The Express.
London, England, 1861-02-22 00:00:00

SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

The half-yearly meeting of this company was
held yesterday at the London Tavern, Sir J. W. CAR/H-
-CHAIN, Bart., in the chair.
The CHAIRMAN remarked that for a time, no doubt, their
profits would feel the reduction of the tariff, which was 50 per
cent is some messages, and on others lees. A message to
Paris could be sent for 591., instead of is. Al. But since
this change on the let February. the number of messages
had beat steadily increasing. The Belgian government
immediately, without any solicitation, reduced their own
charges one franc, so that a message to Brussels or Antwerp
would now only cost four shillings. The French govern-
ment had • large and comprehensive plan in view, for
carrying menages to all parts of France, at an uniform rate,
which he believed would not be more than half • crown.
He hoped, therefore, with these aids, the natural increase al
business would in a few months, or in • year's time, make
up for the first loss by the reduced tariff. He wished to
*see the public, and bad always been is favour of mode-
rate charges.
The report was adopted, and a dividend at the rate of 5
per2th Ma eget per annum, lees income tax, made payable on the
Irch.

Tit Lntgs.DRAPERti, SI LIC-11111CZNA19, LACS-
HABEIDAMIEBB' AND HORIEtte 1111117.17TION.—The
29th annual mart of this institution was held yesterday
evening at the London Coffee-house, Dedgate-hill ; Mr.
John Pearce, of the firm of Hallam, Potreo, and Co., °cap
pied the chair. After the usual business of confirming
minutea, Ire.. Mr. Thos. Selby, the aecletary, read the re-
port, from which it appeared that during the last twelve
months the cum of 1,72 W. 18e. was distributed among 108
recipients. Since the foundation of the institution the total
amount of pecuniary aid awarded was 10,6024. 19e.
Twenty-eight persons had become life, and 34 annual sub-
scribers during the past year, and the Ines of member. by
death and otherwise amounted to 39. The cash account
showed that the receipts, including• balance of 2171. 9s 7d.,
which remained at the banker's last year, amounted to
2.615/. 12.. Ild., sod the total expenditure to 2,414/. 2e.
leaving, balance in the handsof the hankers of 204/. 10s 6d.
The capital fund of the institution had increased to
39,7641. 3s. 6d. After some discussion as to the best mode
of obtaining members to the institution, the report was
adopted. The president, vice.preeident, trustees, and au-
ditors were reelected.

TiH LIVERPOOL CHAMBER OP COYNE:RCM AND
Mt. COADY-N.—ME Tomlinson presided at the adjourned
annual meeting of the Liverpool Chamber of Commerce
yesterday, when the following resolution was agreed to by
• large majority :—" That, without committing itself to
say approval of the rimed principle of treaties of com-
merce, this chamber gratefully and cordially acknowledges
the unwearied and patriotic exertions of Mr. Cobden, M.P.
and his coadjutors, Mr. Ogilvie and Mr. Mallet, in elabo:
rubric the treaty with France, which forms the great corn.
arra east ef the peat year." The president was re-
wesered to tremunit a copy of the resolution to Mr. Cobden.
PALL OE THZ SPIRE or CHICHI:STIR CATHEDRAL.
—'fbe beautiful spire of Chichester Cathedral, together
with its tower and supporting arches, fell in with a croak
yesterday, at about 23 minutes to 2 o'clock. For some
err pre the attention of the architect, Mr. Mater, km
hose directed to the restoration of the south west sad north
week piers, which were in a very defective state; every pee-
mein kr been cr was in the eomee of being takes to
Or
the tower proper support, but oa Someday Let raw of
tdd stosework gave way, and workmen We, set on to
strengthen the supports ; still we believe no fear of
suck a calamity as we now record was enter-
, tabbed. Two eminent engineers and the cathedral
architect were of opinion that the spire was safe.
Ihinng yesterday morning • very ominous cracking, giving
way of plaster, and falling of pieces of atone, gave warning
of danger, and on the workmen returning from direr,
they were ordered to discontinue work and leave the build-
lag. By this forethought their lives were saved, and up to
the time of our corespondent writing there was no
Another fortunate circumstance is that in rill::
the spire.scomaing to eyewitnesses, " crumbled into itself,
the area of ruin being little larger than the spar occupied
by the tower and its supports.
CO` EEvllorl or CHILD MURDER HT A MOTHER.—
On Maeda/ie Ws:lorn. a woman, named Margaret Knox or
gave herself up to Mr. Superintendent Robb,
of the southern police, Glasgow, stating that on the pri-
nces Wednesday she had murdered her infant child by
throwing it into one of the large reservoirs at Meares,
the property of the Glasow Corporation Water-
works. 'rhs story of the wretched woman wr
impltLecogibrmed by the discovery of the body not far from
the where she stated she had committed the murder
by t sowing it into the water. From Mrs. M•Mooegal's
statement, would appear that she and her husband—to
whom she has been married for four years—have led but an
naccinfortable domestic life. A short time ago they re-
moved from Airdrie, where they had been resident for slime.
to Dovecothall. near Barrhead, where 31l'llonqpil's mother
rides ; but the feelings of dislike which had been engen-
dived between them appeared rather to increase than other-
wise ; sad the prisoner alleges that she warned her bus-
radar she would make awn with the child if she coati.
need to be wselected. On Tuesday night the prisoner
adept she was so destitute that she was under
the seeeeeity of sleeping with her baby near
• brick kiln, and on the following day she pro-
ceeded to the bank of one of the dams connected with the
timbals Water-works, and deliberately threw her child into
the water, and watched it till itdisappeared. Struck with re-
mores, appareetly, the wretched mother shortly afterwards
std to targow, whence she wandered about until Monday;
when, acknowledging that she could not rest, she gave her-
self up to the authorities. The prisoner is miserably clad,
without a covering for either her hod or her feet. Her hus-
band is a miner by trade. Since their marriage they have
had three children, one of whom still survives, and is re-
siding at present with MMooegul and his mother at Dove-
cothall. The child so unnaturally murdered was • female
four months old. The prisoner is apparently eight-and-
twenty years of age, somewhat tall, and tolerably good-
loking. She was taken to Pawky, where she now lies.
The prisoner also stands accused of having stolen some
wearing apparel and 111,1110 articles of furniture from the
lodging.house in Airdrie which was occupied by her husband
and herself before removing to Dovecothall. She is quite
cool and cotlecte.L —Mali.

SIGNOR VERDI AND TES ITALIAN PARLIANINNT.—
Signor Verdi, the great eareestro, laving been elected as
deputy by the college of the Bono B. Domino, hoe written
the following letter to the ptetldeot :—" President,—The
honour, spontaneously offend me by the college of Borgo
S. Domini° deeply affects me. It proves to me that I
enjoy esteem; is an honest and independent man, dearer far
to me than the little glory and small fortune bestowed on
me hr sot. I thank you then, president, and beg you
warmly to thank for me the electors who lime estrasted me
with the honourable charge. Would you kindly mews
them at the slime time that if it is not give* me to carry
into parliament the splendour of eloquence, I shall carry
iato it independence of character, a scrupulous con-
scientiousness. and the firm will to co-operate with all my
might towards what is good, fur the honour and rimer
union of this our satire country, so long afflicted and
divided by civil discords. Now, to the end that this long
sad hitherto food demise et seeing a united country may be
seelelled, foetus mode us • King who loves his people. Let
as rally tam all around him, since if he shell be acclaimed
beim tang the first King of Italy ' be will Ilse be, perhaps,
tlse only awe who has truly Mead his people more than Ms
am. I beg jou to accept the sincere expression of the
*Mom with which I take pride in de,'.ariug myself your
devoted servant—G. VIADL—Sane Agate di Villeauva,
Ira, 4, 1861."