The Express.
London, England, 1867-06-13 00:00:00

WEATHER REPORT. -(TI I L.S DA Y. )

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Ardromen 119.06 24 W.Y.W. 4
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Valenti& 30.08113 N.N.E. 2
Cape Ow— 30.10 66' N. N. 4
Uverpool 30.06 19 W. 2
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Brest 3024 69 N. W. 1
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Rochefort 30.20 63 N.E. 1
Plymouth 30.17 67 W.N.W. ,2 ,
Weymouth 30.17 56 W. i 2
Portsmouth 30.1368 W.B.W. 2
Loudon :0.11 10 W.N.W. 2
Yarmouth 30.0760 W.N.W. 6
Scarborough 30.01 67 W .S.W.
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REMARKS.
Atmospherical pressure, which is greatest In the south. ta de •
crewing generally Mils suonang user the ltritish Irks 3 nun •
rature u lower, and the wlnd• an moderate—nurth -easterly on
the south west nag, and north-wenn:, elsewhere. It waken is
oneent. Rain bas tall= In places.

CUSTOMS OFFICERS AND REFORM. —By an old
act of parliament, passed in the reign of George 111.,
custom house officials Si. not permitted to take part in
the election of members of parliament, a disability which
does not attach to those employed in many other depart-
ments of the public service. This invidious distinction
has long excited the antagonism of the numerous employes
in our customs' service, and at their request Sir Harry
Verney has given notice of a clause in the new Reform
Bill to repeal the old act above mentioned. Sir IL Verney
hsareceived strong promises of support from both aides of
the house, and the blowing letter has been received from
Mr. John Bright, to whom the customs committee had
written :—" Rochdale, June 10, Is67.—Dear Sirs,-1 have
received many letter and memorials on the subject to
which you refer, and to which I have not thought it
needful to return any answer. I read them, and the sub-
ject is not forgotten, but the pressure of my correspond-
ence is often such that I sere myself from the labour of •
reply when I can properly do so. I cannot pledge myself
to your friends es to the course I shall take in the house,
but I am disposed to think that the votes of officers of the
customs departments should be allowed, or the exclusion
should be carried into other departments to which it has
not yet bees applied.—l am, tea,—Jolly BRIGHT."
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOcIETY OF ENGLAND.—
The arrangements for the forthcoming show of this society
at Bury St. Edmund's next zuenth are se far completed
that, notwithstanding the wise decision of the Privy
Council not to allow cattle to be exhibited, the long lines
of canvas shedding to which the visitors to these shows
have been accustomed will not be curtailed, nor will the
large area enclosed be at all diminished. The interval
since the last show at Plymouth, in 1865, appears to have
been well employed by the exhibitor of implements in
increased endeavours to wring from the stubborn soil and
the parched ear every root and grain that nourish man or
beast, and in perfecting the wane employed to bring
these to market in the cheapest and best manner. The
display on this occasion will be so extensive that half the
yard originally destined for cattle has been added to the
ordinary dimensions of the implement yard. The show of
horses will be very large, and the attractions of this de-
partment will be enhanced by the jumping of those in
the bunter classes each day of the show. The amateur of
sheep or pigs will find the usual extensive choice open to
him, while the poultry will be in excess of any former
year. To all these inducements to visitors must be added
the Royal Horticultural Society's exhibition, and the
various objects of local interest to be found in the town
itself, which will put on her gayest colours to welcome the
societies.

---tigsraucrtva FIRE.—At an early hour yester-
day (Wednesday) morning the Airedale woollen cloth mills,
at Rodle , about five miles from Leeds, the property of
the ' Mill Company, and used them for cloth
and wool scribbling and milling, were destroyed by fire.
The mill was a stone building, about 60 yards long and
five dories high, and well stocked with valuable machinery,
besides having a large quantity of cloth and wool going
through various manufacturing processes. The damage
done is estimated at between 00,0001. and 30,0001., part of
which will be covered by insurance in the Liverpool, Lon-
don and Globe, the Sun, and other offices. The origin of
the fire has not been clearly ascertained. Ey this un-
fortunate occurrence nearly 1.000 workpeople will be
thrown out of employment. The mills were closed on
Tuesday afternoon, for Whitsuntide holydaya, and nothing
amiss was observed till a watchman discovered the third
story of the building on fire about 3 o'clock yesterday
morning.

ALTERATION or STREET NA3IES.-1110 Metropo-
litan Board of Works has ordered the following alterations
to be made in the names of streets in the metropolis:—
Southampton-road, Regent's-park. to be re-mooed Glou-
cester-road ; Winchester-street, Kentish-town, to be re-
named Bassett-street; Blary-street and Brook-street,
Euston-reed, to be re-named Stanhope-street; Regent-
place, Regent-square, to be incorporated with Compton-
street ; and Regent-place East with Sidinouth-street,
Gray's-inn-road. The subsidiary names in St. George's-
road, Southwark, to be abolished. The subsidiary names
in Arthur-street, Waterloo-street, Lyndhurst-road, South-
street, and George-street, Camberwell, to be abolished-
The houses in all oases to be re-numbered.

lemmas IN Awake-A.—Last year there was • New
York merchant who returned his inco.ne at 800,0001. and
upwards, and his return is still the largest in the list just
issued, though sat hes dwindled to leas than 150,000 f.
Another New York merchant oomes second with ins,oto/.,
and a New York shipowner, who, however, is also a large
shareholder in the Atlantic Cable Comparty, follows with
60,0001. After these come Delmonico, the well-known
restaurateur, whose probts are above -10,0001. In Phila-
delphia a government loan agent, whose gains had been
130.000/., finds them reduced to about a third of that
sum. In Chicago 34,000/. realised by a maker of agri-
cultural implements represents the largest return, after
which comes an income of 14,000/. These items owe most
of their interest to the figures alone, but there are others
which are remarkable from the celebrity of the establish-
ments or individuals to which they refer. General Grant
possesses • private income of about 400. a yeer over and
above his pay of 3,600/.; Mr. Stanton has just 700/. besides
his salary of Lang. ; Mr. Matthew T. Drennan.,
the "well-known New York politician," has 2,000/.
• year ; Mr. Frederick Douglass, the " famous New
York negro," 1,2110/.: and Mr. Franklin Pierce,
ex-President of the United States, I,otell. Journalism
in America is a profitable profession, though the in-
come of Mr. James Gordon Benactt, of the New York
Herold, has fallen from upwards of JO,OOO/. to less than
24,000/. The publisher of the Boston /wirer,/ returns
14,000 k, and Mr. Patrick Donahue realises 4,0011/ from an
Irish paper, the Bottom Pilot. The incomes returned by
acadendad and literary men are moderate. Piofemor
Agassiz has WV. a year ; Mr. Richard IL Dana, 4001. ;
Professor Lowell, UN. ; and the Poet Longfellow, 2.000/.
Publishers, as might be expected, do better than authors ;
one firm returning as much as 20,000/. a year and another
10,000/. The petroleum trade gives 30,000/. per annum to
its leading member, and s nianufeoturer of American
watches returns 2:1,0001.
A FETE AT THE TCILERIEN.— The Pte at the
Tuileries the night before last was exceedingly magnifi-
cent, and proved &great success. The Salle den Mani-
chaux, beautifully °ram...rived with flowers and splendidly
lit up, was used RI the hall-room. At 11 o'clock, after a
grand dinner at the palace, the Emperor and Empress, the
Czar, Grand Dukes, King and Prince Royal of Prussia,
Grand Duchess Maria of Husain, Princes. Mathilde, Prince
Humbert of Italy, and other high personages now in
Paris, entered the ball-room, Strauss's orchestra
playing the national hymn of RllStia. All the
gentlemen were in black evening dress, with knee inex-
pressibles and silk stockings. The Empires wore • dress
of white tulle, shot with silver, sad bad on a manellous
diadem of brilliants and a diamond necklace of immense
value, with lines of similar stones round the edging of the
dress on the neck. At midnight the guests descended to
the garden by the new staircase to view the illuminations
and Venetian fete. Over the whole surface of the reeerved
garden flexible metal tubes, forming garlands, were ar-
ranged, from which jets of gas escaped into globes
of unpolished glass. At intervals were to be
seen girandoles, with sheaves of light. At leant 50,000 of
these burners were employed, and the luminous garlands
extended to the middle of the central avenue, the per-
spective being terminated by a faxen% disc with an im-
perial crown in the centre. At the northern and southern
extremities of the parterre were placed two batteries for
the electric light, and at various points were vases
with Bengal fire. Luminous tubes were else arranged
along the ground, so as to trace out the ninuosi-
ties of the walks, fountains, and parterres. Lindy,
the fountain of the great basin threw up its waters
amidst • blame of illumination. Many of the ladies went
down without any covering on their shoulders, so mild
was the night; and the sovereigns sod illustrious per-
sonages spent some time below, admiring the beauty of
the scene. The hall afterwards began, and the cannon,
danced before supper, was led by the Marquis de Caul,
The whole party proceeded at 2 to the supper-room,
arranged in the theatre, the sovereigns and their imme-
diate party being mated on • raised nitride, and the other
guest* at tables below. The fete, which was perfect in
all is details, terminated at 3 in the morning. On/irwrani.
LONDON GENERAL 094 N I s COMPANY (LIMITED).
—Traffic receipts week ending June 9, I=2ol. 14s,