The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-31 00:00:00

A RUSSIAN MARTYR.

(PROP A CORRESPONDENT.)

Serno-Solovievitch, who died at Irkoutsch on
the sth of March, was one of the bravest and purest of
men. Of noble birth, he shunned the besetting vices of
bat order, and sought in severe devotion to the highest
duties a refuge from the surrounding corruption. His
mind was cultivated, his tastes studious, and his
disposition thoughtful and refined. He had travelled and
sojourned in the west and south of Europe, and in England
and Italy had won the friendship and esteem of several
illustrious leaders of liberal Europe. On his return to
Russia he addressed a letter to the Czar, pointing
out to him the evils and the remedies of the
situation of the Empire. Some time before the
Polish movement be was arrested. He behaved splen-
didly ; avowed all his liberal convictions, and refuted all
the charges of conspiracy. Public opinion was universally
in his favour, and as his trial was not proceeded with, it
was hoped that he would be spared. But in prison a ten-
dency to consumption manifested itself. Suddenly, last
January, he was condemned to perpetual exile at
Irkoutsch. Three years of imprisonment had ruined his
health, and on the sth of March he was released from his
sufferings by death. His brother, compelled to fly, is in
& madhouse ; so is his sister.

A deputation from the Lancashire Butchers
Association, consisting of Mr. Lingard, Ashton-under_
Lyne, chairman, and Mr. John Upton, of Rochdale, siscre-
tary,'had an interview with the Right Hon. H. A. Bruce,
at the Privy Council-office, yesterday, to urge the granting
of greater facilities for the removal of cattle from Salford
market to adjoining towns. The deputation was intro-
duced by Mr. Potter, M.P., Mr. Turner, M.P., Mr. Meet-
ham, M.P., Mr. Philips, M.P., Mr. Hibbert, M.P., Mr.
Barnes, M.P., Mr. Platt, M.P., Mr.Vietkin, M.P., and
Mr. Whitworth, M.P.
A deputation from Liverpool, consisting of
the Rev. Henry Gibson Roman catholic chaplain of
the Liverpool Industrial School', and Mr. James
Whitty and Mr. John Yates, members of the Liverpool
Town Council, had an interview yesterday with the Right
Hon. C. P. Villiers. President of the Poor-law Board-
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo-
nisleffice from the Governors of the West India Islands.
His Excellency the Chinese Commissioner and
suite, accompanied by Major Brine, Mr. Bourn, and M. de
Champs, yesterday visited Pentonville Prison and the
Times office, and, after calling at the Athenaeum Club and
on the Danish and Dutch ministers, attended Mrs. Glad-
stone's assembly.
Gswassi NELL Dow.—A deputation of Liver-
pool and Manchester members of the United Kingdom
Alliance met the Peruvian, which arrived at Liverpool
yesterday from Quebec, to welcome General Neal Dow,
who is visiting Sigland and the continent for the double
purpose of improving his own health and promoting the
temperance reform. The general conducted to Isiw-
rence's Temperance Hotel, where he was entertained to
breakfast by about fifty gentlemen, Mr. Lawrence Hey-
worth, president of the South Lancashire and North
' Cheshire Temperance Union, taking the chair. A resole.
tion was adopted expressing good wishes towards General
Dow, and aspirations for the success of the cause in which
he takes so deep an interegt. We understand that the
. members of the Alliance intend to hold a series of meetings
, to be addressed by General Dow in various parts of the
country.
CRYSTAL PALACE. ONE SHILLING DAY.—
' WEDNESDAY, MAY 30.—Admissions on payment, 3,466 ;
ditto by season tickets, 1,778 ; total visitors, 5,244.

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