The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-21 00:00:00

N.W. to S.W., squally. W. CWIIIIAL.
snow or rain.

N.W.FL4ZCL
e.W.MICILMID.

As above.

W. to N. and L. fresh,

W.N.W. to N.N.K., Ls. swum).
strong, some IDOW. fresh, snowy.
N.N.W. to BN.E., H Onset. N. to N., fresh, some
strong, snowy. snow.
Drum and Cone all round on Monday.
• At Uverpool 36 pounds on square foot; average hourly
velocity for 2 hours, 60 ogles.

PRO/CUING IN HAWAIAL—The Honolulu Com-
mercial Advertiser states that Bishop Staley has already
preached in kla 'alai. Though the pronunciatiou was far
from correct, the natives could understand most of the ear-
soot. The chapel was densely crowded, and hundreds
sought in vain to get ie.
FRONCH Coxvicrs.—The position of convicts in
France at present occupies the attention of the government.
According to the last official accounts, there are 7,690 con-
vide under sentence to hard labour. Of three. 1.964 are
sentenced to hard labour for life • 3,070 to from 5 to 10
years ; 2.359 to from 11 to 20 yea ; 282 to from 21 to 30
plan ; 41 to from 31 to 40 years ; and 9 to from 51 years
sad upwards. 4,750 were convicted of robbery, 1,027 of
murder, 452 of attacks on women, 233 of incendiarisan, 168
of assassination, 162 of cutting and maiming, 150 of
forgery, 140 of coining. 24 of fraudulent bankruptcy,
and 26 of parricide. The half of these convicts are
formed of men from twenty to forty years of age. There
are 124 young men of from sixteen to twenty years of age,
and 270 old men above sixty. The agrimittual districts
impply more than half of the °awaits. Ws find 4,595 horn
in the country, 2,452 born in towns, and 645 foreigners.
Of the convicts 3,992 can neither read nor write ; 91 alone
have received superior primary instruction. Agricultural
labourers and gardeners form about a sixth of the convicts.
There are 1,078 navvies, 467 mums, 345 weavers, 245 do-
mestic servants, 175 tailors, end 184 blackmitlu sad lock-
smiths.

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MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT THE RIVER ESL—
Considerable sensation was excited in this town early yes-
terday morning by a rumour that E. A. Burrow, Faci., of
Carleton Hall, had been found drowned on Sunday morn-
ing, in the river Fah. We regret to say that on inquiry we
find that the rumour was only too well founded, Mr. %r-
-row having been drowned on Saturday evening whilst at-
tempting, as is supposed, to cross the river at the viaduct
of the Whitebaven and Furness Railway, at Eekmeala
station. It appears that deceased had been at Booth
on Saturday, which place be left on his return home
about 7 o'clock in the evening; he was driving in
au Irish oar, and crossed the railway at Bootle station with
the intention, no doubt, of taking the usual route from
that point to Eakmeals station, where he would cross the
Bak, and so proceed forward by the beach to Ravenglass,
and thence to his residence at Carleton Hall. That was no
doubt his intention, but it would appear that he had not
reached the crossing of the Esk until near ten o'clock, at
which hour his watch had stopped, and at that time there
would be a very heavy flow of water as the tide would
have quite recently ebbed. The deceased having
been something like three hours in passing from
Bootle to Eakmeals, a distance of only four miles, it
is presumed that he must have missed his way in the
dark and been confused and lost for a time on "The
Meals." Ultimately, however, he bad evidently come
to the crossing of the Esk, and bad driven into the
water, of which there would, probably at 10 o'clock,
' be a depth of 15 feet, the ordinary current of which
would be considerably increased in force by the
prevalence at the time of a strong breeze. Under these
circumstances the horse would not proceed very far before
the water would wash into and cover the oar, the cushions of
the ear having been washed away, sad it is supposed that
the unfortunate occupant was also at the same time washed
off his seat into the stream and so drowned. It seems
almost unaccountable, but such is nevertheless the fact, that
the borne had succeeded in struggling out of the water at
the same side at which he entered, and that he had, more-
over, found his way back with the car towards Bootle, as
for as road end leading to Hyton, where he was found
early on Sunday morning, at the house of Mr. Shaw. No-
thing was heard of Mr. Burrow until between 9 and 10
o'clock on Sunday morning, when his body was found in
the River Esk by a shepherd named Birkby Wood. It was
first observed floating in the river, and was ultimately oast
up at Green Hill, on the Ravenglam side of the Esk. It
was subsequently removed thence to the King's Arms Inn,
Ravatigiass, where an inquest will be held to-day by Mr.
Bell, the coroner. Mr. Burrow, who was a magistrate of
theooesty, was 52 years of age.— Comberfasid Parquet.
&commit:l NEGROES AT Muiraszsßoßo'.—lt is
stated that " all the bermes captured by the Confederates
were immediately shot." We hope this is false, and we
think it must be so. The slaves in the Federal lines are
employed only as servants and team drivers, and even when
it was proposed to arm and organise them as soldiers, the
proclamation of the Southern President expressly exempted
them from the penalty with which the white officers
of such regiments were threatened. The black private
soldier was to be considered an irresponsible agent. The
officers were to be shot for enrolling and commanding him,
but the worst the " contraband " had to expect was a re-
lapse into servitude—that is, a change of masters, with much
the same work to do. For a still lower reason it is impro-
liable that Deco primmer, would be maaseared. They are
worth too much in mere money to be so uselessly " ex-
pended." One of the African race is a far more valuable
capture than an Irish or a German recruit. He brings, is
bard cash, from 200/. to 230 f., and his market price, if
nothing else, would be his protection against the cold atro-
city of being shot on the field. We trust the rumour will
be officially contradicted.-- Toner.