The Express.
London, England, 1867-03-27 00:00:00

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This mondng barometrical columns are fulling In the south ;
elsewhere, the pressure is greater than it was )esterday amen-
tag. The winds are chiefly suth-westerly. moderate : yester-
day they were strong to a gale over England, and at Vali:tabs,
where the direction was north-west. Rain has fallen in the
south-west, and a little also in Maitland.

A meeting of the Paris tailors to the number of
nearly three thousand was held on Sunday last at the
Elysce Montmartre for the purpose of drawing up a claim
for increased wages. The proceedings resulted in • com
mittee of eleven workmen being appointed to confer with
a similar number of masters. An inspector of police and
several constables were present. but they tuerelylooked on,
as the utmost order prevailed. The speakers, it is stated,
were scrupulously moderate in their language, and care-
fully avoided all remarks that might be supposed to have
a political burring. In the course of the proceedings one
of the persons present announced that his watch had been
stolen. At this there was much agitation, the meeting
appearing to look upon itself as responsible for the honesty
of all who were taking part in its deliberations. Ulti-
mately it was discovered that the owner of the watch, in
taking out his handkerchief too rapidly, had himself un-
consciously been the thief.

\VAR-OFFICE Aisnen 23.—The Queen has been
graciously pleased to give orders for tho appointment of
Captain Cowper Phipps Coles, of the Royal Navy, em-
ployed by the Board of Admiralty in superintending the
construction of turret ships of war, and James William
Murray Ashby, Ea 1.. Paymaster in the Royal Navy, to be
ordinary members of the civil division of the third class,
or Companions of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
—Oa:4 tie.

FIRE AT SIR H. PARKER'R RID4IIIRNCE, JAPAN.
—On the 25th of January, at half-past 6 o'clock, p.m., a
fire broke out in the roof of the house, No. 16, the resi-
dence of Sir Harry Parkes, the llritiah Minister, at Yoko-
haulm. The roof ignited either from the overheating of
the tine from one of the doves, or from sparks falling on
the roof and driving in under the tiles, and the flames
spread rftpitlly through the whole building. Lady Parkes
calmly gave directions as to the children being placed in
safety, and only when shefound that nothing could be
done, did she leave the burning house. Much help being
at hand, a good deal of the furniture was got out, and Sir
Harry saved the more valuable of his papers, &c. Several
engines were quickly upon the spot and with them every-
thing possible was done, but their greatest use was in
keeping the fronts of opposite buildings wet so that the
showers of sparksfellharmlessly. Muchactivity was shown
by the soldiers of the 9th Regiment, of which a detach-
ment arrived very promptly on the scene, accompanied by
Colonel Knox and other officers. Several naval officers and
sailors were also present. The governor of Kanagawa ar-
rived very early, as did also M. Leon Roches, the
French Minister. They expressed their sympathy with Sir
Harry and Lady Parkes, a sentiment that is most heartily
shared by every person in the settlement. The fire occurred
just when all the family were occupied in preparations for
an evening tarty, to which a very large number of guests
had been invited.—Japan Herald.

THE LATE MINISTER FOR INDIA.—The proverb
that " ill news flies fast," is illustrated by the celerity
with which the people of India were informed that they
had lost their already popular Secretary of State. The
telegram dated March 4, announcing the resignation
of Lord Cranbome and two other members of
the ministry, was received in Bombay early on
the sth. Entering on the all but matured
plena of his predecessors, in regard to redress of
army grievances, and the construction of irrigational
woe out of loans instead of revenue, his lordship has
earned due praise to himself by the zeal and heirtineu
with which he has given effect to the measures
placed in his hands. By his promptitude in directing
unstinted outlay for relief poses when once the
government of India Lunt before him the facts
relating to the famine, LOlll Cranbonie displayed
his fitness for a high executive post. It is
still snore fortunate for him that he should have had op-
portunity to make a name for himself as a statesman, by
refusing to carry out the annexation of Mysore, so
strongly desired by the Calcutta Foreign-office. By
that conspicuous act during his short tenure of the
Secretaryship of India, Lord Cranherne has Men•
tified his name with that principle of political rectitude
and generosity, which is the strongest band in the
bonds which hold India to the British empire. In losing
Lord Cranborne for the present, the people of India feel
satisfaction that another prominent English politician has
acquired an abiding interest in Indian affairs. The
name of Sir Stationl Northcote as Secretary of State for
India, as stated in the telegram, appears so unlikely, not
to say absurd, that it is presumed such an arrangement
can only be an interim one.—Bom'ey Times, March 6.
ADMIRALTY, MARCH 26. —A rPOlNSMlNTri.—Licu-
tenants—A. C. S. Blackett, additional, to the Dauntless,
for service in tender ; M. Bytes' to the Excellent, addi-
tional, for study. Surgeons--L H. I. Mayne, M.D., to
the Jumna ;S. A. Willis, M.D., to the Euphrates • T.
('oghian, M.D., to the Malabar. Masters' Assistant—F.
Haslewood, supernumerary of the Sylvia. Engineer. D.
Leitch to the Himalaya. . . _

ST. 'MARTIN'S-HAIL. —A series of entertainments
are now being given at the above hall, consisting of the
exhibition of some admirably-executed views of interest-
ing places. These are, it is stated, to be followed by
scientific demonstmtions,illustrated by a new apparatus for
producing phantasmagoria effects, that of astronomy
being in preparation for Passion-week. The Aztecs are
also exhibited, and the musical Albinos (brother and sister)
give performances on the violin.
SHOCKING DEATH OF AN IDIOT ON THE NORTH
KENT RAILWAT.—Last evening Mr. Wm. Payne, the City
coroner, held an inquiry at Guy's Hospital touching the
death of Edward Off wood, aged 20 years. Joseph Monk,
an inspector on the South Eastern Railway, said that at
12 o'clock last Thursday he felt a carriage in which he was
seated " jump " near the Spa-road station. The body of
the deceased was afterwards found near that spot on the
North Kent down line. The trunk of the body lay be-
tween the metals,and the head, legs, and arms, which had
been cut off, were found 12 yards down the line. The de-
ceased had nut been a passenger. Witness did not knowbow
he goton the line. John Watson, an engine-driver, said that
the deceased was killed bythe 12.25 p.m. North Kent down
train. There was blood on the ashpan of witness's engine.
The line was constructed on arches. Thomas Southey
guard of the train, said that eight carriages had
over the deceased's body. Alfred Off wood, No. IF-Bri-
tannia-street, City-road, a cooper, said that the deceased
was hit brother. He had never been able to do any busi-
ness, in consequence of not being right in his mind. His
friends supported him. He left the house on Thursday
last. He was always weak minded. The brother in-law
' of the deceased said that be could not account for the de-
' ceased being found on the railway. He had always been
strange in his mind, and he otten did not know where he
was going. Mr. Stephen Bushell, surgeon, described the
injuries, and gave it as his opinion that they had caused
death. A post mortem examination of the stomach proved
that he had baen drinking. The jury returned a verdict
" That the deceased was killed by a railway train, but
under what circumstam:s them is no evidence to show."