The Express.
London, England, 1860-11-27 00:00:00

GAETA.

A letter in the Monitenr de la Platte, dated 22nd
inst., says :
The French squadron, under Via-Admiral Barbier du
Tines, is still it amber at the same place—that is to iv,
is the middle of the roadstead in fm of Gaeta, at • dis-
tance of five to six miles from Mole di Gaeta, and nearly
° the Marine District, the theatre of the last affair.
V. Pledmoutase squadron has not smooched nearer
Gaeta.. It seems to have renounced the idea of •t
the town by sea. It is no loner commanded by Admiral
Patient), who has left for Na Naples. The French squadron
has Ste full number of vessels, with the exception of Le
Tags, which is stationed at Messina, and the two despateh
boats, Mantis and Prcny, which are moving about from
point to point.

DEATH OP THE DUE': OP NORFOLK.

We regret to announce the death of the Duke of
Norfolk, who expired at half•paet 11 o'clock on Sunday
night at Arundel Castle after a lingering illness of several
months. Since the return of the dammed duke from
Belgium his disorder, congestion of the liver, aeatmed so
serious a form that the members of his family were not
unprepared for the melancholy event. The lamented noble.
man, Henry Granville Fitz-Alan Howard, Duke of
Norfolk, Farl of Arundel, Surrey, and Norfolk, and Baron '
Fitz-Alan, Clun, Oriraldestre, and Maltravers, in
the Peerage of England, Premier Duke and Earl
of England and Hereditary Earl Marshal and Chief
Butler of England, was the eldest of the three eons of Henry
Cherie*, thirteenth duke, and lady Charlotte Lemon
Gower, eldest daughter of the late Duke of Sutherland.
The late duke was born 7th November, 1815, so that he had
recently only completed his 45th year. He married, 19th
June, 1839, Augusta Mary, second daughter of the late
Admiral Lord Lyons, by whom he leaves surviving Mae
two sons and seven daughters. The late duke was, before
he wan to Trinity College, Cambridge, educated under the
sere of the Rev. Mr. Joyce. Flatly after leaving Cum-
bridge he entered the army as cornet in the Life Guards.
In 1837 be was lint returned to the House of Commons for
the family borough of Arundel, which constituency he repro-
seated up to 1861. The latter year be was returned for Lime.
rick, and eat is the House of Commons up to July, 1852. Is
his place biparliernent he was a consistent supporter of the
views of the Roman nasalize, not only of England but of
Ireland, and we. greatly esteemed by all Christians for his
unostentatious piety and benevolence. The deceased I
succeeded in the dukedom and ancient titles by hie ride*
son Henry, born Dec. 27, 1847. The families of the Didm
of Sutherland, the Marquis of Westminster, the Earl
Grosvenor, Lord and Lady Foley, Lord George and Lady
Adeliss Manners, Lord and Lady Pete, Lead and Le*
Stafford, sad many others of rank are placed in mooning
by the death of his grace.

Another step has been made by the military
authorities of India towards eacomeging soldiers' garden..
Henceforth on the ant week ci deanery each year the now
missarist offiosrs are to furnish commanding officen with •
note of the probable quality of vegetables which will be
required during the official year. Committees will then
determine the articles that should be taken from sot.
diem prdens and the prices to be paid each month. Bach
man is to be allowed une pound of vegetables daily.

We (Post) understand that the London and
North-W.:stern Railway Company do not intend to resit
or mutest the CiSiall made against them for compenatien
to the relatives and Meads of the cattle-drovers killed 011
the Trent Value las by the catastrophe which happened
nese Aiklll6lllllll The pecuniary for to the mown) by
anew deem Ms waning stock, expenses connattsd wit► the
hlts figattys lihnisstroction of c►ttle, and 10 lives, b esti-

mated it 110,0001.

A lotto:. from Rome, in the Nationdifig of
Turin, in giving an account of the Pope's visit to the
church of San Oarlo Borromeo, on the day set apart for
that saint, expreases admiration of the splendour of the
procession. The carriages of the ordinal,, besides being
gilt from top to bottom, were adorned with beautiful sub-
jects, artistically painted, of Venus sad Mars, Cupid sad
Psyche, and other heathen gods and nymphs, in such airy
summer ►ttire, as the writer observes Milton described In
his well-known lines :
"She, as a veil, down to the slender waist,

Her unadorned golden tresses wore
Dishevelled, but in wanton ringlets waved,
As the vine curls her tendrils," &c.
The writer duly appreciates the apropos of such subjects in
• promotion to the shrine of a saint, satirically remarking
how well oslculated they are to excite the piety of the
devout spectatore.
The Japanese ambassadors, who left New Yolk
In the frigate Nlapra, to return to their own country by
way of Cape Horn, found the voyage excessively Wiens.
They canned to be removed from the cabin assigned to
them almost every article of furniture, which bad base
pro►ided expressly for them at peat met, preferring to
sit on • carpet in the Oriental style. They managed to
while away the time in eating seven or eight tome •
day, smoking, playing at chess, and caressing their too.,
which latter operation is said to have afforded them much
solace and satisfaction.

Tin EMMEN or THZ Fitirsca.—The Empress
Eugenie arrived at Biro= Hotel, Dunkeld, at 2 p.m. on Fri-
day. A Dunksld dent writes that her Majesty in-
tended to have proceed to the west on Saturday morning,
but that she was so delighted with the locality that she in-
tended to remain there till Monday. A telegram received
on Saturday evening, however, states that the Empress was
on that day at Taymoath Castle, visiting the Marquis of
Breadalbane. At a meeting of the Glasgow Town Council
held on Saturday, it was resolved that an address should
be presented by the council to the Einprees of the French
•a the occasion of her approaching visit to Glasgow. The
Empress is expected to he in Glasgow very early during the
premat weak, and we hear it is not her intention to remain
at present at Hamilton Palace.—Sexernan.
COMMUNICATION WITH THZ CON- MINT. The
special tildes betwesa London and Folkestone in connexion
with the tidal service to Paris will be continued. every day
during the month al Dasember, and also those between
Boulogne and Paris on the days when the ordinary fast trains
do not afford a convenient cerrespoodeoce with the hosts.
The result will be to furnish • daily tidal service equally
convenient in every respect as that which has been so punc-
tually performed during the simmer season, with the sole
exemption of 12 hours being allowed for the transit instead
of Wi. Notwithstanding this increaeo of time, the envies
will be performed much more adlciently this winter than it
has yet been during the interval extending from November
to April, and fur the first time the interpreting conductors
travelling throughout each day in charge of the luggage
have been retained during the winter season.
SH/PWILZCZA ox THII NOZTIIUMIIERLAND COAKT.—•
Amu" Nov. R.—During a very strong gale from the east,
and • heavy sus* yesterday morning Spiels of distress
were oboes:wed from the sehooner Isaac sad Isabella,
of Dundee, w cargo had canted during the stormy
night while at anchor in the Gavot roads. The Heualey
lifeboat, belonging to the National Lifeboat Institution, was
immediately brought out, and after having been taken a
distance of • mile and • half oa her transporting anis"
was eitoressfully launched through the heavy breams.
After reaeldng the vessel, her crew of five man were takes
eat by the ldeboat and safely brought on shore. Os the
ems day (Friday) the services of the neighbouring new life-
boat, which the Naticeid Lifeboat Institution had just sent
to Newbiggin, were also called into requisition, in rescuing
the crew Of five men of the schooner Rose, of Lynn, from
13mhani, with hay, which had gone ashore during the same
fearful gale, on Line Burn, north of Newhiggin.
Isonwiouis FRAla).—The follow ng is an extract
of a letter received by Messrs. Adam Bpialnaun and On.,
of Lombard-street, which may prove a safeguard to the
public :—" . . . I have been engaged this =cawing is
taking to pieces an American double eagle, one of the most
inseams and complete frauds I ever met with, and I now
mention it to you, as some may rashly be presented to you
in course of L.usiuses. To all appearance they are ptotine,
emanating from the American mint. They are correct in
size and weight, and ring well, but each one has 20s. worth
of gold abstracted from it. The genuine double eagle has
been alit in two parte by a think saw, • narrow gold rim,
the enact thicksme of the gold taken out, is made the
sisa of the place, which is ant filled with a disc of plains,
and than all soldered together, and the sluing on the edge
restored. If out in two with • &Joel, it drives the gold
into the platinu, and appears to be solid. The hest way to
detect thorn is to examine the edge with • strong magnify-
ing class when two very faint lines may be found where so
ingeniously divided."