The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-02 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Vrtterday and last nlghtiarlZetriC pressure decreased cons!)
denilily ever the Kraals tales, but this morning it is generally
bicreaang. The winds are northerly !Ni. E. to N. W,) and very
variable in strength. Snow, accompanied by hall in places, has
been very general on our coasts, and In the south east of England
a large amount has fallen. Lightning was obverted at Penzance
last nigh.

The Cork Examiner states that Captain Talbot's
expenses at Waterford will probably amount to 5,00 W.,
and understands that so much as 3!. 10s. to 41. 10s. a day
was paid fpr the use of cars to convey voters from places
not more tkan four or five miles from the town.

The Northern Whig notices the recent deputa-
tion from the elementary education committee of the
General Assembly to Lord Naas in reference to the pro-
posed changes in the system of national education. Lord
Naas could not give the deputation a definite answer as
to the course which the government would take on the
matter. The subject must be brought before the cabinet
at one of its early meetings, and it was not for him to
say whether Lord Derby would be prepared to state the
views of the government previous to the meeting of par-
liament.

Lord Brougham has addressed the following letter
(in French) to M. Berry er : --` • Cannes, Dec. 31. Aly dearand
illustrious oonfrire,—l send you the report of the discourse
which I delivered at the Manchester Congress ; and, as it
was in my 89th year, it is almost certain that I shall not
delis,' another. On taking leave of the public I thought
it incumbent on me to express my sentiments against
wars, and against those great murderers of whom the
Emperor Napoleon I. was the most guilty. But I have
added that his nephew, Napoleon 111., has great merit for
his declarations against war. My indignation against
those murderers was accompanied by my scorn for the
folly of those who encouraged them by their applause.—
Accept the assurance of my sincere friendship. 11.
BROUGHAM."

Some of the placards used in the late Waterfoil
election were very inflammatory, the following for exam-
ple : " People of Waterford,—ln the olden time the Beres.
ford Bloodhounds hunted your forefathers info untimely
and bloody graves! Who raised the triangle in the
County Waterford! Who used the pitch cap and the
gibbet, the car, and the at-o'-nine-tails! The Bercefortle !
What did O'Connell say of them in 1826? ' The Beres-
fords, who were never known to smile except when their
victim was writhing on the gibbet!'" " The Election.—
Black Sbeep.—A full list of the names of those who voted
against conscience and country will be published in pla-
cards through the city and country immediately after the
election."

A communication from Russia, in the Cologne
Ca:cite, says :—" The trial commenced against the Poles
employed on the work, on the road to Bakal
and who had revolted, took place lately at Irkutsk,
in Siberia. Seven of the leaden, and at their
head Narcissus Cielinski, forty-eight years of age,
have been condemned to be shot. The second
group was formed of 194 insurgents, who had fought the
troops and fled to the mountains. Of this category one in
ten will be put to death ; the others will receive 100 blows
with the knout and be sentenced to work in the mines for
life. The accused of the third group, to the number of 92,
are condemned to various punishments ; those of the
fourth, 133, remain an suspect ; the others, 260, have been
acquitted."
FOREION AND EASTERN TRADE OF SAN FRAN-
asco. —ln the year ending June 30, 1866 81 steamers,
160,449 tons measurement ; 160 ships, 149,281 tons ;
barques, 81,300 tons ; 61 brigs 13,738 tons ; 44 schooner',
3,131 tons, making a total of 1164 vessels, with a tonnage
capacity of 409,899 tons, entered San Francisco harbour
from foreign and Eastern porta —Cafiforaiais paper.

'Eovr..—A complaint has been addressed to us that
the writer of ' Public Affairs' in a previous number of the
Review misquoted one of Mr. Bright's speeches, in which
the speaker used words to the effect that ' half the land
of Scotland and of England was in the hands of 12
and 150 proprietors respectively,' Instead of ' half,' by a
clerical error we printed' all.' Mr. Bt4ht gave no auto.
risy for his statement, and the writer believes the amended
version to be inaccurate, as well as that which he road.
vertently printed ; but he hastens to correct the error,
unwittingly made, and to apologise for its commission."
This is simply It ignores altogether that part
of Mr. Jacob Brt's complaint which referred to the ex.
Unordinary misrepresentation of the words, " I deny
altogether that the rich alone are qualified to legislate for
the poor any more than that the poor alone would be
qualified to legislate for the rich. These words were
perverted by the writer in the Fortnightly into " the poor
are the only peole fit to legislate for the rich," and an
offensive and malign inference was drawn from the lan.
goage thus invented. This was, by far, the most serious
part of the charge against the Fortnightly, and was dwelt
upon most emphatically, and at greatest length by Mr.
Jacob Bright. About this the " public and adequate
acknowledgment " of error says not one word.--Slar.