The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-23 00:00:00

REFARKS..

Barometric pressure haTTecre;sed considerably over the
British ides, and is unsteady. Temperature has risen rapidly on
our southern coasts, and is there from 15 to 20 deg, higher than
on our northern toasts. The winds on the Scottish coasts are light
sinl variable, and on our other coasts chiefly south.wetterly,
moderate to fresh. A large amount of rain has fallen in the
south • .1 England and Ireland.

We read in the New York Notion :—" The
colored people of Philadelphia offer their fellow-citizens
this winter a lecture course, which it is safe to say is sur-
paned by no other in the country in point of ability and
respectability. Nor isthis the first season they have put to
shame the prejudice which still insists on their exclusion
from street-cars and the bench which, as only the otherday,
refuses to punish those indecent assaults which one may
look fur in vain even in the city of New Orleans, is its
public conveyances. It is an unfortunate satire on this
unchristian proscription, that Philadelphia stands quite
alone in compelling its city cars to suspend running on
Sunday. The churches we know are strong enough to
opposeo . the popular
revaihngfor Sunday jo,fcan.
cask, which
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forbledemand
the
certainly not more at war with our notions of democracy
than with the religion which they profess ?"
THE LATE ACCIDENT ON THE METROPOLITAN
RAIL%.%T.—DILtTH or ONE or THE ACCUsED
will be recollected that an investigation was held at St.
Bartholomew's Hospital respecting the death of several
persons who lost their lives in consequence of an iron
girder having fallen upon the last carriage of a train
that was passing on the Metropolitan Railway,
near the Aldersgate.street station. The coroner's jury,
after a protracted inquiry, returned a verdict of " Man-
slaughter" against two of the foremen who were carrying
out the orders of the Thames Iron Works Company.
(inc of the accused men, Richard Chaning, has,
since the return of the verdict, been in • very
low nervous state, and the anxiety of his approaching
trial at the Central Criminal Court appeared to prey
upon his mind. On Saturday be complained of being
very ill, and a doctor was sent for. He, however, ex-
pired yesterday at the house where he lived, Slade's-
place, Clerkenwell. An inquest wall be held, when the
cause of his death will be discovered.

SUSPECTED SUICIDE OF AI.4;DY BY BC:ENING.
Yesterday an inquest was held at York, on the body of a
widow lady, named Frances Elira Macmillan, who met
with her death under extraordinary circumstances. The
deceased at the beginning of October last came from Toot-
ing, near London, and went to reside in East-parade,
Heslington-road, in the outskirts of York, for the purpose
of being placed under the medical treatment of Dr. Hitch-
Mg, the superintendent of the Friends' Retreat for the
reception of the insane. Her attendant was a widow
named Turner, and afterdinner on Ft iday last the deceased
proposed to her to pay a visit to Mrs. Hitching. They
got ready in a room upstairs, and the deceased was the
first down again. When Mrs. Turner tried to open the
door of the room in which Mrs. Macmillan was, .be
found it was locked, and on Mrs. Turner going to the
window she saw the upper part of the person of the de-
ceased lying on the fire. She immediately opened the
window, went into the room, and took the deceased off
the fire. She also sent for Dr. Hitching, who attended
immediately, and he found burns between the shoulders
and the back of the neck and head. He and Dr. Williams
attended the deceased until her death, which took place
on Monday morning. Dr. Hitching stated that during the
time be had known her he had not considered her to have
any disposition to commit suicide, and Mr. Wood, the
coroner, observed to the jury that in the absence of evi-
dence on the point it would be difficult to find that the
deceased had thrown herself on the fire, althou/h it scen.ed
extraordinary she should have locked the door if there bad
not been some strong reason passing in her mind for doing
so. The jury returned a verdict that she died from the
effects of the burning, but whether caused by her own act
or otherwise there was not sufficient evidence to show.
Dr. Kit2hing spoke in the highest terms of Mrs. Turner's
atten, ion.

AChTRALLAN BEARS. —A white native bear is a
curiosity that we never saw or even heard of until the 3rd
inst. Such an animal, however, w►s brought into town
on that day, from the Ironbark forest, where it was
obtained by Mr. lienfatber, a fanner, residing at Jan Juc.
Native bean of a dark brown and also of a slate colour are
not at all uncommon, but perfectly white ones have been,
we believe. hitherto almost unknown. These animals an
usually very sluggish, and generally sleep all day ; this one,
however, is lively, and sits up looking at the spectators out
of eyes of • pretty light blue colour. An enthusiastic
admirer of native products purchased the animal, and pre-
sented it to Mr. Bunce for exhibition at the Botanical
Gardens. where it is likely to be an attraction for some
time. —Gee long Register.