The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-16 00:00:00

LATEST PARTICULAR .-(THIS DAY.)

A telegram, received at the moment we were going to press,
states that there are now no hopes whatever of Colonel
Crofton; but that Captain lianhun is progressing tivourably,
and that, unless some change takes place, he will recover.
The prisoner was brought up this afternoon nt the Court.
house, Preston, and having undergone a prelimivary exami-
nation, was remanded. He maintained a sullen demeanour
throughout the examination.

In her interesting book entit led " Our Cruise in
the Claymore," Mrs. Harvey states that she paid a visit to
a Druse chief in the valley of Moktarab. "Here she met
the chiefs brother-in-law, Ali Kamati, better known as
General Kmety, who has shared with Sir William Williams
the privations and horrors of the siege of Km." Dr. Saud.
with writes :—" Will you will allow me, in behalf of my
gallant friend General Kmety, who, possibly, may not have
an opportunity of correcting this error, to state that be is
not a Druse chief, nor the brother-in-law of any savage
mountaineer, but a highly-accomplished European gentle.
man, of Hungarian nationality. The individual called Ali
Kamati was a very dashing Bashi.Bazonk chief, wbo did
good servico at Kars at the head of a band of irregular
Syrian horsemen, most, if not all, Druses. Brave as Ali
was, I doubt if General Kmety would appreciate the com-
pliment of being confounded with those whose chief occu-
pation last year consisted in hewing and hacking the limbs
of unarmed men, women, and children."

The CharentaiA, a newspaper published at Angou-
'Arne, announces the arrest of a laoded proprietor, named
Gumud, accused of having forged and uttered several bank-
notes, purporting to be of the Bank of France, for 100 fr.
each. The Charentais adds that for some years past the
bank ham paid forged notes amounting to more than
1,000,000 fr.

DEATH or THR EARL FORTE/11'17H, K.G.—We
regret to announce the death of the Earl Forteacue. This
melancholy event took place on Saturday morning, though
it is only a few days since that his lordship left London for
hie seat io Devonshire in what was tonsidered improving
health. Hush Fortescue, Earl Fortescue, Viscount Ebring-
toe, county Gloucester,' and Baron Fortescue, was the eldest
son of Hugh. first Earl Fertescue, by Esther, third daughter
of the late Right Hon. George Grenville. He was born
13th of February, 1783, and married, first, 4th of July,
1817, Lady Sumo Ryder, eldest daughter of Dudley,
first Doi of Harrowhy, who died in July, 1827,
by whom he had issue Hugh, Viscount Ebrington,
(now Earl Fertescue) and two eons. Tho late earl married
secondly, July 26, 1841, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of the
late Mr. Piers Cade, and widow of Sir Man-us Somer-
ville, Bart. The deceased nobleman had for many years
been a miaow supporter of the whig party, and hat: done
good service to his political friends during his long career
in the House of Vommona' more especially during the re-
form agitation. He first entered perlisment as member for
the borough of Barnstaple, which lie represented from 0304
to 1807. In 1820 he was returned for 'favistock, which he
represented till 1831. In that year be was elected for the
northern division of Devon, for which he sat till 1839,
whet, be was summoned to the House of Peens in his
father's barony of Fertescue. He succeeded to the bonny
honours Juno 18, 1841. From April, 1831, until Kr
Robert Peel's accession to power in the autumn of 1841,
he held the office of Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, and fro'u
July, 1840. to March, 1860. was Lord Steward of her
Majesty's Household. On the resignation of his father,
some twenty yearr_ heck, he was appointed lord-lieutenant
and vice-admiral of the county of Devon. For some years
he was colonel of the let Devon Militia, which lie resigned
in 1855. Ho was lord high steward of Barnstaple and South
Molten, vice-president of University College, Loodoo, an
LLD. of Oxford, and a fellow of the Royal Society. By
his death a garter becomes vacant, end the lorl-lieutenancy
of Devon falls to the patronage of the government.
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THE MARQUIS OF Borg. —An Thursday the
town of Cardiff was one furore, in commemorating the
onmine of age (according to the Scotch law) of the youthful
Marquis of Hate. The morn was ushered in with the merry
notes of the old church bells and the booming of cannon,
and Captain Doroford, of the docks, fired a adore of four-
teen rounds, in honour of this occasion. Toempliance with
a request of the mayor, the tradesmen closed their places of
business at noon, and all the inhabiteute who could obtain
colours displayed them from their several habitations, and
the streets presented a rich display of bunting. The benefit
societies, the trade societies, the schools, and the volunteer
artillery, cavalry, and rills% turnedout in immense numbers
on the °cession. Private parties were held, and public din-
ners were done honour to at the Cardiff Arms sod other
hotels and inns. A brilliant gas illumination made the
streets as light as day, sod a greed and very extensive dis-
play of fireworks took place iu the Cardiff Arms Park. All
this was done in honour of the Marquia of Bute, and out of
respect to the late marquis.—Cordijf Guardian.
A PoRTABLE ELEFIItIe TNLEMIAPH.—The sub-
joined letter from Chalons, in the Nord, shoos that con-
siderable improvements have bean msdo in this new engine
of warfare:— We have had experimeata with the tele-
graph, which succeeded perfectly, and which are very curi-
ous. Means have been diacoverea to establish a portable tele-
graph. A carriage is constructed for that purpose in which
several cylinders or enormous bobbins are fixed, round
which is rolled a quantity of iron wire of the thickest+. of a
strong cord. This wire is pained by machinery into the
box of ono of the wheels, and et:cooling ea the carriage
moves the wheel tarns and unrolls the wire. A platoon
of cavalry soldiers follows. Two men alight st every
50 paces to raise the wire on a slight stick. Four others;
do the same while the first are moving forward, and
raise the wire with a forked virile, which they fix in the
ground, and which is fastened with mole strengthened with
Iron plates. That being done, they relieve the other work-
men. and they do so in turn. The horses in the carrier go
forward at a gallop, and the telegraph is fixed with ex-
traordinary rapidity. The appamtiut is worked is the
carriage, which serves es an office. Miring the lag
=manes Marshal M'llahon tried this invention
over a %pane of from seven to eight kilometre*, and
it succeeded perfectly. Moreover, when it is intended
to return. the action of the cylinders is reversed, and the
eairiage in turned round, preceded by the men. who take
down the poles, nsplaes them in a light waggon, and
wind up the bobbins. Nothing can be more ingenious.
and in particular more *insole, than this invention, and
from the latter quality it may be add to hove att.sinel
perfection."