The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-22 00:00:00

VISITATION OF THE ABOHDE/..09N8Y OF MD-

DLESEL—(THIS DAY.) --
This morning the Venerable Archdeacon Sinclair,
LA., Archdeaoon of Middlesex, commenced the visitation
of that portion of the diocese of Loudon. The clergy
and churchwardens were cited to appear at St.
Paul's Church, Covent.garden and there was •
very large assembly. The ordinary business with the church-
wardens having been disposed of service was performed in
the church, prayers being read by the Rev. Henry Hutton,
A. of %Ahem College, Oxford, rector of the parish.
The Archdeacon having taken hi, seat within the rails of
the communion table proceeded to the delivery of his charge,
of which • condemnation of the " Essays and Reviews"
formed the chief part.

Mr. Francis Cavendish, of the Foreign-office,
son of General the Hon. Henry Cavendish, who met with
such a severe accident on Tuesday last, is recovering. The
improvement, though slow, is satisfactory, considering the
serious nature of the injuries he sustained.

A letter fromYokuhama, Japan, after describing
the murder at Yeddo of the secretary of the American
minister, says :—" After this murder, after the repeated
'warnings of danger given to the ministers by the Japanese
government, and after the most convincing proofs of the utter
inadequacy of the means adopted for our security, the
foreign ministers, with the exception of the one who
ought to have been, or rather was most concerned
in the matter, the American, determined to leave
Yeddo, sea to reside at Yokohama (near Kanagawa),
until matters could be saustactonly settled. Her
Majesty's ship Encounter brought us down to this place,
about 18 miles from Yeddo, on Saturday, the 26th of
January, and we have taken up our quarten at what was
formerly the Yokohama Hotel, but now her Britannic
Majesty's Legation. A guard of a dozen marines has been
pLused es the premises. We are thus, thank Heaven, rid
of those Yakeuins, who are not of the slightest use in case
of emergency. They do remarkably well for clearing the
road of little urchins and old women, but in no single
instance have they defended a foreigner when assaulted ;
to may that they are cowards is to use too mild an expres.
sion. The French Chargé d'Affaires came down with us.
The Dutch Consul.Geoeral left several days before us in a

Dutch war brig. The American Minister remained at
Yeddo, Imagining that, by his conduct, he will impress
upon us his own belief that the murder of his secretary
was an accident."

Mr. West, of the Northern Circuit, has been
appointed attorney-general for the Duchy of Lancaster.
A meeting, very numerously attended, was held
at Willie's Rooms on Saturday, for the purpose of bearing
an address from the Rev. Mr. Mooyratt on the subject of
Ceylon, and for assisting in rising the funds necessary for
the construction of a church at Point de Galls. The Bishop
of Oxford presided, and there were present Lord Lyttelton,
Bishop Jackson, of Colombo, the Rev. Daniel Moore, and
several ether clergymen.
DEATH OT GENERAL SIR CHARLEN W. PARLEY,
K.o.ll.—We regret to announce the death of General Sir
Charles W. Raley, K.C.8., colonel commandant of the
Royal Engineers, who died on Friday last at Norfolk-enn-
ead, Oxford-square, at an advanced age, and after 64 years'
service in the army. The venerable general had been in in-
firm health for some time past, but his friends were unpro.
pared for the mournful occurrence.
Tas ROYAL YACHT Faist•.—As the Fairy was
proceeding down the Southampton Water on Friday even.
ing, between 7 and 8 o'clock, on her way to Osborne, with
the Prince Consort on board, on his return from London,
tomenuttocrtion of her machinery gave way and the yacht was
tto standstill. One of her boats was immediately
seat kto the Southampton Docks to obtain the assist-
speed a steam-tug, but meanwhile a revenue cruiser came
up, and the Prince and his attendants having entered the
date barge belonging to the Fairy, the revenue vessel took
the barge in Lew and proodded to Osborne. The Fairy
wee
renbeequently towed down by a steamer which was sent
afte _

CA111•03 ACCIDILNT.—A melancholy and
fatal event occurred at Teamster, between York and Leeds.
on Friday last. On that day Mr. and Mra. John Wormald
were returning in their own carriage, drawn by • pair
of spirited horses, from Skelton Hall, sear York, the
residence of Mr. W. W. Bettye ; and the coachman
drove on all right for • distance of nine miles. until
he got to the bottom of the hill leading into Tadeester,
when he overbalanced himself in trying to ease the
break. He fell off, and was pitched on to the ground with
great violence, and the horses taking fright galloped
madly through the town. Onward the furious animals
dashed, spreading surprise and alarm on every side ; but
on reaching the first tollgate in the direction of Leeds.
it seems they bated • little, and Mr. Wormald determined
to seize the opportunity of leaping out, fearing that to re.
main would be inevitable death. He did no, and sustained
• few bruises about his face. Usfertunately, Mrs.
Wormald tried to follow her husband's example, but in
endeavouring to do so she fell heavily upon the ground,
fractured her skull, and expired almost immediately. The
coachman was a good deal injured by his fall, but not seri-
ously. The death of Mrs. Wormald, under the painful
circumstances just narrated, has excited great sympathy,
the more so as she and her husband were returning from
the celebration of the marriage of her brother (Mr. Thomas
Hague Cook) to Miss Mary Elizabeth Bettye, which bad
taken place at Skelton on the previous day.
Kelley's Island, in Lake Erie, in America, has
become famous, for its grape vineyards now extend over
about T.lO acres there. An acre of vines in full bearing will
yield 60 tons of capes, worth nearly 1.001. The Catawba
is the principal variety. About one.sixth of the grape crop
is made into wine.
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The Echo de Visone says :—" The information
which reaches us from every part of Francs represents the
aspect of the country as most satiefscfory. The corn looks
well, and the vines, about which some alarm had been felt
on account of the late cold, have the most flourishing ap-
pearance in Champagne, Burgundy, °Weems, Languedoc,and Bouillon. The num certainly is not sufficiently ad-
vanced for any decided opinion to be formed as to the next
crop ; but it is a great thing to have already gone safely
through the month of March, a period always so critical for
the productions of the earth."
The city of Nantes is now engaged in preparing
• National Exhibition, which will open on the Ist July
next. Industrial productions of all kinds, works of art.
and the agricultural and horticultural produce of the whole
et news and the colonies will be admitted. The city of
Nantes will pay the expense of the carriage of all articles
intended for the Exhibition, and also for the return charge
for such as may not be sold and which shall have obtained
a medal.