The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-24 00:00:00

AMERICA.

CROOKHAVEN, Juxe 24, 8 A.m.

The Inman steamer City of Paris, from New
York, is now passing Browhead signal station. She
will probably arrive at Queenstown at noon, and
letters reach London to-morrow at 6.25 p.m.

CROOKILAYEN, Just 24, 1 P.M.

The extra Inman steamer Edinburgh, from New
York, is now passing Browhead signal station. She
will probably arrive at Queenstown at 6 p.m.

SOUTHAMPTON, JUNE 24.

The North German Lloyd's steamship Deutsch-
land, Captain Wessels, has arrived. She brings
203 passengers for this, Havre, and Bremen, and
27 sacks of mails and 141,285 dollars for London.
The Deutschland left New York on the 13th inst.
On the 15th she spoke the steamer Concordia,
bound east, and on the 21st the steamer Union,
bound west.

NEW YORK, Jules 13, Houma.

General Griffin has removed tho Mayor of Gal-
veston.

Judge Fisher has decided that the present jury
in the Surratt trial was illegal, and has ordered a
new one to be empanelled.
Some prominent northern republicans are orga-
nising a party in Virginia.
The Eight-hour Labour Bill has passed the Lower
House of the Connecticut Legislature.
M. Rangebee, the minister from Greece, has ar-
rived at Washington.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

Mow OUR OWN eozassrowDzarr.)

PARIS, SUNDAY EVINING.

M. Albert Dimly is no better satisfied with M.
Bravay's version of the affray at the Lyons Railway
station than the latter was with the one originally
published by the Figaro. The son of the Minister
of Public Instruction stigmatises the " circumstan-
tial account " given by the hon. deputy for the
Gard as "completely false." He abstains, how-
ever, from any details on tho ground that the
affair is to come before a court of justice. The
first satisfaction which M. Bravay offers him—a
judgment of a court of law—he will patiently
await, but he satirically hints a doubt whether
he will ever get the second. It will be remembered
that M. Bravay promised to fight him immediately
on leaving the court. The prosecution cannot take
place without permission of the Corps Legialatif,
but as M. Bravay is not popular with his col-
leagues, they will probably be only too glad to
grant it. As M. Bravay, after what ho has pub_
tidy said, cannot be expected to make any opposi-
tion, it is not likely that there will be a debate on
the subject.

It is confirmed that in the course of the summer
a grand dinner will be given to the Emperor by the
exhibitors at the Universal Exhibition. Subscrip-
tions of 30fr. each are now being collected for that
purpose. It is intended that the banquet shall
take place in the Crystal Palace in the Champs
Elystfes, with M. Schneider in the chair.
It is quite certain that M. Jules Favre's health
will not allow him to undertake the defence of Bore-
zowski. M. Gravy's name has been mentioned as
his probable substitute, but the latest rumour
speaks of M. Emmanuel Arago, the son of the great
astronomer and the member of the provisional go-
vernment of 1848.

The Prefect of Police has at this moment as many
as fifty letters before him from persona asserting
that they were the first to collar Berezowski. M.
Berillon, a commissary of police, has been charged
to ascertain, if he can, to whom the honour is
really due.
The parure presented by the Empress of Russia
to Madame Raimbauz as a testimony of her feelings
on the occasion of the Czar's life being saved by
the nose of M. Raimbaux's horse has reached Paris.
It consists of a superb rirUre of diamonds, forming a
necklace, the largestof which weighs 10 carats, and is
valued at 8001. The least of these diamonds weighs
two carats. Tho clasp of the necklace is a large
sapphire, to which hangs a medal, surrounded with
four rows of pearls and diamonds. In addition to
the above there is a splendid hair comb mounted with
pearls and diamonds. The two are valued at
16,0001. It is known that the custom of the court
of Russia when making a present of jewel-
lery is to mention the name of the jeweller,
with whom an arrangement is made that he is, if
asked, to pay the full estimated value of the gift
in lieu of the gift itself. This is a delicate and in
many cases a most acceptable way of offering a
large sum of money. M. Raimbauz's large fortune
will probably enable him to keep the flattering and
magnificent testimonial which his wife will shortly
receive in due form from the hands of the Russian
ambassador.

It is stated in the papers that for the first repre-
sentation of If ernani at the Francais several people
paid as much as 401. for a stall, and that one box
was sub-let for the enormous snm of 2401. Buy
Bias is about to be revived at the Odeon.

PARIS, JUNE 23. —The Emperor Napoleon hat
addressed the following letter to Marshal Valliant, dated
June 11:—" I received on the occasion of the sad occur-
rence of the Gth June an address from the superior coun-
cil of the international jury of the Exhibition. I was par-
ticularly touched by this manifestation, and I hereby beg
you to transmit to those gentlemen my moat heartfelt
thanks."

Owing to the lose of life from fever at Mauritius,
a public subscription has been opened for the relief of the
survivors at the Oriental Bank and Mews. Barnett,
Hoare, and Co. By recent accounts from the colony it
appears that upwards of 20,000 persona have died within
a few weeks, and that, " notwithstanding the generous
aid of the government and colonists, a vast number of
widows and orphans are in the greatest distress." In the
city of Port Louis alone, between the middle of February
and the middle of May, the mortality amounted to 13,202
persona out of a population of about 80,000, or upwards of
16 in every 100 in the short space of three months. Mr.
Benjamin Greene, juu„ of the firm of Messrs. Blyth and
Greene, will act as honorary secretary of the fund.

BOMPITAL FOR DIBEARIM or Tin CHZST, VICTORIA.
PAR[.—The number of patienta relieved at this institution
during lest week wee 1,412, of which li2 were new cans.

REMARKS.
Atmospherical pressure is decreasing op the east coast, but
humming generally elsewhere. Winds are light to moderate—
northeasterly the east. and north-westerly on the west coast.
Weather Is again generally cloudy.

JOURNALISTIC FRATERNITY. —WO read in the
LibtriE of to-day :—" On the first Monday of every month,
during the continuance of the Exhibition, the members of
the French and foreign press will dine together in the
salons of the Crrdc isternationat. The first of these din-
ners is fixed for Monday, the 2nd of July. The cost of the
dinner will be 10 francs. The writers and correspondents
who desire to participate in these dinners are requested to
leave their names and addresses at the Genic Ink?.
national."

A Cape of Good Hope paper states that it is
probable a fortnightly mail packet communication will
be established between Plymouth and the Cape very
shortly, and that mail communication between the Cape
and England by way of the Red Bea will then cease.

A private letter from Suez says:—" The Surat
has arrived here with the Australian mail. She has
between four ►nd five hundred passengers on board. The
officers of the ship netted 1::/. and 20f. • piece for giving
up their cabins to the passengers. About 200 passengers
are bound for England, rid Marseilles. The rest will go
by way of Southampton."
The Secretary of the London and North Western
Railway mys, in a letter to the Times, that the directors
have ample funds for all the company's requirements, and
are daily refusing money tendered at low rates of interest.

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THE ALBERT ORPHAN ASYLUM. —The Queen
having graciously signified her intention of inaugurating
the Albert Orphan Asylum at Bagshot, and laying the
foundation of a dining-ball and chapel on Saturday next,
the most extensive preparations are now in progress to do
honour to the oocsaion. Large marquees and triumphal
arches are being constructed, and before the day arrives a
sulking and beautiful effect will be produced. A body of
military from Aldershot and several regimental bands are
also expected to attend. There has been a very large sale
of tickets, and everything warrants the belief that the pro-
ceedings will be both interesting and memorable.
PRESENTATION OF A ROYAL STURGEON TO THE
QUEEN. —On Saturday the corporation of the city of
Rochester presented a magnificent sturgeon, which had
been caught in the river Medway on the previous day, to
her Majesty at Windsor Castle. This large fish, which
weighed between 901 b. and 1001 b. was conveyed to Wind-
sor under the charge of Mr. Watson, the portmarter of
Rochester. _ _ _

THE BREAKFAST TO MR. GARRISON.—The com-
mittee of arrangements for the demonstration, which is
announced to take place in St. James's Hall on Saturday
morning next, includes the following gentlemen :—Tbe
Duke of Argyll, chairman of the committee ; Lord Hough-
ton, Lord Alfred Spencer Churchill; Sir Thomas Fowell
Buxton, Bart., M.P., Sir George Young, Bart., Mr.
Bright, M.P., Mr. John Stuart Mill M.P., Mr. W. E.
Forster, M.P., Mr. James Stansfeld, six., Mr. Charles
Buxton, the Hon. C. Howard, M.P., Mr. P.A. Taylor,
M.P., Mr. Thomas Hughes, M.P., Mr. J. B. Smith, M.P.,
Mr. T. B. Potter,Cowan,
M.P., Mr. Joseph M.P., Mr.
Cherie.; Gilpin, M.P., the Hon. E. Lynlph Stanley, Mr.
W. Vernon Harcourt, Q.C., Professor Maurice, Professor
Huxley, Mr. Goldwin Smith, Mr. Herbert Spencer, Mr.
George Thomson, Mr. Richard H. Hutton, and Mr. J. M.
Ludlow. The chair will be taken by Mr. Bright. The ad-
dress to Mr. Garrison will be moved by the Duke of
Aryl], and Mr. J. S. Mill, Mr. Forster, and Mr. Stansfeld
will be amongst the ;mealier.. Other eminent persons
are expected to take part in the proceedings.
BLACK eirri.E.—ln the western counties of
Wales the breed of cattle known as the " blacks" has for
centuries held a conspicuous position, and it has been
found by experience that the climate and pastures of the
district are more suitable to the blacks than any other
breed. Efforts are now being made by some of the lead-
ing Welsh agriculturists to devise a scheme by which the
breed may be improved and perpetuated, and one of the
objects in contemplation is the establishment of a herd-
book, the want of which has long been felt a great draw-
back. A society is expected to be formed with this and
other objects in view, and there is every likelihood that it
will be the means in a few years' time of materially im-
proving and enhancin4 the value of the blacks, and to
render them scarcely inferior even to the Herefords or
shorthorns.

COLLIERY ExrLosfoNs.—Two colliery explosions
have just occurred in South Wales—one at the Beaufort
Colliery, near Swansea, by which three lives were lost, and
the second at the Mountain pit, near Aberdare, when one
man lost his life and four others were badly injured. The
cause of the last explosion is a very singular one, and it
proves how the least thoughtlessness on the part of a col-
lier may lead to a terrible explosion. In the pit is an old
working well known to be tall of gas, and the men were
warned not to go beyond the danger signals. The colliery
is infested with rata, and in the pursuit of one a workman
incautiously ran beyond the prescribed limits with a naked
light in his hand, and the result was an expiation, with
the fatal consequences referred to.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
I (THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
After Term Nil Prius Sittings at Weetininster.—(llefort
the Lord Chief Justice and a special jury.)
HULLS r. coital&
This was a part heard case from Saturday. The phiin-
' tiff who had been cook in the defendant's service, brought
this action for false imprisonment and a malicious prose-
cution. The prinoipel defence was that the defendant had
acted bona fide in proceeding against the plaintiff in the
belief that she had caused it by administering to the
members of the defendant's family and the household,
a noxious thing to do grievous bodily harm and that
there was reasonable and probable cause for giving her
into custody.
Mr. Huchlleston,q.c., Dr. Kenealy, and Mr.J.O.Criffits
were counsel for the plaintiff ; Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and
Mr. H. James were counsel for the defendant.
IThe defendant and other witnesses were examined, and
minutely detailed the circumstances which led the delete
dant to adopt the course complained of, and substantially
set forth in the opening of the defence on Satunlay. tb
the 14th July, defendant received a communication from
his brother, in London, that unmistakeable traces of anti.
many had been found in the veal and the vomit that had
I been handed to Dr. Letheby for analysis.
[The use wag proceeding when our report left.]
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Goulburn.)
IN RE THE REV. RICHARD LEL

The bankrupt was the rector of Stepney. He came
before the court with debts of 9,6871. of which 5,000/,
due to his brother, Mr. J. J. I.ee, of Southampton•buiM.
imp, who holds as eecurity a sequestration of the living
of Stepney, and other property. At a former sitting the
bankrupt was absent through illness and an adjournment
was ordered till this day.
Mr. Brough appeared for the assignees.
Mr. R. Griffith,, for the bankrupt stated that he was
not in attendance. No reason being assigned for his absence,
His Honour adjourned the case sine die, without protec-
tion.