The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-22 00:00:00

RUSSIA.

The dowager Empress has entirely recovered from
her meat illness, and has already taken gentle foot
exercise in the open air. It is thought that, accom-
panied by her son, the Emperor Alexander, she will
visit Berlin next spring, and extend her journey.

ELEPIIANTS.—Another thing to look at is the
force and sagacity of those elepltante, which are gravely
pulling two of our heary guns through the sand in which
they have sunk, near the Kokrael-bridge. If the meptheria
of the fossil world bad equal sagacity it is well for man they
perished before his era. Their Hying congeners are feeling
the wheels with their probneces, as if to estimate the nature
of the obstacle; another is forcing the breech forward with
all its weight and etreigth combined by placing hie head
against the gat, and then pushing like a Mtn; another
ease, off the preserve by dragging up the muzzle with his
proboscis. There ars fourteen of them, and the two 18.
pounders soon begin to move forward with celerity, the
elephants playing a little ft orrieh on their home as rocs se
tke object I. accampliebed. Oh 1 Mr. Ready, don't say •
wood wined elephants till you know them better, or mu
come est bon end atedy thera.--Corraspoadent of Titan ill

NAVAL AND MILITARY. 1

(PROM LAST NIGHT'S OLZITTY..)
WAR-OFFICE, JAN. 21.
MEMORANDUM.-14ASMASSIM TRONA@ *why Crowder
having obtained a first-clan certificate at the School of Mos-
Mary at Hythe, has been appointed by the General CAA.
mandincin-Chlef, with the concurrence of the Secretary of
State for War, to act as Instructor of Musketry to the
Oxford Regiment of MWtla.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 19.
Corps of Royal Marlow—First Lieutenant and Adjutan
John Poore to be captain, vice Conde, retired an falbpay
Second Lieutenant John Macdonald Moody to be tint
lieutenant, vim Poore, promoted.
THE MILITIA.
Commissions signed by the Lords-Lieutenant of their
respective counties.
Roial North Lincoln Militia—Charles William Josephaylor, gent., to be ensign, vice E. A. Idareland, appointed
to the 18th Foot se April 23, 1838.
2nd, or Edmonton Royal Rifie Regiment of Middlesex Militia
—Walter Stirling, gent., to be lieutenant, vice Foster, re-
Med.
WarwiMehire Militia (2ed RegimenO—Henry Bathurst,
pat., to be ensign, vice Henry Robert Grimm, promoted.
It is now correctly and generally believed, any. the
Unita Service castes, that the new member of the Board
of Admiralty, in mactesion to Captain Drummond, will be
Captain the Rat. Swynfen T. Carnegie, Ca, who now ooze-
mends the meet-good ship Edinburgh.
ADMIRALTY, JAN. 21.—APPOINTMENT:Acting
Assistant-Surgeon G. W. Locke, to the Leopard, 18, paddle-
wheel steam frigate, Mediterranean station.

WOOLWICH, JAR. 21.

The Brandon, hired steam Tees. 1, taken up by the
War Depart:mat for the conveyance of tailitmy stoma to
ComstsnUnople, will leave the Thames for her destination
to-morrow.
TIIAPOILT OP SIEOP MO/CUM.—Severe experiments
have recently been carried out at this garrison, In order to
teat the practicability of moving heavy 'mortars with the same
facility as guns. Some of the heaviest mortars with the
mortar beds have bean attached to gun carriages manufao-
lured at the Royal Arsenal, and the utmost militate amount
of speed hes been obtained with six horses over a rough road.
A detachment of Royal Artillery has left Woolwich in the
freight ship Ramillies, for Bombay, to All up computisa at
that station.

CHATHAM, JAN. 21.
The non-commissioned officers and Marina of the
steam-fripte Shannon, it which recently returned from the
Bast Indies, have all received their mare of pay and been
granted six Mae iSSTII of absence.
A Chelsea board, under the presidency of Dr. .7. R.
Taylor. C. 8., was held at Bt. Mary's Barracks this morning,
when 26 sick and wounded troops, who were declared unfit
for further service, were ordered to be discharged.
The entire battalion of Royal Marine Light Infantry
were drawn up on the parade ground this morning for the
purpose of hearing read the sentence of a district court
martial, which assembled for the trial of Michael Sweeny,
77th company, cm a charge of being absent without leave,
and making my with his regimental necessaries. The pri-
soner, whose character is bad, wee sentenced to 42 days' im-
priediment In Pat Clarence.

DEATH OF LORD NORTHWICK.—We have to an-
nom= the death, on Thursday, of Lord Northwick, at North-
wick Park, new lionton-ht-Xarsh, Glonme• in. His
lordship is known as a liberal supporter of the floe arta, his
gallery at Thhiestaine, Cheltenham, being celebrated over
the world. He wee born Feb. 16, 1770, and waa conse-
quently 89 years of age. Hie father, John, the first lord,
was born July 12, 1738, and died Oct. 20, 1800, having mar-
ried Rebecca, daughter of Humphrey Bowles, Esq., of Wan.
stead, by whom he had the late baron and one other son and
three daughters. The son (the Hon. and Res. George
Rushont) had six children, one of whom the Her. George
Harbour, now Y.P. for But Wororsterahlre, is heir per
=motive to the title. This will load to an eleetWo, and
already several candidate@ are spoken of. The Fount Won
lea onmervative.

DEATH OF TRH EARL OF CHARLEVILLE.--The
death of this nobleman took place on Thursday night, at
Cita:lrene Forest, Tullman, Ireland. Charles William
George Bury, Bart of Charleville, Viscount Cherievilk, and
Baron TOUGMIOI43, were his full titles. The barony was
created In 1797, the viscountcy in 1800, and the earldom in
1806. The earl just deemed, however, only succeeded to
them in 1861, and they will now demand to Charles William
Franck, born on the 16th May, 1862, who will be the fourth
sari. He baa a brother, Me Hon. George William Bury,
sad two sisters, Ladies Catherine and Buffet Bury, the
eldest s year older, sod the youngest a year younger than
himself.

MELANCHOLY AND FATAL OCCERZENCE.—Abenk
Ave o'clock on Tuesday morning last, a young man named
Thomas Price, bullet to Lord Lisburne, M.P.. Croftwood-
park, met with a watery grave in the river Ystwith, sad
several others bat nanowlyfescaped the suns fate. Lady
Vaughan, Lady Elisabeth "ir aughan, and Master Edward
Vaughan were returning from the ball held in celebration of
the majority of Pryse Lowden, Esq., fa a fly driven
by Morgan Mare, the Belle Vert poatboy, by the
side of whew sat the deceased. The route rid
' Limiter was obseen as being preferable. It had been
raining very heavily during the night. Whet the
carriage melted the ford °remind the river Yshrith,
near Crosswood, there was no perceptible bursae in
the river, but after proceeding a few yards across a volume
of water came down all at ore, and the current was so
strove, that it turned the fly on one aide, when the young
man tall over, and was immediately swept away. The post-
boy failed to retreat, and had no alternative but to endeavour
to make for the opposite bank, in which he ultimately sac-
coeded. He threw the reins over • branch of the tree on the
bank, and happily was able to rescue the inmate. of the
carriage, who, we are glad to say, received no Injury,
further than the terrors of their perilous situation. Aarg-
au, was immediately purred and active search made.
The body was found about 10 o'clock opposite Gleapetmnth,
• distance of two miles dews the Ayer.—Carnereen Brrold.
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—About half-past fife
on Thursday male& a sad accident, unfortunately result-
ing in almost instantaneous death, occurred at the New-
street Station. An elderly female, at present unknown, was
in the act of paring over the level crowing opposite one of
the gate entrances to the station in Great Queen-street, jest
at the moment that what is termed an " empty " engine was
slowly raring up. Either not perceiving its approach, or
thinking to peas in front of it, the old woman continued on
her way, end before the driver of the engine could pull up
she was knocked down, and so frightfully injured by the
wheels and gearing of the locomotive, that when taken up
she was found to be quite deed. A station policeman, who
was as duty on the spot, observing the poor creature's dan-
ger, rushed up to her to pull her back, but was too late, and
very narrowly saved Lis own life in the attempt, he being
also thrown down by the ooneardon, end so badly shaken as
to render his removal home desirable. The deceased was
placed on a stretcher, and conveyed forthwith to the General
Hoepital, being accompanied thither by Mr. Cooper, the sta-
tion master. Her injuries omelet of • dreadful fracture of
the left arm, a severe laceration of the temple, and • large
wound in the breast, which is supposed to have retuned in
a fracture of one of the upper ribs, a portion of which
penetrated the leer, and oared almost instant death.—
Birmingeorn Daily Pest.
FATAL COLLIERY ACCIDENT NEAR WIGAN.—On
Wednesday afternoon a fearful accident occurred at the Lowe
hall Pit, trimming to the Moss bell Colliery Company.
Lents Barton, aged 28, who was • mechanic, went down th
pit to repair a pump, attended by Peter Livery, a labourer.
When they had been down tome time the browman felt • rush
of air up the Craft, which knocked his cap off. He called out
" Firs-damp I" and &sestina was procured ; and when some
men went down they found that the firodanip bad exploded,
instantly killing the two unfortunate men. There is no
doubt that, owing to the men being on strike and no eau
being at work in the pit, the fire-damp had accumulated and
Ignited at the light by which Lewis Barton was working, as
he was found near the pump, and the labourer • short die-
mace off. Barton was married, living at Henley, and leaves
two children. Tho other man lived at Abram, tad wee un-
marriet—Lirerpool Daily Post.
SOMNANDOLISM.—An extraordinary case of som-
nambulism occurred at Hatherleigh, on Monday night last,
when • boy named Raeford, 14 years of ago, rues from his
bed in the middle of the night, bier; still asleep, pared
through some plants without disturbing them, and opened
the window, through which he reseed into the Street 11 or
12 feet below. He then skipped over the street and knocked
up an oppo-ire neighbour, whom he &eked for the loan of " a
washing-tray, as mother was going washing." Seeing the
boy's almost naked sedition, the neighbour around the
father, who took home his still unomemoue son, whom he
bad great difficulty in waking. The descent from the window
to the ground without injury is most marvellous.— Western
Times.
FIRE AT THE ROYAL ADELAIDE BATHS, DOVER.
Early yesterday morning a fire broke tent in this well-known
bathing establishment, and completely gutted the rooms of
the western block of baths facing the sea, brides destroying
• beth-room in the rear, and acing a good deal of damage
to other parts of the same range of buildings. It appears
that one of the rooms in question, viz., that adjoining the
public reading-room attached to this set of bathe, wee used
by Mr. Marsh's family as • dwelling place, various other
detached rooms being devoted as steeping apartments to dif-
ferent members of the household. It was in the first-men-
tioned room the fire broke out, and thus stole upon the
building without arousing any of the occupants of
the remaining rooms until it bad obtsined a oom-
Ora mastery. The alarm was first given by the coastguard
upon duty, who perceived deer volumes of smoke issuing
from the, chimney, which he at first supposed to be on Ara,
and be accordingly aroused Mr. Marsh. Information was
quickly given to Mr. G. T. Perks, the captain of the local
Are brigade, who, with the most praiseworthy alacrity, got
out the spparatus of the Local Bred, and in lees than
twenty minutes had it playing upon the flames, when the
Immense volume of water thrown by the hose very speedily
had the effect of subddeg the conflagration, but not till the
rooms we havo mentioned, with their content., were totally
destroyed. The only expiration of the origin of the catas-
trophe appears to be that some ignited soot must have gat
down behind the stove of the living-room and Pet fire to
some of the neighbouring woodwork. Mr. Marsh is barred
la the Norwich Union Fire•oftioc.—Derre Asprcss.

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LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
Ilittiap at N Press Is I(____ —(Dire lib. Jos*,
Bytes and a 0 lay.)
Rrilime .. IFILLIAISION:0011ITA010r11 MMUS MONO

MQUL.-•II ORTINDIXO JUST.

Tide wee ea antics le reerwer damages for Injuries any-
Weed by *Wit, d cessegullloll of baying bought of the
defendant three horses which were raid to be affected by
km or glanders.
Kr. amjeeet Tozer and Mr. Hall appeeted for the plain-
tiff; and Mr. Saimaa Ballszdine mud Mr. Rumen for the
defendant. . _

The plaintiff wee • carrier, at Croydon, and the defendant
wee an °melba, proprietor, keeping • large number of horses,
near the Waterloo-toad. On Sunday, the 27th June, the
defendant called on the plaintiff, and told him he had i mite
l.,m_which be could *ell him • bargain. On the
Tureday the plaintiff oalled on the defendant, and
bought horses for 3111. They were put in the stable,
and one of them died ant morning. la the clime of • few
maths another dial, as did also eta other horses belong to
the plaintiff. The plaintiff &lined to rimier the value of
them berme, the expense vita be had been put to in
tie the stable where they bed boa, the loss eustalard
bys= his boohoo,rtred. mil the etyma of doctoring other
horses which had rieco

A great deal of sedan wee glees ea both sides, which
was of a very correlating eimeler. I'he principal
raised me as to the health et the bargee ; where =de:
sold; whether the daintiest had wenenet lbw send;
and even If sot whether the demist had Bede say Ear
representation in ..Iliad the Inesee. There ine also a mall
item of clan in respect of MO imam cold by the datendeet
to the plaintiff.
Mr. Justice Bytes, is grate ng up, directed the flay the
at all emu the planter Ned set recent apes We need
for the tome of man or ler the enema el deeterleg M.
hones that did not die. The net at the me he lell ter thole
coaeidgeia. His lonlehip oleo saki that is deemed" Crooke
v. Cant sad wee, in which the jury was looked rip
the other day, It had come le the knowledge of the own,
the through • window wanly et porter wan Introduced
amen the Armen, ad 111111111111m1 ; and after that they
did sot agree to • men Probably the jurymen
Bight sot be same Mat is eo den they
Uwe be.. pain of easemplet seen, and were ad Mei *0
pqmnWment. The Meese ea Muse on the Mink the tee
baadrd yews ego It was laid dews, end bed hese the he
era sni the ft jinn eiginewel nmedwee eine depenere
bon the bar an it they dal aid imp engem till May led
given ale greseit, es Menefee retteehed Oen
eine without leen of the run end helm they pee their
verdict, area though thry was agreed en it, sad were el is
tine be needy at the held applied le take care of lien
%mil
weedve it, they Inge sulky et • eanteept own.
Ile cosiest hineeW saw with meWang the
matter ; let if myelin of the kind conned spits,
after this public awn, It wee probable that proem of
Cf Wrap, attachnitat, an imprisonment might igen erne
sayaanatag juror.
The pary, atm nivideriag dr ow flat half an bon, found
• verdict tor the plane tor e.

&Wage la Banco.—(Bien Lad Cbief Justice Cockburn
iii Mr. Julien Wilma.)
ZWTON L CUPITT.-Thi 11Lp OP DOW? MAT.

T►k ear so ret;Saesiomin7si hs wiTelqameeOf so
dared enceesehmeot open es anoint tiny Item the Isle of
Dogs to Oneawielt, sheer While thees hod hem **dm
M several Rivkin ocomions.
Mr. Lash sow moved for leave to add • pis in Widen to
ase gall. TM pl. e which it was wished Se edd, sat sat
various creeasetasow, much se that the wicket tarty we=
bon a petticoat lauding-plain is the Isle of
saniessiosted with a certain highway to Poplar.Phe deo
MAO hod bolt extensively open the hie at D
sad be rsa stem hone woes the river lieM
ealmilseas of mums sceaseted with linos haddisige,
hot N• met there padre of • mile dm is AIM taws
Me seieat tasdtag pave; sod the preen wee
wheilwr this wee say isibbeemmeN tbe bey.
At the time that arty wee gvented, the Isle of lisp was
miehobiesd sad the rely eldest a 1 des *wry woe Is cow
mmienes nigh Poplar.
Theewart posted • role Md.
Mr. Jowls, Will.ems, astermr, mid that V the low elm
Mhe shady_admialetered, deatited whether Mr. Lush
wield beldmho.