The Express. — London, England, 1863-11-11 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES—During the recent heavy gales some of the boats of the National Lifeboat Institution eared sixty-seven persons from different wreck,. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APYKAL toe ASSISTA WIC to enable them to meet the continued heavy de mand. on the Institution's lit lifelamt mtoblishmenta —Contri butions are received by all the London and country hankers, and b en th maretary. lir. lticharti Lewis, at the institution, it, John street, Adrlplit ALFRED WEBB MILES, Everybody knows Mr. M REMOVED trona Bonitstreet. to 73. BROOK STREET, Hanover square, in 1360. The lee. TROUSERS ,origiusted by him) In all the New Patterns for Winter,: better than ever," Wilieum - iorribt TO clENTLions A. W. MILKS ;;;;; Mci;t . - iesie - ctfu - ify to sonoance that his dock In the earl's. departmeots of his establishment Is now replete for Oyer coats, Teenage Bedford Cords, and scarlet waterproof cloth for hunting. 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Milos —Paul Nulls sad Woe. lisoa—AMl LADY AUDLIEYB SECRET.—Commence at half.past B. DIOR WATZR AT LONDON IDADOI. Tim DAY —NanaIAL It.. lia.....AMmam. Ilt. Ms To-aroma,— Monlag. TA 10......11bwa5a5. ?I. Ik. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11. Ore columns have for the last two days deve loped the story of • most remarkable murder, perpetrated silently upon three persons, in the crowd and bustle of a principal London thorough fare. This morning the story closes with the suicide of the murderer. On Saturday evening last, about 9 o'clock, • cabdriver at the Shoreditch Station was hailed by • middle aired man dressed in black, with wh;nkers and moustache. This man, with a lady and two children, got into the cab, which proceeded towards the Royal Oak, Paddington. They had no luggage except a leather hat-case and a few parcels. Paring through Bishopsgate-street, the man ordered the cabman to pull up at the sign of the Green Dragon, in order to get him a pint of half-and-half, and whatever he pleased for him. self. The cabman got the beer, gave it to the man inside, and then went to his horse's head. The pint pot was emptied, and the cabman ob served that the man turned it upside down just as he gave it back. The cabman got on the box and drove on. But at the top of Holborn-hill the man put his head out of the window, stopped the cab, stated that he should not accompany the lady and children to the end of their journey, paid their fare to the Royal Oak, adding a bonus foi the driver, and without a word more , walked slowly away, in a direction down Holborn-hill. No words passed between him and the woman or the children. The cabman drove on to the Royal Oak. Massa he stopped. He approached the door, beside which it seems another cabman happened to be steadily. " Look here !" be exclaimed as be opened the door; " there is something very queer " here." And no wonder, for he saw the woman and child lying at the bottom of the cab. The woman had the eldest child—about seven—in her arms. The cabman took one of the children in his arms. Its head fell back, and it was appa rently dead. A doctor was at hand, who after a brief examination pronounced the woman and both children dead ; but the bodies were still warm. It was apparent that they had been sick, and the medical man detected • dray smell of promio add. The bodies were at Mee conveyed to St. Mary's Hospital. Here were materials for • sensation inquiry. How bad they met their death 1 Had they died in a fit ? But there was no sign of spasm. There was no pulse in either. The bodies were quite passive. Had they died from violence ? But who was to commit murder in the streets of London t Though there was • smell of prussic acid, still it is no easy matter to administer it in a cab on the journey from one end of London to another. Again, if murder had been perpetrated, who was the perpe trator f If any one had done the fatal deed it was probably the man who, the cabman said, " looked like a chemist," who was dressed in black, and who had left the cab at the top of Holborn-hill. And who was bed Saturday, Sunday, and Monday passed without any trace of his existence. At length late on Monday night two Inspectors of Police, haring discovered that a person, precimly answering the description of the man who had hired the cab, lived at Ann's Cottage, Wellingtoo road, Cold-harbour-lane, knocked at his door. Not a sound was heard—not a light was to be seen. The knocking was repeated, and each time with more violence. At length the door was opened on the chain. After some conversation the chain was removed and the Inspectors entered. The man attempted to rush off as if for a light, but was prevented by the , Inspec tors, who told him they had one. There appeared to be no one in the house except the man who opened the door, but the house itself, though small, bore a respectable appearance, and some of the rooms were well and comfortably furnished. The party went up-stairs to • bed room on the first Poor, when the man began retching. He denied having taken poison, saying his heart was affected. Being asked about his family, he said that he had a wife and two children—the one eight years of age, and the other four ; but his wife, he said, was 27. So that the descrip tion tallied mainly with that of the three who were found dead. At the same time he insisted that his family had left for the country on Friday to visit the wife's uncle at Southampton. The neighbours, we are told, reckoned their absence only from Saturday. The matter required further investigation, and the Inspectors insisted upon his accompanying them to the station-house. On his way thither he spoke of his wife, accused her of drunkenness and infi delity, and declared that he had been frequently obliged to leave his bed and walk the streets. During all this time the retching continued, and when he had reached the station it became m violent that • medical man was sent for. Hs tried to administer emetics, but it was only after a struggle that the patient consented to swallow them. lathe meantime he had become so exhausted that be sat down whilst the description of the woman and the two children was read to him. His fortitude or his obstinacy presently gave way, and be exclaimed at interval; as the Inspector read, "That in them." The retching continued —the exhaustion increased—he lay down. Being asked what he had taken, he replied, "I think it "was something in the glass which was not " spirits ;" and then said, " I know what my wife " died of now—it's prussic acid, and it was in the " house. I might have taken aconite. I think " I did." A bottle containing aconite has since been found in his house. Having slept some time he awoke, called for writing materials, and having addressed an order to • Mr. Cuttoce to pay his wife and children the money due to him, he expired before he could sign the document. It appears that this wretched man's name was S. W. Hum.; that for • considerable time he held the situation of traveller to a whole sale chemist ; and that the only difference between the appearance of Hurrr and of the man who got out at Holborn-hill on Saturday was the moustache. It is true that HUNT was not in the habit of wearing a moustache, but a cabman has recognised the dead body as a person whom he took on Saturday last from Camberwell to Shoreditch. It may be that the moustache was assumed for the occasion. At all events, there can be no reasonable doubt that this man murdered his wife and children, whatever may have been the motive which prompted him to commit the act. The singular thing is, that he seems to have made no attempt at escape. He went back to his own house, and there awaited his fate. Whether he swallowed the poison whilst the Inspectors were thundering at the door it is useless to inquire ; such a fact is highly probable. But the feeble effort, almost in the agonies of death, to disguise his identity with the murderer of his wife and children, furnishes a singular illustration of the weak inconsistency of degraded humanity. He had neither self-possession enough to fly, nor yet strength to confess his iniquity. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. THE CONGRESS. The cabinet will meet again to-day to oonsider of the answer to be returned to the proposal of the Emperor of the French. The Paris Prase of to-day says :—" The im perial proposition has been addressed to 15 govern menta—to England, Russia, Prussia, Austria, Spain, Turkey, Italy, Portugal, Denmark, Sweden and Norway, Belgium, Greece, Holland, Switzerland, and the Germanic Confederation. It is affirmed that Italy has already sent its adhesion. According to information we believe to be reliable, the adhe sion of Russia is not doubtfuL A rumour is current that Prussia has already by telegraph informed its ambassador at Paris of its inclinations, which are entirely favourable to the imperial pro ject. The English journals seem to indicate that England is not disinclined to assist in the realisa tion of this great project. Finally, Austria inclines visibly towards the acceptance. This acceptance is imposed on the Austrian government by her situa tion and the dangers which might result to her from hesitation. The relative position of Austria and Prussia seems to afford security against a refusal on the part of those two Powers." (REEITIMS TawLuta.) FRANCE. THE EMPEROR'S LETTER TO THE SOVEREIGNS. PARIS, Nov. 11. The letter of the Emperor of the French to the Sovereigns inviting them to a congress at Paris, has been published to-day. It points out that from the political condition of Europe it is impossible not to acknowledge that nearly everywhere the treaties of Vienna have been destroyed, modified, or misunderstood. The Emperor continues as follows: " We are threatened with a change, so much the more formidable because the improvements effected by civilisation, which has bound the peoples toge ther by an identity of material interesta, would render a war still more destructive. Let us not wait before taking our part for sudden and irresistible events to disturb our judgment, and draw us, despite ourselves, into a contrary direction. Callcd to the throne by Providenoe and the will of the French people, but trained in the school of adversity, it is perhaps less allowable for me than any other to ignore the rights of sovereigns and the legitimate aspirations of peoples. Thus lam ready, without a precon calved system, to eater an International Congress with the spirit of moderation and justice ordinarily the portion of these who have endured so many various trials. If I take the initiative in this over I do not yield to an impulse of vanity, but because I am a sovereign the most credited with ambitions projects, and I have it at heart to prove by a frank and loyal step that my sole object is to arrive, without a shock, at the pacifica tion of Eu-ope. If this proposition be accepted, I pray you to accept Paris as the place of meeting. Europe would perhaps see some advantage in the capital whence the signal for overthrow has so many times issued becoming the seat of con ferences destined to lay the basis of a general pacification." THE FXPRFSS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 11, 1863. Prince de la Tour d'Auvergue has arrived in' Paris, and will go to London iu the character of ambassador next week. M. Nadar was able to leave his bed yesterday, and he walked a little in his room upon crutches. It is said that he leaves Paris for London on Thurs day. He has finished the official account of his two last ascents, which will be published in the form of a book with the title, " Moimoires du ()Sant." ITALY. (TROY OCR OWN CORI TURIN, Nov. 7. The King, after presiding over a cabinet council, will start to-morrqw from Turin for Naples. After a short stay at Ancona, he will leave so as to arrive on the morning of the 9th at Pescara, where the bishop will bless the new railway, on which the King will travel to Foggia. Thence be will travel by coach to Avellino and Naples, which he will reach on Wednesday, the 11th. On the day following, the naval review will take place. It is only to-day that the trial trip on this railway, which the elements seemed resolved to impede, or at all events to retard, took place. Its completion under the circumstances is a marvel of engineering activity. Grattoui, the engineer, collected work men from all quarters, distributed them under com petentforemen, had them protected against brigands by bersaglieei, against the rain by clothing, and againit the obscurity of night by electric lights. All this astonished the inhabitants of Vasto and the brigands of &aro, and for twenty and thirty miles around the people came and wondered at what was being done. The electric light, emitted from 240 electric batte.l ries, and extending in a continuous line for many kilometres, was a splended sight, which even the well-informed might enjoy; but to the lively imaginations of those whom a vile despotism kept in utter ignorance in order to make them the blind instruments of its will, the scene presented some thing supernatural. However, this very ignorance of the population will make them more pliable now, and they repeat one to another, " It is useless to contend against these Italian demons (meaning thereby the people of Northern and Central Italy), who change night into day, and subdue mountains and torrents." Impressed beforehand with these ideas it is easy to conceive with what enthusiasm the King will be received. The people are in transports of satisfaction and wonder, and the number of strangers and Neapolitan citizens who have come to Foggia, in order to accompany the King to Naples, has not a little contributed to produce this state of feeling. If Francis 11. could witness the scene, how he would be ashamed of the imbecility of his government, and how incom patible must he not perceive it to be with the pro gress that has taken place. Prisons are being prepared in the islands of Elba, Giglia, and Gorgon for those brigands who have been sentenced to transportation for one year. Giglia alone will afford room for 200. I shall conclude with the record of a noble ac tion. At Spezia a child, five years of age, fell into the sea. The accident was seen by a youth named Bonatti, who is not quite nine years old. This lad at once jumped iuto the water, and with great labour, u well is at the great peril of his own life, he saved the child. There were six or seven peasants pre- sent, but though they made a great outcry they did nothing in the w►y of active assistance. WEATHER B.EPORT.-(THIS DAY.) WIDAIEDAY, Norma 11. $ &Z. THE TRIPLE MURDER IPA STREET CAb. Kr. Matthew Spiess, prdsose to Mn.s Painter. of Den mark-hill, lee informed the polies that he was the landlord to Hunt. The f►mily were disagreeable tenants, sad he had wished to gat rid of them. Hunt had been his tenant for four years. Hs s►w bim on Friday night, when be told him his wife was out of her mind, and be had sent ber and the children to Brighton. The body of Hunt bu been identified by the cabman Parker as the man whom be drove from the Great Eastern Railway to Ferniest's inn. Another cabman. named Peirce, as we stated yesterday, bas identified him as a man whom he had driven from Camberwell to Shoreditch station. It seems that on Saturday overlies, about seven o'clock, the second cabman was on his stand at Camberwell. green, when he wiei bailed by a lady in black with two little girls. She told him to drive to Shoreditch station, and to take the check-string in his band, as she would have to stop him on the road. When they had proceeded about SOO or 300 yards down Camberwell.road a man, who after wards turned out to be the deceased, hailed bim, bat the cabman mid be was engaged. The man, however, said ha had friends in the cab whom be wasted to join. It Iris capacity of traveller for Menus. Butler and McCul loch, Hunt seems to have obtained a knowledge of herbs and chemistry. He bad fitted up a small laboratory in bis house, where he resided with bin wife and two children. The neigh bours my that he end his wife were constantly quarrelling, and that at times they appeared to be very wretched. He bed been beard on more than one occasion to my be would "do for his wife and children one of three days," aid some persons who sympathised with them remonstrated with Hunt on their amount. The Mr. McCulloch referred to above is not a " west-sod chemist," as hes been reported, but the present bead of the firm of Messrs. Butler and McCulloch. Last evening we were informed that Hunt had been in their employment for about three yean. Hie usual baldness was to make a round of calls early in the day and arrive in Covent-garden in the after noon, when he atteoded to customers in the 'hop, or did whatever was required there. On Friday last Hunt asked for leave of abseoce for Satur day, "as he was going into the oouotry, to Marpte." On Monday afternoon be appeared at the shop at his usual time, and without exhibiting any strange in his appearanee or manner. In the course of the afternoon Mr. Young man, Mr. McCulloch's foreman, asked him if be had read the particulars of the horrible affair in a cab. To this he mode no reply, sod he conducted himself in a surly way towards persona who came into the shop during the net of the afternoon; but in the evening be sat with Mr. McCulloch in the eonntioghouse, and appeared to be in high spirits. He was laughing and joking more freely than he usually did when in a similar frame of mind. He parted with Mr. McCulloch on Monday evening as late as 7 o'clock, not the slightest suspicion being entertained by anyone in whoee company be led bees that he was the murderer. Hunt had lately told Mr. McCulloch in a confidential sort of way several times that his wife was a great trouble to him. Ms seemed very food of his children. We have been requested to state that Mr. Hoot, pharma ceutical chemist, 6, High-street, Denmark-bill, Camberwell, who supplied the box of ointment to the deceased woman, is in no way related to or connected with the mordent's family. rbt Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 10. The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise, walked and drove in the grounds yesterday afternoon. The Priem@ Hohenlobe, attended by the Hco. Horatis Stopford, drove to Hampton Court. During the pest week Yr. Frith hes had the honour of sittings at Windsor Castle from the Princess Helena. Princess Louise, Priors Leopold, Princess Beatrice, the ( Crown Prince and Prince William of Pi mei, for his picture of the marriage of the Prince of Wales. Mr. Hoary Weigull hashed the honour of submitting his picture of the Prince and Prince, of Wales for har Naisety's inspection. Her Royal Highness Princess Helena, attended by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Elea Me. Poseonby, and Colonel H. F. Ponsontly, went to London yesterday evening, and honoured the performance at the Olympic Theatre with her premium Her Royal Highness returned to the Castle woo stir 12. Her Serene Metres Prioress Hobanlobe Leagenburg honouredKr. G. RoLatvia with • artist tor • tull.lastit portrait. A Cabinet Council was held yesterdai n t u t i l; official residence of the First Lord of the 1 in Downing-street. The minister. present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke of Argyll, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Duke of Newcastle, Earl de Grey, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, the Right Hon. Edward Card well, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. The Chewsnor of the Exchequer au rived at hie madame Oultoo-terrees yestarday, from flawarden oast* Meeker. The Doke of Newcastle arrived in town on Yeeday sight, frown hie seat, annaberlark, Notts. Despatches were swot yesterday from the Colonial-OMo, to the Governone of Yalta, Ceylon, Hoeg Kong, and Laboan. The Earl Granville entertained the Chancellor of the Eaohequer, the FIJI do Grey, sod other members of the cabinet at dinner last evening at him house in Bruton• street. Lord Brougham left town yesterday for Paris, on his way to Cannes, teethe winter. Mrs. Gladstone and Mine Gladstone have not come to town with the Chancellor of the Exchequer, but will remain at Hawardea Castle, Sir Stephen Givens's seat, during the sojourn of Mr. Gladstone in London. THE COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL CRAWLEY.— Ai the request of the lepl advisers of Lieutenant-Colonel Crawley, the opening of the court-mertiel has been post. posed from Thursday, the 12th, till Tuesday, the 17th lost. THE LORD LIEUTENANT OF IRELAND AND LORD Larnua.—His Excellency, easing that the liesese of Kis& the tenant of the Maam Hotel, had not been resew e t w t the magisteates, on account of the basalt he had r thee from Lord Leitrim, wrote from England, to the authorities in Ireland, expressing his eon. mac at seeing such an @spear:moment, and stating that King did not on that occesios commit the sillthk4 act of illeplity, but bad saved his Excellency the an ooy Ism of being denied admittance, by sending a timely mange. His excellency hoped that the magistrates might be induced to reconsider any decision injmoris to him to which they might Imre come. Mr. Scully, B.M. in reply. stated that the only mown why the licenses of King and others were act renewed was that they should be signed by two magistrates, and there was curly one on the bsse.h when they were brought forward. He adds that King obtained a renewal of his license at Clouborr Petty Seesioss on the 3rd inst.—Dulgin Daily Smrar. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 10.—The Mitt Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy Commit. for Tiede have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affoire a oopy of a despatch from her 'felony's Charg4 d'Affaires at New Graasdr. a decree re. costly issued by the President of that republic, requirisg the pementetion of certified invokes of all merchandise im ported into New Graisada, &translation of which is published in last night's Gazette. BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, Nov. 10.—The Right Hon. the Lords of the Committee of Ptivy Council for Trade have remised from the Secretary of State for Fasten Affairs a copy of a despatch from her Majesty's Charge d'Affaires at Buenos Ay ma, enclosing the todowurg traosimion of &decree passed by the Argentine government on the 23rd September last : Air 1. AU vessels coming from ports where Argentine commis have hen named, moat have their manifesto raid in proper rescuer by such consul, under pain of paying double the corsolar fees, the some to be recoverable at the customhouse, one half to be devoted to the national revenue. and the other half gives to the proper cansuL Art. 2. Th 4 s fine of double fees above men timed will be pot in force four months after date of this decrees,' recovering in the meantime only the usual fees end by Art. 8 of the law 7th No vem b er , 1882 . n& BOARD 01 TRADE, WHITIRALL, NOV. 10.—Yhe Right Ron. the Ler& of the Committee of Privy Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of &ate for Foreign Affairs • eopy of • despatch from her Majesty's Consul at Madaparer, reporting that the duties and metric. ties/ applied to articles Imported into and expected from that Wand, duriog the r: of Queen Itanavale, bare base in force from the 18th of timber last, and @Wise that the following i s the mile customs, he., duties: —On all imports except merits 10 per cent. in kind ; spirits, 334 pa cent. On all exports 20 per cent.. ad valorem, of which 10 per omit. may be deducted from the vendor of prodoce, but the whole is recoverable from the shipper. Tz . := dues are charged according to the measurement of 6d._per toe register, and Is. per foot of draught. —Gazette. DITTIES ON CHINESE EXPORTS. BOARD OF TRAM WINTINALL, NOV. 10.—The Right Honourable the Lads of the Committee of Airy Council far Trade have received from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs • copy of • despatch from her Majesty's manatee in China, reporting that the Chinas enrolment tam provided that in wee. where due notice is given to export within twelve months, produce ht down the G rea t Ri ver to Shanghai, the half duty paid broug therein shall be refunded if the marks, packages, amounts and weights are found by the Chine* customs authorities to eorrespood with those ori ginally entered in the hooks, and if such produce is exported within the twelve month. now allowed in lieu of the three months hitherto granted.—Orizene. &ATMS HIRING& —The Yorkshire Society, esta blished two years ego, is making a third effort to .opplaut the aosfemedly bad system of hiring farm and other ger. vast., especially girls, in statute hinges or fain. he the agricultural distr ic ts three Saturdays or other market days preceding Martinmas have hitherto been regarded as statute fain., whin hundreds of servants of both sexes have assess. bled is the market-please. Too frequently 1100•18 of doe and debauchery have resulted. The society sow formed provides the largest halls or rooms obtainable is the various towel. as registries, to which female servants and mistresses are invited, transactions costing the servants nothing. Fire and shelter the society provides free, and refreshments are supplied at the ban cost of the provisions. The society WY pretty sueosedul last year, and it is hoped eventually to abolish the evil. of statute s in open Diastole. MEXICO. PARIS. Nov. 1L Official despatches received here from Mexico an nounce that General Bazaine was preparing, with a column of the expeditionary force, to march on the 20th October to attack Jtutrees army, which was concentrated between Queretaro and the Ban Juan River. PRUSSIA. BERLIN, Nov. 11. Letters received here from St. Petersburg of the Bth state that the Grand Duke Constantine and his consort, coming from Livadia, in the south, upon their way abroad, will peas through Austria. L LID. W. LI X. Q. L Z. & Nairn abemlima 26 36 1 W.N.W: I 24 b Leith 2940 11 W.N.W. 24 b 53114134 t= .36141 2 W.B.W. 24 0 28 4 &MTh Galway Valenti& Querostows Liverpool 114Iybpad Pembroke 29.28 431 N.N.L 30 0 1.07 hamacel . Brat Meant ST 44. W. i II r 0.47 tochetort ... GO 48 LW. I 116 0 11.21 ftmoutb Weymouth .184t &L 14 r 0.40 Portimouila %kw VII & 14 r 0.28 Leadon Dover 43 01 L&Z. SO f 0.16 Yarmouth— 46 SS, W. 22 al Heligoland ID 0 EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom 001 OWN OOLIZOPONDENT.) PARIS, TUESDAY levaarngo. In 'the Corps Legialatif yesterday DL Em;le 011ivier formally announced the determination which I told you the opposition had come to not to raise the question of the inoompatibility of railway directors to sit in the house. As his short speech is very important, and may escape notice amidst the verbose report of mere formal business in the Moniker, I send you a translation of it. He said, apropos of the election of M. Lacroix St. Pierre for the Doubs : Ido not oppress this election, although !M. Lacroix St. Pierre ia a railway director, sod it has bests argued elsewhere that such a position is incompatible with the functions of a deputy. II is for the dignity of the house that an objection of this kind having been strongly insisted on out of doom should be distinctly answered here. Now, in my own name, and in that of several of my colleagues, I am here to express an opinion that this pretended ineompati. bility does not exist. The argument is that At 1. 81 of the law of 1849 is not expressly repealed ; and that Art. 2of the decree of 1832—which oil► io a general way repeals all former laws inconsistent with itself— loss not affect this law of 1849. It is further urged as a matter of public policy, that there is something repugnant in a deputy being entrusted in that character with the duty of overlooking himself in the character of a director of a company privi leged hi the state. I do not deity that there is some thing in this worthy the oonsidetatioo of the legislator—if not with regard to railway directors. at Last with regard to government contractors. But we ham not to make ► new electoral law at this moment. And, dealing with the law as it stand., we think it clear that the law of 1849 is repealed by the deems of 1852. Art. 26 of that decree says that all electors 25 years old and upwards are eligible without any couditioe of domicile. This positive enactment evidently does away with all anterior iocapacities. lam happy that the opposition has bad the opportunity at this out first sittiog to show by as act what is the attitude it means to mums in the chamber. That attitude will be either annoying or violent (taquine us emportte), but on the contrary, loyal and high-mioded ; for we feel that one of the privileges of tight prioriples is to have no need to resort to equivocal and blamable means. This speech was marked by loud applause from all parts of the house. News has, however, transpired this evening that one of the bureaux of which MM. Minis and Pi card are members does not take the same view as M. 011ivier of the decree of 1852, as having repealed all incompatibilities not expressly mentioned in it. This bureaux, by a majority of 12 against 8, is un derstood to have voted that the Marquis d'Avrin court, one of the Emperor's chamberlains, is, on account of his office, incapacitated from sitting in the chamber. This case must come before the whole house, which, there can be little doubt, will overrule the report of the bureaux. The Prance announces that Prince Metternich had an interview with M. Drouyn de Lhuys at pre cisely two o'clock this afternoon ; but, unfortu nately, the Pays, better informed, states that the report of the arrival of this diplomatist in Paris was premature, and that he is not expected till this evening, "or to-morrow." The France, you will observe, is in too great a hurry to confirm its own theory of au alliance between France and Austria. SIMISDAT. d• 11111 VILMAT. N. to W. and then to Noiniaait. Z. to N. and W., a rte,iao7r Or awkward. strong to • gale, with falL W. to 8, and B . E, • Wlar Coasts, NW. to N.W. and to r. 2 rainy, mow in- N.K, plas,w.th nip or mow. B.K to . 8.W., strong to SoOTECoartn. S.W. to N.W., galas, a gale, with rain. rainy In placis. As lent above. BouTH.F.Atrn S. W. to N.W. and N., strong, rale at thaw Drum on all coasts DU WodoestAr: North-Zast=Qtlthness to Lincoln. Weet=Dowatal to Corn wall. bouth=Dighth Chanel and Biscay By Comma Heath- Eastwatreit of Dover to Lincolnshire and Heligoland. B.—Barometer corrected snd reduced to 22° at half tide level. Loh ten feet, of vertical elevation, cousin,/ about one hundredth of an loch tummy:son . and each ten degrees, above 22., caus ing nearly three hundredths INCRKASR I.—Exposed thermo meter in shade. o.—Difference of wet bulb (for evaporatlog and dew penal. W.—Wind, direction of ;rani—two points LOJT of magnetic). F.—Force (1 to 12—estimated). X.—Extreme force since last report. Q.—gamier whence airman force (N i 9 32=N , . I. : b.—blue sky; c.—clonds (detached ; f.—fog . . L—lightnlng; m.—minty (hary; ; o.—ove rcrcaasstt (dully r —rain , s.—snow; t.—thunder. P.= Ealn-fall, snow or hall (melted), sines last report S.—See disturbance (1 to li. Z. —Calm. The Miners' National Conference is now holding its session in the People's Hall, at Leeds. Yesterday all the miners' grievances in the different colliery districts were debated, and the meeting was afterwards divided into section. for the discussion of mining topics. Ina collection for the Wesleyan Missionary Society at Liverpool yesterday, upwards of 7,0001. were col lected in a congregation of about 150 persons. The re-appearance of scarlatina among the cadeta of the Britannia at Dartmouth, after an entire ces sation for upwards of a fortnight,has induced Capt. Powell to take the more prudent course of commencing the Christmas vacation at once, by granting leave to all the cadets excepting those whose course of inotruction is just completed, and who will remain fcr the passing -out examination. --- - General Lewcbine's orders about female costume at Warsaw read like a page out of the Journal des Modes. Here is a specimen :—" The boonet must be worn at mixed colours, or, if black, must be set off with Bowers sad ribbons, but not white ribbons. Whit* or black feathers is black hats ire forbidden. Black cloaks may be wore if lined with any colour but black or white. Black gloves, veils black or black and white, umbrellas, shawls, handker chiefs, or burnous., are stri:tly prohibited.—By order, Lswcanos" 31. Jules Fevre has been obliged to excuse him .elf for not taking part in the first labours of the French Chamber, in consequence of being confined to has house by indisposition._ . - _ We read in Galignani :—" Mr. Hall, an English man, has been received at the French bar. He is the second now practising in Pula A knowledge of the English language has become nursery to barrister, in Paris in con• sequence of the numerous commercial u well as criminal cues in which Eoglish interests are engaged." A St. Petersburg letter mentions that the armour plated frigate Sebastopol has just been Lunched at Cron stadt with success. She Is to carry engines of 1,000 horse power, and will be armed with 3g rifled guns. The Sebas topol is covered with iron plates throughout. On the stooks from which she has just been launched soother vessel of the same rank, to he Galled the Emperor Nicholas, is about to be kid down, and will, it is expected, he ready for Lunching in the spring. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS.-(THIS DAY.) From inquiries instituted this morning, it appears that the murderer, Hunt, and his unfortunate family were well known in the district in which they resided. Until within the last three years, when they removed into the house, Anne Cottage, Wellington-road, Hunt carried on bushier as a book and music seller in a shop at the corner of Warner-road, Camberwell New road. His manner was then considered peculiar end re served, and it was to his somewhat repelling manner that the failure of the business was at the time attributed. The shop was an agency office for governess'. It may be men tioned theist that time be certainly worse black moustache. He was considered to be a well-conducted and religiously disposed man, but his wife bore a different character. Upon the failure of the bookselli•g business, he became • sort of traveller to a chemist, and it is stated, on what appears to be good authority, that he had been formerly keeper of a chemist's shop. In his house in Wellington road one of the rooms was turned into a sort of l►boratory where poisons of different kinds were kept. The family were generally remarked by their neighbours in Wellington. road as being moat mysterious and peculiar. Mrs. Hunt was notoriously given to habits of intoxication, and it was even saidto worn Mr. Haat conducted Wmself respectably, 1 1 and his singularly reserved manner and apparent unhappi nese was attributed to the conduct of his wife. The • iodow blinds were kept down for days together, and the door was rarely opened except on the chain. Quarrels between Hunt ' 1 and his wife were of frcquent occurrence. About 12 months ago Mrs. Hunt remarked to • neighbour, " You would not know my husband now ; he has shaved off his moustache." Tbere is bat little doubt that the fact of the moustache making • marked differeoce is his appearance sounded to him the idea of putting on a false moustache before going on his murderous tide last Saturday evening. On Monday night about eight o'clock, two hours before his capture, Hunt went into the Tiger Tavern, at Comber well-park, where be and his unhappy wife had frequently been before. He appeared perfectly ealfliosaeseed and un disturbed, but reserved, as usual. He called for and drank • bottle of soda water. He was always very abstemious, and."eearly • teetotaller," forming in that respect a marked entreat to his wife. While Hunt was standing ►t the bar drinking his soda water, • gentleman with • black mous tache, end answering in every respect the police description of the murderer entered the house and jocularly remarked that "he wee suspected of the cab murders and he sup posed that it would be a cliokiag business with him." Whether Hunt heard the remark does not appear certain, bat he soon after left the house. In less than half-an-hour a policeman ran in out of breath and quite pole, and said to Mr. Hubble, the landlord of the Tiger, Mr. Hunt was dying, poisoned, at the police station, and that he wanted hot water for an antidote. Mr. Hubble, thunderstruck at the news, took the necessary remedies across to the station, where his late customer was expiring in dreadful agonies. He had evidently walked straight from the public-house to his house, and wee about to go to bed when the police knocked at the door. It is supposed by the police that he discovered who was at the door, and on his way does stairs he turned into the room where the poisons were kept, and swallowed the aconite. One of his first remarks to the in epectors was, " I feel I shall die. This is a queer sensation." Bemired that Dr. Puckle should be sent for, it is 'apposed merely because th►t gentleman lived a few hundred yards farther off than other doctors, and he hoped thus to gals time for the poems to act on the system. When the anti dotes were first administered, he resisted as well se he could, and much time was lost in co sequence. When unconscious ness was coming on be was vigorously pinched, and as that proems apparently revived him, up to the last moment it was thought that his life would be saved. Two policemen patrol the front of the house, which is locked up, and so perm is allowed to enter it. The house is situated within a few hundred yards of the spots where the mounters Greenacre and Good murdered and then muti lated the women with whom they cohabited. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings in B!peo.—(Bks• Lail Filhid Irtii• Osokbars, iad Justices Wightmao, Blackburn, sad Make.) • • This was crown•paper day. THZ LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY (AN. rattatrre) r. THE OVERSEERS, &C., or casirocc (ag. SPONDENTS). This was a question of rating. The appellants are the lesser in perpetuity of the Cannock Mineral Rail. way Company, running between the Trent Valley and the South Staffordshire Railway Compeller, and acting as a feeder to the London and North Western itaihray Company. The portion of the line in Cannock pari a h was 21 miles long and was equal to 35 scree of land. The parish had rated it at 3254 12a. The gross receipts were 143/. 6.. 9d. per mile, or 3584 6.. 10d. far the 21 The sapiens of working, indepenleet of the rent of station., ho., amounted to 3221. 18e. ed. per mile. making for the whole length of Rue within the parish, 8071. ss. 10d. That part, therefore, was worked at a lose. Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. Staveley Hill were counsel foe the appellants ; Mr. Me ll ish, Q.C., and Mr. Davis, for th e rernoridente. The respondents contended that the appellints ought to be rated according to the rent paid after 'Movie); certain deductions, though the company had taken the hoe at an exorbitant not to prevent opposition. The appellants con. tended that the line in question mast be taken se an in. beg& Fart of their railway, and the rating ou the principle of the value of • fair rent in the particular parish, sad the preportioasba earning of the 2i miles es a feeder to the maim line. By itself it was not worked at a profit, nor was it a profit to the London and North Western Railway Cor e . patty. Another point yes urged oe behalf of the appellants, viz., that if they wore to be rated for profits for traffic brought by the portion of line in quertion to the main hoe, bow mush were they entitled to deduct for traffic brought by their line on to the Cannock line. The great difficulty wee how to aecertain the value. Yr. Jostles DisTeltbaTiesidhe thought it would be much cheaper for the railways and parishes if official valuers wer e appointed to assess the proportions to be armed by sack pariah. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn said all the difficulties in these oases had arisen from the adoption of the parochial system al rating, viz., the earnings in the respective whims. Mr. Bovill said the rs r io at a rating by mileage which was adopted till 1856 was the most aim e. The appellants were will ing to consent to • value of 4N. per acres, arable lead. The Court ultimately referred the cue book to the &Mi. Muter to ammo it at a fair yearly rent. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary. ) POLLOCK T. POLLOCK, DZANT., AND NC ■AMARA, THZ QUlree Dr. Sphaha, for tie" - . — Proctor, moved that this petition be dismi.sed. The case had already been trued, and a decree alit obtained; bat the Queen's Proctor had intervened on the ground of mansion and 000 donation. The Judge Ordinary directed that the case should be placed up= the new cause list which m to formed, a list namely of cases which stand over sins die. The applica tion to dismiss must be made in the regular coarse on motion day. SMITH D. MOM AND GOODWIN. This was heard coos, aid it stood over for the pro• duction of additleaal widows. _ _ Mr. T. Salter (with him Mr. Searle) now called a Triunes named Pelham, who stated that in 1860 the respoodset lodged with bar. At that time elm (respoodsot) was liriog apart from her busload, though be oemidoeally called to give her mooey or to pay her rent. She was, however, frequently rioted by another person who once paired the eight with her. She had but one room. Mimeo threatened to acquaint the petitioner with her conduct, and she left in about a fortnight afterwards. Some other witness were also zoned to show the general profligacy of the respondent's character. Decree nisi, with cost, against the co-respondent. ?lOW V. MOW BOBBIES, AND DAVIZIS. Dr. Stinks for the petitioner. On the 30th of November, 1835, Joesph Trow, a mechani cal engineer, in the employment of the Earl of Dudley, at the town Irmo which the noble lord takes hie title, meniod Eliza Burgess, and had by her eight children, fire of whom were still living. About twelve yein ago the respondent quitted her husbaod, and wait to live with Philip Hobbies, an overseer of the roads, by whom she had two or three other children. She then left him, and became the concubine of the other co-respondent ; but after • time she returned to Hobbies and was still living with him. BOOS* this reconciliation • constable of the parish had sated Hobbies why he did not marry the woman ? His reply war, "What the use? She would be off to Davies." She had also committed adultery with another man before she went in the first instance to Hobbies, and her husband had for gives her. Under there circumstances, The Judge Ordinary pronounced • decree nisi, but without costa. SMALLWAN V. BNALLWAN ♦ND GOLDING. Mr. literality Hill for the potit,onsr. Thu was a ease which merely stood over to clear up the question of dates. This having been done, The court made a decree nisi with costs. DZllle T. DINIS.—TWICE DIVORCED. The Queen's Advocate and Mr. Staveley Hill, for the peti tioser. The respondent, though he had put in au answer, did not appear. Jane °etherize Canailly, when • school girl, at • Welsh watering-place, was enticed away by a person named Her row, whom she afterwards divorced for bigamy. On the 30th of hum, 1861, she was married to William Frederick Denis, the present respondent, as • spinster, and she now soeot a second divorce, on the pound of the respondent's ado kay and cruelty. Mrs. Denis said—l was married to the respondent in Lou. don, and we afterwards went to Edinburgh. The respon. dent Was kind to rne for about • week. He then grew cross with me because I would sot take long walks. From Edin burgh we went to Blackpool, where the respondent was very ill from sciatica. He was so ill-tempered and exciteable that his medical man advised me to keep all steel isstruments out of bis way. He used very bad language. In August we went to Leamington, where be played at billiards all day, and he stopped out late at night. In one room he used to fancy that the devil was going round the bed. He was displeased because my mother would not put him into • farm. He said that he had married me for a home, sad that he would go to Australia if my mother would not do what he lathed. In the next month we went to visit his awl° at Peterborough; and from thence to his father's home at Shelford. He was very angry with me. When we were at at a party he would not take any notice of me. On my resin slanting with him he took me by the throat sod struck me violently on the shoulder. In October 1 returned to Leamington, where my mother had had an accident. Hs followed, me on the 11th of November, and stayed with me two days. The result was very prejudicial to my health. i mentioned it to him, and he said it was in consequence his being away from me so long. A short time after that he insisted on my walking home with him from a tea party, although I was very unwell. On the way I remonstrated with him, and he said in a passion that he wished to kill me. Some men came up, and be them walked quietly home. That evening, however, he had a quarrel with my mother. He would not go to bed after it, but be lay on the floor till five in the morning. mining and swearing at my mother. I was with him all the time. On another evening when I was undressing for bed, he began stropping his razor. I asked him if he was going to shave. He said, " No, lam going to cat your throat." I replied that if it would do him any good he must doll; but he threw down his razor and said, " No, it, I can't do it." On another OCESSiOR when he was going to have some soda-water, he said that there was a lot of little devils running round the glass. In fact, be seemed as if he was golfer* from delirium tremens. On Sunday. the 15th of December, be was sulky, and refused to go to church with me ; and at dinner he struck at me with a knife, and tried to cut my band, but he did not succeed. The next day he tried to straogle me in our bedroom. He came up sod threw himself on the bed. Then he seized me by my nightdress and twisted it SO as to send all my blood into my head. At last I escaped and ran down to my mother's. My mother sent fora policeman, who took him away. I wan bodily fear of him, for 1 am sure he meant me some mischief: He was taken before the magistrate and bound over to keep the peace. I lava not lived with him since. The witness was corroborated in all the more material ponies,' of her evidence ; and a confession of adultery by the respondent was proved. Decree nisi with costa. THE LATE BtROLAZT Nitm OXFORD-STREET. —As stated a short time mime, a daring burglary was com mitted on the premises of Messrs. Law, tea-dealers, in New Oxford-street, when property valued at including an iron safe, was carried off. In the mare were dock warrants for tea and mime lames. which of course could sot be die posed of without detection. Menem Law offered a reward for the documents, and recently they received the warrants and 1001S4 through the post-office, bearing the mark of the City. The property restored was worth 100/. CLERILENWELL ALLEGED ARSON IN SPITALTIELDS.—A map BRUTAL ASSAULTS. named Joshua Nash was brought before the magistrates at I jaws Hiltote, aged 29. a labourer, residing at 11, Wood- Manchester vesterday, having given himself up to Soper- stmt. Ki ag r aereaeoeu c h arge d w ith violently awdtisß intendant Andertou, on a confession of having set fire to H u y H ar rW, of 11, Charles - street, Munster square, at premises in Spitalfields in 18 4 11. According to his statement Clerkenwell. he and a Mr. Bateman opened a shop sa drapers in ; The complainant. who appeared in the witnes s - lo on wit h lons, Bacon-street,sil'itallfieldi• They commenced the a very bad black eye , whose forehead was bruised, and who business with about ~ and insured for 2001 . in the San seemed in great distress , said that aloe had known the Fireoffiee. After that he remained one night and set fire to risooer for three years. and he had brought the premises, which were burnt down. The fire also de. ter from the country. and sold and pledged all her things. strived several cottages. They obtained from the fthn-offi andce and bad then deserted her. Yesterday she went to a ho use He .had_ lately been the . ° " mtr y , where the prisoner was cohabiting with a low prastitute , had warn to himself 0, to justice. 10 answer so en d ... e k e d him f or h er c l o th es . H e gave t h em to h er e u.la themagistates,SuperintendentAndertororidhehdwritten one h e ed, sad with the other he struck her • tremeodous to London, and in answer, Mr. Shaw. superintendent of the blow in theism. bruised her forehead, and blackened one London Fire Brigade, informed him that the premises of • of her eyes. The blow WAS given with each force that it firm named Bateman and Nash were burnt down on the 23rd ten d e red her almost insensible. The prisoner then ran July. 1551. The cause of the fire was un k nown a t the time. awa y. but she followed biro and gave him into cuously. The prisoner Laying said that his statement was correct, '. Barker (to the prisoner) -Do von wish to ask the wit was remanded. I sees any questions, or to say anything in answer to the A despatch from Washington to Governor An- c h ew , drew states the quota of Massathaaetts under the new cell 1 The prisoner—l have nothing to say. for volunteers at 15.120 men. Active and liberal measures I Mr. Barker (to the complaisant)—Has the prisoner era ere helot initiated to induce volunteering all over the state. struck you before ? —Roston (U.K) paper. I The oomniaioant said yea, he twice assaulted her yesterday. The Commercial Bank of India has established i Re had three times attempted to murder her, and on one a Munch is San Francisco. occasion he tried to strangle her, and it took three men to THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) I• 100 •11 Iler frie _ . The I rue • k would 1 Mr. E moot 21 The ; The p Eliza &wood Detoeti , sttempl North I pocket! the prim teemed Now-cr We, w COlo pick it people heetetr, --- ibe c •Kr. Berge both ao and COt pockets Sergi si CO watch 1 Mr. peptone ftlfoh a e! 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