The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-17 00:00:00

WASSON OP THE STEAMER NARCISSUS AND
LOSS 07 ALL OB BOABD.

LIVERPOOL. FRIDAY.
By the stosmer City of Boston, which has arrived
lees from Nees Yea, we have full particulars el the
week of the Usitod States steamer Narcissus, sod the he.
of 'nu person cm beard. The Narcissus, under the ern-
mead of (Uplift Bradbury, left Pensacola for Key Wen
en If =day, Jan. 1, is company with the steamer Althea,
and the aid day mode the lend between Fort Berrien
sad Mellen Bay. After making the land both reeds
coasted lows ekes the ester edge if the shads, hut the
wiad and current beteg both from the north.werd they
food it hard work to keep elms of the breakout. Shortly
before dark the liantheits made • eignsl for the Althea to
some witbia hail Whea the noels had neared each of
seilliently to allow of an understanding bang had,
Outran Bradbury proposed t Captain Kilgore, of
the Althorn, the propriety if inhering where they were
for the night, bat this Cann' Kilgore deemed hiludiebas,
' sad advised Ciaplain Bradbury to run further on non
I, Deriag the in that elapsed while the vessels wen ia
eareinabration, the wind and the nuent, which wen both
la the mate direstios, drifted the vessels • coseideraide
way towards the &oak, sad thie was the falai error which
reaped so directroesly. After the commanders of the
needs ore
abed to ran out to sea, the Althea steered •
seethareet ereres, skin was deed against wind and tide,
rittNatyartneas kept more to the westward. The Althea
itaaratm arritz edge a tlAshetlea..l.nt
fill" osff It:Anon
sir wing Nerehate was inutilignee ii?'ll '' )
AM %Anis limn sad fored main siguis of
distrem Imb Olen* , hung already Ornek,
dire sot tarn bask Is her artbstaties. The signals •
used by the Nominee V somewhat eanfased,
Captain Kilgore made • . anise them if ther
were in darnel but to he resolved so answer' ,
after which he stood of from the land and maw no men of
the &fated steamer. The nest day the Althea pat bole
Tampa Bay end meat a boat to the bean to taPat, le
p.m., amb trace or misty of the Plareinens. Bow Sep
fend the dead body of cue dthe fireman,whit& had bees •
wished sans% sad the hat of captai Bradbury, and saw
the bolt of Om wend is the out about four nine from
the sham het nald an rush her on aceoust of the heavy ,
sm. l'hirty.two pa., including officers sad men. all
told, perished on board the steamer not a soul ramping to
tell the tale el disaster. The liarainn wee the aims need
that was blows up by a torpedo in Mobile Be, ofi law
Tth December, 18t4. the was afterwards reined and
employed by the United States goverameat u a despatch
boat. She (anis& • battery of two heavy Penne gem

Thos thertriAL PALACE Brea Bien..—Art Cede
thelognal display of more than ordinary pretensions opens
to-day in the tropleal department of the Crystal Palmes,
compering canaries, finches. thrushes, nightingales, sad
other Width senglieds, with numerous varieties of forsiga
birds whose attraction amidst more ia the brilliancy of
their plumage than the melody of their voices. Antonin
ON canaries the deep gold Wound Norwich birds win
• greaten fees, end a deer eollectioe has rarely been Tit-
tered. The punt higheheddered Belgian breed also ar
pear In coasidenthle numbers, while of buff einnamene*
gold and Weer iesagled limas, crested jeeps, Loads'
fancier, and mules of verities kinds, time le a fair
sprinkling. The took tribes, except the balls* ci
which there are some splendid specimens, de not
appear gain so numerous as oa some former one
none. Than are a few exceedingly fine nightiegales,
sad blaskbirds thrushes, larks, and other WOW British
warblers, are fairly represented. Ample, the forgive
birds are some inelpilfioset cockatoos, parrots, and pasty'
quote, and thereon seen very heentithl little towline
end !heathen (perhaps the prettiest things in the show),
and an ettpadve mad varied sollecethe of lovebbde and other
spesimeas of Australian ornithology, sad about hatfc-dozen
sosagep of gold, silver, and other varieties of phseamits.
Aliegelrer this. are 875 entries, or 280 mace than theft
wank the thew of last year. The number of birds
included in them *striae, and which have been sent t•
omens for the prises, is 1,300, which, with those he-
lmets; to the Crystal Palace, bring up the total number
exhibited to assely 2,008.
TEN OAT= !WW2 Rerintint.—An analysis of
the weekly cattle plague returns shows that of the cotta-
ges is England, exclusive !of the metropolitan Folios &a-
tria, 2 remain free from the disease, Is 8 so cases
have been reported as occurring during the week.
93 show an increase of 2,564 clues darn' the week, and.
11 show a decrease of 232, showing a total increase
during the week in the counties of England of 2,332 eases.
The metropelithe pollee district shows a decrease during
the week of 13 cases. Of the counties in Wales, 10 remain
free from the disease, in 10 no eases have been ri ported as
°rennin during the week, and 2 show an increase of 79
mans daring the week, showing a total Wrens daring the
week in the eoentiee of Weiss of 79 eases. Of the
tioanties in Scotland, 10 remain free from the disease. in
16 no cases have been reported as occurring during the
week, 6 show an increase of 272 oases dating the week.
and 12 show a decrease of 233 ditto, showing
total ineteue during the week in the counties of Soothed
of 39 ewe. Of the counties in England, Wales, and
Reedited, 22 counties remain free from the disease ; in 34
sanitise** oases bare been reported as occurring darieg
the week ;28 counties show en increase of 2,915 eases ;
23 cematies and the metropobtaa police district 'bow •
decrease of 478 eases ; showing a teal increase during the
week ceding Feb. 10, 1866, in England, Wales, and Soot-
land, of 2,437 csass,ss compared with the week ending
Feb. 3, 1858.
Tan CATTLE, PLAOUN IN INNLAND. —A special
general meeting of the members of the Royal Agricultural
Socie of Ireland was held on Thursday after-
thee, at the Farmers' Club, Dubin, to consider as to the
formation of an earecontion fer tee insistence ol cattle
and other agricultural stock against loss in respect to
animals dyne, or being killed is consequent' id the
cattle plague, or ether infectious or oostagious diseases.
There were presses at the meetiog Lord Cimino& (chair-
man), the Earl of Clanciarty, Lord Talbot de Malahide, Lord
Orebro, Lord James Bathe% Sir George Roden, Bert..
Colonel Hen Gore, sad • large number of justices of the
once and other gentlemen. After some dieruseith, the
chairman thiourea to the metier that it was impossible
for them to di the matter which had brought them
together, as the rule of the minty declared that nothing
could be dismissed at any meeting respecting a matter
pending in either house partiereent. They could nth
even Wk about it. Sir Geri' Hence then raised the
question whether the aunual mule show should be held in
Ireland tbis year, but declined to move • resolution on the
subject, as be wee one of the chief clines of the society,
sad the subject had been referred to the members generally
to consider. Mr. Dean moved that the show be not heM
which was swooned by M. lOW, but ultimately the re:
whine was not pen. The Berl of Clanciarty and others
thought there ought to be a show. Mr. Royse moved that
it was premien, to diners the subject for which they bad
bees orepeally brought together, which was seconded by
Major Burrows, end carried by a large majority.
RAILWAY AND °THIN BUM; PARLIANIINT....
Tbe examinen apes standing orders of both hares al
parliament resumed their mittens yesterday. The follow-
ing Petition, bans Mr. Smith, compile' witbwa the standation),ing
orders :—Bristol and North Somerset Raily (devi
Metrepolitha District Railwey, Great North of Scotland
Railway, Mersey Docks awl Harbour Board (outer works
&Bernice)), Mersey Decks sod Mahout Beard (shore road
purchase, he.), New RiverOtetesay, Bleck water (Yought!)
Wooden Bridge, North British (Day Bridge) Railway, North
British and Bridge of Allan ItOlway, Tnorpe and Great
Clacton Railway and Pier. Hensel Heenesterel rind London
' sad North Western Railway ft:teethe), Vale of Towy
Railway, Saheb Road, Toabeidge and Iglitham Road.
Bechent Shipping Compan Levee ind East of Fife Ra
id.
Southgate and Coney y, Hatch Gaslight sad Coke Cone
may, Lougee% Adenine Gress. and Baena Rail-
way. There was no it=ranee in the Cwmbran Docks
(Railweys), sod Cis and London Bridge Rail-
ways. Hall Osrporatioe and Desk. Othipsay.—This
adjoining opposed patens was smite postponed till
Mondey. In the cues before Mr. -Free, the standing
orders wen complied with in the Middlesborough Salfla•
sicie and Impronrnent, Mono, Hosea of Refuge, Metro-
polis Sewage and Fans Reclamatioe; Grant Eastern. Great
Northern, and Manchester, Sheffield, arid Lineobishire
Railway Compaides ; Shrewsbury sad North Wales awl
Shrewsbury and Potteries Junction, Railway Companies
Amalgamation ; Greenock Harbour, Sonniagdals. and Cam-
bridge Town Railway, Roarer, Hendee. and Midland June.
tics lietway, Sracithedee lieproventeet, Weise-
works, Wycombe Railway. Equitabie Osel4ht Company.
Newry sad Armagh Railway, Burntislaed Harbour sad
Desk, Newpseeßailway, North British. Brassy (Olergiew
branehoth Liverpool Corpentioa Waterworks, Midlead
Hallway tadditional powers). There wag no •
In the South Vreiten sad North. British Union Crawsayg:;
Haa
eel Billieglum Railways;
Havant, linothedth. amid Droxford Railway ; andlWelver-
liampthe sad Bridgnorth Railway. The wily innate he '
width the tAaalag orders ware set needled with was Moth
of the Reesse, fereassatostik, and South Alias Janina •

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