The Express.
London, England, 1866-07-17 00:00:00

Itarnmeters have fallen a little since yesterday, and tempe-
rature has decreased on our south and east coasts. Rain has
fallen at Plymouth and Weymouth, as well as on the west coast
of France. This morning on the English coasts the winds are
easterly, light to moderate, and variable on the Scotch and Irish
coasts, The sky generally Is overcast.

Tee New LORD-LIZETENANT.—We understand
the Marquis of Abercorn will arrive in Dublin, and be
sworn as Lord• Lieutenant in about three days.—Dublin
Evening Mail.
REPRESENTATION OF PETHESPIELD. William
Nicholson, Esq., of Basing Park, Petereneld, has accepted
a requisition to stand in the liberal interest for the
borough, for which there is a vacancy consequent on the
elevation to the peerage of Sir Win. Jolliffe, now Lord

Hylton.
MR. EDWIN CANTON, F.R.C.S.—The past and
present students of Charing-cross Hospital have just united
to show their respect and affection for the above distin-
guished member of the medical profession, by presenting
him with a testimonial on his retirement from the office
of Lecturer nn Anatomy. The testimonial consisted of one
of Hoss's best microscopes, about 18 iaohes high, bearing a
suitable inscription, and it was presented at a very crowded
meeting of students. Dr. Canton, in returning thanks for
the gift, dwelt, amongst other things, upon the vast im-
provement in the manners, habits, and dress of medical
students since the days when they were described by the

late Albert Smith. -
THE APPROACHING "LONG VACATlON."—Yester-
day a notification appeared that the Chancery " long
vacation" would commence on the 10th August and termi-
nate on the 28th October. It is expected that before next
term ono if not more judicial seats in Chancery will be
vacated. .

•••••••••
Tli6 Quits?* v. Tooxtu.—Mr. Maurice, surgeon
at the Berkshire County Gaol, and assistant-surgeon at the
Royal Berks Hospital, and who was a medical witness in
this case writes:—" I was present during the whole of the
trial, and have not the slightest hesitation in saying that
rape, under the circumstances described by the plaintiff,
could not have fallen place without having left marks of
injuries which were not visible on an examination which I
made within 24 hours from the time of the commission of

the alleged offence. In conclusion, I can only say I was as
much astonished by the verdict as by the sentence, and I
believe this astonishment was ahared by nearly every one
in oonrt."
MELANCHOLY OCCCHRENCE.-011 Friday after-
noon last a melancholy occurrence happened here. The
wife of Mr. John Mercer Tharrant, of Theobalds, had for
some tune past been subject to fits of mental derange-
ment, which developed themselves in attempts to commit
suicide. On the day in question she was in conversation
with her husband and a visitor, and suddenly left the
apartment, making an observation that she wished to get
a glass of wine and wii:er. No notice was taken of her
departure till • few minutes afterwards, when she
was seen running towards • pond at a abort dis•
Lance from the house. Mr. Durant immediately
started in rursuit, but did not succeed in overtaking his
vile, who plunged into the pond, and, in the hurry and
excitement of the moment, he fell in. An alarm was
mined and many persons ran to the spot, but the bodies
could not be got out before life was extinct. An inquest
was held the next day, and in the case of Mr. Durant,
who was in his Stith year, • verdict of " Accidental death"

was returned. —Sou& Pastern Gazette.
THE WEATHER AND THE CROPS. —The weather
of the past ten days has been of the most favourable cha-
racter for the prospects of harvest. The brilliant sun-
shine has enr bled great progress to be made in getting up
the hay harvest, and the crops of grass have in many cases P
proved far better than bad been anticipated. Some slight
check was given by the rains about ten days since to the
labours of the haymakers, but the last week has enabled
full compensation to be made, and a large breadth of
ground has been cleared, and stacks raised in the moat
satisfactory condition. A few days more will go a long
way to bring the hay harvest to a close, except under
special circumstances. All grain and other crops seem to
have profited very considerably from the late showers, suc-
ceeded by the brilliant sunshine and high temperature. As 2
a rule, the wheat+ are looking uncommonly well, except
upon thin and poor soils. The ears are full, the straw
stout and upstanding, and there is already a decided change I
in colour, strongly indicating that the harvest will be more 5
than usually early. Barley and oats have improved a good
deal since tbe late rains, and the root crops also. On the
whole the prospects of the autumn are highly satisfactory.
The question of " labour " is one which is regarded with
come anxiety in agricultural districts, and every day tends
to prove that it is alike the duty and the interest of the
farmer to conduct the processes of agriculture more and
more by memo of machinery, so as to be leas dependent
upon mere manual labour. Reaping and mowing machines
—steam-eines, steam ploughs, threshing machines, and
indeed machinery in every form—have inimenselyincreamed
during late years, and there seems every prospect that
the process will go forward with even greater rapidity.
From the hop districts the accounts come more
satisfactory. What with the late heavy showers, the
thunder storms, and the higher temperature, the plant has,
after a sharp struggle, in a great measure over-
come the attacks of its encodes. The midsummer shoots
have grown oat well, and lice and fly have a good deal
subsided. But the crop is uneven, and many gardens will
not rally sufficiently to grow more than a moderate crop ;
still, upon the whole prospects are decidedly better, and
we have now arrived at a point when, with favourable
weather, further improvement may be fairly reckoned
upon. As a matter of course, the late attacks have told
severely upon the badly cultivated and weak soils. Saint
James's-day is rapidly approaching, affording the " pro-
phets" more stablegrounds on which to form their pre-
dictions.—Sumer Advertiser.
The American papers record the death of Dr.
Mummy at the age of 8d The Ciacinnati Gazette lays :
" In 1830 be proved, what Sir Astley Cooper had said was
impossible, that intea-cepsubs: fractures could be united.
He was the first person to tie both carotid arteries, and
pined success on more than one occasion. He operated,
with equally happy result, in a case of that rare and fright-
ful disease, hypertrophied tongue. In 1837 he removed the
entire eheulder.blade and cellar-bone of a patient-who was
suffering hem oath) sareoms, the first operation el the kind
an receseL The patient is WI lista.. Out 49 opera-
tions lithotomy, only four wore followed by the death of
the subjects. relieved strangulated hernia in 32 out of
40 mess."