The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-20 00:00:00

FOR lON iiLilLwAys.

Bahia and San PrancelCo Lim., gam. 7 per Cash, 17g.
Banos Ayres Great Southern (Lim.), 3j.
0111111 i Luxembourg, 114.
Namur and Liege gear. 6 per Cent. Pref., 19t.
111610 and flan Premium(Pernambuco) Guaranteed 7
(Limite
per east. d),
Sambre and Mame, 64 per met. Preform" 94.
San Paulo (Limited), guaranteed 7 per amt. (all paid), 20.

Pam: or BREAD.—The prices of wheaten bread
is the metropolis ere from 60. to id. ; of household ditto
50. to 6d. Bosse bakers are selling from 40. to sd. per
41b kef, weighed oa delivery. wall Ali •

Soucrross' BEszvoiam Ameocumnr. The
fourth annual public festival of this assoolMion will take
plea at the Freemasons' Tavern, London, on Tuesday the
7th of June next, metier the preeidency of the Right Hoe.
Lord Chief Justice Cockburn. This useful society for the
amistance of decayed solicitors and their widows and
families is favotuably program*.

Mn. CONINGIIAM '8 RITriIIMENT FROM PARLIA-
MENT. —Mr. Cogiagtiain Weems his oreditmeste by a
very respectful letter that he is shoot reluctantly to
resign the representation of this borough. For some
time it has been karma that he contemplated re-
tirement, and it is now six weeks since we made
such an announcement. Hat rely when be met his
committee on Thursday mem* did he avow his intention
to resign hie seat at ones. His own health imperatively
requires his retirement from parliament, end be be-
haves that the liberal interest in the borough will
be best served by that takings piece imme-
diately, —so avoiding the protracted excitement
of an election indefinitely delayed. Oa making hi
iatention known to his committee, they passed •
resolution expressing a high sense of his Mile:ibis integrity
and pewter* assuidity in the climber's of his parliamen.
lazy duties; of his uniform urbanity and attention to his
ocestitneata, and his readiness and anxiety at all times to
promote their Were& and further expressing their deep
and unfeigned regret at the announosassat now made by him
ci his Weeded withdrawal from the representation of the
borough.—Brighton Guardian.
Tile RIGHT HON. J. R. MINISON AT MANSFIELD.
—Led evening the Right Hoe. J. E. Desire, Esq.,
ILP., Spiker of the Hones of Commons, presided at •
ronrersazione of the Mechanics Institute in the Town
Hall, Mansfield. The chairman, Sir Roderick Musehison,
Earl Danvers, and Mr. E. J. Lowe, delivered 'dames in
the course of the evening. Mr. Denims dwelt in his
speech on the advantages of mechanics' institutes and
the varions facilities for mental improvement gee&
rally found in coonerion with them. A oresideasbi• por-
tion of his speech had Merger* to the abundance and ex-
cellence of the newspapers at the present day, and he m-
graean opinion that se agents public instructice sod
oraMtli on they afford advantages at the petted weight
crand ise the gastortance. Awarding too a
retmurnrs of the Peter
mber which
through the postnu last yearof was 73 mullions, and that ilgapanedm
enormous as it was by no means represented the total
distribution of papers. He then went on to contrast the
condition of the press in this country with its condition in
Frame, pointing out as he went on the vest superiority of
the English system, especially in respect of parliamentary
reporting. After some further remarks the right boa.
gentleman concluded by introducing Sir ItodeUr Mur-
chison, who delivered an interesting address on the cod de-
posits in Nottingliamhire. At the termination of the pro-
ceediop yoke of thanks were passed to the chairman and
the visitors.

ST. J.uraa'a PALAC; JAL 19.—Her Royal High-
s.. flag Dadaism of Cambridge bat bioll aimed to appoint
Captain Arthur Ell* of tlao Gronatliar Gam*. to be orno
of law royal hialmos's .quanta..--Garette.
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THE LATE MURDER AT WOOLIVICEL—The whole
of the 13th Brigade Garrison Artillery, in eisenesead of Col.
Buchanan. was yesterday paraded at Woolwich, is order to
promote the identification of certain pereme onuseeted with
the death by violence of • pensioner of the Royal Artil-
lery, who was severely injtue4 a few evenings ago at the
"Gan,' • licensed public-house apposite the north
arch, leading to the barracks of the Royal Artillery.
It appears that this hones has for some time past been
frequented by parties of @oldie= foe gambling purposes.
The deceased joined use of these parties, and on theism's=
alluded to a donuts took plain which resulted is a SOL
The deceased wee severely Juju= in the bead, and dkid
moon after hie removal to his owe home. One of the party
only was arrested, namely, ll'Ontre, • =nose of the 13th
Brigade. who wet sworn to by the landlord and his pitman
as one of the men whom he bad seen maltreatieg the
deceased. The remainder of the party were =mooed to
14"fto the same brigade, coesequently the of the
s • was yesterday drawn oat cm the epee parade,
and the landlord and his potmae, aeotimpiaied by &civilian
who happened to be at the hems when the otunneneo teak
place, attended. After walking down the line. sad usk•
sing the features of each man, they stated that they
could not recognise any one of the corps
_as being postai
ea the evening in question, and the brigade was dismissed
to quarters. I
WASHINGTON IRVING AND THE EMPRESS EUGENIE
—ln the fourth and last volume of the " Life sad Letters of
Washington Irving," just issued, is • letter, in which
Irving writes : Louis Napolen sad Euenie Moatijk
Emperor and Empress of Fraca !n—one of whom I have bad
• guest at my cottage on the Hodson ; the other whom,
when a chi* I have had en my knee at Cruel& ! It
seems to cap the climax of the strange dramas of
which Paris has been the theatre during my lifetime.
The last I eser of Eugenie Mootijo she was one of the reign-
log belles of Madrid, and she and her giddy chile bad
swept away my charming young friend, the beautiful sad
accomplished into their career of fashionable diesipa-
tioa. Now Eugenie is upon a throne, and is a volt's.
tory recluse la • convent of one of the meat rigorous orders.
Poor—! Perhaps, however, her fate may ultimately be
the happiest of tee two. The storm' with her •is o'er
and she's at rest,' but the other is lausched from • return.
lees shore on • dangerous sea infamous for its tremendous
shipwrecks."
WORKING MEN'S INSTITUTE, PARIE-1116 Rev.
Edward Forbes, M.A., of the English Church, Ras
d'Agnesseau, delivered on Saturday evening • lector* =
" Volcanoes and the Ruins of Pompeii" to a routieg of the
members of the Working Men's Institute ad their [Heeds at
the British Free Schools, 119, Rae do Faubourg St. Honore.
The rev. lecturer baring visited Naples and the stirronading
country won able to describe the wonders of that used
charming region in • highly graphic and barest* inamiser.
frequently eliciting the applause of his =dim= The ex-
hibition of • series of large phi/tamales of Poe,* Van*
Tine, ko., lately takes by =nee= professes; added greatly
to the later= of the euphuistic= &ea AMa of drab
to the lecturer was nuanisawady adopted by the members
ef the Institute. We learn that dad= the sew=
other eminent gentlemen have volunteered their aid fa •
dinner manner, and Earl Cowley US kindly preemed UPI
watbarleatios for the meetings of the Institute, sew to w-
fatence for twelve months with Use beetneults.—Ciedignassi.