The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-20 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Barometrical preuure has deaeased since Thursday, partici.
larly In the north and emit but is now Increasing at Valentin.
The wind& are principally sosth-westerly, and have lactessed in
strength : but en the west of Ireland hare veered to northwest.
The weather has been rainy, bet is now generally overcast.

From a parliamentary return, issued this morn-
ing, it appears that the number of bushels of malt charged
with duty and the amount of duty charged, in the
year 1866, in England, Scotland, and Ireland, was as fol-
lows —England, number of bushels, 47,263,665; amount
charged, 6,410,1341. Bs. 110. Scotland, number of
bushels, 2,554,288 ; amount charged, 345,182!. 19s. 31d.
Ireland, number of bushels, 2,463,269 ; amount charged.
333,9.301. 6s.

Mr. Siam&ld, M.P. (says the Leeds liferentry)was
yesterday asked by a deputation from the Halifax branch
of the Reform League to address a meeting of that body
on Wednesday evening. He had, however, been previously
asked to address the meeting to Ise held in Lida on Tues-
day night ; and as be could not undertake both engage-
ments, he decided, with the consent of the deputation, to
give up the proposed meeting at Halifax in favour of that
to be held in Leeds.

In order to give a fair trial to the system of re-
cruiting the army by the aid of the pensioners (observes
the Army and Nary Gav ite), Sir John Pakington has
directed that in the three districts of Bristol, Leeds, :aid
Liverpool, the whole of the recruiting shall for the next
twelve months be confided to the staff officers of pen6oners
under this ropervision of the inspecting field officers; a
line recruiting parties being withdrawn. At the same time
the mode of remunerating the pensioners recruiting in these
districts has been changed, and, instead of being paid
on a sliding scale at the end of each year according to the
number of recruits raised up to a maximum of six, the
pensioners are to receive a reward of B. for each approved
recruit whatever number may be obtained. We trust that
this liberal arrangement may induce the pensioners to
exert themselves to the utmost, and, if posvible, afford a
favourable solution of the recruiting difficulty, it twig •
theory held by many of those well capable of judging tliat,
with proper eneouragement, the non-effectives of the ser•
vice are quite capable of meeting all the wants of the Army
in the matter of recruits.

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THE ACCIDENT TO THE DCCHESS OF RONEURGEE
AND Lean CHARLES INNIS KER.—Both the duchess ~rid
Lady Charles are programing favourably. The duchess
has received no external hurt, but she has been much
injured internally, but not so serious as to cause Slane.
Lady Charles is much scratched about the face, end she has
a cut on the forehead, being dragged along the ground
some distance. Both are confined to bed and are attended
by Dr. Mackenzie.—Edinburgh Courant.
SHOCKING ATTEMPT TO MURDER A Huset'ifl,
AT LZAWINGTOII.—ShortIy before seven o'clock on Thurs-
day evening, a labourer, named Samuel Hmllel. Who
resides in John-street, Lesmington, on returning home
from his work in the evening, found that his wife bad hem
drinking during the afternoon, that she was then under
the influence of drink, and that his tea was not meal-
Some wrangling followed, and the woman seized a keel
and drew it across her husband's throat, inflicting • gash
several inches in length. The wounded man was taken to
Dr. Horniblow, who found that the cut had just mimed
the principal arteries in the neck, and that he hat narrowly
escaped instantaneoes death. Dr. Horniblow dressed the
wound, and although Hadley is still in a very weak state,
it is hoped he will eventually recover. The woman made
no attempt to escape after baring committal the act. She
has only one arm, so that there could hardly have berm
any struggling, and the wound was probably given sud-
denly and without any previous threat.
THE ENGINE DRIFERN' STRIKE ON THE NORTH-
EASTERN RAlLWAT.—Besides the ordinal!, sen4re yester-
day, the North-Eastern Company ran from Lids three
special pame•ger trains to Hull, and one to Harrogate and
Ripon. The directors of the North-Buten' Railway do
not seem disposed, from the statements which Live
been made, to isdent the suowcst‘on of gown,'
n.ent arbiration with • view to settle the
differences between them and the men on strike.
They, having got so well supplied with labour
to fill up the vacuum made by the strike, decline to
acknowledge the old hands at aO, and se there is txultlie-
rent* there can be nothing now upon which to arhitlite•
On the other hand, it is alleged that it is really to me-
temptation to call out the whole of the engine driven sad
firemen on the Great Northem,London and NortliWe'tems
Lancashire and Yorkshire, and Midland lines of railway
and thus stop the through traffic between the Thames an
o
the Tweed. This, no doubt, would prove a calamity to the
country, but it is argued that such a step would be Inn
more disastrous to the men who might adopt such a mum.%
—Leeds Mercury.