The Express.
London, England, 1853-02-24 00:00:00

DAILY WEATHER TABLE.

Tao/wear. FIIIIIIIAXY 24, 1863.
The state of the Weather at mob of the following plum
at Nine o'clock yeeterday morning. The stations are
arranged in order of latitude.
ILterutos—N.W. ; Gentle BMUS ; Overcast.
BUITIikIItTOX—W.; Gentle Breese; Overcast.
Formneroun—W. ; Gentle Breese; Overcast.
; Strong Breese ; Overcast.
01111 WICK—Calm ; Overcast.
thmoon—N.W. ; Gentle Breese; Overcast.
BWINDON—W.r• Gentle Breese ; Partially Cloudy.
Lniciarox—N.W. ; Gentle Breese ; Rain and Slut.
Camssintin—N.W. ; Gentle Breese; Cloudy.
YAJIMOUTII—N.W. ; Gentle Breese ; Overcast.
Himannan—N. ; Strong Breese ; Rain.
The returns from the following places did not reach this
Mies in time for publication yesterday; thy therefore
indicate the state of the weather on Tuesday morning at
nine o'clock :I
Yaamorrit—W. ; Gentle Brume ; Snow.
Winne—Calm; Rain.
D•BLINOTON—W.N.W. ; Strong Breese; Overcast.
Sea—N.W. ; Gentle Breese; Rain.

THIS DAY, Noox.
Opera of WWI. Mrearth et Mai. INN. ad UM Womasr.
W. Gentle Burs. Fine.

DEVONPORT DOCKYAIID.—The joiners of this
establiihment have presented to the Lords of the Admiralty
a petition, of which the following is a copy :—" To the right
honourable the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty.—
The petition of the joiners of Devonport Dockyard humbly
abeweth—That the nature of the work your petitioners are
called on to perform requires considerable skill, and a large
amount of tools which they are obliged to provide at their
own cost and which are always wearing and have to be
replaced, causing thereby an outlay of the wages of your
petitioners to which other artisans are not liable. Your
petitioners would beg to submit that the increased demand
for ship joiners in the yards not connected with the govern-
ment,and the greater amount of wages they receive, Induces
your petitioners humbly to solicit your lordships' Lind con-
sideration to the above statement, end that you will be
pleased to grant an advance of wages. And your petitioners,
will as in duty bound ever pray."

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SINGULAR ACCIDENT ON THE ICE.—Yesterday a
young man named Richard Head underwent the operation
of amputation of his left leg in Bartholomew's Hospital,
occasioned by injuries received on the ice. On Saturday
last he was skating on the ice of the reservoir at the rear of
Jack Straw's Castle, Hampstead, when a gardener to a
gentleman residing in the vicinity came thereon, having
with him a double-barrelled gun, both barrels loaded with
shot. The ice breaking, he fell in, when the gun by some
means went off, the contents lodging in both legs of the
man Head, who was carried home in a state of great agony.
He was attended by Mr. Parry, surgeon, who extracted
altogether nearly eighty shot, and Head seemed to be going
on well till Tuesday, when be was removed to the above
institution. He is now progressing favourably.
THE WRECK or THE QUEEN VICTORIA.—The
inquest on the bodies of thou drowned in this wreck was
resumed yesterday, and, after several witnesses had been
examined, was again adjourned.

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MELANCHOLY OCCURRENCE.—On the morning of
Friday last, William Brown, a shepherd in the employment
of Mr. M'Milhui, Letterflnlay, Fort William, left his home
for the purpose of driving in his sheep from the hill to the
low grounds. Shortly after his departure it began to snow,
and the wind blew from the east with great fury, whisk
continued during the whole lay—the drift was dreadful.
Night cams on without the return of the shepherd, on
which hie family pot very uneasy, and to crown their
anxiety his dogs made their appearance. On Saturday
morning the neighbours were alarmed, and a search imme-
diately commenced, which listed the whole day. Towards
sight he was was found cold and stiff, lying in a deep wreath
of snow. Brown was a quiet inoffensive man ; he was, we
believe, a native of Dumfriesshire, and has left a widow
and five yoang children.—North British Mail.

ENGLISH PRESENT TO A FRENCH CAPTAIN.—The
English go♦ernment has sent through its ambassador in
Paris a telescope, as • present to Captain David, of the
Louis Napoleon, of Bordeaux, for his humane conduct in
Dammam last towards the crew of the Lady of the West,
and* foundered to tbe westward of &illy.