The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-15 00:00:00

THE AUSTRALIA!' POSTAGE QUESTION.

Yesterday afternoon an influential deputation of
patlemen econnected with Australia waited upon the Post-
mentor Gomel, with a Mew of obtaining the recall of the
reseal order by which the rate of palms for letter to
Australia by the regular packet moles has been increased
from 6d. to le. Amon the gentlemen ompasieg the depu-
tation were Lord A. Churchill, IL P., Mr. Beecroft,
Yr. Donskleoo, Hr. Waterhouse, Mr. Foster, Yr.
Yr. Terms, Mr. Gent, Mr. Hay wood, At
A long disco al°. issued, in which most of the argumente
reporti4 were repeated over and over spin sad replied to ;

Mr. DONALDSON in thanking the Poetratorter•Geners',
suggested that perhaps he would withhold any actual dici-
nga natal the deputation had had ea interview with the
Cheneellor of the Exchequer. who, it was thought, would
take up the MUM of the colooists ou the wide grounds of
general advantage both to this country and Australia, and
might be prepared to advocate the payment of a mamma*
subsidy to venture so great an advantage as a sheep and rapid
postal communication with Australia.
Lord STAMM of iLDIRLAY mid that he had so objection
to adopt that course, and bed listened with great interest to
the representation which had been made to him. He would
gladly have acceded to their wishes at owns if it was in his
power, but the fact was this was entirely a matter of imam,
acid he must my that he felt great difficulty in acceding to
the proposition to establish a lid. rate of postage to Austra-
lia. wins other °amiss, sot half so distant, the double
rate. Al the mme time, if on further 'on he saw
reemon to change his opinion he would amiably communi-
cate that change to the deputation.
The deputation thee thanked his lordship foe the courtesy
with which he bad listened to their reprerentatioce sad
withdrew.

THE MURDER ON THE NORTH LONDON
RAILWAY.

The above ease, of course, still excites great in-
terest, and false mascots of the taking of the miscreant am is
constant eirealation. Photographs of the deceased 'welshers '
multiplied and shown to the guards sod porters at every sta•
Woe oaths North Loodoa Railway between Firochurch-etrest'
sod lisekeer.wick, and to several persons who travelrle:l,l
the Weis in which the unfortunate gentleman was mad
bat they have all failed to recognise him. Had they dose so -
they alright bare been able to say whether he was alone or
sot. The foreign lodging houses in different parts of
town we all under strict surveillance. sad °dicers
have been stationed at all the neeporta to pre .
vent the departure of the foreigner who exchanged
the chain at Mr. Death's. It has bees saggeeted that the
motive of the murderer mav after all have been purely
perwmal, and that the watch end chain may have been
stoles from the body by one of the crowd that ealected
ea its first dimoovery. The perfect optimism with which the
men who exchanged the chain acted, and his peculiar
method of disposing of it, eau only be explaisied by the sup-
positious that it either came into his possawicia by accident
or else that he ism) aoeomplice of some vary ausprofessional
thief. The police seem to feel th it after their many failures
of LW years the present e 2 se puts them as their trial,
and that if their exertions are not rewarded with swops it '
will be a blot ou the detective police system of this country.
Mr. Cowie Whe'as, of Wharton-street, Llosd.aquare,
writing to • contemporary, says that the two clerks of the
same bank to which the murdered gentleman belonged who
were the first to discover the state of the carriage at Hack.
say hr t been rowing on the River Lea with him (Mr.
Whelan) daring the evening. " We retareed together to
Hackney st...tioe, sod waited some Sys minute', when
the train an;ved. Seeing a compartment empty.
Mr. Jones opened the doll., got in, arid sat
down on the left heed c'roer next the platform,
but almost immediately i.oe up sod went to the
further side, when I sat down in the pleat which he had
vacated. Getting up spin, he exclaimed that the soda
were all wet. I immediately put my hands on the seat,
and to my surprise loved them covered with blood ; upon
which I got out sad Galled the guard, who none with a
lamp. and then we found the hat and stick. and saw the
terrible state of the carnage. We alighted at our destiny.
Won (ifighbary), and were requested to him oar names
and oddnesse, which we did. On arriving hem* I found
that the seat of my trousers was covered with blood, and
there were several spots upon the tails of air coat. Mr.
Jones's clothes were in • similar state cm oar arrival at
Highbary, which some of the oifi:ials saw."