The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1846-07-10
MIscRILANIEsF FROM THE
LAST ENGLISH JOURNALIST

Nv EoliN0 MloCEl.LANiESf FROM THk
LAST ENGLISH JOURNALS.
orEsHs or rHE ssEAr EUAor1As sAmsoAp.--
The Inauguration Of the great northern railroad ex-
tending from Paris 10 the Belgian frontier was ceie-
bratcd at Lllls by splendid festival on Sunday
June 10 Fifteen hundred persons invited, left Paris
on the excursion, IN two trains at and O'Clock in
The morning, and they were Joined by large party
OF Begians from Brussels, and by the authorities Of
Lille, and many other persons from that and other
places. The Dukes de Nemoun and Monlpensier.
and three OF the cabinet ministers were present and,
with nearly 5000 persons, sat down 70 the banquet
prepared at the deb@cadoe at Lille. The following
articles are enumerated in French paper, as part
Of those provided for the occasion:
'Of glass and china ware made at Lille, q, 600
plates 600 decsnters, 5000 wine ard other glasses
300 sat-eellars, 800 fruitdshes 200 round and oval
baskets, 5l2 round dishes, lao oval ones 450 other
pieces Of gilt china. Ii the Information be exact
700 dishes TO be served in the first course and
corresponding number in the others. At dessert IL
Is stated that there 1870 iced cheeses and the
same number Of dishes Of oranges, strawberries,
cherries, and pineapplies; and all sors Of sweets
were IN the same proportions. No less than 2, 400
pounds OF Ice were said TO have been used"
The party sat down 10 dinner at 7o'clock. Ater
dinner they assisted at Symphonic Hsroiqus exc
cuted by three military bands and at 10 O'clock q
ball was offered TO them at the Town Hall. Even
some portion Of the Paris press shocked at the
SSicsuOh VI moro especially the tcetl-
val Of Corpus Christi, for celebration Of so purely
a secular nature.
The heat Of the weather at this period was intense
A letter from Paris says;
The heat was, II appears, greater in Paris on
Saturday than IL had been during some years. al
O'Clock, says one Of our letters, the thermome-
ter (Reaumur) marked in the shade IS degrees, or
oot OF Farenhet; but II is not possible by mention
ing this fact TO convey idea Of the intensity Of the
heat. The storm by which il will be terminated
must needs be terrific one"
TnE MEucAs sArrLEs M EsoLASp -The Lon
don Morning Chronicle speaks thus Of General Tay-
lor's battles:
"-Nii sdu,irai. Such is the motto Of Great Brit
ain In respect to the great deeds Of America. She
views them coldly, quietly, and without either
wonder or emotion She is as little surprised al
their occurrence as the mathematician is astounded
at the accuracy Of his own calculations. She sees
her way both TO them and through them, and would
have been moro surprised had they turned Other.
wise than they have done.
"The feats on the Rio Grande have been gallan,
and successful No man in England doubts L. No
man in England suggests a second inteprerta-
ton OF them, nor cares about refining upon their
natural Specification. We admit, without reserya-
ton, that they exhibit some important facts, and
that to some extent viz the transcendant merits OF
the American army, the strategic skill OF the Off
GERS, the mpetuous energy Of the soldiers, the
sderate forbearaDce Of the suffers. For any excep-
ton that we take to his conduct, General Taylor
may deserve a triumph, and Captain Rinsgold the
honon Of an ovation. They have fought well, and
kept up character which was before high enough
to be independent Of either bravado or exaggera-
ton. More than that, they have Just done what we
expected, and what we foretold they would do.
Who so dear to US as the man who fufls our
propheciesl
"'The Mexicans themselves are not dishonored
Let those who think lightly Of American courage al.
tribute the successes in question to the weakness Of
their enemy, rather than to the valor Of their
querors. We reject the alternative. America won
the fight through her own inherent heroism. The
gained by the strength Of the one, rather
than by the weakness of the other.
"Such is the fact-a fact probably admitted
through the whole length and breadth Of Great Brit
ain; by the Gael and Welshman, as well az the con-
ssuguineous Anglo-Saxon."
SrLAM COMMUNICATION WITH ANEMcA.-Con-
versation in the House of Commons relative to the
increased steam communications between Liverpool
and New York:
Mr.. p. Miles wished to know from the govern.
ment whether any arrangements had been entered
into for establishing weekly Communications between
Great Britain and North America
The chancellor Of the exchequer said that her
Msjesty's government finding il necessary to es-
tablish increased communication between the two
countries had entered into q contract with Mcssrs.
Cunard, under which they would have weekly COM
municaiion with each other. The contract had not
yet been signed, but was na forward state ofpreP-
aration.
In reply to an observation from Mr.. Hume, the
chancellor of the exchequer stated that, in conse-
quence Of certain matters connected with the orgi-
nal contract, an intimation given to Messrs.
Cunard that they would have the preference if the
whole arrangements contemplated were carried
out
Mr. M. Gibson thought that no preference should
be given to any party; the matter should be open
to competition. He called on the government not
to give monopoly to the Halifax and Boston COM
pany, but to give share Of their patronage to the
Great Western, or any other company that was In
position to perform the necessary duty.
The chancellor Of the exchequer said, in 1889 il
was publicly offered by the government to contract
for increasing the means Of communication between
England and North America, and the tender Of
Messrs. Cunard was taken. 1t was then contem-
plated to have weekly communication, but a fort
nightly one was found to be sufficient at the time.
II had since been found that increased communica-
ton was necessary, and the government consequent
" felt themselves bound to give Messrs. Cunard
the preference Of taking the contract for providing
the means Of that communication.
Lord ]. Russell did not know the terms Of the ex-
isting contract with Messrs. Cunard. He believed
that It had been well performed, but he thought it
would be right to lay before Parliament papers sta
ting how efficiently otherwise it was performed,
before new one was entered into or signed.
Mr.. M. Gibson hoped that the contract would
not be signed until the papers moved for ny the
honorable member for Bristol on the subject were
laid before the House.
Sir R. Peel las we undcrstood) was not prepared
to give any such assurance.
The Times adds to the above: -
at is well known fact that at least three or four
steamships for the above service are at the present
time in rapid course OF construction, by the same
builders and engineers who built the Cambria,
and other steamships Of the British and North
American Royal Mail Steam Packet company; snd
there is not in the minds Of practical mon here, the
shadow of doubt that, under the same manage
ment, the performances of these additional steam
ships will be equally creditable, not only TO the
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