The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-01 00:00:00

PROBASLIL
SATURDAY. ON Bonito= srePtS.
w 3, W. u. N. NW. COMM. N.W. to SW.. fresh to
strong to fresh, sqnsi- strong, showery.
some rain.
'A to N. and back, WESSEIM. N. to W. and S.W.,
7,,h to strong, fresh to strong,
,ualts.esin In places, squalls, some rain.
W N. and beet. 8017IWENN. B.N.W. to W.S. W.,
ire+h,utually,ehowary moderate to strong,
with showers.
1% • IT. to N.N.W. and AMMER. N.W. to S.W.. fresh,
4, strong to fresh. some showers
k.-me rain in places.
NorthernmSootkaad. Walarmetroland, Wales, sad sd-
lx-ewne. floothernmEnglish Channel and Biscay Bay. Matra
mLa.tesrd England and Heligoland.

M. CORDEN AND THE FINANCIAL REFORM Ass.).
cioN.—The following letter from Mr. Cobden was read
at the annual meeting of the Financial Reform Anoxia.
too, on Wednesday : Midhunet, 26th March. 1864.-
1 ie.cr Sir.—l regret that it will sot be in me power to
amept the invitation to be present at the annual
meeting of the Financial Reform Amociation. but I can-
:A allow the opportunity to pass without ensuring you
of the unabated interest I feel in your proceedings.
• much has been done towards effecting the objects you
bare in view that it were unreasonable to despair at the
deti;ulties of the task which yet remains to be 'mom-
; oa the contrary, the immense benefits which have
r- •Jted from the repeal or redaction of customs and excise
duty during the last 20 years ought to encourage you to a/r-
-earm., with the full conviction that the public will sot
....orlon the pursuit of • policy so fruitful in comfort and
vr,,,perity to all classes of the communitz.—l remain, very
tr.:, yours, It. Connor. C. Robertson. mg.. President."
ENTERTAINMENT RE THE CHANCELLOR OF THE
• RE.4I ER To WORKEC; MEN.—Mr. and Abe. Gladstone
yr,terday afternoon entertained at luncheon twenty of the
•ibibitors at the recent South London Exhibition, beaded
by the Rev. Newman Hall and Mr. Murphy. Thee were
i,:ted to take with them some specimens of the *abilities,
• h woe generally done, and Mrs. Gladstone accepted
w:tb evident pleasure some of the articles—including a case
f ituffed birds, exhibited by Mr. Hawkins, a druggist's
; a picture of Mont SIAM in a snow storm, by Mr.
I,:wighton, a self-taught artist ; sod • porcelain flower-
ssaet from Mr. Hopkinson. The company were coll-
:1,1.cl by Mr. Gladstone through the museum of pictures
a1..1 other works of art, and separated very much pleased
with their novel entertainment.

THE EARL 01 DUDLEY cHAROED WITH ASAACLT.—
• tEe conclusion of the business of the petty sessions at
Hundred House (Woreceterabile) yesterday, an APO'
, •.0 yea made to the beech fat a summons against the
Hon. the Earl of Dudley, for an assault on Mrs.
?••• Aber. at Witley Court, on the 12th of March. The
:• !.rters were requested to leave the court before the
r....ation was made, and they did so. Mr. sod Mrs.
• hey were then in the room for • time, bat before long
• ~uthey left the room (whether at the direction of the
•-,rt or not we cannot say), and the bench remained
—led with the clerk and Mrs. Southey for a considerable
? • .Ifter Mn. Southey withdrew, the magistrates
1 to consider whether or not they would grant the
...at:on, and after a long deliberation they decided that
..;unions should be issued—the private proceedings
occupied nearly two hours, the greater part of it
' • ,h-voted to "deliberation." The complainant is now a
t?-.1-ns in Worcester. The bearing of the case is fixed for
so' ,dray next.—Birminflaini Port, this day.
.I.I.IDENT.-012 Wednesday afternoon
„,ng accident occurred to a young woman employed
' ?!..• premises of the Hosiery Company at New Bamford,
.7 Nottingham. It appears that while pasting alone one
: m,; her expansive crinoline was caught by one of
? ••ch. eb, and the unfortunate wearer was dragged into
'machinery, and sustained very serious isiary. The
• - of the poor girl were heartrending. The engine war
-!,e I as soon so possible, the girl extricated, and a
~..on sent for, she being most shockingly injured. It
that the manager of the company had strictly pro-
' • 1 the young women working in their ainolinee, and
r,eorieled a private room in which they were expected
• •,..est themselves of those appendages: but in this case
•inction was unheeded.
T ce TRAcEDY IN Norm—On Wednesday worn-

•• hard Thomas Parker, the wretched man who on the
• pievious attempted the lives of both his parents, was
• t before the Rev. .f. T. Becher, one of the Nona
at snothwell, bat, in consequence of the pre-
.' .bate of his father and mother, the prisoner was
• "o:bal for a week. Eleven mninhot wounds were found
o•-• old man's face, and eight in his breast. It is thought
• ',mu of Mra. Parker has been reached. They both say
r loin is not to blame," and when the old man made
' re‘terdar be wished to leave his son the whole of
•, • -r•• rty. " lie would have done it if he bad not
. • • such a nassiou with him." When the prisoner
• ,Pprrhended by Police-ecortahle Berkley. he mid " I
?,:oe it," soli theta earnestly inquired if his mother
de,.d. Yesterday both the old people are reported
•.. ::y better.

GLAISH tIL AND COX WELL'S BALLOON
ASCEXT.—Last night Mr. James Glaisher, in a lecture
delivered by him at Blackheath, announced his intention of
snaking his eighteenth ascent with Mr. Colwell between
2 and 3 o'clock this afternoon (Friday) from the Gas
Works, Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on which occasion the
balloon will be inflated with 60.000 feet of gas, or two-thirds
fall. Mr. Glaisber stated that if folly iodated with iso,ooo
feet of gas at a height of five miles, which he expect. to at-
tain to-day, the gas would so expend th►t the baboon
would burst. The weight taken up by the balloon to-day
will be 4,000 lbs.