The Express.
London, England, 1859-06-06 00:00:00

The Earl and Countess of Cork arrived in town

Setarday from Ilaretou-hease, Bomereetehire.
It is stated that the London and North Western
and the Great Weak= Railway Companies have offered to
lame the Birkenhead, Lancashire, sod Cheshire lunation
Bellow, at 21 to 3 per cent. for two or three years, and 4
per cwt. in perpc,u4ty.

The Tipperary estate, of Count Chabot were sold
la the Landed Estates Court ca Friday In twenty-Ave lota,
ase whole producing 40,0001. The rates of pen:haze were
extremely high, beyond is some instances the average piece
realieed in the land marker.

It is said that M. Kossuth leaves England to-
naterow, and that he has had as faun's', with M. de Per-
alguy, the French Amlaweader. Some 300 Hungarians have
returned from America, sad null follow bim to Italy.

Mrs. Key, mother of the man whom Sickles
killed, died at Baltimore ea the 18th alt. She was sever
told of the death of her eon.

During the three months ending April 30 there

were upw;rds of 10,000 person" arrested-1n New York city,
of whom more then 13,000 were foregoer', mostly Irish.

A correspondent of the Delhi Gazette, writing
from Hoarelie, the let olt., says that " the commander-M-
-aid met with another accident at Plujore. It seems that
the Putteealla Rajah's troops, with artillery, wre drawn np
to do honour to his lordship, and, as usual, the hosoor was
neither required nor expected. Just as the chief, who was
in advance of his raft, got abreast of the guns, the salute

—wad—the chief's ions started, and anew lie rider,
who appeared at Rothe with made, patches of plaid:macros.
his forehead : fortunate it was so worse."
THE NEW PWAME JUDGE AT BOMBAT.—Sir
Joseph Arnonld, who arrived oa the 28th ultimo from Rag-
land, wee the same day, at about di p.m., sworn before the
Chief Justice Sir Matthew Seam and a full bar, es palms
Justice of her Majesty's Supreme Court of Judiestase at
Bombay. Mr. !Lem:tiptoe, the protbosotary, read the bitters
palest appointing Sir Joseph as successor to Ike Matthew
Santee; and hie lordship took the usual oath of cagiest,
and fealty to the crown. BM Joseph and lady have, for the
present, taken up their residence with Sir Matthew Bansee.—
Bosky Barstte, May 12.
MONUMENT TO Sig ROBERT PEEL AT GLASGOW.
—Workmen have been busy dude( the week la the erection
of ihe pedestal upon which M to be placed the bronze statue
of the late Sir Robert Peel, sabscrihyd for SOON yeses ago by
a number of Glasgow gentlemen. The site of the monument
is the north-west corner of George-minas°. The statue,
which has been cut in biome from a model by our Wasted
townsman, Mr. John Merman, sculptor, North Frcieekk-
street, is nine feet in height, and represents the demoted
statesmen in the petition of addressing the House of
Commons with a scroll of paper in his hand. The pedestal
will be twelve feet high, of firmly deemed grealte. It Is
expected the whole will be finished is a week or two at the
fru thest.—Olaereee Journal.
PUBLIC AMUSEMENT/ AT MILLBOURNI.—In thee-
' trim& sad mask there has bean a gratifying variety. Mr.
Hudson having emopieted his ensfretan engagement is
now " Marring" in the previaces. Mr. G. V. Brooke, who
bee eseumed the proprisessibip of the Royal is Arai-
hely engaged. Wes Emma Stoehr is elm
joys he conatry sir, after a very anceseefal ma-
ma an manageress of the Princess's Theatre.
At both the bows named good stock comp ai.ll
are playing nightly. Last Writhesday, we bad a revival of
opera in the productiow, for the fleet time in the colony, of
Le Troriate. This is dee M M. Emile Coulon, a French
artiste of combinable abilit whom first app snuco in
Mamba was made memorable by his being the companim
of Madame Boatmen (better knoen as Miss Catherine
Hayes). The opera was not produced complete, became we
have not such a sulliciesey of profeesional talent amongst
us to warrant such • yenta». Bat we were given so
mach of it. as to revive all our native affectioa
for the lyric drama—evidenoed in the crowded Mate of the
home on this occasion. Oa the same night • very pleasing
concert was given in the Exhibition building by the Mives
Macemby, two younglrish ladies, who, though they have
appeared in public but twice since their arrival In the
colocy, have succeeded In witablishieg undoubted
claims to support. The Melbourne Philharmonic Society
opined their seams by producing in fine My le the Israel is
opt. So well did this oratorio take, that the ruche',
repeated it at the *pedal request of his Sullen:7 the Gover-
nor. Isis generally understood that M. Conlon hum& pro-
ceeding to Valparaiso with the avowed object of engaging an
opera company t. perform in Melbourne. We feel oonfident
that if he does so, his enterprise will meet with adequate sup-
port —Melbourne Herald, Aril 16.
THE ARMSTIONG GUN FACTORY AT NEWCASTLE-
ore-Tenn.—The he for the reartufecture of Sir William
George Amadeus& rend ordnance at the Blswick Begin*
Work., Newcasthroa-Tyne, to the rapid rise of which Sir
George Grey alluded at the Arzamroug dinner reerntiy held
in that toms, is now needy completed, and will shortly be
• brought into full um. It c maims of eve distinct building.,
"shops," as they era technically termed, and of geese,
one, the hugeet, is Mewed, finished, sad the others as Mau
advanced stage of completes. The firstaltogswiss com-
menced is Jaly Nat year, end is 312 feet is h. It
is entirely devoted to blcksinithe work, sad will flat d
wig b enormous furnaces and forge-hammers for welding the
coils of which the body of the pun is compmed. The
magnitude of them la such that one of the anvil blocks
reeeatly cast for this shop weighed so less than 211 tone.
Of the four smeller shop. two of them are ftr the esenufec-
, hue of the machinery in connexion with the mechaalcal pert
of the gun, one ie expresely for making the shot and shall,
and the fourth is • fitting shop." In addition to three,
severs' other buildings in connexion with the °titmice wake
are about to be commenced. The work of casting bee
already begets, and a 70-pounder gun was tamed oat last
week, and when the whole of the 'hops now built are cow-
pieta the factory will turn out guns of various sizes at the
rat* of four per week. Great striimese is to be exercised as
v.:pas the non employed at the works. Each is to have am
signed to him his eerie poetics, and beyond it Is is not to be
allowed to advance.

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