The Express.
London, England, 1863-12-31 00:00:00

Cautionary Dram on all coasts this Thursday.

Worthern=Seotland. Western= Ireland. lilddie=Wales
oppoaite and adjacent nenthern=Engilsh Channel and lay
Bay. Eastern= Eastward England and Heligoland.
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B.—lktrometer corrected and reduced to 32° at halt tide level.
Each ten feet, of vertical elevation. causinz eboatone hundredth
of an inch Dninwriom ; and each ten degrees, above S', mus-
ing nearly three hundredths /NCRLILSE K.—Exposed themto-
meter In died*. D.—Difference of wet bulb (for evaporation and
dew point). W.—Wind, (Erection of 311 CL—two points l.kri of
magnetic). F.—Force (I to 12—estimated). X.—Extreme force
dote lasi report. Q.—Quarter whence TIMMS force NNE=9,
to 32=19). b.—blue sty; c.—cionds detached( ;
f.—fog; : L —lightning ( m.—misty (hazy• ; o.—overcast
(dull). r.—rain: s.—snow; t.—thunder. snow se
hall (melted), dace last report. B.—Sea disturbance J to 9'.

The period of the carnival being unusually short
this year, ealy three greed balls will be given at the Tuileries
during that season. The first will take place on the Gth
January. the mooed on the 20th, and the third on the .lrd
February. There will be a reception every Monday in the
private apartments of the Empress.
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A letter from Liege states that there has not been
for • long time put so great a demand for fire-arms in that
town. Agents from several foreign governments, parti-
cularly the Italian, are at pet-sent at LKp, pressing the
manufacturers to complete their contracts.
Accounts have been receiveil at Marseilles of
numerous shipwrecks in the Black Sea. On the night of
the 20th inst. the Italian ship Cocchino was wrecked at
Bajuklirnae, on the coast of Asia. The crew were saved,
but the ship, cargo, and even the ship's papers were all lost.
Thirteen other ships are said to have bees wrecked in the
earn* quarter.
The Paris papers mention that a huge balloon
is being constructed in Paris, to be called the Eagle, in
honour of the Emperor, with whose arms it is to be deco-
rated. Four gigantic eagles are to extend their wings over
itt vast circumference. The wings of each eagle measure :a ft.
in extent. The circular wicker car is 12 ft. io diameter.
A stove 6 ft. in diameter is placed in the mitre, which is to
heat the as by which the balloon is to be raised. Twenty
people may sit at ease in the car, which is to be attached
to the balloon by chains ad not by ropes. The seams of
the balloon are not less than 17 miles long, and 100 women
have been employed in stitching them for two months.
The balloon is to be exhibited at the Falai, de Flodustris,
but it cannot be fully inflated, as it would be twice as high
as the building.
THE ELECTOR OF HF-sSE AND HIS SON.—The
Elector of Hesse, the German journals state, lately Pro-
passed to place his son, Prince Frederick of Hamm, nods'
the control of a judicial council. The prince has addressed
• protest agßiost that measure to M. AbOe, Minister of the
Electoral House. In that document he declares that the
faults of which he is accusal must be attributed to his bad
education. He also menaces him father with certain dis.
closures of a grave character if the latter does not abandon
his project. The Elector seems to have osded to the lan.
guile of his son.—Galiyaani.
VICTOR EMMANUEL AND M. RENAN.—The Rev.
F. Munch writes to the Guardiats:—" Very great attention
has been attracted to the report that King Victor Enunauuel
had decorated Iti,nan for having written the V., .1, ;
very little attention has been paid to the denial of the report.
As the calumny has don* great mischief to the cause of the
Italian church in its present crisis, I shall be obliged to Ton
if you will insert the following extract from • letter written
to me from Florence. Dec. 16. 1563 —' The can.tryl about
the King decorating'ltenan is • pure fiction, r1:13 afraid& wiUtil
calumny. It has been formally denied in the official
journal here. This l have on the authority of
Came Hi unooni Bisorhi. himself also a mmateadatrre
of the order alleged to be given to Iti,nan. He
chanced to come in jut as your letter came. I'm
admanoara:it:ertl"iatautdputhln.etalmy:relifwbtradmAoni'inttteletkilwik:aiti:aencalluberilniey:ieict"f :ay to:
pare small and great) Coloniho and Garibaldi's* Catechism
was another specimen of this.' The allusion in this list
sentence is to a calumny spread by an unscrupulous English
periodical, with • view of blackening the character of the
patriotic and reforming party in the Italian church. It was
asserted that • bookseller, supposed to be the agent of this
party at Milan, andemployed also by the Anglo Continental
Society to dispose of their publicatioes, sold &blasphemous
and offensive catechism in which Garibaldi was likened to
the Divine Being. Oo inquiry it turned out that the book-
seller in question neither published nor was aware that be
had ever sold • copy of the catechism."
Qu MINIMS:VD EMIoRATION.—The ship Wiwi)
Consort, 2,m00 tons harden. belonging to Messrs. T. M.
Mackay awl Co.. sailed on the 2.-ith isetant front Plymouth
for Queeeslaod, t'aptain Aiteheson commander. The Prince
Consort is the 10th vessel that has sailed on the land order
system of emigration, under the immediate direction of the
Queensland government. She coutains 373 Imola divided
into paving. ioisisted, and free passengers, and onno;eties
of
151 members of families, 178 single men, and 41 stogie
females.
VINE-,TREET RAGGED SCHOOL.—OR Dixiugslav
260 children attending the above school, which is situatid
our Leatberlane, were provided with their usual Chriit.
mss ditioer of hot rout beef, potatoes, aed plum pudding.
After dinner several pieces which they bad learnt for the
occasion were sung. The decided improvement in their
behaviour and clean appearance was • subject of remark by
the visitors present, showing that the instruction of another
twelve mouths bad not been without its results.