The Express.
London, England, 1859-05-19 00:00:00

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DEATH or ADMILL Mortirox BT Dr.owrixo.
—By the arrival et Boni'adept= yesterday of the Mum
.hlp Blum with the heavy portion of ths Bombay leans, we
regut te learn that whilst the ship was croseleg the Bay of
Bleesy, Thal Thornton (a director of the Patinaeler Bad
Origami Company), who waa a pentium on beard, we.
systariewely drowned. The admiral was seen Au desk
walking the pater deck, and on the following sou* he
wee mimed. It is romoared—but no probable cense is girt.
for such en act—that he committed suicide. The meet
reasonable supposition is that the admiral eaddentally fell
eve, board.

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DISCOVERY OP A ROYAL TOMB IN EGYPT.—A
letter from Cairo, la the Cbastitigionnel, says :—" The
general subject of coaversation in this city la • discovery
which has jut been made by the well-known archreolegist,
M. Nanette. He has found at Thebes, after long and
dtitioult researches, the tomb still intact of Pharaoh Arnold,.
The King is lying in a coffin, completely covered with gold
!tar, ornamented with large wings painted on it. Thirty
jewels of great value ware found in the rams cells by the
side of the King, as was also a hatchet in gold, ornamented
with figures in lapis lazuli. Some years ago, M. Marietta
had a similar pieced good fortune, in finding in the tomb
of Apis the jewels which now form the prim:lced ornament
of the Egyptian Manure of the Louvre, The jewels of
Amnia ere still move valuable from their number end quality.
This dim° royal tomb intact Is the moat important
one that Mae has yet made
.—F to Egypt.,'
SCPRILSTITIONor Some time past says the
Forager „Herald), there has been a fatal malady, which
has Ukase( great numbers of children in Studley, Cough-
tom, sad the n-ighbourbood. At Coughton the people have
been so far gulled by impostors es to believe that all the
children who partook of wine out of the chslice from the
Roman catholic chapel would be eared of the disease at
once. Such ion !Yen the want of camases reuse among
proteetaata, as well as catholies, that great numbers Sucked
to the priest, and it became eo much a nuisance that it had
to be removed to a private residence in the village, when
they could have their
'rim YORK THEATRICAL CIRCUIT.—Tbe thee.
thew., at Hall, York, and Leeds, with their properthe,
machinery, Ito.. wore yesterday offered for sale by-public
suction, by Mews. }lands and Son, of York, at Mr.
Clover's, London Hotel, HulL There wee • numerous
&Ventilator, amongst the parties vesseat being Mr. Chambers
(rem mutative of Mr. Knowles, lessee of the Theatre
Nepal, Manchester), Mr. Coleman (ramemer of the Liacela
theatre), Mr. Pritchard (lessee of the Theatre Royal, Hull),
Mr. Pratte, solicitor; Mr. Stark, Mr. Bowser, Mr. Rey-
nolds (secretary to the proprietors of the theatres). All., •
suitable exordium. the wtole of the theatres were pat up at
first in one lot, The suotioseer said perhaps 12,0001. would
be comddered too muck, sad asked if anyone was Inched
to bid 10,0001., or eves less, ea a beginning. As ao bid wee
made, the Hull theatre was offered esperately, the noetkesse
Inquiring if anyone waa will ng to bid 6.0001. or 6,0001.
Mtm • pause, Allem Brothers bid 1,000/. to commenter
with, bat the offer we. declised. Tba motion.? then
havered if anyone wou'd bid 41,0001. et' 6,0001., and if Sot,
it would, he said, be a wedge of time to detain them imps.
No bid was made, and the auctioneer then informed the
company that the property would remain on sale by private
contract. Ileum Hands and Se have aim received
private offers for the circuit from three &threat quartets.—
&tams averstire Erred.