The Express.
London, England, 1864-05-27 00:00:00

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Tins W•ora QUESTION.—The seamen of Poole
are on strike for higher wages, sod the plasterers of Trow-
bridge, in Wilts, are about to go or strike far the same
obt.Ana•uam CROWLIY.—The Hants papers
record the death of Mr. Abraham Comity, the brewer of
the famous Altos ale. The deceased gentleman wes malty
70 years of age. He was a great advocate of edeeatios, and
his firm solely sopported a girls' wheel is which were 130
scholars, and hoodoo this they wore liberal supporters of as
Alton boys' whoa
DEATH Or THE OLDROT DORSET MAGDMIATE.
The Darsetehire papers rotord the death el Mr. Robert Gor-
don, the chimed aagistrsts as the musty. His eommiseiao
as magistrate is dated 1810.
AN AUSTRIAN MAN-01-WAR BUILT IN ENGLAND.
—The Austria maa-or•war Radatzky, which =2
fought is the naval satinsDe
with the rma, near Her
was built at Northam, bear Southampton.
Toe Tim Piass TRADE, —The announcement
that the import tariff is to be iseressed to 50 per oak in
the Fedeial States has given a decided shack to the demand
for tie plates on American account, and daring the cantles-
&nee of this high protective duty the eltipmeoto to that
enentry will, it is expected, he greatly reduced. The sew
tariff, it is stated, is only a temporary meanly* adopted to
provide the smosmary funds for the Federal authorities ; but
its feared that, mice imposed, Mr. Lissolo's goverment
will mot show any partienkr anxiety to remove the impost.
Although an important market for tie plates is thus mateti-
ally restricted, the makers seem to have coefidence in the
future, for several new works are in progress, and within
the last few weeks two large setabliehments have bees
mooed is South Wales, one at Ifelyncrydden, near Noah,
and the other the New VI:WWII Works, Britnefeny, built
by News. Smith, Harris, ad Co. The difßrulty with the
men as to the Ilse in wages has been arranged at the ma-
jority
of the works, and where turn•outs have takes plea
either fresh hands have been obtained, or the old woe:loose
have returned to their work.

THE MOOIUI IN SCLI IRISHIRIL. —The keepers
throughout the whole of Selkirkshire oonalder the preesot
to be the most successful hatohiag mason they ham had
for easy ream and report most favourably for the
mode of sportsmen. On the missive moesLrta in
Ettria sod 'Yarrow scarcely a shot has hese fired fee the
last two seasons, and, except on the Vllly high ream,
the show of grouse and black gams thisr e=
expected to be little short of what it was
to the great mortality among the birds is the sprig of
1862. The young groom are Dow musing in broods of
from omen to ten buds; and bleak game are sitting
pleatifolly on mete cootaisiag from eight to ten
eggs. On the low moods pheasants have Welted
sucoserfully ; and judging from the stock of old birds,
partridges, which are now laying their eggs„ am expected to
be numerous. Leverite are eves now very abuncleat. Aa ex-
perienced and intelligent keeper, however, says that Ite hes
suffered to an 1111UW1 extent from the robberies of the com-
mon crows. They are foood to destroy the whole eggs is tke
nests of phoisarits and bleak game in a vary few minutes
but, so far as kis observatioas have extended, die
of the groom often raves them from the revegesOriel
intruders. He further observes that it is chiefly in clear,
warm weather that the rooks are destructive, and amigo,
as a mama for this that whim there is plenty of moister*
Us
4.are kept from sucking eggs by lading a sufficiency of