The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-29 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

According to the st. Petersburg Gazette the number
of sick in the hospitals of that city on the 22nd
August was 2,764. During the course of the day
231 sick were admitted ; 194 patients left cured.
The number of deaths was 69. There remain 2,732
under treatment.

THE VISIT OF THE FRENCH FLEET TO
PORTSMOUTH.

(now OUR OWV omtanerosnrier.)
PORTSMOUTH. Amon 28.
The preparations in anticipation of the festivities
which begin to-morrow continue with ceaseless
activity, and, so far as appearances indicate, the
result will be an ample compensation for the labour
bestowed on them. Much remains to be done to
complete the arrangements for the civic entertain-
ment, and it would seem to require an almost su-
perhuman effort to complete them by Thursday
next. The decorations of the Governor's Green
will be on a most extensive scale, and the moat will
be made of the resources which the committee have
at their command. The external decorations will
include a magnificent triumphal arch at the Grand
Parade entrance of the Green, and the latter will
be lined with flag poles forming three aides of a
squadron, and supporting what may, perhaps, be
described as festoons of gas jets, the top of each
pole being ornamented with a parti-coloured ban-
neret.
In anticipation of the military display on South-
sea common, on Friday next, a rehearsal
brigade of the troops took place to-day
under the command in chief of Lieutenaut-
General Sir George Buller, K.C.B. The troops
include all the regiments in garrison and neigh-
bourhood—via., the Royal Engineers, Ist battalion
of the 14th, the 52nd, 87th, the 6th brigade of gar-
rison artillery, the " G" battery, 9th brigade Royal
Artillery, from Hilsea ; the Royal Marine Artil-
lery, from Fort Cumberland ; Royal Marine Light
Infantry, from Forton ; 81st Regiment, from Gos-
port ; and a detachment of the 75th Regiment.
The troops were divided into three brigades, the
first commanded by Colonel Paynter, C. 8., 12th
brigade Royal Artillery ; the second by Colonel
Reuny, 81st Regiment ; and the third by Colonel
Commandant Tate, of the Royal Marine Artillery.
The evolutions performed were of the ordinary
kind incidental to a review.
The gunboats in the first division of the steam
reserve were also brought out of harbour, and put
through a series of movements by the Commander-
in-Chief, Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.B.
These vessels will, we understand, take a part in
the demonstration on Friday, and they include the
Trinculo, Minstrel, Stork, Fancy, Earnest, Phea-
sant, Charger, Foam, Leveret, Hind, Hunter, &c.
Sir Michael Seymour was on board the Fire Queen
steam yacht, Staff Commander Paul.
The British Channel squadron has already taken
up its assigned position in the following order, be-
ginning at the easternmost vessel :—Edgar, Hector,
Defence, Black Prince, Prince Consort, Liverpool,
and Royal Sovereign.
To-morrow morning, at en early hour, the Pigmy,
steam-vessel, will leave Portsmouth harbour, and
steam out beyond the east end of the Isle of Wight,
having on board several masters in the royal navy,
who will be transferred to the ships of the French
squadron, for the purpose of piloting them up to
their assigned positions at Spithesd.
The weather has been threatening to-day, with
occasional showers, and at the present time the
clouds are lowering, with a south-west wind.

DEATH Or JUDOS HALIBURION.—We regret to
mimics the death of the Has. &edge Halibertat o• &to-
day, at his residence. Gordon House, leleworth. This
celebrated writer was born io British North America, and
at the time of his decease was GS years of age. Ile was
best known by his literary name of " Sam Slick," by
which be achieved great reputation. In 1835 be furnished
to a weekly review as Halifax a wows of very amusing
letten, in which the portnitare of Autericrn manners
formed an ioexbaustible subject. Subsequently they
were rep?blished at New York, under the bile
of the ' Closkruaker." It is • satirical history, full
of broad humour, lively' sallies, and laughable sketches.
The hero, Sam Slick, is • thoroughbred Yankee, bold,
cunning. and. above all, a merehast—in short, a sort of
Republican Peaurge. In 1842 Mr. Halibuttaa was ap-
pointed • judge in British North America, and on his
retirement from that position came to this coautry, where
he took up his perrnaaent residence, sad entered the House
of Commons as member for Launcisston. He attached him-
self to the conservative party, and was a mutant attendant
I. the home ; but seldom spoke, probably la consequence
of the 'lateral weakness of his voice, which prevented his
being distinct!y beard. The state of his heath induced
him to retire from the House of Commons at the close of Despatchee were received yesterday at the
the lea parliament. Colonial-office front the governors of Cassels, Nova Scot's,
SUPPOSED LOSS OF THE PiNINSEILAN. AND CHIEN- New Brsim,kik, Prince Edward's mead, Bermuda, add
TAL SUAREZ CORSA, WITH ALL HANDL—Yesterday • ,"
~to.
witornunieatioe, dated Hong-Kong, the 11th July, was re- ''
ceived from China relative to the missing
sth
ally The HOD. F. Lygon, M.P. for West Worenter-
steamer Corm, which it is feared foundered, with all on shire, will, it is stated, be one of the whippers-in of the
board, daring a fearful typhoon. The writer, the coot- conservative party in the new parliament, us the place of
paey's agent at Hoeg Koos, rays :—" It is with the utmost Mr. Henry Whitmore. who has lost Ms seat for Bridviorth.
sorrow that I have to inform you that the eompane's A MISSIONARY Cu ayttutev. —.The Bishop of
steamer Corea is missing and that the greatest fears are Labuse has appointed the Rev. C. W. Hawkies, of St.
entertained of her having perished io a typhoon which She Augustine's College, Canterbury, to be • missimary t 1 the
is knows to have encountered on the eight of the 29th alt. gibayso Drag, settled on the river Merdasg. a haunch of
She was dispatched from this pert in the twee leg of the the river Sarawak. The Siberia' ore Ono broach of Oh., groat
29th, set 6 o'clock, on the usual east coast voyage to trite of Sea Dysks who
Urfa = someyearsem,e ago were so troublesome
Swatow, Amoy, sad Foo-ehow. For some days previous to the commerce of the
the heat had been very intense, the barometer inclined to Paorosan Raw EsOl.lllX Mumma —An
be low, and the weather had the insettiel appearanos energetic isprw is about to be mail, to the aosss to snow
which is so common here at this Maaoo of the year ; still advantage to he taken of the present vacancy in the chief
there was no striking indication of immediate bad weather, ecclesiastical office connected with the **Hewitte chinch of
Soutbwell to create a sow episcopal see, to he formed
and at the moment of leaving Captain Bird expressed his
belief that, if it should blow at all, it would be nothiN
more than a monsoon breeze. This was at 6 o'clock, a mainly out of the present extensive diocese of Linoolo.
Convocation has more than once recommesded the Web-
the suddeeeess with which the storm burst on the coast lishment of the sew bishopric, and it is known that the
may be gathered from the report of a steamer called the whole of the episcopal bench ie to favour et it. The welkin,
of Wool° has expressed his willingness to give up part of
Oritiansme, which left this only two boors before the Cores.
and narrowly romped foundering, loving been more hit di0c,..., with the pg......... ~...L...... 44, it, 10 iii,...
than awe on her beam ends, and with her fires extin- Bishop of Boothwou, if i'ce•-arr.7rom;:, ma be
speedily
visited, and several feet of water in her hold and eagles- offectod.
room" The managing directors have received telegrams TuE REPORTED ACCTDMWT TO A CLERGYMAN AT
front Hong Kong op to the 31st July.
was known of the Cores. The following is a list of the
Nothing fun"' GREAT Owes Hasa.—The Birmingham' Daily Past, re.
that as almost fatol accident had occurred to the Bev. J.
officers who were oa beard :—Captain J. W. D. Bird, coax. ionise In a Porserslih which has some the round, stating
maoder • Mr. J. M. Guy. chief officer ; Mr. J. D. Muir. .. . _, umiand.o,
says
that a. . . . ion
tetteTvPs aan
aelialf 811000 d Officer • Mr. Riehaselsom thud officer ; Mr. " rlnTa. "!
etoweed.; Mr. John Forme, chief eagineer ; Mr. R. K. . o. Bieyolio_otoein teat pp mob seeideet as
---
An Ostend letter has the following !—" Thewhere the rev. gestlemin has for some time been residing
W. Young. fourth' officer ; Mr. H. Mapplebta. bead officially r""Ted br the obis{ •••slwbil• 01 ffitylletrY—
darken • Mr. IL Campbell, fourth engiseer • as aura° of "
that described bed occurred. The rev. gentleman we hear,
Katintghdis tib,elocoß7ilgtasst dist "shwa nattstb improve,° fiif rommosehis
"raddamorieme °jog nrrd:IMI."'"""Iroo. C. A.lfordn'e, boloormlermawater6oo. Her ores
rwegisetivezbereciaad
has shies bees gen in North Wales, alive and perfectly
every day. That circumstanceleads the people of Ostend 200 horsepower. well.
THB ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVOL—The Times of Indian
to hope that the King's stay among them will be pro- THE WEATHER AND THE Rear mgr.—Tim weather
of July 12, girie the following from Aden, July 2 : "The
longed."
Abd-el-Kader left Paris on Saturday for Am- has again been broken and unsettled during the week.
Abyssinian 'Moles is in stuns quo at Massoweh, drawing its
Some Ortnnnaly heavy ad seakieg rain' had fallen, aad
extrapay__,an...d doing_. ....nothing. The primers ass said to be
Deis
M. Thouvenel, recently nominated Grand Re• Wednesday was a miserable day, tie wet commg dew*
almost without intermission from morning till night. The In good °"'‘.7.,'"wre '" 'agora: 'mat& cwilekliY• This
I speaks 7111‘
endurance.tb ed mate
ir thaairzttarehouse,:ead Tea;
result has been greatly to interrupt the completion of the
ferendavy of the French Saabs in the place of the late 11"°°°°. A g°°° dal of mid thief ha been done, 2° far as riZote as that of Mr. Hamm resethieg Coada."
I regards the door of the genie left out, and reports are rife i
Marquis d'Hautpoul, has arrived at the Luxembourg. I Revhilleo BasitisrEas.—The revision of the lists
to to sprouted wheat sod barley. A few days a coatirited
A communication from Spa states that Nubar- , fine weather woad gable the harvest in this district to I of voters will commesos next moo* sad will be 000eladod
Paha has strived there from Peril, with the intention of be completed ; indeed but for the rate of the pest week !by the end of °stator. By • recent aert (28th Victoria,
*latuday night would doubting have dosed our harvest I me. 16) mama alterations have been made. No court is to
passing •a fortnight. throughout by far the greatest portion of the smith coast, ; be holden by • remain berrister for the revision of the
MINORIAL Or THE TAM Duna OF NRWCASTLIL-- , We are sorry to sum up with • rather unfavourable a. lists of • county before the 20th 01 September in say year.
A memorial window to the lat• Duke a Newwistl• bla i mate of the grant cora. The wheat' have unquestiemblydis. I The foliowieg new regulate* will take efface in the east
been mooted ie the parish dearth of Burford. sear Nolan- . appointed the expectations of the great majority of our for- I reviiioe :—" Section 16. It Doll be lawful for any revising
hare, a church In which his grass took • Seer lutenist It mnrs, the most proreisieg crops having admittedly fall= tee , barrister, whether revising the lists of a county, city, or
is to he unveiled with much ceremony on Thursday, the , short of the estimates mode. Freon the worn
readdep I borough. to order an* person to be removed from his coact
31st MA. white • sermon will b• resched by the Rub. I as from reliable quarters we hen that the psis seeps. , who shall isterrupt the beldame of the court, se refuse to
Henry Mackenzie. M.A., vicar of Tydd Ilit. Mary. aod sub- , Whether wheat, barley, or oats. mud ell be t dam ea obey hie lawful order' in respect of the same • and it shall
dem of Lincoln Cathedral. formerly view of St. Mortis's- below a good average, the two letter y. The Tr ,be the duty of the chief constable, commissioner, cc chief
in•the-Fiekis, Louden. After the aaranknay them will be ports as to bans and peas are aarinna and anadietia% hat , officer of police of Die county, city. borough, or plan in
• public lunchees. which a large number of the poetry ai we believe they may be said oe the whole to have tarsed ! which the court is bald, to take care that an officer of
the eashbourbd have promised to attend. ; out as well as expected. 01 nears" the raise during slis , Polio, do attend that court daring its 'Mills for the
Tax LAT' SiSR JOSEPH PAXTON. —lt haa been de- fiat two mouths have proved the " making "of the tau* papas of keeping order Manna, and to Germ into offset
aided to erect • sweetmeat in Coventry to the memory al and *Yam root mope, wkilre they have also does weeders , any order of the a•Tialifir hamster ".... af'wwwkl-•
the late Sir Joseph Paste.. who ter 10 yen repnessted in reviving. the pastures and grew lands. On gnat eon- I SAD OMNIBUS AOCIDMIT AT tttacuamair.—A very
the eity is Narliagnent. The gift amass for this mosseneet Oast sew is the difficulty (owing to the cattle murrain) of serious cesnibuis aciablest Is reported from the teighbour-
is the Coventry Cemetery, which was designed by ffir persisting animals le food se the grass now growlag ma hood of Skafkbann• It is stated that the °llmibas, which
lase* sad laid out seder his sultarintsodeses. The pro- lazurganiy. Frees the lisp dist/ism the meow& are left Blaekbura at • late boor es datardsy eight, wee over-
noon at the sievemeet ere the late amber's patted highly satitiantory. The bop erep a 1866 prowl,. to be tfries, wed before it had pose a mile the spokes of cab of
Meads, mho, however. hen iselted the torn, se es- both sheadan sad of esessally Ass quality. Picking is the whim& pave way, and a lore Imam of the onesegen
overall with emu le rerfline owl-that abject. rand* son general, and all that nimaime ho be desired is the wire- ;wen throws to the grotto& No fewer than VS person
them that Sir Joseph Pasha's *Taiga ea the animal raped tisanes of faireurable weather to entre the mop is dee were hart, of whom two are nil to be la • pewearion pm.
far ella•MlOdnd his positioa and his work as a pasty rah- fionditios—for is that no weed nay tip top quality is dish" and the smear parties al the reer ham re-
tidos. implied.—Sasscr Adverneer. calved very snore injuries. . .

(arum's TZLZGRAM.)