The Express.
London, England, 1864-04-25 00:00:00

TCESDAT.
E. to S and N. W.. mn.
derate. a few atow•
en.

PIO 5A111.2.
011 WOITIIU WEDNESDAY.
00.usra B.S. to S.W. sail N. W.,
nioterate to fresh,
with emus showers.
As hest above.

E. to S., moderato to WaSTlellit,
fresh, generally fine.
E. NE. to s.S. E., mo- Bollrliglat. E. to S. and S.W., mn.
derate, fine. derate to tre,h, gene-
rally fine.
N. to W , moderate, ge-
nerally flue.

N. W. to N.E. and back, !Arnim.
light to moder.t.,
geuerally flue.
NortheramScotland. Wirstera=reeland, Was'. and
_ . . . .

RemthertmEngllsh Chsuatel and ill.ery day. Luterti
kietward England and North Sts

A.—harometer corrected and reduced to Er at half tide level.
Path ton feet, of vertical elevation, cousin r about one hundredth
of an inch DIXINCTIoN ; and each ten degrees. above 3?,°, calm-
ing nearly three liundredtlm INCIIKA,C T.—Thermometer ex-
posed In shade. W.—Wind, direction of.rata—two points
LEFT of nuq:nets.). F.—l•;rce Ito Id—estimated,. Ex —Er,
treme force since Last report. IS—Direction of CXTRIMR forco.
I.— Initials : sky: c.—clouds ;detached); I.—fog;
h.—ll 8/1: I.—lightning: m.—misty ;has,' . o.—overcast
r.—rain a.—snow; t.—thunder. k.—Bain-fail, snow or hail
(melted , since last report, B.—Sea disturbance hto 9,. Z.-
CALS.

GEORGE SAND AND TEE SHAKESPEARE BANQUET.
—The following letter was sent by Madame George Sand to
the Shakespeare Jubilee Committee, and was to have been
reed at the Paris banquet in honour of Shakespeare :—" It
is an excellent idea to commemorate the departed great
Nies. They are our saints and our prophets, and we ought
to have our mourning calendar. I associate myself heart
and soul with your festivaL I shall be with you io ■pirit.
Offer a toast in my name to the divine Shakespeare —be who
amongst us all stands in the foremost rank ; for he has
triumphed over Voltaire, and has issued safe and sound
from his powerful hands. Another time we shall fae
Voltaire himself, for he also triumphed over many others.
It will be our glory to have replaoe4 our masters in the same
Parthenon, and to have understood th►t all genius comes
from the same God, to whom every noble path leads, and
whose temple is truth. My respect or friendship to all my
brethren in Shakespeare. GEORGE SAND."
It is stated that the Empress of Russia will visit
Kisseogen and Schwalhach at the end of May, the waters at
these places having been prescribed by ber Majesty's physi-
cians. Afterwards the F.mpress will probably pass some
weeks at Duchy, or. the Lake of Geneve,.

A letter from Naples says :—" Levassor, the
French actor, is here with a company, sod is most dean r-
edly popular. The managers of San Carlo have sent the
most tempting offers to Titian. for the next winter;
54,000 fr. for four months, a benefit, the theatre to be
thoroughly cleaned, the front row of the pit to be made into
stalls, to be let only to ' real gentlemen,' who will not take
keys sad whistle into them, and the choice of operas let t to
her; but it is not expected these offers will appease her
just indignation or be accepted. Naples is full of visitors—
it is really au English colony."

We (Northern Whig) are much gratified to learn
that John Sherman Crawfonl, E.g.. J. 15„ eldest sou of the
late W. Sharman Crawford, Esq.. of Crawfordsburn, boa
been appointed DeputyLicutenant of the county of Down,
an honour long held by his universally respected father.

The new cavalry barracks at Colchester aro now
nearly ready for the reception of troops, and it is stated
that they will be occupied the first week in May by a de-
tachment of the 12th Lancers.

The select committee appointed to inquire whe-
ther the Uoder Secretary of State who wu last appointed
to that office thereby vacated his seat, have considered the
matters to them referred, and have come to the following
reul utioo, which they have agreed to report to the house :
" That the Marquis of Hartington having applied to be
heard by counsel, the committee are of opinion that it
is expedient to accede to the Marquis of Hartinzton's
application,"

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LIFEBOATIL—It appears from a parliamentary
return which weakened this morning, that 3,409 lives were
saved last year by lifeboats, and 2,896 by rocket and mortar
apparatus and assisteoce with ropes. Ac., from shore.
THE ALEXANDRA. —A. writ from the Court of Ex-
chequer was serval on the Collector of Customs at Liver-
pool on Friday, ordering him to deliver the Alexandra to
her owners. and in consequence the collector has intimated
to Meeks. Fletcher and Stone, solicitors for Mcesrs. Sillem
and others, that the vessel will be delivered up this day.
THE BICHOP OF LONDON AND THE LONDON
POOL—Yesterday afternoon the Bishop of London preached
in support of the perochial schools at St. James's church,
Piccadilly. He selected for his text the Rth chapter of St.
Paul's Epistle to the Romany, venee 22 and 23.
THE Powrrovrice.—Lord Stauley of Alderley,
the Postmaster.GenereL has appointed Mr. Chetwynd, the
Controller of Post-offloe Savings Banks, to be Receiver and
Accountant-General of the Poet-office, in succession to Mr.
Scudamore. now assistant secretary of that department
Mr. Alfred Milliken, principal bonk.keeper in the Receiver
sod Accountant-General's office, succeeds Mr. Chetwynd as
Controller of Postefllce Savings Banks.
?Ha BOYLE LECTCRESHIP.—The Rey. Charles
Merivahm, R. D., of St. John's Coßep, Cambridge, Rector of
Lawford, Essex, and Chaplain so the Speaker of the House
of Commons, has been duly appointed Boyle Lecturer for
1864. The lectures will be delivered, according to an ar-
rangement made by the L^oNl Bishop of London (as Dean of
her Majesty's Chapel Royal). in the Chapel Royal, White-
hall, on the afternoons of the next eisht Sunday. (oom-
mewing May 1), at 3 p tn. The subject chosen by Mr.
Merivele for the course this veer 11, we ►eeru, " The Coa•
version of the Roman Empire."
Only 12 pecans are now living in the United
States who took the American side is the first great revolu-
tion there. Of these, nee is 105 years old, two are 102, one
is 101, one is 190, two are 99, owe is 97, and owe is 94.