The Express.
London, England, 1867-01-31 00:00:00

RENI?tRKA.

IM our southern roasts yehtentay the winds were strong and
: this morning they are cliicfly from between W. and
Yi.%V.,
i. light on our northeni ctewts aml moderate on our ether
m uniti Barometers hate noon considerably, but are still much
loser In the north than in the smith of the British 191,F Tent.
per...tures have declined. iodn has iieeti very :miters'. except on
our itrth.tast coto.t,, and at I,tritimith a large amount has

It is understood that a plan has been submitted
by the directors of the Royal Mail Steampacket Company
to the government, and approved, by which, during the
present epidemic at St. Thomas, the West India mail ser-
vice will be carried on without calling at that island.

According to accounts from Panama, an under-
taking has recently been organised in New York, called
the Pacific Pearl Company. The company intend to
operate at the Pearl Islands, about :KO miles from Panama.
A submarine boat has arrived capable of carrying 10 or
12 men at one time, who can work under the water for
many hours, and so constructed that it can be lowered or
hoisted at a moment's notice, and so arranged that when
lowered they can open the boat at the bottom, by means '
of two trap-doors, allowing a space of 10 feet square in
each for working purposes. The company expect to com-
mence operations in about a month.
THE FORTHCOMING OPENING OF PARLIAMENT
BT HER Ms.trarv.—The royal procession on Tuesday next,
on the occasion of her Majesty's opening parliament in
person, will be the same as usual, with the only excep-
tion that a dress carriage, drawn by the cream-coloured
horses, will be used matead of the old state menage. Her
Majesty will leave Buckingham-palace about half-past 1,
and will enter the Houses of Parliament by the peer's
entrance in Old Palace-yard, as on the last occasion, thus
avoiding the fatigue of entering by the royal staircase,
by the side of the Victoria Tower, and the subsequent pro-
cession through the Royal Gallery. On arriving at the
peers' entrance, her Majesty will be received by the Lord
Chancellor and the high officers of state in their robes, and
will proceed to the robing room. Shortly afterwards her
Majesty will enter the house, and take her seat upon the
throne, when the royal speech will be delivered, but whe-
ther her Majesty will deliver it herself or hand it to the
Lord Chancellor to read as on the last weenie°, has not
been ascertained. The interior leading to the house will be
lined by the usual guard of honour, and the Queen's trum-
peters will also be there.
UNCOVERING THE LIONS IN TRAFAI.GAR-BQUARE.
—(Tnis DAY.)—This afternoon the four lions in Tref algar-
square were '• uncovered" in the presence of a biro num-
ber of spectators, bat without any formal ceremony. Lord
John Manners, M.P., the First Commissioner of Works, ar-
rived at the spot at half-past 1 o'clock, and was received
by Baron Marochetti and other gentlemen. Ho took up
his position at the south-west corner of the square,
by the Napier statue, and the word having
been given the coverings were stripped off the
lions, and the gigantic animals were exposed to public
view. Lord John Manners and his friends walked
round the square, inspected each lion, and expressed them-
selves satisfied with the work. The ceremony was then at
an end. Sir John Thwaites, the chairman of the Board
of Works, was present a few minutes before the uncover-
ing, but took Jr part in the proceedings,.

Usroen UNtrcssirr.-LThe following members
of the aristocracy are now in residence at Oxford for the
purpose of keeping Hilary, or Lent Terra —AI: Christ
Church—The Marquis of Bute, the Earl of Ilehester. Lord
Warkworth, Lord Dolmen', Sir C. W. Wolseley, Bart.,
the Hon. A. F. A. Hanbary Tracy, the Hon. Maurice .1.
O. Ponsonby, the Hon. Josoelyne D. H. Amherst, and
the Hon. 11. Augustus Stanhope. At Balliol—The Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, the Earl ofJersey, and Lord Fr.mcie
Hervey. At Exeter—Sir George Francis Bonham, Dart.
At Merton—The Hon. Alberto Edward Bertie.

The nomination for the borough of Armagh took
place yesterday. Mr. Vance was elected without oppo-
sition. He proclaims himself " strongly attached to the
protestant constitution of the country.
Mr. Serjeant Kinglake and Mr. Wykeham
Martin, the members for the city of Rochester, will ad-
dress their constituents at the Corn Exchange, Rochester,
next Monde_y evening.
The O'Donoghue, M.P., will address a meeting
in the Free-trade Eel, Manchester, to-morrow (Friday)
evening, under the presidency of Mr. John Bright, M.P.,
on " the importance of union between English and Irish
reformers."

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE RAILWAY COM-
PANV.—As a meeting of the directors. yesterday, it was
decided to recommend to the proprietors, at their next
meeting, to declare a dividend for the half-year out of the
net revenue at the rate of 64 per cent. per annum, less in-
come tax. . .

ANICEE SMARTNESS.—It has been remarked
that if a Yankee were shipwrecked overnight on an
unknown island, be would be going roucd the first thing
in the morning trying to sell maps to the inhabitants.
" Put him." says Lowell, "on Juan Fernandez, and he
would make a spelling-book first and a salt-pan after-
wards." A long, hard warfare with necessity has made
him one of the handiest, shiftiest, thriftiest of mortals.
In trading, he is the very incarnation of the
keenest shrewdness. He will be sure to do business
under the most adverse circumstances, and secure
a profit also. This propensity is portrayed in
the story of Sam Jones—that worthy, we are told, called
at the store of a Mr. Brown, with an egg in his hand, and
wanted to " dicker" it for a darning-needle. This
done, be asks Mr. Brown if he isn't " going to treat r
" What, on that trade "Certainly ,• a trade is a trade
big or little." " Well, what will you have " A glass
of wine," said Jones. The wine was poured out, and
Jones remarked that he preferred his wine with an egg
in it. The storekeeper handed to him the identical egg
which he bad just changed for the darning needle. On
breaking it Jones discovered that the egg bad two yolks.
Says he, " Look here—you must give me another durn-
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