The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-19 00:00:00

SAT( POET. SEPT. 19. N A.N.

Low barometrical prowitires continue in swath-western dietrato,
a lure a diminution of (11044 than a tenth of an inch has oceurred
Ooze yesterday. The least preenures reported are at Penzance
and Brest the readier there are more than ileven-tentha of an
inch lege than at Nairn. Temperainim is ateady. On the Irish
roast a strong north-easterly wind blew yeateribiy, and in the
English Channel the wind was soullmeraterly, which aid' prevails.
on the root mast of Primer, a wroth-westerly gale in reported.
Much rain has fallen, mipecially at Plymouth and Yarmouth.
Lightning is reported from ow month °nag t . The weather e
cloudy. and rain 44 rontinuing on the west mart of France. The
sea is both at Yenrance and tilnekto. Warning, re.u...1 the.
~,,, rim*.

THE ELECTION.—An extraordi-
nary advertisement, addressed to the electors of Mid-
Surrey by Mr. Marsh Nelson, appears in this morning's
Tiow; being directed chiefly against Mr. C. H.
Roberto. With regard to one of the statements
therein, we may say that Mr. Robert, ha.. never been re-
premented iu the London journals as a member of the
bankingtirm, although his grandfather and father were
in that pooitimi, some of his nearest relatives are at the
present time.

The clerk to the justices nt Colchester states
that Victoria Harmer, lately described as severely dealt by
at the hands of the Colchester Mildly so far from being a
young and childish offender, is a common woman of the
town, 22 years of ago. Within the last seven months she
has been three times before the bench for misconduct,
having only been liberated from gaol (where she had been
confined for drunkenness and disorderly conduct) tea days
before the present charge against her was made and
proved—i. e., not merely of picking a small sprig of
lavender, but of jumping upon the palings in front of
complainant's house and wilfully polling down and des-
troying the lavender bush.
Mr. Brandon expresses his astonishment that
the directors should refuse, at any rate neglect, to attach
third-class carriages to every ordinary train, since it is a
fact that the third-class passengers, with the present very
insufficient accommodation grudgingly provided for their
use, actually produce in bard cash nearly twice as much
as do the first-claw passengers, and almost half as much
again as do the second class. The returns of the three
clashes for the year 1666 were as follows : -First etas
3,930,01.1/. second-cla=,, 4.889,237/. third-class,
6,10.5,303/.

The Bangalore, which siTived yettorday at
Southampton with the India mail, experienced very bad
weather on her homeward passage. Severe Munn+ of
thunder and lightning were experienced in the Mediter-
ranean. Just before the Bangalore entered the Bay of
Biscay the thunder and lightning were terrific; one daah
blinded all who were on deck for about a minute.

The half-yearly report to be submitted by the
directors of the Midland Great Western Railway shows
signs of returning prosperity. The receipt, for the half-
year amount to nearly 2,000/. more than tor the corre-
sponding half-year of 1867, and the surplus, after defray-
ing expenses, interest, &c.. reaches over 36,000/. Divi-
dends of . per cent. per annum on the preference shares,
and 2.1 per coat. on consolidated stock, are recommends&
At Heaton, Bradford (Yorkshire) a dinner was
lately given to 53 old people, the youngest of whom was
70 your:. The average age of 16 of them wee 86 and over.
The average of the whole 53 was 72. One old fellow was
there with hia son and .laughter-in-law. whose united
ages amounted to 210. The population of the garish he .t
census was 1,600.

The blo.funishire Nita/del contains the following
adverthstuent:—"Old Church, Hanley. To be let, or
sold, a front pow under the organ gallery. Will neat "oven
persons, and ounimands a view of nearly the whole ..on-
gregatiou."
A Pomt.EMAN rrr HORN DE COMBAT IIY .t CAT.—
The inhabitants of Passy wore thrown into a state of
great alann a few days ago by a large mt., which rim
about the suburb biting every thing it met and apixirently
mad. It attacked all the dogs that Caine in its way,
biting them with fury. A child of seven years, Julie M
was severely bitten in the leg. Mr. It., a brewer in
Lubeek-strect, tired twice at the animal, but did not
bit. Hy a prodigious bound it leaped on the neck
of
a home. which Va. drawing a vehicle, and
it only let go its hold when struck severely
on the head with the handle of • whip. Poliixt-
man Reilly pursued the &mania. and when ho came up to
it a regular tight ensued. The policeman was dreadfully
'clutched in the face, received some severe bites in the
tight aim, and aniseed his sword in the end. Another
Ipolicenuon twine up at this nvomeid and remwel the tight.
Ile we- mum suisx:odul. Ile ran his sword through the
animal, but the eat was by this time pretty well exhausted.
Tlie is-Nous who were bitten received meshed aid, und the
wounded dogs wore knurl and buried.

NATIONAL EXHIBITION 07 WORKS OP ART, AT
Taattr.—Return of aamierioos:—Fricley, September
Is, by sesNos ticket*, 97s ;by psyrarot of Ott. esob,
1,034. ; total, 2,014.