The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-13 00:00:00

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THE tars LORD BROUGRAM.—The information
fwlwpoisirlimshissid-si the /*Mimed ifseughant was pre-
mature, in so far as it was stated that his remains would
be placed in the same grave as Lie mother, near Brougham
Hall, Westmoreland. We are informed on the best au-
thority that Lord Brougham was buried on Sunday
afternoon at the protestant church at West Cannes, only
a short distance from the noble lord's villa. The funeral
eras, we understand, at the request of the local authorities,
• public one.—Post.
The bill to enable the Postmaster-General "to
acquire, work, and maintain electric telegraphs," has
been petitioned against by the South Western Rail-
way Company, on the ground that the passing of the
measure would be • great grievance to the petitioners,
and that it would not be for the public advantage.
The annual dinner of the officers of the 71st
Highland Light Infantry will take place at the London
Tavern, Bishopsgate-street, on Monday, the 25th inst., at
a The
to 8 o'clock.
The annual dinner of the officers of the 88th
Durham Light Infantry will take place at Willis's Rooms
on Thursd al', the 28th inst., at 8 o'clock,
THE CONGREGATIONAL UNION. —The annual
assembly of this union of congregational ministers and
churches began its session yesterday at the Weigh House
Chapel, under the presidency of its chairman for the year,
the Rev. Dr. Raleigh. The number of ministers and de-
legates present seemed larger than on any previous owe-
sion. The arts of the chapel occupied by them was
thronged, and the galleries were crowded with visitors.
OPENING OF A Nsw RAILWAY.—A new line of
railway, unimportant in a commercial aspect, but which
will be welcome to the tourist and the sportsman, was
opened yeAterday. The line is that of the Tees Valley,
about nine or ten miles in length, which joins the Stock-
ton and Darlington Railway near Barnard Castle, and goes
to within a short distance of the celebrated High Force,
a magnificent waterfall. The scenery in the neighbour-
! hood is some of the most picturesque in England ; while
the long stretches of moorland, on which grouse abound,
which extend into Westmoreland, will afford ample
pastime for the sportsman.
The Amiens journals mention that the war
waged in that district against the cockchafers is assuming
unusual proportions : in a single day upwards of two mil-
lions of these insects were brought to the town-hall of
of that city. The premium of lofr. a hectolitre threatens,
however, to exceed the available resources, and is in
consequence about to be reduced to 4fr., at which many
expert hunters will still be able to earn • good day's
wages. The insects when brought in are mixed with a
solution of lime, and then deposited in pits in the neigh-
bourhood. Soma months hence the composition will be
taken and used for manure._

TRINITY TERM. —OH Vriday week Trinity term
—the lut one before the long vacation—begins, and will end
on the 12th June. Judgment in the case of " Lyon v.
Home" is expected to be given early in the term.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL r. SrzvaNs.—To the
Editor of the Express.—Sir,—We shall feel obliged by
your allowing us to state through the medium of your
paper that the report in your impression of to-day of the
trial in the Court of Exchequer, under the above title,
has no reference to, sir, your obedient servants, STIVrNB
AND Bowe, Law Publishers and Printers, 26, Bell-yard--
May 12.
ARRANGEMENT BETWEEN THE NORTH BRITISH
AND LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAYS.—The
Dundee Advertiser says:—" An arrangement has been
cc.ncladed between the London and North Western and
North British Railway Companies, by which the latter are
to be admitted to all facilities over the lines of the former,
which have hitherto been exclusively enjoyed by the Cale-
donian Company. This is most important for the Dundee
manufacturers, as up till now the North British have not
been able to give them the advantage of through rates to
Manchester and Liverpool, unless either at a disadvantage
through the Lancashire and Yorkshire, or at a still greater
disadvantage by steamer from Billoth to Liverpool. Now,
however, goods may be booked from Dundee at through
rates by the North British to every place in the north and
west of England, the same as by the Caledonian."
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DEATH FROM FALLING INTO A COPPER. —This
morning, a girl named Elizabeth Dunning, aged 19 years,
an inmate of the Home for Penitent Females on Penton-
rille-hill, was found in a copper of boiling water. Her
screams attracted the attention of other inmates of the
house, but it is said that some minutes elapsed before the
unfortunate woman could be extricated. She was removed
to the Royal Free Hospital in Gray's-inn-road, but died
shortly after admission. '

FORGED ANTlQurrias —The surreptitious trade
introduced by the man known as "Flint Jack," it appears,
is being carried on on the Yorkshire Wolds by numerous
imitators. Last week Mr. Charles Hartley, of Malton,
succeeded in tracing and exposing a wholesale vendor of
spurious arrow-heads of flint, who had various connections
along the line of railway across the WoldP. The forged
dints are sold to farm servants, and by them disposed of
to unwary collector,. News is also to hand that " Flint
Jack " himself ( who has just been released after a year's
imprisonment in Bedford gaol) is also at work at his old
trade of deception, and has been driving a lucrative trade
at Northampton, so much so that one of the local papers
finds it requisite to give a caution against the purchase of
all " flint arrows and stone cells."

INDISCRIMINATE ENCORING.—But it is not
on the performer alone that the custom of indiscriminate
encoring heavily fails. It is equally wearing to a large
portion of the audience. Every one familiar with those
crowded and popular resorts yclept " national concerto," or
" ballad concerto," well remembers the " ash," deepening
into a sibilant sound, which comes from the connoisseurs
when the applause of the ignorant benches threatens an
injudicious tie. But the plaudits are louder than the die-
iddent tones ; the singer reappears on the platform, and
politeness silences the connoisseurs, while the noisy once
redouble their acclamation. Then the observer may note
a look of weariness steal over the habitual concert-goer as
he settles resignedly down to the inevitable repetition.
The enoorist may say that herein the feeling of the majority
is consulted ; but the proposition is not always true. A
few noisy applauders can easily overpower the polite many.
The effort' of a daque will prevail against the wishes of a
dissentient audience. For whereas it is voted rude to hies,
no canon denounces applause, save in a cathedral. And
even if it be granted that the majority have decided for an
encore, it does not necessarily make out acm for them
beyond appeal. For the 'ar, who attend a concert once
in a way, and who are greedily anxious to obtain the most
for their money, have no right to dictate to the cultivated
few—the steady patrons of the art—have no right, that is
to say, to impose a condition over and above the contract.
They pay their money for a stipulated commodity, and
they do not deserve to claim that which, not being in the
bond, inconveniences • portion of the constituency.—
Broadway for May.
OKI OP GIBSON'S " MODELS. "—Hi/ most beau-
tiful motel, Grads, was the frequent subject of his con-
versation. Her sordid avarice, her fierce chastity, her
furious temper, were studies to him • and the contrast
which her moral nature presented to her beauty,
was graphically described. He told me ones that
to pacify this wild panther of a woman he had uttered
the only deliberate lie he was conscious of since his
mother, • sten Puritan, had flogged him at three years
old for uttering some falsehood about an apple. An
Eaglish lady who bad often heard of Graaia's marvellous
beauty asked permission to see her as she was sitting for
her bust to Gibson. The lady looked at her
and said she was handsome, but that her exprei on was
bad. " She looks as If she bad vile temper." Grmia
did not understand the words, but she read from the ex-
pression that it was something unfavourable. She started
up. Signor Giovanni, that woman has insulted me, I
know. What did she say! Toll her lam a Boman, sad
that ate is • miserable foreigner. Tell me what she said,
or I will go and never return." " She said you were very
beautiful, Grazia." " What else !" " What else could she
say!" Grazia believed in him implicitly and WWI satis-
fied. He said she was finite capable of personally mal-
treating the lady if he hadsaid thetruth.—ConthEl Maga-
nae for May.