The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-11 00:00:00

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In the &Uhl tales barometer have risen about half as bek
since yesterday morning, and temperatures hate declined. The
winds on our coasts this morning are chiefly northerly, light es
moderate, but en the east coast of Fingland they are stream
and there Is still much see there. Some =OW has fallen 1 u the
oath of Scotland and at Shields.

In 1865 there were sent to Western Australia 556
convicts, and the total number received up to the end of
the year wee 8,716, of whom 2,931 were still convicts, The
ticket-of-leave holders in the colony were estimated at
1,500.

We read in the Lahore Chronicle :—" The Begum
of Bhopal's appearance at the illumination of the Taj at
Agra created immense interest. She was dressed some.
what plainly, but with taste, her head being adorned with
nought hut a Scotch wonted cap ; she entered the garden
leaning on the arm of Captain Willoughby-Osborne, the
political agent at Bhopal. The Chiefs of R►jpootana ars
averse to appearing in durber with a woman, especially se
many of them are inferior to her in rank, for she gets the
fourth place of honour, and is entitled to a salute of 19
guns. To conciliate the chief who sat immediately below
the Begnui, it was arranged that the Foreign Secretary
should sit between them."

An English clown, one of the brothers Cottrely,
has been killed at Verona from • fall received during the
performance of • perilous feat called the leap of Niagara.
EMIGRATION TO AMERICA.—The number of
emigrants which have arrived at this port during the yet;
will closely approach, if it does not exceed, two hundred
and thirty thousand ; probably • quarter of that number
has arrived at other ports in the same time; so that
the year's emigration may be roughly computed at
about three hundred thousand. The increase over last
year is very coneidereble ; and yet, looking to the
causes tending thereto, it is not marvellously
The producing power of the country is largely increased%
emigration, and the tax-bearing strength of the people
considerably advanced. It is estimated that every instal.
grant—num, woman, and child—is good for an import of
specie to the amount of at least 60 dole. Many, it Is true,
bring very little or nothing, except their readiness and
capacity for labour ; but others have their hundreds
and even thousands, and thus make up the average. Taking
this average as correct, the immigration of this year has
added to our supply of hard money the handsome sum of
about 18,000,000 dollars. There should be some more effi-
cient provisions than are now existing to transfer thiagreat
flood of people at once to the interior from the seaport
cities. In the central, western, north-western, and
south-western states, their means and labour can be em-
ployed to more use and profit to themselves and the
country at large than in the great cities on the
Atlantic or on the Gulf. The labour market in this city
is already overstocked, while the farming districts of the
West and the rising country towns of the interior afford
opportunities unparalleled anywhere for everyone net
only to gain a living, but soon to rise to comparative inde-
pendence. Even for professional men, such as physicians,
civil engineers, he., the advice is best. " Tarry sot ame
mend longer than absolutely necessary in the city whets
you landed—bend your steps at once to the West."—NeW
York Timm, Dec. 29.
GOLD AND METALLIC ORES IN AVERICA.—The
Cei°umetals are deposited in three broad belts, stretch-
•crosse the United States, one known as the " Appa-
lachian Gold Field," traversing the older states of the
Union in • line parallel with the Atlantic coast, and cep
peering in Virginia and North Carolina; the other as the
" Rocky Mountain Gold Field," traversing all the more
recently organised territories of the United States ; and
the third as the "Sierra Nevada Gold Field," ex-
tending, through the country bordering on the Ps.
cific. Iron is at the same time the most gene-
rally distributed through the public land states,
and it has been estimated that there is iron ore enough is
Missouri alone to supply • million tons per annum of
manufactured iron for the next 200 years ; while lead, tin,
and sine are found in several of the states and territories.
Copper in immense quantities is found in the vicinity of
the lakes east of the Mississippi, existing likewise in greater
or lesser degree in the region extending from the Miens.
sippi Velley to the Pacific. The precious metals exist
chiefly in California, in Nevada, in North-Eastern sad
South-Western Oregon, in Waahington territory, in Idaho,
Montana, Colorado, Southern Utah, New Mexico, and
Arizona, scattered over an estimated area of • mars
square miles, and now yielding an annual product in gold
and silver, according to the best attainable estimates, of
over 100,000,000 dollars.
Org!siso OF THE NEW RAILWAY BETWEEN Botr
LOGNE AND CALAIS.—An event of some interest to Boa
logne and Calais has occurred this week in the opening of
the new railway between those towns. The new line is as
extension of the Chemin deter du Nord from Boulogne to
Calais. At present, and until about the middle of March
next, the new railway will be used only for the local or
slow trains. After the date mentioned it will be used or
part of the maid line, and consequently as • portion of the
mail route between London and Paris. The mails will then
(as now) leave the Calais station on the arrival of the
steamer ; but instead of pegging throueh St. Omer,
take the course of the new line, stop at Boulogne, Angela,
and ertil, and arrive in Paris in about half-an-hourleastime.
There are four stations on the new line—viz., St. Pierre,
Callers, Marquise, and Wimille. The present service con-
sists of three trains each way daily ; they stop at all Ms-
tions and occupy one hour and 20 minutes on the journey.
The line has been very substantially constructed ; it leaves
the well-known station of the Chemin defer du Nord on the
Capocure aide of Boulogne, and by a sharp curve crosses the
river Liane, tunnels the town on the western side of the
Haute Ville, cremes the Tiutelleries district by a hand.onle
viaduct, and thus reaches the open country. After the
first station from Boulogne (Wimille) no part of the new
line is near to the coast. Th ecommenoemeat of the through
traffic in March will be followed by several improvements
in the service between London and Paris, including the ,d-
-dition of a new first, second, and third class train at reduced
fares during the Paris Exhibition.
MR. JOHN BRIGHT ON THE FILENcH LANGUAGE.
—Dr. F.merton, the President of the English Interns.
tional College, delivered • lecture in the Lyceum,
Rochdale, on Tuesday evening, on the French language.
The mayor occupied the chair. Mr. Bright, eh°
was unexpectedly present, in moving a vote of thanks to
the lecturer, said he did not wish to detract from the
credit due to the doctor, but he thought he war over
sanguine, as many present could remember the &Meet.
ties of learning French at school. The mayor end the
doctor had expressed an opinion that the learning of the
French language by the people of England would tel ee
promote peace between the two nations. He (Mr Bright)
was of opinion that that would not follow as a matter of
course. All the people iu America 'poke the same Ise
gunge as that spoken in England, but that did not pre;
vent during five years the serious war which hail raged
there, and which had incurred great danger in this coun-
try. Something else was wanted besides a mere knowledge
iof each other's language. We wanted fair dealing, and
more generosity towards each other.
Mr. David Lynch has been appointed one of the
judges of the Landed Estates Court, Ireland, in the root"
of the Right Hon. Judge Longtield, resigned. Judge
Lynch was, on Tuesday, sworn in before the Lord Cban.
calor.