The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-29 00:00:00

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Nairn ...... N. 47 48 W.
Aberdeen ...229.28 42 8.8. W.
Letth .......;29.36 50 W.
Ardossan...;%).63 49 W.
Greencastle.? 49.47 48 W.
Valentla..... 2.6.94 51. N.W. 6 - ,
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Cape Clear...l !—• . -
Liverp001....,i0.75 48 W. 9. W. ,4 7 ; W.N.W. o 10.01
llolybeed —10.75 54 W.S.W. • 6 8 , W.N.W. cr 1
Penzance.... 30.06 51 W.N.W.. 5, 7 ! N.W. cm
Brest . ..... 30.16 48. N.W. .6 ' 3 N.W. uc
Lorient ..... . 00.14 40 W. !3 1 5 W. c;
Rochefort... 30.44 46 4 N.W. u, _
Plymouth ... 30.01 50 WNW. 5 7 N.W. cu 1
Weymouth . ;39.93 60 W.N.W. 4 5 ' N.W. c
Portsanoutli 40.91 48 W. 3 6 ' N.N.W. co
London •..... 49.85 45 W.S.W. 4 6 • N.W. be
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rmouth... 40.73 46 W.N.W. 4' 6 N.W. u.
50arb0r0n4.210.49 47 W.
_23 8 W.N.W. or: . .:
Shields ..... 49.54 60 N.W. 5 5 N.W. oc
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moderate
Strong north-westerly winds prevailed generally on onr coasts
yesterday ; this morning the winds arc chiefly westaly,
to fresh. Ltanmieters have fallen, and are now nearly eight.
tenths of
havera inch lower nt Nairn than at Penzance. Tenua•r-t-
-tures changed hut little. A large amount of rain has (Allen
at :Saint and Aberdeen.

Sir J. Scott Lillie, C. 8., late Lieutenant-Colonel
of the Grenadier Guards, has written a singular letter to
the Byre Defence Committee, one which, however,
Mr. Hamilton Hume seems very proud to publish.
Referring to the war in the Peninsula, he says : " In
the attainment of inch important results iunny ille-
gal and unjusable acts of cruelty and bloodshed bad
no doubt been tifi
committed, as in Jamaica, which would not
be sanctioned by any of our courts of law
circumstances, many of which I witnessed myself, after the
capture of various fortresses, by drunken soldiers who
hich
had
been for days and nights in an ungoverna state, w
the Duke of Wellington overlooked, and was supposed so
far to sanction, as such acts had been looked upon us a
reward fur the dangers incurred ia the storming and cap-
ture, though such cruelties were perpetrated not on the
common enemy, but on the nnotfeniling natives inhabiting
such cities and towns." He further adds, "Th
ee attain-
ment of the end, under circumstances oi this nture, is
generally looked upon as a justification of the ine.ms,
Finis coronet opus ;and this is the opinion submitted fir
the consideration of the Eyre Defence Committee, in reply
to their communication, by their obedient servant, JOHN
SCOTT LILLIE."
AN ELEPHANT'S Rave:cos.—A man named Wil-
liams, a groom at the circus of Messrs. Bell and Myers, at
pzesent performing in St. Helier's, Jersey. received seri-
ous, if not fatal, injuries on Saturday, from an elephant
connected with the establishment. Williams, in the dis-
charge of his duty. went to the stables after the evening
perfonnance to
les to the horses. While giving water
to the horse pnext the elephant, the latter, wishing
to drink, reached out his trunk, which Williams struck a
violent blow, refusing the animal any water. He then, to
show to a co soldier of the 69th Regiment—his
mantery of the elephant, commanded the animal to per-
form some of hie usual tricks. Thi exhausted until the
patience of the docile animal beingat the un-
reasonable demands of Williams, he threw his trunk
round him, and pressed him against the stable wall with
such force that when the unfortunate roan fell to the
ground and was picked op he wari half dead and bleeding
profusely. He was conveyed at once to the General Hos-
pital, where he was attended to ; but it is feared that the
internal injuries he has received may terminate fatally.
MYSTERIOPS DISAPPEARANCE OF A WHITEHAVEN
GENTLEMAN.—Very painful ramours have been afloat in
this town during the last ten days respecting the myste-
rious disappearance of • gentleman holding several import-
ant legal appointments, and verymuch respected genenilly.
The gentleman in question left his home some weeks agoon
business, and was last heardof in London onSunday a:mirth
inst., when he dined and spent the evening with some
f riends from this district ; on leaving them he gave out that
he proposed starting for Whitehaven that evening, and
actually caused a passing cab to be engaged to convey
him to the railway station. He however, sever reached
Whitehaven, and since that date nothing has been beard
of him, and all efforts to trace his movements experiencedroved
nnsuccessful, notwithstamling some of the most
detectives have been on the alert. There are strong sus-
picions of foul play, and his friends are, as may be ima-
gined, in a most painful state of anxiety repecting his fate,
about which such a cloud of doubt and suspicion hangs at
present. It is, however, hoped that it is not too l
Ca ate
rl for
the mystery to be satisfactorily cleared %T.—sle
Patriot.
ACCIDENT TO AN ACTOR. —We regret to hear that
Mr. Fleury Webb, one of the Brothers Webb, of Drury-
lane Theatre, mullet. lessees of the Queen's Theatre, Dub-
lin, lies in a very precarious state, with very little hopes of
i ecovery, having ruptured a blood vessel on Monday even-
ing, just after the termination of the perfarmanc:s.—ffits.