The Express. — London, England, 1853-09-06 00:00:00

ittte erprons. TO CORASSPONDENTS. • Nor lnd &Mies td • •TINTEapro --- ;:: 7 ww.tarZei tie wawa mwiaties °Garotte," is pablkhod ovary %Way sad ['nets, sight, is woo tor pock Ailvoirumneato lotcoold l.s " The Esprooo.° London E•Mifte ptplt. is a y rt be at tke Oilloo, tA, Iloscorio4Cmoc, by Two o'clock co the ol palollootion. SIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. Dar—learri U. 4% —After/so" 4b. To- muabow —Morals& 4b. U. Albino" 4b. 4.1414. LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6. Tun fate of Lord lons RUSSELL is s hard one. Scarcely has be landed at Ito:Beneath, and taken a cursory yof the scenery of the most fairy-like of the Scotch salt-water "lochs," and indulged in • vision of relaxation and bracing sea-breezes for the next kw weeks, when the ruthless voice of the elec tric telegraph recalls him to Downing-street, its smoke and worry. There is a screw loom somewhere it is clear. Lord CLARENDON has detained Lord PALMERSTON, and recalled Lord JOHN Et mu, to be witnesses, or participants, in a discussion between himself and •the Paranth. With re brews to this paths carrel the ministerial departures are scarcely less remarkable than the ministerial arrival. At the very time that Lord Jolts RUSSELL was travelling express from Dum bartonshire to take sweet counsel with his colleagues, other members of the Cabinet were quietly betaking themselves to their country quarters. Sir WILLIAM MOLESWORTH took wing on Friday for Cornwall ; the Marquis of LANSDOWNE and Sir JAMES GRAHAM on Saturday—the former for Germany, the latter for the Isle of Wight. Whatever the knotty point which rendered it unavoidable to interrupt the repose of Lord Jowl Russia'. ere he had well subsided into it, one thing is clear—that either by express or tacit compact their colleagues have left its edu•ion to the four statesmen we have named. Sir JAMES GRAHAM, it is true, retires no further than Cowes : he may be regarded as standing behind the council door ready to appear as soon as he may be celled in. But the Radical member of the Cabinet retiree to his paternal shades, and the Whig pa triarch (without whose countenance and co-partnery Lord ABERDEEN would not take upon him to form a Cabinet) is off to Germany. No nee: laity appears to have been felt to disturb the repose of Now- CIAZTLI and GLAD4TONE. It must be confessed that to the uninitiated in the mysteries of Coalitioas these arrangements have much the appearance of a word-duel between the Fa WON SECRETARY and his Pinnate, with the Honor SECRETARY and the Leader of the House of Commons for witnesses ;—the remainder 01 the Cabinet remaining at home, anxiously awaiting the result of a " meeting" they could not prevent. The prevailing opinion out of doors is that a dis obedient Premier is to be takes to task ; and that Lord CLARENDON, in the discharge of this ungra cious duty, has insisted upon the presence of two of ►is colleagues to keep his courage to the sticking point. Lord ABERDEEN, in the course of one of the earlier conversations on the Russo-Turkish question in tie House of Commons last session, was suspiciously eulogised for his pacific policy by an honourable member who cannot be inspected of sympathising with his lordship on any one other question; Lord CLARENDON, Lord Joint Rosetta, and Lord PALMERSTON, on the other hand, are pledged by their public declarations to insist upon the evacuation of the Danubian Provinces whatever be the consequence. The most sincere and devoted Mends of Lord CLAM:mum are in the habit of impressing regret that with generous and enlightened views be is but too apt to take his tone from the company be keeps for the time being. If, therefore —as seems to be generally assumed—he proposes to WOW to a distinct understanding with Lord ABERDEEN as to the course England is to pursue in reference to the Eastern question, it is no wonder that he should seek to be backed by the most pertinacious spirit among his colleagues in adherence to what he believes to be right, and by the one who can gild the pill of obstinacy with the greatest amount of good hunoured, °oscillatory deportment. With Lord Jour; Russw. on one hand, and Lord PALllzasroN so the other, even a statesman of more yielding mood than Lord CLARENDON himself might contrive to stick to his point unflinchingly. Be the °Dojo,- tures which are abroad as to this conclave of four well or ill-founded, coo thing is oertain,—that the sub utaatial interests of England, the national honour, and the wishes of the people, all concur in demanding that there shall be no unworthy truckling to Russian intrigue or Russian bullying in the great Eastern question. The Minister or Ministers who should succeed in inducing the forfeiture of the public pledges of Dord CLARENDON and Lord J 0824 ROB - respecting the evacuation of the Danubian Pro vinces by the troops of the Cuan, would deal a death • blow to the Coalition Ministry. Were he the very key-stone of the arch—the highest in place—it would be safer to try the hazardous experiment of removing and replacing him than to listen to his weasels. England cherishes peace. Thirty-five years of peace have not surfeited Englishmen with its bless ings. Englishmen appreciate the wealth and war Eft which are the growth of peace. Even their daring and enterprise have discovered the secret of asking out and bearding danger in pesos-- of obtaining all the excitement of war without its crimes—in Arctic and Tropical expedi tions of discovery, in colonising, in wielding the power of steam in all its multiform developments. Englishmen wish to have peace maintained, but they know that this can at times be done only (if at all) by showing that they are not afraid of war. They believe that to give way to the injustice of Ramis would at best be but to postpone war till a time when it would be more difficult, to conduct war to a speedy and advantageous termination. But, in addi tion, they have no faith in the ability of Russia to wage eneoseefal war against Turkey, England, and Frame, —or even against either England or France single handed,—and a confident belief that though other powers may be blind to the weakness of Russia, out side of the charmed circle of her own frontier the Russian Government is now, as ever, aware of what is factitious and unreal in its appearance of colossal strength, and will not hazard a trial. It is—we must once again repeat—the interest of England and the whole of civilised Europe to main tain the integrity of the Turkish empire. This, indeed, whatever the sycophants and tools of Russia may my, is even more a European than a Turkish question. Russia itself, in its saner moments, con curred with England in the opinion that the integrity of Turkey ought to be upheld, and to this end joined to arrest the conquering progress of IBIAHTM PACIIIA. Yet the success of IBRAHIM did not noose eerily infer.a dismemberment of Turkey; it might only have been the substitution of a new for the old Osmanli dynasty. IBRAHIM gave to the African and Asiatic provinces he reduced a more compact organisation than the old dynasty has ever yet been able to give, and he had a family which still survives to hold the province of Egypt. But if Russia is allowed to conquer European Turkey piecemeal, when the prvedige which the occupation of Constanti nople attaches to the reigning Osmanli dynasty evaporates, there is no power at present in the field that can keep Asia Minor, Syria, Mesopotamia, and Egypt together. The advance of the Russians will necessarily dissolve the Turkish empire, and destroy the peace of Europe by leading to a scramble making I the great powers for the appropriation of the Ibig mente. Ox Wednesday last a number of persons, including s Bishop, a Lord Mayor, and a distinguished Mem ber of Parliament, took their places inside a railway carriage, to be conveyed, at a rate of speed which would have appeared fabulous some years back, to various places in the north of England. Thirty years ago these same persons would have been obliged, in order to insure being conveyed to their destination in any moderate time, to have entrusted their persons to the care of a fast mail or a pair or a couple of pair of post horses. In doing so, they would have considered themselves guaranteed from all but unforeseen accidents by the skilfulness of the drivers, the power of the latter to avoid all obstructions at will, the rules of the road, which bound those who approached them, or who preceded them, to keep on a certain side; the breadth of the highway, which afforded opportunities of two carriages approaching each other to manceuvre, so as to pass without danger; and lastly, the perfection of the road, which gave increased facilities for the same operations. Being fully persuaded of all these chances in their favour, although threat ened by hypochondriacs and old maids with certain destruction, they would have entrusted themselves with perfect serenity to their several modes of con veyance, and confided in Providence to transfer them safely to their destinations. Supposing, how ever, that from some unexplained causes, it should have turned out, before the departure of the carriage, that the roadway had become artificially narrowed, that the drivers would be bound to keep in one un changeable line, equal to the breadth of the wheels without the power until then conceded to them, of arbitrarily changing their direction—that, in short, their carriage must leave two deep ride which had been traced by preceding carriages—were it at the same time told them that heavy coal waggons were at aH hours advancing to London on the same rids, and only left them to draw up on one side, at certain intervals; should they learn also that the means of communicating to them the fact that an obstructive coal-waggon was in the way were uncertain ; it re mains to be doubted whether our travellers' confi dence in the old mail coach, or in the superlative post-chaises, or in the best of roads, would have re mained unshaken, and whether we should have had on record so many laudatory effusions on the subject of English travelling. Now the conditions under which the travellers we have mentioned undertook their journey on Wednes day were rather more stringent than those we have just alluded to. They were, within a few minutes after starting, rushing helplessly along at the rate of forty miles per hour, bound down inexorably to the path marked out by two rigid iron rails, carrying with them a momentum sufficient to crush everything in their way, and with no possible means of extri cating themselves from the consequences of a pro table collision, but the power to stop, entrusted to two men who had other occupations to attend to. They of coarse flattered] themselves that, travel ling at this pace, care would be taken that no obstructive coal waggons should be in the way, that the utmost caution should be taken that the driver should have notice of any possible obstruction, and that inasmuch as the sole means at his disposal to en sure the safety of the passengers, in the event of a threatened collision, consisted in the power of stop ping the train, measures little short of infallible of conveying such notice to him should be adopted. It remains to be seen how these conditions were ful filled on the Great Northern Railway on Wednesday. Premising that the circumstances of the collision are still under investigation, and that we shall there fore not allude to many details which appear to offer grave matter for consideration, it is still competent to the unprejudiced to comment upon a few of such facts that appear beyond doubt, or others that are established by the concurrent testimony of the witnesses. The fact that has the most important bearing upon the whole proceeding, and about which there can be no doubt, is, that the coal carriages, which every one would suppose would be always on the up line coming to London from the collieries in the North, are obliged to be transferred at Hammy from the up to the dos= line, because the coal station is placed on that side of the road. Here is the mainspring of the accident. Had the Horner" coal-station been placed upon the proper side of the line, so as to preclude the necessity of shunting off a train from one line to the other, the accident could never have happened. As long as the coal-station remains where it in there will be always at band a flourish ing source of accidents. As the station is there, how ever, the least that could be expected would be, that ordinary precaution should be taken in transferring to it the coals from one line to the other. As far as can be made out by the testimony of the man RAD DORN; a coal train on the up side of the line began to " shunt off to the down line at five minutes to five o'clock on the day is questioe." The station master knew that five minutes after this the express train would start from London, and might be expected at Homey at eight or ten minutes past five. In five minutia' time after the commeneement of the process of bringing the coal train on the line on which the ex press was thunder ing towards it, there would be no possibility of com municating to London the fact of a stoppage, should there be °wand thukpreventing danger by delaying the express. Here seems the first error—a margin of five minutes only was given for the use of the elec tric telegraph. rust at the expiration of this five minutes, or, according to some accounts, a minute or two before, an accident happened to the coal train, which became fixed in the down line. The electric telegraph which was employed did not convey the news to London in time to stop the depar ture of the train. The only means of the prevention of an accident were then the ordinary ones of putting up danger sig nals, and sending a man on the line with flags and detonating signals. These were, with the excep tion of the latter, resorted to, but in vain. For some cause which yet remains to be explained, the driver did not act upon the signals, and a frightful col lision took pines, resulting in serious injuries to several persons, one of whom is now lying at the hotel near the spot in a state of imminent danger. We have purposely abstained from noticing any of the details but those which seem uncontradicted. Is there not. however, enough here to warrant any un prejudiced person in the assertion that the disciplin• at least of oar railways I. extraordinarily imperfect ? How is it that a station-master is entrusted with the perilous power of moving trains across • line • quarter of an hour before an express train will pees by the spot without having some infallible means of communication with the train in case of accident ? How is it that so slight a watch is kept op on a train advancirg with fearful rapidity, that danger signals half or three-quarters of a mile from the scene of accident can be passed unnoticed? How is it that, in spite of all that has been said upon the subject, no means of communica tion has yet been devised between the guard and the driver ? Had each means been possible, the present accident might have been avoided, as the guard was made aware of the danger . which the driver had not perceived. How is it, in short, that wiaTre the i ssechogical tea, of der Welly are id abindant slid a ipilway, dm • human thoutkare so defilient that ther neutralise great portals of the actiantagrsOur 'mechanism procures fot us? ...these are question* that are beaming daily mare and more important. New that the lives of the great majority of the travelling portion of the nation are entrusted to railway conveyance, we shall not rest satisfied until every possible precaution is taken that those lives shall not be needlessly exposed. THE EXPRESS. TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 6, 1853. ,fr9gmhe market from apprehension of the cede- I germs. of government Interference. Great pales Mir t i fears T i n to allay the of commerce. The, EL`NDLY. Pie .Pblice has assured the millers arse taken 1' At half-pest nine o'clock yesterday morning Prince fie t f:e3 strongest terms, that the f decree of hot win* Albert honoured the Aviculture' College of Gls. Nevin wass mere lepal and temporary measure, and aitust net with a visit, accompanied by the L ,rd Lieutenant. be nedersteqd as indicative of any inteaSion : to At half-put 11 o'clock her Majesty, accompanied by affect the natural relations of buyers and cousamers Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and Prince Alfred, end I understand this assurance has been lispeateci visited the Model Schools of the National Society in Ma by a higher personage to a deputation of diading ' b a n- s t ree t. merchants. Nevertheless the alarm is given, and it At half-past five o'clock, p.m., her Majesty and the Royal will be extremely difficult to do away with the effect' Family left the Vice Regal Lodge for Kingston, and es of it. The evening ministerial organ, the Pairie, h ar k e d on b oard the Victoria and Albert. The Lord with injud i cious zeal, dace its best to te ach the people Lieutenant, the Counter of St. Germans, the Duchess of to rely upon government to supply them with plenty w e lu ngton , of bread . It repeats continually that the " govern- and the Hon. Mary Belted, the Earl Granville, the Marquis of Breadalbane were in attendance arm meat " is prepared for every emergeacy, and the her Majesty. The Lord Lieutenant and the Countess of other evening it said that large quantities of corn had been bought up in the ports of the Mediterra- fit. Germans had the honour of dining with her Majesty a board the yacht in the evening. nean for the account of France, and that the " French government" was about to make further purchases. The following had the ho nou r of dining with her Majesty t in coon- on Friday at the Vice Regal Lodge. The Lord Lieutenant I learn, from the best authority, tha and the Counter of St. Germans, the Earl G ranv ille, the green of the impression that operations in corn Dachau of Wellington, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the will not be allowed to find their 'Mural le ve l, a number of counter orders have been sent from Hon. Miss Bulteel, the Marquis and Marchioness of Waterford, the Marquis and Marchioness of Drogheda, Havre to New York by corn importers, since last Wednesday. The Pafriesays,withmuchemphuis,that Lord and Lady Ashbreok, the Right Hon. Francie Black. and Mrs. Blackburn., Chief Justice Lefroy, Major. the measure limiting the price of bread is exclusively General Cochrane, Major and Mrs. Larcom, Lord Eliot, Parisian ; but it is impossible not to see tiat if bread 1 elemins for any length of time cheaper in Paris than the Hon. Henry Eliot, the Dean of Leighlin, and me. be the provinces, dangerous dissatisfaction will exist Hersey. there. The local authorities, who are responsible for the preservation of order, are able to exercise a much more direct pressure over their neighbours than can be done in a large city, and they are little likely to abstain from following the example set Ikea of interfering with trade. At the last market at Melee the municipality walked through the town k s body, and openly recommended the farmers to lower their price• Such a course at a time of popular excitement is clearly dictation. In many places holders of corn well know that they would incur personal danger by resisting such an appeal. The price of bread at Lyons and St. Etienne was increased 3c. the kilogramme on the Ist inst. M. de Manpas, French ambassador at the court of Naples, has just left Paris to proceed to his post. He is staying on the way with his wife's relations at BOIUMIL The Emperor is still at Dieppe. gut COll rt. ITALY. NAPLES. The King of Naples hu determined to form a camp for manceunea to hut fifteen days, commencing on Sept. 20. GREECE. The Petrie mentions a report that the Parthenon is to be completely restored, and consecrated as a place of catholic worship. Despatches were received at the Colonial-office yesterday from the Governor.tivneral of Canada. RUSSIA. A letter from Cronstadt, of the 22nd, states that the frigate Diana and the brig Pollux had just left that port for Canton. This reinforcement will in- Metal the Russian naval station in the Chinese seas to five vessels. We learn from another source that au army of 6,000 men was collected this summer at Irkutsk, the capital of the province of that name in Siberia, and the entrpot of Russian commerce with China by Kiakhta. It is asserted that these troops are destined to observe the frontiers of the Celestial Empire, which are not defended in that neighbourhood. RUSSIA AND TURKEY. We have received the following letter from Con stantinople : CONSTANTINOPLE, AUGUST 21. So, it really is, as I led you to believe in my last, the proposition of the four powers, accepted by Rus sia, has given rise to three objections—objections of form, in the Council of Ministers, and in the Council of State—but, nevertheless, the principle of a pacific arrangement has been adopted to the very uttermost. You may either, from this time forth, look upon I peace as firmly settled, or, if it please you better, war impossible. In a word, the result of the deliberation of the Grand Council of Government, which met both on Thursday and Friday last, is now being submitted to His Imperial Highness the Sultan for his sanction and I am assured it is filled with expressions of the deepest deference for the friendly and conciliatory interven tion of the Four Powers. In point of fact the Divan interprets, or explains away, a great deal more than it objects to—and a deep feeling of respect for the engagement undertaken in its name by the Four Powers, evidently dominates all its arguments, how ever carefully expressed. The Divan rather relies upon, and appeals to the generous loyalty of its allies, than to any feeling of whatsoever nature, as regards its adversary, who is in some meuure thrown out of the discussion, by the fact of having accepted mediation. The most important'point—should I not rather say the sole important point—in this somewhat restricted acceptance of the note, is the express stipulation that the Four Powers shall henceforth guarantee Turkey; although, to my feeling, this guarantee followed as a matter of course upon the fact of their accepting the position of mediators. In reality, this may be looked upon as a sort of deraier reuort, to satisfy honour and dignity, and one to which Turkey would not have been reduced if the note of the 23rd July—equivalent, in trail, to the proposition now accepted by Russia—had not run counter to public opinion, and shaken the popu larity of Reschid Pacha, who wrote it entire!) , from the dictation of Lord tedcliffe. Had Russia only received and accepted that note before the interven tion of the Four Powers, the dictator and writer would alike have been caught in their own scare. The instincts of the people are truer than the wiles of diplomacy. However, they managed adroitly to take advantage of the rejection, and !opined some what of their lost ground in public opinion by raising debates upon words end forms. Curiously enough, in the first note they had altogether neglected to stipulate for the formal guarantee of the Four Powers; an error inexpressibly more important in a proposition emanating from themselves directly, than in any arrangement which those Powers could have made, as they must of necessity have been parties to the fulfilment of their own stipulations. As it is, everyone feels certain that the only harm resulting from these quid pro quo word playing., can be but a slight prolongation of negotiation, or rather explanations—for Russia who made the attack declares herself satisfied, and Tnrke7 cannot accuse her allies of having proposed anytluog derogatory either to her honour or her dignity. Many of those who are " behind scenes" hers in the diplomatic world, say that it is all owing to the " amour propre" of Lord Redcliffe, who, angry at not retaining the supreme direction of these somewhat complicated negotiations, and also at not being able to uphold his sworn friend Reechid, did his utmost to force on a conclusion. The Sultan, who knows every single thread of the diplomatists, hides his time, to show at a fitting moment that he appreciates, at their real value, the conduct of the different actor' in the drama; but he has the good sense not to undittake unnecessarily the responsibility which would be east upon him if he did not reckon upon, and do his utmost to allay the over-excited feeling of his people. He will approve the deli ber ations of the Divan, but he either has already, or will shortly confirm to the representatives of the Four Powers his unalterable determination to maintain intact the result of their intervention—doubtless each ambassador will give his own colouring to his own cabinet of the various arguments, but they cannot change the facts. Fur ther we might say, that the autoraph letter of the Sultan to the Emperor of Austria will p further than anything towards effecting a speedy settlement. du rests, it is understood that the " powers" reserve to themselves some slight latitude u regards the modification of the proposition, should such be needed, but always providing that they do not affect the principle. Morally and logically, therefore, everything must be considered as settled; for henceforth, whether Turkey or Russia break the treaty, the Four Powers would of necessity rise against the inhinger, and easily d compel compliance; consequently neither take a step so false in itself, and involving such certain defeat. Some years ago it used to be a common practice with the writers and publishers of stupid books, and the manufacturers and vendors of indifferent commo dities, to get a paragraph in praise of them slipped into some newspaper published at a distance, and quoted in one published in their own locality. This not very recherche device of the puffins art has long been discredited, and almost entirely given up. But despotic governments and their organs are always in arrear of their age. It need, therefore, astonish no one to end Austria betaking itself to the primitive male of puffing we have described, in the vain hope of making its diplomacy acceptable and influential. Thus we find the praise of Austria and vitupera tion of Turkey, in which the Ernes has recently been indulging, immediately transferred to the columns of the official journal of the government in Vienna. The Times," says the Wegner Zeitung of the 2nd instant, " has recently declared that the Sultan, not the Czar, appears at present to threaten the peace of the world." Then follow some titAits ex tracted from the lucubration' of the Times on this theme, and the paragraph is wound up with the intimation :—" At the close of the article from which we have been quoting, the Thnee remark. that Austria's views with regard to the province of Servia, have been exposed to unjust suspicions." Thus the Thnes's repetition of the lesson taught it at Russian and Austrian embassies is to be passed off upon the Austrians as an expression of the opinions and sen timents of England. FRANCE. PARIS, MONDAY EVENING. Letters from Constantinople of the 22nd of August say that the alterations made by the Divan in the note of the Four Powers were looked upon as highly important there. The personal opinion of the Sultan was, it is said, favourable to an unreserved accept ance, but he yielded to his grand council, who voted the modifications by a large majority. According to some accounts the Austrian internuncio alone, of all the foreign representatives, took an active part in pressing the Porte to accept the note. The Turkish and Russian ambassadors at Vienna have met in conference for the first time since the dispute reached its height. This is considered a very favourable symptom as confirming the strongly expressed assurances of M. de Meyendorff that the Emperor of Russia will consent to the changes. The belief that he will continues to be general here, and, in fact, the public mind, absorbed in the immediate interest of the corn question, has ceased to feel any anxiety about Eastern affairs. Although there was a fall in flour of 3fr. or 4fr. the hectolitre at the Hate on Saturday, it cannot safely be inferred, either from this fact or the partial reports from the provinces, that there is a prospect of any sensible diminution in the general averages throughout the country. The fall in Paris results simply from the fact that buyers were scared away THE CABS OF PARIS. Some difference of opinion seems to exist amongst the police magistrates as to the construction of the new act regarding the cabman's obligation to give a ticket with his number printed upon it to each hirer of his ;tab. It has been decided in some cases that it is sot compulsory upon the cabman to give the ticket nolo= required to do so; on the other hand, those magistrate* who have decided that the cabman is bound to give the ticket whether be is asked ter it or not, have had some doubt as to whether it is to be delivered at the time of hiring, or at what other time. There can be little doubt that the idea of the ticket system was drawn from the plan adopted in Paris, and it is therefore reasonable to suppose that the intention of the framer of the New Cab Act was to assimilate the English to the French method. In Paris, when you hire a cab, the driver presents you with s ticket as you enter his vehicle, and upon this ticket is printed the tariff of the carriages sad the number of the cab. Many of the drivers are now in the habit of giving a little book, about two inches and a half long by two inches wide, containing some ten or a dozen pages of advertise ments, the cover only being devoted to the number and tariff. The notice relative to this new plan of advertising is as follows:—" The order of the Prefecture of Police concern ing the public carriages directs that every coachman shall offer to each hirer of his carriage a ticket indicating the number of his carriage. M. Dupont is authorised to substitute for this ticket a little book contain. ing seek! and industrial notices to the public. In order to suit all persons who may desire to avail themselves of this medium of 'drudging, the 1,200 car rips to which the system is adapted are divided into four eerie., of 300 carriages each, so th.t advertisers have the op tion of subscribing to all the four anise, or to take one or more as they may desire. Advertisers may subscribe for half or quarter of a page. As every carriage delivers about twelve numbers per day, the total of the number of books distributed by the 1, MOcarr i ages amounts to 14,000 a day, or 432,000 per month, and 6,181 , 000 per annum." It may not be uninteresting to add the exact tariff now in force for public carriages in Paris. It appears that cabs holding four persons, either with one or two horses, are entitled to If. 6 sons (one shilling) for the journey, to whatever length that journey may extend ; and If. 16 sons for the hear ; inereased at n' ht to If. 16 sous for the Jour ney, or 21. 10 sone the hour. Large carriages with two hone* receive If. 10 sous the journey, or 2f. the hoar. There is • higher charge for superior carriages answering to our flys. This tariff extends to all places within the fortificatiess round Paris—a slight addition is made for the journey be yond this limit. The rule as to baggage is that all driven are to receive ea the carriages, without any addition to the pries flud, sulk Wasp and packages of travellses, as from their welild, sine, and nature can be placed thereon. It will thee be mess thst the tariff in Paris is much lower than that alliasd is laatioa, since • driver of • cab, equal in every Nepal to a Leaden cab, may have to go from one end of Paris to the other for the sum of one shilling. At ever] stand there is an officer appointed to eaperiatend the carriages, which are at ell times clean and in good condition. The drivers are engaged at a regular salary by the Owner' of cabs, and if a long journey is taken it is usual to give the driver two sous, or one penny, for himself, and this is quite sufficient to satisfy him and to secure his civility. FATAL. AOCIDIRT.—OR ifititralty 11114 I Melancholy accident occurred at Uplyme, near Lyme legis, in Dorset. shire by which one man lost Si life and another was very seriously injured. A man nomad Fowler, one of the tenants of Reginald Talbot, /in., of Rhode-hill House, had been working a limekiln for some few weeks past upon the farm, and the men in his employ had undermined the adjoining earth by digging too far in one direction. They had been warned in the morning of Saturday that that particular pert looked dangerous, but the men persisted recklessly to work on, sad while they were at their work the earth, which is of a loose and chalky character, fell in upon them and buried two of them. Assistance was precured, and one of them, named Henry Miller, was dug out before life was satinet, and some hopes are entertained of biz ultimate ra. paver,; the other poor fellow wee dug out soon afterwards, bat not until all chance of restoration was gone. Az inquest was to be held yesterday. AFFRAY WITH POACHERS.—An affray of a very serious character occurred on the estate of Jonathan Hard castle, Esq., at Blidworth Dale, in this county, between the keepers and tenter. of that gentleman and a party of poachers, who were netting rabbits on the estate, by whom Samuel Whitehead, a son of the keeper, was very severely beaten, and he new lies in a very dangeroas state. In ad dition to his skull being fractured, his face presents a mass of braises and cuts, infiiiited with stones and bludgeons. It is supposed that there were upwards of a score of the rnehstre, and only ten keepers and tenter.. Seven persons have since been apprehended and conveyed to the police station at Mansfield, on the charge of being concerned in the affray, sir of them Mansfield men, whose names are Inns, Reynolds, Place, two Gilberts, and Powell, and • man named George Hamilton, from Oztan, who it appears is a recently-discharged gamekeeper of H. Sherbrooke, IN. —Notts Jourvial. SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—Lent Monday an accident occurred at Messrs. Crossley', dyers, Watenide, to an old man named John Shaw. lie was engaged at • machine for drying cloth, and, observing some of it to be ruffled, he loaned over the rollers to straighten it, when, unfortunately, his left arm was caught by some wheels, drawn in, and almost torn off. To add to his s ea alerings, his arm and all down the left side wee dreadfully scalded by the steam. The poor fellow was conveyed to the infirmary, where he lies at present almost without hope of recovery.—Halifag Guardian. VALUE OF A DAY'S FISHING AT WICIL-OE Tuesday last the value of the green fish delivered in the Wick district would amount to 12,0001.—when barrels, salt, and labour in curing are added, the aggregate amount would be fully 20,001:I1.—Nor1A British THAMES HAVIIN RAILWAY.—It is understood that the agreement for selling this railway for 49,6001. 6 per matt* the Tilbury and Southend Railway, is complatad. HER MAJESTY'S RETURN FROM IRELAND. The royal squadron arrived at Ilolyhead from Dublin on Sunday morning, precisely at 8 o'clock. At half-past 3 p m., her Majesty left the outer harbour in the royal yacht, accompanied by the Fairy tender and the Ban shee, with the intention of visiting Cameroon Cutle, Owing, however, to there not being sufficient depth of water, the vessels were unable to cross the bar at the entrance of the Menai Straits, and the royal party, after cruising in Carnarvon Bsy a short time, returned to Holy head. Her Majesty, his Royal Highness the Prince Consort, with the Prince of Wales, Prince Alfred, and suite, left Holyhead at a quarter put 8 a.m. yesterday, direct for Scotland. The royal train passed through Bangor, where many well-dressed persons were awaiting to catch a glimpse of the royal party, at 9.14. Her Majesty was much cheered, and graciously bowed her acknowledgments. PARKSIDE. The royal train (whic► left Holyhead yesterday morning about a quarter before nine o'clock), made its first stoppage at Prestatyn, in North Wales, and then passing through Chester and Warrington, male its second halt at Parkside, about half way between Manchester and Liverpool, at 11.46 p.m., where a fresh engine was in waiting. The dis tance is upwards of 100 miles. The station was handsomely decorated, Thomas Legh, Esq., of Lyme Hall, having lent his yacht flags for the purpose; and a great number of the principal ladies and gentlemen resident in the neighbour hood were present, and standing on each side of the line, who loudly cheereii the royal family as the train came to • stand. Mr. Nicholls, the station muter, who was fifteen years in the Life Guards, and Mrs. Nicholls, his wife, who had been many years • domestic at Windsor Castle, were present, and bad the honour of presenting a fine bunch of grapes to the Prince of Wales,which were graciously accepted. The engine in waiting to take forward the royal train was a fine new locomotive, named Prince Ernest, end was driven by Mr. Hunt, of Preston. Mr. Norris, superinten dent of this portion of the London and North Western line, had charge of the train; and it was here also joined by Mr. Henry Woodhouse, superintendent of permanent way over the whole line, and other officials. The train was in motion again at about 12 minutes before 12 o'clock. LANCASTER. The train passed through Wigan and Preston without stopping; but the stations at these places were densely crowded with people, who loudly cheered her Majesty. The station at Lancaster was also crowded, and there were not leas than three or four thousand people present. A great number of ladies were spe cially provided with room on one side the plat form, in frost of whom were the mayor, aldermen, and corporation, accompanied by the vicar and clergy ; and on the ether aide the platform was a guard of honour composed of about 100 rank and file of the 34th regiment, under the command of Major Goodenough, Captain Simpson, and Captain Guilt. The train entered the station at three minutes before one p.m., punctual to the time at which it was expected, and was received with many demonstrations of attachment to the royal family. The people cheered, the troops presented arms, the band of the regiment played the royal air, " God save the Queen," the bells of the church gave forth a merry peal, whilst the tops of the castle, church, and other buildings were decorated with royal stan dards. The Mayor was introduced to her Majesty, and at the head of the corporation remained in conversation with the Queen and his Royal Highness Prince Albert several minutes. The distance (ran Holyhead to Lancaster is 153 miles, and here the officials of the London and North Western gave up the charge of the train into the hands of the Lancaster and Carlisle Company's servants. Mr. Howard, of Grey stocks Castle, one of the directors, also took his seat in the royal train here. The train was in motion again a few minutes after 1 o'clock, and was due at Carlisle, where her Majesty was to stop 40 minutes, at 3.30; and at Edinburgh, 324 miles from Holyhead, at 6.30 p.m. VISIT OF THE BOARD OF ADMIRALTY TO PORTSMOUTH. PORTSMOUTH, AUGUST 3.—The minima visit of inspection of the Lords of the Admiralty to this port com menced to•dy. The Surveyor of the Navy, Captain Sir Baldwin Walker, K.C.8., and the Admiralty Director of Works, Colonel Greene, arrived by mail train from London at 12.30 a.m., and at 9 o'clock the First Lord, the Right Hen. Sir James Graham, came over from Cowes in the Fire Qum, steam vessel, Muter Commanding Paul, and pro deeded to the George Hotel, in the High-street. By the early trains, Rear-Admiral Berkeley, C. 8., Rear-Admiral the Hon. R. S. Dundee, C. 8., and Captain Milne, members ef the board, also arrived at the George Hotel, when a 'beard wee formed there. The at this port, Via-Admiral Sir Thomas J. Carmine, K.C.8., paid his respects to the First Lord at ten o'cloek; at eleven o'clock the board proceeded in the gallant admirer' carriage to the Dockyard, at the chief entrance of which the Admiralty flag of England was hoisted. This was saluted by the garrison from the plat form battery with a salute of nineteen guns. Their lord ships prooseded to the office of the Admiral Superintendent, Roar Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., and as the workmen of the Dockyard came in from dinner at one o'clock, they were mug tend and inspected by their Lordships, Admiral Fanshawe, to., being present. The men then proceeded to their work, not having the half holiday this afternoon. They are to have some other afternoon in lieu thereof. The Board, at tended by Rear-Admiral Fanshawe and the chief officers of the yard, then visited the various departments, including the new smith's shop, the steam factory, the steam Nisi., the mast and boathouses, the school for apprentices, the chemical department, the ropery, &c., after which they returned to the George Hotel. The following official notification was issued this morning after the board meeting at the George : " Sir James Graham will see officers at the Royal Naval College on Thursday next, at 11 o'clock. " Officers who have already had an interview this year with Sir James will be unable to see him aain. "Admiralty, Portsmouth, Sept. 6, 1863." This evening the members of the board dine in the dockyard at the residence of the Admiral Superbitendeat, Roar Admiral Fanshawe, C. 8., and to-morrow at that of the Commander-in-Chief. On Wednesday their lordships give a dinner at the George Hotel to the Commander in- Chief, the heads of departments, and the commanding officers at the port; afterwards patronising the ball at the Queen's Rooms in aid of the funds of the Seamen and Ma rines Orphan Schools of this port. On Thursday their lordships will hold a levee at the Royal Naval College in the dockyard, and in the evening leave for the Channel Islands. Tae DYERS' STRIKE AT MANCHESTES.—Efforts are now making to bring this dispute to • settlement by arbitration, and we understand that with this view ► depu tation from the men on strike waited on the Mayor of Man chester yesterday morning. Meanwhile, another branch of the trade—the cotton skein-dyers, have struck for an advance of 15 par cent. It is reported that about 13 este blishrnents have seceded to this demand, whilst the hands in 22 others turned oat yesterday morning. An aggregate meeting of the iron trade of Manchester and Salford is announced for Wednesday evening, to talc. into considera tion the propriety of rendering assistance to the dressers, dyers, and finishers, who have been on strike for nine weeks, for an advance of Gd. per day on their former wages. Meetings have been held by several other trades in Man theater, having the same object in view. A MAN CHARGED WIT!! TIIE MCRI)EI OF ELIZA GRIMWorm Yesterday afternoon considerable excitement pre. veiled in the neighbourhood of the Sauthwark Pollee Curt in consequence of its being known that a foreigner ivy apprehended by the City Polies charged with murdering Eliza Orimwood, an unfortunate female, at No. N, Wel. lintels-terrace, Waterloo.ro►d, on the 26th of May, i s and lodged at the Tower-street station of the L Division o! the Metropolitan Police. For some time prior to the prisoner being brought up the court and every avenue leading there, were crowded to excess by persons anxious to hear the evidence. The prisoner was brought to th e court in the custody of Inspector Teague, of the City Police, and Sergeant Romaine, 14 L, and on being placed in the dock he stated his Lame to be Peter Lameschal, aged 43, bootmaker, No. 15, Bishopsgate-street Without. ais stature was about five feet five or six. He was rather shabbily dressed, and his face was adorned with siovenly moustachios. ' It may be in the recollection of some of our readers that the unfortunate woman Eliza Orirnwoo4 met with her death in a very mysterious manner, and that the coroner's jury returned a verdict of wilful murder against some per. son or persons unknown. A man named Hubbard, with whom she cohabited, was taken into custody at the time, and underwent a number of examination, st Union HQ . but was eventually discharged. Since then a foreigner wed suspected of committing the murder, but no clue up to the present time has been obtained of the murderer, although every exertion has been used by the police to do so. Mr. Combe to the prisoner —What is your name, and what nation do you belong to ?' Prisoner—My name n Peter Lamesehal, anti I era II Dane. Mr. Combe—Dow long him you been in this country ? Prisoner—l came to England in 18&5, and I went to Copenhagen at the time of the coronation, but returned again shortly afterwards to this country. Mr. Combo—Do you know what you are charged with ? Prisoner—Yes, and I am surprised at it, as it was only a word when intoxicated and in a passion with a drunken woman, who sometimes lived with me. Mr. Combs to Sergeant Romaine—What is the evidence against him ? Ann Jennings, • young woman about 2,5 years of age, was put iu the witness box and sworn. She said—l am prostitute, and have lived with the prisoner some years, but I have frequently left him, and the last time was about seven months ago. When I tint knew him I was on the town, and that was near three years ago. I lived when, two years and a half with him, but he ill- use d me so at dif ['rent times that I was compelled to leave him. Mr. Com':e—What did the prisoner say about the mur. der of Eliza Grimwood ? Waness—When he was drunk he used to beat me, and swear thet he would serve me as he had served Eliza Grin wood. He would murder me as he had murdered that un fortunate woman. Mr. Combe—When did he use those words ? Witness—When he was drunk and ill-using me. Mr. Combe—When was the hut time ? Witnese—About four mouths ago; but I think he three. tined me seven or eight weeks ago, when we quarrelled. Mr. Combe-I)id you mention what be said to anyone at that time ? Witness—No, sir. I did not believe anything about it, and I don't believe it now ; but he beat MP very much. Mr. Combo—How came he into custody ? City Police-constable No. 223 said—l received informs. tion from a Mr. West that Ann Jennings had told him that the prisoner was the murderer of Eliza Grimwo4d. Mr. Combo—Don't you think she was drunk when Ike said so ? Constable—l understand she was sober, and that she believed it. She had quarrelled with him several times, and believed it. William Romaine, police sergeant, 14 L, was next ex- amined. He said, in consequence of the prisoner being charged at the Tower-street station with the murder of Eliza Orimwood, I went by the directions of my superin tendent, Mr. Evans, into the City, and saw Ann Jennings at No. 9, Little Arthur-street, Golden-lane. That was between eleven and twelve yesterday. She told me that she had charged the prisoner, but she had never said any such words. He only had ill-used her, and threatened to serve her u Eliza Orimwood had been served. . . Mr. Combe uked the City constable what the prisoner said when taken into custody ? Constable—He said he never killed the woman, and that he never threatened to kill Jennings. Mr. Combe—Did you ask the prisoner whether he ever knew Eliza Grimwood ? Constable—Yes, I did, sir, and he told me that he Inver had any knowledge of the unfortunate woman. Mr. Combo—ls any one here who knows anything about the murder ? Romaine—Goff is in court, and be can give you some in. formation, u he assisted in the cue at the time. Mr. Combe (to Ann Jennings)—ls what Romaine hu ustarl tho mom you told him? Jennings (hesitating)—He told me that he would urn me as he did Elisa Grimwood. Romaine—She told me that he threatened to murder her, as be had done Eliza Grimwood. Mr. Combe—That does not prove anything, or that he himself had committed the murder. It was common for men, especially foreigners who did not exactly know our language, to make such expressions, by alluding to soma murder that had taken place years ago. Have you any evidence to show that the prisoner was ever acquainted with Eliza Grinsweod ? Henry John Teague, inspector of the City police, said, about two or three weeks ago the female Ann Jennings was in my custody for drunkenness, and it is custom ar y w i c k us to discharge such persons when sober without taking them before a magistrate. In consequence of what I had heard, I then questioned her, and she said the prisoner had acknowledged to her that he was the murderer of Eliza Grimwood. I gave orders to my constables to look after him, and we have lately tried to find him. Jennings here admitted that Mr. Teague did question her in the police station, and that she told him the prisoner had ill-used her, and he would serve her as he had done Eliza Grimwood. Mr. Teague—Did you not tell me there was some truth in it ? ieUniage—Yes, I did : and by his usage of me I thought him quite capable of it Mr. Combs to Mr. Teague—Much depends upon the statement of this woman, if there was anything in it at all. I have no doubt you may have had an impression that there was some truth in her statement, as she herself believed it. You would not have taken the charge unless such was the caw. Charles Bargees Goff, formerly a detective officer of the L division, was next put into the witness-box. He said—l recollect the murder of Eliza Urimwood at 26, Wellington terrace, Waterloo-road, on the 26th of May, 1838. I went into the house at six o'clock in the morning, and found her dead on the floor, with her throat out. A doctor was called in, and he pronounced her to have been dead some time. She was an unfortunate female, and a man named Hub ! bard lived with her. An inquest was held, at which I was present, and a verdict of wilful murder against some person or persons was returned. Hubbard was suspected of having committed the murder, and was in my custody. After the inquest be was examined before the magistrates at Union-tali, and there being no evidence to implicate him he was discharged. It was ascertained afterwards that stall foreigner, wrapped up in a large blue cloak, and wearing very large moustachios, had gone home with her at three o'clock in thus morning from the Strand Theatre. Hubbard has since died, and I never thought that he wil the muiderer, although he was at home all that night. . - Mr. Combs—He lived apon her prostitution, did he not ? Goff—Yes, he did, sir; and when she brought say one home with her, he went and slept in the upper part of the house. Mr. Combo—There were marks et violence on her body ? Goff—Yes, sir. There were stabs in her body through her stays ; and I examined the rdom, and found a pair of tun's gloves. The murder was committed ►y a foreigner. Mr. Combs—ls there any knowledge that the prisoner was in England at the time. Inspector Teague—He was In England then. There was a cabman who had something to do with the cue, and he could identify the man. Mr Combs—l suppose there was a proper description given of the man at the time of the murder. Does the pri soner tally with that ? Goff—Not as to height. The description given was of a tall foreigner. After Hubbard was discharged a soldier gave himself up to the authoriti a at Dublin, and was brought from the latter place to this court, when he under went an examination, but was discharged, it being clear that he accused himself to get ont of the army. It could not have been him, as he was too young. Mr. Combs—Then you can't say the prisoner is the man? Goff—l cannot. Mr. Combs—Can you find the cabman? Goff—Most likely. Mr. Combs—ls there any one else who beard the words " That he was the murderer of Eliss Grimwood ? " _ . . William West, a bootmaker, residing at 24, Portpool lane, City, said—l have known the prisoner by sight nearly a month, and I have frequently heard Ann Jennings say that he (the prisoner) bad murdered Eliza Grimwood. Jennings told me that he had threatened to murder her, as he had murdered Eliza Grimwood. Jennings—Yes, I did say so, and that's true. Prisoner—l n said so; but I said I would serve her as the woman Glrimwood over the water was. She gets mad drunk, your worship, and irritates me so, that she may swear away my life. When she took the summoned out against me, she never attended to them, u she knew it was all wrong. lam innocent of this serious charge before God and man. Mr. Combo, to Jennings—When did you last quarrel ? Jennings—Last Suaday week. Mr. Combo — How did he keep you ? Jennings He never kept me. I kept him and gave bin money. He always gave me a good hiding if I did not. Goff here intimated to his worship that all the documents relative to this mysterious murder were in the hands of the Commissioners of Police, and could be produced on a future day if the prisoner was remanded. Mr. Combe said—Here's a man living on the prostitution of a female, and they quarrel, when expressions of that I I kind come oat. If he so frequently refer. to himself being