriet Cowper's magni-
ficent drawing-room, in the Avenue Friedland.
The congregation consisted of from 70 to 80 people,
of whom nine out of ten were ladies in elegant
morning toilettes. Some there were notori-
ous in Anglo-Parisian society for the splen-
dour of their jewellery, but they were care-
ful not to parade their diamonds on this occa-
sion. I was not specially invited to be present,
but was taken by an estimable lady—an old fre-
quenter of Lady Harriet's religions matinees and
soiree,. Lord Radstock does not, so far as I
know, seek any other publicity than such
as may conduce to bring as many sheep
as possible to his fold ; nevertheless, as he is just
now one of the sights of Paris, I, as a Paris cor-
respondent, feel called upon to mention that I
have seen him. The impression made upon me by
a single discourse is that he has a real vocation for
the work to which he has recently addicted himself.
Had he been plain Mr. Smith instead of the repre-
sentative of a moat respectable peerage which was
founded in 1800 by his grandfather the Hon. Ad-
miral Waldegrave, himself a scion of a noble
house of older date, I have no doubt he
would have made his way as a popular
preacher in any town in England. He is a hand-
some man, in the prime of life (35), with a head
(prematurely bald) of somewhat singular form, but
by no means deficient in intellectual development.
He has light hair and whiskers, a soft blue
eye, and a well-formed pleasing mouth.
He is of the middle size, about five feet eight, ex-
tremely well built and active, and looks in perfect
health. I should think he mast have been in his
youth, if not like his ancestors, a sailor, at least a
yachtsman. His favourite metaphors are drawn from
nautical life. There is nothing in any way
eccentric or pretentious in his demeanour. He does
not affect a clerical costume. Without possessing
eloquence of a high order, he has the art of com-
manding attention, and while preaching ex-
tempore seldom hesitates for, or changes,
a word. The doctrines of absolute election
and grace, and the filthiness of works, which his
lordship preaches with conviction, lose nothing by
being expressed in better English than is frequently
heard in dissenting chapels. At the close of the
service he invited any members of the congregation
who might wish for special spiritual consolation to
remain, and he and some fellow-workers to whom
had been revealed the ways of God would be ex-
tremely happy to make them acquainted with pre-
cious promisee, of which they might take advan-
tage this very afternoon without any waiting or
preparation whatever.
Lord Racistock purposes to preach at Lady
Harriet's every Wednesday in March, at 2 o'clock.
He will also preach on several evenings at the
American Chapel, in the Rue de Berry, and at the
Wesleyan Chapel in the Rue Royale.

It is stated positiyely that Prince Napoleon will
speak in the senate on the Preis Bill.

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At the Bourse the high quotations achieved last
week were, in spite of a little indecision, generally
maintained. Rents for cash rose 20c., closing at
69fr. 60c., and the last price for account was that
of yesterday, 69fr. 371 c. Mobilier rose Mr.

WIATHIR REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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The Betfast News Letter repeats the ateteemot
that government haws abandosed the prosecutions against
a liege sareher at the pewees seat for trial for towhee of
the Party Processions net. Eighteen of the protestant
premekeisis as the 11111 et Jay led 18 Rama unites
sad .24 'protestant, charged with riot ce L.=
reseived settee to that effect. The 17 July
aad the 16 Lady-day rioters will be pot on their trial.