The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-24 00:00:00

TEE lIIRSILIT PE12.4013.

We are threatened with a revival of the Berkeley
feuds. Mr. Orantley F. Berkeley has addressed a long letter
to the Morning Post, describing in a somewhat incoherent
manner the =aeons which induced him to abstain from
attending the funeral ceremony of the late Earl Fitthardinge.
He steles that on attending at the castle on the morning of
the funeral, at the express invitation of Sir Maurice Berkeley,
the latter in the preemies of the other brother• charged hire
with falsehood, concluding by asking Mr. Thomas Moreton
Berkeley (who throughout the letter Is celled the Earl of
Berkeley) "if ft was true that he had been ' cajoled and
cheated' in regard to the matter of the peerage?" Lord
Berkeley replied "that he had sot." Mr. Orantley Berkeley
continues:—"Astonished and outraged as I was at this
sudden and =explained attack at such • moresat,
end when I was prepared to bees seen the grave
close over all peat animosity and oppression all untie-
pentad of as I feared them tobe—l immediately cast from me
with disdain the Mee charges of which I had been mewed,
end turned my attention simply to the feet which wee so
evident—namely, an =wept to overreach us in mem= of
witnesses, sod I edam'. ed Lord Berkeley and seM, ' Now
answer me this are* quesdon—Have you not all your life
told me, and did you not tell me so late as yesterday, that I
might set my heart at rest, for that nothing you had done
In the nutter of the peerage could affect my future in-
terest, and those of my eons—that all you had done
was but for your lifer Lord Berkeley distinctly, and
without heeitetion replied, ' I have, and did tell you
so.' I then turned round on what at nee' assumed the
appearance of a packed meeting for an especial purpose, sad
said, ' What more, !cattlemen. do you mina!? Then
arose a Babel of mom, for the reply of Lmd Berkeley
seemed to be most distmtatol to many of the bystanders.
Mr. Augustus Berkeley and Mr. Henry Berkeley =claimed
together, addreeniog me, 'We den that you ace the heir-
preeumptive,' &c., whits Colonel inquired of Mr.
Boodle 'if Moreton Beeissley. (the present earl) 'had
power to eat off the entail, sad it lie bed done so.'
Mr. Boodle replied that he had,
_sad that he bad done
en. On this, I said to Lord Berkeley, ' Just answer lon
another simple question. Had you ever a deed placed before
you and explained to you far that purpose!' Have you ever
had to your powesion say such deeds, or copies of this deed,
or any other paper whatever relating to it, In your pores.
Moon.' His reply to this wee—. No, I don't know, lam
no lawyer, I know of no deeds nor patient.' Mr. Henry
Berkeley then, among the mortician of voices put a quad-
ties so dictatorial and Do ridiculous that I thought it needed
no notice from me ; he said, add/teeing the Earl of Berkeley,
'That is, Moreton, yen know when you said you did not
mean to affect your brother Orantley's interest you meant,
of course. his Interests as a younger brother.' The earl re-
plied. Yes; and then added, as If recollecting some lesson,
'Oh! yee, I believe what my mother told me in preferene.
to anybody,' or words to that effect. Utterly Übe ae theta
gross charges made against me by Sir Maurice were—for
I had never attacked him in any way, ear been guilty
of one act towards him ehiett was sot in kindnem and
affiction —and enraged by the fall that the words 'ca-
joled and cheated • had been furnished him from a letter
of mine, marked ' private and confidential,' to Colonel
if ingmote, I addrewed the &monthly to the following
effect. I told them I had come to Berkeley Castle under
! the meet friendly end affectionate feelings,and on • civil in-
vitation from Sir Maurice Berkeley, that I little expected
to find myself end to see my brother Lord Berkeley, on es
solemn en occasion, disarrefully and indecently entrapped,
! to aid the continuous designs on the inheritance of the earl-
dom, myself, and my children. Tien, piece, and persons
; were equally improper, I knew that I stood alone
among them, end had not a friend present, and that,
ender feelings so indecently outraged as mine were.
I would not stay one moment longer there than
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could help. I die' cid decline the funeral sad Mite to
my room till the oexemasy wee over, sad then order my
menage and return hems, leaving them to attend the boom
of God, end to reconcile prayer and their recent set, if the"
conscience wort.] permit them to do so. Alas! I was now
no Longer eueprised that my sons were not asked to attend
the funeral, for it was but too evident but one elan of sa-
l:seem WIO desired. The public and the county of Gloucester
• II now know why I felt myself locoed to take a painful
atf p, end the false rumours that seam to have been purposely
set abroad to my injury will receive their refutation."

THE Brrriros or THE Houma or Coon.•

This morning a parliamentary return wee issued, giving a
variety of interesting particulars release to the sittings last
session of the Howe of Commons. Including the short
116146011 from February 8 to March 21, the hones ant 116
days. The number of hours of sitting was 903 i and 4 min.
The house sat 911 of hours after midnight. The avenge
time of sitting wee 7 hours, 47 minute*, 29 wends.
Sir Richard pundits will, we (United Service Ga-
zette) have no doubt, be duly Included in the forthcoming
patent art First Sea Lord. Lord Plenum. Paget, C. 8., is at
peewit confidently spokes of u the Junior Naval Lord.
The Atheneum states that the late Mr. Crawford's
charming studio, in the Plana dello Termini, Rome, is fall of
unfinished works. Ile had lately spent 12,000 dollars on a
new studio, when a calamitous illness mado him lay down
the chisel he was never spin to take up. Thenceforth the
world was to him what it was to Milton—nay, madder. He
went to Paris, he came to London—but the &same was be-
yond medical art, he was told that a tumour was Mien en
his brain. °We have reason to know that he Wee him
trouble like a man, with heroic strength sod unshaken
indeed,—who can wonder I He had those
about him be loved, and, happily, he was spared from seeing
the sad faces of his friends. Ile died, if as artist can die,
on the Bth of October. Ilia remains go to America to-day,
and hie countrymen will, we doubt not, give them fining
sepulture."
LITERARy PESSION.—The Leieeetersh;re Met-
ea. 4 eays '—'• We are very tied to hear that Lord Palmer-
stop, in consideration of Mr. 8. H. Braribory's (Qoallon'a)
talent as a poet, has thought proper to grant him a pension
601. a year. Mr. Bradbury is now on the staff of the
Leicester stirertisar."

L ‘UNCII OF THE GREAT EARTFRN PORTFORED.
—Mr. Brunel, engineer and designer of the Great Eastern,
yevierday addressed • letter to the directors of the company,
stating hie reasons foe desiring to postpone the launch of
the ship until the 2nl of December. Mr. Brunel, at the
same time, states that the procese of removing this ship from
the bank on which she has been balk to the river will differ
materially from a common ship launch. The Great Eastern
will be gradually lowered down the slip, and there will con-
sequently be nu spectacle such ea that which attends ordinary
skip Wrath*. .
DINNER IN HONOUR OF LORD BROrOGAM.—Thie
dinner takes plane as Wednesday next, at the George Held,
Penrith, but cermet be attended by noire than 200 muss, as
the largett room in the town will aocursoisle no more
There is consequently a great preasare for tiekeb, but, as
they are not transferable, them can be no traffic In there,
Hist there been accommodation, it is probable that SOO would
hare attended. Whet can Le more interesting than to bear
such a men sum up his experiences now when be say be said
to be verging upon the and of We? The Issued lord, how-
ever, enjoys surprising bealth and vigour, both serial end
phyrWsl.—Cerfals fringe.