The Express. — 1855-08-16 (London, England)

JOHN M A DWI. 10, Uppar Albany-at., lefeat'a-park, Dooloanar and Nees Arpin.  -VAILY NEWS LENT TO READ, is London, at Ile. per gearter.-811MT by roam ING MAIL, et Cl lb. 6d. VINING Dn., 194. Id. per qr.—H. • UAIIB, 9, l'szliabeed.etreel, Restalamer, New Ag at.  BAYBWATEIt-DAILY NEWS LENT TO MUD; sad oupplled to Ilio cosatry by goosing post. st 19.. 4d. pr quarter. paid is advises. M. BUittlICL, Orowo4onooo, Wag. Nova dont.  --•-DUBLIN, *coon Lb. The Lord Lieutenant has, with the maetion it tie General Commandiog-in-Chief in Treks& spited the following officers to be extra aideede-autip to his Excellency, viz.:—Captain Sir Thomas G reeley, Bart., King's Dragoon Guards, vice Marshall, resigned ; Lieutenant Honourable Hugh Annesley, Scots Fusilier Guards, vice Talbot, resigned; Captain Frank Chaplin, 3d Drogue Guards. His Excellency, accompanied by a numerous retinue, paid a visit to Trinity College University yesterday. The series of Italian operas at the Theatre Royal concluded list night, with an overflowing house, for the benefit of Orisi. The enterprise of Mr. Minis, the manager, and of Messrs. Beale, Cramer, and Co., with whom be co-operated, has been so successful on this occasion, as to lead to the announcement that another operatic company will appear hers in the first week of September, with an array of distinguished artistes from her Majesty's Theatre. Two melancholy cases of suicide are mentioned in the Belfast papers. One was that of a middle-aged man, in comfortable circumstances—a Mr. Henry John Gerrard, a native of London, who contrived to put an end to his existence on Saturday morning by forcibly straining a leather strap round his neck. His body was found by his sister lying on the floor, and a copy of " Carpenter's Animal Physiology," which he appeared to have spent a great part of the night reading, was by his side. The deceased was described as an artist, and co cause was assigned for his act of self destruction. The other case was that of a ppoooore woman, who placed her head on the rails of the &Hyphens ailway when a train was approaching, and, in spite of the efforts of the driver to stop the engine, was instantaneously killed, her body being mangled in a shocking manner. The unfortunate woman had been telling her children the night before that she no longer knew how to support them. A fearful cue of hydrophobia took place near the town of Poriglenone on Friday last, the victim being *young man named William Baxter, who was bitten by his own dog ten weeks before. All medical efforts to save him were ineffectual, and he died io great agony. The Limerick papers of this morning mention another case of this dreadful sickness, to which • boy named John Hogan, who bad been bitten by • cur dog a few days before, feU a victim on Monday last. Captain Edward E. Hill, stipendiary magistrate of Kildare, has received orders from Dublin Castle to proceed to the Curragh, to act at the Camp in his Aced capacity. The following are among our latest harvest reports: Oar B.neridgri correspoadett, says the Aorthera writes as follow, Since I wrote last, the weather has changed from beisg dry sad showery to deluges of rain ; the ' Lanus, Oxide,' proverbial of old, have again set is, with ineadatiag violence, sad have laid imps flat to ' mother earth.' It is to be feared that potatoes will be injured : cad 1 have heard reports from several quarter., saying that the dreaded disease hid spin mane its appearance. They are, however, pretty well grown, sad if fair weather should soon set in, promise to be a good stop. The wheat and oat crops are idea pretty well filled. sad may not be so much Injured as might be espect.d. The most damaged of all is the hay mop, great quantities of which are 91111 scattered through the held. ea which it grew. Flan pulling has commenced, mad the slop Is mash thicker this seams, though scarcely so long as list year's. The quality alio appears more fibroma. ' From almost every part of the roastry (says the Car* Constitaittors) we hear the mat grstiyieg umlaut& Potato dhow there is so doubt is bon sad there, bat we believe to a very limited extant, sad toe megoilloent weather with which we are sew Get:ired will probably prevent its proper, sad repair say slight damage, sod very slight it is, which the eon crop have received. A patinas. who hsa been over the whole of "the Great Islaad" oa whim! Q town stands, deesree be does sot believe that in the curse of his survey half au sere of wheat, or barley, ft eats, was injured, and similar mounts reach us from opposite parts of the conatry. Is some districts • good deal of eon inlaid, bet under the presets' sue this, plasm God, will rise aid ripe.. In the neighbourhood of the city several fields of wheat hate already been cut dews, aad with this weather the liable will sees be generally busy. The hey, too, which waned from the meat rains, will, we *spat, with few aaaptious, be emovered.  The grown 'bootleg lesson was inaugurated on Meade), and the weather beteg fine, many of ear Whitehaven sportsmen enjoyed tWeeneelvee to the falL The gelignite of Rase varied is d.fferent districts ; bat, gesseally spookier, them wee s good supply. Birds were it Owe sonditicia sad attest cm the wing, which was asfaveureble fee inespermesed shooter.; but, ea the whole, the seen was sawn/tat. Several good bags was saads.—Casgardwed ?smut.