The Express.
London, England, 1858-09-22 00:00:00

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Orus Anna,Xa.—Vnlcen, My Mena Abron, Liza I•
Isil=maesiss, Contract, Lancaster, Dowager f,

RECENT DEATH FROM STRTCHNINE.—Yea-
terdsi an inquest, which had been several times adjourned,
was reminded at the board-room of Ratcliffe Workboxes,
respecting the death of Lavinia Ann Francis, aged le, the
daughter of Mr. Francis, one of the medical officers of the
Stepney Union. The jury returned a verdict—" That the
deceased died from the effect. of a deadly poison called strych-
nine, but how, when, and by whom siministered they had
no evidence to'show."

ANCIENTS AND MODER/AL—People were tie
very busy in Hwy Warrington's time (not that our young
gentleman took much heed of the eostroverey) in deter-
mining the relative literary merit of the ancients and the
moderns ; and the learned, and the world with them, indeed,
pretty generally pronounced In favour of the former. The
moderns of that day are the ancients of ours, and we specu-
late upon them in the unseat year of grace, as our grand-
children, a hundred year. haw, will give their judgment
about ua. As for our book-learning, 0 respectable ancestors
(though, to be sure, you have the mighty Gibbon with yon),
I think you will own that you are beaten, end could point
to a couple of professors at Cambridge and Glasgow who
know more Omsk than was to be had in your time in all the
universities of Rumps, Including that of Athena, if nab an
one existed. As for science, you were scarce more advanced
than those heathen to whom In literature you owned your-
pelves Inferior. And In public end private morality? Which
is the better, thus actual year 1868, or its predeoasce a cen-
tury back? Gentlemen et Mr. Disraeli' s Ilona of Com-
mots 1 has every one of you bta price, as in Walpole's or
Newosetle's time—or (and that is the delicate question) have
you almost all of you had it? Ladies, Ido not say %Rayon
are a society of Vestals—but the chronicle of a hundred rem
141139 contains such an amount of scandal, that you may be
thankful yyoou did not live in each dangerous times. No . on
my screeds os I believe that men and women are both better;
sot only that the Susannalta are more numerous, but that
the Elden are not nearly so wicked. Did you ever hear of
pooh hooks ea Mariam," "Tom Jones," "Roderick Ran-
dom ;" paintings by coutemporary artists, of the men sad
women, the life and society, of their day? Suppose we
were to describe the doings of such a person as Mr. Love-
lam, or my Lady Bellaaton, or that wonderful " Lady of
Quality" who Nat her memoirs to the author of "Paregrlae
Pickle." How the pure and outraged nineteenth century
would Mash, sareann. run out of the room, call away the
ymeg ladies, and ceder Mr. kindle never to mad one of that
Wises antlacei books again 1 You are Iffy-eight years aid,
madam, and it may be that you are too squeamish. that you
my ad be" you are hurt, and when nobody had any In-
tendon et efendisi your ladyship. Also, it may be that the
Amnon sort le injured by the restrains pat upon him, m
Emmy a homed, bander statue et St. Peter's and the vat-
▪ meat by the tin draperies in which eimieelesticel old
WOMB lave swaddled the fair limbs of the marble. Bat in
year gottlary there it reame.—The Virptidens, No. 11.
NIZSIOYOLITAN FAZE HOSPITAL.—The aR
rob renter el peAlswle relined daring the week ee
▪ lb woe 1,087; of which 400 were new mew
I/INSTAL PALACE. the SMILING DAT...
TIIIIMMT, Sire. 11.—Admiwilaol as mural, 4,801; ditto
by ems Wolk fq9 ; Obi 6,246.