The Express.
London, England, 1863-08-03 00:00:00

THB "FEMALE BLONDIN" DISASTER.

The following correspondence is published in the
Daily Poe :
Whitehall, July 29, 186.3.
Gentlemeo,—l am directed by Secretary Sir George Grey
to inform you that a memorial, very numerously sign;
bee been addreseed to him on the subject of the dcath of
the unfortunate woman who was killed in contequeoce of
the breaking of the rope on which she was performing at •
ffte rcosntly given iu Aston Park ; and I am to express
Sir George Grey's hope that, after this melancholy ocerv.
tense, you will not allow a repetition of such dangerous
performances to the perk.
ain, gentlemen, your obedient servant,
11. WI ixxGrox.
The Directors of Aston Park, Birmingham.

Birmingham, August 1, 1863.
Sir' —1 have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 29th ultimo, informing the directors of
the Aston Hall and Park Company that Sir George Grey
has received a memorial very numerously signed, addressed
to him on the subject of the death of the unfortunate
woman who wu killed in coaiequence of the breaking of
the rope on which she was performing at a fete racially
given in Anton Park, and you express Sir George Grey's
hope that, after this melancholy occurrence, the manage-,
will not allow a repetition of such dangerous performances
in the park.
I am requested by the managers to say that they concur
in the sentiments contained io the memorial referred to.

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The manager, have endeavoured, sa far u possible, to
provide healthful recreation and instruction for the people.
On the melancholy oeusion referred to, the managers bud
let the park for a charitable purpose, and omitted to reserve
to themselves any right to control the performauces.
(Signed)
WILLIAM Lucy, Chairman to the Company.
H. Waddington, Esq., Whitehall, London.

" We learn from Coburg," says the Pru.ssian
Moniteur, "that the Prince and Prineess Royal of Prussia
are to arrive on August 15th at Tallemourg, to peas some
time with the Queen of England."
"The Duke of Malakoff,"says tbeConstitutionne/,
" who recently arrived io Paris from Algeria, has Ramo up
his residence at the palace of St. Cloud, with the Duchess,
and will remain there during his two months' leave of
absence."

The Courrier dit Dintanche hears from Athens that
the siogle Russian ship of war which was in the Pirwua
has received orders to loin the squadron in the Baltic, and
that, in oonsequeeoe, the Russian detachment of Marines
which guarded the bank of Athens, conjointly with French
and English forces, bas been withdrawn.
A violent fire has just devastated a part of the
chateau of Hornowitz (Austrian 13ohemia), belonging to the
Elector of Hesse. The prince had bees for some weeks
residing on the property, and directed in person the opera-
tions of those engaged io getting the fire under.
Bunforaic or TASMANIA. —The Right Rev. Dr.
Francis Russell Nixon, who is now in England on leave of '
absence from his diocese, will formally ramp the Bishopric
of Tasmania ea the 19th inst. The gross income of the see
is 1,4001. a year-1,0001. derived from oolooial funds aid
4001. from the Colonial Bishoprics Fund io London. The
diocese includes Van Diemen 's land and Norfolk Island,
with an extent of 27,000 square miles arid a population of
about 80,000. It contains about 70 clergy.
Damao EXPLOIT BY • SRA NAN. —On Friday a
party of gallon, ohms from one of the vessels of the Channel
fleet, visited the Scott monument in Edinburgh. On felleb-
mg the upper balcony, which is about 20 feet below the
pinnacle, one of their number volunteered to climb to the
top. By the aid of the carved niches which decorate the
Emil stage of this gothic pyramid, the daring fellow climbed
up to the very apex, on which he stood erect, threw out his
legs, pirouetted round, and waved his cap, giving three
cheers. The unparalleled feat was beheld by hundreds of
spectators in Princes-street with the utmost astonishment
and most painful alarm. The great altitude (about 15111.)
and the slight and precarious footing the seaman had, me-
dared the exploit actually frightful to witness, for every
moment he seemed likely to fall headloag on the buttresses
of the structure. As he came down. • shipmate, challenged
by the scones of his fellow, also began to climb ; but a
repetition of the perilous feat was prevented by the keeper
of the monument, who had hastened up.
GALLANT Riscus FROM DROWNING DT • LADY.
—We do not remember an instance of the medal of the
Royal Humane Society being presented to a woman for
rescuing from drowning one of heir own sex. But women
are, no doubt, as courageous as men—in some circum-
stances, such as in sickness, far more so ; but it is no:
often they have the opportunity of distinguishing them-
selves so as to command public recognition. A case of that
kind, bag, however been brought under our notice by a
St, lye's correspondent. On Monday morning last amongst
the ladies who bathed in the sea at Porsminster beach—
one of the fine sand y bombes of the West Cornwall ooast—
was a young lady who then made the attempt for the first
time, and who, being of a venturesome disposition, and un-
aware of the run of the water, presently found herself in
daoger, lost her footing, and was being carried out to sea.
She commenced calling out, "Save me, save me !" The
lipped was not made is vain, for another young lady. Nide
Venning, hastened to the rescue. At much personal risk,
and after a desperate 'trouts, she gallantly succeeded is
bringing to the shore the senseless lady. Happily, the
young lady soon revived, and is now doing well. This is a
case worthy the attention of the Humane Society.—Waterti
Morning Proms,