The Express.
London, England, 1857-10-31 00:00:00

TO TIM IDITOIII 07 1111

Bn4—l think it my duty to forward you imme-
diately the socked letter from Mr. Csdopn.
I quite meow in the step taken by him, and this honour-
able eendsct on his part warms the high opinion and eon-
Ildenee which hare always been entertained of him by his at-
directors.—l am, &c., J. R. CARMICHILEL.
Submarine Telegraph Cornyetty, between Omsk
Britain and the Continent of Europe, 30,
Cornhill, Oct. 30.

72, Booth Atiolk7-strest, Oct. 30.

My dam Carenehael,—Notwithstandini the north of Ili
verdict in my favour, shores( the falsity of the charges
brought forward at the late trial, I cenalder It en bet
board aad to the shareholders In gestsral to *se my Nal
at their diaper).

I made- the admission that I had keenkied. k lan
broadest terms oompatibla with truth, in order that me one
should serum me of the slightest attempt at coninahask.
My statement appears to km conveyed an bagemdca
very far beyond that warranted by the strict team af this
mac I therdore feel that this admission might posibly
k prejudicial to the interests of ths Company, and I have
deewndited to adopt this coness, tad lice my More no-
elweion in the hoods id the peopriskrw—Very skew*
7""'_ _ _ rasa. CADOOAX.

liii:Jasses Carmichael

The following meetings of the Scientific Societies
will be held in the ensuing woe • --Monday—Entomological,

8; Royal Institution, 2; General Monthly Meeting. fuss:
day--Byro•Esupdan, "On the Locality of the Pyramids
of OhMa, Moetreasil by the Pmeesmie View taken oat of
the Great Premien Week." by Merin. Slurps and Bowed.
W,

. _
"Oa the Correlation of the
Trade rid Perrin Heels* of the °remold, Schwaswirld,
eri Central England," by Mr. Hall; "On the Extinct
Velconceo of Victoria, Anetralle," by Mr. Smyth. Thur.
dey—Phokigraphk, S; Lissom. It, "Oa the Generation at
Apiddr" by Ptyalin's'. Halley; "On • Species of Phyl-
loweer," by Mr. Coach; Philological, e. Prig—Aeolus*.
itigkel Institut% 4.
APPROACHING SALES 07 L1T11.417 PR0P1177.--
With the cemmenernist of the 'obtain emus sp.
ce:hee Gm et the Wm et We prorety, dwhir
're
leel=cos timeir " .1. ma
ire
likeve, el W. C. Heart, Esq.ti.,
wristlet et • aelsches
re best metier editions of bldortmil, sad air
sillirees were The library of the kb W. H.
isii.orkkh we behove is rich in bore eforePhilla
gerer Ifientsse, will be sold next month; the
awl theological library of the late Mast Shield, r-
eran many works with his valuable wateralpe eeeeta.
Mum Maws. Sotheby and Wilkinson are eleo preereiwy
abater, of the library of the late Very Rev. Dots
Gasybien, equally rich in 'dentine and Ilter7 WAS,
with his oolleetion of aigratler ewe wies.
Millbsteer Captain Graves, R.N., of has Mejesers
errs in the Mediterranean, had a choice oelleetkign ir3
clerical wins which will be mold about the are thee
Artists and art wanoireure will have • rare tort if the Ms-
perelost of the collections of the angering, el the Ltd Charlie
Terse, A.R.A., who, far belt a cautery, wee distlaguialied
der Ids inn:otter works. Mangy of the phew of his greet
waasoconry J. W. M. • Lair Iteelleews were by
Merles Terser, sad hie law with wee • yeelreit of the
Hh pertreies bow our helm Reyeeide sod Mr
Lemma ere sureerese, eeti any if them waß
dm This ask will take plea r Deeessher. Meal
Fide led amps= have enema wields iihreelee sad
elleelhee t wesewatyri sad emeeprwhe for male Ude see-
✓%
eras=thin if which dee notice will be given.
ilsrert
FR= LENDING LIRRART AT OXFORD.—The
emellese if the public library in this city have announced
deb iMeseloo of opening the free-lendles library on Thurs-
dg
nut. The library complier about 800 volames, ludo&
fig !ray of the most valuable publications of the day, the
Vide if which here been poem:tad gratuitotutly by rede-
em inesseted with the university, city, and county, and
SIIMINSMI additions are confidently exported. We under-
mined art the had* library will be available for all persons
ninnseorie weer mire burger list, on • guarantee being
plan ewe reepeelehie inhabitants that the books shall be
MONO iieree. The public of (Word are greatly
babel le Mt. Minor Sadler, by whose exertions this
hats hes lets ehleheel. The Berne gentleman was one of
the peenelere if the tree library and news-room, which
bee lets seeded with the greatest poseible emcee. We
are sr prehil le state that the Radcliffe Library will be
epee le Nam every Monday evening during the ensure
winter hew wees till nine.

A FILIWORT WORD TO BoTs.--We wish to
isko neenwel serionely with the British boy. Ie be open to a
It Weasel:me that he le, being witsible. sad gw-
aiallthen Vinot • pinch 'dot all:. Mieor O:y Fawkee: He will not
barn brightly OW forthcoming. firework Fifth of November.
A substitute might be provided. We want no more el \OM
the First Protestant demonstrations in the street.. But the

British boy will blot upon his annual halfpence:aid—
When and mesas will not be released from the Immo-
medal glitter on the lawn of Roman-candles, Calbn
ekimheela, rockets, and purpe and pearl Inr.
As we hare said, the very name of Guy Fawkes hie been
addalli. The ceremony has lost its meaning. But &me
wise Munro Dhundu l'unt.nommonly called the Nana Sahib I
How platureeque the erne, ! He ware a French dyes, as we
Wine, but that may be dripped of. Make a Black-bole-of-
Calcutta King of him, with turban, tinselled yet, and other
Asia* attributes, and bum what Sheridan would have caned
t. dm sanguineone beggar." The tribute-money will be the
more abundant. And there will be Doom triguilkance in that
which Yherwine in merely a carnival of cracked Wogs end
skeleton bigotry Leader.
VISIT OT TILE SIAMESE AMRASSADOES.—TheiT
Emillintides the Ambessidare from the Court of Blom, who
Toth their smite are at mama reeding at elarithre's Hotel,
were mayday, among °there, visited by the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor and other distinguished visitors. Amos'
the carriages which met them on the previous day at the
W• 411400 Salim of the South Western Railway, wee an
elegant state chariot manufactured by T. Aldcbert and Co.,
sere. The body is painted of a bright lake, the panels
ylwg the ulna of Siam, coraprieing the Imperial crowns
sensate beeiaar, inhibiting the white elephant.
OItIAT STORM AT Num.—The A emir of Nice states
ibet • trewieodoustkurrkese [(what, accompanied by torrents'
et Ma, burst over that tows sad neighbourhood a few days
era Long rows of olive tress, some of them nearly 100 years
ell, were tors up by the roots, ricks of ores were thrown
ism sled scattered la ell dieettioos, the roofs of a number of
leans lan or, and the windows blown in. The
wen empleisly deverealei, and In fact everything w=
la the hoe lama by the hurricane wee more
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The dinese eared by this whitatiou is very

MR. TRACBERArS NEW STORY, "THE

VIRGINIANS."

The first n umber of Mr.Thaekersy'e new work
_ _ _ -

"The Virginians ; a Tale of the Let Century," was
•
mined this morning. As was anticipated, the story
proves to be a continuation—two generations later
I —of " Esmond." The opening acquaints the reader
with the general drift and colour of the story
On the library wall of one of the most famous writers of
America, there hang two crowed sweetie, which his relatives
wore in the great War of Independence. The one sword
wee gallantly drawn in the service of the king, the other wee
the weapon of a brave and honoured republic= soldier. The
pewee= tithe harmless trophy has awned for himself a
uses alike honoured in hie anosetore country, end his own,
where palm such as his has always a peaceful welcome.
The ensuing history reminds me of yonder =ordain the his-
torian's study at Boston. In the Revolutionary War, the
subjects of this 'tory, native. of America, and children
of the Old Dominion, found themselves engaged on different
sides in the quarrel, owning together peaceably at
its conclusion as brethren should, their love never
having materially diminished, however angrily the oon-
teat divided than. The colonel in scarlet, sad the
general in blue and buff, hang side by side in the
wainscoted parlour of the Werringtom, In England, where •
doicendant of one of the brothers has shown their la to
with many of the lettere which they wrote, the books
endwhich belonged to them. In the Wurington
hunigrisende to distinguish them from other personages of that
respeotable nes, these singles have always pm by the same
ef Tisgisisse;" by which mote their memoirs am
They bath of them pared conch time in Mame. They
lived Pon as the serge of that Old World from which we see
drifting war as swiftly. They were familiar with many
verieUes Gems rid fortune. Their lot brought them into
contact with of whom we mad only in books, who
same dna. as I read In the Virginia= letters
than, whose voices I almost fancy I hear, as I readraLarayt
law yeses, wham more. of mere since, blotted with the
boyish ware og dhappointed mason, dutifully despatched
deer lonotis bells and ceremonies of the grand Old World,
'nibbled by
_ousgefiros, or out of prison ; nay, there is one
that has a Mnet through it, and of which a greater portion
of the text is WSW out with the blood of the bearer.
Three idlers hod probably never been preserved, bat for
the rffecdemas thrift of one person to whom they never
failed Is then &Uhl eoireepoadesce. Their mother kept all
her we' leans, from the very Brat, in which Henry, the
younger of the Mee, sods his love to his brother, thee 111
if a speak at Ids pendiaber's home of Combwood, is Vb.,
Oksis,ead theslm ansdpeps for • has which be rides
Whitby tater, errs be the hot, "from my beloved nos,"
which meshed her hat adm home before her Meth. The
nmerehle left tem vbiled ea
_ease with her se. !
nate ea the riga et Gauge the Noma ; leek rano la
Richmond whoa the here of Castlewood was based down
awing the war • ma me called Madam Lam! eves ghee
thst gnat; war:
song much for the same or homily et
Wenn." widen she held in very slight mitiments se
"Weiher era.
te
lsOlers if the Vfrgintens, as the reader will pro-
swily en, tees speelmem to be shown to
_him ere by
so mem They me hints rather than deorriptioae—
idiestlesseni wailleasehisey ; it may be, that the preset
wetter Imeadelskin thehime, and filled is the colour matey:
ben, Pallid "Awl the dommeate, I have tried to lamer
the eitestim el the writer, where he was, and by wbaths
ems se ramped. nave drawn the karma+ I fancied
wore; sot dews semerstrione ae I think I might have
them; mid so, to the beet of my ability, emdeavoorsd to
whity the bygone them sad people. With what atoms the
net his bra socompliebed, with what profit or =mem=
to himself, the kind reader will plows to determine.

The present number chiefly consults of a descrip-
tion of the first visit of Col. Eamond's grandma
to England. We make a few extract.: