The Express.
London, England, 1862-12-01 00:00:00

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811ZSDAY.
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&rate. •
N.l3.ty, to N.N.W.,
troth to moderate.

S,W. to N.W., mode-
N.W. to N.E., mode-

rate. fine.
N.N.W.- to E.N.E,

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moderate.
N.W. to N.E., mode-
rste, 4oe.
Aa next above.

B.S.E to W.S.W., fresh. ILE. ICNOLitto.
to moderate.
LS. X. to N. N. W., fresh E. OUR .
to moderate. Hoe.

Zisterly, moderate.

The Minister of the Interior in France having
called upon the prefects of departments to give their opinion
as to the expediency of limiting the shooting season to the
lit of January, io consequence of the soucity of game, has
received an answer to the following agent ;--:Tbe destruc-
tion of game is not canoed by the regularly licensed sport:-
mon. It is caused by an organised system of poaching which
is placed at the service of great culinary eetablishmeots in
Paris. Shooting by licensed sportsmen is not destructive
except fora few days at the onnresecement of the season.
On the oontrary, it proteins the game, by ineltieg the birds
wild and 3ifficult oY ippiosch to poachers. The limiting of
the period of shooting would, mensomr, diminish the num-
ber el licenses, and thus reduce the revenue.
Ma. MensaY.—There is no foundation for the
detriments which h►ve appeared in several of the public
prints relative to Mr. Mamey's illness sad intended resigna-
tion of the chairmarship of ways and inesne—Timer.
PUNISHMENT AND REFORMATION OF CRIMINALS.

—ilia Emily FaithfUll lug just issued from the Victoria
Press, in anticipation of the publication of the Transactions
of the National Amociation for Promoting Social ficieoce,

the .papers on Punishment and Reformation of Criminals,
read it the last congress of that body. The collection in-
cludiii four Papers by Sir Joshua Jebb, one by Sir Walter
Crofton, one by the Rev. W. L. Clay, one by Mae Car
pester, and about ten others.
WARRHOURTMEN AND CLERK'S 601100L8.—On
Saturday the anniversary festival of this irwtitution was
celebrated at the London Tavern ; the Duke of Cambridge
in the chair. About 240 prawns sat down to dinner. The
subscriptions aimouncad amounted to 1.500 guineas.
VICTOR litloo ON THE GREAT FRRECH PUTZLI.

Such, then, is the way in which it plows our neighbours to
write the history of Waterloo. It manses them, and
deem% hurt as. The theme is for them lire an indeter-
minate equation, or si charade written about nothing, and
which coommasatly admit. of an infinity of solutions. The
objection to this method of treatment is that mey be turned
against the inventors. A German writer, forinatanoe, might
compose in his fashion an entirely new Tendon of Marengo.
It might begin by asserting that, if the peasant who con-
ducted Napoleon over the St. Bernard had only pushed him
into • atavism of the mountain, there would have been no
battle at all, which would be indisputable ; and not only no
battle, but no consulate, no empire, no Austerlitz, no
Waterloo, and the history of the century would have been
quite different. He might thee state that Destiny was
getting alarmed at the'progress of the Anstrians in Italy,
d the downfall Ted
and therefore- of Moles, who com-
manded them ; • might represent the hostile power as
giving signs of die ensure, varied of comae, for the sake of
avoiding too close imitation; thus, instead of rain and mod,
there might be • hailstorm and • sharp frost ; instead of
muttering, thunder, we might have the whistling of an
easterly wind ; and a derisive wink might be substituted for
the frown that was seen in the depths of heaven. Next the
features of the battle-field might be brought into play : a
great maoy of the Austrians were actually checked and
destroyed by a rivulet, the Footazione • the singular pheno-
menon of • rivulet existing on • batisfield might be de-
scanted on, tied, to increase the ominous effect of the cir-
cumstance, it might be mentioned that an old woman had
been drowned in it one dark night in the year 1037. Bona-
parte might be slightly alluded to as a second-rate general,
the real antagonist being Destiny ; aod • it might ha *hewn
how, by pushing him into the Po and Sachet into the Gulf
of Genoa, whorl), knows what might have happened ; but '
that oertaiply Lonato, Castiglione, and Arcola would have
beau aveneed. and the man of Marengo would have blotted'
out Rivoli. Lastly, to complete the details of the picture,
some thrilling inehisate might be introduced : Dania might
be killed in single combat by an Aintree fifer, and •
Parisian musician might be represented as seated amidst the
mete* with something corresponding to a pibroch under his
arm (say the Merseillaise), his melancholy. eye full of the
reflection of the Place de Grays and the ruins of thsEastille.
and thinking in his dying moments of theloc de Boulogne
or the Champ de Venus. Such a course is manifestly open
to the opposite party ; but the execution of the idea would
create a terrible commotion in France ; besides, impartial
people might prefer the real facts ; and on many accounts
we think it will be better to Jet the French enjoy the dis-
tinction of being the only nation that write their history in
this way.—Blaciavood's Afagaztee for December.
CHEAP 000KERY.—MX. John Fender has opened
in Manchester, entirely at his own expense, an exceed-
ingly useful institution, known as the Gaythorn Cooking
Depot and Dining-rooms. The place bee been opened
specially for the working "Lases, but visitors are in-
vited, the desire being to make it • model for the *sta.
blishrueut of similar kitchens in other parts of the city.
The food provided is both good and cheap, and it will
be dispensed. at cost pries. The rooms have been fitted
up with very great care for the comfort and convenience of
the working classes who wish for • good and cheap meal.
One room is intended to be converted into a kitchen for dis-
pensing free rations, awl to be called the "Finch-street
Kitchen." The other rooms are now fitted up fur cooking
and dining-rooms, and for the accommodation of the attend-
ante of the room. The principal room will seat 300 at a
time, and arrangements will admit of providing three times
that number with three meals during she day. The break-
fast boon are between 8 and 10 a.m. ; dinner mu be had
from noon till 3 o'clock ; and tea is provided from 4 o'olock
sill Bin the evening. On Friday the astonishing number of
1,200 persons, mostly working men, were served with din-
ner' between 12 and 2 o'clock, at the rooms. The charge
for the refreshments, all of a wholesome and substantial
character, is moderate. A cap of milk may be had for •
halfpenny ; and a bowl of porridge, • cup of coffee, • cup of
tea, and bread and butter, each for one peppy. For dinner
there ia supplied a bowl of broth, a howl of soup, plate of
'potatoes, bread and cheese, the charge for each being one
loony ; for ed. • plate of cold beef may be had. At tea •
cup of coffee or tea is provided for a penny, and bread and
butter may he had at the same price. A reading-room,
furnished with daily papers and useful and entertaining pe-
eiodicabi, is free to those who have used the diming-rooms.
UNSEA:4O.NABLE SALMON.—On Friday last, before
the borough magistrates of Newcastle, George Rocket was
prosecuted under the 14th section of the 24th and 23th
Victoria, cap. 109. Sergeant Robert Spence, of the North-
umberland county constabulary. said that at half-past 3
o'clock in the afternoon of the 20th of November he went
to the Trafalgar goods station of the North-Eastern Rail-
way. His attention was directed to three boxes. He
opened one of the boxes, and found in it salmon in an un-
clean state. He found tome ova in the fish. The boxes
were addressed to "Messrs. F. Friend and Co., Custom-
house and Shipping Aienta, for Mr. Dillattre, W. T., to
be delivered with speed. A few of the salmon were in •
putrid state. William Soaks, agent to the North-Eastern
Railway Company, stated that he was in the good' Within
on the 20th ult. when the defendant came there. He said
he had reason to expect that salmon would be brought to
the station about the 20th of she month. He was in the
goods station on that day when the boxes taken poitamaion
of by the police were brought, and was told they contained
bacon. The boxes were opened the same night in the pre-
sence of witness, and were found to be filled with salmon.
On the consignment there was " 7cwt. Ogre., from William
Thompson." The rate for fish was 31. Bd., for bacon la. Gd.
per cwt. The magistrates imposed • fine of 10s. for each
gosh, or 541. in all, with the alternative of three months'
imprisonment.
An important addition to the business institu-
tions of Cornwall has just been made by the opening of •
Mining Exams"? at °embank*.
An influential meeting of the conaerrators of the
Sze was hoiden in Exeter on Friday, when it was deter-
mined to apply the act for the preservation of salmon
fisheries to that river, with the belief that it would, before
loag, become 'gains salmon river.
The Sandyford 'Place affair has (says the
Abertletes Herald) so preyed upon the mind of Mrs. deck, a
sister of Mn. M•locidan, residing to Inverness, that she
has become insane.

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