The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-09 00:00:00

REIIARKS.

Pressure lms changed very slightly since yesterday morl.:lw.
it is now remsrkably unUorro. Temperature has ri.kn nine
In the north. Winds yesterday were light, and genvlialy (ran
south to west. This morning they continue very light waae
rain has fallen In the moth•west, and fog is reported I. 1.1....e5.
The sky is generally cloudy.

We learn from s Blue-book publishol lou
morning, that the expense incurred by publashcg its
survey of Jerusalem will soon be more than covered by
the profits arising from the sale of copies of the ,1:,21,
and of the photographs issued by the topographic der,at•
ment.

The sum expended in publishing the fac-simile
of " Domesday Book " has been 3,55 a, and the receipts
from the sale of copies have been 1,9381. There being, boo
ever, 4,947 copies in store, which, when sold will prolate
1,900 f , and for which there is a steady demand, it is ea.
petted that the publication of this work will more this
cover the cost of its production.
MR. FHOLIDE AT THE ROYAL LITERAI.V FL ND
Mmes.—The festival was brought to a eonel.oion by a
speech from Mr. Fronde, which will not easily be forgotten.
In returning thanks for the " Interests of Liter..mre," het
expressed his regret that they were not prorated,
those of painting are, by royal golds like the acatietel.
If only the crown would make a literary academy hie the
Royal Academy, all would go well. Statesmen and mini!"
tern would then look forward to two great rewards of Lbw*
Parliamentary and official labours, two dinners in the fell
instead of one. As it is. without this waders,. itnen
literature is a sort of Cave of Adullam, into whits' "'
kinds of discontented people flock, and write books which
• besotted public reads, and thoughtless publishers
pay for. They get big cheques and popular apt!!
without thinking of those her objects whichezfal
The Japan Herald gives the following as the igoltgiaiwildh by
pr. writine4Jdßtving after
pieces Viefireniflaywautobl.
funeral oration, preached by M. Leon Roche, the French graphy for the edifleation of a too thankless world. !'not
diplomat's agent, over the graves of the sailors so cruelly after these lugubrious ejaculations, it is satisfatortt°
murdered et Sakai (Java) my brave lade,—Yea find that Mr. Fronde does not wholly dericroonljethe
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have been murdered in the Mot cowardly fashion, with. Itrostremooof Ete,id had write jest uif she been a sun
el,
Out giving any provocation, and while in the execution nobody. Then Mr. Frotide, throwing his mina h 3"
of your duty. If your noble officers had acted on the over the wholewitalogne of English writers from Chel
spar of the moment, yew would have been avenged by the to Shab"Posoor and from Shakespeare to the Pnla
destruction of • city, and the death of thousands of in. delivers as hisk_.,deLber&U,afte,..r4timooldl',lZylbson
habitants. They had the rare courage to repress this I ra"Zies esneower 06,7"th'TiosTitasha7try— op for the
first desire, feeling that France should reply barbarism dismal fact that so'
many people are ready t° 1".16.
by alvilMation. Bat, beams it is delayed, the mem books which other people are equally ready ,t°,;,,.re",;4"
the will only be the more striking and the more Put. I and that them is no guild of sell'eleete;;-
arca to you, in the name of France, and of the geoperor, "no
rs to
clisess" and
dde adeedesisr eiza gas! fiedp of
whose noble sons you were, that your death shall be un
authorship", who sends his little book into the work!
avenged in sash a manner that your comrades and fellow without the 'awn tur of societies and presid°°°'
countrymen shall not be exposed to atrocities like those in a poor humble hope that it may suit some per
of white you fell the innocent victims. Yen are with
ia for it. Dismal ae this Deans to Mr. Fronde, we sons' tastes to read it, and his publisher's interests so
Oa, b to aid us is our painful task." 7
cannot contemplate without a shudder the modmow
-01a&OVIPM, Aram 1.4. —At the first opium salsa peesibility ewer witnessing an association of
418-141 M Mandel yep the mires reediest. war/ 183 men Instituted for the pus of bedaubing OLC MOM!
AlitObnwe Mr. Meissen !!timid!. with fulsome imulations, to • foolish little stories
cot
with formal elootn!a
imannemssze Mel Inman r•Pal each
ee !ou books,
okhsi; objectse of utdr wojety, and ecio2
City of New York paired has metal*. All before rank and position, in the manner in which R
- Academicians tam, flatter, prate, and minge.—.Sa"
•Very Reverend
cereal to as., mere /ewer then the prime Jest 'so D. 4 obiehaler omisbeed the preacher for to'
grudiZisll-112 this
week PrieeeTlihid wr=y. 11.0v.u. Savov.—The
• i.•• . morrow,
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ao
gi ,a.thos .-bs • . .

The municipality of Orleans has found out the
following descendants of Jaques d'Arc, the brother
and companion in arms of Joan of Arc, and invited
them to the fAtes on the occasion of the 439th an-
niversary of the deliverance of the city :—Madame
Albertine Gauthier d'Ary, the wife of M. de
Julienne, doctor of laws and advocate at Aix ;
her son, Julienne d'Arc, a lieutenant in the 9th
Regiment of Infantry; Madame Lanery d'Arc, and
Madame Riviera d'Arc, whose husband is captain
of the Goeland frigate, now in the Chinese waters.

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