The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-29 00:00:00

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The pressure of the atmosphere his increased considerably In
the north of the British Isle* since yesterday, and slightly
elsewhere: but It Is again decreasing In the south of Ireland
this morning, accompanied with rain and fog. The winds are
still westerly and moder►te on the south coast of England. with
an overcast sky ; elsewhere they are south-westerly, light to
fresh.

An Athens telegram announces that the Area-
dion, Greek steamer, which was burnt and sunk to pre-
vent its falling into the hands of the Turks, was imme-
diately replaced by two more powerful vessels from Syra,

It is rumoured at Norwich—and the Guardian
believes on good authority—that the Rev. John Marjori-
banks Nisbet, rector of St. Giles's-in-the-Flelds, late vicar
of Itamagate, will succeed to the canonry now held by the
Rev. Archdall Gratwicke, Master of Emmanuel College,
Cambridge.
A deputation from the cafés and refreshment
establishment in the Exhibition have been received at the
Tuileries by the Duke do Baas ago, in the name of the
Emperor. The duke, after hearing the statements made,
promised to take the matter into consideration.
THE LATE DOSE OF NORTHUMBERLAND.—At
noon yesterday the body of the deceased nobleman wasp,
removed from Alnwick castle, and conveyed to a branch
station in connexion with the Great Northern Railway
en route for London. A,pedal train had been engaged in
which the relatives travelled to the King's-cross terminus,
where private carriages were in readiness to convey them
to Northumberland-house, Charing-cress. At King across
the coffin was placed in • hearse, which was followed by
two mourning coaches. On being drawn into the court-
yard at Northumberland-house the body was removed to
the dining-room, which was draped in deep black, where it
will remain till conveyed to the family vault inWrstrninster
Abbey. During the evening the event was signalised by
the toll' of the bell of St. Martin-in-the-Fields.
THE REFORM LEAGUE. —Last evening a meeting
of the general council of the Reform League was held at
the offices, in Adelphi-terrace, Mr. E. Beales in the chair,
for the purpose of considering an address, prepared by the
president, setting forth the future policy to be acted upon
by the League. The Chairman opened the proceedings by
reading the address, which declared that the future ob-
Bcts of the League should be to make the new Reform
Bill as conducive as possible to the interests of the peo-
ple, to obtain the adoption of the ballot, the repeal of
the ratepaying clauses of the bill, the repeal of the clause
relating to the representation of minorities, and to obtain
a more comprehensive and equitable scheme for the re-
distribution of seats. The adoption of the address having
been moved, • protracted discussion took place upon the
various points. An amendment for expunging the para-
graph relating to the representation of minorities was lost
by a large majority, as was also another that the address
he referred back to the executive committee for further

consideration. The adoption of the address as read by the
president was then agreed to, and its publication was
ordered. After some routine business, the proceedings
closed with • vote of thanks to the chairman.
Erraminoirrottr Scit:vm AT • WEDDING IN IRE-
Larro.—On Monday an extraordinary scene was witnessed
in the pai:sh church (St. Mary's, Newry), on the occasion
of the marriage of • person named Thomas Gillespie to
Nancy Duffy. The bridegroom was upwards of sixty years
of age, and had been twice previously married, but neither
wife survived her marriage many years. The bride in
the present instance was a spinster, between 20 and 25
years of age, and of a different denomination to that
of her intended, she being a Roman catholic and
he a protestant. The friends of the bridegroom
were highly indignant on learning his intention
to marry • third time ; and his brother-in-law, well
known in the town aa Johnny Smith, had threatened to
prevent the marriage even by force if every other effort
failed. Threats and entreaties, however, availed nothing
and the pair presented themselves at the church, at 10
o'clock in the morning, to have the nuptial knot tied. On
leaving their houses in Chapel-street, they were observed
and immediately followed by a crowd of 500 women and
children, who kept hooting and booing the whole of the
way to the church. A small party proceeded to the
church, into which only about twenty of the crowd were
admitted. Amongst those admitted was Johnny Smith,
whose rage in the church knew no bounds. He was
making frantic efforts to get near the bridegroom, whom
he threatened to annihilate, and threw off his coat
for the purpose of going to work in real earnest.
Blows, it was alleged, were actually exchanged in one of
the pews between the bridegroom and Johnny. It was
clear that, if this conduct was not stopped, the marriage
could not proceed ; and as Johnny seemed the most turbu-
lent of the party in church, he was turned out by a police-
constable. After this unceremonious removal the clergyman,
the Rev. Mr. Swanzy, who was absent during the greater
part of the above proceedings, Tau enabled to conduct
the marriage service without interruption. The crowd
remained at the back entrance of the church in
anxious expectancy for the appearance of the newly-
wedded couple. Presently a shout was raised that they
had left by the front entrance, and the whole crowd
immediately rushed in that direction, and true enough
there were Mr. and Mrs. Gillespie. Then recommenced
the shouting and booing, much to the annoyance and even
terror of the bridegroom, who turned pale at the threaten-
ing attitude of the crowd. The police kept in front of the
mob, and guarded the newly-wedded pair on their way to
their home. The neighbours, however, were on the qui
tire, and the persecuted pair were received with a similar
welcome to that which they had met in the earlier part of
the day. After indulging themselves for a short time in
shouting and yelling in front of the house the crowd dis-
persed, threatening to renew the demonstration in the
evening.— Newry Telefiraph.
A young urchin, 14 years old, has just stolen a
hone at Southsea. Pursuit being made he was overtaken
at Portsclown-hill, where he was resting while the horse
grazed. There were found on his person two pistols—one
loaded—a large quantity of powder, bullets, &c., and a
black mask. He said his intention was to have gone to
London to tty his fortune in the class of life made famous
by the exploits of Jack Sheppard, Dick Turpin, and other
gentlemen of like fame.
The loss by fires in the United States in the
month of July last is estimated to amount to 3,215,000
dollars.