The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-02 00:00:00

RATOIDIf.

2COrrit gerrAOV.--AV.S.W. to
N. N.W tradi to 14cht.
pttAxo.—Similar, One gene-
rally, with Lltowrrit.
CISITHAL—W.S.W. LO N.N.W.,

moderate. flue.
E. C0e...T.—5.8.W. to N.W.,
mnierate to light, fine.
8. EIGLAND.—W. to N., aweie-
Tate, a few showers.

M. Mirs has reappeared in the columns of the
Paris newspapers. He has addressed • letter to his eredi-
tors, informing them that he intends working in order to 1,1.,*
pay his debts. Ho hopes, he says, that the trifle of six It,
millions will come in from a littio bit of business with
is
Turkey. It is with this object that he intends setting out et,
forthwith for Constantinople. to
et.
A commission, consisting of a Prussian naval et,
captain, • shipbuilder, and an engineer, has been appointed 5
to proceed to England to collect information with respect
to the construction and advantages of iron-plated ship. 11a.
If sufficient knowledge of the subject is not to be obtained t
there, the commission will extend its journey to France ifs.
and America. ie.
The Courrier die Hoer. says :—"Everyone is me
aware of the advantage; which the English navy has for a :1‘
long time past derived from the meteorological observe- la
time made at tho English Admiralty by Admiral Fits- lit
roy for indicating the temperature, and more par. ait
titularly the wining of storms two days in advance by tau
telegraphic signals in the ports on the coast. This kind of
motional prognostication, so useful to sailors and to agricul- ti
turista, iii founded on a theory confirmed by long cape. I?
Aimee, and admitted by the most learned meteorologists. ie
We now learn that M. Cellos, director of the Observatory
of Havre, is taking active measures to make similar °bier-
trill ..1;:
ns, which be will communicate to England, whence he ft.
will receive others in return, and publish them every day. tik
By that mesas he will enable his fellow-citizens to partied- It
pate in the benefit of the discovery while waiting until M. ,t
Coulvier Gravier shall be able, by the establishment of ob- je
nervatoriee on different meteorological points, to extend
the observations made in Paris, and which will enable him 1.4.
to prognosticate still longer beforehand how the weather is it
likely to be." el
The Scotia, the newest, and it in believed the it
fastest? mail steamer IR the world; is at Itmgthadveroiessi so 4.
St.
I.lke out the moil to America. She will leave Queenstown to
ea the 11th lush, for New York. it.
st.
According to the census of 1860 there were A.
259,078 free negroes in the slave states of America, and :
as
222,745 in the free states. el
On account of the high price of cotton, the Fe-
dead post-office department is having the letter bags made t 1
of hemp. The manufacture of hemp has been brought to 'l4
great perfection in the Federal States. al.
et.
A JUVENILE JACK SILEPPARD.-011 Wednesday dt
sftensooc, • boy, named Wm. Reece, ten yeas of age, was at,
appreheoiled by a Salford policeman, on • charge of breaking Ilk
into a van en the railway and steeling • scarf. The lad was Et.
at first locked up in one of the cells, bathe cried so violently 01.
Ant he was taken out and locked in the watch Office. Thi
is • room on the 'same level as the cells where the police-
men assemble prior to going on duty. There are two
windows to the place, through one of which the light 08.
comes beneath a grating in the street. The other window le-
is protecte.l with iron bars, which are from six to seven 10
inches apart. The boy does not seem to have been at
with m
contented with his new quarters; so, arming himself with "i
• poker, he determined to escape. He climbed up to s)
the iron-barred window and wriggled himself through ;
thence he got on to a cistern, and afterwards dropped from toe
&height of about eight feet on to the stone steps. At the 10
top of the steps he came to the door, and with the poker
in ke he !
commenced hammering at the lock. The poker Moles 6"
the operation, and the police on duty in the office, bearing ao
the noise, discovered what their little prisoner was about. as
Yesterday morning he was brought before the magistrates,
and ordered to be whipped for the theft be committed. *
The little fellow was stripped by main force, and fastened 14
up, and then his cries penetrated to the chamber where the is
Salford Town Council was sitting ; so a messenger was sent, es
and the whipping was postponed until the meeting was con- to
eluded. Afterwards he was whipped, and delivered to his 14
father, who stated that the lad was an incorrigible young 111
rogue."—Manchester Examiner.
A DESPERADO.—The convict Huet wan two days is
back brought up forexamination for the motile,. of two fellow- ID
convicts in the prison of Toulon. His savage temper has not *
forsaken him for a moment. Oa appearing he refused to
answer any questions, and rudely remarked—"l want so 114
words, no useless verbiage, and, above all, no writings. I e
have killed two rowels who called me a spy, and I knew 4
well beforehand what would be the coasequencee. So do el
not keep me waiting, and especially do not go anti dispute 10
over • fact which is evident, calling on me to reply to a 00
ridiculous examination." The murderer was taken back to
as
prison, and remains handcuffed and loaded with double
chains, • guard being zinced over him day and night.
CAPTUEE OF • TORTOISE.—A singular capture, 3
that of a young living tortoise, in our cliffs brook, took !!
place on Tuesday last, by • eon of Mr. House, gardener to
Archdeacon Bonney. Ile was fishing with a bow net, and
at first thought it wall a crayfish. There have been seen
several tortoises, and their appearance is accounted for in
this way. Loot summer • huge tortoise left a garden "".-
adjoining the mill-dam, hence the young ones. Is it not 100
strange they should live through the winter in our waters?
It is alive. and now in the possession of Dr. Bonney.—
lee
Stamford Mercury.
Flag AT DIVIZKI.—The meet destructive fire
that has occurred in Devizes within our memory broke out
early on Monday morning last, in the Heider, and de- ifjo
Worts', before it could be got under, no less than four s
houses—the shop known for the last fifty years as " Hook's
Confectionery Shop," latterly occupied by Mr. Bedding Se
(Miss Hook's successor), and the shops on either side of it, 110
occupied by Mr. Morris, as a ready-made clothes ware- air
house ; by Mr. Guy, the watchmaker ; and by Mr. Jones, leo
as a fancy basket, brush, and trinket shop, being now up
reduced to • heap of ruins.—Devizes Gazette. tie
A meeliseval key has just been dug up on the 100
site of the once famous priory of St. Denys, close to the ro
Portswood Station of the South Western Railway: It is is.
a bronze key, about two inches long. the stem is sold, and le
tapers towards the end, the wards forming • letter H. 10
The inner periphery of the handle ring projects near the S.
stem, which is characteristic of ancient keys. This key It no :t
doubt belonged to a small box or secret:aim. us
is covered with a thin coat of verdigris, which no
has prevented corrosion. The door-keys found among la
the ruins of St. Denys, being of non, are much lee
corroded with rust. Mr. Skelton, the architect, who UK
t.
purchased the ruins, carefully preserves the relies. A
few rusty keys, borne fragments of mosaic pavement, and a IL
few mutilated stone coffins, are almost all that is left of the at.
splendid priory. The coffins some years ago were cleared ee
of the bones and skulls of priors and monks, and used as
hogs' troughs by a neighbouring farmer. SO
ILLEGAL Pisan:G.—Yesterday at the petty
sessions at Upton-on-Severn, Worceetershire, William and
John Mann, father and sou, fishermen on the Severn be- eV..
tween Upton and Tewkesbury, were convicted, at the 10
instance of the Severn Fisheries Protection Association, of 10
fishing for salmon in the Severn with • net the meshes of ~
which were of less dimensions than eight inches in circum-
ference, and were fined in the penalty of 2/. 10s., with
It. Its. costs. The men were seen to take a salmon of
about 141 b., and on tbe policeman proceeding to seize the
net they endeavoured to capsize the boat, telling the
officer that they did not mind drowning him, as they could

swim.
A HAIR-BRRADTH Cese.—The Civil Tribunal of
Villefranche (RhOne) bas jail given a decision of some
interest to sportsmen. The case came before the tribunal
in the form of an appeal from a judgment of the juge-de-
pail of Tarare, relative to the possession of a hare. During
the last winter the dogs of • sportsmen named Morel had
been following a hare for three bows, and must have
caught it in • few minutes, when it was suddeuly snapped
up by Gadherd dog belonging to • farmer
named who •t once took possession of
the animal, and refused to give it up to Morel a few
minutes afterwards. A quarrel ensued, and the matter
was ultimately brought before the juge•de-pain of Terve, I
who decided in favour of Godard. Morel appealed, and
demanded that Godard should be condemned to pay him
6fr., the value of the hare. After bearing counel, the
tribunal annulled the judgment of the juse-de-paix, and
condemned Godard to pay Morel 6f r. for the hare, on the
ground that a beast of chase, when so run down that it
cannot escape, fairly belongs to the person in pursuit, •ot
Callllo=terepristed by another party who accidentally
gets of it.
Czysrai. num. Orts Sarti.nto
THURSDAY, MAT I.—AdMiSSOns OS payment, 7,071 ;
ditto by smolt tikets, 890—total, 7,961.