The Express.
London, England, 1865-03-06 00:00:00

TO THE EDITOR or THE nruss.

6114—The results of the balloon experiments at
different times of the year baring been found to be diffe-
rent. it is with regret I have found nape& able to make so
few during the plesect winter. On both the former occa-
sions our course was towards the sea, a el:montane§ which
so limited the period of observation that I resolved I would
not again go in that direction, and for a whole month Mr.
Cowell and myself waited fora wind that would take us
inland. So far as I have been able to determine, there has
been in the higher regions of the atmosphere a general pre-
vales*, of W. sod S.W. winds ell this year. Os this day,
February 27, the direction of the wind was poorly N., and
apparently steadily there, and the balloon began to be filled ;
when completed the wind was S., and pilot balloons west
towards the N.. and I still looked forward for experiments
of four or five hours' duratios.

—At Lld we bad tamed over the river,
and were near Barking-neck. At an elevation of 1,500
feet the direction changed to S.W., sod at 2.5, at 3,000
feet hieb, to W. We then peeled over Barking level,
llageeharn-cnarab, Rainham-ashes, which were remark-
able for isnumerable dykes, and moved due W., or directly
towards the sea as before. All this time kr. Ooxwell
watched carefully the lower clouds, their motion was at
right angles to our own. Before we reached the sea, he
opened the valve, the sun was ebbing brightly on the bal-
loon, expanding the gas rapidly, so that he bad to part
with many thousand feet of gee before the halloos took •
downward motion. On descending to 3,000 feet we fell in
with the S.W. current, and at I,NOO feet we met with the
S. current, passing inland nearly over Langdon-hill, 01111“
Bursted, Billericay, sod the wood kaolin as Forty Peres.
Being at this time 3,000 feet high, we turned to
move westward, or again towards the sea, and
dercesded at South Hanniagfkild at 4.1, having travelled
40 miles in the,two hours. Within the same interval, at the
Royal Observatory, the horizontal movement of the air was
15 miles. The currents of air were therefore remarkable :
up to 1,500 feet it wee nearly south; between this and
3,000 feet it was south-west ; and due west at heights! ex-
! /ceding this, and for miles higer, as the clouds which wen
I fully three or four miles high all moved towards the seat. The
temperature of the air on leaving was 52 deg., was 35 deg.
from 3,500 feet to 4,500 feet, chiefly in aloud, and robe
to :Aldo,. above the clouds at the height of one mile. These
variations were beautifully followed by an exceedingly men.
attire thermometer, with a corkscrew-like bulb, made by
Mr. Browning, of 179, Strand. We passed through several
clouds ; some were approaching saturation, the temperature
of the air and that of the dew point being pearly
alike ; others were Ism damp. When oat of eland
the air was dry, and to the senses much warmer than the
difference of the thermometer readings indicated ; at the
height of one mile the temperature of the dew point was
121 deg., which was the driest point. Through the kindness
of Kr.Brownieg, 1 was furnished with an additional spectro-
scope, which was adjusted to the sun before starting, and
• when possible I directed it to the suet and on each occasion
new a greater number of lines, at that part of the a m
under examinatioo, than when viewed from the . The
lines were beautifully dallied. No ozone was shows, either
at the Observatory or in the halloo.. A delicate horizontal
! magnet, kindly lest to me by Captain Evans, of the
Admiralty, vibrated in about 2077 secs., at the height of
one mile ; and on the earth in about 2901 seconds.
As the results hitherto obtained indicate that the laws
which hold good b day may be very different by night, I
have, through the of my tripod, T. Sopwith, Fag.,
and Edward Potter, Esq., of Tynemouth, obtained
two buffalo safety-lamps, made of copper, so as not to in-
flame* the magnetic results, by Mr. Watson, of Newcastle,
with the view to night manta. One of theme was taken up,
Kr. Wallace, the engineer of the Woolwich Gas-works,
having previously caused • stream of gas to pass over it.
which it did harmlessly, before atartiog. We therefore had
with on the very unusual circumstance of • lamp burning,
and safely descended, it still burning. We came down on
the farm of W. Racks. Esq., from whom we received hos-
pitality mid attention, for which we bee to theist him.—
I
JAMES GLALSREE.
Blackheath, March 4.

THE NEWIIPAPIL Pala FUND.—The monthly
meeting of the committee of this aseinatios was held os
fieterdey at the aloes, 6 Beenfart.buddinp, Strand. Lord
Hoortatinoceopied the chair. Mr. Warren, the secretory,
announced that several communications had been received
from gentlemen consocted with the press in the provisos.
with a view to form local breaches, sod be was directed to
commonest* the views of the committee with respect to
the principles upon which such brooches might be formed.
Several new members were elected, sad the dinner com-
mittee reported that arrangements were in props. for
holding the anniversary dinner io May Ent, and that they
had noun a preliminary list of 150 stewards, lochning
several peen, sod 'bon tiny members of the Bone of
Commas, isoludiog the Right Hos. the Speaker.

THE agasT "Loci.-our."--The great struggle
between the irwmaeleee sad their workpeople hes begun.
The me* whose madame occasioned the potion fora look-
out to be given by the masters resolutely refuse login way,
arid on Saturday sight the gates of most of the Wand
ironworks in the Baited Kingdom were locked upon both
the ueoffeediog and resisting, sot to be opened again to
either till on every head the workmen are nesainicese la
the asseplance of the masters' reduced terms of IS. II WS
and tee per cent. respectively. A more stolid sad anyisld-
tg
eesem is any mum by any body of mee we sever
thee was displayed by the paddlers is North
Staffordshire oe Saturday night. On that occasion the
chairman and the secretary of the Bradley-hill execrative of
the Natalia' Amociation of Ireeworken took some Kffli.
to Tenstall for distribution, as a week's relief from the
executive, at the rated IN. per head far the members of
the association who wars under the immediate farialieticm
of that executive. After banding over the mow the exe-
cutive officers named intimated that all levies for the relief
of North Staffordshire during this strike would end, bemuse
the &lepton from the several districts had declared that
the strike must ease. There would therefore be so mum
relief forthcoming from the funds raised for thee% spas
the call of the executives. Further, if they now &cased
to act apes the resolution of the delegates by still remain-
would out, they would thereby expel themselves
from the amecistion, and would lose all the
advantages of membership. Next they mastoid that sotonly
would they receive no relief direct, but the affording of
them indirect relief would subject every member who so
assisted them to expulaine also. Bat the awe seemed pre-
pared for all, sad were as little moved by cue se by aro-
titer. They were prepared far all the mesmerism, and
would remain epee strike All they had obtained the rate at
wages to whielt they considered themselves ratified. Is erre
word, they would " sot go is at the drop." They have a
considerable toed fried; and they bad evinced their We-
d the OZACQHVII by paying the sea their full
weakly allowance out of those funds before the 230& wee
delivered.
Arni Palms in& —Half • teaspoonful of Hor-
eb:les Baking Powder, and a Ude sett, to two tabiespeentals ea
gam add two asp wee beaten, add enough nye aa man
mood' and raikareldm salter, this take a ewe prerasrea dame
mos, paled loatodmeal, two aurae or =rants, and on
Weird dad ; tate well together : melt seas bwitawatts:
bibles% awl set ass tin mason till tulle hat.-4Adoge-
limawd4

LAW DiTELLIGENCR.

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day Thuraaw,
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-8 . !May, 10.
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sodaY. 8 Friday, US
BacaClirstrx, Dassariaorraois—Tossday, March 7 : Wednes-
day , 10.
OILOUDFFCII, Oididirestucad.—Thursday, March 0.
Bow, Bair -road.—Marsday, March . Friday, 10.
Witrracalarai, OtaaS Frasoatiutrissi.—Walnasday, March S
Thursday, 0: Friday, 10.
firraautrust. —Tuesday, March 7: Thursday. ;
Friday, 10.
hall3llll, Camberwell-oaw-road.—Tuaaday, March y.
Waimewourri, math-street.—Thursday,March 9.
an OF 1.011009. Clulldhall.butisitup.-1 wady, March 7
rtingatA9l.oal Comdr. CluildhalL—haturday, March 11.

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EQUITY 11 COURTS. •••••__ASCII 4.
(Ware the Lord Oltacoellor.)
CHOINOOIC V. TIM NALICHIONZB6 Or KM

This is an appeal Iran Vicetlhancellor Wood. It ap-
peased that in November, 186, the Marchioness of Ely it
drooled her solicitors, Moser° Lethbridge and Markriß, to
sell a house, 9, Priacceeratn Hyde-park, cif which she was
seised is feecnple, as a gems of 10,01101., sad iestrualiam
were given to en auctioneer, Edwin Smith, to sell by private
solikaot before the let March following; and he was ex-
pressly told by Mr. Lethbridge that he was sot to enter into
▪ onakeet for the sale, as the calm° warn to be prepared by
Yams. Lethbridge and MachrelL Ou 11th Nov. the plaintiff,
as estate agent, wrote to Smith, agreeing to buy st the price
and asked that the usual contract should be for.
wadded Smith declined to accept the offer in writing, on
the ground that he had been forbidden to enter isto say
emitrarn Os the 16th November Mr. Lethbridge saw the
defeedmit, who was then unwilling to accept the offer, es
she had changed her mind, sad was desirous of cantinning
to nude in the home ; sad she asked Mr. Lethbridge le
revue* the plairtiff as a personal fame: to withdraw hie
offer. He, however, declined, except co payment el 1,0001,
or a yearly rest el 6001. a year. This the &deaden% de-
clined, and resolved to premed with the sale of she pro-
perty to the plaintiff, sad as the 19th of November
this was intimated to plaintiff. Oa the 21st of
December a draft contract was root to plaintiff's
solicitors for approval, whisk contained special emditioes
identical with those coeteined in the agreement entered
Leto by the defendant when the became tie minaret° of
the property. One of the conditions, which threw the oasts
of examining title (Ueda, nuking attested copies, obtain-
ing burial certificates, atc., upon the plaintiff, wanstruck
est by his solicitors, who kissed that he had an open can-
West. As these conditions were inserterLaad still volumed,
the defendant's solicitors declined to proceed any further
with the comity for a ale. The plaintiff's solicitors this
°reenacted to withdraw their objecnota, but cc the part of
the defendant a refusal to perform the orelareet
was given. This suit was then brought for speedo per-
fonnanos or damages in substitution ; and also that in addi-
tion to specific performance damsels ought be awarded to
the plaintiff in respect of the lona masked by rearm of the
delay in the completion of the ocietrase. The Vim-Chan-
sailor made a decree for specific performance, but declined
to award damages. The present appeal was then brought.
Mr. Holt, Sir li. Wren and Mr. Fry for the plaintiff,
supported the decree ; Mr. Gifford and Mr. W. Huber
were for the appeal.
The arguments were not concluded.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
MARCH 4.
(Before the Jodie Ordinery.)

HIATROOAT e. lIKATHCOAT.
Mr. Gilbert Q.C., and Dr. Spanks for the petitioner ; the
Queen's Advocate and Mr. Searle for the respondent.
This was the petition of • husband fora dissolution of his
marriage en the ground of his wife's adultery, and the ni-
speadeat besides delaying the charge, pleaded counter-aver-
ments of adultery, cruelty, aeglect, sad conduct conducing
to adultery.
The petitio•er, Mr. Thomas Heitheoat, married the
respondent is May, 1854, and there was a child bora shortly
afterwards. The parties lived la Caledonian-road till April, 1
1857, whoa a separatiou was rendered necessary, as was
alleged, by the respondent's intemperance, violate,
and teaseling of coeds& In April, 1883, a man
named Patrick Maori was brought up before oils of
the metropolitaa magistrates charged with manalaughtsr
and a woman was examined as a witness, who at first stated
that she was the wife of the prisoser, but afterwards ad-
mitted that she was the wile of another rasa, and that ate
had only been cohabiting with Moore. The petitioner hear-
ing of this eirsunistaace, was induced to make inquiries, and
he then found that this person was the respoodest.
The cow having been proved, and no attempt having been
made to substaatiate the(countercharges, the jury found for
the husband as all the trues.
Decree nisi.