The Express.
London, England, 1867-02-06 00:00:00

REMARKS.

Last night there was a very heavy gale from the westward on
oar southern somata. This Ho .1-fling the winds are chiefly westerly,
lEitt to itosierate on our northern and eastern coasts, and very
swing on the south coast of England 'where the sea is high ,
hit in theeouth.weet of Ireland they are northwesterly and as
strong as they were In the night. liammetric pressure has
doressmi considerably and is very low over the Britioh Isla*
In the west and south barometers are now rising. Rain has
Wien on all our etsitsts, and lightning was seen at Valenti* and
?nuance last night.

SAcRED HARMONIC SOCIETY, EXETER-HAIL.
Handel's Israd in N.qm will be again performed on
Friday neat. Principal vocalists—Miss Banks, Miss It.
Henderson, Madame Sainton•Dolby, Mr. Sims Reeves,
Mr. M. Smith, Signor Foli, and Mr. Lewis Thomas.
THE LATE. FATAL BOAT AccIDENT on.' NORTH-
iirr.—Another body of the unfortunate party who were
drowned by the upsetting of a small beat while proceeding
from Nortlitleet to the cigar ship was picked up on Monday
evening in Northtfeetereach. It has been identifierd as that
of Mr. Finney, the young draughtsman attached to the
Peas Winans, eon of Mr. Finney., of Poplar Iron Works.
THE OREsT NORTHERN ILAILWAY.--011 Monday
evening last a singular accident occurred on the Great
Northern line of railway, at a short distance south of
I.ranthani station, by which the lives of a large number of
Passengers were placed in imminent peril. It seems that
the down express leaving King's-cross at 5 p.m. lonrneyed
wifely until leaving Peterborough, which place it left et
drawn by a couple of powerful engines, and all went
well until just after crossing a small bridge over the river
Witham, at about a mile from Grantham, when the '
driven, guards, and passengers became alarmed by the
sudden oscillation of the engines and carriges. The breaks
were put on with all possible speed, sad in about 500 yeah
it was brought to a stand, when it was found that the tender
of one engine had left the metals, but, marvellous to relate,
woe of the carriages bad been dragged a the road, al-
though from the bumping which ensued the greatest alarm
prevaibil among the passengers, who, however, sustained
little or no serious injury. Several were bruised and
n, but none so much as to render their removal from
the carriages necessary. On a messenger reaching Grantham
Station, Mr. Walker, clerk in charge, at once left by special
train, accompanied by a gang of men, and, after detaching
disabled tender, the train was backed to Ponton,
where it was changed on to the up line and brought on to
amtham, where it arrived at 9 p.m. As none of the
P'iscngers needed medical aid the train and its occupants
mon left for the north. The traffic was carried on upon
the up line till midnight, by which time the line was
stored to its original st..te, and very little delay was
...Meal to the regular traffic. tinder all the circurn-
itincvs, it is luite providential that most disastrous
result,. were avoided.
Plti:i•EDENi'E AT DINNER PARTIES.—Having
,trrial an earl's daughter he was selected for that honour.
There was a barrister in the room, and Mrs. Dobbs
Proughton ought to have known better. As she professed
to he guided in such matters by the rules laid down by
rla. reiar,miaed authorities, she ought to have been aware
4.4 a man takes no rank from his wife. But she was en-
-4 1 think to merciful consideration for her error. A
situated as wag Mrs. Dobbs Broughton cannot alto-
tetiaa i;....re these terrible rules. She cannot let her guests
draw ion far preeeilence. She must select some one for the
honour of her own arm. And amidst the intricacies of
oak 11.. w L it possible for a woman to learn and to reniein-
} " ything If providence would only send Mrs.
Broughton a peer for every dinner party, the thing
1'" 4 za more easily ; but what woman will tell me off-
which should go out of the room first ; a C. 8., an
of the Blue, the Dean of Ltanshester, or
it. la-an of Arches' Who is to know who is
'"rvlcay's father ! How am I to remember that
Y.'".4 Thointnon's progenitor was made a baronet and
I','
kni;lit when lie was lord mayor? Perhaps Mrs.
liroughton ought to have known that Mr. Crosbie
I have gained nothing by his wife's rank, and the
r may lc considered to have been not immoderately
•r. when he simply spoke of her afterwards as the
' ••••• .m.l most ignorant old woman he had ever met in
I. with the lovely Miss Demolines on Ida
`tag the last to move before the hostess. Mr. Dobbs
'!'`.", had led the way energetically with old Lady
'lines. There was no doubt about Lady Demolines. as
had told him, because her title marked her. Her
,0.1 Itail been a physician in Paris, and bad been
t•i,,i• 4 in consequence of some benefit supposed to have
.!'`, bale to some French scion of royalty—when such
al France were royal .and not imperial. Lady
:, . risk was not much, certainly; but it served to
r. and was beneficiaL —The Last Chronicleof Bonet.