The Express.
London, England, 1859-11-07 00:00:00

DEATH ON 4 WELSH MOUNTAIN.

An inquest has just been held at Rhayader, in cen-
tral Wales, on the body of a boy named Thomas Hughes', 14
years of age, mho met hie death under appalling circum-
stances. • few evenings ago, in company with his tack,
be started from Alfgoch, In Cernitauddr, the farm residence
of his grandmother, to proceed homeward over the hills,
distance of four or five miles from the Elan to the Wye
Bide of the mountain. They had • cart and • pair of hons
going along. Night bad nearly overtaken them whet
they reached • wild spot called Eront-y-Elan, • bride,.
over the Elan river, surrounded by craggy rocks. A vio:ett
storm was raging, and they had no hope but to mooed on
their dreary journey. Onward they went, uncertain as to
their roots, until it became terribly apparent that they had
missed their way. They lett the horses, and wandered to
end fro along the dimly perceptible tracks, in the vain
attempt to find some path leading to human habitations.
It was a bitter night ; the wind was very boisterous,
and piercingly cold ; the snow and sleet fell fast on
the ground, and was whirled in blinding eddies through
the air. At length the poor boy became quite ex-
hausted, and sank by the way-aide, declaring that he
could go no further. His purls wee in an agony of distress;
he lifted the lad up, and with great difficulty carried him
fora considerable distance. Presently a glimmering light
appeared In view, and he placed the poor boy down, and ran
forward In the hope to gam assistance; but it was only an
tgnis fates., and disappeared from sight. The man then
hastened backwards to find his young companion, but
failed to retrace his steps, end could not tell where he was.
lie than attempted to deemed to the valley below, and
scrambled down some steep rocks, at the imminent risk of
his life, and alter a time he reached ilefan-y-coed House.
His voice was heard and recognised, the family was aroused,
• fire was tigers!, and the bruised and nearly saturated man
was put to bed. A party started off to search for the ill-fated
boy, whom they found tying in the told, grey light of the
morning, quite dead sod staff on the bill side, about half a
mile from a small cottage, neer to the Nanuerth Farms.
After hearing all the melancholy details, the jury returned
vercliot to the effect that the deceased Died through the in-
clemency of the weather, which produced exhaustion and
starvation."

A Paris correspondent of the Glasgow Herald
writes Mine Augusta Thomson, whom utheical triumphs
In Parts you duly chronicled last year, and who has been
continuing bee studies here under M. I3rvial, leaves for
Glasgow this week, to allow her native city to judge of her
euper•emloent vocal talents. I may safely affirm that
Scotland has never produced the musical equal of this young
lady, whom natural extraordinary yoke baa bees cultivated
by something which the inhabitants of Glasgow will soon
better appreciate than I can describe."

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FUNERAL OF LADY PEEL.—The mortal remains
of this mach respected lady war deposited on Saturday by
the side of those of her late lamented husband, in the family
vault at Drayton Swett Church, near Tainweeth. The
body left London for Drayton Manor on Thursday, attended
by the Right Hon. Federick Peel, P., Mr. John Peel,
and Mr. Arthur Peel. The inhabitants of Tmeworth evieced
their ripped fur the memory of the deceaeod lacy by dat-
ing the., shops as the tease pasted through the town,
the bell of the pariah church tolling at minute Interval.
On arriving at Drayton the coffin was deposited in the
picture gallery, where It remained during Friday. On
Saturday morning the mourner* assembled, and shortly
after one o'clock the funeral cortege left the mansion for
Drayton Church, situate about half a mile beyond the confine.
of the park. After the mold paraphernalia mum the hearse,
drawn by four black borer, containing the cone, which was
of British oak, covered with crimson velvet, and studded with
gilt nails. Sin mourning coaches followed. in the first of
which rods the principal mourners, aorta of the deceased,
sanely, Sir Robert Peel. Bart., ld.P., the Right Hon.
Frederick Peal, M.P., Mr. Jobs Peel, and Mr. Arthur
Peel. The second mourning amok conveyed the Right
Hon. General Peel, 111. P., the Very Rev, the Dean of Wor-
cester, and Mr. Lawrence Peel. The third mourning coach
was occupied by the Rigot Hon. Sir Lawrence Peel,
Lieutenant-Colonel Edmund Peel, Hon. Francis Stoner,
and Str Hugh Hume Campbell, Bart. In the fourth mourn-
ing coach rode the Rev. H. Dawson, Mr. John Peel, Mr.
T. R. Bonham, and the Rev. R. Savage. The Mtn and
sixth mourning coaches conveyed the members of the home-
holds of the deceived lady and of the present baronet. The
usual prayers were read in an impressive meaner by the Very
Rev. the Dean of Worcester, and the coffin was lowered into
the vault and placed upon a white marble slab, one half of
which was already occupied by the deceased lady's lamented
husband. The coffin bore the following inscription :
"Julia, Lady Peel, widow of the Right Hon. Sir Robert
Peel, Bert., and daughter of Sir John Floyd, Bert.; born
Nov. 19, 1795; blamed June 10, 1820; died Oct. 28,1819."
The funeral was conducted in an unestentatious manner, in
accordance with the deceased's known wishes.

THE STRIKE.—The following letter hee been ad-
dressed to the Times by Mews. Pato, Brearoy, and Bette:—
" le having been currently reported that we are giving week
to men without requiring their declaration that no make
shall interfere while they ere in our employ between them
and oureelvee, we shall feel obliged by your permitting us to
give • denial to this report. We hare no difficulty
in obtaining as many men from the country we
we require in Loadca, and arraagements am now
being made to being over skilled workmen from the coati-
Dent, who we are aware may be obtained in almost say
numbers at • much lower rate of wages; end se most deeply
regret that the industrious man of London should allow
themselves to be so far intimidated and misled as to render
this course necessary, aa tt mast inevitably involve the
greatest possible distress and privation to them and their
Paddies miring the winter • and when their places are filled
they will be under the necessity of seeking employment
elsewhere at • considerably reduced rate of wages."
LAFAYETTE AND LOCIS NAPOLEON.—" It may be
interesting," rye the New Yolk Row Journal, " to re-
publish the following en root from a traversal ion with Fen-
nietore Cooper, in 1b33, mead at the time, by Mr. E. P.
Willie, then in Pare :-1 woe calling upon Lafayette one
day (said' Mr. Cooper) and was Ist in by his confidential
servant, who, it struck me, showed signs of having some-
thing to conceal. lie amid his master was at home, and after
a moment'. hesitation, made way for me to go on u usual to
We private room—but 1 ea. there was soma einharrararent.
I walked in and found the general alone. Be received me
with the same cordiality as ever, but inquired with some
eagerness who let me in, end whether I met an old acquaint-
ance going out. I told him that DL old servant bad
edmitted me, and that there was certainly some-
thing perdu in the man'. manner ; but as I
had seen no one else, I knew nothing more.
• Ab,' said the general, 'that fellow put him in the
aide room. Bit down, and I will tell you. Prince Louis Na-
poleon Bonaparte was here two minnvs sgo •.' I expreared
my surprise, of course, for this was in '33, when it was death
for a Bonaparte to ewer Prance. ' Yes,' continued the gear
eel, • nod he came with • proposition. He %rhea to terry
my granddaughter Clementine, snits the repeiblicaniets and
imperialists, sod make himself Emperor, nod wake my
granddanebter Empress:' • And if it be tot an indecent
question,' I said, • what was your answer, my dear general e
I told him;said barrette, 'that my family had the Ameri-
eon notion on that utojett, and chose husbands for them-
salve—that there was the young lady—he might go rout
her, and if she liked him, I had no ohj etion.' Mr. Cooper
did not tell us (for of course le did not know) how
the mince plied hi. wooing, nor why he failed.
The fair Cloneatine. who thew, poweibly, lost her
chance of being sou Empeer, married Mons. de Beau-
mont, and now repreeente bee rejected admirer as
the French anthreadrar at the Court of Austria. Shortly
after this visit to Lafayette Mr. Cooper war in London, sad
mentioned to the miners (the widow of the elder brattier of
the President of Feltner) ;hie venture of Prance Lamle into
the den of the Orlaanists. •He is mad' was the only reply.
But the gager-pout of the way endure lies Ares not clear
point truly. At say rats there is a certain • method m his
madness,' for the eam• match between impartation and
' repablocanton ban teen the prince. pursuit ever Once, rood
the chances are that he will finally bring it abant—C:emee-
tine and other interenedi.te unbeliever. notottostanding:
Subetquent event. (my* Mr. N. I'. Willi.) have made the
forgotag prophetic comment very significant.
A GOOD FIND.—The largest cake of amalga.
mad gold aver produced, has just been turned out at Sandy
Creek. It is the result of • portion of 69 tone of the Err
quire crushed free the Coefn Ire 1. It weighs 1.040
notes. The cinching was done at Mr. Kong's machine,
and the gold retorted otf on Friday evening. All the (cafe-
log night the lucky owner/ of the claim kept watch sad
word over it, armed to lb. teeth. It was safueong to listen
to the various remarks of the speakers as they inspected the
decreer yield from a claim, s sixth sham of which a few
months ago could have been purchased fee a rents of pounds.
Even alter gold was struck, 10,0001. we believe, would have
betted the claim—n splendid cumber, cone:dering that the
fret witty tons will yield fully half the amount.—Jf defy
Herald.

ILINDOO Esottsn.—A co dent ni-rountry
rends us the following amusing anecdote:—" We have bed
some sety amusing sails* lettere shown to us. one of .bleb
le such a clever specimen of what a native ran accomplish
with • dictionary and a little knowledge of English, five I
POljOin a verbatim copy. It is Wended ro convoy informa-
tion to the ca-satire engineer that the Pot-office window
war blown out by the sterm:—` Hoooured meets,—Yester-
day evening came one great hurricane, wake of window aper-
ture not fasten, first make gnat tresidation nod palpetivioes
then precipitate into ; reenact. God grant master taws I, ng
We and muse great poet.—l renmis honoured mast-r's most
obedient servant, Pl'aVOS Or ENGLISH DErAHIMENT." ,
—Bombay Gazette.
The splendid hull " Muter Butterfly" died a few
weeks ego, an his war from the western district to the Mal-
ts arse show. *. Master Butterfly" has been two years is
the colony, and was purchased of Colonel Townley for 1,200
ruinsaa.—lfeldverne
Tug LEGISLATORS' COMrLAINT.—The members of
the Massachusetts legislature have petitioned the gneerene
for the removal of the state liquor agent. Tne 7 fertile. says
that several of the member* testified that the liquor sold at
the agency was bad, and that better could be oblainad of oat-
tide dealers at the some prices. After a full consideration of
the subject, it was decided to amend the liquor Ise so that
the agent should be .pp feted dunng a particular month of
each year, sod that he shell sot bold over beyond the term
of one year.—New lurk Zino.