The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-23 00:00:00

COUNT BISMARCK AT BOMB.

A letter from Stettin gives tr• following •„
of Count Bismarck and his estate at Pomerania
"No one thought anything about that co
the chancillor in 1887 bought his property then.
tent the melancholy steppes which border the list.
well frequented, and Yertzin is now spoken sf ••
Bond was formerly. The railway from thii tots tr:
Kaolin ought certainly to burn tapers iu hore,:a. : •et
de Bismarck. Ilia rasidence is simply a grand -- I
mansion, Puri and comfortable but without any a. m
bald style, tie ideal of the dwelling of one ve •,•
countryman :Ludt:mit I,osramsan. lu front bi a '., s
out with great regularity; and further ou is a ! t-„ i.t
which is well stocked with game. The count fr.,
invitee the neigtibours to hunting riartbis, at on, oi; sr‘.
he bad that fall last autumn which might hays pr...
fatal to Prussia. The sea is about fifteen mile, mt.
during winter the north wind mud be particularly k
there. You will be astonished to learn that the propriet •
of this domain is engaged in numerout oommerciai pm.
suits. The minister of his Prussian Itsied.y edts
manufactures tiles and brick-, and distil. ti.snil). 11
sheep-walks are renowned, and the proceed, •if the sL
Mg are sought for far and near. One of these day,
will hear that he is making paper, as he has entered •
partnership with one of the principal men of n.
Bolirend, to establish a factory where this arti.l- tit ;
produced by • new process. I believe th.it tr.:,
Bismarck and Behrend. is going to make their 1.. . • .
from bark. The vast wood+ of Vartzin, Wu—ow, !...
mite, and Charlottenthal, will furnish the raw in
in abundance. Formerly, the first-name' plc
a manufacturing reputation, as lure ries+ w 41s, *is
established there, but they are now alendi n. 1. .

rount is without d6ulit a country squirt.. !,
RLo icAse-ws pain.. In him do re is z

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pea-aut wish ki rude cu:Lninz hi' :V.,, hi+ in !

energy. There is in hire somohn.4 ..1 the
whiels is the antipodes of the Brenta whom
hitherto known, almost a contr.tdutinn. M. 1 B
I.a,.tnirly transfers. d lca the pr..

na, and vice.ll,-, whicft
aol P•111.'231, y

matters of domotic and rural c. on it. It. t:.

ust,iguse and Ceruistis tt• t.t
way ..c• . •

ae BAN 111.)T.IG J.

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Ease initiatttl the k.l •wm.: r. :
minister, who has s.oaccially ! •
extrroictliiswil.m,:ttess to pr0:,1,. • ('
between the Unitctl States au.l

ing aware of the • ••:. •
heen derived iu the Cud. d .: .
Ireland bythe cheap rites of post . • ••
tries, we take the liberty of askint y •
aids ration of the adsaLtages wii.o .0
acerue Ly the e4abhaLrinut of a p.
between the United States and the l••••
Allow us, therefore, to ask the favour
eating with your government up n this 5..•
assured of our services in sumsting to .• •
meat the propriety of entering into all the .
nsrisite tor wring practical eefeet to tlii•
need not add that the results of cheaper is -7....
say not exceeding one penny. would :II •
counnersial, and racrful
largt.ly secured to both nations. We hare t.:.•
be, sir. your faithful and ..be.lient -es sots.

i.Signed Dr the members for Edinburgh. P
now, Manchester. Leeds, Sheffield.
Northumberland. Sus- x. Stoke, Wa:rin
Hudder•field, Bradford. Halifax. Knared.:r I -
ton, Bath, Taunton. Launorstoo. New..n.ti••• •:J•17•
Suudelland, Northampton. From, Stafford,
Paishi. Dundee. Oreenevk. eArtuartheu,!:::-.% A n
King's County, r.iigo, Rexford. Wiekh.s.
Longtelrd, Ennis, Limerick, Band,u, and 1'........ ;• .

If these hail been time to apply to every memler
Bowe of C.. lumen,. there the etrouge-t nawu t.:
tiering that not 3 signature woutl have Let::
held.

HEALTII OF r..01:D BEL /LIVEN.—We reirer! t
lean that Lord Belhaven is fast sinking. and uo ear,:
thou of his recovery- is now entertained. hr. Wats,
Edinburgh. and Dr. Phillips, of I.ondon• wore in Arcs. :•
ance on Sunday; and in the prayers on that dav ann..
was made to has loriehip's state. His relativesbad
telegraphed for, and are now at Wishnw-hou-e.
5C01..51110.
ESTENstFIL Fe.f dna.— -For sumo time past the
detective form at Scotland-yard, under Cie ilirection of
IliArytt. Williamrm, resistAl by Sergeant Vahan., have
ken busily occupied in tracing out a very earonsivo
for-
gery %iron the Payola ter-General It A• •
lwASs that a person of the name of 31'NIA. Lin. who
situation as clerk in the Papuaster-fiencrafs offi.e. w
charged wine months sinee.andortuthavepos-wised
of ,1 ,Uit• ..t the fords toed for aloes' pennon orlree;t.. ••
one of them was presented in the early part of 0 ••• •
last for the sum of Sir./. lSs. 3.!. in favour of . •
Amin e, and duly paid by cheque on the thud' in i:n.; e i
That elms quo was changed. and the notes -0
been distill-int= about at Birmingham. Bristol. i•
and other pier.. where goods to a =di AM, ••
been punts:4,l. Resides the man SPNl.,oion. •
brother-in-law. Joireph Sullivan. is eea.. T :
the transaction, and two others who Ate •
in custody in London, viz.. Wa!ter itA.l.
accountant living iu King-street. Birminglinm is• "
liam Butler, his clerk. who lived in Court Sont • ••
Birmingham. These men have ust been taken
toil) by Sergeant Palmer ; and it would appcor: • •
the lath October all the four men mentioned wet- •
Shades public-bonze, between eraven-stmt sill ll::
ford-budge when Ball handed Butler a red-lettered :
anatoldinitogotothePaymaster-Oenerarsotliceiti -
hall, and be would get a cheque from thereon tb. I;.
of Fuglan.l in return. Sullifan and Ball had pro,
been out of the room for a short time. Butler toqy
form as he was airfeted, and it was pa,-od
the hands of the various officials, who foun,l es
thing apparently correct, and a Cheque as above ,t.:
was accordingly given. Ball and Butler went
the Bank of England, and obtain. d note., a 3.1 •
ehanv for the cheque. They retuned to a emfee-ho
near Liaceiftr-squars, and divided the proceeds. the pt.•
Donor Butler being subesqsently rent so alreek narrated
to various,c parts of the country to disko of ihe sines.
On the ptaoaee Butler's house being seareliol A note fee
201. and Tour for 61. were found, also a CAI watch Pur;
chimed with another 201. note ; while to 1;•:11 w,re
purchases of show, boots, shawls, arut ~ther
bought in Birmingham and paid for us s
c. the wh
of
of whisk have boon traced to Proce"l'
the cheque so feloniously obtained it has •
to
already mentioned that Ball and I:Aler ate
custody, and will be forthwith brought before the po, •
rnruse, but Sullivan and 11.31achin are trill at LIN.%
irias understood, ars on the Continent. now
to be but slight doubt that 11Plfacein has been the run:
mover to the transaction, and from his knowledge
official routine, and opportunity of proeuring the rvea':::'
form, the instigator ; but bow far, if at all. their 11+41"'
any neglect or mismanagement to enable such s
forgery to be so easily perpetrated on Ono Of the pos••".
—indeed, the principal-- monetary department.. 4 the
service will doubtless be elicited at the ins;Lr e
investigation.
BVIROLLNY AT TB EY ATOX CASTLX.—A bard i•
which is causing a large amount of excitement in
and the neighbourhood. was conunitted late on Sot.,
night or early on Sunday morning at Tnimatou '
nest Baltseh, the seat of Admiral Tucker. no slut ,a• -
father and the admiral himself have been
..
eolleet,"
coins and Othif antiquities, which wee plead why'
known as this "square tower" a building nuns' huts,' 1
yank distant from the mar.,* part of the eddies.
family and ssswants retired to bed late on Saturdar n A
and on Sunday morning it was dimmest= that the
of the "square tower ' bad been broken opsu vt.th '
crowbar. and a large number of the coins and artide.
virtu slam No= of the pleb was emobed. the n""*"
for whist!s • mythic,. as Elba articles stoles wee* the:
lOWip be estai pseud. At the tires of the
beiaaaai lie wife, and am daeglitle• •
at cerlb.