The Express.
London, England, 1867-09-03 00:00:00

REMARKS.

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A decrease In the baroasetritul pressure has occurred since
yeaterilay, over the British Ides. except on the seat coast: In the
taiutli•weit an Increase has ominenued- Winds are generally
easterly and variable. The weather Is overcoat, and rain and
mist prevail In places. along the south coast oil England vivid
lightning and thunder have occurred, accompanied by heavy ra,
at Plymouth.

SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 3.—The Hamburg and
American Company's steamship Hammonia passed the
Needles at 10.30 am, to-day.
SOUTHAMPTON, SEPT. 3.—The Peninsular and
Oriental Company's steamer Euxine passed the Needles at
10.2-i a.m. to-day.
OXFORD LOCAL EXAMINATIONS. these exami-
nations, the results of which have been lately published, 38
candidates out of 44 sent in from Christ's College, Finchley,
were suocessful. Sixteen passed in honours one of whom
(R. 11. Streeter, of Ealing-green) was placed first out of
the whole number of candidates. Four were placed in
the aggregate first class of the senior list, and four in
the second di.to ; in addition to which, fourteen first
classes end eleven second classes were pined in the various
sections, making the number of aggregate senior firsts
gained by Christ's College two more, and the number of
sectional firsts seven more, than the highest number
gained by any other school in England. The number of
schools that sent in candidates was 266 ; the number of
candidates 1,350.
The National Schoolhouse of Trainboy, in a
lonely mountain district, near Raphoe, in the county
Donegal, has been maliciously set on fire and entirely
destroyed, with everything it contained. It is very diffi-
cult to account for this outrage, as the patron of the
school is popular.
Two ci-derant officers of a Liverpool corps
of volunteers were recently passenger by one of the
steamers to the west coast of Africa; and to their asto-
nishment on landing they found a number of negroes
Itlring about in the negorra of the corps to which
d in England been attached.
FACETIOUS TOURISTS. —The Isle of Wight tou-
rists appear to have been reviving a very stale trick. Last
week a fisherman picked up a sealed bottle Boating between
Grange and Chilton, and found it contained a slip of paper
on which was wraten in pencil, " Dr. Livingstone off
Zambesi. Not lost at all. Can't think how the report
got about."
A REPRIEVE.—The sentence of death passed Cu
Emma Usher at the late Maidstone Assizes for the murder
by drowning of her infant child at Ashford has been com-
muted to penal servitude for life.
PROGRESS OF THE HARVEST IN SUSSEX.—The
weather during the past week has been all that could be
desired for the progress of harvest operations. All hands
have been busily occupied, and a large breadth of land has
been cleared. The accounts of the character of the grain
crops are hardy so favourable as could be wished, and the
estimates formed a month before the commencement of
harvest are stated to be in most cases not justified
by the results, so far as at present ascertained. The
yield comes short of anticipation on threshintuirut.
From
the hop districts the reports are hly
favourable. The continued fine weather has one
wonders for all the gardens where there was any prospect
of hops a month ago, whilst even the worst grounds, where
the plant was considered to be blighted past recovery, have
quite astonished their owners. The accounts show that
t..e crop will be a very uneven one. In sonic districts vet/
few hope can be grows, and there are gardens in which it
is stated that it will be scarcely worth while to put a bin,
whilst in immediate proximity ten to fifteen cwt, per acre
may be looked for. Sussex seems favoured beyond other
counties this year. With a continuance of fine weather it
is hoped that amends may be made for shortness of quan-
tity by fine quality. Picking has begun with the forwarder
sorts, and will be pretty general, if not in full swing, in
the course of another week.—Susses Advertiser.

CHOLERA AND lONORANCI IN ITALY. —The Italia
of Florence publishes the following statiatim as to the
cholera :—ln Leghorn, on the 29th ult., there were Ai cases
and 11 deaths ,• (Rama, 28th, 31 and 11; Milan, 25 and 15 ;
Brescia, 28 and 3 ; Turin, 26th 16 and 7 ; Bergamo, 1
death ; Palermo, 60 and 23; and Messina, 93 and 76. The
ltalia of Naples says:—" In order to completely calm the
fears of the alarmists we have collected some statistics
as to the cases of cholera during the first thirty days of the
two last invasions, in 1865 and 1866, tooompsre them with
the present period. In the first-named year there oc-
curred in Naples 2,336 cases and 1,146 deaths ; in
1866, 501 and 315 ; in 1867, 97 and 54. These figures ara
an irrefragible proof, and ought to dissipate all fears.
Ninety-seven cases during a month in a city of 650,000
inhabitants cannot in any way constitute an epidemic."
The death from cholera at Ivrea, Piedmont, of the Advo-
cate Joseph Bride, member of the Italian parliament, is an-
nounced. The Italia of Naples gives an account of the
massacre at Percile, near that city, of an entire
family, consisting of an old woman, two young
men, and two little children. A. rumour had
been propagated, and even said to have been
assisted by the cure, that the family had scat-
tered poison to bring on the cholera. Towards
midnight a mob of the country people, armed with
hatchets, poniards, and guns, burst open the door of the
dwelling and fell upon the inmates indiscriminately. They
spared neither age nor infancy. In the midst of the con-
fusion a young girl of the family, although covered with
wounds, contrived to conceal herself under a table and
thence watched the butchers consummating their fiendish
work. Ten hours after, a patrol of caribineers passing
found the girl in a half dying state at the door, and the
dead holies strewed about the floor within. Not one of
the neighbours bad chosen even to give an alarm or lend
any succour. The living victim was removed to the hos-
pital, but no hopes are entertained of saving her life.
How MARSHAL SOULS OBTAINED HlB MURILLO.
—Of the thirteen Murillo. which Marshal Soult managed
to collect in Spain, one of them, an " Immaculate Con-
ception," at the Marshal's sale in May, 1852, was bought
by the French government for 73,440 f. ! We have an
amusing story of the circumstances under which Soult se-
cured his prize. In his pursuit of Sir John Moore he over-
! took two Capuchin friars, who turned out, as he suspected
them to be, spies. On bearing that there were some fine
Murillos in the convent to which they belonged, he
' ordered them to show him the way to it. Here he saw
the Murillo in guelion and offered to purchase it. All
tc no purpose, till the prior found that the only way to
rive the lives of his two monks was to come to terms.
" But," said the prior, "we have had 100,000 francs
offered for the picture." " I will give you 200,000 francs,"
was the reply ; and the bargain was concluded. " You
will give me up my two brethren ?" asked the prior.
" Oh," said the marshal, very politely, "if you wish to
ransom them, it will give me the greatest pleasure to meet
your wishes. The price it-200,000 francs." The poor
prior got his monks, and lost his picture.—Cornkill Ma-
patine for September.