The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-18 00:00:00

FOREIGN MAILS.

DESPATCH OP WEST INDIA MAILS.--SOUTH-
AMPTON, Dec. 17.—The Royal Mail Company's steamship
Douro, Captain IVoolward, sailed hence this afternoon
with mails for the British and foreign West Indies, the
Pacific, California, Central America, &a. She took out
44 passengers and a general cargo, including English gold,
500/. ; silver, 2001. ; jewellery, 46.51. ; and French jewel-
lery, 3,1161.

DgMPATCU or AMERICAN MAILS.--SOUTHAMPTON,
Dec. 17.—The North German Lkyd steamship Deutsch-
land, Captain Wessels, sailed this afternoon for New
York with the English, French, and German mails, 95
cabin peasengers, and a large cargo, including French
jewellery, value 152,000 f.

Tam CAPI MAIL.—PLYNtouTH, Die. 17. —The
Diamond Company's Caps Mail steamer Kaffraria, from
Algos Bay on 6th ult. ; St. Helena, on the 16th ; Madeira,
4th inst. ; and Vigo, the 12th, has passed up the Channel.
She Was of Portsmouth yesterday, and brings SO passen-
gers and 14 seamen of the wrecked steamer Bosphorus.
Her 'ergo oonsiets of 1,277 bales wool, 127 bales sheep
skins, 71 bundles hides,2o tons arrowroot, and 20 packages
of sundries. Having nothing to land at Falmouth, she
has not touched there. Her long passage was caused by
ber encountering strong N.H. gales, with • heavy bead
sea, after passing Madeira, and having to coal at Vigo.

The ship Lord Brougham, from Hamburg, has
been
_placed in quarantine at New York with cholera on
boar Seventy-five deaths had occurred during the ros-
sage ; in some cases whole families fell victims to the
disease. There were twenty persons, when she reached
New York, ill.
WORKMEN'S num TO PARIS.—In acknow-
ledgment of the labours of Mr. Hodgson Pratt, vice-presi-
dent of the Perim Excursion Committee, who, during many
months, gave nearly his whole time to the work of organ-
ising and superintending the visits of British artisans to
the late Universal Exposition, an address bearing the sig-
natures of returned excursionists, and en album containing
the portraits of those by whom his efforts have been
seconded, will be presented at a soirée on January 6. It
' was hoped that the presentation would be ma.le by the
president of the committee, Mr. A. H. Layard, M.P., but as
bola about leaving for the continent, the bon. gentleman has
addressed to Mr. J. T. Dexter, who is acting as hon.
secretary to the testimonial committee, a letter, in which
he ova :—" It would hare given me the sincerest
pleasure to have borne my testimony to the zealous and
unremitting exertions of Mr. Hodgson Pratt in arranging
the excursions • to his admirable tact, judgment, and
good sense ; to his earnest and disinterested endeavours to
' promote the comfort of the working men who might avail
themselves of the opportunity to visit l'aris ; and to his
unremitting attention to the duties which he had so
kindly and with no much devotion imposed upon himself,
to the sacrifice of his own time and interests. The success
of the excursions, and the enjoyment and profit which they
have afforded to a large number of persons, especially to
some of the ablest and most intelligent of out working men,
are entirely to be attributed to him. I would be much
obliged if you would kindly make my sentiments known.
and if you would, at the same time, express on my behalf
the great regret I feel at being unavoidably absent from
the meeting.
ANOTHER OUTRAGE AT CI:IMAMS:MTH. —A series
of terrible outrages have recently been perpetrated on the
lands of Cunoahurth, near the property of Mr. Jeremiah
O'Bries, Nenagh. The paps of several milch cows have
been cut off by some miscreant, for whose detection a re-
ward has been offered.