The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-17 00:00:00

LXPLANATION.

B. —Barneeter eorrected and reduced to 21 den. at mean sea
level : eac► 10 trek of verzical rise, causing about one.hundredth
of an Inds diminution : and each 10 deg., WO,. SI dklt . calming
nearly three huiainvltlis ineresoa. E..—kgikuned theistornoter
in shade. SI -Whitened bulb (tor evaporation and dew
point . Ihnvtion .4 rind ,trisc--two prints OJT of mag-
netic,. Ir.--►urcc I t.. II -eithinatedl. C.—Cloud ,1 to Y.
1., blur sky e. clouds (tletrgbedL: t, tog; h, ball :
lightning. ni, misty hazy . o, overcast (dull) : r, rain; S. atzsw;
t, thunder. o.—dca distarbancsll to th.

WICATIIKR RXPT.OTED TILL TO-WIROW OR MIXT DAT.
Korth BritAi o—N.wth•WeAt to North.Emt—lltroug.
Iroland—Ng.rtlAWestrrly—Yreil—Raloy.
Latt Coati—North to North•Ea..t—Ertikh.
mouth Lealand—North.Weal, to North—Squally.

BOIL CIVIL SHILVICM—III 00I1SeIltle11C0 of the
rejection of one Of more candidates at the medical iespec-
tion, the 11:4010 of Mr. W. E. Corny n, of Cheltenlmm College,
his been placed on the list of successful caodidates for the
India Civil Service. This nmkes the sixth successful can.
&date at the Lite examination who was educated at Chelten-
ham College.
EPREMENTATIoN OF PLYMOUTH.—WO tinder-
gland that the conservatives of Plymouth have decided
upon inviting the Mayo. of Liverpool, Mr. fl. R. Graves, to
oNer himself as a cendidatetorthe nopeermasige a that
town in parliament. His worship has be.. communicated
with on the subject. and will give his reply as sone as
opportunity has been afforded for proper inquiry and cons'.
denitioe.— /An, rpro.l Corner.

ANtITHCK T 141.1 W A Y. —Arrangemeuta were filially
concluded on Saturday with Mr. Charles Hathaway,
of Philadelphia, the street railway contractor, to transfer
the nutria rad timber of the tramway in Bayswater round
to the Surrey side of the water, to forma part of a coo-
necting link of street railways from the Victoria sod
Pimlico Railway Station to BlacUriars and Loudon bridges.
The first report of Mr. Starbuck, the secretary of the West-
minster-bridge and Keoniugton-road line, shows that
during the three weeks sines the opening the number of
pamengets carried by an average of 2.1 can only has been
66,t61, from whom • sum of 662/.Be. 41. had been received
in fares of 2d. Thin was exclusive of 5,216 ticketa in circa.
lation, issued at the rate of eight for a shilling.
FRINIMVATION or Livia Mum 11-W RFa f 2.—
We are glad to learn that the Board of Trade, is
coajoactiort, we believe, with the Admiralty, have
decided to supply the crews of coastguard Na-
tio*s on exposed parts of the shores el the
United Kingdom with cork lifeboats, on tbs gems
plan as those provided by the National Lifeboat Institution
its enure The men of this important branch of the
public service, who have so ottani naked their lives in
attempts to succour shipwrecked preens, will, it may he
hoped, be thus ambled to perform still more efficticinua ser-
vile when provided with this means of safety to them.
Wye. We an Wormed that at certain stations, where
eiseened accaseary, their will be provided for use in the
heats, aid that at other stations two belt., with
=lirod yant hoes attached, will be allowed, for the pur-
pees of rushing into the surf to the mace* of drowning
persons.
FATAL LADDRK SLIPS.—On Saturday Mr. G. 8.
Brent held two inquests, the iled. in Tottenham-oonrt.road,
and the' second at Middlesex Hospital, on the bodies of
Henry Charles Fowler, aged r,3, and Hoary Thomas Kirby,
aged IN, both of whom het their lives Wank the insecure
position of ladders while thew wane word et work. In
the cams of Fowler it appealed that be was • painter and
glazier, and was engaged on Thursday last to washing the
walls of • staircase at No. 8, Fitsroyequare. He had hied
• plank across a ladder and • pair of steps, end while en-
gaged in his work the ladder slipped and be fell to the
viand from • height of 16 or 1$ feet. Mr. Gannon, the
house mimeos of Univereity College Hospital, found he bad
sustained fracture of the skull, with eatravasion of
blood on the brain, from which be died shortly after
his ailosiwion. The second case set forth that Kirby
was the Non of • butler who was residing with a family
at Basinptoke. He was working as • slater at the
I top of a house in Poe's court, Oxford-street, on Tuesday
I last. Ho had fastened a ladder by means of a cool to •
stack of chimneys, and while upon the ladder it slipped,
and be was thrown over the parapet of the house into the
court. Oa being removed to Middlesex Hospital, lie
I shortly afterward. expired under exceedingly rare and re.
nuirkable circumstances. The roar wortrnt examination
proved the deceased had received a rupture of the spleen and
lining membrane of the chest, fracture of the thigh bone
within the joint, and fracture of the pelvis. There was
also a quantity of Host found in the anterior portion of the
brain. Notwithstruiding all these injure.. they were not
the immediate cause of death. The occurrence
happened shortly after the deceased had taken
his dinoer, and the injuries sustained impeding diges-
tion the fool was ejected, during which adios the air
fired with the food, and choking was the result.
Cisjrries, however, were the primary cause of death. In
both cane the jury returned verdicts of "Accidental
I sleath.^

RM7 sTaatous DEATLI OF • YOUNO
• On Saturdays. adjourned inquest was held by Mr. Brent, at
Kentish Town, on the body of Falwanl Lindsay Evans, a
i youth 16 years of age end most respectably connected, the
i cause of whose death was enveloped in obscurity. The
facts presented were to the effect that deceased was found
in an incapable state on Friday, the 6th instant, is Maiden-
lane, surrounded by a number of people. He was sensible,
and was conveyed to hi, father's residence, 19, Leighton.
road, Kentish Town. He remained in the front garden for
a short time, and coniplaining of richness brandy was ad-
ministered to him. In his eWftroui to get into the bowie
he fell down in the passage, sod said be had a frightful
headache. He thee became delirious, and died shortly after-
wards. A servant to st solicitor in Bedford-row, where de-
ceased officiated as clerk, deposed that the deceased had
told her that while fishing on the previous Monday he had
mounted a horse without saddle and bridle, and werithrown.
He also said he had bees struck by a cricket-ball. Dr.
Jones made a post-mmlest examination of the bad), sad
found death to bare been caused by laceration of the brain.
The jury were in doubt as to how such laceration was pro-
, &wed sed returned an open verdict
A Owe Ex AMPLY. —General Lyon, whose death
in the recent battle in Missouriis so waive:stall, lamented,
possessed great moral courage. Notwithstanding his mili-
tary education, he was conscientiously opposed to duelling,
Gad so provocation could ever drive him into a recognition
of the ends. Once he was even struck in the foes, but he
' bad the eceseoge to refrain from shelling* his deer.
any.—Nne York Imkpeivirot.