The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-17 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Bammetrical pressure adecreasing this morribig, except in
the Booth-east; and temperature has risen a little. The winds
are light to moderate, and have veered to the aouthwerd, ac-
•ompaded by rain on the northern coasts. Weather this morn-
ing, except in the north, is generally cloudy but tine.

Mr. Stone, M.P. forPortswouth, has opened his
park and pleasure gardens at Leigh, near Hayling Island,
in Hants, to the public twice a month. Last Coronation.
day they were visited by 14,000 persons. Leigh-park
House cost 13,0001. in rebuilding, and the estate comprises
2,500 acres. Amongst the statuary at Leigh Pork is the
American sculptor Storey's famous statue of Medea. Mrs.
Stone is the daughter of Mr. Helps, the clerk to the Privy
Council.

Mr. Henry Lopez is to succeed to tho Recorder-
ship of Exeter, vacant by the death of the Lac Mr. Stock,
Q. C.

Two turnkeys have been dismissed from Long-
ford gaol as the malt of an investigation into their con-
duct relative to the Fenian prisoners.

A four-horse stage coach conveyance has been
established between Taunton and WO. Ilion, on Saturdays,
in oonaequence of the high railway passenger fare between
the two places. The fare by coach is leas than by rail,
and the coach arrives earlier than the train.

The King of Prussia, the Emperor of Russia,
and the King of Italy are expected in Paris early in June.

M. Duruy, Minister of Public Instruction, is
pursuing in the north of France his inspection of scholastic
establishments. During the last week he has visited
Boulogne, Calais, St. Omer, Dunkirk, tfasebrouck, Lille,
Valenciennes, Douai, and Arras.

A letter from Ostend says :—" The King of
Prussia has engaged apartments in this town, where he
means to spend a part of the bathing season. His Majesty
is expected to arrive after his excursion to Paris. It is
also considered certain that the Queen of Wurtemberg,
who made a long stay here in 1/466, will return this ye►r."

" The clergy of the cathedral at Milan," says the
Lombardia, "arc in consternation. A valuable necklace,
with a double row of pearls, has just been stolen from the
neck of the Virgin called dell' albero. Who can be the
thief? The affair remains a mystery."
The ladies of Copenhagen have formed a com-
mittee to collect diamonds ►nd jewels from all those who
are willing to wake a aacrifice of them in order to assist
the Danes wbo have left Schleswig in consequence of the
conduct of the Prussian authorities. Nearly 1,500 heads
of families have been compelled to leave for refusing to
take the oath to the King of Prussia.
A letter from Biarritz states that Marshal
O'Donnell has just hired at that place for six months the
residence of General Stratton, an Englishman.
The Committee of the International Chess Con-
gress in Paris has fixed the date of opening the tournament
for Saturday, the lit June, and of the handicap for the
6tb. Competitors for either can enter their names until
the 28th May inclusively. Several foreigners of distinc-
tion have been lately added to the members of the com-
mittee.

A letter front Beaucairo says :—" A large number
of the inhabitants of this town were out on the 12th on
the banks of the Rhone, awaiting the passage of the
pleasure-yacht of the Bey of Tunis on its way to the Paris
Exhibition. Towards 1 in the afternoon ► black smoke
was perceived down the river, and soon after the Missis-
sippi came in sight, towing the expected vessel ; but
curiosity was greatly disappointed, as the boat was en-
veloped in canvas from the deck to the water-line.

" The largest topaz known," says the Moniteur,
" was yesterday deposited at the Bank of France. It is
of Brazilian origin, and measures 7gin. in length by Odin.
in width, and about the same in thickness. It weighs
more than 31lbs. However valuable this stone may be
from its brilliancy and size, it is still more so from its
artistic merit, as on one face is engraved a half-length
Christ breaking bread at the Last Supper. This composi-
tion was executed with the burin and diamond dust by the
owner of the gem, Andre Cariello, formerly director of the
Naples Mint."

The e Intercolonial Exhibition at Melbourne, in
Australia, closed in February. It lasted four months.
The number of visitors was 270,440. The average daily
attendance was 2,360. The total receipts for admission
amounted to 9,60 W.
PROCLAMATION OF OM AR PACHA TO THE CRETANS.
—lntelligence from Candia states that Omar Pacha issued
the following proclamation to the insurgents upon his
arrival at Canes:—" Cretans—Our august sovereign has
entrusted me with the mission of pacifying this unfor-
tunate Wand. I come, therefore, to you with paternal
intentions. His Majesty's long suffering is very great, but
hie anger is also formidable. I speak to you of both, and
paternally advise you to avert his wrath, and trust in his
clemency if you really desire the welfare of your country.
Secret societies have succeeded in troubling order in this
country and in destroying its prosperity, by sending into
it foreigners to keep up the agitation by which they profit,
and by making you false and chimerical promises.
You have seen clearly for some months past that the
foreigners still in your island are playing upon your cre-
dulity ; they for their parts have nothing to lose. It is
you who in your families and in your property suffer by
these troubles. The foreign agitators will lay down their
krill, at the first opportunity that may present itaelf, and
will ask leave to return to their country, or they will find
means to go there secretly, as they have done already. The
past sufficiently proves the entire exactitude of my state-
ments. No inhabitant—either Mussulman or Christian—
is entitled to avenge his wrongs in person, or to constitute
himself • judge in his own cause. The right of doing
justice belongs only to the government, which will
conscientiously fulfil that sacred minion. Whoever
shall venture to contravene its orders upon this point
will be punished exemplarily. Every vile that shall
declare its willingness to make its submission and to
follow this advice, and which subsequently, contrary to
its promise, shall keep up relations with the insurgent.,
will force us to apply to it martial law and to make use
of reprisals, which Ido not desire. I warn you, there-
fore, and call upon you not to force me to have recourse
to these extreme measures, for it would be very painful
to apply to you against ley wish that terrible right of
war. Follow with confidence the paternal advice I now
give you, and be persuaded that you will not have to re-
pent it, for I have nothing so much at heart est* contri-
bute to your welfare and prosperity ; and I shall esteem
myself happy to find you disposed to profit by my kindly
intentions.—(Signed)-011a PACHA."
ROYAL INSTITUTION.—The lecture season at the
Royal Institution will close on Saturday, June & Pro- '
fessor Allen Miller, F.R.S., treasurer to the Royal Society,
is now delivering • course of lectures on spectrum analysis
every Monday afternoon, and on the last occasion made
known the principles of this method of investigation, and
exhibited by the aid of the electric light the photographic
spectra of the metals, which he was the first to bring
under the notice of the scientific world. Professor Hux-
ley, on Thursdays and Saturdays, is giving • course of
lectures on ethnology.