The Express. — London, England, 1863-12-04 00:00:00

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TO 001EMPONDIRTE. ,dveettsementi intended for "TieTZWeTe• fades Zemin Taper, roust be at the office, le, Boeyertretrook la Two o 013 the day of publication. COVEN'T-OARDILN. Tars Elamite, BLANCHE DE NYVZZS Hewn W. H. Weiss, H. Corti, A. Cook, A. St Albro, and W. Harrison ; Misses L Prim Hiles, and Heywood—And the 2od Act of THY DESZET FLOVOLL —eonductor, Mr. A. Mellon.—Connsenoi at 7. HAYWARKEr. TAM tnarrAO,SILKE;FETTELS. Mesas. Roue, Farrell, ma C. Mathews ; Mrs. C. Mathews.—THE GOLDEN FLEECE Mr. sad Mn C. Mathews--COOL AS A CUCUMBER. Mr. C . Malbews.—Aad LITTLE DAISY. Mos HAMA LYCIpTIL Tao , E'sissnO, UNCUT BABY. Mr. Wlddloomb and Mist C. Lorton —BILL DMIONIO. • Lon Story. Minn. Fechtu, Broug Bow , Marks, sad Jordan ; Wren Tony, Linaue, sad , sad Mi. Los Mr IMMO, THE Bofni — Mr. J. Taylor, ?sal Malta. aad Mtn*. Ptioa.— THE JEW= OP THE TEMPLE. Mr. Reynolds and MW Z. Mika—And THE GREAT OHM EFITECT. Atm E. Yaroold.—Commence at half-pant 6. MOB WATW AT LONDON DAIWA TAN DAT Morel% 7h. Mai Aftworms. Bh. [Oa TO4tOnow— Molls& Nt Ahanwas. At. 11k. LONDON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4. Tnz Bank Act of 1844 is onoe more upon its trial, and not a few misgivings are entertained as to how it will work. It is scarcely necessary to remark 1 that the rapid action of the Bank directors has produced a considerable sensation in commer cial circles. The Bank directors seem die posed, as in duty bound, to enforce the Act as stringently as Lord Overtone him self could wish. Though the minimum is nomi nally 8 per cent., a still higher rate is charged at the Bank in many instances, while for the ad vances which the Bank makes at this period of the , quarter, and to which the discount establishments are admitted in common with the mercantile public, the charge is 9 per cent. It is still questioned whether even theme high terms will effectually con trol the drain of bullion ; that it will be to some extent checked is highly probable, but 165,000 , sovereigns were yesterday withdrawn for ex portation, and it is understood that large sums will be required for transmission to Brazil in the course of the next few days. Foreign engagements already entered into by our merchants and capitalists mast of course be fulfilled whether the value of money here be high or low. One of the meet favourable events of the moment in its bearing upon the money market is the fall which is taking place in the price of cotton, for, in proportion as that commodity declines in value, the inducement to send out bullion for its purchase abroad must be lessened, and no proof is needed that it is to the bullion requirements of the new cotton countries that the present straitened condition of our money market is chiefly attribut able. Sight must not be last of the important facts, however, that much of the bullion which is being despatched to the new cotton fields goes merely in fulfilment of contracts previously entered into, and that, so far as these contracts extend, they must be complied with, even should the price of cotton here experience an enormous fall. This is one of the chief reasons why the rapid rise in the Bank rate of discount has hitherto failed to arrest the foreign drain, and in this respect the present crisis in:the money market differs essentially from those pre viously experienced. The Bank directors will now probably pause to watch the effect of the rapid strokes which they have just aimed at the evil. An impression prevails that an advance in theminimum to 9 per cent, within the next three or four days— perhaps on Monday or Tuesday next—is quite within the bounds of probability. It is, however, becoming a question of importance as to how far the commercial chime can bear the severe tightening of the screw ; and at periede like the present there is always some danger that they may lose their equanimity, and press upon the Bank to an extent dictated rather by vague apprehension than by actual necessities. In 1847 and 1857 it was the exhaustion of the reserve, and not of the bullion, which caused the Bank Act to be suspended. The present period differs from those, because there is a well-grounded belief that the general condition of trade is sound. Nevertheless, we must not alto gether shut our eyes to one unsound point—the excessive speculation in the cotton trade. The position of this branch of business will now be narrowly scrutinised, and it will be matter for con gratulation if the speculators are able to bear up against their difficulties. Were the amount of cotton bills afloat legs large than it is, the disposi tion to confidence would be still stronger. Mean while, the appearance of the discount market generally is still satisfactory, considering the cir cumstances. Capital does not circulate so freely as cuuld be desired, and the market generally is unsettled, with a considerable degree of irregularity in the rates. The majority of the transactions in good bills yesterday were from 8 to 9 per cent. Instances are mentioned in which offers have been made to discount six months' paper at 7i per cent., without any supply of bills being forthcoming. This may be held to indicate that merchants regard the existing high rates as tempo rary only. That money will be maintained at its present point for a period of six months is, accord ing to all experience, improbable, for crises in the money market, though they may be sharp, are ordinarily of no long duration. THE probability that the railway from London bridge to Charing-cross will be opened for traffic by the let of January next lends additional interest to the various projects for the extension of that line. It should, however, be observed, in the out set, that the opening from London•bridge to Charing-cross will only be a partial opening of the system. The Charing-cross Railway has two great objects, the first of which is to bring the traffic of the South Eastern Railway to a West-end station, with which it has hitherto been unprovided. This object will be accomplished by the opening of the line from London-bridge to Charing-cross. But the second and more important object of the Charing craw Railway, and that from which the share holders expect remuneration, is the develop ment of an omnibus traffic between Charing. cross and the City by trains which will run every five minutes, and perform tho journey within I the same space of time. The large peossoger traffic expected from this mute can only be developed when the new bridge at Southwark is completed, which cannot be forupwards of a twelvemonth tram next January. Shareholders must, therefore, not be misled by anticipations of results from the open ing of the London-bridge and Charing-cross communication. The chief effect of that communi cation will be to improve the traffic of the South Eastern Railway. It will not be until the line is fully opened to Cannon-street, in 1866, that any large results can be expected by the Charing-cross proprietors. In the meanwhile it may be interesting to con eider the ulterior use which is proposed to be made of this communication. The Charing-cross Com pany will themselves propose to parliament in the ensuing session two great plena. The first, which is called the "Charing-cross Northern Railway," is an underground line, which is proposed to be carried from their present station under the Strand to the junction of St. Martin's-lane with Long-acre, where there will be a station. From that point it will pass at the back of Long-acre, on the north side, across Drury-lane to Holborn, where another station is proposed, in the neighbourhood of King-street and Queen-street. Passing under Holborn, the line will run under Great Ormond-street, to the east of Queen-square, and, by way of Marchmont-street, to the east of Burton-crescent It is proposed to pawl over the Metropolitan Railway, but under the New-road, which will, however, have to be raised 6 or 7 feet to admit of this arrangement. After passing the New-road and entering Somers-town, the line will diverge so as to form junctions with the London and North Western, the Midland, and the Great Northern stations. This line of communication is said to meet with encourarement from all the great companies which it will bring into combination, and it would no doubt be a convenient arrangement for all of them to be able to send on and receive passengers from Ruston, Agar-town, and King's-cross, to so convenient a centre as the Charing-races Railway station. The great object, however, which such a line would subserve would be that of local traffic. Such a line would afford • direct communication between the northern suburbs and the west end of London, as well as with Lambeth and other places on the south side of the Thames. The cost of making this communication would no doubt be great, but a direct line between Charing-cross and the Northern Railway termini seems to be an object worthy of accomplishment at almost any cost. The second line promoted by the Charing-cross Company is called the Charing-cross Western Rail way. It starts from the Lambeth side of the rail way at the point at which the London-bridge line will join the South Western ; and, running parallel with the South Western to Lambeth Butts, it will there cross to the north shore of the Thames, be tween Milbank Prison and Holywell-street, West minster. From this point the line will pass by the Westminster Scholars' playground to the Victoria station, and from thence it is proposed to carry it through Chelsea and Kensington, to join the Ken sington Railway, and from that to the Hammer smith Junction. On the north side of the Thames, this railway is proposed to be carried chiefly under ground ; on the south aide, it will be on a high level. The main object of this line is to establish a direct communication between the City and the Western suburbs of the metropolis, and it is one which could be accomplished by this route without the additional wet which would have to be incurred in making another line of communication between Charing-cross and the City. A number of projects are promoted with a view to connect the City and the West end by means of the Thames Embankment ; but as the Charing-cross Railway, when its line is perfected, will afford a communication every five minutes between the desired points, it seems scarcely necessary to incur the expense which would follow the construction of a railway either along or under the Thames Embank ment, and by the line of the new street from Blackfrinrs-bridge underground to Cannon-street. A Thames Embankment line, it is to be observed, could not be upon a level with the stations at Charing-cross, Blackfriars-bridge, orCannon-street, whilst the Western line proposed by the Charing crawl Railway might run into every station between Hammersmith and the City. These are the lines promoted by the Charing cross Company, under the auspices of their own engineers. There are, of course, other projects, such as the " North and South London Junction", described in the Express some weeks since. It proposes to bring the Tottenham and Hampstead Junction Railway from the Holloway-road to Villiers-street, Strand, very much ou the same gradients as the Charing-craw Company propose to communicate between the north and south of the metropolis. The "Metropolitan Grand Union" we have also described. It is an underground line from Kensington to the Victoria station, and thence beneath Victoria-street to Westminster-bridge, where it will avail itself of the Thames Embank ment, and so pass into the City to a junction with the Blackwell Railway. The same route is followed by a branch of the "Metropolitan District Rail way," and by the "London Union Railways," the vast schemes of which we shall have to speak here after : but all these lines are subject to the disad vantages already described as attending the use of the Thames Embankment. " The Paddington and Charing-cross Railway" is an underground line devised to run from the Great Western Railway, at Paddington, across Hyde-park, the Green-park, and St. James's-park, to the Thames Embankment, at Whitehall, where it will also form a junction with the Chariog•croes station. This line is said to be favoured by authorities connected with the Great Western Rail way Company ; but it appears impossible to sup pose that the Crown will allow a line of railway to be constructed under the parks and in such close proximity to several of the royal palaces• Another scheme, which will probably prove equally visionary, is called the Thames Viaduct. It proposes a high level railway from "the third pier of Westminster-bridge on the Middlesex side, to the second pier of London-bridge on the City side." This line is actually proposed to be carried over all the bridges between Westminster and Lon- don. Such a proposal would create great astonish ment if it were new. Strange as it is, however, it is one of a class of projects which have been before the public on previous occasions, and of which the promoters appear to become the more fond the more frequently they are rejected ; in accordance, appa rently, with the same law which induces parents to attach themselves moat warmly to those of their children who are least admired. It may be observed of this line that, even if it was possible to construct it, it would only effect what is already accomplished by the penny steamboats ; and that there would evidently be a great difficulty iu getting the pas- I senger traffic of such a line (to say nothing of fuel for its engines) from off the bridges with which it j would communicate. gbt Court. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 4, 18611. WINDSOR CASTLE, Dic. & The Berl and Collates§ of Clarendon and Lady Constance Villiers, the Right Hoe. E. Oardwell, and Lieut.- General Se Harry Jones, arrived at the Castle yesterday. In addition to the above the dinner party consisted of the Crown Prince and Princess of Prussia and Princess Helena, Lientenast•Oeneral Hoe. C. Grey, Dr. Hohmann, and the _ _ . . . Ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting on the Queen and the Crown Prince and Prineess. The Queen, accompanied by the Crown Prince and Prin. oses at Prussia, walked and drove in the grounds this mining• The Right Hon. E. Cardwell bad an audience of the QUO". Lord de Tablet' has succeeded Lord Cremorne as Lord in Waiting. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council sat yester day. An appeal from Canada, ••Brown v. Gni'," was commenced. The Lords present were Lord Kingelown, Sir J. Coleridge, and Sir E. Ryan. Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam bridge and the Princes. Mary are still residing at Brighton. Their royal highneesse paid a visit to the Duke and Ditchers of Richmond at Goodwood Park on Tuesday. The Earl and Countess of Derby have enter tained the Earl and Countess of Wilton, the Earl and Comte= of Dalkeith, Lord and Lady Skelmendale, Lord and Lady Cecilia Bingham, Colonel the Hon. James and Mrs. Macdonald, and a select party at Knowsley Hall, Lan reahire, during the week. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge was prevented by Mous from joining the Party- . The Earl and Countess of Lincoln left town yes terday afternoon for Dover, oa their way to Nice, to pus the winter. EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION. The soirée, which is an annual feature in the operatic= for the extension of the principles of the easecia- Moo, came off yesterday evening at the Queen's Ocalissrt Rooms, Hanover-square, and was attended with its usual surcees. The entertainment afforded by addree see from popular speakers who are amongst the Mei& of the move ment has on former occasions been agreeably relieved, end the attraction enhanced by selections of music, but last night was introduced a choir of 200 voices, composed of assistants of both sexes from the different retail houses, afford ing, as the chairman (Lord Radstoeic) remarked, • practical illustration of the advantage with which the hours saved from business were employed. The manner in which the selections were rendered exhibited • good deal of talent as well as study, and received well merited applause. These who had to supply the leas at tractive part of the programme, though placed in an un favourable position—introducing old arguments between selections of well executed music —thoweded in commend ing attention and in contributing not • little to the maw mist of the evening. Addresses were delivered by several gentlemen, locket. iag some employers. THE STORM. TENET, THURSDAY NIGHT. At daylight this morning, the weather being moderate, several cod boats went off to their fishing line. as usuaL Soddenly, about 9 cm., it came on to blow a very severe gale of wind from the N.N.W. The layer fishing boats managed to reach the harbour before the height of the gale, but two of the small boata were obliged to let go their grapnel, and gradually drove to leeward. It soon be came evident that unless prompt meastires were taken the boats and their crews would be lost, and the Taub' , lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was therefore immediately launched to their assistance. The lifeboat made sail, and suoescied is getting the crew of three men of one of the boats on board. In the meantime the smack Emma, with ten hands on board, seeing that the lifeboat had gooe to the Name of the crew of the tut furthest leeward, gallantly steered off and suogeeded in rescuing the crew of the other &hie; boat. Tile lifeboat wu repotted to have behaved most satisfactorily. The coat of this lifeboat was presented to the institution last summer by F. Magenis, Esq., of the Royal Thames Yacht Club. SWANSEA. THURSDAY NIGHT. It is blowing a very heavy gale, and the new lifeboat, receotly stationed at Swansea by the National Lifeboat In stitution has been launched in reply to signals of distress to the assistance of the barque Mk* of Northumberland, Lien with copper ore, which non shore at the entrance of our harbour. The tide is still falling, and at present the crew of the vessel are comparatively isle ' • but when the tide rims again it will be night, and with the violent gale cow blowing, they will be in great danger. The lifeboat is therefore in attendance on the vessel, in order to bring off the crew if required. It is supposed that the barque is ba g s& EASTBOURNE, THURSDAY Nunn. Yesterday monde% during very wild weather two mall fishing boats went o ff to fish. Whilst thug engaged a has gale sprung up from W.N.W., during the distress,nee of which one of the boat, hoisted a signal ofupon which the lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution stationed here was at once launched with a view of ren dering assistance, but before reaching the scene, however. both boats had been driven many miles to leeward, and ultimately ran ashore in safety. HOLYHEAD, THURSDAY NIGHT. We have had a most disastrous day here. Several ve4- eels are ashore in the bay, and it is feared that all will be wrecks. What is wane, we have had great loss of life. The lifeboat of the National Lifeboat Institution was out this morning trying to afford succour, but the wind end sea completely mastered her, and compelled her to return to the shore.-5 p. to.—The lifeboat has gone out again to see what can be done for the disabled seamen ; but it is feared that the continued violence of the storm will prevent suc cour being afforded to more than one schooner which has a signal of distress flying. WRATH= REPORT. -(THIS DAY.) 1117/IAT, Doman 4, 8 a.m. kD. W. 1. xi Q. 11. R. 8. Nairn 19.00 441 3 W.N.W. 68241 c 2 Aberdeen 29.87 411 11 B.W. 2 6 3/ b 0. 2 30. 13 2 W. 3 6 22 00. 3 &WI& 30.11 41 2 N.W. 2 3 28 e 0.441 6 Searlsomugn 30.11 31, 2 W. 310 U b 1. 4 Gawky —— - - - - - Zommetown 23 46 2 B.W. 6 9 29 00. 3 Roblmed Pembroke W.N.W. 6 9 28 c 0.11 6 home* . 3 W.N.W. 1 9 28 e O. 3 Brea 30.6166 8 N.W. 6 8 24 e2l 7 20.61117 0 N.W. 3 7 36 e 5.12 5 Plymouth ..‘.7 130.4244 — W. 10 U — 0 W uth _424234 7 W.N.W. 3 10 28 b 0.07 3 30.U4.1. 7 W.N.W. 611 26 e 6.664 Dram 1 10.28 33, 1 W. 11 as COI - Dow Yeneesik...- 1 211. - 19112 1 W.N.W. 0 12 26 b TIOLUILIS SATURDAY. OR TKO SUNDAY. N.W. to N.W. and to Notra-ILA= lenseitted, equally, &1.. gales, with to. some snow or rain. Servals, snow or mkt W. to R. and R. F., Win COMBS. R. E. to N.E and N .W., strong gales at places, strong, unsettled, tome rain, or snow rainy. inland. N. N.W. to N.E. and to sonacoans. B.E. to R.W. and N.W., 8.E., strong, clear, unsettled, strong, then rainy. rainy and im N. to K and R.E , 800TH- Easy . E. to 8. W ., strong, fresh to strong, clear, unsettled, some ram. then squally. North-Bist=tlithness to Lincoln. Wost=Donegal to Corn waX Pouth=Eoglish Channel and Biscay Bay Comte. South- Bast.wlttralt cd Dower to Lincolnshire and Heligoland. Mr. W. Williams, M.P., will address his consti tuents at the Horne Tavern, Kennington, on Monday even ing next. Sir John Lawrence Lan appointed Dr. Charles Hathaway, who, an Inspector-General of Prisons in the Puojaub, laboured with much success in ameliorating the state of the gaols in that province, to be his private secretary, THE RAILWAY ACCIDENT AT STREATFIAIE—Yes , terday, at the Sheriff's Court, Red Lion-square, three special juries were empanelled to award compensation for injuries received by three persons arising oat of the Streatham acci dent on the Brighton Railway in May last. The first case taken was that of " Prime v. the London, Brighton, and South Coast Railway Company," in which the damages were laid at 1,0001., and the company having allowed judgment to go by default, a writ of inquiry ender the direction of Mr. Coder-Sheriff Burcbell was executed to assess the amount to be awarded. The plaintiff was 22, sad had been two years in the army, haring previously bean a sawyer. He was thrown under one of the carriages, and remained until it was raised by a acrewjack. When the carriage was removed he fainted away, and had been eleven weeks in the hospital en Rochester-row. Several of his ribs were broken, and the eoveriog of the lungs injured. It was alleged that he had been permanently injured. The jury in this Lase aseemed the damages at 3101. lo the case of William Lewis against the Brighton Company, in which the damages were laid at 1,000/., the damages by consent were awarded at Mt.; and in the other case, Edwin Edwards against the company, in which the damages were laid at 4001., a verdict for 1401. was taken. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. DENMARK. RtISSIAN COUNSELS. The /rui•fpradatice states that Prince Gortchakod has proposed to the four other great powers whe signed the Protocol of London to compliment King Christian IX., by sending to him extraordinary envoys on the occasion of his accession to the throne, and to seize this opportunity of declaring that the five powers recognise the integrity of the Danish monarchy, but that they rely also upon the engagements contracted by the late King of Den mark towards the Duchies. This scheme, it is said, has been highly approved of by the French cabinet, who recommend it to Vienna. RUSSIA. A ST. PETERSBURG JOURNAL ON POLISH INDEPENDENCE. The Invalide Buses of St. Petersburg publishes a remarkable article from the pen of M. Hilferding. Zither the liberty of the Russian press must be complete, or this article betokens some change of policy in governmental circles. The Russian journal first examines the situation of affairs and the mission of Russia in Poland. "We have," it is said, " five months of winter before us, and everyone knows how critical such a delay is for the kingdom of Poland. It ought to suffice to enable us to consolidate our rule in that country. But if Poland. remains until the spring in the state of an un subdued prisoner, Western Europe may come to dispute with us for its possession, although it is very oertain that after the struggle it would be a corpse, and not a living nation, which would re main in the conqueror's hands." The Russian writer then asks if it is really an advantage to Russia to keep this kingdom of Poland, which requires the constant employment of force. He says that every Russian who is the friend of his country would rejoice to see the moment when they could honourably renounce the possession of the kingdom of Poland. "We understand," he adds, " that such a determination would be a shameful retrogression in the presence of insurrection within and pressure without, but we impatiently wait for the time when events and political combinations will permit us to abandon honourably and without any constraint a country which detests us, and which declares it wishes never to be reconciled to us. It would be much better for Russia to abandon a pro vince which brings it no profit than to have in it an infuriated enemy and to pass for tyrants and executioners in the eyes of the whole world. The possession of Poland places Russia in the falsest of positions as a Slave power. With what happiness should we retire from it, and what liberty of action would result from this for our national policy !" THE POPE AND THE CONFEDERATES. The Correspondence de Rome contains the follow ing paragraph :—" His Holiness has deigned to give audience to an American deputation from the Southern States charged to place in his august hands an autographic letter from Mr. Jefferson Davis." The facts of the case are stated to be these :—Subsequent to the breaking out of the American war, the Pope wrote circular letters to all the catholic bishops in the Northern as well as the Southern States, exhorting them to fulfil the Christian duties of their office, but to abstain from the expression of any party feeling whatever in the lamentable struggle now existing. President Davis, appreciating these sentiments, wrote a letter to thank his Holiness, and entrusted it for delivery to Mr. Dudley Mann, a Southerner, who has been for some time in Europe, occasionally charged with " diplomatic missions." After an interview with Cardinal Antonelli, Mr. Mann obtained an audience of the Pope, at which Mr. Mann, jun., who acts as secretary to his father, and is skilled in the French and Italian languages, was present. The conviction of the members of the United States Legation, backed by the assurances of Cardinal Antonelli, is that this reception had no official character, and that Mr. Jefferson Davis's letter was merely complimentary. (szurza's REPLY OF SPAIN TO THE CONGRESS PROPOSITION. MADRID, Dic. 3, Emma. The reply of the Queen to the Emperor's letter of invitation to the congress will not be discussed in the debate on the address, which commenced to-day in the Congress. Advioes have been received here from the An tilles. They contain no news of importance. SPAIN. MADRID, D. 4. The steamer Prince Alphonso arrived yesterday at Cadiz, having left Havannah a fortnight ago. It is rumoured that she brings news of fresh dis asters at San Domingo. TH2 COURT-MARTIAL ON COLONEL ORAWLEY.-(IMD3 DAY.) MON 0171 OWN RIZOITIL FIFTEENTH DAY. ALDERSHOT, Die. 4. The court reassembled this morning, and after being in private deliberation for ton minutes, was reopened. Lieutenant-Colonel F. Fitzwygram, of 15th Homers, was called by the prosecutor, and a letter having been produced which the witness acknowledged, it was with his consent read to the court as follows " Newbridae Barracks, Nov. 15,1963. " Sir,—ln reply to your let t er of the 13th instant, re questing information as to the evidenoe which I can give regarding the character of the late Regimental Sergeast- Major Lilley, of the 6th Dragoons, I have the honour to state that I knew the demised well from his entry into the service up to the period of my ex change with Lieutenant-Coloust Crawley. I remember his joining at Nottingham barracks, a month or two after I joined myself in the latter part of 1843, and I never lost sight of him whilst I remained in the regiment. In 1853 be became my troop sergeent-major, and in the summer of 1855, bad the pleasure of recommending him to Colonel White, then commanding the regiment, for the vacant post of regimental sergeant-major. From the dream. stenos of his having been my sergeant-major I con tinued to know end see more of him during his later service than probably I should otherwise have done. I can honestly may that during those many years, whether in the lower grades, or my troop sergeant major, or in his after more important capacity as regimental sergeant-major, he was one of the best men I ever met. With regard to his sobriety, to which point I presume your inquiry is more immediately directed, I believe that my intercourse with him from the time be became my sergeant-major up to the time I left the regiment in 1850, was so warrant and so continuous that it is impossible that he could have been addicted to drink without my having some knowledge, or at least suspicion of it.—l bare the honour, &c., (Signed) "W. FITZWTGRAN, " oommandiog 15th Hums. "The Deputy Adjutant-General, Hone Guards." Sergeant Lewis Holmes, called by prosecutor, bat not questioned by him, on being crow-examined by Colonel Crawley, mid he posted the first sentries over Sergeant- Major Lille) , on the 2Gth April. Sergeant-Major Cotton did not accompany him, nor give him any order as to the posting of the sentries. Sergeant J. Pilvey cross-examined by Colonel Crawley—l was on guard over Sergeant-Major Lilley on the 4th and sth May, to the beet of my recollection. I never Saw Mrs. Lilley in her bedroom. I maw her walking about the horses. I was on guard again in the mond bungalow on 23rd May. There was a screen across the large room in which Sergeant- Major Lille) , lived. I could not Ka may bed in the room. The sergeant-major slept in the verandah. Troop Sergeant-Major Gerraway cuss-examined--I orderly troop sergeant-major, I believe, four times while Sergeant-Major alley was under arrest. He never made aoy complaints to me. I coupled the quarters in the second bungalow occupied by Sergesat-Major Lilley before he was removed to them. I returned to them after Sergeant• Major Iniley's death. My opinion of those quarters in respect to their accommodation and comfort is that they were u good as say other srgeent.major's quarters in the regiment. I consider they wen cooler than the troop rooms occupied by the *Alien of the regiment. They were so because they had a canvass roof underneath the tiler, which prevented the heat penetrating tluongh intotberoom. When Sergeant-Major Lilley occupied the rooms there were wet mate at the windows, to keep the moms cool. Sergeant. Major Lilley put them up. I saw him daily after his removal to the second bungalow. He never made any complaints to me. I knew him well, and was on very good terms with him. He regularly took stimulants. The liquor he drank was brandy. I knew him one morning in particular to drink seven or eight (Luse of brandy and coda water. I only know from his own confusion that he was in the habit of taking stimulant. the first thing in the morning. He told me in the course of conversation that he always drunk amuck in coffee in the morning. Re-axamined by the Preesetttor—l respected Sergeant. Major Lilley. The Prosecutor—Will the court allow me to ask whether any of the regimental order books are here ; because if they are, I shall be glad to be permitted to look at them, to as if it may be necessary to put them in on the part of the pro , locution . --- Colonel Crawley—Yes ; I have several of them bete. The court directed that they should be put io. Private J. Philbeam, called by the prosecutor, and craw examined by Colonel Crawley—l remember Sergeant-Major Lilley moving from the first to the second bungalow. I maw Mrs. Lilley packing up the momenta in the room. She wu walking about the house and making preparation, far movies. I afterwards saw her take hold of Sergeant-Major Lilley's arm, and walk with him over to the second buoga low. — Rivets W. Malingo eroa•examioed—l was clerk to Ser geant-Major Wakefield. I know of my own knowledge that there was communication held betimes Sergeant-Major Wakefield and Sergeant Barnard, during the sergeaut major's anat. (Ldt sitting.] THE EXTRAORDINARY MANSLAUGHTER IR A MUSIO-HALL. INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.) This morniug Mr. H. Reifies Walthew, deputy coroner, maimed, at the Garrick Tavern, LOILID Commercial-read, the inquiry relative to the del: Thomas Buns, aged 49 years, wbo was killed by a blow from a singer at Wilton's Music-hall, whom he had insulted during the performance. Mr. J. Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared on behalf of the accused, Mr. Peter Malloy, and SergrantPrior watched the case for the police authorities. The proceedings excited much intermit, and the court was crowded. --- Bernard Salomon, said that on the evening of the 25th November he was in Wilton's Muria-hall, in Weßelow square. Mr. MeHoy had been encored twice. and was singing a third song, " The Working Men of England," when the deceased in passing the front of the stage on his way out said, " Shut op." The expression was repeated, and then the singer flung his hat at him. Dimmed up lifted his band nod made use of an insulting observation, and then Mr. Malloy jumped from the stage to get at de ceased. The latter did not strike or shove the singer before he was struck. Witness saw him fall, but the coaiteniation and confusion were so great that he could not see distinctly what happened. By Mr. Lewis—When deoeseed cried out "Shut up," the whole of the audience dissented. and wanted the accused to go on with his encore. After the affray Mr. Malloy got on the stage and apologised to the audience. He said that, although be was • performer, it was hard to stand on the stage and be insulted ; but he wee sorry that he had for gotten himself. James M'llonnell, 102 H, said that he was on duty in the Music-hall: He was called by Mr. Wilton, who said that a man was drunk and causing a clisturbance. Witness went in and found deceased sitting in a room next the stage. He was insensible ; be was flushed in the face, and appeared to have been drinking. Hu wife was with him. Witness assisted to carry him out into the air, and asked his wife whether she would wish for a doctor? She said she would put him in a cab and take him home, which was done. Witness did not know then what had occurred. He did not notice anything in deceased's appearance to lead him to think death was so near. Shortly afterwards • message came from the station-house to take Mr. Molloy into custody. By the Coroner—There was • quarrel going on in another part of the hall between two young men, and that pre- , vented witness noticing the disturbance with deceased. Witness had to take anyone into custody iu the ball before ; he had only sometimes to remove persons. The hall was licensed more than fifteen years ago. If witness had known that an smolt had taken place he might possi bly have taken other steps. Charles Jackson, 4, Shorter-street, Wellclose-sqoare, a mariner, said that he had been sitting next deceased during the evening, and was much disturbed by his noise. He was not sober. A respectable man was sitting there, and was insulted by the deceased, and one challenged the other to go and fight. Witness could not exactly tell which was the challenger. The hall was very full that night. Witness made a remark that there would be a disturbaoce before deceased left the hall. When Mr. Mello y was singing every popular song, "The Working Men of England," deceased shouted out, and some persons told him to leave if he did not like the song. lie them elbowed his way out, and is pussies the stage shouted out again to the singer. The latter was ex cited—any man performing an English and Irish chsracter . would be excited—but he was ether. The whole affair then happened in two or three seconds—in a flash of lightning, in i EXPRESS FROM PARIS• Glow ova oww COI PARIS, THURSDAY EVIDIDDI. The news of the Temps, which in my Monday's letter I discredited—that the Senate would vote the address without discussion—is now universally admitted to be untrue. But it was not altogether without foundation. There was au idea afloat in the lobbies of the Luxembourg Palace that it might be desirable to gag the terrible Prince Napoleon for the moment, under the pretext that the principal questions which could have provoked a debate on the address could have come on more conveniently after the new year, on the discussion of petitions. This rumour was probably connected with the very shortlived idea that the French government, on the rafusal of England to gratify the Emperor's caprice about a diktiatife congress, must necessarily go to war, and that, therefore, silence and blind confi dence would be required from the constituted bodies of the State. There is now, however, no doubt that debates on the address will come on in the usual course both in the Senate and Corps Legislatif. The crippled state of the French press is an excuse for the Tampa—one of the moat respectable journals—giving no explanation of the false—or rather not false, but immature news— which it was the first to publish. I hear that the election for the department of the Nord of M. Boitelle, brother of the Prefect of Po lice, has been annulled this afternoon. The Bourse is without any material change. The tempestuous weather, which promisee to realise some of M. Mathieu de la Dr6me's predic tions, has interrupted telegraphic communications on a great many lima. fact. Mrs. Bunn, recalled. mid that she bed asked for a doc tor to be sent for before she lett the hall to see bow her husband was. He had no disturbance with any other per- son in the ball ; he only asked a person who stood in front of him to let him see. The re-production is promised at the Grand i The Coroner then summed up sod said that although no Opera, Paris, of Itonsini's Moige with Marie-Battu, Villamt, doubt the singer felt irritated by the remark made to him Obio, sod Faure. The stiae•en-srine, includiag the puma° by yidthe deorsed • lly sn t c h b e a sevverelaWd n d etn no sa t justify ' u n ass it as gi t il of the Red Sea, is spoken of as something extraordinary. which cost deceased hie life. As the case sto age od it was one M. Mermet's new opera, Roland d Ronmeasz, is already in of maoelaughter unqueatiomibly. preparatioo, though it will not be played till March. M. The jury returned a verdict of "Manslaughter against and Madame Oueymard are to play the chief Wes. In Peter Melloy for killing and slaying Thomas Bunn." Several of the jury expressed a wish to add to the verdict "' I T' at the same theatre ' &ache " is promised in • that they considered Mr. Mello, acted under greet provoca new ballot by Giormi, a Milanese, and known in Italy for c o . - his Redone—La Mysterts de Paris. I The proceedings then terminated. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. After Terre Sittings at Nisi Prins at Westminster.—((iefor e Lord Chief Juatice Cockburn and a Special Jury.) /LATHER V. LEE AND ANCrTHEI. In this case, which was an action for damages for inj ury to the Deptford Theatre, through the alleged- negligence of the def end ants in constructing the main sewer in front of this building, the jury, after being locked up some boars yesterday, returned a verdict for the defendants. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Bean the Judge Ordinary.) CROST3 V. CROBS LID MOM, THOMAS orranwric.- ISTRAOILDUiAIi CAME. This awe, which tee•lla some of the features 1 the most famous causes oilawas of modem tunes, wee a nit to revok • probate 'rental no long ago as Jely, 1840. Mr. O'Malley, Q.C., and Dr. Spinks appeared for the plaintiff, John Berryhill Cross ; Mr. Berjea•t Ballaatme, and Dr. Deane, Q.C., for the defendants, Hannah and Akesieder Cross ; Dr. Wambey and Mr. Searle, for the irate rinse, Mr. Thomas. Many years ago there lived a watch maker in Charter. honse-eqnsze. He had a large family, wbo were interested in a sum of 14,0001. which bad been left to him by Mr. Samuel Berryhill, who appears to here bean the brother of Mrs. Cross. Mr. Berryhill had left his property in a some. what peculiar manner. He pre Cie Crosses only life tenni. ties, with the right, however, to dispose of the capital given by will. On the 16th of Sept., 1839, one of them, Harriet, died, leaving a share amounting to about 1,0001. In July, 1840, Hannah Cross. • sister, proved in the Prerogative Court a will purporting to bear date five days Way Hu lloes death. In this document she appeared as imemitat with the plaintiff, John Berryhill Cross, but he did not join with her in the probate, but power was reserved to him to do so afterwards it he pleased. As this will was confined to the property held under the will el Mr. Berryhill, • aeterortim grant of ad. ministration became unnemessry ; sad John Cross obtained one for his Meter Hannah. At this time James Cross was abroad. In 1859 be came home and began to make inqairiee about his rights to the family property. He found that the 14,0001. bad been sold oat, and he employed the intervener (who was an attorney) to commesoe mooted ' logs in Chancery. Mr. Thomas edvamed him 1454, sad this with his oasts in the various chancery snits made a debt of 1,2001. or 1,5001., to secure which he gave Mr. Thomas a mortgage upon hie interest under the wills both cd Hr. 13erryhill and of his sister Harriet. John Berrylull Orms now alleged that Harriet's will wasa forgery, and that he bad been induced by the fraud and covin of Hannah Cross to treat the instrument as genuine. The intervener contended, on the other hand, that the will was • good one. _ _ When the cue was called on, there was a somewhat novel contest at the her, none of the learned gentlemen being will log to begin • but sveatually the learned judge ruled that the affirmative ague was as to intervener. Dr. Wambey having addressed the jury, read an affidavit of John Cross, in which he stated that his sisters Mary sod Emma had confessed to him in 1841 that the will was a forgery, and that it had therefore newer bad acted awe. The intervener then swore that is October or November, 1859, John Cries had sent him both dile for partied, and that he had said nothing about Harriet's will being s forgery till after the exectttion of the mortgage. A witness from Doctors' Commove proved that John Cross bad added Kies Hannah Cross in procr ring the pro bate and esetenorom great for his sister. This morning, Mina Mary Cross was examined by Mr. Searle. She said—l am sister of the deceased, and of the plaintiff end defendants. When Harriet died, I had the following brothers and slaters :—John. Hannah, Elisabeth, Emma (Mrs. Bainflaid), Maria, Louisa, James, It a l r i g , " Alexander. My mother did is 1850. Before Harriet'. death all my sister, were living with my mother and me. Maria Louisa died in 1841. I believe my neater* u one of the attesting witnesses to the will is in my writing. I believe that the signature of the other witases is also in that of Maria Louisa. By the Judge—Are you aware what forging a will is! (A laugh.) Do you know that it is a crime! Widest -I baud so in this court yesterday. The Judge—l think it right to caution you that you need not say anything that will criminate yourself. Mr. O'ley—ls the signature of the testatrix your 1 7 111nesa (emphatioally)—l w that written. Whoa I wrote my name I believe my sister Harriet wan not arra I do not remember that 1 our my sister Loofa write her name. There was only John sad Han:et in the room when I wrote my name to the best of my belief. My brother John told me what to writs and where to write it ; I had such unbounded faith in my brother that I wrote what he told me without adds( what were the cootents of the paper. It was only in 10J9 when I received a cruel letter from James, telling me that I had witnessed a forged will, that y rome .• bered what I had done. I don't know in whose writing the body of the will is, but I think it is in Hannah's. I cannot recollect how long it was after my erater's death that I signed it. It wan signed in the dining. room at Chealinnt, where my mother lived. My brother John med to come and see us every Sunday. This wu done on a Sunday, just before diaper. We wer e a ll in the grounds when I was fetched by Mrs. Bamfield. Alexander Cross was alto in the house, bat be was cot present. My brother John and my sister Hannah managed all the asks of the family. Alexander wee a boy ;be was born in 1821, and this took place in 1839, so perhaps wit will be Iwo good as to calculate his age, fort am an old woman, and I really cannot do it myself just now. (A WWI.) My sister Hannah went to Jersey to camps the per. seentioo of John Cress. She bad let that man sell oat the 14,0001., and she wee called on to pay iL I do not know where she is now, I wish I did. Upon my oath Hannah did not ask me to sign the paper that 1 remember. On my oath I have not said so. Dr. Wambey then croso-examined the witoem by perns. don of the court. She maid-1 have not • very good iu• mory. I recollect Mr. Thomas serving . roe with a inibp,rna, and asking me questions respecting a will. I sold him that I m y memory would not carry me book 24 years as regard+ all the particulars. Mr. OVIIIMey submitted that there wee no case in support of the will. . . . Dr. Wambey, contra, contended that there was evidexe to go to the jury ; that all had been rightly done ; the wit. nese Mary Cross having admitted that the attesting signa tures were genuine. It seemed very like a reproduction at the Roupell calm ; and be hoped his lordship would allow it to be (might out " to the bitter end." Sir J. Wilde said that the case was a most extraordinary one, and one in which very slight evulcoce would be sum. cleat to set up the will. The ease niust therefore proceed. Mr. Serjeant Sallantine said that on behalf of the dr fendant he should not interfere. Sir J. Wilde—You must either appear or disappears (Laughter.) If you don't make your speech now you wont have an opportunity. Mr. Serjeant Ballantine— All that I could prove has • ready been proved. Mr. O'Malley ridiculed the idea of the present being like the Reopen case. Mr. Iterryhill had made bis owe will, and, like most people who did so, be had brought upon his estate a hundred pounds of expeca for every shilling which he hail saved by abstaiciog from employing professional advice. The will had bees forged under the impression that unless all his brothers and sisters left their annuities in the same way they would low the property altogether; and as soon as John Crow found out what had been done he expressed his diseatialaction, and Hannah Cross promised him that be would never act upon it ;in point of fact, nothing had ever been paid under it. As to Mr. Thomas, he was an attorney, who, having bees employed io the Chancery suits of the huidly Ito Mr. Cross, the father, bad himself left which was is dispute), had taken the unimial step of procuring a mortgage on every shillip; that Jaye Cross had or could bare to secure bis costs. Toe imagination of Dr. Wambey exaggerate! this into an. other Roupell ease ; but if the will were established it would make no more difference to John Cross than an a nnuity of 61. 1 0. , which, after all, would not depend upon th i s suit. [The case was proceeding wheal our report left.! COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before It,. COCOMialliOoOr Gou'Nara.) to RE H. 11. SPAIOIAII. The bankrupt was an attorney. of Basinghallatreet. This was the adjourned sitting for discharge. The liabilities de 5,4 W. ; no assets. Mr. Thomson, for the assignees , did not oppose.. ,tt s former sitting it had been decided that his opposition did not come within the act, as the creditor was aware of the bankrupt's position when be lent the money. Mr. C. F. Lewis supported. Mr. Lieklater opposed, no behalf of Kr. Lockintet 10 . 1 Mr. Vast, creditors. The bankrupt. is examination, stated that the wipe , . Mr. Abbott, had not sued him before his bankruptcy. 11 d given him several acceptances, the but of which was Ire is July, 1:44. He had signed a declaration of invol eene ! at the suggestion of Mr. Abbott and Mr. Wicks, that bankruptcy was the best thing for him. Had *Delo insolvent since the death of his father in 18.10 ; be reed more mosey then than he did now, he owed at last 2,0001. to clients. Hie means of payment were 1111 future practice nod Ilia wife's income. la May. 1 43, he was behml upwards of 30001.. and he knew .1. His position got graltudly worse until March . 1 , 6 3 . 1 ° May, 1862, he had been employed by Messrs. Lockingtoe_4 l their solicitor, and was instructed to sue &debtor for 4. He received io payment two bills, which he disoniote.l ll . lll his blinkers, and applied the proceeds to his own . 06 The bills were dishonoured at maturity; be Afterwoa received 51/, of some of the parties to the 1 ,1 .'• having paid the money to his banke n when the t o ' became due. He applied the money received from the pa rties to his own use. A balance of 40/. was still due 00 Lockiogtou. A third bill of 2.5/., received on Mel we AIN his He Ira cas PEI Wea Arai E, xi 235,.1 ode is; 3tizii iii;i 5 _ _ I iiinl gr i Ti lOW ..1 Mil al 1 379.1 .. 1 risme for ti LON place the p being tensil BAT, this q; was ►t 114 rt 1 Yost.? oa gni 40s, t, almost the p o price a Eagles.