The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-01 00:00:00

Totals

DEATH OF THE REY. DR. ALEXANDER FLETCHER.
- We regret to announce the death of the Rev. Alexander
Fletcher, of Finsbury Chapel, East-street, Finsbury-chess,
at the advanced age of 84 years. The reverend genthassa
expired at he country seat On Essex, yesterday (Bendy) •
afternoon, after • long and painful ilMea the thew
which was the inuoshate cause of death was dropsy.
HIM LATE ROYAL H DIM THE MCKIM
(DOWAGER) OF MAIO Coot/: GOTHA. -The demise et the
widow at the late Duke Ernest of Saxe Coburg Goths his
Gloms into mourning several of the covers ga CORFU el
Germany. The lamented princelier' funeral teak piles at
Gotha on Thursday last, when the Prince Contort, the
Duke of &me Coburg Gotha, and the Prince Frederick
William of PFRAEii masted at the obsequies. Her late
royal bigheads, who, mince the dermas of her hasbsod in
January, 11444, had led a retired sad tusolunnive life, was
Wont daughter of his Royal Highness the Duke
Alexander l'eridt Charles of Wurtemburg and the
Duchess Astedeette of Saxe Saalfeld Coburg. She was
boin Sept. 17 1799, and married Dee. 21, 18.12, the later
Duke Emmet of Saxe Coburg Clothe, tether of the reigning
Greed Lake sad the Prince Cowart of her Majesty, but
left no isme by that prince wt.° died in 1844 as before
stated. The courts./ Viurteirabarg, Belgium, sad Portugal
are placed iu mourning by the west, as well as our own
royal family and the ex-royal family of Frames, the (MOW
biother (the Duke Alexander) of the late duchess having
married the Princess Marie, daughter of the late Ring
lonk Philippe.
THE NEW LORD MAYoll.—Alderman Cubitt was
bons at Buxton, in Norfolk, is 1791, and in • rum!
pe rt of that county pad the early days of his Ida Is
his iftevntb veer be went into the royal navy, where be
served about four veer.. In 1810 he cammemed learning
the beans of a beleler, under his late bream, Thome
enfant, whom name eventuary hewne so amisent. He
coati rued in sosociation with him and his younger bee hr,
Louie Cubitt, till 1427, when the concern sow knows as
W. l übitt and Co.'s devolved on him, and for vas time
he went on alone. In VIAL after more than forty years
of successful application, he withdrew entirely frees the
bodiless, having disposed of all his interest to the
now can ying ontlthusextensive operaticem Is
rilrlaehr eiwas elected Sheriff of London and Miliaria;
with Mr. Cherie. Hill., sod just about that Ness he ems
retained to parliament, as member for Andover, whisk
horsalb he still coatroom to repreest. He MAIO within
three miles of the town, sect enjoys the andlidam• of his
constiterinta. It will be OHM that he is sow is his 70th
year. He is in the enjoyment of good health, and he Wigs
a quiet temperament, an active mind, sad emmiderelde ma-
gisterial cape-ienee, as well as a general imeerledge of the
world, to bear ups the important duties of the civil chair.
It is well karieni that be has Less • careful observer of, and
has taken an active part is, Na parliamentary Prenstslinils
which, during the last few jean, hays, under various moth-
aciationa been in operatics in reference to the 1
of the City of London. He is conservative in prima pia, hat
' not averse to reforms, and any judicioua measure for the
reform of the corporation which shuold neither isterfem
with the property nor abridge its privileges would, no doubt,
have his esseurrenes.-City Prue.
maxim: SUICIDE—A garter's apprentice, a tine
young /MA, Of 96, named Arne, who loved hiSutore
neither slaty ,or well, lately hung himself in his maser's
house, in Paris. Users his table, amidst • harp of books,
was focal the following letter, the y el which
was not on a par with the style :-"I am t a grocer and
shall never be anything else. I always think of that cari-
allure representing • grams standing on the threshold of hill
door, and making this rellectios-' Born to be a max and
saileinual to (arrows armee' He who thus judged our mll-
iug was in the right. For many years I have tried to ice-
prose my naiad ; I have read, and even copied out, books
which I dou't uudentand. All this muddles my bead, and
I Mid that I become more and more stupid'
every day. The longer I live the worse I shall
be Now, I reniendis to have read somewhere that
• man should apply his intelligence to be useful to humanity,
mad as I see I shall never be at for anything but to weigh
cheese and dried plems, I have made up my mind to go to
another world which I have heard of, and see whether
Nan may cot be a place for us there. I ask perdon of my
brethren for spearing in this disparaging way of our commas
profession ; but- 1 defy them to pout out • single inetanos of '
• groom liming ever made his way to • higher position.
There are plenty of manufacturers who have become de-
/ puttee and aro deconitod and loaded with all ante of
honours, out the like has never happened to a . For
these, reasons I have determined to -hang m . I beg my
pru.s.t, to erect a simple toinhatooe to my memory, and to
inscribe upon it these wools, ' Born to be a man ; died •
grainer.' "
(Jaime' Boatfo.--General Boson, who has ar-
rived is Pasis,haaaddresodthe following letter, dated Hotel
de Bade, Boulevard der Italians, Sept. 27, to the Dubai.
"Having been detained at Naples by a painful illness, I
was preparing, an moo as I was able, ter rejoin the King my
mamas at Gesso. My departure woe opposeal and it was
sot need the 11th that I obtained my liberty sod minidisks
to quit Naples, but on a priories, on my word of honour,
not to serve for three months an his Mojesty's army. On
my arrival yesterday is Paris I read in your journal • letter
signed Bosco sad dated ('spas, 14th, sad extracted from the ,
KT0,441 Journal. I share in the sentiment, which are 1
thereM expired, sadism proud at having them attributed
to me, but 1 did ERA write the letter in question.-
Accept. is:, Boma."
Tut HMO or PHROGIA.—A letter from Genera
of the SU says: " Gauen! Schmidt has just been here.
Sums prow having declared their Mtentiou to give bin, a
charivan, • repave wan set afloat that he had left the lowa.
It was honed that this expedient would prevent say mast.
!gaieties on the part of the Gesevese against this man
whom they sail Haynan 11. But some per ems who served
seder the General at Rowe, happening to recognise Lim
when taint a drive in an open carnage, and having followed
him to his hotel, where they mode a great ili.turbance, •
crowd collected, sail some of the most violent penes forced
their way into the home. Before, however, they could
reach the geseres room. the police were on the spot, and
restored order by arresting sauce of the riotere."
Burr op GAILIRALDE—Our townsman, Mr. Clark
Stanton, in at moan is Naples, on a commission to sake a
bust of Garibaldi fur some of the Dictator. political aid
private triads in land. Ile receivdcc Ma, despatches,
with which he cross, from Sicily to Calabria, end which he
delivered to the general, sheen he found at cuidoight wraps,
in hie sad sleeping is the open air. He had the
homes elsepiag several hours, similarly accoutred, by the
aide of the gene al, until the latter was awakened and
called away by shots that prefaced a sharp engagement. He
has been reaived most cordially by the genend, and hes
übtaised every facility fur arryimgoat Lis object. It ia •
singular instals°. of the open dealing, of the Dictator sad
hie cionfideom in nor countrymen, that the sculptor is
ellowed to be present even at diplomatic receptors& -
Id liesion.

LAMAS ARRIVAL 07 TRR•141.7111 7110 M TUR Walt
!stun.--The folks ing are rem particulars regarding the
recent arrival of speMe at Southamptoa by the Tal4lll4WiAll
steams from the West Indies : The value of the specie
was 6,11112,060 Join., ur about 1,180,000 i. sterling, end as
seerly the whole of it emaciated of silver, being dollars from
Memos, its tonal weight cooseded 156 toss The Tams-
nue, belonging lie the Royal Mail Ateempacket Company,
arrived is Misethamptos Duck at 9.30 a. m. of the 27th inst.,
and although the treasure was contained is no less than
2,1601 packages, the whole of it was landed in seven hours.
It was the depcwilmi is 36 railway moose, which, form.
WI • special Vide, AlliWl by two 1111001106, notched the
Name elms Magma el the Ounth Weston Railway early the
following mentisig. trinsiere was than transferred has
the subway waggon Is 36 street weapons and Taus, whisk
latter, draws by upwards of 100 km.., rewebed beak
of Lifland about, ten cas., smith* satire eerie was eddy
deposited is the vaults r, that estehtlebiamie by live itra.
the seam day.