The Express. — London, England, 1847-06-12 00:00:00

wilt la int" Mere st all, but we will leave Spain to therebyexposing Portugal to the evils which I r a tzflere ew ewe ' . n . oned ,nd to o the rsw w hich I shall state presently, e , we out have threaten ed S p ain with war in case she inkr. bi d by arms with Portugal, as she had positively declared e k e would do. Now, let the House committer in what itsajua we should have been placed if we bad threatened w ith war • friendly power. The Queen Donna Isabella t ogas — by • title similar to that of Donna Maria. The Spanish ppeaameal may have.naturelly apprehended, if the junta eac ceeme sll overturning the throne of Do M • Don . ,)Kraal would be raised to her place ; and they may have felt thee if Doe Miguel were reigning in Portugal, the cause of the wh i te would derive •groat aces on of strength. tinder seek c ircu mstances , they may have thought that they ought wet te permit such a revolution to take place in Portugal. I aw a i t that such !cars were exaggerated; I believe that t e e sentiment that Don Miguel would immediately succeed g the junta triumphed at Lisbon was en exaggerated eaat' ;I do not think that the danger of math an event w ow immanent as the Spanish government believed it to be. Bat this I must say, that if the government of g ee t a had said. •• The existence of our reigning ifi aj ty depends on our interference in Portugal," sem would have been no cruse which would b a y e enabled us to say with justice to Spain, " We will ap. pool to arms to prevent your interference." I think that in on a ease the government of Spain would be fully entitled se take measunis for its own security. But let us consider whet wouid have been the consequence of our taking su c h a ow e., If we had taken part against Spain, we must have e go part with the junta of Oporto; we must have taken pelt against the throne of Donna M aria (hear, hear), ag a i ns t ; -- ei n een of that house of Braganza with which we have been intimately allied for centuries, and which we should at least *art to see maintained in splendour and security. (Hear, war.) And to do what? (Hear, bear.) What was this • ta of Oporto to effect ? What was th e cause r w eja t it was engaged? Almost every person who mites from Oporto, says. that Count Das Astute', who was hal, in arms, and the junta as a body. had ceased to cert.- aim authority over their followers. Every man at Lisbon, whether Portuguese or Englith, who is not immediately con- ' m eted with the party, has declared that if they succeeded, a oats of anarchy would follow, and that there would be Muddied sod murder in the 'tree... ( Meer, hear.) One pectstruese gentleman, of very =dente opinions, says : " I Amid gawk God if there were any hop.es of having a re pnblic, but the mob would have such complete pee im am of the tows, and the slithers would act ea entirely without regard to their leaders, that we should have co organised government whatever." How could the government of England undertake to defend that state of things in opposition to a grist proportion of the rortagese nation an Ito the intervention of Spain. (Hear, hear.) I conceive that we should have got into immense difficulty if we hid taken such a course. There is one view tithe meter which has been kept out of sight. If against oar opinions and declarations, Spain had interfered and sue ailed in her intervention, what would then have been the mutt? Sly would hove had with her the good wish,a, Hut the active interference, of Franc.% The Minister of France declared lung ago that he thought the case one to which the terms of the treaty of the quadruple wh en ce were applicable. Thinking that England eight to interfere, he could not but wish well to Spain if sloe interfered. But what would be the consequence if Spain, backed by France, established her supremacy in Portugal ? Is thu souse prepared for that consequence ? (Hear, hear) Is this house prepared to say, that the an oast alliance with Portugal, which has so long sub sisted, sad which has been our safety in many a continental war, shall give place to the establishment of Spanish supremacy in Portugal; that we shall either shrink altogether from asserting our influence in Portugal; or that, in asserting it. we shall choose ' so ill a part in the contest as to join a party which h thoroughly unable to govern, which is so entirely without ' a head, that whether it be a manarchy or a republic so stable government can be formed by it in Portugal? (Hear, beer.) This is a point upon which throughout the cassions on this subject I have felt very deeply. (Hear, hem) I have felt that after our long cannexion with Por tage I should be sorry to belong to a government which, when cretin upon by tie government of Portugal to inter fere, and having it in i sown power to dictnte the terms of the interference, shrank frum rendering any :resistance, and thereby be came for ever disconnected with the government of that country. (Hear, hear.) According t s the opinions of some of the wisest men who ever ruled this country, its safety is founded on a system of alliances:. (Hear.) Unless you have an alliance with Portugal, depend upon it Tau can have no security for the peace of Europe. (Hear, ti..) Unless you maintain the balance of power in Europe; unless you stand by your ancient &Ilia., ou must be obliged very soon either to accept dishonourable terms of peace, or to equip a large army and a considerable fleet in order to preserve your independence. Sir, lam now speaking language in conformity with that of a great man on no inconsiderable occasion, and in a case, too, of inter fereuce. In 1786 a democratic party, supported by France, obtained possession of the government of the Nether lands. The authority of the Prince of Orange was made altogether subordinate; all the powers of the government were placed in the hands of the demo cratic party. On that occasion England interfered. Au insult having, by the connivance of the government, been offered to the Princess of Orange, when she was pass ing to her carriage, the King of Prussia took tux .sion to march an army into the country to displace the existing government, and to put the government of the stadtholder In its pace. The King of England threatened that if C • French interfered to disturb the settlement made by the King of Prussia with Prussian troops, Eng.and would take part with Prussia. Here was a government which the peo ple, with the assistance of French intrigue, had established for themselves. The hon. member for Montrose has (seated that it is against all the principles of the government of this country to interfere with that of another. Yet the advice in this case was given by Mr. Pitt-4 minister who, up to that time, had been mast favourable to the peace of the world, and who had just concluded a commercial treaty with Holland—Mr. Pitt advised the king to state all the circumstances which had occurred during the recess in the speech at the opening of parliament ' • and Mr. Fox gave his lull assent to the address. We have, therefore, the authority of Mr. l'itt and Mr. Fox exhibited in a case of interference by arm., not merely sgaiust a body of in surgenta, but against a government which was established after having overthrown the former government. (Hear.) Mr. Foe, therefore, said, awl truly, that the interests of England were come rned in supportna the stadtholder. I think that with regard to this interference we have interfered in a manner conformable to the interests and liberty of Poe tugel, and not only that, but we had a right to consider the security and interests of England which are so closely bound ap with our old alliance and ancient influence in Portugal. With respect to the manner in which this interference has been carried into effect. I think, as I sta'ed at the commence. sent, that the whole point of the invective against us falls to the ground, when it is shown that we have not made a compact on the principle of the Holy Alliance or the principle of despotism, but have asked for the execution of the charter of Don Pedro, fur a meeting of the constitutional tortes, and for security for liberty, and the restoration of those articles of the charter which the queen had some excuse for suspending during a rebellion, but which when peace was brought about were not teetered. I thought that the terms which were proposed to the junta were so favourable to them, and held out so good a prospect for the enjoyment of their liberties, that they would not have hesitated to accept them ; and indeed many mem ber, of the junta, and Das Antes among them, said that the terms were excellent and unexceptionable in themselves. The question is—such being the terms which were o ff ered to them, what could have induced them to refuse them? In the first place, although they were told that the terms offered by Sir Hamilton Seymour and Col. Wylde would he granted, yet if they were not accepted, England would interfere by Wee, they did not believe in the reality of that declaration, and expected that if the terms were refused there would be ao further interference This happened also at a timenhen they had received an account of the successes of their adhe rents ; and a third cause was, that the leaders of the junta did not dare to disobey their followers (hear, hear), who con trolled their movements, and they feared the danger that would ensue to their authority, and even to their persona if they accepted them. Such were the reasons why those terms were not accepted. Sir Hamilton Seymour seeing such to be the state of affairs and the urgency of the cue, and seeing also by the despatch of the 6th April, that England was prepared to interfere in arms, took on himself to desire Sir Wm. Parker to send ships to the Douro. Notice had already been given to the junta, sad a letter had been written to them stating trat hostile proceedings must not be carried on : upon this Du Ante embarked 3,000 of his men, and was about to proceed to the:math, as he called it, to inflict a fatal blow on the r ci : ma t'l a rernietent at Lisbon. Sir Thomas Maitland, who then, received his order', and sent an *Meer on board one of the steamers, to say that if they proceeded they would be captured by her Majesty's ships and sent to Lisbon. The knowledge of this induced the junta to break off their propos iti on for an armistice . There was umber letter which was not delivered, and this, per haps, gave rise to the notion thot the junta had not received notice of the intention to commence hostilities. But they received notice first from Sir Hamilton Seymour, next from Colonel Wylde, and then from the expediteon which was sent with the America ; and it was only this one letter, which was not received, nor could Du Anne have been unaware of shat was to be done. Sir Thomas Maitland, seeing that the men were embarked, and the vessels coming out beyond the bar, carried his instructions into effect, and told the officers that they must surrender, for that he would not allow them to go to the south or return to Oporto. They accordingly surrendered without resistance, Das "Us ' , tieing that they surrendered as prisoner* of war to the British forms—(hear, hear)—and that he wished them to continue in our custody, and not to be delivered up to the Portuguese authoritiee. Those terns were faithfully kept, u might be expected from the character of British officen, and from the characters of Sir W. Parker and Sir T. Maitland, and they were placed in the castle of St. Julien under a guard of British marines, and detained as prisoners of war, as they had surrendered. The consequence must be, and I expect will shortly be, that the junta at Oporto and 8a do Bandeira, whole in command of the troops at St. Übe*, will accept the terms which were originally pr , , and that all politico] offences after the war y:11 ' 17, t passed Over, and the eonstitution re-established. So far from establishing despotism we have put an end to that which was at Lisbon—(hear, hear)--and put down the irre gular authority at Oporto ; and this interference is for the welfare of Portugal, for the purpose of preserving European Peace. Let us coneider what would have been the danger, if we had pursued a course which woe just now recom mended,—if we bad keen ready to declare that Spain should notintetfere; that there would have been a caws bah if she did: that we were prepared, with perfect tranquillity, to see 41e throne of Queen Donne,Maria overturned, and the family 4 &ulna exile. from Portugal, but that we would not ere • Spanish soldier pus the frontier. I, speak from conviction THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1847. Another of the assumptions of the Premier's speech I is, that Spain wee determined on intervening with an armed force, that Spain had some right so to deter mine, and that we had no means of preventing her, bat by the extreme menace of war. In all this argu ment and assertion, there is the greatest exaggeration. The representative of England had but to say at Madrid that his government would not permit Spanish intervention in *ilium in order to meetwith instant acquiescence. The only pretext that Spain could have had for intervening was, the fear of Don MIGUEL'S succeeding, and against this Great Britain could have given her own assurance, which Spain could not but have accepted. The phantasmagoria of war, therefore, with which Lord JOHN RUSSELL frighted the house and twitted Mr. HUME, is a vulgar and visionary ghost, too often evoked to frighten parliament. Instead of Spanish ministers bring deterred from meditating interven tion, which might easily have been done, they were rather encouraged in it by English offers to approve of it, and joi❑ in it. And we have no' doubt that this language was held towards the cabinet of Madrid, for the sake of keeping it and the British government on good terms, for the sake of making friends with the Spanish modemdo-puritans, and of in creasing English influence at Madrid. This was very good policy, as far as Spain was concerned ; it was very adroit, and very wise, on the part of a Bri tish envoy in Spain. But its result with regard to Portugal was and will be the reverse. Instead of Spain menacing and forcing us to accept and join in her intervention with Portugal, we seem rather to have enticed PACHECO into it. Lord JOHN Russell. depicted the alternative of our refusing to intervene and allowing Spain to do so, Spain by so doing being thus enabled to establish not only her own influence but that of France, over the house of Brag inza, and over the kingdom of Portugal. This very dreadful result, nowise imminent—because Spanish intervention, if we forbade, was impossible — is to our mind the very result which is likely to be arrived at. The total destruction of the junta and its armies will throw all power in Portugal into the hands of the Court and the CABRALP, who, however they may dissemble for a season, cannot fail openly to dominate at last. And throne the Vans s will be established that joint rule of Prance and Spain over the house of Braganza, which already existed, and of which the Portuguese complained. Lord HOWARD DE WALDEN can tell, that during the entire reign of the CABRALS he, as English envoy, enjoyed not the least influence, but was treated with the greatest contumely. The court of Lisbon may now, perhaps, and for a short time, out of gratit'ide, treat Sir H %MILTON SEY MOUR differently. But as soon as he begins to interfere, as he must, for free elections to the Cortes, for respect to the liberty of the subject„ and the charter, his presence and his counsels will soon be as unwelcome as Mr. SOUTHERN'S. Our disapproval of the policy that has been fol lowed is not so mach based on the pre sent consequences, disagreeable as these may be, as upon the future. What is most odious to us is the precedent, the important admission, that Spain has right to intervene with an armed force to put down any popular movement in Portugal on the rumour, that some Miguelites may have joined it. Why, whenever a resistance to the court arises in Portugal, what more easy than to suborn pretended Miguelites to join it, to publish proclamations, and utter menaces against the throne ? By this slight and facile subterfuge any and every resistance to thci Queen of PORTUGAL'S authority be comes impossible. Even parliamentary opposition is discredited. The moment it becomes warm or lively, Spain declares that it threatens the throne, and that she will send tropes to set all right. And this is the international law we sanction—this is the position in which we place the peninsula. TUIERE is to be a second university contest. Cam bridge has never adopted the practice which prevails at Oxford, of giving every representative, except in extraordinary cases, a life tenure of his seat. The constituency, however, is in general indisposed to change, and has not for sixteen years indulged in the excitement of a contested election. In 1830 Mr. CAVENDISH, now Earl of BURLINGTON, was elected as colleague to Lord PALMERSTON, who had long sat as tory member for the university, and had not then finally identified himself with the whig party. In the following year both the whig members were ejected on the question of the Reform Bill, by Mr. MANNERS SCTTON, afterwards Lord CANTERBURY, and Mr. Wsi. PEEL, the brother of Sir ROBERT. Mr. COULIIIIRN and Mr. LAW have both held their seats for several years; and for some time after the last election it seemed probable that neither of them would be disturbed on any future occasion. The majority of the electors always have belonged essentially to the conservative party, and it was only by a division within the party, or by disputes independent of ordi nary political questions, that an opening was likely to be afforded for any opposing candidate. The Dissenters Chapel Bill, and to a much greater extent the Maynooth grant, first disturbed the rela tions of the university members to their constituents, and set them in opposition to each other. Mr. LAW zealously supported the ultra-protestant religious clamour which assailed the ministry ; while Mrt GOULBURN raised extreme bitterness of feeling again. himself, by his support of the measures most repug nant to the low church or evangelical section, with which ho had always been intimately connected. The more learned and eminent members of the univer sity generally supported the government policy; but a large body of the country clergy, and a minority of the lay electors, have ever shire regarded Mr. CIOULBURN with feelings of dislike and anger, which may, possibly, endanger his seat at the ensuing election. The marked favour with which the present government has regarded the church, will no doubt Lave produced an effect ; and we have ne doubt that although the Whig party was an accomplice in the Maynooth encouragement of idolatry, and the " god less colleges" repudiation of religion, many of its habitual opponents would split their votes between Mr. LAW and a ministerial candidate, in the event of a three-handed contort. The repeal of the corn-laws, to a certain extent, widened the breach between Mr. LAW'S supporters and Mr. CIOI7LBURN ; but it is greatly to the credit of the clergy, that, although more directly interested ' than any other class in the high price of corn, they took little part in the agitation against the measure. Protestantism has mach more than protection to do with the opposition by which Mr. GOULBURN is likely to be met in the senate-house. On the other hand, the more intelligent portion of the university regard with strong disapprobation Mr. LAW'S bigoted oppo sition to every attempt at improvement in religious or commercial legislation ; and many of his former sup porters, as well as those who have always differed from him in opinion, are anxious for an opportunity to pro test, by their votes, against the course of policy, or rather the system of prejudices, which he has thought fit to advocate in parliament. In this state of things, it is not unnatural that the whig party in the university, which, although not very numerous, is united and active, and has always com prised a considerable portion of the more distinguished members of the ornate, should attempt to secure a share in the representation. As there is nothing in the present policy of the government inconsistent with the prin ciples of the large body who, with a general wish for an enlarged and improving policy, either keep aloof from political party, or follow Sir R. PEEL, there seemed to be no reason for their refusing to support an eligible candidate, whether he belonged to the ministerial partr or to the nominal opposition. The most important point with a view to success, as well as for the interests of the university, was, that the candidate, while he held the opinions in which all the more enlightened sections of the university are agreed, should possess strong personal qualifica tions for the poet of university . representative. In this respect, it was impossible to make a better choice than that which has fallen on Mr. Jon:* SHAW LEFEVRE. His early distinc tions as senior wrangler and fellow of Trinity not only prove his scholastic attainments, and show that he is possessed of talents which have been since sufficiently displayed in his official career, bat they afford a guarantee of hie practical acquaintance and sympathy with the great object and function of the university, the promotion of education and of learn ing. This is a requisite which has hitherto been most unduly neglected by those who have selected the members for Carnbridte. Sines the days of Sir NICOLAS TINDAL and LLord LYNDHURST, with the interval of Mr. CAVENDISH'S short and silent career, the university has never possessed a representative who was capable of explaining any acade mical question which might arise in par- Vainest. Mr. °KILBURN and Mr. Law, hay ing both passed through the university with out paying any particular attention to the studies of the place, appear to be quite ignorant of its real character, and utterly nnimbned with an academic spirit. When any attack, well or ill-founded, has been made on the universities in parliament, the WAS of dohnts which their representatives have riegisi, has generally been more repugnant to the Miley of those who understood their ervoler, Um the understandings or misrepresentations of it Twaddle about discipline and orthodoxy h r as= brought forward time after time, when the real rill lion concerned the interests of intellectual education ; and the public, as far as it has been influenced by the statements of Mr. DOULBURN and Mr. Law, has been led to believe, that the iiiscouragement of popery and dissent, combined with sedulous attendance on religious celebrations, forms the principal object of the noble foundations, which have, in fact, however imperfectly, kept alive the little love of sound learn ing which still glimmers in England. If it is painful to scholars to be mistaken by their enemies, it is far more offensive to them to be held up by their friends as empty bigots and formalists. Mr. LEFEVRIC will be far above the danger of falling into errors of this class. He not only knows, but he understands, the university which he seeks to repre sent; nor can it be doubted that he has the still higher recommendation of possessing a genuine and intelligent attachment to liberal educa- I to learning, and to science. His career in maturer life has added practical experience, to the severer knowledge which he acquired in his youth. It is scarcely possible to have received a better educa tion for a political career than that which Mr. LEFEVRE has enjoyed. In Lord GREY'S ministry he held for some time the post of Under Secretary of State ; he was then for some years one of the princi pal poor-law commissioners—en office which he re signed for that which he at present holds in the Beard of Trade. In all the official situations which he has held, there has, we believe, been but one opinion of the remarkable ability which he has displayed. In the higher official situations to which he will probably aspire, if successful in the present contest, we have no doubt that his long experience and trained powers of mind will make hlm a useful and distinguished administrator. Personally, we' believe he is highly popular, and on the whole we believe there is no one member of the senate who combines in himself so many qualifications for the rank of representative of Cambridge. Even if we were opposed to Mr. LEFEVRE in political opinions, we should hesitate before we rejected his pretensions; for it seems even more peculiarly incumbent on an educated constituency than on any other to maks in dividual fitness a principal consideration in the selec tion of a member of parliament. It is evident, however, that at Cambridge, as else where, the chances of success to any candidate will depend more on the combinations of parties and on the inclination of political opinion, than on any per sonal grounds. We have already indicated some of the principal differences which at present divide the constituency : but we have not left outhelves space for entering more fully into the prospects of the candi dates. We shall take an early opportunity of dis cussing the subject further. We believe there is no: yet a fourth candidate openly in the field; but we understand that the anti-Maynooth party have proposed to put forward as their champion, Vie count FEILDING, son to the Earl of DENBIGH. We are not aware whether the proposal has been encou raged by any other section of Mr. Goutnuare• opponents. It may be supposed that we have no sympathy with Lord FEILDING'S politics; but oar objections to him are so strong as to require no poli tical weight to make them graver. We willingly assume, as is doubtless the case, that the young nobleman in question is possessed of all proper private virtues, but he possesses no possible claim to the rank of university member. He is a young man, we find, of four or five and twenty, who has recently passed through his Cambridge career with out any particular distinction, and who must know much less of the character of the university than most of his youthful contemporaries, from his position as a nobleman, a rank which, under the baneful and discreditable system which is still suffered to exist, deprives its holder of many of the beet advantages of academic life. The spirit of sycophancy is widely spread ; but we hope it has not yet brought such a constituency as that of Cambridge to condescend to such a candidate as Lord FEILDING. An animated debate, on the subject of Algeria, took place in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednes day, in which General Lamoriciere, who was dis tinguished in that colony, under Marshal Bugeaud, mado his maiden speech. M. Guizot delivered an oration, which resembled an academic eloge on Mar shal Bugeaud. The Journal dt-a Debate mentions this as above all praise, and one of the great minister's greatest efforts. The Conalitutionnel says that it set the chamber asleep, except the ministerial bench, several of whom found excuses for retiring, to avoid its soporific influence. The debate, however, left most of the points agitated respecting the African colony exactly where they were. The committee of the chamber has decided in favour of authorizing the City of Paris to contract a loan of a million sterling. An order has been received at Toulon for two of the ships of the squadron commanded by the Prince de Joinville to proceed to Lisbon. The central committee of the constitutional opposi tion has issued a manifesto addressed to all the con stituencies of France, on the state of public affairs, and the position of the cabinet. The affair of the charges of M. Emile de Girardin against the ministry continues to occupy public atten tion. A reconciliation between the honourable deputy and the cabinet has, it was said on Wednes day, been attempted by mutual friends, the result of which, if successful, would necessarily be the refusal of the representative chamber to authorise his appear ance before the peers, and the consequent termination of the affair. These steps are said to have given evi dent satisfaction to the cabinet, which, however, de mand, as one indispensable condition, that M. de Girardin shall withdraw certain expressions wound ing to the ministry, which are contained in the written explanations which he has laid before the committee. This; condition M. de Girardin declines to accept, and there the matter stands at present. The committee had another meeting on Thursday, the result of which had not reached our correspondent at poet hour. The report of the fall of a viaduct on the Avignon and Marseilles Railway, quoted by us yesterday on the authority of La Prone, turns out to be a Stock Exchange hoax practised on that journal. The funeral of Marshal Grouchy took place with great military pomp on Thursday. All the troops of the garrison were displ►yed on the occasion. The service took place in the Chapel of the Invalides, from which the cortege proceeded to the family vault in the cemetery of Pere is Chaise. P.S. The committee of the Chamber of Deputies have given, on Thursday, the necessary authorisation to the Chamber of Peers to call M. de Girardin before it. The report of the committee is made by M. Lavielle. It will be brought up before the end of the week, and the debate on it will probably take place at the commencement of the next week. It is now fully expected that the chamber will confirm the report. The preliminary inquiry on the subject of the Cubieres affair is concluded, and the report is in the press. The journals and correspondence of Madrid, to the sth instant, have been received. It was said that the Pope's legate, M. Brugnelli, intended to go to the Pardo, to pay his respects to the prince consort, and use his influence to induce him to rejoin the Queen, but nothing was apparent which gave probability to this rumour. The reported entry of the Spanish army into the Portuguese territory was contradicted. It was not expected to cross the frontier before the 10th. El Faro, an organ of the late moderado cabinet, comments on an article which appeared in the Daily News of the 27th ult., to the following effect: " The Doily , New says " (ebeerves the Faro)," that the wretched ministers of Spain, with so little of Csmilian honour, or of the sentiments of a caballero in them, Sr. hesitating which side they shall adopt ; whether they ehall support the rights of their injured and menaced Queen, or whether it may not be more prudent for them to stick clogs by France, and espouse the peetensions of Don Francisco. We do not include all the members of the Spanish ministry in this category, but the majority displays this dis graceful indifference." To this the Faro replies : " For our part, we should, on such as Maim felicitate these who would display such indifference ;• but we fear thane such division exists in the &sleet, and that there is neither a majority nor minority animated by the feelings described by the English journalist. Mr. Bulwer is one of two or tree presidents of the council of the actual ministers and he is, moreover, the most influential of them, and his presence In the cabinet is a guarantee that English interests are not compromised. All this does not prevent Mr. Bulwer, prompted by the inspirations of Castilian honour, from urging the appointment of an Olosaga ministry, of which he would, in fact, be himself the president, which would avenge and deliver the Queea, and preserve us from the guardianship of Louis Philippe All this is so much the more within the scope of poseWility, inasmuch so EPpankTO, as the Daily News observes, would, in that cose, re-appeal in Spain." gbe The Queenve a state ball (the second this season) last evening, at -Buckingham Palace. The company present at the reception exceeded in number those attending any for mer ball given by her Majesty, the invitations having been extended to the unprecedented number of nearly two thou sand. The guests comprised the royal family, the foreign princes in this country, the whole of the diplomatic corps, foreigners of distinction on a visit to England, the ladies and gentlemen of the household of the Queen and Prince Albert, of the Queen Dowager, and of the different members of the royal family; the ministers of state, sad the principal mem bers of the administration and their ladies, and a very n ume. 1 Tolls party of the nobility and gentry. Shortly before ten o'clock her Majesty and her royal con sort, and the whole of their august circle, entered the Grand Saloon, preceded by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward, and attended by the Mistress of the Robes, the Lady in Waiting, the Mails of Honour in Waiting, the Lord in IVeiling, the Master of the Household, the Groom in Waiting, the Equerry in Waiting, the Equerry in Waiting to Prince Albert, and the pages of honour. The Queen wore a very elegant cesium. The dress was of pink and white tulle, in two petticoats, over white silk, trimmed with pink ribbons and pink acacias, and or namented with diamond. Her Majesty's head-dress was formed of a wreath of acacias and diamonds. H.R.H. Prince Albert wore a fiad-marshal's uniform. The august party passed through the saloon into the ball-room, and, on Her Majesty's entrance, Mr. Henry Barnard's quadrille band commenced playing "God save the Queen." The Queen passed on to the seats reserved for the Sovereign and the Royal Family, followed by her illustrious guest.. The general company also entered the apartment. The Lord Chamberlain, by her Majc.ty's command, formed a qundrille, and the Queen opened the ball with Ili. Imperial highness the Grand Duke Constantine of Russia. Hit H. Prince Albert and the Hereditary Grand Dacha. of Saxe Weimar were the opposite couple. H.R.11. the Hereditary Grand Duke of Saxe Weimar, H.R.H. Prince George, H.S.H. Prince Edward of Sake Weimar, the Duchess of Sutherland, and the Viscountess Jocelyn joined in this quadrille. Other quadrilles, polkas. and waltzes followed. The " Russulka Galop" •as also danced. The company were served with refreshments during the evening in the Green Drawing-room. After dancing had been continued some time in the Ball-room it was commenced in the Throne-room,ia which Mr. C. Coote's band attended, Supper was 'erred, soon after 12 o'clock, in the State Dinner-room. A range of tables were placed round three sides of the apartment, and on them were displayed sue elusive services of gold plate, interspersed with massive ornaments of the same costly material, illustrating some classical or pastoral subject, and relieved occasionally by the graceful form of elegant vases, adapted for the purpr sea of the banquet. At the end of the room, opposite the doors by which the company entered, was erected a gorgeous buffet of gold plate, filling a deep alcove formed in that side of the room. The background was of crimson, and it was studded with the choicest specimens of art in the precious metals. On the base or lower shelf of the buffet was placed the " Neptune" epergne, and on either side of it were the " Hesperides" candelabra. In the centre of the buffet was the shield of Achilles, over which, and at the top of the buffet, was the " Armada Urn ;" on each aide of the urn were two Etruscan vases, known as the " Venus Icepails," from the figure of the goddess forming the handle. In the upper compartment were introduced two very large embossed scent jars, of great antiquity ; smaller articles of great beauty filled up the interstices between the larger, and due advantage was taken of the present season in the display of beautiful Hovers in gold vases. The buffet was brilliantly illuminated with wax lights, in gold sconces and candelabra. Yesterday her Majesty's Hon. Corps of Gentlemen at-Arms was inspected by their captain, Lord Foley, in the Palace-gardens of St. James's Poises. The corps received his lordship with a general salute, marched past in slow and quick time, and executed other evolutions, according to her Majesty's regulations, with precision and celerity. From last night's Gazette. DOWNING-STREET, Jr. 11. The Queen has been pleaard to appoint Sir Henry Edward Pon Young, Knight, Lieutenant-Gorernoe of the eastern districts of the colony of the Ca e of Good Hope, to be Lieutenant-Governor of the province of South Auatralia - - - - - - WAR OFFICE, Jima 11. 6th Dregs-Cor. W. Doyle to be licut.„ by put., vice Stine, who ret ; 0. E. L. Boynton to be cornet, by pur. 9th Lt. Drape.-Lkut..l. Dad, from 914 F., to be lieut., Tice Atl trobta, who each. 10th lA. Drape.-tor. C. Mocsfahon to be lieut., without par., vice Waled, dec. ; Coo. B. M. Giveen to be lieut., br n p be ur., vim Orate, prom. in 3rd W. I. Reg.; T. 11. Duey to be °cruet,. pur. 17th Lt. Drags.--Lieut. A . Crawahay to amt, by pur, vice Smothered, who ret. ; Cor. P. J. W. Miles to be lieut„by per; W. F. Webb to be comet, by pur. Ist or Gres. Guards.-Lieut. and Capt. the Hon. H. H. M.Firey to be add, vice Wynyard, who resigns the adjutancy any. Coidetreera Reg. of F. Guard. -Brev.-My. Lieut. and Gmt J. I. 'Er=be capt and lieut...ecL, by „ rhea Brlmeko•s and Lieut. J. C. M. Cowell to be lieut. and ; the 1;or. G. C. C. Fllot to be ens. and lieut., by pur. 2nd F.--Capt. W. Dondlle, Rom 44th F., to be rapt, vice Cum tell, who etch. 10th F.-Capt. M. MacGregor, from 21st F.,tto be apt, vke Haines, who st• h. 21st F.-Capt. F. P. Homes, nom 10th F., to be apt, vice Minera -1 nor, who etch. 36th F.--Gent.-Cadet J. H. IL Parka, treat Royal MB. Cal., to be ens., without pur., vice Peek, who mu 4.trd F.-Ens. 0. (*dile to be heat, without per., vice Goby, Epp. to 74th F.; oent.Cudet H. J. P. Both, Rom Royal Mil. Cal-, to be without par. 44th E-Capt. A. J. Campbell, from 2nd F., to be capt., vice Dan dle, who etch. 47th F.-Ens. O. C. D. :tangle, to be lieut., by pur.,:vice De Conroy, who rest ;W. H. Longmore to be eau, by pur. l -t 49th F.-Lieut. C. Adams, from Ceylon Rifle Reg.; to be tied., vim Michell, app. pedmater. 55th F.-LieuL J. A. Oldham, from 86th F., to belieut„ vice Gordon, at• 86th F. 69th 1 , ,-o,L.Serg. W. Tr acey to be ens., without pur., vice OW hope, who res. 74th F. -Lieut. G. L. Proby, from 41rd P., to be lieut., vice LlM cmk, prom. 79th F.-Bat. Lieut-CoL Y. awe, from b. p. 14 Gar. Bat., to be apt. vice Ferguson, dec.; Lieut. W. C. Hodgson to be amt., by put., doe Close, who ret. ; Ens. A. Maitland to he lint., by pur.; F. A. Grant to be ens., by pur. 85th P.-Lieu.-lien. Sir I, W. Oulat Bart and 11..C.8., to be rot, vice Lieut.-Gen. Bir T. Peados, C. 8., den 86th F.-lieut. J. J. Gordoo, from 53th F, to be liens, vice Old. ham, app. to to 53th F. 90th P.--Gent.Cadet V. H. Clam, from Royal Mil. Cat, to be em., without par., vice Hamilton. prom. in Cape Manted Riflemen. Slot F.-Lient P. Antrobus, from 9th Lt. Drags, to NI heat, vice Head, who etch. 94th P.-Amist.fonrg. J. C. Forret M.D., from Staff, to be mkt.- meg., vice Gmot, climber:el the terrine by meting* of • General Court-Martial. Rifle Brigade.-7. F. Scott M. 8., to be atelst.surg., vice Howell, killed in action. 3rd W. L Reg.-Lint W. K. Orme, from 10th Lt. Deep, to be eapt by par. vim Bristow, who rd. taiorta-ftrev. Lieut-CoL M. Close, of 79th F, to be col. in the army. Hanova. Bran.-.T. W. B. Bookie( to be assist..aurg. to the forms, vice Perms, app. to 94th F. Maouptca.-The Christian names of Ena. Batik, of HIM F., ere William Alexander. The name of the oilier of theE. L Company's Service, prom. to take rank by beer., a• • major in her majesty's rum m in the Zest India only, in the ennimomt to the Gazette, dated the 13th Nov., 1846, le B. N. nonce, and not B. N. Tanner. when I say that such a determination on the pert of the go cerement of this country would have been hazardous to the peace of Europe. It is impossible not to consider, with re to all questions of political constitutions, if changes will be welcome to constitutional states. Wean now in a state not very different to that in which Europe was placed during the . wara alter the Refeemation. Then it was not nation went nation ; bet French protestant. sympathising with the English government, and the English catholic symn ang with the catholic, of Spain. AU over Europe differ ences of religion bound men together ; and states contended in arms for the promotion of that religion which constituted the male force of the state, and the majority of the people bakes* to it : Elizabeth interfering its the Netherlands egoista the catholic power, and Philip of Spain stirring up rebellion Ia England--auch was the state of things after the Relbsiesstes. In these time', on the question of political onatintions, it is evident to any one who has watched the tonne of events that governments are not, sad will not be indifferent to the name of the dynasty—(imer, hear)--and the force of the constitution which is to be esta blished in neighbouring nations. There have been numer ous cases of interference in the last 20 years. In 1827, there was interference between Turkey and Greece, and the sultan was not allowed to use his forces against his own subjects. What was the case of Belgium in 1831 ; The hon. gentle man, the member for Montrose, said that we did not inter fere. The &Arian people resolted against a sovereign who, by the treaty of Vienna, bad a right t their allegiance. The Prtnee of Orange marched an army to subdue the insurrection. What happened then? The Duke of Wellington, being prime minister, sad Lord Aberdeen foreign secretary, protocols were exchanged between France and England, in order to the establishment of an armistice there. When the Prince of Orange marched against the Belgians, expecting a vie !lcy, his troops being less recently levied than theirs, a Deitish ambassador, Sir Robert Adair, was sent to stop sod told him he most proceed no further. Was not this interference ? But it was one for the welfare and the security of Belgium, and for the establishment of a free con stitution and the peace of Europe. But still it was an in terfereEce in the internal affairs of another nation. There were subsequent eases in Portugal. An hen. gentlemen has complained to-night that we interfered with the bene volent government of Don Miguel, who had usurped the throne. Was not this an interference; and were not Don Pedro and his daughter placed on the throne by England, France, and Spain? And when Don Carlos was driven out of Portugal and Spain, it was not done entirely by Spanish troops, but by British marines; and especially at the Cane of blilboa, where the muse of Isabella was maintained. There is nothing now in our interference, not as was done by the Holy Alliance, for tho purpose of despotism, but for the cause of limited monarchy, with • representative assembly securing the freedom of the people. In this rose our interference must produce • similar result. The hon. gentleman who brought forwent this motion said the government of this country was founded upon the prin ciple of non-interference, and he instanced the events of the year 1648 as e proof that the people of England had asserted the right to do as they pleas ed , without the interference of foreign powers. True it is that we have had excellent laws, and great freedom, since the revolution of 1688, and no one respects the settlement then made more than I do. No eine more respects than myself the settlement which afterwards placed the House of Hanover on the throne of these realms ; but in all these respects I cannot vindicate this coun try against the feet of its having rolled, accepted, and succeeded by means of foreign interference. (Hear, hear.) I hold in my hand rather a long extract, with a part of which only I will trouble the house on the present occasion. It is an extract from the famous invitation addressed to the Prince of Orange by the Earl of Shrewsbury, the Earl of Devon. shire. Lord Lumley, the Bishop of London, Lord Russell, and Mr. Sydney. What did these patriots say to the Prince of Orange? They declared that the people of England at that time would not rise unless a foreign force came to countenance them in their rising, and they asked the prince to bring over some Dutch triops to give the people courage in that way. Their constitutional exhortation to him was not confined to his assistance for procuring personal liberty, or a representative constitution, or for the maintenance of the rights of the subject, but they add, "We need not say anything about ammu nition, artillery, mortars, or soars arms ; you will pro vide these, and bring some good engineers with you." (Hear, and laughter.) This was the invitation of the excel lent patriots I have named addressed to the Prince of Orange ; and yet the hon. member for Montrose quotes this as if this country had established its liberties without the in tervention of foreign powers, and contended that, in 1688, no foreigner was seen in arms in this country countenancing the rising of the people. (Hear, hear.) I think, therefore, that the hon. gentleman has not considered these prece dents of interference, (Hear, hear.) Again, when we indeed to establish the house of Hanover on the throne of these realms, we were not satisfied with inviting a prince of that illustrious house to come over, but we made another treaty with Holland with a view to obtain 6,000 Dutch soldiers to be sent over to maintain that prince in the position be had been invited to assume. In 1723, our government endeavoured to form such a treaty; but the Dutch complained that on the former occasion we had kept their troops so long, that they must. hesitate be fore they afforded us similar aid; so that in both these in stances foreign aid and interference had been invited by this country. (Hear, hear.) I admit that these cases of inter ference should not be formed into a rule, but should be an exception in the general policy of the country ; and non it was that in this particular instance we have been slow to listen to the representations made to us by the authorities in Portugal and the miniXers of Spain, that we should interfere. We, however, wished that civil war should be brought to a cessation, by the offer of fair terms on the part of the sovereign of Portugal, and by the acceptance of those terms on the part of the junta ; but as neither party were willing to listen to • compromise, and seeing the dreadful state to which Portugal wee reduced, and seeing, also, that if we did not interfere the perils would be increased, the misery of the people would be prolonged --geeing that if we allowed Spain to interfere, either alone or with the assistance of France, we should put another kind of misery upon Portugal, and injure our own alliance with that country, we did at last agree to this interference. (Hear, hear.) It is asked what guarantee we can give that the terms we have proposed will be maintained. I think we have given to the junta the faith of the Queen of Portugal as a pedge—(oh, oh !)—.ad the Portuguese government pledges itself to France, England, and Spain, that the terms proposed shall be carried into effect. lam bound to say that the Portuguese government, in good faith and with u view to their own interests, will are those terms carried out. They have the means to do so ; and by it their cause will be strengthened, the nation will be paci fi ed, and the cessation of the wretched disputations which have destroyed that country will he secured. (Hear, hear.) My belief is that by acts th e we have signed, sad by the instructions we have given, we have acted in a manner conducive to this end ; and, at all events, I shall ever feel satisfaction that I have belonged to • go vernment which has not abandoned an alliance whack England has kept with good faith through centuries, and which I trust will be maintained for centuries to come. (Loud cheers.) Ou the motion of Mr. BWITHWICK, the debate was then adjourned. IRISH . RAILWAYS. In answer to a question by Mr. HUDSON, Lord J. RUSSELL said that the Irish flailwa)s Bill would be brought on, if possible, next week ; but he could not fix a day. The house then adjourned at a quarter put twelve o'clock, till Monday. Vu art• The War talk 'elk autatrethre ke Mara, Hatteres, mad ra garreek yr lee mei the aut b le o rreits star Mt Jam ATM meg ham Orr% Maim. aids, rt Clikerter M lie rale vs ea the irremied et 1711 dre. a ilimiiis lit Bali Nadi truirk Derradh art the trailed Mato% vrt la rob We the Mil Mir 1111 b 1 Tlio cometoot Os& Or GAMOW Illite.Oeesta, .I.r. Wm% Wht.hata, OWN% belttalleraterir Chlra er dertaterres, will be mil was the eweirs et the Mr. The erreerst else/ rae, r• Atineldah be the liellernms• Wis. WY, Bw doer, ha, wlll hem& er ea Ur atlas The rele em dm Were. 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It was a most able and adroit speech—lucid, logical. and calm—producing the utmost effect that could be desired after the impetuous and powerful attack of Mr. BERNAL OSBORNE. We have seldom heard a finer specimen of forensic eloquence than this of Lord JOHN RUSSELL'S but it was forensic ; it was a pleading ; it was making the best of no very brilliant cause. It was not wkat Lord J. Miami, excels in—the utterance of high principles, liberal hopes, and manly determi nation. In lien of this it was, what ministers must at times descend to, a very specious statement, with doubtful aasumptiorui and exaggerated sup positions. The grand argument of the Premier's speech was the Miguelite character of the insurrection, or the existence of what he was pleased to call a third party, viz., the Miguelite, in arms and menacing the Queen and constitution. There does not appear to us to be any solid foundation for this supposition, put forward so eagerly by France and by Spain, so reso lutely deaied by ?dr. SOUTHERN, but unfortunately ad mitted by Sir HiMILTON SEYMOUR, and now by the government. VISIT OF THE GRAND DUKE CONS OF RUSSIA TO WOOLWICH. At about a quarter peat eleven yesterday forenoon the Grand Duke Constantine, attended a brilliant suite, and wearing the Russian uniform, arrived at the dock. 1 yard, Woolwich. There was no battery of Royal , Artilery at the dockyard, the salute being reserved for the arrival on the common ; nor wee there any guard of honour, the marines being in keeping the ground at the review. The Gran s :St was received by Commodore Sir .1. J. Gordon Bremer, C. 8., 'and the principal officers of the dockyard, and Sir Thomas Dominion, C.B. and K.C.H., and the staff of the garrison. I The party proceeded at once to the factory, where Mr. , Atherton, the chief engineer of the establishment, I explainined the uses of the various ponderous machines , which are in daily use here. In this little world of mechanics the Grand Duke spent nearly an hour, and afterwards pro- , eceded, in company with Mr. 0. Lang, the matter builder, to inspect the Royal Albert, of 120 guns, on the stocks, and now nearly finished. After spending about an hour and, thret.quarters in the yard the party left, and proceeded to the mess-room of the Royal Artillery barracks, and were re. ceived with a royal salute fromthe battery in thegun-park, the band of the regiment playing the Russian Anthem, and after wards • variety of popular airs and marches during the time the party within partook of • 'sumptuous d6euner. At a quarter to two the Grand Duke rode to the common. The review then commenced, the troops being drawn up in the following order :--The Royal Horse Artillery on the right, under the command of Lieut.-Col. M. Louis; battalions of Foot Artillery, divided into two wings, under the command of Lieut.-Col. H. Willis and Lieut.-Col. T. Gorden Higgins; and the field-batteries, under the command of Major J. A, Wilson, the whole being under the command of Lieut.- Col. C. Cruttenden, inspector of drills. His lm- Highness was received with a general salute, end, in midi the Marquis of Anglesea and the staff, mi nutelyisYi the whole line. The troops then marched part at dew thes, the Royal Horse Artillery being under tie sesmarma 111 Mejer•Gen. Sir Thos. Downman, who is eekmel-onstinsadant of the corps. The Royal Ilerse Artil lery then wheeled to the right and returned at a full charge. After forming line, they advanced at a gallop and came into action, going through the movements incident to a field day with admirable precision. At the request of the Grand Duke, the Horse Artillery proceeded to execute the manwuvre of dismounting the gun, an operation which was performed in a few seconds, the carriages being taken to pieces and strewn on the ground in an incredibly short space of time. Equally rapid was the manceuvre of re-mounting the gun, and firing off the first round, executed. His Impe rial Highness minutely inspected the gun whilst was dismounted, and appeared to manifest • marked interest in the proceedings, conversing freely with the enjeants in charge of the uns At the close of the . evolution', the Grand Duke ad dressed Lieut.-Col. Louis, and shaking him cordially by the hand, expressed the satisfaction with which he had witnessed the admirable movements of the troops. The band having played " God save the queen," and the troops given the parting 'elute, the Grand Duke repaired to the Royal Milit try Repository, where he was received by Lient..Col. Rudyerd, who conducted him over the Rotunda, where the specimens of foreign ordnance, models of forts, &c., are kept. At twenty minutes past three o'clock the party left the common, and procceded to the Royal Arsenal, where they inspected the laboratory, carriage and etorekeepers departments, over which they were con ducted by the respective officers in full uniform. The Grand Duke and suite entered the royal carriages at half-put four, and returned to town, a salute being fired both en their arrival ass, and departure from, the arsenal. The Rocket' troop, under the command of Captain Lake, was in waiting in the marshes, but owing to the brevity of the Grand Duke's visit, there was no practice either in the marshes or at the mortar and howitzer batteries on the common. THE FATAL COLLISION ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY. ADJOURNED INQUEST WOLVERTON, FRIDAY EVENINO.—This morning, at nine o'clock, the jury re assembled. Capt. Symonds of the railway department, Board of Trade, was present on the part of the government. Captain Huish and Air. Bruyeres, the general manager and superintendent of the 'midway ; Mr. Macconnell, chief of the locomotive de partment; and Mr. Barnwell, of the fi rm of Poker and Ca., solicitors, were in attendance on the part of the North Western Company. Mr. Joseph Payne, the barrister and deputy coroner for London, was present on behalf of the friends of the deceased Mr. Millar, and a legal gentleman for the constable, Bernard Foosey. The following is the corrected list of parties on whose bodies the panel was sworn, Mr. Roger Woods Millar, aged all, secretary of the Smth London Ragged Schools; Mr. John Simpson Sherratt, of Lichfield, formerly *moats. of the Lichfield Rallw, Company; Mr. John Clifton, sired 213, late In the service of Moore. Delimm, Ponley, and Smith, of Wig. more.etreet, Caveredish-square, drapers; Mr. John Com of London, clerk la the London and Westminster Hank; Mr. Thomas Makinson, of Magdalen °allege, Cambridge; Mr. James B. ltattersy, Iran founder of Dundee, and Mr. Henry Smith, manager of the Steam rocket Company, Fleetwood. The friends only of Mr. Millar and Mr. Clifton were pre sent during the investigation. On the coroner taking his seat, Fussev the accused constable, was brought into the room in cust ody of the local police. William Manners said : I am an engine-driver, and have filled that situation between two and three yeses. I drove the engine of the mail-train en Saturday night last. My time for leaving the Euston station is 45 minutes past 9, but on Saturday night last we left about 10 minutes behind time. We, as engine-drivers, are under the control of the principal guard whilst running between stations, and under that of the station-master whilst at stations. On Seterday night we stopped at Watford and Trion stations. We were three or four minutes behind at the Tring station, and arrived there about three or four minutes before 10. My lamps were put on at the Euston station. They were, one lamp in front showing a white light, and a red lamp at the tender, showing red forward and white backward. 18! the Foreman —On the night in question I bad a hump out of order. and I could only show the white li?ht, and could not change it, in accordance with No. 2 of our printed regula tions. By the Coroner—The green light is used for the luggage-trains, and Rule 2 states, that the buffer light of a passeneer-train shall be white, and on a luggage train green. When I had the regulations given to me I had no other instructions. I consider they are suf ficiently plain for me to understand. The exhibition on the line of a green light means caution, and • red light means danger, and to step immediately. If I were to meet With an accident on the line I should show a red light, to stop trains from running into my engine. The buffer lamps usually keep in very well, but the tender lamps sometimes go out. We can see the signals at the bridge on the London side of the Wolverton station, at night, at half a mile dis tance. The night, OD Saturday, was rather hazy, and it was raining, but I saw the white signal at the bridge. I slack ened my speed as soon as I saw the signal, and shut off my steam at about 240 yards front the points, and, at the same time, blew the whistle. Immediately Air I saw the constable on the bridge (Foesey exhibit his green lamp. That indicates caution, and I instantly put on my breaks, both at the engine and tender. By the jury The engine I drove on Saturday night I never drove before. It has higher wheels than Cause I have been in the habit of driving. I cannot say that it was of greater power. I drove that engine by the authority of Mr. Walker, my superior officer. I never drove a mail train before, but I have driven passenger trains for about fix weeks or two months. I have several times driven a night train. The engine is not of the same manstrUctiOn as thee. I have been in the habit of driving. When I came to the points the jerk was so great that I was nearly thrown uff the engine, and I knew from that, that we had got off the main line. The moment I recovered myself from the jerk at the points I reversed my engine. The distance of the points to the place of accident is 642 yards, and I reversed my engine before I had got 20 yards on the siding. The foreman .• At what speed were you going at the time you shut off your steam when in sight of the bridge.—Wit -1 nese : At the rata of about thirty miles an hour. At the time the collision tools place we were going at about ten miles an hour. We could not reduce the speed to any great extent within 542 yards when the rails are wet, as they were on that night. On a dry night I could pull up within that distance. Foamy, the constable, usually exhibited the green light in his band, on the bridge. When the steam is off, and I continue to blow the whistle, it is a notice to the guards to put on their breaks. They can tell when the steam is off by the engine ceasing to beat. I did not observe the coal waggons in the tiding until I was close upon them. There was no light attached .to the coal waggons. There never are lights attached to the Mending waggons on a siding. After I passed the points of the siding, I observed another constable standing on the up line, thowieg a green light. Had the points at the bridge not been interfered with, I should, I have no doubt, have been able to stop at the Wolverton station in safety. I was not thrown off by the force of the collision, neither was nay stoker. We neither jumped or fell off the engine. The buffer-plank of the engine and the buffers were broken off by the force of the collision. There were two guards to the train. I looked at the engine, and found that it was all right before I Wasted from the Euston station. I never had an accident with any train driven by me before. I knew nothing of • ralrtrain being due at Wolverton at the time of my at- There was no luggage-train between Murton station end my arrival at Wolverton that I saw, en Saturday night, mating down. Had there been one, I must have seen it in passing. — By the Coroner I have given my evidence this morning to • gentleman. The witness pointed out Mr. Barnwell es the gentleman who had taken his evidence.— A Juror: I cannot understand how it is that the signal pat at the bridge showed a white light, whilst the policeman showed • green one. It was an apparent contradiction ; the white light in dicating all right, and the green caution. I was two minutes before my time at Wolverton on Saturday night. Had I had my own engine driving on Saturday, 1 could not have stopped it sooner under similar circumstances.—Ajuror: Do you think you could stop an engine of 100 horse power within the same distance that you could an engine of 50 horse power ?—The witness objec'ed to answer the question, and said he was afraid to do so ; he ultimately said, I believe I could stop it in the same distance. If I had a train going at 30 miles an hour, I should say a strong engine would stop thEuickest. I cannot stop a train with '2O carriages so ily as I could a train with only 10 carriages . — By Fossey's 'tor I saw the green light in Fogey's hand on Satur day night ; if he waved it about, it would mean extreme nation ; Foamy did ant wave it about on Saturday night. =dr Coroner A white light on the buffers of the of a luggage-train would be contrary to the rules. I base la • white light on one occasion to a luggage train, 'boa I wad lot get a green one. Edwin Bradbury, the fireman, corroborated the driver's evidence, adding that the train arrived at Wolverton two minutes before its time. IshaWilliam Cooper : I have been in the service of the e any seven yews and nine months, five as is=The train consisted of two parcel vane, • fear earriagee, five first-classes, one mail yea, • PO4. alba loader, three parcel vans, and • guard break van, Asking in all independent of engine and tender, nineteen 'marriage,. Before I started I looked round and saw all was right. There were three red lamps at the rear of the train upon the last Ferriage, • lamp at the Post office showing • white light to the rear of the train, and no light forward. To the best of my belief there was the usual light, called the buffer light, upon the engine. We- left Euston-square at 8 . 55, and arrived at Watford at 913, being eight minutes after our time. At Tring we arrived at ten o'clock • being seven minutes be hind time. I first observed the signal point at the Wolver ton-bridge, between a quarter and half • mile off, and heard the whistle about 30 or 40 yards before coming to the bridge, and put down the break. A violent swinging of the van told me we were going off the main line. I should say the rate we were going at just before coming to the points was about 25 miles an hour. That was mice rate when the steam was shut off. The whistle was kept going the moment we got off the line until the collision took place. When it did I went to render what assistance I could, and afterwards went on with the train. I saw the deceased said the injured parties taken out. The carriage that topped over was lighter loaded.—By Mr. Barnwell: The constable could net have mistaken the side light of the Post office for a tide light of a luggage train, as is merely reflected on to the side of the carriage, and is of a different colour. Jacob Haines re-examined.--I am an under guard to • passenger train. I put the break down the moment the steam was shut off. That was about forty or fifty yards from the bridge. The collision threw me off on my back on to the roof of the carrier. If the back of my seat had not given way, the second carriage would have struck me. There is no other mode of conveyance between the engineman and the guard than shutting off the steam—By Mr. Payne : If we had not been put into the siding, we should have stopped at the station, the speed not being greater than useel.—By the Coroner : We were going at the rate of 12 miles an hour when the collision took place. Before the steam was shut off we were going at the rate of 25 or 30 miles an how. Wm. F. Smith: I sal an inspector of railway pollee. Fossey became a constable under me on the 10th December lest. He was first employed as signal-man at Wolverton station under another constabia. He was removed to the bridge, and the charge of the palate there, at the beginning of the present year. 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