The Express.
London, England, 1866-10-19 00:00:00

THE CHOLERA AT PESTH.

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14313TH, Oar. 19.
The cholera is greatly diminishing in this city.

THE BOMBAY MAIL.
MALTA, Oct 18.
The Ripon left at 8 p.m. yesterday and the
Pere at 9 a.m. to-day.
The former may be expected at Marseilles on the
20th, and the latter at Southampton on the 27:h
inst.
SUEZ, Ocr. 18.
The Norna, extra steamer, from Bombay,
arrived at 1 p.m. to-day.

WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.)

FRIDAY, OCTOB/3 19, 8 Lit

I 1 F. Via,
B. T. W. 11.3t0 ,---"--D.-. W. IL .19
T. , I i
, &
E. coI '
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Nairn .. ..... 29.80 36: S. 3 8 8.5. E. —. 2
Aberdeen .. 151.93'52. &R.& 6 y 8.8. E. r !0.29 5
Leith
Ardrossan
Greencaatle 29.70 52' 8. 3 4 E. rc .0.11 2
- I
Liverpool 29.91 67i S.S.E. 3 &E. oc 0.15 2
Holyhead
Penzance— 29.+•7.68 B.W. 7 3 B.S. W. ro I 5
Brest ..
',orient 4.9.2 I 611 8. 3 4 8.3. cl 13
Rochefort 30.00 611 B.E. 3 3 12.8. E. c:— , 2
Plymouth
Weymouth '29.96 511 8. 3, 6 B.E. oc .412 8
Portsmouth 29.99 68 8. 3! 6 8.8. E To 0.24 2
London -
Yarmouth 30.0e 56 8 e.. 6: 9 !SAE. 0 6
Searbomugh. 30.00 53 8. 81 8 S.S.E. 0 '0.17 5
Shields 20.98 i
56, S. W. 316 B.K. r 0.21 6
Helder —•— - , -
REMARK&
The winds have veered to the southward, and temperature+
i 1.5... eontinued to increase. Barometers have risen more mine

REMARK&
The'vrinds have veered to the and temperatures
have continued to increase. Barometers have risen more espe-
cially in the south. In the west pressure is still lower than else-
where The weather does not appear likely to become settled at
present, and strong winds are potable from a southerly direc-
tion.

Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess
of Wales are expected to honour Lord and Lady Londes-
borough with a visit at Grimston Park, near Teamster,
about the middle of next month.
His Excellency the Austrian Ambassador has 1 On Sunday last a prayer for the King of Prussia
returned to the Embassy in Belgrave-square from visiting and the royal family was offered for the first time in the
the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury at Hatfield I various churches of Frankfort. It is ststed that when the
House, Herts. moment for reading it came a great many persons left. The
The Marchioness Townshend gave birth to a prayer is couchedrin the following terms:—" Deign to shed
son and heir on Wednesday. I the abundance of Thy grace upon the King our master, upon
The Earl and Countess of Derby have arranged 1 the Queen his spouse, upon the Queen Dowager, upon
to leave Knowsley Park, Lancashire, on the 29th hat. for 1 the Prince Royal and his sponse, and upon all the
town. 1 relations and kindred of the royal family. Grant to
The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor left his then, a long life with Thy constant benediction, and make
lordship's shooting quarters in the north of Scotland last them model Christians. Vouchsafe to our King a long and
week, with the intention of paying a aeries of visits on blessed government, wisdom of heart, royal sentiments,
their way south. salutary counsels, just works, valiant courage, strong de-
The Earl and Countess of Hardwick° and Lady fenders, intelligent and trustworthy advisers, victorious
Agneta Yorke have left Hatfield House, Herts, where they armies, faithful servants, and obedient subjects; so that we
have been staying on a visit to the Marquis and Mar. i may long lead, under his shield and protection, a calm and
chloness of Salisbury, for Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire. I tranquil life in all piety and honour."
The Right Hon. Lord Leigh, Lord-Lieutenant I The bevy of young ladies who received the King
of Warwickshire, intends, says the Biremnpham Oatette, I of Prussia on his triumphal entry into Berlin have been
to invite his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to presented with gold brooches, ornamented with the head
attend the distribution of prizes to the volunteers in Bir. of the King and the Prussian eagle.
mingham, on the first Monday in December ; and simul- The President of the Imperial Zoological Society
taneous invitations will be sent by the cattle show coun• of Acclimatisation, M. Dronyn de Lhuys, is shooting on
ell, and the committee of the dog show, requesting the his property in Burgundy. The late Minister of Foreign
presence of his royal highness at those interesting exhl- Affairs wrote a few days ago to the director, M. Geoffrey
bitions. 1 St. Hilaire :—" I long to return to my favourite haunts
1 ((h
The Mime) of the Acclimatisation Garden." His ab-
The foundation stone of a new grammar school
1 sauce from the board of directors during his ministry was
was laid at Nottingham yesterday by Lord Helper, who
a severe lose to the society.
delivered an address upon the occasion, claiming for the
founders of these institutions an appreciation of the wants 1 The municipal council of the department of Cor-
of the times in which they lived, but approving of the 1 rege, in France, met last week in high council, and decided
changes which bad been made in the system of education to that the practice so prevalent of late years for the young
women of Normandy and Brittany to sell their hair in the
meet the requirements of au age in which the people were
more cultivated and literature more extended. market-places of their respective villages was highly
Mr. E. Miall and Mr. Jacob Bright have each immoral, and therefore passed a statute forbidding the
practice. The custom has been that those who wished to
been invited to oiler themselves se candidates for Derby
dispose of their cheer/ere should wear bright ribbons in
at the next election, in conjunction with Mr. Bass. the I
their chignon, which were synonymous with the words
present liberal member, but have declined to allow them-
" Look at my hair, it is for sale." Hair vendors were then
selves to be brought forward. 1 privileged to go up to the girl, untie the ribbons, examine
On Wednesday next the Lord Mayor of Dublin
the hair, and bargain as to its price. As soon as this knotty
will give a banquet in the Mansion-house to the Cardinal !
1 point was decided, the purchaser, armed with scissors, cut
Archbishop of Dublin, and will have at the civic board to off his merchandise, leaving but a few short curls in front.
meet him seven Roman catholic judges, and a host of ca -
A letter from the Tyrol in the Augsburg Gazette,
tholic nobility and gentry. A reunion of a different kind
complains bitterly of the fact that the monks and nuns
will take place on the 21st of next month. On that day
who have been dislodged in Italy are taking up their
the Lord Mayor will give a banquet to the Lord-Lieu- !
1 quarters there. Under the protection of the concordat
tenant of Ireland, to which will be invited the heroes of
1 the members of the order are purchasing large buildings
the Atlantic Telegraph who have received honours from
and establishing themselves permanently in the neigh.
the Queen, and other gentlemen who have distinguished bourhood.
themselves in the cause of scientific and social progrese.
The Levant Herald regret/ to have to note an act
THE SHERIFFS' DINNER.—Last evening, Mr. 1
of barbarity on the part of the rebels in Candies. Some
Alderman Waterlow and Mr. F. Lycett, the newly-elected •
days before the steamer left, the Imperial Commissioner
sheriffs of London and Middlesex, gave a dinner in the hall ,
sent Husni Bey, oneof his aides-de-camp, as a partementaire
of the Stationers' Company, of which Mr. Waterlow is a
to the insurgent camp. Failing to return as expected,
member. Among those who were present were :
search was made for him, and his body was found tied to a
Ald. Copeland, Ald. Sir John Musgrove, Bart., Ald. Sid-
ney, Ald. Sir F. G. Moon, Bart, Ald. Finn* Idd. Sir R. tree, with his hands and feet chopped off and his eyes
Aid. W.. Lawrence, my., I gouged out. The crime has created great and just indig-
W. Carden, Ald. Rose,nation amongst all classes at Canes, even amongst such of
Ald. Abbiss, Ald. J. C. Lawrence, Ald. Dakin, Ald. Bee-
the foreign residents as leave hitherto most warmly sym-
ley, Ald. Gibbons, Ald. Stone, Ald. Cotton, Mr. S. Ayrton,
pathised with the insurgents. The latter, however, throw
M.P., Mr. Charles Capper, M.P., Mr. Thomas Cave,
! the blame of the act on some Hellenic, volunteers from
M.P., Mr. J. Goodson, P&P., Mr. R. W. Kennard,
Athens, who are said to have as yet done more harm than
M.P., Mr. Harvey Lewis. M.P., Mr. George Moffatt,
good to the cause, showing themselves equal to any set of
M.P., Alderman Sheriff, M.P., Mr. William Tite,
M.P., Mr. W. M'Cullagh Terrell'', M.P., Mr. mere outrage or violence, but proving shy of fighting when
it comes to serious work with the imperial troops. Husni
Henry Lancelot Holland, Mr. Thomas Newman
Bey will be remembered by many of our readers in the
Hunt, Sir John Thwaites, and Mr. HenryPownalL
capital as a former aide-de-camp of Farad Puha."
The loyal toasts were honoured with the anal enthu-
siasm. In responding for the House of Commons, Mr. I The American papers record the death of Mr.
Alderman Lawrence abstained from pronouncing any opt. I Charles Alexander at Philadelphia, the oldest journalist in
nion as to how far that assembly really represented the ' the United States. He purchased and used, when a young
popular sentiment, but expressed his belief that there ! enan, the old printing-office and type and presses belonging
were many matters of social improvement with which I to the celebrated Benjamin Franklin.
it might deal without exciting any opposition. i It is stated in the Levant Herald, that the Mar-
The health of the Lord Mayor retiring and the Lord Visas Moulder, alter liis interview witliKing George, was
Mayor elect, with various other civic toasts, were duly mobbed by an Athens crowd on his way back from the
proposed and acknowledged, and the " ladies" were not palace to the Pintas. Ha excellency's reported discourage.
forgotten. The mulled arrangements were under the meat of sympathy with the Cretan movement is said to
direction of Mr. Lawler, who was assisted by Madame have been the cause of this irreverent treatment. No per-
Rudersdorff, Miss Eyles, and Mr. Wilbye Cooper. Mr. S. sone violent), was of mores attempted, but be was, the
Naylor played the piano, and Mr. Loveday Waa tempi. report dates, pelted with a shower of Athenian Billings.
master. gate till his carriage had passed well out of the city.