The Express.
London, England, 1868-04-20 00:00:00

THE FOREIGN MAILS.

DESPATCH OF AUSTRALIAN MAILS.—SOUTHAMP-
TON, APRIL i&—The Peninsular and Oriental Company's
steamship Delta, Captain Curling, sailed this afternoon
with mails for Gibraltar, the Mediterranean, Egypt, Aden,
India, China, Japan, and Australia. She took out 77 ;ma-
ssagers and a general cargo on freight, including bar
silver, 101,5:41/. ; dollars, 9,&281. • gold coin, 5601. ; silver
coin, 4001. ; and emeralds, watches, gold thread, &c.,
5,081.
THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAIL:I.—SOUTH-
AMPTON, APRIL I&—The Royal Mail Company's steamer
La Plata, Captain Woolward, which landed her mails at ,
Plymouth last night, arrived here this morning.
Quamorrowx, APRIL 19.—The Inman Royal
Mail steamer City of Washington, from Halifax on the
10th but., arrived here at 10.40 a.m. to-day, with 57,000
dole. in specie. She landed the mails and passengers, and
proceeded for Liverpool at 11 a.m. All well.
OUTWARD AMERICAN MAIL.-- QUEENSTOWN
APRIL 19.—The Royal Mail steamship Java arrived hero
at noon to-day. She embarked 64 supplementary sacks
of 01311/, her passengers and telegrams, and proceeded for
New York at :1.20 p.m. All well.
QuEtasrows, APRIL 19.—The Cunard (extra)
steamer Palmyra, from New York, arrived here at 8 p.m.
to-day, with 92 passengers. 22 of whom she landed, toge-
ther with her despatches, and proceeded for Liverpool at
8.20 p.m. All well.

ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The second
swing show was held on Saturday, and proved one of the
most brilliant in every respect the society ever held.
Amongst the representatives at the exhibition were Messrs.
Turner, Wm. Paul, Paul and Son, J. and C. Lee, Bull,
Veitch and Sons, Lane and Son, kc., who put forth their
powers to the utmost, and the result was inch a collection
of roses, azaleas, cyclamens, auricular, cinerariaa, calceo-
'arias, lA., as have rarely been brought together. The
roses were especially splendid, and attracted crowds of
visitors during the afternoon. The band of the Royal
Horse Guards played an excellent selection of music during
the afternoon. The St. Cecilia Choral Society, which
gave two concerts last year in the conservatory with so
much success, are engaged to give four performances
during May and June, when several novelties are intended
to be introduced for both local and instrumental per-
formers.

A " Psarsa AGAINSIPOPERY."—AttheNewport
Pagnell petty sessions, Mr. Jos. Redden, an auctioneer,
of that town, was summoned at the instance of the Burial
liserd under these singular circumstances : A month ago,
Mr. W. Carr placed a tombstone in the Cemetery there in
memory of his late wife. This stone, it seems, did not
meet the approval of the defendant, because it happened
to be in the shape of a cross; and he accordingly disfi-
gured it by pasting upon it a large sale bill. The defend.
ant, on being spoken to on the matter, said he had done
so " as a protest against popery, for he thought all creases
bad a ltomish tendency." The Bench strongly animad-
verted on the defendant's conduct, and fined him the full
penalty of rd. and 11.75. M. coats, in default aix weeks'
imprisonment with hard labour. The announcement of
the sentence was received with load cheers by the general
public.
THE SMALL PARCELS QUESTION. —Roth the
members for the borough, Mr. Forster and Mr. Thompson,
were present on Friday at an influential meeting, called
by the Mayor of Bradford, to take into consideration the
chinse in the Railways Regulation Bill now before parlia-
ment by which it is proposed to put an end to the parcel
enclosure system. A resolution was passed affirming that
the clause, if sanctioned by the legislature, would create
an odious monopoly of a highly injurious character, and a
petition to the House of Lords was adopted praying that
the objectionable provision might be struck out. A memorial
to the Duke of Richmond was also prepared, and both Mr.
Forster and his colleague promised to do all they could to
secure the snows' of the efforts of the opponents of the

clause.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.—CARRIA OE FOR THE SICK.
—The sommittee of the University College Hospital have
through the liberality of the hospital carriage fund, best
placed in the pasesidon of a carriage for the conveyance of
rrsuffering from infectious dingoes. The committee,
eliellthat it may be of important service to the public by
being used for the district, have determined that persons
requiring it, and who reside within a three-mile radius of
the hospital, may obtain the same upon application to the
clerk at the hospital, and paying the actual expenses of
hire. This is a step in the right direction, and we trust to
see other hospitals follow suit.
THE CASE OF ATTEMPTED MURDER NEAR BURY.--

On Saturday, David Underwood, remanded on the pre-
vious Monday, on a charge of attempting to murder hia
wife, by striking her about the head with a meat chopper,
at Fcmiham, near Bury St. Edmund's, was brought up for
further examination. It was slated that the sufferer was
now out of danger. unless any dangerous symptoms at pre
sent unforeseen, should manifest themselves ' • and the pm-
scaler was committed for trial at the next assizes, on the
charge of attempt to murder.
CRYSTAL PALLCI. HALF-a-CP.OTM

SATIIIDAY, APRIL 18. Ad—'"""' on payment, 1,248 ;
ditto by ~OD tickets, 5,292 ; total visitors, 6,540.
Tae WISP LONDON HOSPITAL, HASIIIIRISMITH.-
The somber of pitieski Oder breathiest at this hospital
daring the past week amounted to 794, of whisk 195 were
new soon. _ _

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