The Express.
London, England, 1867-12-10 00:00:00

THE RECENT GALES.

Accounts still continue to reach Liverpool of the
disastrous effects of the as of last week. The Dutch
ship Catherine Johanna be. been abandoned at sea, but
the crew are reported to have been aimed. The barque
Ploatingeloud, bound from the Mersey to Pernambuco, has
been compelled to put into Queenstown, considerably
damaged, having been in collision with a steamer off
Tuekar. The ship Thornton, which struck on, the bar at
the entrance to the Mersey, was, up to the last accounts,
settling down in the sand. Part of her cargo, cotton, had
been saved, and landed at Liverpool. The J. T. Southard,
which ran into the rocks west of the Menai Lighthouse,
is likely to become a total wreck, and the sea
continued so rough that the ship could not be
boarded. Arrangements are being made with respect
to recovering some of the cargo. The Staffordshire, which
left the Mersey for Bombay, has put into Liverpool,having
been on the bar at the entrance to the Queen's Channel.
The ship,however, was towed off and taken into the Allred
Dock. The screw steamer Balmoral, bound to Ghent from
Liverpool, struck on a bank close to the Tranmere Ferry
yesterday,snd sustained considerable injury to her bottom.
It is expected, with the assistance of the underwriters'
steam pump, that the steamer will be enabled to be taken
into dock for repairs. Yesterday morning one of the
war vessels lying in the Mersey was run into by a
schooner, which sank shortly afterwards. The war
vessel received no damage, nor were any lives lost.
The Cremorno has put into Gibraltar damaged, but will I
proceed. The ship Alfred, bound from the Mersey to
Calcutta, was in tow of the steamer Malta (arrived at '
Liverpool on Sunday, from Smyrna) on the sth and 6th
inst. At 7 p.m. on the 6th the hawser parted. and at day-
light on the 7th the ship could not be seen. There was a heavy
pie blowing at the time; the Lizard bore 15miles north-east.
The Alfred was disabled at the time she parted with the
Malta, and bad two feet of water in her hold. The ship
Bosphorus, which left Shields for Aden on the 30th Nov.,
put into Plymouth on Sunday, with decks swept, longboat
gone, one man killed, and one washed overboard. There
are seven men disabled, and nearly all the sails cut or
blown away. The liammonist (s.s.), Captain Sault., from
Hamburg for Hull, got on shore yesterday morning on
Brancaster Beach. Part of the crew and passengers were
saved by the Lynn lifeboat ; and the latest accounts state
the host had spin started to rescue the remainder of those
on board the steamer.

THE WEATHER AND THE PARES.—The continued
heavy fall of snow and sleet of Sunday last was succeeded
at midnight-by a severe frost. The thermometer yester-
day morning had registered 12 degrees below freezing
point ; after 12 o'clock on Sunday night, and daring the
whole of yesterday, it stood at from 3 to 4 degrees below
that point. At ten o'clock last night it stood at 8 degrees
below, with every symptom of falling lower as the night
advanced. This morning, however, there has been a rapid
thaw.

THE. BISHOPRIC OT GIBRALTAR AND THE REV,
GOODWIN 115TCH.1614—We are informed that the highly
esteeuied rector of one of our best endowed parishes has
been offered the bishopric of Gibraltar, vacant by the re-
signation of the Right Rev. Dr. Trower ; but are not yet
in a position to say whether it has been accepted.
Although the offer is a tribute to the piety, zeal, ability,
and many estimable qualities of the rev. gentleman
alluded to, we doubt whether the see is worth his accep-
tance. It is one of those colonial bishoprica which were
founded in 1842, and embrace■ an immense diocese, so far
as spans is concerned, extending to Malta and Constanti-
nople ; and there is a story extant that the rope once mid
good-humouredly to the late bishop, " I suppose you re-
gard me as within your diocese .^ The salary is only
I,:tki. a year (with residences at Gibraltar end Malta),
paid from the Colonial Ilishopries' Fund, with whom—
and not with the government—the appointment rest/A.-
14'rd Surrey Times.
THE AMENDED NEW STREETS AM—Yesterday
the new act to amend the Metropolitan Streets Act, which
received the royal assent on Saturday, was Mimed . The
sixth section, as to costermongers, is now amended in
respect to the deposit of goods in the streets. his not to
aply tocostermongere, street hawkers, or itinerant traders,
so tong as they carry ou their Inutile.* in acconlance with
' the regulations from time to time made by the commis-
sioners of police : and so much of the sixth motion in the
recent act as refers to the surface of any space that inter-
venes iu say street between the footway and the carriage
way is now repealed. The cab question is disposed of by
a clause stating that no regulation is to be undo in respect
of the carriage of lamps by hackney carriages in respect of
the seventeenth section except with the approval of the
Secretary of State. The only other section is that the
statute is to be construed as one with the other.
THE NEW INI'OME-TAX ACT.—Yesterday the new
act on the income•tax was printed. From the 6th April
lest the additional duty on property, gains, and profits is
one penny in the pound ; one halfpenny on lands and in
Schedule B, and three-eighths of a penny on Lind in Soot-
land and Ireland. On half•yearly and quarterly accounts
on property, gains, ,kc., becoming payable the duty is to
be ' twopence "in the pound.
Rear your infanta with Dc BARRY'S REYALENTA
CROCOLATZ TOWIWM, in tins of 12 cups, ts.; 24 cups, as. Cd. ;
es cups. ; 245 cups, 306.; 576 nips, 655., or one penny per
cup. It is more delicious, digestible, and nourishing than the
beat concentrated beef. Also adapted to strengthen Invalids and
delicate children.—Du Barry and Co., TT. Reseut.quagrys
London. and all grocers and e.hatnisuA—LAAlvertletuisessij

EXTENSIVE BURGLARY AT ALPRISTON, AND
CAPTURE BY THE POLICE.

East Sussex has fcr some time past been the
scene of the operations of • gang of burglars, who, not-
wit the exertions of the police officers, have
managed to Tceep at large and perms their predate, y occu-
pation in thin division of the county. Many dazing and
extensive burglaries and robberies committed during the
put few months have been chronicled in these oolun.ns,
but, with one or two exceptions, the thieved have Dul-
-1 formly succeeded in eluding the vigilance of the polio..
Another of these offences was committed on Friday last
at Alfriston, but fortunately in that case much
of the stolen property bas been recovered and
an important capture hu been lus49 by tale polies. It
sent:rs that late a Vrictsy night, te early on Saturday
todraper. The
mimes of Mr. Ebenezer Cotiiort, grocer .. - of
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une .enivsee4iscaledproximithetywelt: othf
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abutters were not timed, and a small triangulei
glass having been extraeteci from one of the windoir
the fastening, by some ingenious process, was undone,
ea bye--kstreezet.
an esay entrance was thus effected, no further obstacles to •
tour of the lower rooms of the house presenting themselves.
Here the industi ions felons pcooseded on their work without
interruption, and having removed property, consisting prin-
cipally of articles of drapery, to the value of about 100/.
they quietly decamped. On making the discovery of his
loss, Mr. Comfort communicated the facts to the pollee,
who,with commendable romplitude instituted an elaboratesystem of inquiry, •g, and wi:tching, which resulted
in the capture of the supposed thief, and which reflects
great wadi, on Mr. Superintendent Jenner and the other
officers who directed and executed the sucesedul operations.
Two guano bags, containing the stolen goods, were found
concealed in seine straw on the preies of Mr. Cane,
of Berwick Court, Berwick. This place was watched;
and when night was considerably advanced • man
approached and was preparing to remove the plunder, when
be made the unpleasant discovery that the officers
of the law were close upon his heels. He took
to flight, but was soon overtaken sod captured by
Sergeant Thomas Holden and Police-constable Richardson ;
indeed had he escaped them, other officers would probably
have been more successful, as policemen were stationed
in almost every direction. Oa being apprehended an
open knife was found near him, on the ground, which be
is supposed to have dropped, but whether he bad it with
the ides of defending himself or for cutting the guano bags
of mune, mere matter of speculation. The prisoner,
who gives the name of Barnet Samuels, was taken before •
magistrate at HaiLibam yesterday (Monday) and remanded,
but it is doubtful whether the examination will be eon-
eluded in time for the prisoner to be committed to the
assizes to be held this week. The inhabitants of the
county may be congratulated on this speedy apprehension
of one of the midnight marauders whose late doings have
been • source of considerable alszm and the police deserve
credit for affecting such se important arrest.—Suarez
Advertiser.

THS IRISH CHURCH QUSSSIO74.-A conference
on thia subject, convened by the Liberation Society, is
to take place to-morrow evening at the City Terminus
Hotel, under the presidency of Mr. Edward Hull.

TROPHIES OP THE RUSSIAN WAR.—At the last
meeting of the trustees of Harper's Charity, at Bedford,
Mr. James Howard, on rising to move, pursuant to notice,
that the Russian inn in front of the schools be removed,
said it was not his intention to make any lengthened ob-
servations on the subject, and expressed regret for his
unavoidable absence ou the occasion of the last meeting.
He believed that he was mainly instrumental in placing
the gun is its present position, but since that period be
had changed his opinion with respect to this as well as
some other subjects. Now, taking • calm, dispassionate
view of the natter, he thought that a warlike
emblem was • very inappropriate decoration for
• scholastic institution. (Hear, hear.) It was a
trophy of • war of which the country had no
reason to be proud, and., moreover, he believed that the
people of Russia had a ldndlier feeling to England than
to any of the other nations. (Hear, near) So.ue time
ago a distinguished Russian gentleman was passing by
with him (Mr. Howard), and recognising it as • Crimean
gun, asked him if he had reason to be proud of such a
trophy, or if it was calculated to promote good feelings
between the two nations. From the kind feelings ex-
pressed by this gentleman on the part of Russians
towards Englishmen, he (Mr. Howard) confessed that he
felt ashamed of the trophy, and therefore he moved that
the gun be removed.—A Trustee : What is to be done with
it'—Mr. James Howard: That is another question.—Alder-
man Howard seconded the motion, without comment.—
Mr. Jones : My impression is that it ought to be broken up
and sold for old metal. (longhter.) Mr. Kilpin : The
best plan would be to send it to the barracks, on the
Coldington-road.—Mr. James Howard : I beg to propose
that the disposal of it be left to the Estate Committee.
(Laughter.)—Mr. Wyatt : Without presuming to interfere
with the prerogatives of the committee, I would respect-
fully suggest that the original idea entertained by another
board should not be carried out by them, viz., to place
the gun on St. Peter's-green. (Hear, hear, and laughter.)
—Mr. Jones : If you adopt Mr. Kilpin's suggestion there
will he an end of the matter. Other parts of the town
will object to have the gun.—Ultimately Mr. Howard's
suggestion, that the disposal of the gun be left to the
Estate Committee, was unanimously acceded to.
ATTEMPT TO MURDER • POLICEMAN AT MAN-
CHEsTILIL—A young Irishwoman, named Mary Quirk, was
brought before Mr. H. L Trafford, at the Salford Town.
ball, yesterday, charged with attempting to shoot • police-
man who is alleged to have seduced her. Polieeconstable
Sowerby said he was on duty last (Sunday) night, and
about eight o'clock was going along the Crescent, in the
direction of the Pendleton police-office, when the prisoner
overtook him, and walked alongside of him until he get
to the office. He endeavoured to persuade her to go
home, because he was on duty, but she refused to do
so. After calling at the Pendleton police-office, at about
• quarter to nine, he got upon an omnibus going from
Pendleton to Manchester, and the prisoner got inside.
He got off the omnibus at the corner of Oldfield-road and
walked in the direction of the Salford police-office. At the
corner of Bexley-square he saw the prisoner, and again
asked her to go home. She replied that she would if she
liked. He then left her and went to the police-oflde,
where he remained from halt-past nine until 20 minutes
to two. He then left the office to go home, and was
turning from Kirkley-street into Brunswick-street. when
he seam saw the prisoner. She rid to him :—" It is the
last time I shall come. You have two cartes de rude of
mine ; will you give them to me!" He replied that he
would bring them to her. He then saw her raise her arm
and at the mime instant heard the report of a pistol ; and
felt a smarting sensation in his right arm and in his eyes
from the effects of the flash. He did not see the prisoner
again. She had repeatedly told him she would shoot him.
He ceased to keep company with her about two months
ago. She had frequently told him she was in the family
way by him. The witness was erou-examined at consider-
able length by the prisoner, and it appeared that shortly
before the attempt was made to shoot him he was walking
with another young woman, and seen thus by the prisoner.
She was committed for trial—bail being refused.
SHOOTING AT A RAILWAY TRAIN. —The other
evening' S. a train was passing along the Severn Junction
line of railway, near Holloway-lane, Dawloy, the driver
observed a man standing on the side of the Ime holding a
gun. When the train reached the spot where he stood,
the fellow raised the gun and fired at the engine. Some
of the shots struck the stoker on the hand, Lut happily he
was not hurt. The man then ran away, and no trace of
him has been ascertained. His motive for firing the gun
cannot even be guessed at—Biratinoham Post.
MR. STOCKLEY'S AUFAIRB.—At the Liverpool
Bankruptcy Court yesterday the affairs of Mr. Stockier',
the solkitor, who recently absconded owing about 40,000/.
—principally trust moneys fraudulently appropriated—
came before the commissioner on the question of the
ap-
pointment of assignees. Proofs were tendered to the
amount of about 25,000/., many of the debts being proved
by widows. After some oppnaition on tic part of Mr. W.
K. Tyree, solicitor ; Mr. W. Moon, merchant, of Li-
verpool ; and Mr. J. Haworth, colliery proprietor, of Rock-
ferry, were appointed assign/fa The case will again come
before the cow t on the Ilth January.
Tiia ROYAL BANK, LIVERPOOL.—The liquidators
have, it appears, determined to make a call of 100/. per
share upon the preference shereholdera This measure
&or excited so strong a feeling of dissatisfaction @mount
that body, that an association to resist the course being
carried out is b- bog organised. The call upon the ordinary
shareholders does not exceed BY.
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RZIR7ATR FAIR. —1 esterday this annual fair was
held on Heigate-heath, permission having been obtained
from her Majesty's Privy CounoiL There was a moderate
show of stock, and fat cattle realised 4s. to d. to as. per
stone ; store stock, W. to 141. • bead ; and witch cows,
with o calf by their shk, 21)/. to 241. ; inferior coal
and ditto to calve down, 141. to IN. per ditto. There were
bet few horses on wale, and the trade was inactive.
Foua Cmiuts•N AT • Blare.—On the evening
of Friday last the wife of John Noble, :4, St. Michael.
street, Domfrina, gave birth to four male children, all
living. Mrs Noble wee steratted by Dr. Thomson, and
she was not much worse than on previous occasions of
being confined. Nothing could exceed Dr. Thomson's
kindness. attention, and skill in such an unusual ease.
The ',Miami: are not much under the ordinary size of in.
tants at birth, and are healthy-looking, and seem as likely
to live as other infants. When we saw them this forenoon
they presented a very interesting sight—fonr babies la one
cradle. Tue mother is progresstogizflavourably. Mrs.
Noble was born at Dmoklands, of Kirkpatrick,
Durham, stewartry of Kirkendbrig t, and her husband is
a native r f Yorkshire ; be is employed m a weaver of
tweeds in the factory of Messrs. Milligan. Henderson. and
Co., lioviery and tweed manufacturers, Dumfries.—Dam•
fries Azondard.