The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-30 00:00:00

WEATHER REPORT.

TITIIIIRAT.

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W.N.W.
W.N.W.
W.
N.W.
N.N.W.
N.
N.W.
N.W.
N.N.W.
N.W.
N. W.
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W.S. W.
S.W.
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WIDNIMAT.
N.N.W. to. KN.Z., 110011. M.

strong, with snow.
N.W. to N.&. strong lIISLAKD.
to fresh.
As next above.

THOMMAT.
N.E. to N.W. and W.,
strong to moderate.
N. to W. and 8.W.„
fresh to moderate.
N.E. to N.W., mode-
rate.
N. to W. and LW.,
moderate to froth.
As nest above, with
some rain.
N. N.W. to EN.E., ILL E7mLatm, N.E. to S. E. and 8.W.,
fresh to moderate. moderate, unsettled.
As ahove, with some E. 000 M. E. to S. and W., mode-
snow, rate.

w. CURIAL.

W.N.W. to N.N.E.,
strong to moderato.
As next above. &W.LOOLAXD.

A letter from Rome says :—" We are approach-
ing the Carnival season, and anticipating the period when,
amongst the English colony, tea-fights and musical parties
will be exchanged for downright balls and suppers. The
princely natives will doubtless do something in the
rime way, and the corps diplornatique will have two
events in perspective, in the formal receptions of
the sew French and Portuguese ambassadors. According
to all accounts the Marshal Duke of Saldanha will prove the
more hospitable of the two representatives. He has
already made arrangements for fourteen diplomatic dinners
of sixty covers, and a corresponding number of dimes
balls, in spite of the limited period which intervenes this
year between Christmas and Lent."
It is stated in an American paper that General
M'Clellan is preparing a history of military affairs while
he was in command.

Tux Auersemut Satra.—PLxxotrre, MONDAY
BYLNDIG —The ship Monarch, 2,000 boos burden, I'. W.
Gill. beat, 8.N.R., commander.belonging to Mems.Orees,
of Blackwell, 90days from Melbourne, baring sailed Sept. 20,
has arrived in the Channel. end was off the Isle of Wight
at noon today, all well, bound to the Thames. The Want
of Life left Port Phillip the same day, the Giant's Causeway
ow the 9th of October, end the E. A. Bright on the 11th—
an three far Loudon.

INDIAN TRAMWAY COMPANY .—( THIS GAY.)
This day a special general meeting of share-
holders was held at the London Tavern, to consider the
ey of proceeding with the cenetroction of a line of road
tcdoe
in the chair. Bombay presidency ; Sir MACDONALD STILPHINSON
_ _

The CHAIRMAN said that at the lest meeting it was
assumed that the term' proposed by the government would
be sufficient to provide the required capital ; but those
tern iitred inadequate for the purpose, and Sir J. Logan
to India, to induce the government to offer more
tri'esireTterms. This would our some delay, but he
felt confident that Sir J. Logan would be successful
in hie negotiation, as the government were quite
alive to the importance of these tramways.
In order to prove the natkeal importance and the practice.
bNLt of making them commermlly profitable, it was pro.
caed to proceed with one lino, the contract for which had
made with Mr. Withal'. The contract amounted to
62,0001., but perhaps other aureoles would make
the cost 70,0001. • and the amount required to
onset the expenditure would be provided for by
15,000 shares, which there was no doubt they would
speedily have. The east would be 3,5001. per mile,
including rolling stock. The government would give no
guarantee, but they gave the land and assistance
of other kinds, brides an equivalent in . He
concluded by moving the following resat • :
" Resolved, that the shareholders approve the course sug-
gested, of undertaking the contract for the read from Paley
to Jumbooseer, being a abort line, capable of easy and early
construction, at a fixed contract cost, sod forming an im-
portant link between the cotton districts and the
trunk line to Bombay, on the understanding that the
board will not enter upon the execution of any more
lines, until the government of India shall have conceded
such teems as in the judgment of a special general meeting
to be convened for the purpose shall be considered satisfac-
tory," which was adopted.
A second resolution was also adopted pressing on the
government the necessity of offering more libmal terms.
After which the meeting adjourns I.

SHIPWRECZ IN SHETLAND. AND EITRAOR.

WEARY ESCAPE.
In giving details of the wreck of the coal-laden
Norwegian 05h4001._
ll'aphis Key, from Newcastle to Chris-
thirsted, ea the ieland of Unit, Shetland, the Northern
Ensign says:—•h It the swam of the afternoon the vessel
was observed front North Cast lighthouse to be in a critical
position, under a heavy pram of canvas, and labouring in
the sea. There was a heavy gale of wind at the time, and
as night came on. fears were entertained that in beating
up the Firth she would not be able to escape. Those fears
were realised, as shortly after dark she missed stays, and
soon after ran alongside of a large rock up which the captain
(J. Tarisen) and four of the crew succeeded with groat diffi-
culty in scrambling, leaving the mate on board. During
the night she ma made almost a clean breath of the rock,
and two of the men were washed off at different times
and drowned. When morning dawned on the
three survivors it revealed to them the immi-
' DOOM of their dinger. They found themselves without
food or any means of escape or signal, on a bare rock about
200 fed from the shore, and in this condition they remained
until Friday night, cold, wet, and starving with thirst and
hunger. As night came on one of the men proposed, as the
gale bad somewhat moderated, to make an effort to reach
; the shore by swimming, which he at last attempted, sac-
-1 exuding with great diffimlty in reaching the shore. The
poor captain, quite exhausted, seeing the successful issue
of the sailor's exertions, followed his example, and had
reached the shore in a state of exhaustion, when, owing to
his strength being eatirely gam, and having to make an
effort to climb up the rocks, he fell back, and was
speedily carried away by the waves and drowned. The
solitary man left on the rock remained there. Meanwhile
the other, after resting for a short time, clambered up the
face of a precipice upwards of 100 feet high, from the top of
which he observed a light, to which he directed his foot-
steps. It turned out to be the house of Magnus Winwick,
by whom the suffering Kaman was received with true Shet-
land hospitality. Having told his tale, the alarm was in-
stantly given, aod in a short time a boat was on its way to the
rook where the other sailor was left. There he was found, in
a very debilitated condition—so much so that he bad to be
carried from the rock to the boat. Concluding that the
mate had perished with the vessel, no attempt was that
night made to find out where she had been driven but
early next morning several boats were manned and de-
spatched to the vicinity of the spot where she first struck.
She was found sunk, with the mast, and rigging above the
water, and the signal dying. No Mem of the mate was
obtained, till on farther search the poor fellow was found
lying in the frelliCel of a rock, where he had been without
food since Thursday evening. He was instantly removed
to a comfortable house, where be and his two comrades re-
ceived every attention. By last accounts they had all quite
recovered, after making one of the most wonderful escapes
on rowed.

Tomas Etat-rios.—The requisition to Mr. Dent
to become • caodidate at this election is still in coarse of
signature. About 130 names had been appended to it by
Saturday afternoon, including those of eight or OiDe persons
who voted for Mr. Ponder. Should the conservative agents
succeed in getting 160 signatures, it is understood that the
requisition will be forwarded to Mr. Dent. Whether he
will consent to stand is uncertain. 150 is but about three.
sevenths of the whole constituency, and nearly twoaevenths
are at the bidding of the Duke of Somerset, and indepen-
dently of these are the liberals who are so by choice. Mr.
Alfred Seymour. the liberal candidate, will probably arrive
to-morrow, and on Wednesday will possibly address the
electors.— Western Morning News.
MUTH OF Ma. LEDSAIL —The death of Mr. J.
F. Lodes= took place at his residence at Chad-bill, Bir-
mitigham yesterday morning. Mr. Ledsam was, at the time
of his death, a magistrate for the counties of Warwick, Wor-
cester, and Stafford, and a deputy-lieutenant for one at
least of those counties. He was also for many years
deputy-chairman of the London and North-Western Rail.
way, and chairman of the Birmingham and Staffordshire
Gas Company, also an active governor of King Edward's
School. Amongst many public service' for which Binning•
ham is indebted to him may be mentioned his chairmanship
for may years of the committee of the Birmingham
Musical Festivals.
Tea PaoroecD NIG' MITHOPOLITA2r BEIM1111..—•
The precise sites of the proposed new metropolitan bdtliges
across the Thames are defined by the plans and MUM
just deposited with both lioness of parliament and dirks
of the peace. They are five in number—namely, the Tower-
bridge, St. Paul's-bridge, the Temple-bridge, New Chelsea
and Batteries bridge, and Wandsworth-bridge ; the lint
three for foot-pamengers only, and the other two for both
carriages and horses. The Tower.bridge commences at
Irongsteetaits, near the Tower, sad terminates at Homely-
down Old-stain. The St. Paul's-bridge scheme comprises a
bridge and approaches from St. Pattl's Stearnboat.pier, and
terminating in the Themes at a point one hundred yards
north of the junction of Love-Line with Etankeide cc the
Surrey side; also a bridge commencing at the southern
terminus of the foregoing, and terminating at Bankside, at
a point nearly opposite Love-lane; together with a third
approach or work ending at Mason a-stairs, Batikeide. The
Temple-bridge starts from the Thames embankment, 100
yards in a month-easterly direction from the Temple Steam•
boat pier, near Essex.street, and terminating 90 yards in a
north-au:tarty direction from the river entrsnoe to the
draw dock of Messrs. Dowson and Co. with the commer-
cial railway on the Surrey side with approaches from Duke-
street and Old Barge-home-etears, Southwark. The Chelsea
and Battersea-bridge, commencing is CheYne-walk, opposite
Oakley-street, Chelsea, and end at the Albert-road, Batter-
sea-park, near to the Albert Tavern ; and the Wandsworth-
bridge, beginning in the York-road, Wandsworth, 250 feat
to the emit of the Jews'-road, will terminate in King's-road.
Fulham, at the junction of Land's Eraldans, opposite
the Lord Palmerston Tavern. The time specified for the
completion of the bridges is six years, and the toil to be
taken is one halfpenny.
A no= ADVENTCHE. —As an evidence of the
good service attendant upon the efficientw use of the rifle by
our Toting men of the volunteer corps, e (Gretna* A
vertiser) may place before our readers the following com-
munication from a young townsman, lately a member of
our corm, and recently settled in a distant locality :—"One
day we bad a bullock killed by a tiger, close to the cattle
shed ; it dragged it up into the jungle about 106 yards from
the road. We followed its trail sod found the bullock,
after pursuing it well, and got it dragged near a large tree,
and as night came on, I went, along with an old acquaint-
AUXIN and ascended the tree, with two guns loaded with
ball. It was a tine moonlight night, and the carcase was
only 20 yards off. At three o'clock io the morning the moon
set, and left us in total darkness. Shortly after tbis, I ob-
Nerved • pair of eyes shining in the dark quite close to Da I
touched Mr. on the shoulder with my elbow ; my
hair began to steed on end with excitement, but Mr.
told n.e not to fire—the animal was too near to us. and if I
mimed him he might My to spring ap to us I followed
the eyes till their owner reached the bullock, and hope to
devour it. I lifted my gun to my shoulder, took a delibe-
rate aim at the eyes (the only thing 1 could see). as:l.w
both triggers; there was an awful roar, which Tay
blood run cold, and then a profound silence. We waited
for daylight with the utmost anxiety. At 6 o'clock in the
morniog we dmosoded from th tree, and found the Hier
lying stone dead, with Ms teeth h firmly set in the haunch
of the bullock, and two neat little bolas in its aka /a 4
above the eyes. The belle had penetrated the Main and
dote the work of death. It measured tift. 10in. to the tip
of the tall, aid was a fins animal, quite young too, judging
from its teeth, which were like ivory."
Tan LATI COLLISION AT WINCBSURGI3.--In ad-
dition to the odours of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway
already held to bail on the charge of culpable neglect of
duty in exasexion with the disastrous collision at Winch-
burgh on the 13th of October, Mr. Latham, the general
manager, has been examined before the Sheriff of Linlitb-
goershire on the same charge, and also admitted to MI
Mr. Latham is the chief officer of the company, and has
filled his present situation for a considerable number of
years. The trial, which will be at Edinburgh, is not ex-
pected to take place till spring. All the sufferers from the
accident have now been discharged from the Royal Infir-
mary at Edinburgh, with the exception of Harvey. of the
Soots Greys, who has not yet recovered from the severe
fractures be sustained.
Gold is found along the whole extent of Nova
Scotia flosaYarmouth to (jape Outman, and in many places
is the isterior.—Nome Scotia paper.

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Queenstown
Holyhead
Liverp00l
Pembroke
Pent:11103
Plymouth
Jersey
Weymouth
Brest
L'Orient . ! , Id 44
Portsmouth e,.45 44
_ Loudon
Yarmouth .43 41
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Scarborough Bl 41
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