The Express.
London, England, 1863-04-09 00:00:00

WORKS AND BUILDINGS.

This morning were issued the estimates for public
works and buildings, clam 1, for 1863.64. The amount re-
quital is altogether 893,5231., being an increase of 201,305/.
as compared with last year. The inareese extends over
almost every item. We give the amounts of increase.
The vote for royal palaces is increased by 11,6601. ;
public buildings, 28,241/. ; furniture of public often,
4,2681.; royal parks and pleasure gardens, 11,2881. ;
new homes of parliament, 13,797/. ; British embus,
booms ahead, 2251.; British consulate, Constanti-
nople, 2981. ; new Foreign-015m buildings, `L-".,0001.;
Aberdeen University, 5551. ; Probate Court rasietrim;
12,000/. ; General Registr► House, Edinburgh, 3,727/. ;
public record repository, 20,0001. ; Court of Probate,
principal registry, 1,8061. ; site of new Foreign-
aloe, 1,5001.; Weetminette-bridge approaches, 9,5001.;
New Westminster-bridge, 18,1334 ; harboring of re-
fuge, 15,000/. ; public buildings (Ireland), 18,2761. ;
new Record buildings (Dobbs), 5,0001. ; Franklin
mosamest, 8001. ; Nelson column, 6,0001. ; lighthouges
shred, 19,9201. ; Sheriff Oeurli-lionees (Bootland). 6,0004 ;
rates for government property, 7,0001.

ABERYSTWITH AND WELSH COLBY RAILWAY
COMPANY.-(THIS DAY.)

A special general meeting of the shareholders in
this eorapeny was held at noon, at their offices: Bridge.
street, Westminster, io oomphanoe with the Wham.
elide era," of the Horse of Lords, for the consideration
of the following bills :
" 1. A bill for authotising the Abel ystwith and Welsh
Cost Railway Company to make and niaioWn further
limes of railway and other works ; aid to make arrange-
ments with other ossopusise ; and to rake further monis ;
and for other purposee.-2. A bill to arnalpuniate the
Oswedry and Newtown, Llanidlosa and Newtown, and
Onweetry, Elleasers, and Whitchureh Railway tOompanies ;
and to safer powers upon the senalgmested and other
ampulla& —3. A bill to feeble the Ilanobester and WI.
ford Itelway ,Company to maks and maintain additional
week.; and to make assigersente with abet eximpanise ;
and to extend the term for the purchase of land and corn.
*time of the railway ; and for other purposes."
Mr.
Mr. Hu.nrrca was calkd to the chair and the fist bill
was approved of without diacussion. The other bills, it
was Staid, were not reedy, and the meeting wail ad.
foamed for a fortalght

THE BISHOP OP CHESTER AND THE COLENSO
CONTROVERSY.

The Bishop of Chester has issued the following
Gin:alas letter to the clergy of bit diocese :
si;iltalteveretid Brother,—You are an of the painful
which ban his. excited by the meat publMation;
of ths Bishop of Natal. The avowed purpose of them is to
the historical truth of the Peotatsuch. I and
isrreP adad you that before &scone can be admitted into the
miaistty of our church he is required to declare that he
unfeignedly believes all the canonical Scripture* of ths
Old sad New Testansat. Notwithstanding this &wiser
time, the Bishop of Natal sow avows that he doe not re.
pad the Pentateuch so bang historically true; that be
thinks it to be his duty to endeavour to Mynas on other
the opinions which be himself now holds; and that, as
far as depends upon his own will and power, he intends to
retain hie position in the ministry. Maier them air.
camstanose I do not suppose that any of the dergy de=
diocese would invite or accept his samistaaes
minkeastions ; bet, nevertheless, I think the duty of my
office requ'res me to communicate tomy_ clay my express
desire that the Bishop of Natal should sot bs permitted
to preach or offloiste within my diocese, so long as he shell
persist is the *aim, which be has advanced in derogation
of the histaiml truth and authority of the Pentateuch. I
make this eouimanicatiou, and I am mire you will also re-
miss it with sincere regret for the ootraims which has called
it tooth.—l remain your affectionate brother,
"J. Cacurau."

Sootlerffrero LIKE A FIIDEILLL Bo:Mom—Some
few weeks ego (ssys our Liverpool corrorpoodut) four of
the quartannuters of the Great Eastern, wbo bad formerly
been glazers in the navy, left the big ship and signed
articles to }oh a screw steamer called the Japan, then lying
at Greenock sod fitting out for a Tome to China. In the
036100 of • few days the men joined the ship ; but in the
early part of lad week three of them reappeared in Liver-
poo4 proceeded to the, Salon' Home, sod there shipped
abut a hundred men for • voyage from the Clyde to Chins
and other ports in the East. Advancer notes were gives,
aid es mikes whinny get them coshed before leaving port,
the result was that some of tho men and a quartermaster
got lather friendly. Next morels' some of the sailors took
advantage of some of the quartermastoes oudieleetial COM-
-1661600000A sad went straight to Mr. Dudley, the Doha
States consuL The men, it then tesospired, were engaged to
join a Oonfederato cruiser called the Japan, which vessel wee
to go to sea from Greenock in a few days, and
burn, or destroy all Federal ship she cams up with."
Mr. Duffley at once telegraphed to Mr. Adams in Lucks,
Informing him of what the sailors had told him, sad addiag
that by that night's poet he would write full particulars sad
also snake" the depositions sworn by the sailors. Mr.
Adams immediately communicated with Earl Rossoll, and
orders were transmitted by the government to Mr. Peke
Edwards, the collector of Cisneros at Liverpool, to dela the
sailing of the Joule. So moo u Mr. Edwards received
instructions be called in several of the Customs' rumen ;
the bill of entry was examined. but there was 60 steamer
named Japan entered there. Four of theme:me Opener"
then dispatched up and down the river, but no Japan was
them. It was ultimately discovered that in the excitement
of the moment, and the donee to apprise Mr. Adams of the
news Mr. Dudley had heard, he forgot, when be
to Mr. Adams the seamen's statement, to say l'elathitiZa
is t
at Greenock." Again the telegraph was put I.
bat this time to the Clyde, to stop the ship. The Japan,
now called the Virginia, however, was away to ma long
Woes the " warmth*. arrest" reached Grouch.
THE Loom MLTILDIEL —Contrary to expectation,
the military pensiour, John Gait, charged with the ',Mal
murder of his paramour, Alio, English. and the attempt to
commit suicide at Leeds, is likely to recover from the
severe wounds in his throat. The inquest on the body
of the murdered woman was formally opened on Monday,
when evidence wes given that Gsir had lug been dis-
gusted with her dissOhite habits, and had found that she
was in the habit of keeping company with • fishmonger
named Davis. a married nun, with ten children. A wittier
mid he bad often beard Clair declare that if he oontioued
to live with her he should be hung. Yesterday the Leeds
coroner resumed the inquest, end Ann McManus, the wife
of a shopkeeper, whose house Gar and demand went to
sod slept at on Thursday, deposed that up to that time she
always thought Gan and deceased a happy couple, but they
quarrelled thee, and the woman said she would no longer
live with him, sod be said be would be the death
of her or of Davis. After that Gish said be loved
her sod lee could not do without her, for she
mimed so much money in selling old clotheLM
afterwards had a quart of ale together, but soon q
again. flair said he would go to North Shields and leave
her, ad they parted. No sooner had he gone than deceased
began to regret that he had gone. He returned unexpec-
tedly about half-past 10. sod then she huddled and fon-
dled him. On Friday morning she began to upbraid him
with having come back, but he set off spin, and then
deceased began to my she doted upon him. He returned
once more es the aftesoos, sad she Deis, out be went to
look for bor. He came back about 10 o'clock, saying he bad
been nearly killed with a poker at a house where he knew
deceased was in the habit of meeting Davis. They kept
Jarring until 3 o'clock in the morning, and then deceased
went to bed. Witness's husband called out that be thought
(lair was dying ; but deceased only said " she hoped he
would be stiff in the morning, and she should get IL to bury
Mat with, and she could hove a good rant." Witness's hos•
band got leave froin damaged for (sir to sleep with her, and
nothing more came under wither's attention until about
6.10 the following morning when she heard something like
the squirt of a glow -beer bottle, and saw blood Bring on
to the wall sad beard it ranting on to the floor. She
cried out that John was moldering Alice, and her husband
got up and took a razor from Gar's hand. She sew Gair
lying on his book in bed with a rum at his throat, but
humid oat of the main sad maw no more. Other witosems
were examined to the same effect, sad the jury retuned •
verdict of " Wilful Murder" yptiost John Gair. The
alleged murderer, Gsir, dill remains in the Infirmary. lie
ate now talk a little, and it appears that be has also writ-
ten on several serape of paper .101L0 rambling and almost
unintelligible statements of a personal nature. According
to one of the local papers, one of those ststanente was to
the effect that "his wife (deceased) had cot his throat and
then cut her own." The coroner, who bee possessioo of the
took the opportunity of stating that there me
of the kind in those documents. It is now pretty
gesetaallly understood in Leads that (sir sod the deceased
were married, although he has a wife sad she • husband
Befog in other parts of the country.
EXECUTION Or DANIEL WARD.—YestonloY
moraine:, at 8.20, the executioo of Daniel Ward for the
murder of Chula. Wilgar, oo the 10th May last, took plies
in frost of the county gaol, Belfast, in promoe of between
8,000 and 9,000 Masons. The unhappy man mods a full
misfession of his guilt some time mace ; but it Cal not
made polls till after the execution.