The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-23 00:00:00

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tai very considerable diminution in barometrical
t• it all ttttions an these island.. the change in
t: •. tl. a • !Lure' distriety basing been upwards of sit-tenths of
in the tenth of lit:laud nearly half an lull. Durin
t!! r t ftli in pressures lola teen rapid in the north. but
i• Isiah cost The lot getgllug reported I. at Green-
.!• t i,dit tenth. helow that at laarritz.
1:.• , 11 th in Scotland some increase has takes place
• • 1,13). In the solith!west,rit portion. of England and
In I t,.. r I,h winds from south-west s..uth-east prevailed yea-
ter I at l'Apc Clear a southwesterly gale Is reported this
is now gcnt rally %trout; from the sane quarter,
. • air east toast end in Sc.,tinnol. Rain has fallen at
l• .• .11..114 since yesterday in the south-we... 1 it has been
.-„. tattier is overcast. , ititig sea p• avail. at rape (leer.
were 'nailed yesterday afternoon to the west and south

taINF.T CotWM.—A cabinet council is ap-
p.'inteil for this afternoon at the First Lord of
the Treasury's official residence in Downing-street.
The drain of emigration front Ireland is still un-
checked. Three steamers called at Queenstown on Wed-
nesday, and took away nearly 1,000 passengers, leaving
numbers still behind, for whom they had not accommo-
dation. The Aleppo carried off 170, the Delaware 400,
and the Minnesota 370. Emigrants from Ireland find it
more difficult to obtain berth, in consequence of the con-
iida Ale increase in the number who are going out from
tter:...my and Sweden, and who secure places in the
te id.ers before leaving Liverpool.
meeting of the Scotch members will be held
to 'l.V..oecially to take into consideration the terms in
h.• the g•.vernment proposes to modify Mr. Bouverie's
cow-Ana-fa of Monday last.
The unntml dinner of the 3rd King's Own
flu, era will Like place at the Albion, Aldersgate•street,
Dloud:n. May •'s,,

Ear! :•tanhope, on the Ilith of next month, will
the atecotion of the House of Lords to the report of
1,,, vuhlie schools Commission in 1864, with • view to
fui Ulu measure beyond the bill now pending in
r!i..lio•nt.

l'he Gardeners' Chrotiele records the death of
m 1•. 11. mere, at Piketon Home, Cambridge. Mr. Frere
fur the last eight years edited the Journal of the
Agricultural Society of England.

All the operatic world, observes the Saturday
0., M eager to see Muffle. Patti, armed rap-epic, in
I. • d'Areo (Joan of Are), the fifth of Verdi'a cele-
Liairil works (counting Irobueodonosor ea the first), and
ut.io,ean in this country. This opera, L'Assedio di Co.
• (so yr de ('orinthe) of Rossini, and the often pro.
-• d LA,dino Noir of Auber (with Signor Mario, as often
,ised, for Horace), are the novelties announced in Mr.
o• prospectus for the season. They will, one and all,
yladls welcomed.
I t is stated that on Thursday Sir Erskine May,
idter consultation with the Speaker, intimated to the boa.
member for Athlone that the notice which he handed in
en Wednesday respecting the queen's absence from Lon.
coo, and the advisability of her Majesty abdicating in
Lour of the Prince of Wales, could not be recorded on the
I amentaty journals.

Nrrangenijuts have been made to give a banquet
at \t iih.',roauis to Mr. Cyrus W. Field, as an acknow-
of the eminent services he has rendered to the
!' • uhl World by his devotion to the interests of
fk; .atic telegraphy through circumstances of protracted
•.• in, and doubt. Tim banquet will be held on Wed-
• ! •y. the lit of July, under the presidency of the Duke
"! ; Mr. Bright, Mr. Charles Dickens, and other
• mvii will take part in the proceedings.
I•l.V.sg TATIoN 01, LINCOLNSHIRE.—The Boa-
i:d Association has intimated to Mr. T. Parry,
11, borough, that it considers that he hasforfeited
• lice of the liberal party by his conduct on the
I- • question. Major Moore has been applied to
foru.ird in succession to Mr. Parry, but has
on the ground that, under existing dram-
!". '• •.! • considers he can better serve the liberal cause
' ment than in it. The dissatisfied liberals are
s still casting about for a candidate.
" •"[ST AND THE IRISH CHURuN QUESTION.
I.4bock presided at a large and influential
tl • •Id on Thursday evening in the Institute, St.
• ' support of Mr. laa&tone's resolution). A
' • tmv.led with facts and arguments, was delivered
It. T. Langridge, at the close of which a peti-
ilv.v lei :meat in favour of disestablishment was en-
: -ta.illy adopted. An amendment was moved, but
three hands were held up in its favour. Hearty
to re given for Mr. Gladstone al; the close of the
,* .". z• 'ir John Lubbock addressed the meeting at
length, and declared himself in favour of the
• t... 1 diwodowment of all sects in Ireland.
ETItoPOLITAN DIKTER,* RAILWAY AND TUE
LsE If.tN4IIENT.—At the meeting of the Metropolitan
:14 Woika yesterday, the clerk read a letter from the
.1-•ri of the Metropolitan District Railway Companynq ,
that he was prepared to pa y into the London and
Bank the sum of 40,000 i. in the name of the
• I.lvreri and Sir John Thwaitos, which was one of
j. 111601111 upon which that portion of the embank-
the Temple.gardens and Blackfriars was to
„,.
' •. d with. It is intended to construct the works
embankment, and advertise for fresh tenders
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