The Express. — London, England, 1851-05-02 00:00:00

to do, their real aim was not avowed, and the ad- joarnment of the house from Wednesday until Friday was proposed on a different plea. Sir ROBERT ;SOLIS wanted " a mimic holiday."' People wished to enjoy the E x hibi t i on w i t h out being hurried. Very well," rejoined Lord JOUR, .‘ then you may take till six o'clock instead of four, and as the Crystal Palace will be closed at seven, uo one can complain that he has been de frauded of much of his ticket's worth." It might have been supposed that after this friendly pinch in the car the mist' uctives would have desisted from their unreasonable attempt. Hut it appears to have required the arithmetical logic of a division to con vince them that the House of Commons entertained no disposition to rescind the policy which it has so frequently affirmed of entire political equality for men of all persuasions and all creeds. Time enough had already been lost during the earlier portion of the session, and within a week from the expiry of the usual Easter MOM, it seemed too bad to ask for an extra holiday on any of the grounds assigned. In the tumult of other contraverisim embracing a wider sphere and enlisting more numerous sympa thies, the claims of the eons of ISRAEL denizencd amongst us have of late been apparently forgotten. It is evident, however, that public opinion has in no way receded from the point in favour of the perfect and unqualified concession of civil rights, which it bad long since reached. The jealousy of oligarchs and bigots may not be assuaged towards this most inoffensive class of the community ; and party, somewhat at fault for watchwords, may con tinue still to mingle the cry of political persecution for religion's sake with that of protection to agricul nun for sake of high rents. But the mind of the sober, clear-judging, and religious people of these kingdoms has lung since been definitively made up oa the questioa; they wish for no sectarian exclusions or privations, and abolished by their inflexible will they are certain ere long to be. Mr. Newt/M.ITR performed the melancholy part last night of preaching an obsolete sermon to a dead congregation.• It is a singular peculiarity of pro tectionist rhetoric, that it is always delivered wider the apparent conviction that the audience and the orator both belong to a period about thirty years gone by. The looks of unaffected wonder which each antiquated escapade excites in the countenances of the actual listeners, fails wholly to startle the declaimer of superseded saws from his prosaic dream. The occasional cheers with which he is saluted do not strike his cur as ironical ; and he ploughs the sterile sand of decomposed de lusions with as much energy and perseverance as if a real growth and fruition of thought could, once again, follow front his toil. It has ken said by an exquisite critic, that self-forgetfulness is the true frame of mind for a poet or an orator. Measured by this test, nothing can be better than the parliamentary opponents of the Jews; for they never seem capable of being made to comprehend that they live and talk in the year of grace MI, and that laws are no longer made by two hereditary chambers, one nominated by the other, and both sworn to think and act only in accordance with the 'May-nine Articles. Mr. NEW DEGATE'S speech against the second reading of the Abjuration Bill might have done very well in the days of the LIVER roiI. administration, when corn laws were enacted, and Merlons caused little embarrassment to those in power. Hut the admission of persons of every creed. except the oldest of them all, into the legislature, and the rendering about a fourth, or perhaps a third, of the House of Commons practically responsible to the middle class of society for their conduct, renders all such appeals to the nn longer extant religious unity even of professed opinions in parliament, out of place, out of date, and, for all useful purposes, out of the question. The debate, if debate it can he called, was miser tilde in the extreme ; and the division may be and to have been in keeping with the debate. Mr. Got mains repeated for the hundredth time his stock arguments against being liberal and just under any circumstances ur to any body whatsoever. Mr. likurefi enlivened the discussion for half an hour, by reminding the tortes of some unpalatable truths ; but he seemed unto them as one that mocked, and set up Colonel Slummy to answer him by jokes of the most unlaughable sort about the Crystal Palace, and other equally relevant topics. Lord JOHN'S few words Ili conclusion were to the pur pose. and pledged the government anew to the policy of thorough civil freedom for men of all sects and &nominations. Ile believed that the opinion of England was for and nut against this sacred prin ciple; and so say we. In a house numbering little more than half its entire numbers, the bill was read a second time by a majority of only 25- a considerable falling off from last year. The announcement was hailed with ostenta tious glee by the Protectionist minority. With what feelings must Mr. Disievett have heard their cheers! NOTHING so easy 11, 4 to indulge in raillery at the expense of the " Great aggregate meeting of Roman Catholics" in Dublin, and nuike it a handle for in sinuations depreciatory of the intelligence and judgment of the people among whom such a display could be tolerated. But we have read the history of these islands to better purpose. We have studied minutely the local history of Scotland, in particular, fur the find forty years after its union with Eng.: I I land, and we unhesitatingly declare that the politics of the Scotch, who have contrived to pass themselves off of late years as models of sagacity and prudence, were every whit as turbulent, aimless, childish, and we fear we must add as fertile in unprincipled demagogues, as Ireland has been since its union. Habits of practical political exertion, tempered by the external show of deference to high principle, even when the heart is corrupt, are not acquired in a day. The im pressions left upon Insh politicians by a cen tury of an ascendancy parliament, in which two factions of plausible jobbers did their utmost to cor rupt themselves and their countrymen, are not to be effaced but by time. But there is a fund of genial shrewdness in the Irish character, that convinces us the turbid stream will work itself clear at last. If, therefore, we advert to the puerile and bragga docio absurdities of the Dublin meeting of Tuesday, in language more plain than pleasant, it is not to pinder to the anti-Irish prejudices of a certain class of English readers, but simply and sincerely to try if we cannot shame some of the high-spirited, intelli gent, and educated gentlemen, of whom, beyond all doubt, Ireland can boast, out of their habit of coun tenancing such exhibitions, and affecting to sympa thise with them. We put it, unhesitatingly, to many of the gentle men who were present, and who took a part in the proceedings, what fruits can they expect from a shindy that exceeded everything fiction records of Donnybrook Fair ? Poor Mr. Jon O'Cotssem. was in imminent danger of not having life enough lett in him to die on the floor of the House of Com mons. The pathos of his own re-reiterated vow to do so—the mock-heroics of Mr. Sarni O'Brttrzt in the House of Commons' coal-cellar, were cast into the shade by Mr. O'Coxx ELL'S magnanimous vindication of his antagonist, Mr. Lte vs, from the suspicion of having given him the bloody nose, with which, after many interruptions, he presented himself to commence his harangue. " He begged to assure the meeting that the handsome wound which deco rated his faee—(alluding to a bruise on the honour able gentleman's nose)—was not the work of Mr. Ler.vs." The majority of the meeting appear to have been favourable to Mr. O'CONNELL, stiil, it is nut creditable that in a meeting of his own party, the son of the O'CoNNELL should have to struggle for a hearing against a Saxon immigrant through a hail storm of fluty-cuffs? The most unpopular ministry one can conceive need wish for its purposes no better opposition than a party which, in the full consciousness that the eye of the public is upon them, can observe no more decorum in meetings composed exclusively of their own mem oers. And such ebullitions of mere boyish turbulence can starcely injure them more than the puerility of their declamation. There is something transparently un real in the whole of their agitation. They vow that they will vote against ministers, right or wrong, to show their anger ; that they will bite off their own noses to spite their faces. And all the while it is clear as the sun at noon-day that they either cannot or a ill not carry this absurd threat into effect. They cannot unseat Mr. JOHN O'Cosrosia, although he has too much sense to submit to such dictation : they have, indeed., compelled one of the most intelligent and universally respected of Irish members-14r. 4 GIN-40 throw up his seat in disgust, but in lieu lof him they have got an avowed whig partisan, to hid defiance to their commands to vote black is white. Their exaggerated wl • • g about religious perse cution rings as hollow as their anti-ministerial threats. ho man—not the most ultra-protestant—• has whispered a wish to deprive the Roman catholics of one civil or social right. Their property, the free exercise of their worship, their political privi leges, are wassailed. But their priests, or a section of them—have attempted to exact the same implicit obedience from protestants that is yielded to them by their own flocks—they have attempted to trample upon the law (be that law right or wrong) instead of appealing to the legislature for a change ; and this encroachment the protestants arc resolute to resist. Civil liberty consists in the conformity of law to the will of the majority, and in the freedom of the mino rity to assail that law by amument, ridicule, or vi tuperation in order to persuade the majority to alter it, so long as they keep their hands to themselve s This liberty our catholic friends .in Ireland amply • themselves can scarcely deny that th e y possess made a liberal use (not to say abuse) of it. If they would examine their own language and I sentiments, they would see that they are trying to exact from protestants what they certainly arc not prepared to concede to protestants in return. Their own priests and laity have of lute been busy making' converts, yet they denounce in the most unmeasured terms the efforts of protestants in the west of Ire land to make converts from the Romish church. They complain bitterly that protestants do not on all occasions speak in a reverential man ner of things which itomanists hold sacred. Ilas the Tablet, have other Romanist organs in the press and pulpit, been particularly choice in the language with which they assail all that protestants hold dear and venerable ? The right of reciprocal propagand ism is one which sincere religionists of all sects cannot give up: it could be wished that controver sialists would uniformly curry on their disputes in a decorous and loving spirit ; but this is too much to be hoped from fallible mortals; and, assuredly for the punishment of neglect of this Christian duty, neither Romanist nor Protestant have any right to throw the first stone. FRANCE. PARIS, THURSDAY MoaNiNo. The president of the Assembly read this afternoon a decree of the President of the Republic, withdraw ing three bills presented by the government, two of which are without importance, and the other the famous claim of Jerome Bonaparte for ten thousand pounds sterling as arrears of pay. This announcement seemed to create considerable sensation. Towards the close of the sitting M. Baroche, Minister of Foreign Affairs, presented three bills, one for the ratification of the treaties concluded in Sep tember and October, 1830, by Admiral Lepredour with the government of the Argentine republic, and two others opening supplementary and extraordinary credits of 153,0001 r., and 850,000 fr. for the payment of subsidies grintcd to the Oriental government. It is well-known that the treaties now presented by M. Baroche for ratification arc, to all intents and purposes, in substance the same as those which the Assembly refused to ratify last year; and that Hoses has positively refused to admit any important modi fication of the previous treaties. Hence there is ' every chance of the bill incurring the same fate as last year. The Assembly then proceeded to discuss the bill on the Western Railway. The first article is as follows: " The Minister of Public Works is autho ' rised to concede directly to MM. Peto, Betts, Bras sey, Geach, Fox, Henderson, and Stokes, the railway of the west, from Versailles to Rennes, in conformity with the clauses and conditions of the contract annexed to the present law." M. Sautayra developed the following amendment: "The railway from Ver sailles to Rennes, by La Loupe, La Mans, and Laval, shall be constructed by the state. The expenses necessitated by the construction or working of this railway shall be provided for by the means of negotia tions or loans, to the liquidation and payment of the interest of which the proceeds of the line shall be specially effected. A credit of six millions on the budget of 1851 is opened to the Minister of Public Works to complete the terminus at Paris, construct the stations from Versailles to La Loupe, terminate the works, lay down the rails, and buy the materials necessary for working the line. M. de Mouchy opposed the amendment, in the name of the com mittee, upon financial grounds, and dwelt upon the enormous increase of the floating debt, which would, at the end of 1851, reach 700 millions. If M. Du faurc, when reporting on the law of 1842, was right in saying that it was necessary to appeal to private capital, it was far more urgent to do so now than at that time. After having heard MM. Versigny, Magne, and Gustave de Beaumont, the Assembly rejected the amendment of M. Sautayra, and adopted the first paragraph of the first article. The house then proceeded to enter upon the eahier des charges. No further result of importance is expected today. The raker des charges will not be finished; and the Assembly will not return to the remaining clauses of the first article before to-morrow. The committee of initiative met to-day to decide on the motions of MM. Moulin and Morin de la Dr6me relative to the disposal of motions on the re vision of the constitution. Both motions were taken into consideration. M. Godelle has been named re porter. Each of the three leading clubs has appointed three members to confer on the revision question. MM. Be rryer, de St. Priest, and Vatimesnil have been appointed by the Rue de ltivoli ; MM. Mole, Montebello, and Vitet by the Rue de l'Universite ; MM. de Broglie, Bcugnot, and Darn by the Rue des Pyramides. M. Leon Faucher was heard to-day, by the com mittee on the National Guard Bill, in defence of a qualification of three years' domicile instead of one to be placed on the register. M. de Persigny is about to publish a letter on the subject of his interview with General Changarnier. I have not thought proper to send you the ex-parte statements published by rancorous enemies of the President on this subject, which, although guaran teed by names of respectability, have received con tinued semi-official denials in the Patrie. To show how unfair even the best authenticated of these ver- ions, that of M. Chambolle, is, it is now ad mitted on all hands that the expressMn attributed to M. de Persigay, which has made most noise, " L'Assemblee a etc vaincue," ought to be read "La coalition a etc vaincue," which is cer tainly true, although the victory has been of no ggrereaat profit to the Elyste. It is thought that if the fusionists fail in their plan of procuring the triumph J, of Henri V. before 1832, so far from falling back on , the candidature of Louis Napoleon, they will adopt that of General Changarnier. To this point they arc tending, in making overtures to the Orleanista of the regency. According to the present look-out, therefore, the contest of 1832 will lie chiefly between Changarnier and Cavaignac. The representatives are, in the present state of pre parations for the celebration of the 4th of May, a good deal embarrassed how to reach the Chamber, for the bridge of Concord is overwhelmed with water-pipes, ropes, heaps of asphalt, gigantic plas ter legs and arms, which, from the presence of a trident among the rubbish, I suppose are intended to coalesce into the pacific god of the sea. Bonapartist banquets are talked of for next Mon day, the anniversary of the Emperor's death. The police are on the alert to prevent the excesses of the Ileoembrists. The French government has given permission to 113 Hungarian refugees to pass through France, on their way to the United States. It was reported to-day that en 11th democratic bulletin had appeared. A postal treaty has been concluded between France and 'Ninny. According to the convention signed by M. de Montessuy, the French minister at-Flo rence and the Duke of Casigliano , the postage is re duced from lfr, 66c. to 60 centimes, and arrange ments have been made with the steam-packet service to expedite the communication as much as possible. The Monitenr du Soir is to come out under its new , editorial staff on Monday. It is to espouse military interests, and to be a sort of semi-official pendant to the Musiteur de I'AI-flute. After some brisk fluctuations to-day the funds re turned to the same prices as yesterday. The v et closed at 90fr., with a fall of be. ; the Threes, at 65.80, with a rise of 25c. i The Marquis of Londonderry and family left Paris for London this morning. The committee on the budget of 18.52 has pre sented its report on the proposition of M. Benjamin Delessert, for modifying the present regulations of the savings banks. object of the proposition is to bring back those establishments to their true ob ject, which is to accustom workmen and all persons without fortunes to practice economy by giving them the means of rendering immediately produe tire even the smallest sums, and to facilitate the successive accumulation of these savings, which they could not so readily do if the money remained in their own hands. The committee proposes to limit to I,ooofr. the deposits received by the savings bank ; any sum above this fixed maximum must be con verted into Five per Cent. ltentes. The only excep tions to this regulation will be substitutes in the army or navy, who will be allowed to deposit the whole sum they have received, and benefit societies, who may deposit to the amount of B,ooofr. " The depositors to which our attention has been princi pally directed," says the report, " will not suffer by these modifications ; they will only affect those who merely make use of the savings banks to place at in terest for a short time money which they will require at a certain period for their commercial engage ments." ; lhe price of bread in Paris for the first fortnight in May has been fixed at 25c. the kilogramme. The committee on the Municipal Bill terminated yesterday its examination of the chapter on the organisation of the councils of prefecture, and decided upon attributing to these bodies not only the jurisdiction expressly determined and limited by the laws, but a general jurisdiction and one of common law in matters of litigation. A sub-committee, com posed of MM. Dufour, Favreau, Moulin, and Michel de Bourges, was charged with drawing up the amended bill. M. Vatimesoil, as I intormed you yesterday, was chosen reporter. An official communication, in rectification of a report by the Natiusia , , states that a committee, pre sided over by M. Drouyn de l'}luys, has been ap pointed to prepare a set of rules, determining the conditions of admission and advancement in public offices, as regards the department of foreign affairs. A fraction of the conservative party in the Landes, which recently advocated the candidature of M. Guizot, has transferred its interest to the other con servative candidate, General Durricu. It is supposed that M. Guizot will retire from the field, in order not to split the conservative party. The MoniZeur publishes the monthly table of the mean price of the hectolitre of wheat. This is, in the district of Toulouse, Lyons, and Marseilles,l4lr. 73c.; in that of Bordeaux, 14fr. 20c.; in that of Stras bourg, 14fr. 66c.; in that of Paris and Itouen, 13fr. 34c.; in that of Nantes, 13fr. 60c.; in that of Metz, llfr. tide. ; in that of Quimper, 131 r. 54e. The following is the programme of the fete of the 4th May, issued by the Minister of the Interior: At six o'clock in the morning, salvos of artillery will an nounce the opening of theft*. Distributions of alms will he made to the poor of the twelve arrondissements. At two o'clock there will be sailing and rowing matches on the Seine, at which both French and foreign amateurs may compete ; steamers, sailing bea', Chinese junks, and Ve netian barks dressed out with flags, will be la tationed and move about between the Punts National and de la Con corde, and between the latter and that of the Invalids's. Gold and silver medals will be awarded to the conquerors in the jousts, as well as to the masters of those boats aa shall be the best decorated, dressed with rage, and illuminated. On the middle arch of the Punt du la Concorde, and opposite the Pont National, will be raised a pile of rocks, having their base in the river, on which will be a group of figures, representing the genius of navigation, the tritons, and sea horses. In the middle, across these rocks, there will be a tine waterfall, which will play from 10 o'clock in the morning until midnight. The I'a lace of the National Assembly will be decorated with two wings, extending circularly along the quay. A baud of mum will be stationed on the Quay d'Orsay. The church of the Madeleine will be decorated with garlands; between the columns in front will be placed two large symbolical , statues. The fountains on the Place de la Concorde will be surmounted and surrounded with flowers, and a part of the rostral columns on the Place will have similar decora tions. In the avenue of the Champs Elyse°, sixteen sta tute. of national illustrations, as well as masts ornamented with trophies, escutcheons, and banners, will be erected. At the ltuud-Point, iu the Champs Elysee, them will be raised a statue representing France. In the Grand Carte of the Champs Elyse iliftivent games will be carried on. From eight to nine o'clock, a concert will be performed on the Quay d'Orsay. At eight o'clock the por tico of the Madeleine will be illuminated with electric fires. The candelabras in the Rue de hi Concorde, a part of those on the place, and those in the Avenue des Champs-Elysies, as far as the Bond-Point, will be surmounted by luminous stars. The fountains on the place will be lighted and illuminated with Bengal fires, as well as the rostra' co lumns and the statues around it. The Avenue of the Champs Elysies will be illuminated with lamps arranged in garlands; and pyramids of lamps will also be placed iu the Urand-CarM, the Alke d'Anun, and the Coors la Heine. The corners of the Pout de la Concorde will be ornamented with illuminated tripods. Fires of various kinds and Bengal lights will be burnt on the river. The cascade and the rocks will be lighted up with Bengal fires of various colours, as well as the quays both above and below the Punt do la Concorde. On the Seine, between the bridges, will be numerous boats decorated and illuminated. At nine o'clock in the evening there will be two displays of fire works, one on the heights of Chaillot, opposite the Champ de Mars, and the other at the &striae du TrOne. The public and communal buildings, the hotel-de-Mlle, the Champ-dc-Mars, the Quay d'Orsay, and the Barriere du Trone will be illuminated. An ordonnauce of the Prefect of Police has been posted up, containing the measures to be observed to maintain order and security during the Pte. SPAIN. MADRID, APRIL 26. The democratic party, which held a meeting in the Teatro de Variedades, has just published its electoral manifesto, which closes by proclaiming the following principles :--1. Universal suffrage. 2. Inviolability of fundamental rights, as domicile, right of meeting, &c. 3 A single legislative chamber. 4. An elec tive council of state. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 2, 1851. PORTUGAL. A telegraphic despatch from Lisbon riri Paris, states that the garrison of Oporto joined the Duke Soldanha's insurrection on the 24th ult. Saldanha, who was on his road to Vigo, where ho intended to embark, was recalled by the insurgent troops and inhabitants of Oporto. Another telegraphic despatch from our Paris correspondent, and dated Paris, 8 o'clock Thursday evening, says:— The insurgents have gained Oporto a ft er a san guinary street conflict of two hours. GERMANY. The Frankfort correspondent of the Aury. Alg. Zeit. I intimates that Austria has determined to yield the joint /retire presidency to Prussia, on the condition of , the incorporation question being successfully carried by the Diet. The French Colonel Sadlicr, a friend of Dc Lamartine, is gone on a diplomatic mission to Vienna ; what the mission is is not known. Serious differences have arisen between the Austrian and Prussian commissioners and the Danish general, on the frontier question. Count Plessen has arrived at Vienntion especial mission, says the Deutsche Zeitusg, from Breslau, on the subject. M. Giraffe, condemned by the military tribunal at Cassel to three months' imprisonment, has been acquitted by the highest legal authority, the Stoats Procubatur. His work on the " Constitutional Struggle in Hesse," a very temperate and patriotic production, furnished the charge against him. These acquittals of the Cassel patriots are thought, though most just, to be collusive. Our correspondent writes as fo llows : BERLIN, Aram 29. According to the Lithographed Correspondence, the in structions of the Prussian plenipotentiary in Frank fort will be of the following nature: Prussia will de clare herself decidedly opposed to the enactment: of any kind of laws contrary to the federal constitution, and will cause it to be understood that alterations in the constitutions of individual states are beyond the province of the Diet. The immediate objects to which the attention le', the Diet ought to be given are the establishment of a pes. m . ' ful executive, in which Austria and Prussia shall possess equal rights, the speediest possible institution of thi.,autho rity. Prussia will further declare that the admission ' 1 into the confederation of the non-Cie rm ., pm rimes of Austria is a purely German question, that p ate will not oppose it, unless the condition., made in War- SSW liglattild. The consent of all the other FrovenimenW , 1 Mi. of Gennsay will be indispensable. Tl., e P russian govern ment will eke reject any prapalad, should such be made, for deciding questions before the Diet by simple majorities." 1 It is very possible that these passages may contain the spirit of the instructions for the Prussian plenipotentiary. . They are entirely in accordance with the negative i pokey which Nis government hr pursued sines 1 the opening of the Dresden conferences. The reference to 6 the Warsaw conditions is not quite clear, seeing that those P.11.1C hr lien von liadc wit.. referred t: th^ r'ght t 1 tt:e government of Germany to form a closer onion within the confederation, and to the inexplicable question of a parity between the two great powers us the administration of the affairs of the confederation. The unintelligible character of this reference must not be regarded as proof against the statement. There have been several instances since Baron 3lanteuffel took into his hand the ministry for Foreign Affairs, of his having blindly adopted portions of the pulley of his predece.sor, without understanding more than their superficial character. This wu the case with the admission of the Austrian provinces. Herr von Badowitz consented to it, because the results would un- Germanise Austria, and place the contemplated Northern Union more completely at the head ,if the German states. i Baron Manteuttel, droppinir the plan of the northern union, ; has maintained the concession to Austria, defending himself i on the ground that it had been made by his predecessor. Although therefore the reassertion of the Warsaw conditions be unintelligible, it must not be disregarded altogether. Time will show what Baron Mannteutfel means. I Dr. Delmer Monmargue, the correspondent of the Journal les Ilarats, was ordered two or three days ago to leave Berlin. I believe that his moderate opposition to this order has procured its withdrawal. Dr. Grimier is a Parisian. Prussian passport cards, or single journey passim, are not respected in Austria. All persons attempting to enter Austria with one are turned back. Saxon subjects may travel a whole week in Austria upon such a legitimation. The government do not intend at present to propose any further alterations in the tiesiseinderrningsig (parochial eim stitutions) ; they will wait until it has been introduced throughout every province of the kingdom, to ascertain hew it works. In the meantime, however, measures are taken to nullify all proceedings under the law which prove disa greeable to the government. Wherever a democratic paro chial, or rather communal council is elected, the elections are annulled. This has been the case in Marienburg, in East Prussia. ITALY. The King of Naples has issued a decree, dated the I;th ult., regulating the police of printing and li thographic establishments. By this decree no such establishments can be opened without the permission of the prefects of police of Naples or I'alermo, or that of the intendants of the provinces. In the applies cation is to be mentioned the number of presses in tended to be kept in activity. Permission having been obtained, caution-money must be deposited to the amount of one ducat of Neapolitan rentes for every press up to five; five ducats for every press more up to ten ; and ten ducats for every press be yond that number. The said caution-money to be double fur every steam-press. Every proprietor of a printing establishment is nsponsible for the viola tions of the laws on the press committed in his of fices. No work is to be printed without a written permission of the competent authorities. The go vernment names one or more censors fur the revision of writings. Praise in verse or prose is not admitted without the permission of the person who is the sub ject of praise. Public sales of books are not to be authorised until the police has examined the cata logues. NOTE ADDRESSED TO THE ENGLISH, AMERICAN, FRENCH, AND SARDINIAN AM BASSADORS AT CONSTANTINOPLE. The following document has been transmitted to us by a highly respectable g‘ntletnan, who %ouches fur its authenticity:— We fulfil a sacred duty in bringing under your notice a recital of facts, which demand the attention of your Ex cellency. For some time rumours of poisoning have been spread in several towns of the Ottoman Empire. Mention has even been made of an inconceivable number of deaths, which are said to have taken place in Smyrna and This rumour is now unhappily confirmed by incontestible facts which have taken place iu liutsja. On the 27th of March two highly respectable men, one of them a merchant, the other a Dervish, died after eating some sugared kaimak ; the sugar and the remains of the kaimak were found mixed with arsenic. On the 28th of the same month, several Turk% died sud denly, after having drunk some coffee. Some children, without any apparent cause, remained several days between life and death. Arc these misfortunes occasioned by the carelessness o the merchants, who sell indifferently to every purchaser sugar, pepper, arsenic, salt, opium, and coffee, using the same spoon and scalm for each article ? The population of liumja declare that everything k poisoned—that the public safety is compromised—that it is a maw:corm of secret enemies. The government agents have closed all the retail shops. We applaud these precautions and the measures taken—but these are sad truths fur mt. We are obliged to tremble every instant fur the lives of our brothers. First deprived of their liberty they are now deprived of the first necessities. Life on these conditions is a frightful irony. e trust that your Excellency will intervene with the government of the Sublime Porte, in order to put an end to a state of things so full of danger to our brethren. We are, with the most profound respect, fur the Hun garian Committee, L. VAY Constantinople, April 12, 1841. M. GUIZOT ON TEE ANTI-PAPAL EXCITEMENT IN ENGLAND.-At the annual meeting of the French Protes tant Bible Society, held in Paris on Wednesday, M. Guisot, who was in the chair, said :—" We have at present, at our very door, a great and glorious example (of liberty of con science). See what is paa-ing in England; certainly the protestant irritation there is exceedingly great, and there exists there a general and ardent movement in favour of a popular and powerful belief. The government itself joins in the movement and followsit. English protestantism shows itself strongly tempted to seek its security and its satisfac tion at the expense of the religious liberty of the catholics. Well, gentlemen, what appears to be taking place in Eng land. is really not done ; they dare not, they cannot, and, at the bottom of their hearts, they do not wish that it should. In the midst of this protestant effervescence, the religious liberty of the English catholic persists and gains ground ; the liberty of their worship, for their chapels are open and even increase in number, their priests exercising their functions without any hindrance ; the liberty of their press, for they publicly defend their belief and their acts, the liberty of their sentiments and of their votes in parlia ment, for they openly maintain their cause there. That, gen tlemen, is' an admirable spectacle; certainly the trial is a severe one for religious liberty, and I can well comprehend that it should be uneasy at what is taking place. But it will issue from the trial triumphantly ; and to the honour of the protestant Christians of England, the catholic Christians will not then fall under oppression." VAUXHALL BRIDGE COMPANY.—The general La nual meeting of the shareholders of the above company was held yesterday' at the George end Vulture, Cornhill, to re ceive the half-yearly report, elect officers and to transact other business of the company . The chair was taken at two o'olock by it. Parnell, Esq. Mr. Thomas Jeffery, the clerk, read the reun, which showed that the tolls taken from October 25, 1 850 , to April 2 4, 1851, were 4,1521. The total receipts were 7,1631. The expenditure, 1,7261.135. 10d. Dividend, 3,7511. 14s. Cash at bankers, 1,6831. 14s. 3d. A dividend of Ils. per share was agreed upon, payable on and after the 11th of June. The chairman regretted to announce the death of Mr. Baron, in whose place they would be called upon to elect a gentleman as a director, and the committee had much pleasure in recommending for the office Mr. Thomas Gaskcll. He congratulated the shareholders upon the prosperous state of their affairs; it was gratifying to find that, notwithstanding the late trying times, the company had been so prosperous, and he did hope that this specu lati on might long prove a source of gain to the proprietors. He also called attention to that part of the report which reeommended a reduction in the toll upon two-horse carriages ; he was of opinion that they m us t, more or less, be guided by the practices of other tolls, and it was his opinion that the decrease occasioned by this re duction would be soon compensated for by the increased traffic to and from the Exhibition in Ilyde-park and other localities. In answer to a shareholder, the chairman said that the charge on onull buses would not be affected by the proposed reduction. They were charged by contract, at the rate of 4id. each journey; the proposed reduction would affect the receipts to the amount of 1801. per antrum. A resolution authorising the reduction of the toll on light two ' horse vehicles from 91. to 6d. was carried. The Rev. M. Hill, Mr. Prendergast, and Mr. Parnell, were re-elected direeton, and Thomas Gaskell was unani mously elected aa one of the number, in the room of Mr. Baron deceased. Mr. Porter, agreeable to his no tice of motion, moved that the bridge be open free on Sun days, but the motion, nut finding a seconder, fell to the ground. It was then moved a n d s e c on d e d, th at the com pany express its deep regret at the loss it has sustained in the death of Mr. Baron. After a vote of thanks tothe chairman the meeting:adjourned to the first Thursday in November. THE Lm MURDER AT PLYMOUTH.—In conse quence of the confession of Harrington, who is under sen tence of transportation for life, and other circumstances, Inspector Thorn, of the Plymonth detective police, has been to London, Dublin, and other places, in the hope of being able to apprehend Timothy Donovan, who appears to have been the man by whom the fatal blow was struck, but up to this time he has not been successful. Donovan was in custody about a fortnight, and was then discharged upm his own recognizances not to leave the town before the last county amaze. He left soon after the assize, and the day before Harrington confessed. Donovan during the period Harrington was awaiting trial, worked on the various new buildings in the neiehbourhood as a mason's labourer. POPULATION HETURN FOR HUDDEROPIELD.—Ac cording to the return just completed for the township of Huddersfield the increase in numbers from 1841 to 18, 1 ,1 is 5,691, or just upon 23 per cent. The increase it:Omens during the 10 years is 965; and while in 1811 tb:cre were 202 dwellings unoccupied, in 18.51 the number b re d uce d to 110. The number of houses in the course of erection when the census was taken in 1841 was 53; le, 1851, 102, or nearly double that number. While the excess of females over the male portion of the population in 1841 was but 100, in 1851 the excess is 388. MK Court. THURSDAY MAT I. 1 The Queen left Buckingham Palace in state, at twenty minutes before twelve o'clock yesterday, to open the Exhibition of the Works of industry of all Nations. Thu royal procession was formed in the following order: First carriage, conveying Colonel Sir Ord Hon an, the Field Otfteer in Waiting ; Colonel IPDouall, Silver Stick in Waiting; and Counts l'uckler and Golm, in attendance on the Prince and Princess of l'russia. The second carriage, conveying Colonel the Hon. Charles Grey, Equerry in Vl siting to the Queen; Licut.-Col. Fran cis Gogh Seymour, Equerry in Waiting to the Prince ; Colonel Berkeley Drummond, Groom in Waiting. to the Queen; and Lieut.-Col. Francis Seymour, Groom in Wait ing to the l'rince. rhe third carriage, conveying Lord Marcus Hill, Trea surer of the Household ' • Lord Waterpark, L or d i n Wait ing to the Queen ; L or d George Lennox, Lord in Waiting to the Prince ; and Lord Alfred Paget, Clerk Marshal. The fourth carriage, conveying Viscount Comberuiere, Gold Stick in At'aitutg; Lord Foley, (:aptainof the Honour able Corps of Gentlemen at Arms; the Marquis of Donegal, C.iptain of the Yeomen of the Guard; and the Earl of Bess borough, Master of the Buckhounds. The fifth carriage, conveying the Hon. Mrs. Trevor, Bed eliamber•Woman in Waiting; Hon. Flora Macdonald and the Hon. Mary F. Seymour, Maids of Honour in Waiting , and tho Marquis of Abcrcorn, Groom of the Stole to the Prince. e sixth carriage, conveying the Countesses Ilacke and Orions, Ladies in Attendance on the Princess of Prussia ; Lady Caroline Barrington, Lady Superintendent; and the Marquis of Bremlalhane, Lord Chamberlain. The seventh carriage, conveying the Countess of Charle mint, Lady of the Bedchamber in Waiting; the Mar chioness of I/intro, Lady of the Bedelitunher ; the Duke of Norfolk, blaster of the Horse ; and the Marquis of West minster,Lord Steward. The eighth carriage, conveying their Royal Highnesses the Plince. and Princess of Prussia, his Royal Highness Prince Frederick William of Prussia, and the Duchess of Sutherland, Mistress of the Robes. The ninth carriage, drawn by cream-coloured horses, eon- Toying her Majesty the Queen, his Itoval Highness Prince Albert, his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, and her Royal Highness the Princess Royal. Her Majesty's e.eurt was composed of the Life Guards. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent went to the state opening of the Exhibition, accompanied by her Ito)•al Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, and attended by Ludy Fanny Howard, Sir George Cooper, and Lord James Plantagenet Murray. The Princess Mary was at tended by Lady Georgiana Bathurst and Baron Kuesebeck. The Queen wore a dress of pink watered silk, brocaded with silver, trimmed with pink ribbons and blonde, and or namented with diamonds. Diamonds and feathers formed the head-dress. lice Majesty wore the Ribbon and George of the Order of the Garter, and the Garter of the Order as an armlet. Her Royal Highness the Princess Royal wore a white satin slip, with two skirts of Nottingham lace, and had round her head a wreath of pale pink wild roses. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent's dress was of white brocaded silk, trimmed with blonde and white nhand, and ornamented with diamonds. Her royal Inghtiots'h head dress was composed of feather* and diamonds, with lace lappets. Iler Royal Highness the Princes, of Prussia wore a white silk dress, brocaded with silver ' and looped up at the bot tom with bouquets of f ea th ers , Mowers, and diamonds. The head dress was formed of Mowers and diamonds, with feathers. Her royal highness wore the decoration of the Louisen order. His Royal Highness Prince Albert was liabited in a field marshal's uniform, and wore the ensigns of the orders of the Garter and the Golden Fleece. His Royal highness the Prince of Wales wore a High land dress—the ltothesay tartan. Royal Highness the Prince of Prussia appeared in the unikirm of a Prussian general, and Prince Frederick William in that of an officer of the Prie‘sian Foot Guards. Both princes wore the insignia of the Black Eagle of Prussia. The Duchess of Sutherland and the other ladies in wait ing were in court dresses, and all the gentlemen in attend ance wore their respective uniforms; the members of orders of knighthood wearing their ditfereut insignia, the Duke of Norfolk and the Marquis of Alx.reorn those of the Garter, the Marquis of Breadalliane that of the Thistle, Viscount Combermere those of the Bath, the Guelphic, and the (Portuguese) 'rower and Sword, and the Marquis of Done gal that of the Guelphic. The Duke of Norfolk carried his baton as Earl Marshal of England. Her Majesty and Prince Albert and the royal party re turned to Buckingham Palace at twenty-live minutes past one o'clock. A guard of honour of the Grenadier Guards, with the baud of the 2nd Life Guards, was on duty in the quadrangle of the palace. ills Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, attended by . Lord William Psiulet and his S erene Highness Prince ictor of liohenlohe lengenhourg, attended by the Master of the Queen's Household, were present at the state open ing of the Exhibition yesterday. His Royal highness Prince Albert, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Prussia and Prince Frede rick William, rode out on horseback yesterday afternoon, attended by Lieutenant-Colonel F. ii. Seymour. Her Royal Highness the l'rincess of Prussia, with the Princess Louisa, attended by the Countess fluke and the Countess Oriolla, took a drive in a carriage and four yester day afternoon. His Royal iligluiess the Prince of Prussia visited his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge yesterday, at his residence in St. James's Palace, and the Duke of Welling ton, at Apaley s House. Her Majesty and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, se companied by their Royal Ilighneases the l'rince and Prin cess of Prussia, and Prince Frederick William, honoured the Royal Italian Opera-house with their presence yester day evening. The royal suite consisted of the Countess of Charlemout, the Countess liacke, the Countess Oriolla, lion. Miss Ilyng, Lord Waterpark, Count l'uckler, Count Goltz. Colonel the lion. Charles Grey, Lieut.-Colonel Francis Sey mour, and Colonel Fischer. The lion Eleanor Stanley, and the lion. Beatrice Byng, have relieved the lion. Flora Macdonald, and the iion. Mary Seymour, in their duties as maids of honour in wait ing to the Queen. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governors of South Australia and St. Helena. REPRESENTATION OF YORKSLIIRE.—Ii 19 stated on authority, that Henry Browlley, Esq., M.P., for the East-Riding, who had on account of iuti mated his intention to retire from the representation of the riding, has at the request of his friends been induced to alter his determination, and will again appeal to the constituency in the event of a dissolution of parliament.— Eastern Counties Herald. REPREsENTATION OF THE ISLE OP WO:MT.—Cap tain Hammond, son of Sir G. Hammond, Bart., is spoken of as a candidate fur the island on protectionist principles, I but he has not as yet published any address. A placard has just been issued calling on all electors interested in measures fur the relief of agriculture and in resisting papal aggression to meet at Newport, on Saturday next. Mr. C. Clifford is certain of the support of the dissenting body, whose numbers are large in the island, and he will also receive the assistance of the majority of Mr. Simeon's liberal supporters. BATTY'S ItirPointomE.—The proprietor of Astley's yesterday added another to his claims upon public patron age and support, by opening his grand national hippodrome at Kensington. This place of amusement consists of an oval inclosure (ploughed and harrowed), measuring about 500 yards by 400. The seats, which rise one above another, as in the ancient classic circus, are capable of accommo dating no fewer than 14,000 spectators seated; and, though divided into four classes, all present have equal facilities fur seeing the performances. These consist of histrionic pa geants, tournaments. car races, steeple chases, Roman coursers, old English sports, and the like ; in addition to which, there are races with ostriches mounted by real Arab jockeys—a novelty which attracted much attention. It is also proposed before long to introduce hawking and various other amusements of a kindred description. The fittings are exceedingly elegant and appropriate, and the interior of the building is painted in the style of the colouring of the Crystal Palace. There is no doubt that the establishment will be a favourite resort of the lovers of field sports, and of the general public. VAUXHALL GARDENS. Last evening a grand bal masque was given at these gardens, as a preliminary to the opening for the season. During he recess the gardens have undergone various improvements, and they have been decorated after the style adopted in the interior of the Crystal Palace. The theatre has been considerably en larged and embellished. This was thrown open on the present occasion, and the area formed a very agreeable addition to the space usually occupied by the masqueraders. AUsTRIAN SPECIMENS ow PRINTING.— fho im perial sad government printing establishment at Vienna occupies in the Crystal Palace some 1,000 feet of counter. In this space is represented the many blanches of printing fur which this concern, the large , d, io the world, is so justly celebrated. Although but ten yea.'m have elapsed since its first formation, thanks to the eruct energies of Councillor Auer, Europe is indebted to it fur very many discoveries in science, and important inapreivements in the art of printing. Amongst the specimens are examples in photography, galvano-plastic end galrmography, chronolithograpray, and cliemitypy. The Late.. is a new discovery, by which the long-sought-for means of printing copper plates like wood cuts have been aeh , .eved. One of the most remarkable of the many books ;., that in which Aucr's collection of some 400 languages appears, and this is accompanied by the actual steel roaches of the individual type, as a proof of the enormr.us mourees of the establishment in Vienna. RCNYiNG THROUGH A PANE or GLass.—A few days arlo some porters were removing, from a warehouse in St. Znork•square, a number of very large squares of plateoma era, for the new premises now being built in town. bad already been placed on a spring van, and two of the men were stip one of the plates with its edge resting on the pavement, is there very broad, and at right angles Whilst u th s e t lalL iiig unul: a young the urchin otbers came were adj ninni usted ngag on the van. the square, and, without observing that any object inter vened, bolted between the men, and of course through the huge pane of glass. The shock broke the plate to pieces, and knocked down the boy, who, however, soon gathered I himself up, and scampered off as fast as his heels could carry him, apparently nothing the worm for the singular soca dent.--Nerfe BrilisA Mail. DREADFUL RAILWAY ACCIDENT-EIGHT LIVES LOST. I A fearful collision took place on the Lancashire and Cheshire Junction Ituilway, between trains running from Chester races to Manchester, on Wedneoday evening. Three very long and crowded trains left Chester in the evening for Manchester, nod the locomotive power of the first train being insufficient for the weight behind, it cams to a stand still in the long tunnel between Frodsham and Sutton—a tunnel about a mile and a half in length. A second train ran into them soon afterwards, but was fortu nately going at so slow a pace, that hut a few persons were hurt by the collision. The third train appears to have come up and run into the second train at a tearful speed. Our correspondent was unable to get the whole of the particulars up to the time of forwarding his parcel, the difficulty being increased by the state of darkness prevailing in the tunnel at the time of the occurrence, which prevented the passengers from forming a very good idea of what oc curred. Colonel Petit, of the 60th Regiment, says—l was in a &st eins, carriage near the end of the train which left Chester at about a quarter to seven in the evening. It was a long train. When we arrived at the tunnel (Prodsham) the train came to a dead stop for want of steam, and the next train ran into us from be hind, although the guard had been sent back with his light to show as a signal of danger. The train had not been standing more thou two or three minutes, hut had been going very slowly a long time. The carriage was entirely anti-hed. I became insensible for a time, and on recovering found myself sitting on a portion of the carriage, the framework of which appeared to have been destroyed, for I walked out on one side on a level with the ground, and came in contact with the side of the tunnel. I saw several people—l think four or five—who I believed had been killed, lying on the ground ; and a good many came on with the train, with broken legs and other injuries, Mrs. Ridgway, of Bolton, lam told, was the name of a lady killed. I was severely shaken, but b e y on d th a t, an d some cuts on the head and face, with a bruise on one leg, sustained no injury. Sur gical attendance was provided for the sufferers. I came to Manchester, and arrived there at half-past 2t03 in the morning. Mr. Fulham, of Manchester, said—l was in a first class carriage in the middle of a train which left Chester at a quarter past seven on Wednesday evening. When we ar rived in the Frodshani tunnel we stuck fast for want of steam, there being so little that the engine driver could not raise a whistle. We remained stationery for at least three. quarters of an hour. While we were standing another train came up very rapidly, and ran into us behind, smashing several carriages and throwing two off the line. An immense number of people were in jured, MOM having broken legs. The only light in any of the carriages was in that in which I was, and we bad obtained that as a favour at Chester. There were from 2i to 30 carriages in the train, most of them being covered ones. In the train that rim into it there were many open trucks, with people standing up in Mott. The trucks belonged to the North Stalf,rdskire line. I got to Manchester about one o'clock, having sustained no ether injury than a twist of the back. The guard of the third train said—We left Chester at half-past seven. There were lights at the tail of the second train, but the steam from the engines so filled the tunnel that we could nut see them. .Ir. Anon, superintendent of the Electric Telegraph for the Manchester district, rays--I was in a first-class car riage (about the fifth) of the second [nibs. The first train of the three left Chester about five minutes to seven on Wednesday evening, and consisted of about 20 carriages. The second left about u quarter past sevon. In the Frod sham tunnel we struck the first train, but did not smash it on account of our going ut the time very slowly. No per son in our train was hurt b` ( • that, I think ; b u t a few per anus in the first train w e r e bruised. We had not become stationary more then three or four minutes, when the third train ran into us, producing a fearful crash, which seemed a very prolonged one. There were about 25 carriages in our train. The carriage in which I was sitting was smashed, and the roof knocked off. No one in the same compartment with me was Mimed, but several other parties in the other compart men t s o f t h e car riage were. 1 assisted to take out two men, one of whom had lost his fingers, and the other was severely cut on the head. Another gentleman, who appeared much injured, was brought in to the Albion Hotel, Manchester. After the accident the greatest confusion rind excitement prevailed, on account of the utter darkness is the tun nel. The cries of "Murder" and '• help" were frightful. People were seeking wives, husbands, and friends in all directions, and running about in the greatest Mann for some time. I sent to a neighbouring farmhouse for lights as soon us I could find my way out of the tunnel. At or near the end of the train was an open truck crowded with a great number of people standing, which the engine must have struck, and over which it was supposed to have passed. One man was thrown entirely out of that carriage upon the roof of a covered carriage, and said how he eseiped God only knew. I arrived at Manchester about 12 o'clock. Another gentleman who was a passenger by the first train said it stopped in the tunnel through there being to,. many carriages for the locomotive. The second train ran into them and broke several of the last carriages and hurt some of the people. The third train then came up at great speed and there was a gnat crash. Among the injured were Mr. Leyte, surgeon, Newton, leg broken, and Mr. Wilson, spirit merchant, of Newton, one of whose thighs was fractured. Mr. Lennox, of Newton, had one leg se verely cut. Mr. Hurry, of Newton, hail one leg broken, and Mrs. Hurry, one eye much lacerated. They were con veyed to the Legh Arms Hotel, Newton, as also was Mr. J. C. Napier, of Manchester, calico-printer, who is suffering from severe internal injuries. Mr. Johnson, of the Albion Hotel, Manchester, is amongst the wounded. From inquiries at Frodshain, alsiat two miles from the tunnel, yesterday afternimn, our correspondent was told the number of persons k pled was eight, including Mrs. Ridgway, of Bolton, and Mr. Havidsim, of Manchester. The ether bodies had not been identified. At the Sutton end of the tunnel a temporary hospital had Isla fitted up, but it could not he ascertained how many patients were there. Mr. Burgess, surgeon, of Frodsham, said he had just returned from Cheeiham, mar Manchester, where he had been with Mr. 'temper, a gentleniamwho had been much injured in the train, having remained crushed under a car riage for considerable time before he was discovered. Mr. Hooper had sustained a compoond fracture of the 11)0111,4 of the breast, and was not likely to survive. Them were about I.F$ people in the three trains, and, besides the persons killed it is expected that at least :15 or 411 have suffered severely from fractures of limbs. A commercial traveller, Mr. Steele, Chancery-lane, lenders, gas., his name to the press as apemen present in the Ural of the three trains, and he stated that the company's servants in charge of the first train were much to blame, and indeed mani fested thorough incapacity to take charge of a train. Ile says the engine fell short of water. Mrs. Ridgway, it is said, was accompuniisd, by her sister. and when killed was sitting with one hand clasped in the hands of her sister. One of her livery servants, riding behind the carriage, was also killed, and it appears surprising that any of the party escaped, for the carriage was on a truck at the buck of the second train, and the truck was dashed to atoms. LATEST PART C LA ES. - ..... Our Chester correspondent, writing yesterday afternoon, says: -••- • • 'After a personal visit to the scene of disaster, we find that the reports respecting the accident are but little e=uttge•r ated. Thu race trains for Manchester left at about tort, minutes apart, commencing at eight o'clock. p.m. It would appear that they consisted altogether of about fitly carriages, and, on the first section arriving about the centre of Sutton tunnel, the steam was found to be deficient. The' train having come to a stand-still, the second came up, and the engineer, seeing the signal-light at the end of the first train, brought his train up without mishap. In the crash which took place the injured car riages were in the second train. On a truck was the pnvatc carriage of Mrs. Ridgway, of Bolton, con taining herself, some friends, and two servants. Mrs. Ridgway was killed, her friends but little injured, and, strange to say, the female servants were thrown upon the tender, but were scarcely hurt. The carriage, which is now at Birkenhead, is almost useless. In the next carriage was a gentleman, named Clarke, his wife, four friends, and a gentleman named Hurry. All escaped with slight bruises, except Mr. Hurry, who had oue of his legs broken. In another compartment of the same carriage was Mr. Johnson, of the Albion Hotel, Manchester, who was hurt in the arm ; and Mr. Edward Taylor, (the young Old field-lane doctor) who was dangerously hurt internally. In a third-class carriage was Major l'itt, whitet first was supposed to be killed, but was only stunned, and, after having been brought to Chester, went forward this morning. Intelligence was as soon as possible sent by one of the en gnus to Chester, and Mr. Critehley, the station-master, with his star of assistants, proceeded as soon as possible to the tunnel. Under his direction the bodies of the decea.sed, who unfortuately are at present unknown, were conveyed to Warrington, where they at present remain for identi cation, together with most of the gentlemen who have been hurt. Mr. Critebley at once, seeing the obstructed state of the line, determined that all who possibly could should return ttohis morning, Chcste, and .f t t h e e r re wthihecyhartbrievy were edat half w -past ch v estt:r, o :h . ere, in all probability, they would arrive about a e oak With regard to the cause of this moot lamentable accident, it is supposed that two trains being in the tunnel at the same time, the quantity of steam emitted was so great that it was impossible that the engineer of the third train could see the second. But it is rather doubtful whether there was a signal man at the entrance to the tunnel. it so, there must be a grave charge hanging over the poor fellow. Miuuusex HouPlTAL.—Yesterdav, a quarterly general en4;r: har d meeting of the governors of this hospital took place d room of the institution, Thomas Hunt, Ext., in the chair. Owing to the attraction of her Majesty open ing the Oreat Exhibition in Hyde-park, the attendance of governors was small. The chairman stated that the average weekly attendance of new patients was 60, while the out patients during the last five years had annually averaged 9,316. A liberal donation presented by the friend of a pa tient who had died in the cancer ward having been acknow 1, the meeting separated. TREE LIVES LOST IN A COLLIERY.—OR Wed nesday morning, about eight o'clock, a fatal explosion of fire-damp took place at the collieries of Messrs. Joseph Ryland and Sons, a short distance from the Wigan market place. It is more than probable that there are a consider able number maimed and disfigured. Already three dead bodies have been found and brought to the pit's mouth. The accident occurred through the carelessness of one of the colliers working in the pit, with his safety-lamp top of. The' repel. was heard by almost every inhabitant in the district.