The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-07 00:00:00

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17.—A nil pew. In d treat alvtintages over England io hating
2., new Van, a. d in having laid out their main lines for
sho benefit ..e the ~ stre country, rather than allowing to
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tnwri, s vr portion of the country, • proton.
og v , ir. their 'entitle. Th.' y had .wish-
hum •Iwi to end of their country, a mystics
In Wan, Rile :wit They could not prevent pot-
ions of tie oeurtry !seek., their railways, but they
wow so moan to •• it to iaterfere with the crest design.
Is Woe the .itterest of the wintry that was 'Evolved. sot
Mat of nedividnal...iiir of particular localities. Canadians
ut to horp e esthete which would work in all harmony.
;at „it to be atoned by ruinous competition ? If pm-
eseae iwa jsiori.ves wen; brought into play, nothing could
Sleet it. ~seor•i..w of peope, ty and loss of life too. He
mid he 11041,,i 61. : .Pfrr a better commit:ton between a eye-
ism Piet:ten,' d.oaned awl • wild competition, than th•
timmilosa . Wee nr was on board of the night before. Ire
beaded the vie 'l was propelled by two engines, each
orgele Gem .iie ether, and he would suppose that they
woo maim the coutzwind of two rival companies. Then
imbibe,. sneer friends and opponents oa bitted, and he
witiesepp •. Ow the engineers quarrelled, what pruereaa
wild tbey eve: rutty ? Would they have reached Three
Minn? A....i attests he would not have had the honour
ammo's...,. .jelentlid boapita it, of th. gentlemen of
Mamma at teat mennent He said he had one word mole.
10 NW nut ii eve the city without saying something on the
so. . *alio et of the bridge. There was here • must
t river, and he had received abundant informa-
tion 'r.a it from Mr. Alexander Roes, who had
aegis:
boo jame several menthe ago, as to what the bridge
was to be. I, yinr a startling project, and at the time
he had no idea of baying anything to do with it.
Bet keying ruliel the admireWs report of Mr.
T. C. lite fer, and the philosophical paper drawn
•p bfilr. Le /..n, he could understand, from what
had boon written. the general circamstanees to be consi-
dered. Bee it pr.-itile he would be in Canada again at
the breaking WI of the ice. (Great applause.) Still
they might L. Oh stuns to learn hie impressions about the
Mike and he to eh! proceed to state them. Accruing to
his ideas the re w e• no difficulty to be apprehended from
the ice. Front ca. ulatione he had made since his arrival
in Montreal, he was satisfied that no shove that could come
against the pier. would be sufficimit to displace them.
The people ao ri ei ri no doubt seen the formation of the ice
in winter an. he :,realtiug up in the spring. He had him-
self noticed !ho.' .. upenitou. and beautiful phenomena, of
9011fle, bus be h. : ore seen them as they are at Montreal.
He would raj. how leer, that there were facts attending
she bombing sop •,i ice which wen susceptible of maths.
notice' demonr r own, and the pressure of the shove was
also capable of thing valued. It was therefore as easy an
the additieu of 2 and 2 to estimate the pressure necessary
to retain the piers in their places. He had been told that
the ice was piled lit or 40 feet high, but its pressure could
tearfully withstootl. He had calculated that if ice were
pied twice the height it would net disturb a well con-
structed bridge ~/ far, therefore, he would say fur its
permaoeney. H. would also perhaps he expected to say
something about 0. site. The minds of the citizens wen
agitated on the it .trion whether it should be below or
above the town. tie thought it his duty not to conceal his
opinion upon thie ~..int, nor to permit the agitation to
go on IS if he nc.‘tated on the point. It was • difficult
sod important seilject, but he had brought his best judg-
ment to bear ureii it, and hewing no interest in it one way
er snotkr, he we. in a situation to maks an independent
selection. Whelleer the place was to be that laid out by
Mr. Keefer or nut, he was satisfied it must be above the
tows, and not La below Nun's Island. That was his disin-
terested judgment in the 'natter. He then thanked his
setertainen for their kindness on the present occasion, and
he would reustniiier it to the latest day of his life. Its
would also r. Cc% with pride and satisfaction on his meet-
ing with thew with whom he had been called on to consult ;
and he felt p:. ell that his name would in any vr,y be con-
nected with Cro. i 11, especially in 90 great a work
After severe., Ali. r toasts, the party broke up about l a.m.

Vtit court.

HOLYHEAD, Piet. 3.

The rata' squadron, under the command of Lord
Adolphus Itselit• nor, :eft Kingston Harbour yesterday
morning a: aree o'dock, and crowed over to Holyhead.
DIMON eve, was performed on board the Victoria sad
Albert yesterday at eleven o'clock. In the afternoon her
ibiesty sad Prime Albert, with the Prince of Wales and
Prins Alfred, with the lad:es and rationing of the suite,
west so board 1M Fairy for a few hours sail along the
coot, retuning to the harbour at half-past six o'clock.
The Cote:tew Granville and the Hoa. Mn. Gordon bad
Ina houous of dintut with bar Majesty on hoard the royal
yacht yestirloy.

Viscount sud Viscountess Palmenton left town yester-
day kw Bromll,nd., Hants.
Lord John Huron left town on Monday for Woburn, we
reek for Itureuestb, Dernbartonsbin.

MURDER OF TWO CHILDREN AT STOCKPORT.

The police authorities at Stockport have been en
gegui lime Saarday lam in ievestigating the circumstances
coasted with the disappearance of two children, whose
deed bodies were found in a canal on Monday, and the re-
sult leans very little doubt that they bays met their death
by violence.

The seam of the children ere Janina and John Highest,
In lamer eight and the other four years old. Their father
eel fear years ago. and about two years sabsequestly their
feasher ma married again to a man mined Themes Moen.
aid had by him me child, now dimmed. This mm was
employed same time age at the mill of Mr. 11I'Clurs (late
Aldred Onall), osenwspinaer, as a stripper and grinder, but
ghee then boast bees is ngular employment, and has bean
pliantly Asia bum been. In May, 1862, he was imprisessed
fst a math her neglecting so support his family, but in the '
lievembm lellewiag they bad again beams chargeable to
the lain, sad a warms was then issued for his apprehen-
sion, which did sot take plies till Saturday last. His wife
bs sappenssi herself sad child:ea for some time by work-
ing is a Newly, bet dariag the retest turn-oats was com-
lied te men to beggl.g fora subsidence ; and whilst
simmged met with her husband as he was owning out of
mein at Hyde, when he said he wee at work. She has
emsatly bees living with her father, Jamie Taylor, in
Menland•street, Portwood, and on Friday last cams home
gases, end prepared dinner, but her children did not
cane ia before she returned to work. Shortly after sir
Vella is the evening her husband cams in, and began to
meld her because she had not sent him any dinner. " How
amid I know where to send it to ?" she asked. He re-
plied that be was at work at M'Clan's, and had seat one
ef the children to Mr to fetch his dinner. He seemed to
ban been at work, as his clothes were covered with frsg-
man of cotton, but ea inquiry it appeared this was
net the case. His wife was very much distressed
et
the absence of her children, believing they were lost, and
the tad her husband went out in search of them. Between
elms and tea o'clock that evening Moore went to the polies
An sad stated that the children were missing, and gave a
Slarription of them, requmating that inquiries should he
We. Oa the following day he was apprehended under
be warrant which had boon issued in November, and Mr.
8.11.,, the superintendent of police, asked him some ques-
ta. respecting the disappearance of the children, which
he did not answer satisfactorily, and so excited suspicion
spiest him. In the evening placards were posted shout
%tem and neighbourhood containing a description of the
Chaim &Med/ring a reward for their discovery, as it was
empeeted they had met with foal play. All the riven and
Medi were dragged, bat without success, until about twelve
o'clock on Monday morning. when the bodies were both
band in the Manchester and Ashton Canal, near Shaw-
cries or Whitehill-bridge, at a place called Reddish, a short
distance from Stockport on the way to Manchester. Their
stepfather was at that time undergoing an examination
before the magistrate. at the Stockport court-house, and
wee remanded till Saturday.
It has sine* best ascertained that Moore was sees
*one nine and ten o'clock on Friday morning leading
bath the children towards the easel, near the plain where
tie bodies were found. About an hour afterwards he went
to the house of a widow named Elizabeth Barton, alias
Walton, with whom he lodged before his marriage, and
asked her permission to dry his clothes, which were wet
Uusugh. It had been raining a short time before, but the
▪ was so thoroughly drenchei as to excite her cariosity,
1114 she asked him how be bad got so wet. He told her he
had been helping a woman to lift a can on her head by the
nver lids. and had fallen back into the water whilst doing
se She had asked his, be said, to go and dry himself at
Err holm, hut he preferred coming to Mr.. Barton's.
newts, which might prompt the prisoner to the cols-
mMon of the crime is only too obvious, the eldest boy
halm entitled to 41. in the Old Admiral Burial Society, to
12s. in the Branch Admiral Society, and 41. in the Tem-
Parma Club; sad the youngest to 41. in the Old Admiral
Surety, and 4/. in the Temperance Club, making 191. 12s. in
W. It le said that the prisoner made an attempt to drown the
children in the river Thome about a month ago, but they
Made their neaps. When the bodies were found on Mon-
isp there were no marka of violence apparent. The pri-
mer has maintained a profound reserve since his apprehen-
Ma, hoiond a central denial of all knowledge how the
tbildren met their death. He is a native of London, and
AU lived in Stockport shout 12 years.
An inquest was holding on the bodies yesterday afternoon
at the Navigation Inn, Heston Norris, before Mr. W. S.
tatter, (musty meener.

Ct.4IING Off a RAILWAY elvertoN.—The Wed-
letheld station Otte Louden and North Western ill to be
testi from the comencement of Mit month.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE LIEUTENANT
GENERAL SIR C. J. NAPIER, G.C.B.

I, Sarr. 6.

The day for the funeral of tho late General Sir C.
J. Napier Las bt ea altered w day from Friday to Thursday
neat, sod the fullowieg garrison order has teen lotted by
Colonel Menzies, KAI , aide-de-amp to tho Qveen, and
acting Lieutenant-Governor:

Garrison Orders, Sept. 6, 1853.

The Colossi Commandant desires to notify that the
found of the late distinguished Lieut.-General Sir Charles
James Napier, G.C.B , Colonel of her Majesty's 72nd
Regiment, will take p:aes on Thursday sent, the Bth inst.,
and be met by him outside the Laedport Oates at 2 p.m.
Ga that aaj, on its arrival from his residence near Pur•
brook, and those ofileen aid men of title garrison who may
be desirous of showing their respect to the memory of so
distinguished an ornament of the profession, who served his
Country with the ardour of a true patriot for more than
60 years, and whose deeds have always been associated with
the glory of the British arms, are requested to assemble
there for the occasion.

Officers t appear in full dress, with black crap* mad
the left arm.

A return of the probable number of non-c- masissioned
officers and men who wall desire to attend, to be sent to the
Town 31. jot's office u 1.0011 as possible, in order that
proper arrangements may be made as far as practicable.
1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 6 privates, from each oorpa in
garrison, vie., Royal Artillery, 35th Regiment, 42nd Regi-
ment, Royal Marines and Artillery Companies, 79th Regi-
ment, and Rite Brigade, of tall and equal height, to set as
bearers, will parade at the Landport Ravelin at half-pest 1,
on Thursday neat, and there receive directions.
Guards to mount from their private parades on Thursday,
at 9 cm., both at Gosport and Portsmouth.