The Express.
London, England, 1853-12-29 00:00:00

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LIVERPOOL. THURSDAY, 10 30 A.M.
Wind N.E., moderate, and foggy.
Arrired.—Carl Auguste, and Ichnelle, from
Damzic.

Put back.—Argo, for Trieste, having been ashore
on the bar.

BEM:MARIS. Dm. 28.
The barque Quebec, of and for Liverpool, from
Dantiic, when running for this anchorage, grounded
on the Friars, and remains.
WEXFORD, Dec. 27.
The 'oven Claudius has been put on a mud bank
and discharged part of her cargo,—a small portion
.n a damaged state.
QUEENSTOWN, Dic. 27.
WMd Numbers..
Arrived.—Carl, from Porto Rico; Hannah, from
Pernambuco; Pally, from St. John's, New Bruns-
wick.

Sailed.—Prodromus, for London.
GRAVESEND, THURSDAY, 10 A.Y.
CUSTOMS. Rrrux.v.
Wind N.W., 41, hours flood ; fine.
Arrived.—D ,niel, from Middlethorp ; Urania,
from Colberg ; Eliza, from Archangel ; tiarah, from
Palermo ; Triton, steamer, from CAlais.
Sailed.—lteindeer, for Demerara.
DEAL, THURSDAY, 9 A.M.
Wind E.N.E., fresh, thick, heavy snow.
No arrivals.

GIZAT NORT/1101.11 RAlLWAT.—itettien of traffic
fer week ending Die. 18, 1863 ;—Passeniers. parcels, cat-
"WM, beiges, dogs, and nud1i,6,368.. 3s. 9d. ; marehandier
Lanais. 11.8041. 12.. 3d. ; cattle, 4081. 124 44.
al. Se 4d Correvondiag week., 1852,
15.644 Ile. pd. • •

"6. Shawls, woollen or worsted f No. and
value.
"7. Hosiery, woollen or wonted, vie , stock- Nam and
ings
other articles TA"'
OP Pt 19
"8. Small wires and articles, woollen or
worsted, not properly falling under any of the Value.
foregoing heads
" 9. Tarn, woollen
" wonted Pounds and value"
Upon receipt of this communication a meeting of the
Leeds Chamber of Commerce was convened, and took place
im the Conant Chamber, on Monday afternoon last. Darn-
am Dona, En., presided, and after a conversation upon
the subject which had brought them together, the meeting
appointed the following gentlemen, as a sub-committee, to
consider the whule matter, and report thereon to the
chamber, via , Mr. D. Lupton, Mr. W. Firth, Mr. Charles
Botmfield, Mr. Charles Diddle, and Mr. Thomas Pilot.—
Leeds Times.

Cvarons SERPENTINE Flsn.—A specimen of a
very singular and rare serpentine fish was east ashore last
week in Sinclair's Bay, a few miles distant from Wick, and
was brought into Wick on Saturday week. It has been
very mu h mangled by the matter-of-fact fishermen by
whom it was discovered, and who, looking at the Ciel
Cronin with unscientific eyes, merely thought it was • queer
fish, " but 'twas nothing more." Cut up, and " shorn of
its fair proportions" as it was, however, it was a very
curious specimen of the strange inmates of the "vasty
deep." It certainly is a good sea snake, if not the veritable
sea serpent. It is now in the possession of Dr. Sinclair, of
Wick, who has been at some considerable trouble and
expense in rescuing this interesting and rare visitant from
demolition, for, in addition to the injury it sustained in
its death struggles, the fisheiman's knife had cut it into
junks. It was lat. fin. in length from the eye only, and
not quite to the tip of the tail, which was injured.
The whole of the head to the eye being knacked
to pieces by the creature in its death struggles, another
foot may probably be added to its length ; its
greatest depth being lft. 2in , thickness 33iu., and its weight
11121 b. The eyes are perfect, Ijin. acmes, pupil dark, iris
silvery, and placed nearthe top of the head. The head saw
mutilated—in fact, the greater part gone—that little fan be
add about it. The stumps of a cluster of strong spine.like
fine may he observed, wi 11 adapted to support a crest. The
pectoral fins arc also rubbed off, the stumps remain, showing
twelve fin rays. The grand distinguishing mark, the single
horny ventral fin ray on each side, cannot be mistaken; for,
alibough only about two inches in length of each are lett,
they are of such a size—three-eighths of as inch thick—as
to tell the tale that they moat have been of great length.
The dorsal fin extends the whole distance front the eye to
Rear the tail, the part of it nearly all rubbed off, and
only a few stumps oaf .pines left. 'rhe silvery akin and five
dark hands passing the whole length of the fish, the !eternal
line, and the certuagionue wait like eminences under the
skin, are well defined. The vertebral column is cartilaginous,
and not threertourths of an inch across, and when cut
through appears merely a film filled with a jelly-like sub-
stance —JOAN o'Grunt's Journal.
A MAN DROWNED IN A VAT OP ALE.— IR I
Wednesday morning last, about II o'clock, a person named
William Lapish, brewer to Mr. Denby, of Selby, was found
drowned in a vat of ale of about 400 gallons. The deceased
had left his own home a little before 7, and it is supposed
he bad fallen in whilst att. nding to his duties about three-
quarters of as hour before he was found. An inquest was
held on the body, but nothing beyond the fact of the wan
being found downed was elicited. The deceased was 30
years of age. awl has left a widow and four children.—
Yorkshire/nem
LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.—
Return of traffic for the week ending Dec. 25, 1853 :
Passengers, parcels, carriages, heiress, and mails,
30,9121; 191. 14. ; merchandise, 23,324/. 14e. Ad.; cattle,
9041. 17s. 4d. Total, .55,1411. Ile. Id. Corresponding week,
' 1802, 49,8661. 12a. 4d.