The Express.
London, England, 1857-11-28 00:00:00

Thomas Mills, Esq., and the Earl Gifford, mem-
bers fur Tutees, will pay their constituents a visit in the
early part of neat week, before the assembling of parte.
meat.
The Wilts and Gloucester Standard says:—.. A
meeting of the electors of Stroud was sonounsed for There-
day evening for the purpose of hearing addressee from the
two honourable members for the borough. In °mealtimes,
however, of en sesedent happening to Mr. foramen, who
broke his right arm by a fail from hie horse, the meeting
wee PoistPu_rd."
THE ItEPRESENTATION OF PAlSLET.—Political
affairs in this burgh continue to be very much at sizes and
seems. On Thursday night it was publicly intimated that
Mr. Merry, notwithstanding that there was a requisition in
his favour, signed by considerably above 400 voters, and
ready for presentation to him, had intimated that he did not
intend to offer himself SA a candidate. This announcement
mused wry great excitement, and a strong foliag has been
expressed against this expression of opinion on the part of
Mr. Merry. Last night it wee also intimated that Mr.
Bailie Brown Dougle bad refined to offer himself as a can-
didate. Mr. Lamont, of Knockdow, last night addressed a
meeting in the Exchange Rooms. He was subjected to a
tedium and severe " heckling," but he Mood fire remarkably
well, and gave very general eatisfaction.—Glasgow Daily
Mario( yesterday.
Winter has suddenly set in at Bowness (says the
Kendal Mercury) for on Tuesday morning the mountains
were clothed in pure white halfway down, and a very sharp
frost has followed, with every prospect of continuance. Ilse
&angelus been no sudden from the mild weather previous
that people have hardly Lemprepared for it.
We (Sussex Express) deeply regret noticing,
among the list of wounded forwarded from the Dklbi army,
the name of Lieut. Seel. of the 9th Lancers, who, while
eataulting the poeitit.n of the enemy on September 27, at
Booluadshuhur. under °mend Gr, eked, whose force crossed
the Jumna, at Delhi. on the 23rd, is reported as having been
*evenly wounded. Lieutenant Seel is the sea of the Rev.
Mr. Seel, the much-respected rector of this parish, and has
greatly distinguished himself by his daring and activity in
the investment of Delhi, and the various cavalry engage-
ments in which he has been engaged with the rebels.
FRESCOES IN THE New PALACE.—The two new
frescoes, the work of Meters. Wed and Cope, have jest been
morticed into their abiding places, in the corridors of the new
Roves of Parliament, and arc now thrown open to criticism.
One picture Ly Mr. Cope, "The Departure of the Pilgrim
Fullers," and two Ly Mr. Ward, "Alice Lisle sheltering
the Fugitives after Sedgemoor," and " The Executioner fas-
tening Wishart's book need the neck of Montrose," are
now exposed to view. Mr. Ward has much modified
his early painting in the " Montrose" picture fur the
of fresco ; he indulges necessarily in white*,
purposes
they are fitting in fresco, and even mediae'
historical truths, and turns the brave scarlet of his hero's
dying suit into a pearl-colour, which is more suitable to his
material. Yet we cannot allow that the picture loses any-
thing in force by this change, though the tints are lees MMr
online, and the tones more subdued. There is still tbe Ree-
nacted RighLuider, with thebull's chest and the blacksmith's
arms ; tying with cruel coelzes.s the brave man's book to the
martyrs nut, knitting the cord with such cool and fero-
cious care, while the chivalrous cavalier stands as calm
and indifferent as if he weto awaiting in some feudal
hall the vaseals receding with their rents. There he stands
before the heaving mob, thirsting for his blond, the partial
sunshine lighting the fair feather, the white looped satin of
his doublet, and his red hose, with the gold fringe., while the
light from the blue sky to the left breaks on the red-tiled
gables, alive with cepeetaat eyes, and the quaint arched
steeple of St. Giles. "Alice Lisle sheltering the Fugitives
after Sedgemoor" Is, like all Mr. Ward's subjecte, n noble,
dramatic one, with an underlying, deep, sincere feeling, that
redeems it from the class of mere costume scene, however
powerful. Mr. Cope s picture of "The Pilgrim Fathers" is
in some points en improvement from his academic dole.—
altirnettnn.

SOUTHAMPTON.—The paddle wheel steam-ship,
Germania, from Hamburg, which, in compeer with the
steam-'hip Hansa, hot Leen for the loot few weeks lying in
the Southampton Ducks for disposal, either to government es
transports or otherwiee, bee been purchased by Mr. Blake.
of Greenock. fee the sum of 4,600/. The same party per-
clued the Greet Western end Severn of the Royal Mall
Company.
EAST KENT RAILWAY.—The East Kent line of
railroad will open on the let of Jenuary next from Faver-
sham to Chatham, and to Strond on tin let of February,
dependent, of retiree, on the certificate of the Government
Tweeter. We (11,14dree Journals understand it is in-
tended to invite Lord Sondes, the indefieicteLle chairman of
the board of directors, to a public dinner at Sittingbourne,
on the day of the opening.
PROEOSED RAILWAY FROM MARDEN.—For some
weeke pact an engineer, accompanied by assistant,, hsuibeen
carver eg the land, situate between here and Meninx, in
order to secertain the practicability of forming a line of rail-
way from Maiden, through hero to Tenterden. The district
appears to bare Leen thoroughly examined by the engineer,
and having completed his plans and survey. a meeting, we
understand, wi.l shortly be held en the entiject. We hope
that this, the capital town of the went l of Kent, will not
remain much longer without railway accommodation.—
Seems Arpress.
LEWEN AND UCKFIELD RAILWAy.—ThiS com-
pany ;is' now progressing with the works in something like
earnest, having commenced opera:lone at two distir,ct points,
and the contractor Melee that he can complete the way early
next mintiest, if the directors and shareholders are willing to
sum; v him with the mama, Gar latter being the greet requi-
site for ensuring rapidity of workmanship. The directors
have made a second call of 61., which will, no doubt, be met
with the same spirit as that which animates the directors.—
&ewe lrpnac.
RAILWAY HOSTILITIES AT lANCIIFaTER.—With
reference to a parsgraph in our paper of the 26th,
purporting to give the particulare of tle petition of
the London and North-Western, and Manchester,
Shetlield, and 'Lincolnshire Companies, as owners of
the Manchester South Junction and jaltriechem
Rell-
way, we have since been informed that the opi-
nion of counsel hes been taken at the matinee of the Blan-
chester. Sheffield, and Lincolnshire representatives of the
South Junction board, and that the opinion PO taken is en-
tirely in favour of the position taken by the Lenten and
North-Western Company. We understand that the ether
et/dement* are wholly denied hy the London and North-
Western Company, and they me also the subject of litigation
in the court of law.
RAILWAY RECEIPTA.—The traffic returns of rail-
ways in the Unitril Kingdom, published for the week
enocrdling..7o4o77li.govlshmwebe.kgr,o2.4l,l,..B3•lciitup noto4tedomfAttro, t
right railways he
their termini in the metropolis amounted, for the wrek en&
hag es above, to 169.6391., and for the corresponding week
of last year to 173,1411.. showing a decorum of 3,2621.
The decrease cm the Great Northern amounted to 2.4081. ;
oaths Loudon and North Western to 1,8191.; on the I,ndca
and Blackwell to 271.; and on the London and South-
Weetern to 2141.; total, 4,4681. But from this mug be
deducted 11G1., the inutzese on the Eastern Counties; MI.
on the Great Western, and 1821. on the London, Brighton.
and South Coast; and 361. on the Bouth-Bastern—to-
C 12161., leaving the decrease es above. 3,2621.
a:scripts on the other lines in the United Kingdom
amounted to 251,7811., and for the con espowling period of
1866 to 246,2891., showing an inerce.e of 5.4921. in the re-
ceipts of those lines, from which must be deducted the de-
crease on the metropolitan lines, leaving the total increase
2,2401. as compared with the corresponding week of UM.