The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-17 00:00:00

TIM BLOCEADIS OP VALPARAISO AND CAMARA..

It Is in last night's fiat the Earl of Clarendon
hair reesived from tier kisjestra Mani &Affairs' at San-
tiago s despatch, which encloses a letter from the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the Spanish naval forces is the Pacific
to the consular body at Valparaiso, announcieg "that the
blockade maiatained by the forces under his command is
for the present limited to the porta of Valparaiso and
Calder" _ - -

Brastc SarrimiLDlNG.—On Wednesday. the 21st
inst., Mr. Thomas Gray, of the Board of Trade, proposes
to reed at the Society of Arta. John-street, Adolph', •
paper on the subject of " Modern Legislation respecting
the construction and equipment of steamships." The
gaieties raised will be whether the ends sought by wean
recent statutes have been attained, and granting this,
I titer these ends ban bees attained is the beet sod sorest
manner. A critical sod searching discussion is expected.
It will be interesting at the present time, after the loos of.
the Loudon and Amelia, to hear what sae be said spine,
sod what is favour of, statutory interferes* in the ranee
&nib. of the eionatrnotion sod equipment of ships. To
hear from the shipbuilder arid shipowner whether they do
or do not feel themselves ooropeteat to produce • ship
without the aid of State interferes's ; end to hear from
members of the general public, on the ether bind, how ter
they thick the owner and Wilder should be left unfettered.
The subject will be arranged under the following headings ;
—bulkheads, bona, boilers, and safety valves, °empanel,
anchors and cables. The Right Hoe. la. Lowe, M P., will
take the chair at 8 p.m. Mr. Gray is not ea unknown
man. The report made by himself and Mr. Galloway
1864, oo the subject of proving anchors aed able., caused
much sensatice at the time, and was laid before parliament;
and besides this, he has been an active member eta prac-
tical division of the mercantile marine department of the
Board of Trade for fitters years. Mr. Gray, we believe,
leans to the view that modern legislation has ben over.
legislation, sad be urges that the self-interest of the owner,
and not State interference, should be relied on.—United
Service Gazette. . .

''..i.ITS—STORIII OF SIINDAT LAST.—An extraordi-
nary destruction of property occurred during the gale which
visited the month coast on Sunday last. It swept with great
violence over the estate of Mr. Long, at Preshew, near
Croaked, and entirely cleared away no less than three
acres of standing timber, (*gelatins of spruce and larch of
about forty years' growth. A ixdrsidersble quantity of
timber was also blown down upon other parts of the estate,
and it is estimated that the total loss will not fall short of
ten thousand trees. At Newland', a gentleman's seat near
Lymiogtoo, in Hampshire, upwards of 1,000 trees were
blown down by the storm last Sunday. The famous dun-
geon tower, one of the most interesting portions of the
rains of Mee Castle, in the Isle of Purbeck, was also blows
down. The Isle of Wight coffered esverely from the
storm. and trees were blown down in Osborne-perk, some
of which bad been planted by the late Prince Consort.
MICeItOPOLIT•27 BOABD OF WOR.lB.—The weekly
misting of the board was held yesterday at their office",
Sprieg-gardens, Sir John Thweites in the chair. Mr. New-
ton Galled the attention of the board to the amendments
wade in the bill brought into the House of Commons in re-
fires°, to the cattle plague, and complained that by it the
City would be specially beirefited, raasmuch as it would
be exempted from its operation, or they would sot have to
pay a fair share of the expense of slaughtering the cattle.
He moved a resolution, which fn the mune of the diens-
don was somewhat modified, end ultimately was passed in
the followirg form :—" That a deputation be appointed to
confer with the government with regard to the City being
excluded from the test of the metropolis in canting out the
Cattle Plague Bill, and generally our the provirfoos of the
bill.* A dimmer§ took place in reference to the utiliza-
tion of the sewage on the south side of the Thames, and the
! following resolution was ultimately adopted:—" That hau-
-1 mach as the Main Drainage noremittoot to whom, by a Te-
-1 solution of the board of the 17th November lest, it was re-
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lognociionpiotiate the preen) terms on which thiemmeasion
should be granted to Mr. Ellie. have cot le their report
complied with the told resolution, *or have recommended
any plan for the board to adopt, the laid revolution of the
17th November be now referred to the Mein Drainage Com.
mittee.* - . .

BaotHaa It:menus. —Brother Ignatius is not
likely to return to &stand for some months. Be
inteeds to ant visit Rome, sad then, if his health permits
Wm to do eo, be will per on to the Holy Lead and Jerusa-
lem. The monks remainimg in the =mastery continue
extremely quiet, and now that the master spirit has gone
their proceeding excite very tittle attention.
[Advsetisement.]— HOLLOWAY'S OINTXIIIT AND
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Xeisttlat from exposure to low teespersearos. OWN anoles.
snap. sad simulation booms, clisordered, sad miens Mama
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