The Express.
London, England, 1865-08-22 00:00:00

THZ AUSTRALIAN MAILS

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The Peninsular and with Company's steam
-Rippe, Captain Weeks, the hefty, Claimant, China.
and AUSifllliall mails, has arrived. She brings in all 200
; Risme, 150941. ; aloe a pascal cargo, keeled.
rasirLegs bales saw silk, value 80,0001. sterling.
The Ripon experienced fine weather throughout the
voyage. Oa the 16th inst. she spike the ship WIDOW° steer
log S. E. ; on the 19th, ship Friuli, Mending S.W., ind the
ship Champion of the Sees, homeward Wand ; and on the
20th the steam ship Ceylon, with the outward mails of the

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am. data.
The Italian sloop Etna, French frigate Pardrit, and
Egyptian fleet were at Alexandria. Hat Majesty's ships
Yaw, Mow litbsenia, and Plumbs wore at Mails.

THE CHOLERA-WATER SUPPLY.

TO TITS TDITOR Or Till laritlBs.
Bra,—Amongst the preparations which we are
invited to make in anticipation of our dreaded visitor there
are nose name insisted on, nose more important, then en
effective water supply ; fresh water every day for culinary
purposes, and plenty of water for perfect cleanliness of per-
son and promisee.
The approach of the cholera, whether it actually invade
us or Dot, will not base been without great advantage if it
cronies sufficient public opinion to compel the great water
companies to give us a daily supply, Sundays included.
When we shall enjoy the immense boon, long bold out as to
booms one day, of a oonstant supply, I know sot, bat clearly
we ought to have our externs filled once every day. We
are often told that " cleanliness is next to godliness," but
at present our water companies rusks our day of god-
liness a day of enforced dirtiness. There is
really so exeuee for it. There is probably no
'Mile item of our dolly public wants in relation
to which so smell an amount of additional work,
falling upon a very few individuals, would give towards the
pawed good eo large an amount of health, of oonvegienta,
of what ought to be considered as an absolute necessity.
Any one who takes the trouble to inquire will find that
the crowded dwellings of the poorer demises do not contain
cistern power sufficient for 24 hours' liberal and decent nee,
still lees for the 48 hours involved under the present sys-
tem of Sunday abstention. The house in which I live is
very far better supplied in respect of cisterns in proportion
to the number of persons to be accommodated, and yet I
bays had to establish rules evidencing that Sunday is a
m a r dsy with us in respect al this first necessity of
health ; such as that generally no water moat be wasted
between Saturday and Moodily menioes. and that except
in ease of Moses no one is to use the hot bath within that
span of forty-eight hours.
Verily, for a peactical people, we do pat up with strain*
abuses. Pray lift up your voice is favour of decency and
health.—l am, &c., Y.P.
City, August 2L

A QI7•I.IIIFINZD rolt KAMM° HIS HAT Olt.
Upoa tie jury entering the box at the Liverpool anises
yesterday monies, one of the Dumber, who gave his Dame
so Josiah Canon, and was a medlar of the Society of
Friends, kept os his Lat. Mr. Justice Smith observing it,
metaled him to uncover. Ths Juryman—Cotaidenee
compels um to keep it oa. The Judge--Cossisoience no
more sonmels you ti keep your bat on than it does your
shoes. You must have respect for others. I will leo you'
101. if you dos
Ulm off your hat. The Juryman—
It is • reverser" for the Almighty which oomoels
me to keep it em. The Judge—Don't be neneeosiesL Your
MODS is diatweditable to common seam. The juryman
still
retains to weever, the Judge said—l warn you that I will
fine you 101. if you &it take off your hat. The Juryman
—I catioot do so. The Jodge—Thse I flu you 101., sod
leave the box.. Any pawn with such otional, in his bead
is sot fit to sit spat • jury. The joryman having loft the
court, the Judge said—l shall call upon him again to
morrow, and if he still persists in his rionsuise I shall fins
him app.
A MAN KILLZD BY • BULL.-011 Friday morn-
ing, 11th inst.. Mr. Fry. of Raybridge
Farm, intended to
sand a ball to Coippaaham market. The ball was led by
two men named Puler sod Ohomberlaft. Peeler held the
bull by • stick attached to a rug is its Dose, sod Chamber-
lain lad it by • rope on the other side. A boy was also
with them. The ousel wee so quiet, however, for the
first quarter of • mils. that Peeler expressedhimself co
dent that he could massage him, sod accordiegly nut
Chamberlain home. eivo.i: the rope to the boy who was be-
bled. They bad out, however. proceeded far when the bull
hung sulkily tack and would sot move. Puler then told the
boy to leave the rope and go behind, and give him a cut,
which be did. The bull upon this became restive, end mode
a dash at Peeler, but be kept him at bay until us-
fortunately bus footing gave way, and be lest the hold of
his stick. The bull then made another dub and knocked
him epos the bask, leaving him powerless. The boy ran
for misname to the adjoinise farm, Lot when aseiatanee ar-
rived higher was lying dead its the ditch, Red the Lull feed-
ing quietly by his side. On examination of tbe
randy,bod it
was found that the upper portion of the chest i
were completely mashed. Death most there! ore have been
instantuents. The skin was sot broken, which proved
that the mischief was done by the Lnll's forehead. when
Puler win knocked upon the book. The other portions of
the body bad scarcely a braes.. An inquest was held on
L Saturday before Mr. Whitmersh, sad thewerdiotAc-
cidentally killed* was retuned by the jury.—Sraisbury
Joureal.
SLItYgitOLDDIO BABIARISII.—The following story
is told in a despatch to the Ciorionoti Gazette:—' As
atrocious rose of brutality, illustrative of slaveboldlog
barbarism, was told by • crippledwho appeared at
the ages of the Freedman's Bureau to-day. asking relief.
The eoloured man sas Is• wai formerly trek sad working
for wages in lionisyed, morose the Sisters Branch.
lie
went South in DOB with a Dr. I" for whom he had
worked, persuaded by specious promises of higher pay.
Going first to Athens, Osumi* ; afterwards to Knox-
ville, Tsnoessue, where Dr. Lee for • time kept the
Knoxville Hotel, and subsequently resooviog to Jour
born. Receiving wages at first, he was at length
held and treated as a slave In the wiater of 11163
Dr. Lee hired him out to the rebel quartermasters
at Jooesboro. After remaining there tee inontbs be at-
tempted to escape to the lines of the nattemal army. He
got twenty miles away, but was taught aid takes beak,
when this rebel quartermaster sent him to Surgeoo
WeOfy
is charge of the rebel hospital there, and ordered the latter
I to cut off blares% and hands to presses, as he said, his at-
tempt to run away again. The doctor partially complied.
anspotathog both legs just above the knee. He left the
stamps undressed over eight, but Midis( him alive vest
day, said ' What, you d—d singer, are you alive yet I I
botended to kill yea." He thee bad him plead on an
ambulance, takes to abut of an old coloured man, where
be remateed seal oar troop eampled the place. This
solonred man brings vouchers from white people corrobo-
rative of hie stataenesta. which as, believed by the WWI*
of the burees."—lfew York Times, August S.