The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-16 00:00:00

An attempt is about to be made on a wale of

iroportanos to introduce the growth of silk into Holstein as a
staple article of commerce. The mulberry trete, shich heve
been pleated for some time on the shores of the iteltic near
Hellecenheam, hove thriven well, end an abundant supply
of memos Ms bus received, to the future produce of which
those who see mimed In the enterprise look forward with
*address kr s probable result.

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The Journal et Villains states that after a
storm of last week the unusual phenomenon of a lawn rain-
bow was observed at Rennes. The moon wee at an altitude
of shoot 30 degrees, and the rainbow, which stretched from
east to west, was visible for nearly an hoar.
111081 C IN PARIS.—The critic of Galignani says :
—tt A chance visit to V.ein.bassadriee on Monday night at
the Opera Comique, where himille. Cordite made her debut
In Henrietta, and bang very charmingly, gave us the un-
expected plows. of seeing Mies Louisa Pyne, the queen of
English vocalats, accompanied by her sister, Mid Save
Pyne, also a dialiuguisbeil artiotio. Both wore tiokieg in
the most perfect health, the [Groan wearieg in bar pleasant
countennnre not 'ha least trace of the fatigues imposed
ow her by an 'mount of vocal labour net, we Lade,
equalled in the history of the art. The most robust
of cur Italian artiste appear only three times a week,
villages Miss Erne, fur ens nine months ending in April
last, sang in London, with the exceptinn of Sundays, ever!
night, and always, be it specially noted, the principal part'
How much of this ex trsardinaly result is due to excellent
early maiming, and never straining the rasa, and bow much
to en excellent conatitutioe, would be well worth studying
for the benefit of musical art. These Lidice ware both =wog
the warmest applauder. of Mollie. Cordiar, the daub:Pao of
the night. Fragments of the sew opera al M. Betlioz on the
Siege of Troy were performed on Saturday last, at the Salle
Beethoven, before a private auditory composed of the leading
musician and amateur. of Paris. The compo.itlon elicited
marks of the highest admiration...
A !SWINDLING SCHEME IN NEW YORK.— A
swindling scheme has been discovered in New York. but not
until a COMIWOUII band of the family of the "gulls" had
bees luendsouiely bled. It was bared as a pretended loam of
14,000,000 nodes for the Grand Denby of leaden , consigned
with &lottery, which wee to Ides its sinning August 31.
The 'windbags, who celled themselves Cnnatantine, Pen-
ner, and Co., profeserd to be the agents for 0. Roth-
childs end Co., of Frankfort-on-Ilia Mains, which name
sae enough like that of Both(s)child: to give It
a metallio twang, not to speak of the address. The swindle
went ou anecdotally for some time, and was only blown up
by the magnitude of the operations to which it gave rim—
the number of letters the fake firm received attracting fatten.
Son at the post-office. Most of thus lotted came frogs tee
mouth and the west, qnsetere of the union that appear to
bare ter more than their proper share of the gullibba element
of oar population. The lottery will sever Le drown, and
the ticked will answer to ISe with Ills.issippl b.nde and
sibs: saint dornmees of the same obaracter.