The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-22 00:00:00

ItEMARKS.

On the noel and sad emsiia proisures era a good deal lower
then the ware yeterilay, but eines midnight miaow. have
seariely on the coast of Scotland, where tilt.), continue
below 7D inches. The dilfareoce between Wended and NU= is
Ora in. Tcturerature is generally lower than it we. yed,rdity,
tare pt on the east coast, where a alight rite is par-
i.ptible. Utast differences in temperature are reported. Yea-
h rtlay strong south-east pled prevailed on the east mast of
Frigliind and Scotland ' • in the English and lA* Manuel. the
wind war, herb from the south-wort, increasing to • gale at Holy-
head and Forte-mouth. Winds have moderated except on th.
...t nest of France, and • fresh eouth-west breeze is
in the Channel. Rainless fallen °n ail coast.; in the eliit7.,=.
Eng-
land in largest amount. The sky is generally cloudy or overcast.
Weather is dill far hum sicttlel.

On Friday, at half-past 4 in the afternoon, a
funeral servios was perfurmed in the Jewish Temple,
Rue Notre-Dame de Nazareth, in memory of the late
Baron James de Rothschild. The church inside and
out was hung with black and was brilliantly illuminated.
The funeral oration was delivered by M. Za•loa Kahn,
Grand Rabbi of Paris, and the prayer for the dud was
given by the Grand Rabbi of the Central Goimistory.
There was • numerous and distinguished astemblage on
the occasion.

The widow of Marshal Davonst, Prince
d'Eckmiihl, died on Thursday but at the age of 89, in her
house, line St. Dominique, Paris. She married General
bayonet in 1801. Her brother was General Leclerc,
marricd in 1798 to Pauline Bonaparte, the Emperor's sis-
ter—afterwards Princess Borgbase—commander of the do-
tar-hi:Gent of Grenadiers who ejected the Five-Hundred
on the 18th Brumaire. She was left a widow in 18Z.3, with
three daughters, the Countess de Cambecilat, the Mar-
chioness de Blocquerville, and the Countess Vigier. The
title of Duke d'Auerstildt was revived by the present
Emperor in favour of Colonel Bayous!, the grand nephew
of the marshaL _ _ _

-•—
Sir Culling Eardley has boon •grttnte(l a free
pardon, provided that he ab-ients himself from the country
until the period of bis sentenoo shall have expired. Sir
Culling has therefore, left for Madeira. It will be re-
membered that &r Culling Eardley was sentenced to im-
priionment inJanuary LA for bigamy. The reason for
his release is stated to be that further confinement would
result in his death, his health having already greatly
suffered.

Tlza Paorossu TUNNEL UNDER VIE MIULSIT.—
Yesterday afternoon, an influential meeting was held at
the Cotton fales-reern, Liverpool, when Sir Charles Fox
qtyproject of making a railway tunnel under
sonamang Liverpool and Birkenhead and the
Lancashire and Cheshire Railway termini. Sir Charles
said that the engineering difficulties were comparatively
slight as compered with those moonntered in makizetaere
Thames TiumeL Resolutions in favour of the
were unanimously 'greed to.
TERRIFIC EITOR3I.—On Saturday morning the
town of Toms, on the
at •
ea: :Ft was visited by a tre-
mendous stone of hail, by vivid dashes of
lightning mad heavy peat Morale—a very unusual
thing at this time at year. It emommed Mont half-
-11 and lasted 10 minutes. Abed two miles from the
ca • farm called Braichyrbivr, seven sheep were
killed by the electric laid, endemism who was Groans
the slum Sad was blind for • ormiderable time. The
hailstorms were as large as marbles. Had it not been
calm at the time a quantity of glass must have been
brakes.
Tan ROBBERY OF A Tien AND OITFRAON ON
• Gersan.—This act—robbery and ou
led
as already reported, on Friday night, wt=l)l% the 7T6tretrain
from Liverpool to Birmingham was awing the latter
town, has canoed a great sensation micas the railway
officals. The amount of money Genial off from the rail-
way van is not exactly known, but it mast be considerable,
as it consisted of the day's receipts of the different stations
between renkridge and Birmingham. The liquid used to
blind the guard was creosote, and it acted so effectually
that he saw nothing of the robbers or the robbery. One
of the company's servants, named Baguall, was arrested
on Saturday, and at • howe occupied by him the sum of
271. in rah was found. He raid the money belonged to
the Platelayers' Society, of which he was the treasurer.
The magistrates remanded him till Thursday. The guard
is likely to lose the sight of one eye.
A DOUR= Suicmx—Horrouß elm Lovz.—A
double suicide has just been committed by means of char-
coal at Bouamc (Crouse). M. Femoral, tax collector, and
kis wife were found deed in their bed. A letter which he
had left on the table dated that he was led to put an end
to kis life by the fear of being suspected to have stolen
three bags of silver money recently seat to Houma by the
Streams mint, and which are main ; he protested hie
Mammies, which however was in so way doubted, as he
was meet highly esteemed ; his wife, he said, refused to
survive him.