The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-28 00:00:00

THE CORPRDRRATS WAR STEAMER AT
CALM.

A letter received this morning at Lloyds', from
their spat at Calais, stake that the Oonfedertg we:
dawns, Rapgehansock, which ran into that port on Thom
day bet, proves to be her Majesty's steam sloop Victor,
which was sold, along with three other. mar steamers, As
Shasesses or Chatham a few weeks autos. The Custom.
hoops authorities at Wale have received iIIAIRCUOUB from
the Free& germ meat not to offer the slightest opp:cities
to the oompletion of the Rappahannock, and that cergiii
Campbell, the commander, could leave the port whenever
he felt disposed.

The Victor is upwards of 1,000 tons Inuthen, and het
engines are 300-hone power. She is built of wood, 444
from her water-lines seeresd to be a feat sailer.

The other three English wsr dawn= are reported to la
fitting oat in the atv or at ilthearneee for Confident.
privateers.

MELANCHOLY SUICIDE OF A SERVANT 0114
AT BOW.

INQUEBT.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning, at 11 o'clock, Mr. H. &files
Waltbew, deputy coroner, bald as inquiry at the Thies
=ow, respecting tie minds at a young woman vaunt
Walker, aped 17
Mrs. Amelia Walker, (s=rgeintalist, Hasanion, mid Um
bar daughter bad boa in service with Mr. Ruling, s
Retreat, flomarters, for six weeks. Wieser sag ba,
&vibes, about • fortnight before she latt
place. Ohs was a pod tempered moral girl. 84
nsmr threatened to destroy bawl(. When winos
saw bar elm was very lumpy
_sad ia good spirit& Three
weelesafterwards Weems called all her master's, sod tome
that ails had boss discharged Woe dare Wen. Mr. Radin
had (media bar hers sea egg sad two pow of jaw. Who the
girl maw ta the jam pits ad the egg were laid vital!:
table, aad bar meant paid bar sad mat her away.
behaved tint ths sight al the jam pots and the egg ou tha
table before her master gam her such a tare that She vest
straight and eooneitted Nuked& Witness had ben servant
to Mr. Earting's modem
Mr. Jams !darling said that the deceased was a my
good-tompersd and wellnonductad girl, bat latterly there
WY NOM to doubt her honesty. The petals sad ths
candles appeared to be short, and the tea also. E_y wi-
dget Mts. Hurling found the jam in her box. Winer
this spoke to bar, and said that it RIM not the value of the
things but this act that he would discharge her for, and he
her. She did not lay one word, sad witinn over
that as would destroy herself. She let, sal
witness timed weal home. Witness of course mold
not swear that obi had taken anything but the thin'' is
ths box. Hs never mired money or anything of
value. It tamed out that the girl was is gnat
dread of her parson—the father would take et
his belt sod strap Issr—and ohs feared to go bone,
and tell them what happened. If witness had known that,
the girl should cortaloly never have left his home. It wee
a mums of peat grief to him that sea should have isft kir
bows and drowned herself.
Ms mother admitted that the poor girl WA chided
with severity whenever she was in fault.
J. Nisholk, loakassaa, found the body he the waters of
Ducksat's Canal on Tuesday morning. Her warm were
in her pocket. Metter was foetid on her, of which she had
apparently destroyed the adding which was written as it
to provost her friends being traced or discovered.
Dr. 0. E. GSM= said that dammed had died haw
&mak&
The Oaruser having summed up,
The jury rsiamad a verdict of Build, while is a data
of =mad Egad."

WZATHZR RIPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

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SUNDAY. ON TIM MONDAY.
&E. tl S.W., moderate NOUN-FAIT.
&E. to W., bug,
to fresh, generally generally Brae
due.
E.S.E. to 8.8. W., mo- vizir comm. B.E. to 8 W., fresh to
derate to drool, strong, some rein.
moose rain in place.
N.E. to N.E. and ISOCITICOANS. E. to & and 8.W.,
fresh, gene. fresh.
rally fine.
E. to S., moderate to 1100Ti.Eggr. EA& to B 8 W.. tresh,
fresh, line. generally doe.
Norths-EastmCsithnese to Lincoln. West... Dowel to Cow
Sonth.English Manual sad Biscay Hay Costae. South.
Esst.,-Strait cd Dom to lincoinaldrs sad fledigolaad.

Mr. Stand.ld, ILP., visited the works of the
Thames Ship Bedding Oempany on Maeday and on Wed-
nesday, with the view of sinking bine& thoroughly ac-
quainted with the manage ia which the books et that
thriving company are kept, "so that he may be enablid,.
says the Army and Navy Om:We, " to make • ocenprion
between the system which prevails in our large merceatile
yards, and that which, to the cost of the public, bee ex.
isted far so many years in the royal doeicyardee
At the anniversary meeting of the Royal Society,
announced fur Monday next, Cleaeral Sabine, the prodded,
will deliver the manual address sod give away the meek
At the meeting of the Rugby and Donchurch
Agricultural Association, a letter was read from Mr.
Spooner, IL P., announcing that, from his advanced mgr sad
increasing infirmities, be intended to resign him oast fix
North Warwickshire, and recommending the Hos. C. L.
Butler as his emcee nor. Mr. Butler, at a subsequest
pe-
riod, addressed the meeting.
At the close of the proceedings before the
Crawley oonn.martial yesterday--Surgoos Turnbull or
musing under examination the whole day—the marl
adjourned to Monday.
Slionanto Winona Ar RUNColl:l.—Yesterday an
Inquest was held at Runcorn on the body of a youth,
between seventeen sod eighteen years of age (urn* un-
known), which had been found in one of the locks ci
the Bridgewater Caned, under circumanoces which can
no doubt that • horrible murder has bean committal.
Evidence having been given as to the tiding of the
body by a " lock tenter," Mr. 8. W. Battenoo, surgeon,
dewed that he bad made a post-mortem examinant
of the body. Externally be foetid two noised wounds ;
carotidoost at the angle of jaw, dividing the internal
artery and the jugular vain, and the other a flesh
wound of no importertes. He believed that the wounds,
from their Aping appearance, had been inflicted diariag
life, and probably with a knife. The onocipal one would
be suMcient to cause death in a few minutes. Both
verse were completely cut across, and the lower lobs of
the ear was cut away. On opening the chest he found
the lungs perfectly healthy and full of air. The riPt
one was diseased, and had been for a long time. Ths
heart wee healthy, and contained a moderate quantity of
blood. Coosideriag the state of the lungs, asd the
nature of the wound, he thought the deceased bad
hese stabbed before being in the water. The appearances
were not such as would have been presented if death had
resulted from drowning. He could not form toy sperm.
mate opinion of the length of time that had elapsed nee
death took place. The principal wound was about an inch
deep. The inquest was adjourned, to allow the police
soaks further inquiries. The deceased is behoved to hoe
belonged toe vessel which was in port two or three weeks
ego, when he had a quarrel with the awing' or mate about
Ingee—Meacherter °earthen.
oiwirophA I.lJlreauT.l.CluitASTuiical
placeo iLheuen.AT.Ae,
wmhelereariacmiliolyt
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destroyed
luaatic asylom of Mootreuilbensour-Laon has be
by fire, tad six of its inmates burnt to death.
AThz.olgtaibblethwinuenta
ywoosangfuilmanofablzat
25 rmiof boiled
.04 whosoree-
was timidly kept in a separate cell and with a straight wart.
coat on. On the day before the fire he was visited by 40168
of his relatives, who requested the director to release him
from that confinement, and as he thee smeared more tram
quit, it was done. The following morning he by some moo
or other got possession of a chemical match, sod at
night set fire to hi. bed, which was noon burnt, tad
the fire afterwards caught the woodwork, with which
all the cells of the violent lunatics are hoed, old
out burnt through the ceiling to the floor above Otte
gotta* vent, the dames rapidly extended right and left.
sod spread alarm throughout the place. The beepers and
others then rushed to the different mils to got out the in-
mates, which was • work of great difficulty, as main of them
were strapped down to their beds, aid line they were ern
free they had ho be carried out by mein foros. The ark
erns at length accomplished, and the guanines and ahem
IMO congratulating themselves that no lives had been
lei
whoa, on making mother round among the cells, they fond
that six of the women had rushed back unobserved into the
flames, where they met a horrible death. As for tie mad-
man who had caused the catastrophe. he was afterwatda
found running about in the garden, singing sad aPrelen"
highly delighted with what he had done.