The Express.
London, England, 1867-11-18 00:00:00

HUNGARY.

PESTH, Nov. 17._

Another letter from M. Kossuth has been pub-
lished, in which he agitates against the new Hun-
garian railway loan.
The debate on the authorisation to be given to
the Government to prosecute M. Bcernemengi for
publishing a letter of M. Kossuth begins in the
Lower House of the Hungarian Diet on Monday.
A bill for emancipating the Jews will shortly be
laid before the House.

RUSSIA.
ST. PETERSBURG. Nov. 16.
The railway between Moscow, Tula, and
Constantinople will be opened to-morrow.

SEVERE HURRICANE AT PORTO RICO.
(sr ATLANTIC ILLECILSPIT.)
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 6 r.r.
Intelligence received here announces that •
severe hurricane has passed over Porte Rioo,
causing heavy losses.

AMERICA.
(n ATLAMIC TELZUHAPH.I
NEW YORK, Nov. 16, 6 p.m

The Britannia has arrived out.

Closing prices :—Gold, 140. Sterling exchange
on London, 109 i. 5-20 United States Bonds,
1081. Illinois, 121. Erie, 731. Cotton—Mid-
dling Upland, 18c.

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 16.
Petroleum, standard white, 25c.

MULLS FOR VIZ ABYSSINIAN EXPEDrfrOle.—We
read in the Malin Times of Nov. 7:—" The hired screw
transport Empress (No. 13), which passed Malta to the
westward a short time ago,arrived at Gibraltar on the 29th
October. After shipping a detachment of the mules then
picketed on the North Front she left for Alexandria, and
passed in sight of the island from east to west on the sth
instant. Other vessels were shortly expected at Gibraltar
to convey the remainder to Alexandria. The whole num-
ber of mules to be shipped at Gibraltar for the Abyssinian
expedition is 1,300. The hired screw transport Ltolivar
(No. 17) hove to off this island on the 2nd instant, to
land a number of Maltese muleteers, and imme-
diately afterwards proceeded for Gibraltar, where she
will embark another cargo of mules for the Abyssinian ex-
pedition.
The hired screw transport Couthoundouros (No.
16), Lieutenant Sullivan, R.N.,agent,has also called in Isere
to coal, on her way from Alexandria to Gibraltar for a second
cargo of mules. A sad disaster has occurred to one cargo
of mules, which was shipped on board the French steamer
Bretagne at Alicante. This vessel put in here on the let
of November with her rudder defective and some other
injuries, sustained in a heavy gale about 150 miles to the
westward of Malta. Of 325 animals embarked 153 died in
one night from the violent motion of the vessel, which
became quite unmanageable, until temporary means
could be taken to strengthen the steering appa-
ratus. The remainder, 172 in number, were landed
here, and six have since died from the bruises re-
ceived during the storm. The Bretagne, after under.
going the necessary repairs in the royal naval dockyard,
and reshipping such of the mules as were fit to proceed
on the voyage, 144 in number, 22 having been left behind
sick, left Malta on the 6th inst. for Alexandria. The other
consignments of mules from Spain had reached Alexandria
with trifling losses • but we hear of one vessel on board of
which some fourteen died on the passage. Those de-
spatched from Malta in the Atlantic reached their destina-
tion without a single casualty. We hear that 2,000 of
these animals have already been landed in Egypt and sent
on to Sure, except the sickly ones, which were detained at
Alexandria, to recruit their strength. From what we
have seen of the Spanish mules landed here from on board
the Bretagne, the selections made do not seem so good as
those at Malta, many of them being perfectly grey with
age, and otherwise unfit for the service on which they are
intended to be employed. Malta can supply, in addition
to the 300 already sent to Alexandria, at least 500 more
prime animals. Captain Commerell, V. 0., C. 8., com-
manding her Majesty's ship Terrible, senior naval officer
at Alexandria, finding that many of the muleteers from
the Levant were rendered useless by sea sickness, replaced
them on board some of the transports by parties of his
own sailors, and wo have no doubt this judicious step will
be attended with the most beneficial results."
ATHLETIcEXERCINEs.--FATALOccuRRENcE.--OR
Friday night the members of the Birmingham Athletic
Club held their winter display in the Town-hall, in the
presence of a large audience. Various feats, usual on
these occasions, such as the "parallel bars," " ruaning
leaps" "high jumping," and exercises with Indian
clubs," Sc., were gone through, when suddenly the pro-
ceedings were brought to a termination. Mr. Clement
Davies, one of the members of the club, came to the front
of the orchestra, and addressing the audience, claimed
their indulgence for abruptly closing the display. It soon
became known that earlier in the evening a youth named
Plant (16 years of age) bad fallen out of the ranks in • state
of exhaustion ; he was carried to an inner room but
although medical aid was on the spot, the poor lad was
never again conscious ;he died in a very short time. It is
said he was afflicted with heart disease, but it had been
his habit to indulge in fast running. The deceased was a
son of Mr. T. L Plant, the writer of numerous letters on
the subject of meteorology.