The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-15 00:00:00

THE LATE DUKE OF WELLINGTON.

In the course of the afternoon, the court, in accordance
with a notice to that effect in the paper, proceeded to con-
sider what step. should he taken in reference to the la-
mented decease of the late Duke of Wellington.
Mr. TURNIII, addressing the chairman, s dd, es the notice
on this subject hal originated with him (Mr. Pownall) he
should have been glad bad he himself undertaken to bring
it under the consideration of the court, but as he had
thought it better that he (Mr. Turner) should do so, he
had to submit the follswing resolution :—•• That for the
purpose) of testifying the respect of this court for the me-
mory of the late lamented Doke of Wellington, a committee
'be appointed to consider what steps should be taken
to procure for the magistrates of this county a place ia.the
funeral ceremonial of that illustrious hero, with power to
take such proceedings as they may think lit to carry out
that object." To say, continued the learned magistrate,
that the members of that bench were moat desirous of tes-
tifying their respect for the memory of the great and il-
lustrious man, whose loss the whole country deplored, was
but saying is other terms that they were Englishmen.
(Applause.) As Englishmen, they partook of the national
pride of doing honour to the great warrior, and deeply
participated in the national mourning occasioned by the
heavy loos the country had sustained. As to the court
marking its regard fur the great man who had departed
this life in the manner pointed out in the resolution, the
question, whether they were to take part in the funeral
ceremonial, would have to be decided ilsewhere by others,
but afortiori if the circumstance of the interment of the
departed hero in the Cathedral of Sc. Paul's gavo the City
magistrates the right to be present, and assist at the grand
ceremony, the residence of his grace m the county of
Middlesex, and moreover, the fact of his being
in the commission of the peace for that county,
constituted sufficient reason fir the magistracy to receive
the privilege, which had almost as a matter of right been
accorded to the magistrates of the City of London, and it
was to take the necessary steps to attain this end that he
asked the court to adopt the resolution he had moved.
Lord R. Gitosvanuie said the court would readily con-
ceive that in seconding the resolution, he did so with very
great sinoerity, and with the warmest desire to co-operate
with the members of the bench in taking measures to attain
the object of the motion before them. Being closely con-
nected by marriage with the illustrious hero, whose loss
had plunged the country into grief, he need scarcely sayhe
was very anxious that they should mark their respect for his
memory so as to express the deep setae they entertained of
the immortal services he bad rendered to this country.
(Applause.)
The motion was carried unanimously, and a committee
specially appointed to carry it out.
Some other business was disposed of, and the court
adjourned.

A NOVEL KIND OP Poer.—Mr. Aloseript, of the
Kelso police, on Friday last received a letter from his bro-
ther James, who sailed from Glasgow for Australia on the
18th August, the mode of transmission of which, consider-
ing the short period of its travels, is very remarkable. It
appears that when crossing the Bay of Biscay, the writer
observed that the current ran very strongly towards Ire-
land, which suggested to him the probability of a letter en-
closed in a bottle being carried towards that coast, where it
might be picked up, and forwarded by post to its destina-
tion. Ile accordingly wrote to his brother in Kelso, on the
28th of August, put the letter into a sealed bottle, and
threw it overboard, in the hope, as he expressed himself,
that it would ultimately reach Kelso; and, however extra-
ordinary it may appear, it was delivered through the post-
Aloe here on the evening of the let of October, thirty-flve
days after it was written, enclosed from one " Mr. George
Cook, chief boatman, Coast Guard Station, Keill, Dutton,
Island of Achill, Mayo, Ireland," where, Mr. Cook says, it
was picked up in a bottle on Sunday, the 25th September,
by a little boy—having reached Ireland in safety in the
short period of thirty days, after having tumbled about in
the troubled waters of the Bay of Biscay, and escaped the
numberless rocks and breakers on the rugged shores of the
sister isle.—Kelm Chronicle.

RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION IN TUSCANT.—A public
meeting was held on Tuesday, in the Musimhall,Edinburgh,
called by a requisition addressed to the Lord Provost, " for
the purpose of considering the case of the Madiais, now suffer-
ing imprisonment in Tuscany, and adopting such measures as
may seem best to secure their relief." The attendance was
numerous—the hall being nearly filled. The Lord Provost
took the char. A memorial and petition to Mr Majesty's
government, and to the Grand Duke of Tuscany, was then
adopted; and the Lord Provest was authorised to sign it
in the name of the meeting. The meeting then separated.
A meeting for • similar purpose took place at Glasgow on
the same day.
REMARKABLE OCCURRENCE.—A circumstance oc-
curred here on last Sunday, which deserves publication.
Two hones:the property of Robert Morris, Esq., of the
Low Yields, had been left the previous night to pasture
in • field contiguous to the line of railway from Chester
to Birkenhead. By some means both the horses got out
of the field and strayed on the line. About half-past five
o'clock, a.m., when the luggage train arrived near to
Hooton, one of the horses jumped clear from the line into
a field below ; the other (en excellent horse) ran on be-
fore the train all the way to Birkenhead. It must have
travelled at an incredibly rapid speed. In consequence of
the dense fog which enveloped the horse and engine at
the time, the driver of the engine did not perceive the
hone for some time, though he fancied he heard some
peculiar noise before hint. As soon as he perceived the
minent peril the horse was in, he slackened the speed
at which the engine was going, thus giving the hone •
chance for its lite, and, by a providential thought, saving,
perhaps, the whole train from destruction. The horse,
on arriving at Birkenhead, was laid hold of by a police-
man, and taken to the stable of an inn, and on examina-
tion was found to have sustained no injury beyond a few
braises about his feet. Our correspondent adds that, so
ar as he has been able to learn, no person is to blame;
wiles., indeed, it be a pointsman usually stationed near
Limekiln-lane, who, had he been at his post of duty,
could have signalled the train to stop, and thus have saved
the further abuse of the horse.—tliester Chronicle.
EASTERN UNION RAILWAT.—The directors of this
company have published a circular letter, in reply to a re-
quisition calling upon them to convene an extraordinary
general meeting of the shareholder, to consider the pro-
priety of soliciting the Eastern Counties Company to enter
into fresh traffic arrangements, and to appoint another com-
mittee to assist the directors in nuking such arrangements.
They say, after the experience the directors have had of
the recent traffic arrangements with the Eastern Counties
Company, end of the systematic evasion of every condition
beneficial to this company, they are convinced that no traffic
arrangements will be carried out fairly for the interests of
the Eastern Union Company. From the fact that the receipts
have not fallen since the termination of the agreement, the di-
rectors consider it would be highly imprudent to solicit a
renewed traffic arrangement, and prefer to wait the result
of the arbitration now pending; by means of which they
expect Ye obtain far better traffic arrangements than the
Eastern Counties have ever shown any disposition to con-
cede. These arrangements will possess this great advan-
tage, that they cannot be evaded with impunity. To call
the meeting would materially impede this arbitration. The
directors are prepared to negotiate with any company upon
fair terms, securing such a tined annual sum as will enable
them to meet their debenture interest, rents., and prefer-
ence charges; and to secure a fair dividend to shareholders.
The directors think it would be premature and injurious to
the best interests of the company, to cauply at present
with the wishes of the requisitiouists ; for, if the policy
they are now acting upon be allowed fair play, it will have
the effect of Nearing, at an early day, a Most 14.'fah?gleoili
arrangement.