The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-02 00:00:00

TO TII IMMO OT TAR W.

Sir,—This winter has been the most severe since
1838. The depositions ed mew wore pester tire is fay
former whiter slue reibleeliceme were eemmseed ire hi
1836. The dein, depth. and wrathy et ester from melted
mow were as Mews :
Depth of &Pc When melted. •
!J. la• Inches.
_ _ _

1964. Die. 17 owl 18 0 17#
1866. Jaa. 2 O- ..... ... 0.29 •
Jan. 26 tad 27 1 7
Jug. 19 and 30 0 &
„ Feb. 16 0 6
Fob. 19 sad 20 0 &
„
„ Fa. 7.1 0 it

S 91 3.r7
On the average every 12 inches d mow i■ depth mien
about one inch of water. Timm were intmeuve I.ll§ ri sew
in mad Tarte it the Miami Orendies, the West of Fag.
land, Wales, and ifoodand. We bad a minimum tempera-
ture of 17 deg. in December. 9 deg. 5 sec. in January, and
17 deg. oil two ocesaiens in Fahreary.
The fallowing table gives the mean temperature of the •
sit oddest wish= mime 1888:

COMM WT =II MINTT•ITINE TZARS.
The pee& average of the three months ending Feb. 28
is about 37.7 clog.
1837-38.... Dee. Jew. Feb. Yaa, 34 deg.
184041.... Dee. Jrnis. Feb. Masa, 38.2 deg.
181448.... Dee. Jet.. Feb. Mean, 31.2 deg.
1881.55.... Dec. Jas. Feb. Mesa, 36.3 deg.
MM....... Dee. Jim. Feb. Wm; 35.3 416.
. Deo. Jas. Feb. NEIL UMW
It will te mesa by the alms that we roust go husk b Pa •
to Ind • winter which • :seeded in mean NM the one just
aimed. Ia the three meths aiding 28th February the
resdiap (taken at 8 a.m. daily n 44 macular whim the
minimum register was below 32 S.ln the
Zaof the cold winter 188041 were =sr rdert
below freezing point. Besides the frost, taldag into
account the doorman falls al mow, the MKS hes bees, ca
the whole, the severest tines 1838.-1 am, &0.,
Birmingham, March THOMAS L. PLANT, IL

RIPRISMITATION OF RAsinoA.—The liberal

party in the lic;;Ogitof Bend& have @sleeted Mr. Itlchael
Wills, of Foley-heaps, Pertioadillses, Load's, to fight
their battle at ehp oast geeptal Meetioa, sad have is.
pounced that "No tther ram hoe se yet heal placed in
caajzometiou with ye. tir. Will. slates that if returned
to perlismeat he Chill support reform is the sallied ex-
efleteasyle its &Waive foams, =Mad= of the
sad of civil and religious liberty, sad freedom of
commerse. Mr. A. Pooh* Is named as a candidate to the
couservatim iaterast.

RIIII3BIOMATION OF PERTH/MIER —We have
good sutherity for stating that, owing fo the date of his
health, Mr. Stirling of Bear, oar present representative in
parties:mat, doss are tread to solicit the votes of the electors
of Perthshire. We uadsrstand also that the county is
likely to be contested by the Hon. A. Kendra on the libe-
ral side, and Mr. Smythe of Mother oa the conservative..-.
Oriel Adorer:T.
GARIBALDI Burnam —I hear Garibaldi suffers .
• species al mild and &Madly persecution from the
of corlain visitors at Carom who have cot ontroai.lred
apes the wend, which might be courteous, bat who stop
with him.. They seem to have pirmaneatly installed them-
selves neon the 'dead. The genera@ good-nature prevents
him ereplatring of this intrusion upon his privacy. I doubt •
whether he would temp lain if he was crow of the brad
himself. I erandst if there is any we, at riespootfoßy sag-
wring to these perpetual visitors that Maddalena, or even
• more &dant abort, would feel oresiosally honoured by
their preseam—Newamffe Daily Chronicle.
C•imatm. Wiuwaa's BoooassoiL—The appoint-
meat of • successor to Cardinal Wiseman, it is
will be sodded in about three weeks' time at th.4=lll
-
but there is little doer that the Papal choice will fall Oft
ether Dr. Grant. of Southwark; Dr. Clifford, of Oleosd, x .
'or Dr. Ullathorne, of Birmingham. It is understood that
Measliest Talbot, the Pops's eissenberialn, raid probably
have bad the option of the mentalist, bat that it is los
wish to remain at Rama, is psteral dreamer on the
Pope, until his Hollner's death, or (what may happen
dm) his removal from hams.—Searire.
AOCIDINT AT COTINT-GIAIaDENIRTATILZ.—.•
Oa Tuesday ovesisg. deny' the performer of the pea- -
toutime at the Royal Italian Opera Howe, a shocking
sesideat took pier, width has reaulted fa the death of Mr.
Jobs Walton, forma" of the stip carports. It appmtr
that during the representation ed the transformed', scene
emend patios of the stags are creed, to admit of the
machinery being hoisted from the cellars below; sad whilst,
at the close of the sore, Mr. Walton was reamed ia
rendering assistance to clear the stage, he missed hie foot-
ing, and fell into the cellar beneath., a depth of 27 feet.
He wee taken out insensible bed coosermid to Chung-mem
Hospital, whine he expired at 3 o'clock yesterday mornieg
tram the effects of the severe iajuries he received.
SIIDDRIF DZATR or AN AMINE. —A melan-
choly death has jest Gemmed et Marseilles. Mdlle.
Fischer, n soles at the Grad Theatre, wee to have per-
formed the part of Gilbert in Marie de Mancini, but
the failed to appear at the opining of the theatre, and the
director, atter again to the LA moment, was obliged to
announce that theperformance could not take plans • the
mosey was returned to the audience, mad the thrift
dash Some of the company thou went to Mdlle. '
Fe char's redraw to Lora the imam of her armee, and
the door of her apartroset having been forced open, 11110
wee found lying lifeline half dreaded oe her bed ; her hands
@latched the sheet with each fares that they could with
difficulty be opened. The waterloos** young lady is
supposed to have died from cerebral emegestiou. The last
time she had bees see alive wee two days before.
How //foram? wow ma Wawa. The following
anoodote Ireland is thaffmoires gun Afeisiciou—"Kosan
and Haydn being eta peaty. the farmer laid • weir of six
bottles of champagnewith the latter that he would not play
at sight • piece of mirk which he (Mewl) would competes.
Haydn monad the chards, and Mond speedily wrote
down a few notes and promoted them to Haydn, who, hav-
ing played • prelude, exclaimed, ' How do you think I can
play that ? My heads stn
at each eetremity of the piano.
and there is at the 'saes time • note in the middle.' ' Doss
that stop you! said Mount. ' Well, you shall me.' On
oomiag to the diMealt nessage, Mozart, without rope*,
struck the not* in the middle of the pane with his are, sad
averyoos burst laughing. What made the act more ridi-
culous was that Heyde lad a gat nom, while Mozart's was '
• loog eta Hayda therefore paid for the smarm el his
naaal protuberance six bottles of champagne."
A FANCY BALL BY • FRENCH MINISTER. —No-
thing could be more widest thaa the henry ball=
the night before last (Monday) by the Minister of
arid she Marquis. de Cbeeeeloup-Laubat. Although the
preceding fir had hews splendid it was surmises& by
this word rms. The lady of the house, I. an eastern drum
of the richest deemption and wising a argadoeut coronet
of diamonds, did the brows of the arming with admir-
able grace. The Emperor and Empress were meant s
dominoes, as were Prins Napoleon sad the Prioress
Clothilde, the latter in white sad wearing a beautiful
shawl of point d'Anglderre, her hair powdered, and
ornamented with dimmed', sad the prince in a Voostian
mantle, The PIOWOO. Alias Mont ware • dark deem silk
and gold, with a prised at the side and diamonds in the
hair ; the Prisms Hanka as • Queen of Sheba ; Madame
Pak, Night ; Madame Osaka', a Greek giri of Smyrna ; the
Marquise d'Aligre, • Rainbow ; Maine. Qum oi
Hearts ; the MASK. Vuitry, Red Riding Hood and •
Parr Girl ; the Barmen de Leavy, a soubrette of
Louis XV.'s tines ; and Nadas. &razz°, Diana hunting.
Bat it would be an midisan task to numerate all
the splendid costumes of a company composed
of the most beautif al worms sad the highest
dignitaries in the Flee& lager'. Two surprises added to
the attraction of the evinung or was the appearance of .
• charming procenelea of young girls belonging to some of
the last families of Paris, and representing pupils of the
navy. They metered to the sowed of military music, and
were escorted by others attired as sailors. Mills. Alice
Piled bearing the seandard of the banshee ; the eared
wee • cortege of Cochin Chimes magnificently . aster,
escorting • ear. oa which reposed Mdms. Bartholony,
splendidly attired. The Me wee from the commeeremeat •
most animated. Baptise wee Emma at 2, but doming we.
afterwards resumed with additioesispint. Conameaciag at
10 at night, the ball lasted .stn half-past 5 the sect morn-
A Fanaoa Grim= Baer.—A dreadful drama
has rat bra enacted in the barracks at Tulle. As Major
Vintner., of the 23rd of the Lioe, was at 9 in the monied
mates along s corridor, be wee delibeesedy shot by the
Corona Mane, Tito boll want through the earth heap,
and death wee almost lastantaneous. Marie then went to
his ow" room, closed the door, and reloads' the pima,
plead ft coder his din aid blew bin brains out. The
news of this terrible wet radioed the meat rigid is.
premed= throughout the town. Major Veneerer wee •
young cider the bad seen service in the Crimea and in
and wee doeseuted with several codece. Mark bad
boos degraded for raireeduet, sod be thought that the
major was the author of his punishment.
In numberless instances of Chronic Bronchitis
and Make Oonah Dr. do Jonah's Light-Brows Cod LIM Oil
has bees see with extraordinary snorer B. Champottilloa,
theme endorse to the Reepttal of Vol de Grace, records
ilfameet edetrisse in mesa aU drank atteoLloas
et the reep=moraarts." Nyeotr seneV eraitesecias& tas the
wheel olow
larne" --mg• cosy is segsa bottles, ta et. ea M.. aLriad,
trridiroaWs moor
eaddtrodeth-v(Advattli Amer,
ellnindi Harfordoradeo., 77, Strand.
reds%

IFEBOALT SERVICE& —Duriug the donna
A./ .. v./ 7... met, she boots of the National Lifeboat
laelltation owed alperisons from different wrecks on our coasts.
The lastttntion bag also expended Z 19,631 14c Id. in the same
rWOip: lb Lifeboat establiabonesda, in additioa to growths/
an rewards for saving 618 shipwrecked mums by its
wad east weans. The Committee of the lretitalloo
tame* APPEAL to the pubdc for ASAISTANCT, to enema
these to nest We continued heavy demand/ on the Inaidtntlon's
jog Weit2eawshibilahmesta..

-Zootribistlons are received by Mears. WWi wad Co.. Berries
.ad Co.. Coetts and Co., and by all the Loudon sad coenstr,
beaker% sad by the Searetary, BA&lrd law* Ba., as the In-
statattee, 14, Johnetreet. Adelobt.

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