The Express.
London, England, 1861-11-11 00:00:00

TO TIE ID/TOl OF TEE TXPRViD.

am gratified to learn that during the
winter all the .prrs on the London and North Western
Railway will be warmed by steam, irrespective of class.
This noble example of the largest line in England is
worthy of all praise, nod I hope the smaller companies will
lose no time in following it. When universally carried
out it will be the means of rendering a railway journey
from& disagreeable duty to one of comfort and enjoyment
to all classes of her Mijesty's subjects in winter weather.—
I am, lac., A TRAVELLER.

BLICISTOHE AND CHARLES MATHEWS. Mr.
Mitchell, of Old Bond-street, has just published two sheets
of vignette portraits, respectively representing these two
popular comedians. One has the portrait of Mr. Buckstone
in his proper person in the centre, surrounded with other*
showing him in the characters of Sir Andrew Aguecheek,
Tony bumpkin, Acres, and Scrub. The other similarly re.
presents Mr. Mathews in the characters he sustains in
Patter versus Mater. The prints ate from drawings on
stone by Mr. Lane, A.R.A., made from photographs by
Watkins. The portraits are eery expressive, and the eaccu•
tion is excellent.

Mr. H. J. Adeane, M.P., has been appointed
Castes Rotulorum of the Isle of Ely, in the room of the
Duke of Somerset, made Loral-Lieutenant of Devon.
The Rev. R. R. Chope, MA., has been appointed
curate of Brampton. London.
The Bishop of Durham ha, been appointed a Com-
missioner of Durham University. The late bishop was
named in the Act, buten future vacancies were to be filled
by the crown.
The Rev. J. F. N. Eyre has been appointed to
the perpetual curacy of Denholme Gate, near Bradford.
The Rev. William Gill has been appointed to the
living of Barton-leClay, in Bedfordshire.
HEATH OF GENERAL SIR HOWARD DOUGLAN—v
The death of General Sir Howard Douglas took place
last Saturday, at the advanced age of 86. The deoesssd
was the third son of the first baronet, and entered the
army in 1794. He succeeded to the baronetcy on the
death of his brother in 1800. Sir Howard Douglas
served with his regiment in Portugal and Spain in lit.s
and 1809, and was present at Coruna*, for which be re-
ceived the war medal and one clasp. lie also took part
in the Walcheren Expedition, and was present at the
siege and bombardment of Flushing. Returning to the
Peninsula in 1811, he remained there till the end of 1812,
and for his services received the Cross of Charles 111. of
Spain. He became a general in the army in 1851, sines
which time he has been colonel of the 15th Foot, the
colonelcy of which is thereby rendered vacant. Sir H.
Douglas represented Liverpool in parliament freer 1842 to
1847, after having been an unsuccessful candidate in 1432,
and again in 1W35. He was Governor of Se s• Brunswick
from 18= to 1829, and Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands hum 1835 till 1840 ; was a groom of the bed-
chamber to the late Duke of Gloucester, and received the
degree of D.C.L. from Oxford in 1829. In recognition of
his military services the deceased general was created •
Knight Grand Cress of the Order of St. Michael sod fit.
George in 1835, and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of
the Bath in 1841. He is succeeded by his son Robert Percy.
MURDER.—On Friday night last a murder was
perpetrated at Llanfaetbly, Anglesea, under the following
circumstances :—An old man, upwards of 70, occupied •
small farm called Garnedd, in the above parish. Hie
daughter, • widow, with four children—two sous and two
daughters—resided with him. Recently she married a man
named Richard Rowlands, who also came to reside at the
farm. The deceased, Richard Williams, left home ou Fri-
day night to call at an adjoining term, called thereto. to
arrange about getting an engine to thresh his core. He left
Gaerwen at 9 o'clock, smoking his pipe, and took the
direction for home, to which he never returned. At
daylight on Saturday warning his daughter sent her son
to ascertain when deceased left Gierwen, and on his
way to that farm the boy found the body of his grandfather
lying in a ditch. He ran home and gave the alarm. Medial
evidence proved that deceased had met a violent death, there
being four wounds in the head and the skull fractured.
Several pools of blood were found on the ground near the
body. It was proved at the inquest that Rowland/1, the
son-in-law, came home to his house at Garoedd at 7 that
evening, went out again, and returned between 9 and 10
o'clock, asked for water to wash himself, and then went to
bed, as did the rest of the family soon after. The blows were
believed to be given by a hummer. N.. inquiry was nude
about deceased until next morning. Prisoner went to the
spot and assisted to convey the body home. He hail pre-
viously cautioned the servant maid not to say he had lent
out at all OD the Friday night. lecensed had given the
accused notice to quit his house, but no quarrel alumni to
have taken place. Marks were found on the priemee
clothes, but the inspector could not my that they were
marks of blood. A hammer was found in the dairy, vil.l,
which the wounds might have been inflicted. The awned
did nut account for his absence from home at the true of
the murder. One witness deposed to besting a loud rrYt
and another to seeing a light, as from a lantern, sear the
spot where the body was found. The jury, after half IS
hour's consideratioo,retureed • verdict of "Guilty of wll

ful murder" essiaseltithani Rowlands.
CRYSTAL PALACE. HALF-A-CKOWar
SAITILDAT, Novniars 9.—Adminions oa parallat,
ditto by assets tickets, 7,353 ; total, 2051.