The Express.
London, England, 1866-05-12 00:00:00

ORDERS (F THE DAT.

Bankruptcy Law Amendment, &c., Bill—committee ;
Tramways (lreland) Acts Amendment Bill—second read-
ing ; Lunacy Acts (Scotland) Amendment Bill—as amended
to be couaidereti,

NorteEs or MOTIONS.
On going into Committee of Supply,
General Dunne—To call attention to the Treasury
minute respecting the records of Great Britain and Ire-
land.

Mr. Mill—On 'notion for going into committee on
Bankruptcy Law Amendment, kc. , Bill to move that it be
an instruction to the committee that they have power to
insert clauses for the appropiiate punishment of debtors
who dishonestly spend or culpably risk the property due
to their creditors.

The Bishop of London has considerably improved
in health during his lordship's residence at Hastings. The
sight rev. prelate and Mrs. Tait intend to return to the
Palace, Fulham, on Saturday next.

The Bishop of Exeter has just entered his 89th
year, having been born at Bridgwater on May 6, 1778. He
is believed to be the oldest graduate of Oxford now living,
having taken his B.A. degree in June, 1795.

A provincial paper states that the Welsh coal-
field has been tapped at various parts by mines, and there
can be no doubt that a layer of first-class steam coal exists
there 20 square miles in superficial area, with an average
thickness of 30 feet. Every cubic yard of this vast field
contains a ton of coals. About 150 million tons have been
extracted, and the annual extract at the present time is
about 8 million tons. At this rate the coal-field will last
upwards of 13,000 years. The north of England coal-field,
which has been worked for nealy 2,000 years, and shows
no signs of exhaustion, is not to be compared with the
Welsh field in point of magnitude. The latter has not
been known more than 30 years.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC MEETINGS FOE THE
ENSUING Weitit.—Monday, Geographical, at 8 " Yarkund,
fro. " Captain Mon
yomerie , " Vint to Data, Thibet,"
Captain Bennett; Western Shores of Volcano Bay,
Yeast)," Commander Forbes. Tuesday, Royal Insti-
tution, at 3, " Physical Geography and the Fine Arts,"
Professor Ansted ; Horticultural, at 3, General Meeting
and Lecture ; Statistical, at 8; Engineers at 8, " Water
Supply of Paris," Mr. Burnell. Ni ednesday, Literature,
at 41 ; Society of Arts, at 8. Thursday, Royal Institu-
tion, at 3, " Ethnology," Professor Huxley ; Numismatic,
at 7, " French and English Budgets," Major-General Bal-
four ; Chemical, at 8, " Action of Acids on Metals," Pro-
fessor Calvert ; " Action of Acids on Naphthylamine,"
Mr. Chapman ; "Oxidation from Sodium Ethel" Pro-
fessor Wanklyn ; "Formation of Ethylaniine," Proles-
mot Wanklyn and Mr. Chapman; " Nitro-Prussides," Mr.
Harlow ; Derivatives of Acetone," Sir R. Kane ; Royal,
' at 8' • Antiquaries, at 81. Friday, Royal Institution, at 8,
" The Telescope," Rev. C. Pritchard • Philological, at 8,
Anniversary Meeting. Saturday, Royal Institution, at 3,
" Ethnology," Professor Huxley.—dtheismisin.

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Northern—Scotland. Western—lreland, Wales, sad sdiw
modes. Southern—English Channel and Bay 0/ Bilt*
Eastern—Eaatward England and North Sea.

Mr. Simonds, sent down by the government to
inquire into the alleged violent outbreak of plague is
North Lancaahire,gives a reassuring report as to its extent,
and reports unfavourably of the remedy said to have hem
discovered by one of the inspectors. He says that many
of the animals were healthy, and, in effect, that the fresh
went to which they were subject was. really injurious.
MARTER OF THE MORSE'S OFFICE, MaY 1L-s.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint the Hon. Frederick
William Stopford to be page of honour to her Male"
vice Henry John Loftus, Esq.—Gazette.
THE SENTENCE 1;PON CHARLOTTE WINSOIL—We
have reason to believe that her Majesty has been advimd
to commute the capital sentence on Charlotte Winter
into penal servitude for life. We may state, at the ass
tune that in referring the case to the consideraties of
the 15 judges, after the first argument on the writ of crier,
Sir G. Grey was not actuated by any doubt as to tan
soundness of the decision already given by the Court id
Queen's Bench. That court had, in fact, determined arcs
only of the two points raised by the prisoner's counnat
viz., the discharge of the jury by Mr. Baron Channell.
The other point, viz., the admissibility of Harris's mi•
dunce, had been dismissed by the court, on the ground
that it could not properly be entertained on a writ of error.
It was this second point which the Hume Secretary sub
mitted to the whole body of judges, who reported their
opinion that no injustice or irregularity hail occurred of
which the convict was entitled to complain.— Times.
A MAN ROASTED ALIVE.—A truly horrible
event occurred at Scarborough during Thursday night, the
particulars of which are as follows : —The Local Board ars
forming a new drain in Castle-road, awl, as is universal,
the practice in such cases, the works are watched daring
the night by • man whose duty it is to warn pacsenffea
of danger, and to attend to a brazier fire, used as •
signal. On Thursday night a man named John Itsinc
a labourer, was thus employed. He was spoken to •
little after 12 o'clock, and it is supposed b•
was at that time partially intoxicated. shortly
before 2 o'clock yesterday morning a private in the
militia discovered the puncheon in which the watcher
sat to be burning. He went to the spot, and, to bill
horror, found the cask, the straw, and the man Bain oil
blazing, the cask being nearly consumed- and the man softie
burnt away as to bepast identifying. The fire was put out
by the police, and the remains taken to the workhouse,
where they present a horrid spectacle. The feet and leg'
are entirely consumed ; the thighs, hips, and back are
in • half-roasted state, while the face is wholly dis
stroyed, and the skull fractured with the heat. It would
appear the poor fellow bad been sleeping when some of the
straw bad taken fire. He seems then to have made an effort
to get out of the tub (judging from the position of the re-
mauls) as he was found fame downwards, and with his arms
extended, as though he had tried to creep out. He had not
succeeded, and probably became unconscious from anima-
tion. The fire did the rest. Bain was a single Maas tad
was a little over 30 years of age.
&sires or Corrsz.—The Cincinnati Gazette
says that pure " essence of coffee" is now made in that
city out of the " cheapest, dirtiest molasses," which in
boiled until it roper, cooled in pans, and when handy
broken up and pulverised. Ground rye is then mixed write
with it, after which it is boxed up, each box being sold
at
80c., and labelled " pure essence of coffee."