The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-10 00:00:00

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Barometer corrected and red*
letters r t (tailing). a
motionot thamercuryaithtu lad
In shade. Extreme force, witb I
Z.—caba. Weather: b.—blue I
tog: h.—hail: L—Ughtaing ;
(duU); r.—rain: a.--snow: t.-
,melted:.( during bud 24 bou

Teed to as deg. at sta lei.
I (steady), indicate dv
dl4 hours. Thenninuet r
Its direction during .
sky ;c. clouds ,detach ;
ni.—inisty :hazy; ;
—thunder. Rain fall. 114.,1
urs. Sea disturb Luce.

REMARKS.
The atmospherical pressures over the south and agar ..r
Islands 11.1N1 in (ranee .00 very high. and have ;
yesterday morning, when a very rapid Incr. Ala fr,.m t..
*lay was .bus ti at :i stations. A ditto:intl.!. ha.. •
occurred oil our north 01411 cossta Move bet e, • •
difference of pressure between Sairn and P: wale •:,
seven-tenths of an inch. Temperature has
nearly all stations since yesterday. Weiterl., xi..• •
force have been previa cut during the last il.•
Saturday night it Idea strongly from the north on
coast; also a gale from the uorth-taet as, o
Cornelia on Saturday .01.1SIIIiitly. Winds icia .•
the westward. Snow fell in Scotland both ye,teld ,
preceding day. Weather Is generally oven aa,
Lime of mist in the south-west of our ialands

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CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS.
Fan. 9.—The rem, from Southampton on ;1,
arrived to-day at 7 a.m., and left at 11 a.m.
snarls. Experienced good weather.
Professor Whitney mentions, in a peer
word-making, that people in America pat on ••
rubbers," because, when caoutchouc was nt le
they could find no better use for it than tie :•
out of pencil marks. But over:been et
material are not universally called "
I Philadelphia. with a reference to the 1.. t,
the substance of which they are made,
called " grime." A ll:Made:phis, gentleman and lot
muting to spend the evening at a house where a
very touch at home, he entered the parlour : •
the question, "Why, where is Emily 'c" answe, • I • ,
Emily in outside cleaning her gums upon th.• •
whereupon there was a momentary look ui
and then a peal of laughter.
SHOPKEEPERS VEREUS CO-OPERATIVE St •
The writer (1 the City article in the I'tnur, after
the features of the Clerks' Supply Association, 001., i
our own City column,observes that this co-op , 1,• •• •
meat is assuming proportions of extraordinary ne•i it•
portanoe, and such as are likely in seine way to re. '
tionise all the existing relations of retail trade. The
way for shopkeepers, he thinks, to meet th, i ,
system, will be by a resort on their own pin t t.,
non. The time appears to have arrived for the fa,. • •
thesystem of setting up innumerable .
" Economicus," a correepondent, of the
the ltritiah shopkeeper to tight the co-operative at,'
their own weapons, adds,'' I cannot deny that I du on oo'3
aeorrowful conviction that, while he has no choice bete
this and speedy ruin, the ultim ate issue of the con
will be woefully against him. A few here and there •
can command or attract a very large be- •
will make it answer. liminess upon a small scale
ducted can never he remunerative. The transition •
will see, as transition periods no often do, a •,.; rt at .1...• '
calamity, as the cost at which the community will p'-trio:
incalculable advantage. I deplore this deeply, but 1, • •
is no help for it ; and I wish as much as poesible to 1.. • ,•
their fall to the destines' victims." The 1,31:11. t .I••
pondent states that the Haymarket store is dui:.; .•
nese exceeding war. per diem, and is increashie r..:
DEATH OP bill. W. DAWKINS.—\\e• 11.`ie •
record the death of Mr. William •
Alresfoni Hall, near Colchester which tool p!
Saturday, after a long illness, Colchester
in.
Mr. Hawkins was for many years an active
the conservative side; sail took a leading 1, .rt it, • '
Mon matters both in the borough and in Nio: !..-• .
In 18.-.0, when Lord John Manners wen sleeted '..r
cheater, on the resignation of Sir 11. 11. Smyth.... •
'seat was occupied by Mr. Hardeutle, the pr., ~• d
member fur Bury St. Edmund's, who hail de.. 1 :1..
Saunderson in 1841, after representing the Ismer!. :e.',
IB32—the first election under the Reform hill. .1• •
general election in 1852, with the &mid. of -.1 •
ousting Mr. Hardeastle, and of rianistine Lord J.";
Manners, whose alleged tractsrian proelt,ite,
date had brought him into some r !a
a portion of the conservative party, Mr.
offered himself Se a candidate, and by his grit loed
fluence carried the double election in a most t,
manner, the numbers being, Hawkins. Ga, ; •• •
620 ; liardcastle, 472 • l'rinsep (the low chum I .!•1
, candidate), lkt. Mr. Hawkins retained his s.st. was..
' standing repeated attacks of illness until the •
in ISW, but did not again offer himself ; •
"II
tisantin. ued
In scarcely
wlaessy world Mr. Mars. Ha :Lc:lT:sr' "e 6::
known as a promoter of local lines. He was n .li, 0.1, •
•
the Eastern 'Union •Cowpony, who undertook the •
tion of the then Feasters Counties line from I
Ipswich ; and subsequently of the Harwich t,r3wh .:n.!
the Stour Valley line between Colcheeter and "1".
More recently he became chairman of the Tendon: lea.
dred line from Colchester to Walton-on-the-NU".
pieta= of which in the mums of lest year a., ;
owing to his persevering enterprise. Mr.
hail only reached his 52nd year, has left a widow, 1M
family.
TILE MURDER OF LORD WHARNCLIFFE., t
yur.
REUEL—Gregory, another of the men charged with ie
murder of Thirkell, Lord Wharncliffe'e gamekeepr. `"
himself up to the police at Sire-green,
near 81014'
Saturday, and the same evening lie was remoseel to\
field. He is to be taken before the Barneley nikostrte
to-day, but will probably be remanded until Frida).
gory is the man that was knocked down by the der,,,e:
keeper, and was said to have been so touch injured
after his escape it was rumoured that be had 1
the wounds received at the bands of Thirkeil.-L •
Mercury.
" ArcouS" AT THE HORSE BANQUET.—"
the well-known sporting oorrespondent of the •
an authority upon beg living animal, given a
judgment of its qualities when dead and
re 0:"'
Upon the soups at the late dinner his
favourable, and the tes ct was instantly, d",.-,,
favourite. " A horse *O
cutlet," be add', I
thanksrecollection of Middle Park ria.! lour
doe the same with kromeakys fa Gia,lirtf,"%,,
there was nothing disagreeable in the tongue of
house, which may be said to be more pleasant than tot
many of the men whit live by him. After a short tall
between the beats, the Baron of Horse came eh tar'',
on the shoulders of four men, and precededsat
trumpeter, whose notes shook the room as
curried round, and excited the company to an imireD7...
pitch of enthusiasm and curiosity. However, thee wer:stte
, long destined to remain in ignorance of his merits, t.
cooks went at him vigorously, and he was woe
' pieces and put before us. But as a truthful chronicie✓
rbo
am bound to confess The Baron was not as eeed
looked, and, from the difficulty I experienced le Ken;
at
through the slice on my plate, I was alert led t? "I'„„
, I was partaking, of a portion of Mr. Watt's Berm, 10°;
the Bt. Leger m 184.5, but on second thots! we,
viewed of my error. Not that there waste say
'grumble iu the taste, which resembled a moos be
hare and beef ; but there was a stringinew and toea°l,',
about it that would have stuck in the throat of any 041,n,
• Bouth-Esstern engine-driver,however, egret
quently assured liven eminent Q. C. that he got !ffio
the underent which was first-rate eating ; but
care to renew my experiments In this hes"
A new station has just been opened 0 aw'
wood, is miles from London, on the high reed b
tea eLle,,".
Rumford and Brentwood, to seconmoc;a" 7>rir
wood OMAN which has been purchased and divided
association foe first-clam villa residences in she intsilF,4
vicinity. A buge number ei the Essex gentry sot%
ite the Albion Tavern on Thursday to oelebrata
the
Gainevai. PaLaca.—The holiday sinuso7oo,
baying been ne well attended during the part On'
are to be eentinned five days We week r•-
, Friday beiri
tively the last day.