The Express.
London, England, 1857-07-13 00:00:00

MI. RUSKIN AT MANCHESTER.

On Friday evening Mr. John Raskin delivered
a tenure at the Mem.farmer Athenaeum, ea the emersion
betimes art and politics! economy. There wee a good at-
tendance, but the numbers were below what might have
bees exported. The lecturer reed • eery elogettat address,
la which be contended that what was wanted to
foster art was a truly paternal government, the type of
which he took from • farm not se.vernel by a master end
with hired servants, but where the meet, woo father, end
the ernams were sous. Such an individual might tonictimee
make L.'S that would be irkeome, bap putt then woo the time
when it was meet normwery to obey them., and en it woo with a
wire nation. This kind of national law we had hitherto made
judiriel only, but be thought, en we advanced in aidknee-
-1 ledge, we el only,
endeavour to make the government paternal
as well as judivitd, end have authorities who would proem t
us in our (unwire and visit en in our dietremes. The leeterer
went on to show how the art talent of the country would be
best collected under such a government, and how beet
trained. In addition to government achols to encourage the
youth in all lanes towns, be would have schools where all
W Idle farm lads and apprentices could go who had been
pat to uneuitaldi °nepotism. What wee wanted
was that all the Went we had should he dive-
hued, and that it should be so teetered an not
te MST or distort the mind of the student when under train.
lag. Having amen bow he could be brat trained, the
lecturer proceeded to show bow our art labour might be Lest
employed en ex to produce the greatest and mist lasting re-
melts to the nation, and criticised severely the teeme which
led to the production of the cheap rather than the gout. a.
shown in illustrated papers, and the ephemeral rather then
the lasting, an sheen In the emcee:ellen drawing. of theism
0 year., neither the eoloure en. the paper being capable of
darsbility. Mr. Raskin delivers his mound lecture this
evening.

TILE SALE AT ALTOS TOWERS.
ALTON TOWERS, itsrrawxy NIOIIT.
The sale of the pictures at Alton 'lowers, the scut
of the Earl id Shrewsbury, wee bruithht to a doe, this
afternoon. The attendance was again numerout.
The proceeds of Wrdasaday far exceeded that of any other
day. The pieturth eunsisted entirely of those le-longing to,
the Talbot Chillery, and formed the mod valuable prirtiou of
the colketion. They were mainly pitches.' by tho Hart
Charlie, argil included subje. to by Murillo, Von Dyck,
Titian, Claude, Rembrandt, timid°, Raftwelle, Curregio, ke.
The gallery, formerly in the possession of the mother of
Napoleon, was also embraced in the day's male. Monday's
sale realised I,2itlf. Gs.; Tuftday'a, 1,9R1t. 2m.; Wodnce-
day'e, 3,2611. ea. ; Thursday'', 1,336/. ; Friday's,
1,1106/. 3s. ; and Baturdaym, 1,6601. 2.5.; tots', 13,33 th 6..
During go week the number et visitors has hems very
=:11 in sossereinas of the crash of Friday, a valtuible
,as. was broken. The al cident ham resulted in
every department bring closed to the public, with the camps
lien of the actual asksroane.
The dispe,sl of the strisoury will coalmen, on Monday,
ask together with the porerlsin, aeulpture, boors,. and ors
namantsl objeete, will occupy the whole of the rusuins
week.

CHARGE Of• LIBEL AG. IN•Or NtwsrAPza PRO.
PRIRTOIL—At the Liverpruil Pollee court, on Saturda)•, Mr.
Larrister, apphed, Chores Mr. Stewart and Mr.
Bolton, for • anntmorui against Mr. Oco.ley, proprietor iof the
Lirerpn.d 11,read, • weekly newspaper, fors libel on &alien
e►tkolie priest. in the Islet of Man, contained in as artiele ore
S►turd►y, the 4th instant. The article was lunatic.' to the
ortgistratee, who profroard their resdinems to grunt a outs.
manse, but expressed rotes 4011 M ►s to their pogrom to do s ~
tindarierponal application were made by the porno, og-
. Upon Mr. Ayinall aiming that Mr. John Tat..
a:lid:or, hod express instructions from thefts, the nw•
&tures granfill the eutomons, and (to-morrove) Turelay
was lied it the hearing. The alleged label is ► ►'bole-010
larprebament of the chastity of the ROMn catholic priegte in
the Isle of Man.

TUE b"ITV..I) STATEN FRIt:ATE ‘6 tit t.—On
Betterday evening the members of the American Chamber of
Commerce entertained Captain IGnlaon and the other. of
the Niagara (which lies in the Sloyne receiving on board her
portion of the great Atlantic Submarine Cable) to • banquet
of the moat twain he description. at the d4elphi iloti I,
Liverpool. The guewa wren Captain Sand. and the rider..
at the rotted States frigate fturmuchmum, Colonel !toll,
C.B Lieutenant Roger., Captain schoulberg, lIN., Cap-
tain Devi., R.N., Commander Finuick id the Aklmr,
tfe Direetors .4 the Atlantic Telegraph Company, Mr.
Cbagaw T. Bright, engineer to the company, Ice. The
creed and military °nem eppoired to fill uniform.
Tbo Asir wee ably occupied by Mr. W. Itathbone, in the
oopotbel, but unavoidable. @beetle* of Mr. W. Brown; NI It.,
elisinsos dem Aliastk Tclograph Company; and Mr.
Illrisiodi Her' the trice-chai;. Mr. Bright, who was antongot
Ms grebes, stated that 400 miles of the cable were 110• I
osibly relied es board of the Agamemnon. at Greenwich, mid
Nem board the Niagara. The matufacture of the 2,:r00
Mee le or. completed, "and I me no mown," added Mr.
etrit"why we should not meet together at Cork before
of the motth, so sa to 01111111•11011 octal operations
early in August, the very best period ter the undertaking."
GALLANT CO:Spurr Or • COASTOCARDaI AN.—
John Barnett, boatman, of the Bergiseastation, on returning
from his night duty on Friday morn* last, about 4 gieloek,
Owned three woo, one dossed es • soldier of the flat
',miller., lurking about the residuum of Lord George Len-
non. !impeding all was not right, he proceeded to the our
dtba oration and discovered two men, one already in the
baste. having made an entry through an open window. Ho
all three " stand," or he'd shorn them. Ile tripped
doo or Is the house by closing the window, end modern...a
idle other two outside. The family were alarmed by Min,
rod Iba pekoe's* handed neer to the potie. They were
lass loin the Peroismostb mazietratee, and in default of
=at 41. each (no forcible entry having been mole, a
could net be established) were consigned to gaol
hr two months each.

PRINCE NAPOLEON IN TREI. %ND.—Shortly before
ti :dock on Saturday morning Prime Napoleon disem-
barked from La Heise Horteme in ttnernatown Ilarbiinr.
Hie Imperial Highbrow, accompanitA by M. de Burggralf,
tenant of Frazier, woo rowed ashore in the state barge A
imam mow,' of persons lied assembled on the occasion, nod
the Prince woo loudly cheered ea he took his mot in the ear-
' Sage. He acknowledged the compliant paid him by fre-
quently rating his hot. In the mune of the day he visited
Yilliney-hill, Ilrey. the Dares, Powersoonrt demesne and
waterfall. and Fortiekerry, when be partook of lunch at the
hotel, agar which be returned to Kingatown. at a quarter to
Team*. During the Prince's atomise La Reins Hortense
was Molted by crowds of ladies and gentleman, who were re-
mired with great prditenees by the officer. and crew. Hie
Imperial limber's has, during his may in the Inab metropo-
lis, found time to visit the establiebmenta of several of the
leading manufacturers, and hen given an exteneive order for
hi* inamallactwee. Among other things he has ordered an
jaotlag ear.

The European and American Company's steamer
behans, now on ber way to England MCI New York, has
1,000 tone of sugar oa board.