The Express.
London, England, 1859-10-24 00:00:00

THB ADVENT OP WINTIB.

Llat night and on Saturday night there was a
severe frost in end around the metropolis. To-day we
have bed a cold rain. The provincial journals re-
ceived this morning report a fall of snow in many parts of
the country. A letter from Shields, dated Saturday, nye :
Yesterday morning, when people arose from their beds on
the Northumberland coast, they found that winter had end-
dimly come upon them, as an intense black frost had
covered the ponds and small pools with a covering of ice,
and large banks of clouds in the north threatened snow.
Heavy snow showers came on about ten in the forenoon, and
prevailed all day, the closed shops and sheenca of bedtime
in the large towns, and the founds of muffled peals from the
chute towers, during the funeral of Mr. R. 8
gave an air of intense gloom end melancholy to ell
which was increased in the seaports by the wind whistling
among the rigging of the vessels in the her-boors, and the
moaning of the sea on the bare. A strong and nipping
north-east wind has blown both yesterday and to-day. A
Dutch brig, the Huh, ran on to the Herd Send yesterday
in attempting to enter Shields Harbour, and to-day the action
of the surf has broken her sp. The weather is extremely
cold and bleak to-night, end there is every eppeerence of
more snow. Within the past two days coveys d partridges
have alighted in the early morning in the streets of New-
castle and Shields, and robins and other small birds are draw•
lag in towards the habitation of man."
On Saturday, in the district of which Bradford is the
centre, there wee • considerable fall of snow, some of which
lay on the ground for hours, giving quite a library appear-
ance to the previously autumnal landscape.

Snow hs;also fallen to Ireland and 'Scotland. At Ma..
burgh ea Friday the thermometer was from six to eight
degrees below the freezing polo; and ice fully half ea belt
la thiclmses wee formed open the lochs around Arthur's
Boa. The Aberdeen Herald of Saturday says, "Winter has
Gems on ye with a start able unexpected sad Implement.
While we write, snow, usually driven' by .111121111118 blasts,' Is
lying at our doors. Coniidolog the rough weather sad
winds we have lately experienced, we quits agree with the
old blacksmith who, on a stormy day, said, Weel, lade,
there's a precious hen' at the bedews. We hops that this
M no indication of what we are to expect during the dark
menthe."

The Duke and Duchene of Marlborough (says the
Salishrry testreal) have been visiting his grace's Wiltshire
Mates, sco3mpanied by J. W. Whaleley, Esq., hie agent,
end have honoured the town with a sojourn in it. Their
graoes went over the property at Liddington on Thursday,
and devoted the whole of Friday to Clatiord, Fylield, and
Overton, where they not only inspected the churches and
farms, but paid very particular and kind attention to the
cottages, into the majority of which they want, end most
considerately !conked into the comforts of the inhabitant%
about which they seemed to entertain a &nom sad lively
feeling. The duke and duchess alito inspected a site for a
school width they are desirous should be built, and offered
the land and a contribution to fartherenoe of We laudable
object.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer will address a
sorting to be held to-morrow week in the Senate Howe,
Cambridge, on the. Oxford and Cambridge Minion to Can•
Ira Africa." The right hon, gentleman will be followed by
the Bishop of Oxford and Sir George Grey,

The Biahop of Oxford pte►ched in Gloucester
Cathedral in the latter part of lest week in favour of the
Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts.
The sermon is Meted to have been a most impressive one, end
from an incident which occorred this statement appears to be
most folly borne out. One gentleman, moved with the
earnest appeal of the right rev, prelate, left a gold watch sad
male as a donation to the society for which the bishop wax
pleading.

At the entrance examination at the Queen's
College, Galway, which has just amended, 31 new students
were Admitted, being oonsiderably in advance of the corres—
ponding entering last year; 18 are Roman catboUcia while
the number of Roman catholic.s entering at this time last
year was 10. Such are the Ant nuns of the pastoral in
the erchispiteopal diocese of Timm.

John Mitchell, who is now in Paris, has own-
mewed a maim of loiters its a Dublin paper called the Irish-
man (similar in its politics and designs to the Nation), in
which his object is to suggest to the Irish peasantry that
France will soon be at war with England in the Medina.
name end that the opportunity will then have arrived for
inducleg the Emperor Napoleon to invade Ireland. "Butt
exclaims Mr. Mitchell, "who will make the Emperor sant
that the Irish people wait for him end pray for him P How
la he to know that 252,000 fighting men would be found to
follow Dismal.* from Bantry Bay to Dahlia, and from thaws
if he ohms it across to Liverpool ° How, above all, are the
people—the people of ell classes and creeds—to be brought
to look steadily towards this sa an event not only possible
but probable, and which may to each of them bring joy or
arrow jut as they may demean themselves in it r

On Thursday an enthuaiastic ,reception was given
to the 78th Highlanders, la Inverness. The calms of the
Highland cap',tal, in addition to entertaining both official
and maw, diaplayed their warmth of welcome by keeping
holiday, end decorating many of their places of busineei
with dower', liege, and other insignia and inscription. At
the ouncluaion of the banquet, the company adjourned to the
Academy Park, each soldier receiving as he entered the park
• pipe and tobacco. On Friday night a grand ball wen
to be given to the oolcael end (AWL

Toed Lerdern Herald of Saturday says :—"With a
regret, which this weak we shall not endeavour fully to
express, we hear, a few hours before going to press, time tan
Rev. Robert Foch'', the accomplished sad respected pater
of the Free Church, Woodside, dropped down deed, within
a few yards of his own house., while proceeding homewards
from a wink of merry end kindness, between 10 and 11
o'clock last night."

IBS New BATTERS, LISCAnD.—The Mersey is
not so defenceless uis generally supposed. Most
fancy that it has only two hetteriee—one at the Ito, kr&
other at the North Docks. Among the many pmeaugors
who go to New Brighton during the summer mouths, only
a tew keen-sighted individuols have noticed seine green
mounds immediately in the rear of the Magazine Lifeboat
House, on the C...hire side, and to the soul:mated of Dr.
Pozzl's College. A close inspection of them mounds will
repay a Mon. They are earthwork benefit'', constructed
accordong to the newest principle,' of engineering, and
contain tomb proof inagozio. o, and platforms for emelt
68-lb. Armstrong goo., which are expected to bei
is position in a tow Cap', when was to the adventures'
enemy that comes within their range of fire, end to the
windows of the closely-adj, fining residences. The battery-
is so masked that an enemy would hove great difficulty in
discerning It before the edict of its tire bad worked incal-
culable damage. At precut It. range is rather limited, but
in aim of actual danger the nutovel of some adjacent
buildings would enable the gunners to throw 88 lb. shot over
the New Brighton stage Into the Victoria Chonne!, or into
the Moyne. If it was neoemary, the Llucard battery could,
we iinagtne, demolish the Bushman Duck battery, opposite
to it, in a very abort tine. It appears to us, however, that
a similar buttery pieced in the ttandhille. about Formby,
would no effect witty command the only safe entrance for large
I vesotk, that the river batteries would have little or making
to do. Let us have, in addition, eking at Dingle or Tram.
mere, a royal dockyard and arsenal, u proposed in these
columns loot week, and we may then coutirently defy the
world In arms.—Lirerpoel .41bion.
.

Tag GAME LaWel.—At the Ringwood petty
erosions laid week, before John Mille, Esq., and J. Coventry.
E.q., William Corbin, of Pontius., wee ...aged with cutting
gad omueding Jura Hayter, on the 28th of September.
with intent to do bim some grievous hobby harm. It ap-
peared that prosecutor suspected Corbin of having .toles
wine rabbit traps belonging to Min, and meeting
Corbin with something in his pocket in the high
road, Reyter said, " Well, Cornier I want to No what
you have got in your pockets, to re if you have got my
traps." Corbin teplied, " No, I have not got your
rape." Prosecutor thee said that be should search
his pockets. Cochin sod, "If you do, I will stab you."
Prosecutor then seized Corbin. and throw him down tomer*
him, when he drew cut his picket-knife cod stabbed Dim is
the .ids twice, and cat both bends very much. After hear-
ing the evidence, the use woo di/mired, as the megistratill
considered that the prosecutor brought it on himself %
taking the law into his own Donde. The prisoner COribit
was then charged by June* Tenant, keeper to Mr. Mere
with killing game without a remake's, and hoot lit. end
10..6d. coot., or four womb.' impri.iintoeut. Too prisoner.
not bring any goody, woo sent to Winchester leaving
a wife and live cliildron totally stuprovided for during bin
abuses.

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