The Express.
London, England, 1864-01-15 00:00:00

THB CALCUTTA CHINA, BOMBAY, AND
Buontrnus Kau:

The Peninsular and Oriental Company's steam
ship Ripon, Captain Christian, with the homy portion of
the above mail, arrived at Southampton yesterday morning
fide hes 66 passengers, 11 packages specie value 2,42 W.
16s. Bd., also 66 boxes oranges, 12 octaves wine, and 42
package' mem.

The Itipon experienced across the By of Biscay strong
plea Goa S.W. to N.W. with a heavy sea, and up
the Channel N.E. winds and thick weather. On
the 13th she exchanged signals with a steamer supposed
to be the Peninaulsr and Oriental Company's steamer Syria.
Her Majesty's ship Procris was at Gibraltar, the Resew.
Marlborough, Chanticleer, and I Rams at Malta, and the
Psyche at Alexandria.

The Bremen bark Ocean Child, bound from Liverpool to
Biannual, was in collision on the Bth Dec. with the bark
Sabra (of Liverpool), from Sunderland bound to Bombay.
The Ocean Child cook immediately after the collisioo,in
47 N., long. 11 W. The Norwegian bark Kamm Elisa-
letb, bound from Cardiff to St. ThOLL4I. sprang a leak and
was abandoned on the 4th Mt. in a sinking state in lat. 47.5
long. 13 33 ; the crew were picked up by the a►ip North
IPcle and landed at Gibraltar.

GIBRALTAR, sax. 8.
sir Moses Montehore left Gibraltar for Sail as the 6th,
her Majtety'e steam frigate Magicienne, which had been
paced at his disposal by the queen a government. Having
'emended in obtaining for the Jews in Barbary the protect-
ive inknenoe of the Christian powers of Europe, he now
proposes to complete his work by an interview with the
Salton of Morocco, in which, no doubt, be will endeavour
to obtain some asuman that the Jewish subjects of his
Bberrifian Majesty shall in future enjoy throughout his
dominions f qUALI rights and protectiti with their Mahometan
le:low-subjects,.
Sir Moses Montefiore's temporary residence in Gibraltar
has been marked b; handsome donations to the schools,
loophole, and other public chorine.. amongst which he
has distributed a sum of %Of. Sir Moses has also bestowed
3ail. for the establishmeot of a giris' school in Tangier.
Exchanges are quoted on London. 00 days' date, ;
Faris, M. 27e. ; Marseilles, sf. Se.; Genoa, sf. 30r. ; Ma-
drid, 8 days' eight, g pm. ; Cad* dto die. ; Seville,
d.; Malaga, par; Barcelona, Fm.; Almeira, par;
Valencia, par ; Alicante, par. Freights are without
Olteration.

Ltrunar EXIMMES.—During the year which
has just closed the National Lifeboat Institution has in-
curred the following expenses on either additional new
lifeboat stations, or the replacing of old boats, transporting
•eamege., and boat houses by new ones, viz. :—Benrick.oe-
T ; Filey. 2671. ; Bridlington, :1401.; Blacken/Iy,
1164; Thomism, 2U01.; HaWnp, RV.; Eastbowse, Md.;
Tdgemouth, f,74/. ; Senses, 340/. ; Bade Haven, 292/. ;
renabrey, 2034 ; Cardigan, 198/. ; Pcuthdinllamt, 273/. ;
Lytham, 513/. ; Fleetwood, 1611. ; Arklow, 2041. The so
testy bee also expended on the repairs, stores, painting,
alterations, teed inspection of its numerous lifeboats, boat
Louses, and tramportiog carriages, sod four spare lifeboat.
and rams' ges, 6,915/. 14.. ld., and 2,4411. for cothersies
aslariesand exercising the crews of its lifeboats ; lathing
altogether a total of 13.815/. 3a. 2d. The National Lifeboat
institution has also granted during the same period, 1,351/.
is., as rewards for saving by its lifeboats and ether mane.
714 ponces, from a large number of shipwrecks
on our coast. - a most satisfactory resuit, and clearly show.
ing bow much can be accomplished by the well.directedefform
which the institution has brought to beer oe this loathe
work. The institution has now 123 lifeboats under its
management. Each of these establishmeets tomb". about
&v. a year to keep it in as effective theta. .4un, the met
a complete lifeboat station is about 0110!., including ex-
pellee of lifeboat, transporting carriage, and boat-house.
The operations of the institution now extend all over the
coasts of the British Isles. To maintain sod perpetuate
these op eiatioes is • matter of earnest and constant solici-
tude to .he committee. They have iocurred a grave re-
sponsibility ; but they do not shrink from it, at,' are deter-
mined, with the continued Hering of the Almighty, and
the synipetby and liberality of the British p-ablic, to leave
no effort untried that can is any way teed to lessen the
fearful mould loss of life from shipwrecks on our shores.
THE Lou., Or LIVE ON THE EAST Coasv.—The
fund which is being raised for the relief of the widows nod
erphae* of the poor men who perished daring the great gale
of last 'meth, when rec./outing fishing operations on board
Gnat Yarmouth smacks, is steadily increasing. Yesterday
the Mayor of Yarmouth (Mr. R. Steward) received the fol-
low/Mg letter. which affords another proof of the solicitude
entertained by her Majesty for the welfare of all classes of
her sub;ecta Osborne, Jan. 11, Is64.—Sir,—The (lama
bus seen with feeling* of sincere "y'. esethy the amounts
which have appeared in the newspaper. c.f the distress and
sufferings of those poor widows and trphans whose has.
bends and fathers have perished :o tlie :ate gales. Her
Majesty bar directed me to forward you the enclosed cheque
for A 0..., to be added to the sum already collected for their
relief. The Queen would be glad that these poor widows
and orphs-us should be made aware of her Majesty's sym-
pathy slot with them in their meows, which money cannot
alleviate.—l have the honour to be. sir, your obedient
bumble servant, C. B. PHIPPS.—The Mayor of Great Yar-
=oath."

FATAL Ace wa',y.—A fatal accident happened at
Dembrawse' about halfeomile from Chacewater, on Fri- 1
day eight, to a poor girl named Mary Ann Bawden, who fell
down a shaft, now networked. She left the hoase of a
Mead °rl Friday night to go to ber lodgings, half-a-mile dis-
tant, her friend accompanying ber for about forty yards
along a pith leading to the main road. The girl Bawds.
then re ollected that she bad left her shawl behind, aed
they went back. On again getting out, &melee told the
woman that she need Dot trouble herself to come with
her. as she could find the way alone. The woman thee
cat a candle in two, and gave Bawden half to light ber
en the way. She then set out, and was not seen alive
afterwa:da. Instead of keeping in the path. she appease
to have strayed to the left, sod walked into so unused
mine sindl, which ts on that side level with the surround-
ing gmmsd. The candle probably dazzled her eyes. The
sight was yen dark indeed, and deceased bad never been
se the-. road before. The poor girl was not missed until
MoadAy morning. when it was found that she bad not
reached her lodgings ; and a search was instituted by the
police. rapnels were obtained, and the shaft searched.
Pardons of deceased's haw and of the lining of her skirt
were fraud adhering to the sides of the abaft ; and .boat
bell way down the print of one of ber bands was sees ie the
soft clay. On Tuesday the grapnels obtained a hold of the
body, slipped again ; and only her bonnet came up. Os
Wednesday four miners went down, but no to the time at
which fair report left (12.30 p.m.) the, holy had not been
breieght ip. The shaft is 80 fathoms feet) deep, and
contains 30 feet of water. Within a circuit of half a mile
from the shaft where this poor girl was killed, ten or
twehm shafts lie open to the roads and paths, with watch
the neighbourhood abonods.— Wm( ra Norway Nes-a.
Ca tr.UR OT DYZRACDING Ixi-VRANCE CO3IPANIES.
—At th public office, Birmingham, yesterday, before Mr.
liymeersley. stipendiary, two young men, named Edward
Beaten and Thotuaa Lowdoo, were o:. .aged with conspiracy
and freadolently obtaining certain sums of mooev from the
Liverpool and Locdoe and the Westminster Fire-offices.
Mr. Himphreys. of Leedom, appeared far the prosecution
aad Matteram, of the Oxford circuit, and Mr. C. B.
liemeedy, of the Midland Circuit, appeared for the accused.
The prisoners formerly carried on Lnainess in High-street,
Birmingham, as drapers, and at the end cf 1662 effected an
issumeo with the Westminster office for I,GOOI. on their
stock, .1;0f. on furniture, and 23'. mu fixtures • and in the
Livereemi and London foe 1,3001. on their stock. Oa the
16th January, 1363, a fire occurred on their premises,
which, with the whole of the stock, were totally
destroyed. A few days afterwards thee sent in a
claim ior 2,973 i. 124.94. to the two offices. ao d Mr. Mitchell,
of Man:baster, was sent to arrange the claim on behalf of
the %woollens, which was effected by the payment of 2,5001.
It was now contended on the part of the oil der that the par-
tienlare of the claim lent in by the aceu,rd included a sum
of 411(.17a fist., said to be the value of g rods from
Messrs. Davis, of London, whereas the accused had not re-
waived any goods from that firm, and an overeriarge of 10uf.
in their transaction with Messrs. Morley end Green, of
Landon. Mr. Smart, of Birmingham. agent to the Liver-
pool pod London office, and Mr. Mitchell o ere exsmined at
great length. and tie case was adjourn° I till Monday.
CUBA VINZ C.,l7o.a.—The following letter has
been received by the Jamaica Cotton Company's agent in
JamaLw :—" Dear Sir.—At the requeet of the Jamaica
I 'etton Company of Loudon, and by instruction from Earl
Matadi, I have at last obtained, and now transmit to you
by this steamer, vii St. Thomas. as per inclosed bill of
lediag, a each mocked •(WTj U, Janiaka,' containing a
quintal IluOlbs.) of emcee sine seed of this island.—
recia.o, dear sir. yours very truly (Signed) Joan V.
CIA* quo, Vice-Consul. British Consulate.Geoeral,
Havana, December 7, 1863." The spat at Jamaica
Into as follows :--'• We have bad three days fine hot sus.
We have picked some 601bs. of Sea Island mama on Wilson
Piece, from two acres, that the toads left us. It is a beau-
tiful piece, sod I expect it will glee nearly two bales before
it has done beerier. I shall send samples by next mail, and
*iv) son.e from Ornoge-bill, where we bare planted 62 acres.
The cotze fields oa the three estates are much improved
the lea-. sae weeks, and nearly recovered from the effects of
the last severe weather."

OSTNTAL PALLOL 07CE SHILIJNO DAY. —•
TEMP: JAN. I.4.—Adadrion. on psym•Qt, 1,494 ; ditto
by iftwols Whom 143 : total. 2,1 V.
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dvertisenient.J -- HOLLOWAY'S PILL"' En-
I rcistenee —This 'medicine embraces every attribute
restdrui in • goners' and domestic remedy, It otertunia the
foundation of disease 1.1.1 by defective food and impure air. In
eketrastimm or congestions of the liver. hum's. bowels, or any
etlhar mums these pills an immecially s rvictable and eminently
ascriaidul They should be kept In resale's Ia every family ae
they ere a medicine r idlest a fault fur young persons and thaw
of feeble umertitntiorm They nveur cause pain or Irritate the
writ sensitive nerves or most reciter Isar's. Holloway. Pill.
are V:e gal known ',Oilers of the hitud aril the best promoters
eisraorptism andviernstlon, which remove all poisonous and oh-
mmehats partasiee from both Salida and Saida