The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-22 00:00:00

THE ARCHDIIKEMAXIbiILIA.N.

Kriawseiow Mtresus.—During the week
ending 940. 19 do •10fors Iwo boom as Mhos e—O•
'toothy, Twoday, sad Isforday (het days), epee how IS
a.m. IN 10 pas., 10,237 . Oe Weleteley. Thwidey, sod
niday (Oodootae dam oloOdos So johns NA epee
has 10 cm. till 6 p.m, 1.10. Utak 141 lbws the
•Prigild ol Ike Moms% 410119.971 :

FRANKFORT, Barr. 21.
The Europe of today uye :—" The Archduke
Maximilian has finally accepted the crown of Mexico
at all risks and peril, and even renounces his rights
and prerogatives as the nearest collateral prince to
the Austrian crown."

THZ BOMBAY MAIL.
SOUTHAMPTON, ear. PI.
The Peninsulas and Oriental Company's steamer
Delta Ilea arrived here with the heavy portion of
the above mail, 33 passengers, 1,1471. in specie,
and 1,380 packages of cargo, including raw silk
value 100,0001. sterling. She left Gibraltar on the
17th inst., and in the Bay of Biscay experienced
strong north-westerly winds, heavy squalls, and a
bigh sea.
The Federal man-of-war Constellation was at
Gibraltar.

The Ibrigantine Noah, of Sunderland, was totally
wrecked off Port Quisbesers on the 27th ult. The
sector and crew were saved.

The Italian corvettes Eugidioe and Valorma, with
cadets from the Naval School, left Gibraltar on the
17th inst., for Algiers and Tunis These reseals
bare been on a muse to the Canary lolanda, and
are now ret4trniog So Genoa.
The *arm Nne.at•battle ship Re Galantoomo,
with the sew► for the armour-clad frigate Re
D'ltalia, constructed in America, left Gibraltar on
the 17th for New York, via Madeira,
kzeissage on Loads* unaltered. .

The French journals take particular notice of the
fact that Miramon, who, we learn by the Moni2cur,
has been made by Marshal Forey generalissimo of
the native Mexican troops, who have pronounced
for the intervention, was the burglar who robbed
the English embassy of 40,0001., which was lodged
there to pay the dividend on the English loan.
The &Jck has reason to believe that this worthy,
before trying Marshal Forey, offered his services to
Juarez, but was rejected.
It is announced that the Mexican deputation
commissioned to offer the throne of their country to
the Archduke Maximilian of Austria, are going, in
the first instance—to Biarritz. That is clearly the
proper place for them.
The Bourse was weaker than on Saturday. Rente
fell 25c. for cash and 100. for account, and Mobilier
18fr. Railways continue to show very slight fluc-
tuations.

A BRANT BLOW !—The Times of to-day says :
" Mr. Mason, the (commissioner from the Confederate
States, has to-day sent to Lord Russell a notification that he
has been instructed by the Confederate government at
Mishima to withdraw from this country. Mr. Massa, it
is understood, will proceed to Paris and remain there."

A correspondent at Cracow says :—"lowers
holy was not recognised by the Russians. Mtn their
retirement it was taken up by one of the proprietors of the
district, and buried in the neighbourhood of the geld
of battle. An Englishman who made this short, se.
vele, but by so mesas decisive little campaign se an
amateur and looker-on, has not since turned up, but
be is not reported either killed or wounded. I may
here mention, for the benefit of enterprising English
travellers, that to make any such campaign as a looker-
on seems to be considers,* mistake. None of the °Seers
or nice look on, and the staff officers generally get killed.
Accordingly, an individual sight-seer is likely to Ind him-
self either in a very dangerous or a very dull politica, with-
out having the satisfaction of doing good or harm to any
or. Bat insurgent camps may be visited without much
trouble, and, sympathy apart, there are few scenes at the
present time that eould interest an Englishman in search
of novelty and excitement more than a camp of Polish in-
surgents while, on the other band, nothing is more admit.
tsgeous toithe Poles than that their detachments, after
they have rem been fairly organised, should be seen by
foreigners."
A curious incident occurred at Potsdam, at the
time of the visit of the members of the Statistical Con-
vert. Among the persons who were walking in the gar-
dens of the Palace of Sens-Sonci, was a Premien officer,
who entered into conversation with an English savant The
latter, after a time, could not avoid expressing his surprise
at finding a Prussian °Sour speak English so well. The
omosr replied that there was nothing astonishing in that
fact, as his wife ad his mother-in-law were both English.
"Might I venture to inquire the same of your mother-in-
law r sald the English savant. "Queen Vetere I" re-
plied the officer, who was no other than the Priam Royal
of Prussia. _ _ _

The accounts received from the wine-producing
district. of France state that the vineyards in several never
presented a more luxuriant appearance. The vintage corn-
eseared in the south of France under the most favourable
circumstances. The vintage has likewise aoseneneed is
the Jura, the Ale, the Rheas, the Mileoenals, sad the
Beaujolais. A similar operation will be oomniseoed is the
Gatineis, the Bordelais, the two Chareates, and the banks
of the Loire is the course of the present week. The
quality of the new wine, which it is difficult to test as yet,
will no doubt vary according to the locality, but it is
believed that the produce may be equal to that of last
year.
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CHANTILLY RAC/N.—MOM Unpropitious weather
than that which prevailed yesterday would have bees, hardly
possible. The eau at in gently during the morning mad
aradnally amassed is intensity until the tints for opening
the boatman of the day, when it conitthoced falling heavily,
sad continued throughout the afternoon, only varied from
time to time by such pelting chosen as to drive visitors
, sorer cover and bones into the forest for shelter, leaving
the enclosure and course completely deserted. As might
he expected, the somber of pleasureneekera prevent was
small. The attendance of real lovers of the sport was, hew.
ever, good, en is always the case at these noes. Though
leas courtly than Footaisebleau, less fashiosable than
Loagelwaps, ism gay thaw La Marche, sad Ism pope.
lar than Viocoones, to moraine amateurs of the
turf, this continental Newmarket, the home of me-
in In Prams, with He numerals studs and teal..
log establihmeote in the vicinity of an almost liogliat vil-
lage, will always maintain a prestige and jam= sane.
tiooe which otber rate meeting. du not enjoy. The more
isthmian*, snot of the day was the Prix de ?Sammie,
la which it was knows toed L Toooques, the famed chars•
pion of the Freoeh turf. with her new laurels feet woo at
Stockton and Bodes still frith span her, would appear.
The result was looted upon as a of moaned** ; 5 to
I had has, laid in favour of her Mooing, and if those odds
receded to 3 to 1 before the start, it was rather from fear
that, is consequence of the saturated state of the wane,
mine accidelat might befall her, than from any suppositious
that she could be beaten. Her victory did sot cost her
ore effort, sad the fact is sow wry coldest that it le melees
for thy horse ea the Frew& turf to attempt to nostood
With Ur. —ooleposesi.

Yesterday morning, Luke Charles came up on re-
mand, before the Bary magistrates, os a ...barren( murdering
his wife by drowning, at Pendleton, Salford, a February
Wt The prismer was conveyed to Bury from the New
Bailey.
Bailey. Ballard, where he has been =Aimed, by the 9 o'clock
train, a great crowd awaiting his arrival in Bury. He was
pat into a cab at Bury, and, as he was being driven into
the police-yurd, some one threw • heavy stick at blm
through the window of the cab ; the primmer, however,
was not hurt. It was fully proved that the woman taken
out of the canal was the prisoner's wife, and it was shown
that he had a strong motive for taking away her life. The
evidence on this point made up gqnits a criminal romance.
Mr. Superintaideet Milne, addrssing the beech, said—
The prisoner, Luke Charles, is charged with the wilful mur-
der of his wife by drowning, at Pendleton, in February last.
la the first place he should prove that the prisoner's wife was
murdered; them that the primmer had strong motives to
commit the murder, and had ample opportueities of commit-
ting it ; and, further, that he took means of avoiding every
suspicion, He should prove that the hod, of • women was
takes oat of the Headwater, Bottom, and Bury Canal, on
the 14th of February last, and that he would show beyond
all doubt was the body of the prisoner's wife. A man,
named Green, who was passing along the canal bank early
in the morning, would stale that he assisted in pulling some
articles of woman's attire oat of the canal, which were laid
on the bank. Amongst the articles was • night dress, •
night up, soda paper containing Id. in copper ; they were
all saturated with water. The canal was dragged, and the
body of a woman was found near the place where the
clothing was discovered, and was fiat taken to the Church
Inn, Peedletoo, then to the Eccles Workhouse, end was
interred in the cemetery. This body was exhumed on Mon-
day last, and was identified by the deceased's sister, and a
woman from Bury, as the late wife of the prisoner. A
female neighbour would state that on the afternoon previous
to the diacovery of the body in the canal, she saw the
prisoner mad his wife at their hour., and Mrs. Mules was
baking. She afterwards met the prisoner's wife is the
street, and from what paned between them the neighbour
understoood the deceased was going to see a slater living at
Pendletoo, and would be back at nine o'clock. The prisoner
was seen the same evening in plain clothes, going in the
direction of the railway station. The prisoner returned
the same night, at nine o'clock, without his wife. On his
return he ought to have paraded at the police-office, but
sent word he was sick. The surgeon to the force was sent
to visit him, and the prisoner remained on the sick list
from the 13th to the 23rd February. On the 21st February
he west over to Pendleton to see his sister-in-law, sad it
was • remarkable tact that, from first coming to England,
two years previously, until the week after his wife (Beep-
peered, he had net seen his sister-in.law. At that inter.
view hie slater-in-law proposed visiting him and has wife,
at Bury, on Simnel Sunday. A day or two before that day,
the prisoner wrote to his sister-in-law, advising her not to
come to Bury, as he could not make her com-
fortable, because his wife had gone home to see
her mother. That was the first intimation his sister-
in-law had of the demand's disappearance. The sitter-
is-law answered the letter, and at a subeequeat inter-
view insisted upon knowing where her sister was. To
her questions the prisoner only replied she was either at
Liverpool, or in Wicklow, or at Dublin. The sister-le-law
said, 'She's gone away in a troubled maid, and has taken
no clothing with her." The prisoner replied, "Oh, yes she
has ; she's taken night clothing." He should be able to
trace the • er and the deceased on their journey, and
should witnesses who would prove that they got out
at Clifton. and were seen going on to the canal bank, in
the directkin of the place where the body was found. He
would show that the prisoner had the armrest motive for
committing the murder. At • place called Ems, is Queen's
County. Ireland, there was a young woman living armed
Ellen Ford. She would tell the beech that she bad
knows the prisoner between five and six years. During
that time the prisoner had been paying his addresses
to her, and os two occasions went over to Ireland for
the purpose of marrying her. The first time was in
August, 1862. On that occasion the prisoner told her that
he had come to marry her, but he could not take her back
with him then. He should prove that the very day the
prisoner left Bary to go to Ireland, his wife (the deceased)
came to England, and arrived in Bury on the 24th of
August. TM prisoner and Ellen Ford wept to a priest to
be married, accompanied by two witnesses. The pried,
however, refused to marry them because they had not
brought a certificate from the priest in whose pariah Ford
had lived. He went over to Ireland again last month, sod
on the Bth returned, bringing Ellen Ford with him. He ob-
tained lodgings for her in Bury in two places, passing her off
first u his oonsio, and then as his sister. It was due to the
prisoner to state that be did not live with her at either of
the please as her husband. This woman left Bury and west
to Wennioreland. where she heard of the apprehension of
Lake Charles. She was brought back to Bury by the
wain. These were the facts of the case that he should
have to prove ; and he should at the conclusion of the
evidence ask the bench to commit the prisoner for trial on
the charge of wilful murder.
After a good deal of evidence had been beard the prt~.
emu was tally committed for trial on the charge of wilful
murder.

A NOTHIR CRINOLINI INQUEST. —bite yesterday
evening Mr. William Carter, the Surrey coroner, bald an
inquest in St. Thomas's Hospital on the body of Elisabeth
Halliday, sod 16, a urgent so the employ of Mr. Martins,
a poulterer, ef Camberwell-green. The evidence proved
that a few days since the deceased was copied lighting the
kitchen fire, when a large crinoline she wee wearing caused
her dress to touot. the grate. and she became encircled in
flame. She was frightfully burned over the Deck the chest,
the thighs, and other parts of the body. Ott &garde,
morniog she died. The Domeier Wring remarked upenthe
absurdity sod clamor of WTI sot girls weariog cesidirea. she
jury retuned s verdict of " Aecideatal death.
_ _

iiANORD ST ACCIDENT. —1 eaten:kr Dr. Lanka*-
, ter. the earceser for Central Middlesex, held as inquest
touching the death of Frank Williams, a lad of 14 years of
see, which bad takes place under rather curious drown.
stances. Frost evidence gives is the ease it appeared that
was a well cooducted mid isdustrioue boy, asd was
employed in Lister's works In the Hollowev.road. On Fri-
day ammo= Geed the wariness wasabout to ester a most
in which photography was carried ma, when be totted some
obstruction to opeoiu the door. He pushed the door is, sad
co looking behind it be maw Williams suspended by a jack.
towel which wee attached to the hack clone of the punk.
The lad was eutdows immediately, bat he wee quitoslead, sad
as the body was perfectly cold it was concluded that he had
been dead some hours. Arthur Stottuird, who was in the mine
emplorment as the deceased, stated that he had frequently
man the workboys twist the towel about their necks in play
for the purpose of seioging themselves round. It wee sup-
pmed that this was the way is which William had sod-
deotally hug himself. Hie feel leached the grated whoa
be was found. Mr. Taylor, t►e surgeon who bad examined
the body, stated that he had found two omitusions on the
bead and marks of a ligature rowed the neck ; the knave
was protruding sad congested, and saliva was coming from
the mouth. The Otermise said the seldome eeemaill to show
that the demoted lad bad bees smitten from the towel is
the same way as other boys in the emits had been scow
tomed to do, sad that it bad become twisted about his seek
it a *ay that rendered hlm unable to extrieate himself.
The jury found a verdict d " Amideetal Doak."