The Express.
London, England, 1861-12-24 00:00:00

?ANAL oommurrmAnos WITH THE

CONTINENT.

After the lapes dame sine 'mouths the deputs-
ties frees the fluadetelleht Amber at Chaearese, is ea-
jiastios with the.. d ether ehaatbers fa West Yogi:Aim
have the eatisfactiae ef near* the reward of their labours
is the boos eciehrred by theimerseeed facilities to be af-
forded to the iesresatile eserweeily of this important die-
=the natter pedal eanowaiwitica batman Bod-
ied swine time es the sestiest d &mem
hen the lel of assiseemite pr
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"Clotioal Febbilloa Dee. 16, 10161.
" Etir,—With POIOMINOS be the repeembilso es WWI of
the Climbers el Oriormaree d iseiHrsd. L 44 Halifax.
quid Haddonfield. Node by ihe depotatiee wide It atteaded
at We office ie February lab, I bare le Wino yea bet
the roetuiveter General bee Dow bob =Wed to stars-
ties • mbar% with the view of reeetbo, es far ea
preetkabie, the wisher of Obbabere of Oreemee with or-
ford to the cetehalhowet of • soeveoimat erre* essd far
linen to Obese as the cordiseet of lerop• The
abet will orocemee co the let of Js.very next, re=
ebb' of tie realleybewt el the Gob Neelihera Ida et
presort it Heilibeefisid et 11.50 a.m., sad dee at
mew at 6 oat, far be ecoveyseee of erg hip*
Mew* eneabormot
be ecolbed be ordbery l.tteee, to the exidelea of all 11016,-
mob set payhig full leetergste of palm's, rod to the ex-
ebb= of reobilerei Won, which ere set reeeleed el the
blef Aloe la Lesko a late es ether Wen. 3. Lib=
to bitten be sob by that bale will he once as Si,
to plebe es the 'catboat of Europe, and ere pooled *her
is
Leads, Bradford, Heddiereteld, Babb 3. All web
Wen omit be fidly prepaid by beampo 4. Aa Wader 1
show will be levied or eernepeedeour et the nil• el
towns par lour, to be eine pea by bomb 5. Tb.
Loon will be doe at the Cleworel Pob•of6oe at about 6.30
p.a., sad will be seat fervid to the Coutioest the sub
memo, provided they cash the odes not lbw thee 7.30
a—l Sr.,sir, year etedieet 'sneak F. Hot. The
l.etalsry, 4 Oeemearee, Haddentlehl."

Tin illasima or FEZ 0011111r11/1171 COadms-
etoems.—After Mai arum on heard the Trent, amble
Wilkes's four primmer' mamma to ham • sessiessedleal
ad** forth the fern arming their West, and their
treater to the Ma Jerre. At the ornalmiss of their
recital, which agrees salmseatidly with the reports el the
alma of the Trent, they mere that if the wisessamdem
be mmeidered Mooned is any part, the ismessresies may be
plated out, and that Captain Wilkes windt a copy
el it to his government along with kis re he trans-
✓im. Captain Wilkes promises to trunisit the paper se
requested, but deems it his duty to ray, " the fasts differ
artalsay in resist the Mee aad eireemilmees." The
with • " ended thesim," as follows :
••3117=1111.1stes $1 sr Sas Mils, Nor. MIL —Cap-
leis Wins, sememedbe UMW Slates reams, thus
Jacinto
_-1111sas lawring year chit we t 5 la pro-
; per that disailMaile MA aim me he,. beim m beard
of her, we ire mins* hem tenahld fired
sad ateendem—Vaq reprifelly=. Jeha 1111:11,416181.
IL llama. J. IL M7rimi.
A DILDLY ENool7aela.—An estraordineu dis-
turbers moss la nearside sionegerle, at .Noweeeds„ ea
istaida sight. The exhibtMas wee dam% mil the mer '
betty el the men employed Meat the emotes bad rr
pared le their !oder". at a seigleeerise ins. • prim
mea who was rain bred • lead Mile la • =A
whisk proved be be eon eseried by a need Mgr,
by Meade, of a Sires struggle. Is • eery Art Mete the
mos was called hem Mar lodgings, mid brim eihilmal
Moat • doom of them "stared the margeele. It
wee bend thee the tiger, knows le hes meld two.
rens beset, bed Waken through the barest by sage, sad wenat kw o the area • but ea meningitis( tie earsvea where
it was washy esadeed, lie um am that the sensed @M-
erl had broken threw\ a weeisaimenctitioa inte as stair
tag sage essitaising a with which it wu
merged is a temble stale. La bon bar was brought
tote inquisition, sad the tiger was strongly lebbeared
with • mew to noise him ink ill ia assmartment
ead reessiog the pealleee from his ehrelms. Time
✓oses, however, "sly_ summated the royal basal still
farther, and after faun Ight et sot am thee Me
1111•111 e duries. -staid-staidla easing the admired
Wby the threag Is kis powerful jaws, held
116herwith baUdag tensityle wee quit ip and.
112 ~ tits,ago if Milo& UM his wart was eampiesd,
quietly me Ms owe ocespertemst, and allowed a
sew partitioe board to be thrust between Muni end the
body of his vanquished antagonist. The sere Is desmited
as one it great excitement smug those who Miasma the
enemeter ; but strange to rare, mar ithreadijg the as-
rad dadurbsoce their fellow prisoners. Mealier
marls in the lugs ssoeotioa lay perfectly quiet is their
EThe medlar, which wee valued at use Modred
was takes out quite deed ; and the tiger is add he
l letsbnal that killed a lioness in Loudon some time
ago. —Mayamek Orrousiele.
Iscanni maim. —The inhabitants of Long &Atm,
• village in Lincolnshire, have bees startled from their
prods' gamest iato a Mate of anxious dam by WWI
of fearful fires, which there can be no doubt have bees
the vile work of as incendiary. Within the last mouth
Ile IMO than sir serious ociefiagratioas have takes place
is various farms in the village. The fires were as Mr.
Bitto!ii Promiss• wedeaday. Nov. 96; Mr Peek's, Fri-
day, Nev. 20 ; Mr. Towered a, Wednesday, Dec. 4 ; Mr.
Aye's, Meader, Dec. 9; Mr. Ewen's end Mr. Bluody's,
Friday, Dec. 11 (WSW, hay, and oars stacks of groat
'du have teas been entirely destroyed sad it has only
lees by providential discovery sad strenuous =seam
that the Ices of buildiap sad hums life has been averted.
The whole place is in commotion ; no motive ma he die-
/awed, as the gentlemea upon whose farms the Mu have
tams pie.° are extremely kind. After the gene fear Oren
a public meeting was held, rewards were offered, sad the
Beastary of Mete was menmuniyated with by the
Vales He replied. empowering them Wolfer, cm bempowering
e=eot, a further reward of VW. in each owe for the
of the offender, the whole amount offend beteg
sow Still no trace of the offender has beim diem
vend. Considerable excitement took pier after the lea
lore in consequence of an reesetios brought Naiad=
sager in the village by his itourkeeper sad ler
who expressed their sespiebe that he had been the boon-
diary is the whole of the six firm. This suepleiss, they
said, " came upon them like a vision," through their having
found in his pocket a linter match cm the night after the
lint conflagration ; they afterwards feud some Wai per
-
ls cme of his pockets• sod when the woman disaoves.d
she said, "There'll be a fire to-eight," sad, to use her
ewe uprensirie, "sure enough time wee." le ourequeor
of such reporta the surgeon asked for a 'rebinds' Mas-
tic's into the matter, end he left the wort with "
oe-
reputation." Thus the matter rued= as mys-
terious is my. We may add that two or three eases of
✓ock poisouiag lave also occurred within the hue few days.
A eplendid specimen of the New Zealand Alpine
parrot is 011 its way to Professor Owen. This bird is very
are. Its plumage is of a rich metallic green• the tips of
the feathers Icing eked with a lighter shade of the as..
colour. Coder the wings the plumage is a vivid beautiful
Ted. The beak of the bird is large and powerful, fitting it
to feed apse the hardy Alpine plants found above the avow