The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-29 00:00:00

friend and admirer of DUClellan, Las already twi

refused to take his place, is popular with the army,
and is noted for his dash. But how he will hear
the burden now imposed on him, it is, after all that
has occurred, useless to speculate.
As to the operations in the field, we are on,.
again on the tiptoe of expectation. The gap, in
the Blue Ridge, which were seized by 31•ClelLn
his advance, have been reoccupied by the 044..1
rates, thus leaving it in their power to 1„,,;r
through them on our flank, or rear, if they ar.,
the other side in force. But are they ti t.. i!,
force 1 This is the question, and on this polo-. !i,-
reports are conflicting. One statement, awl ...1,.
one most generally credited, is, that Jai:ksol.
still there with a considerable force utak!
command, although the main body
Lee has retired rapidly on Gordonsville.
Burnside shares this belief I have reason to kw
and a council of war is to be held at his
quarters to-day, at which General Halleck i. t., Is
present, to determine upon the future plan of
rations. It will most probably result in maklng
Fredericksburg and Ac quis Creek the base, a, this
would threaten Gordonsville fully as effectively a,
the present one, and at the saute time remove tl.•
danger of a repetition of Jackson's
through the gaps, such as he made 011 ti..
unfortunate Pope. The army has never
in better condition or in greater force. T!,.•
iron plated fleet is nearly all afloat now, :tat
General Banks is organising a force, mainly 11.141,
up of Massachusetts troops, the destination
which is given out to be Texas, but which I am led
to believe is really Charleston and Savannah.
The combined attack can hardly fail, and if
so, nothing but some tremendous disaster to
Burnside's force can prevent the Coufede-
rate cause from wearing a very blue aspect on
the Eastern coast. In the West, Roseucran.:
has relieved Nashville, and is about to take
' the field at the head of a large force.
- He was to have been opposed to Johnson, a iceman
. worthy of his steel, but the bad health of the latter
has compelled his retirement, and his place is taken
by Bragg, of whom nothing need be feared, and not
much is expected even at the South. The rivets
r have all risen, and the gunboats are again beginning
l to move, so, unless lam greatly mistaken, those of
you who have been flattering yourselves the war
was over, will have your patience sorely tried
during the winter months.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

SATURDAY. Novut sia 29, II Lit.

LIL D. W. 11. E.IC. I L 14.' L 1 S.
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ti Amur .. 29.81 41 2 ELF.. 13.461 0 - I _ 2
Snaps= ... 251.90 4 1 &ILE. '7 13 • 8 o -I 5
Linz
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Au...30634i 19.71 41 1 B.E. 3.6 . 6 0 S ,0.36 2
Poinsona
Lalwar - , ; 2
VA 1.1141211
4CIU6IBTOWI . 19.6.1 37,2 N.W. 2 a 1 2 b -;—' 2
/Ibl.l MUD 51.71 4111 E. 26 1 3 c 2 0.10
b3rIIIIFOOL
Pl3llllOlll 29.66 1 8.5.. 4 6+ S, b 9 091 1
• Pommies
r 1.11100221 - 29.67 1 E. 696 C -—,4
Jusei
WICYIIoW2II 29.68 41 1 W.E. 14 ! 0 91 as -1— ! 4
PosTaxwmill 331. 2 E. :SIT, 41 4 o.lb 3
DOT= 29.68 1 9.0 W. 13 ;29.0- I— 2
LONDON 20.29 4 a E.S.E. •2'3 1 9, 0 -,—' -
1
YAimourei . . 29.74 2 E. 168 6' a -1— ' S
193Lasozociai. ?...1.84 44 2 D.R.W. , 3 6 8 1 0 - 4
8=44.94 .
fillaGowirD 30.0640 1 S.E. i 7 3171 o -1—.4

PZOBAILL

SUNDAY. NONDAT.
LW. to X., Own W Iloonixv. W. to N. and N.Y.,
modrraie. modenta
W.N.W. to N.N.E. Igni..aan. W.N.W. to N.N.I.
strong to fresh. fre,l, unsettled.
W. to N., fresh, un- W. Currial.. Ai neat above.

W.S.W. to N.N.W.. 11.W.Ensworn, N.W. to S.W., tresb,
strong, rainy. showers.
S.W. to N.W., fresh, ILL ENOLLI .N D. N.W. to W.f.s.W.,
unsettled. fresh, showery.
W.S.W. to N. N.W., Z. Mast W.N. W. to N.E.. fresh
fresh, showers. unsettled.

A Paris letter says :—" Madame Fremolini is
singing marvellously this season, having in a great maim
recovered her voice, and all the world knows as an actor
she is, perhaps, the most accomplished now living. We
ought not to forget our own country people in matters
musical. Mr. Charles &sham has been singing with great
emcees in a concert given by the famous old violin player,
M. °cry."
" Would you see dainty elegance united with
,salter(," writes M. Berlioz, "nature to grace—the
Goddess of Yonth, Robe, in person'.—go to the Italian
Theatre on the nights of Mdlle. Patti's performances?'
The Gazette 'Marinate writes in the same admiring mid
euthusiestio strain of the new Amine, whose present sums
seems to be as great in Paris es it has been in Londe*.
THE SULTAN'R TOOTH-AcHE.—The French pro*
verb, " qui no d /a chaise peel as place," has had a tome
what amusingly literal fulfilment during the week at Dolma:
baktche. On Sunday the fluLan was afflicted by an attack
of severe tooth.ache, end a messenger was acoordisgly
despatched to summon M. Roux, has Majesty's dentist,
for the treatment of the imperial; molar. The Whim.
able tooth-doctor. however, was nut to be found ; be bad
gone it /a chaste; and though mounted mersengers
beat him up for nearly three hours rouod al/
the " coven" from Blankly to far beyond Meslak, h yin
nowhere to be found. Chamberlains of high and low de
gree were at their wits' end, when the happy re:olio:the
struck somebody that there was an keight of the for.
oeps—unknown indeed to fame, but still profeseing the sit
and mystery of toothdrawing—in a garret opposite Galan-
Serai. Afcrim / off went a mounted messenger for the
man of science. and without time given him to make hii
neglected ablutions, or borrow an unragged mutout, the lar
wildered operator was whisked away to the palace. trgenti
however, as was the need of his services, it was found
necessary to subject him to a process of toilet before he
could be ushered into the suffering presence. This us
done as rapidly es half a dozen valets could perform
and in a few minutes the offending grinder was extracted
fortunately without damage to the imperial jaw.
The
operation over, his Majesty questioned Mr. Z— as to
his personal belongings, and finding that bad luck and shat
commons had been his lot for years past, resolved at axe to
force 'ortune into better humour on his behalf. withoo
hypercritical curiosity as to diplomas or other profcsimul
vouchers, be at once named him special dentist to himeeffe
with a estise7 of 1,600 p. a month, an immediate cadent erne
150 liras and au excellent house at Ortekeni.—Lerast
Berald, Nov. 19.
DEATH or Mots Martsrou.—With deep regret
we have to record the death, on the 17th inst., of Mrs.
Oliver Summers!, who was professionally_ known to the
public ma Miss Fanny Marston. The deoeuelthe
eldest surviving daughter of thou esteemed performers, 11/.
and Mrs. Henry Marston, who have thus experienced
another painful bereavement in their family. Pretasturell
called away in the midst of her youth from • wide circle
of friends, to whom she was endeared by her amiable
qualities, her death will be most deeply felt by these.
who have the best reason to know the lateen".
nature of the loss they have sustained. Mise
eranta
originally appeared at Sadler's Wells, whet aorta
management of Messrs. Phel sod Greenwood, whets
talents became rapidly recognised. For the last obse yeare
des
she was attached to the Olympia company, her ladylike
portmeat and agreeable style of acting readmit!' her 019°'
mineat favourite with the public. About the time of este'
dog oa this
Mr. Oliver Summers, the s3lwiasellßanto-knownn vocalist,becsule the
volt
the other members of her family, attended her with sffse ,
tionste solicitude through the rapid stages of that crm
disease, censure Mimi, which has hen deprived weiety of ad
of its most esteemed members and the stage of se of Os
fairest ornaments.—bra.
EMPLOYMENT OF LANCASHIRE STINNES:, 5
DRAMAOII WORZEL—Mr. .1. Bailey Denton says that 461
radially but little difficulty in employing the !bk"
bodied spin l
oss in works of lend improvement. "le drowle
it is essential that skilled labourers should finish -. that is
bottom the underthnins, but the upper cutting 1:32 be
by any heads ande-(the control of a good fOrenuin of you.
and when wet lands belong to townie for life, the "iel
facilities for borrowing money for works of drairisde_,,
madnatiemsn_c_hf
orasthaerep.b 'net; aim% n tliyf
sts, the
borrowed capital, and thereby effect the improverooT
whole-ee-e
their estates when exercising kindness towards the sn'27;
The imointe to be guarded modest are the emploporie
weakly men, who would suffer greatly from coustot
and the raising the price of
meet of wages to unskilled hands than the sc.,er,
value of ther work would command. But all this cr.
be provided against by a little organiwitioo. The fote.7o
would only charge the work of drainage with the 'Z.
of the labour done ; the balance, if any, should be psid
agricultural 'Moue by the
the general funds which the country has subsenbetl-
bythmoo, am,
making these remarks I keg to say that they have bee ow;
forth by the feet that at this moment I am earretog
:deem I have explained for Mi. Tollemathe, the uleeilivz
Cheshire, whose benevolent feelings have led him pen. !.%
to employ the General Lad Drainage Compsay T,
is his YoUram estate. On Wednesday I had the Fiero,
of meeting Mr. Wailers, the inspector of drainage
behalf of the government, and, with his esecurreece,
mewed the work."