The Express. — London, England, 1867-01-17 00:00:00

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ITOLB4 PR N THIS EVF.NI!,I. MI 111 RN \l.\T. Mr lelmoe; )hues Nola e FLYING Me,ars. Neville, Bel son% BteL.,. Voillire, Ac. Iles.larnes E. Josephs, C. dauuders, Berme Foote. I les, Leuuox, Rayuauua, dr. BRITANNIA. Tnta Lrt<:'::. THE PlRii , ;;;;;* THE PEARL. ISLAND ; OIL TILL INIII)o‘ls uF PEARL. 4KILD. ANI) r• L ,1 M is, . 1 ;, ,, 1.5.—Fir-t•rate 11l —And TII!. 'KED:I'ON ult):W. 1111:1 WATER AT GINDON RRIDOL Ton DAT —11.4 oing, I Ih. 70-21011Kott —M rninz. oh. ton. ~...4ftcmnon. 1 tit S•m. ....Afternoon, r2ay, LONDON, RSDAY, L": 1 RY 17. Tits: s ery able speeches delivered the other day at Bri4litoit by the members for the borough suggest many topics for reflection and discussion. Both j to the coining session of Parliament as likely to witness a grave constitutional strtiale, on which, before many months have passed, the country u.:y be called to arbitrate. Mr. Fsweerr sounded the note of alarm with regard to another danger. With characteristic boldness and un reserve, h e stated openly what a good many people have been secretly whispering, that intrigue within the ranks of the Liberal party will again be summoned to the aid of the more open and candid hostility of the hereditary and professed oppoi.ents of Reform. The Adullamites and the disaffected Whigs are not content with having defeat:l a Reform Bill and thrown out the Ministry' s hich intrudiiced it. They are anxious to depose the too liberal leaders of the Libe ral party. " I already observe signs," said Mr. Fvv.• I.IT 1 , " and hear rumours which " tell no" that there is going to be " a great effort made—and you will hear of it " before long—to prevent Mr. GLADSTONE being " made Prime Minister of England." Mr. FAN"- °NTT'S waritiug has received confirmation more speedy and authoritative than even he can have anticipated. In the number of the Edinburgh which was issued yesterday there is an article on the " Positiou and Prospects of " Parties," of which, without doing any injustice to its merits, we may say that the moat remarkable portion is its concluding paragraph. The writer quotes the words uttered by the gallant Con servative Chief in July last, in regard to his own position and the peculiar difficulties that beset his case :—" My Lords, if I could for a moment " Lave seen any other leader who, while keeping " the Conservative party together, was more likely " than myself to obtain the adhesion of a portion " Of the Liberal ranks, I say, without hesitation, " that 1 would have been rejoiced, and been re " hewed t•, have handed over to that leader, who " ever he might lie, a poet which he might " have bean more able to fill." The implied ennverse. that it is the duty of a Liberal leader to obtain the adhesion of a portion of the Conserva tive party, or even that he is bound to sacrifice Liberal principles for the sake of securing the support of politicians who are Liberal only in name, may be passed over without comment. .The R•r;e,rer affects no reserve as to the application of his precedent. He treats the post of Liberal leader as if it were vacant, and its future occupant undesignated. But these gene ralities do not satisfy him. He addresses an almost personal appeal to Lord RUSSELL and Mr. GLA DST. NE to abdicate in favour of somebody or other not conspicuous enough to be named. These statesmen are told that " neither the experience " of age tnr the impetuosity of genius are infal " lible guides in a new state of affairs, and. in " critical times patriotism and loyalty to a " cause may require that personal pretensions " should yield to expediency and the general "good." True, neither genius nor experi ence is infallible—it does not require an R•rieri•er to tell us that ; but at any rate they are better guides in critical times than mediocrity and inexperience. Patriotism and loyalty to a cause should beyond all doubt weigh snore with statesmen than obstinate regard to per sonal importance or dignity. But to sacrifice a cause to the maintenance of obsolete party tradi tions and connexions, and to the formation of a precarious alliance between men who have no common principle or purpose, is neither patriotism nor loyalty. This is the course which, probably without any perception of its real character, the movers in the intrigue denounced by Mr. FAwo•ETT and abetted in the Edinburgh Benj.., are urging upon the Liberal leaders. The appeal to Mr. GtareoroNE's generosity is especially ungenerous. It is not a question for him of per sonal claims. He cannot yield to a coterie with out deserting his country. The great bulk of the Liberal party, and all that is most distinguished in it, not only accept, but have earnestly welcomed and invited him as their leader ; and he is now asked, leas to waive his individual pretensions than to betray their confidence and the cause which they have committed to him. He is requested to con fess to having failed in the leadership of the Liberal party in the House of Commons ; to cry pereori ; to descend to a lower place ; and to see some person, without genius, experience, or services, and more acceptable to the Clubs therefore and to " society," set over his bead. For if Mr. GLADSTONE is unfit to be Premier, he is unfit to be leader of the House of Commons, which is the really responsible part of the Administration. Now, Mr. GLADSTONE'S leader ship, we maintain, has been eminently successful even where it seemed to fail. It will not be denied that those who desired the passing of the Reform Bill of Ififirl, or in its default, a larger measure, have no complaint to make of his con duct ; only those who wished the measure to fail censure him. This may seem a paradox ; but the motives of both are obvious. They see that the apparent and momentary defeat is the jest decisive step that has been made for fifteen years towards victory ; that it has effaced the •ro:y n •minal distinctions of party, and substi t.it f-r them that truer division according to rea: opinim, on which Lord DEASY insisted, and which, in his overtures to Mr. Lowe through the lat.. Loot L N and in his negotiations with Lonl G EN OR and the Adullamites, he endeavoured to bring about. The op menti of Reform in the Liberal ranks believe that they can resist it more effectually by abettin.; a Conservative policy under a nominally Liberal Administration than by going over in a body t.. the party which, on this question, has their sympathies, and allowing the lines of politi cal divilion to be drawn sharply and clearly. Mr. LADNioN E is Hot likely to fall into the trap which has been set for him, cunningly as it has been baited with an appeal to his personal gene rosity, in order that his resistance may be the more plausibly attributed to self-seeking and ainbiti.ci. His degradation, though it would be keenly relished by the noble faction which makes more account of blood than of brains in a political leader, is yet desired chiefly as a means of injuring the cause of Parliamentary Reform with which he has associated himself. lint here personal feeling operates also. That jealousy of merely intellectual superiority, which has sometimes on questionable grounds been im puted as their characteristic vice to democracies, has always marked the Whigs who have been Whigs and nothing more. It is essentially the temper of the present House of Commons. Mr. DI.RA ELI Inns felt it no leas than Mr. GLAD STONE ; Mr. Lowe had to contend against it until he became its unscrupulous flatterer, and sought vainly to direct it against the reputation and influence of Mr. MILL. In all this the House of Commons is out of harmony with the mind of the people. If the statesman who has the con fidence of the vast majority of his fellow-country men is distrusted and disliked by the assembly which claims to represent them, it is clear that Parliament is not the mirror of the national sen timent ; and the necessity of Reform is proved by a new argument. No true Liberal can object to seeing the experi ment of the party tried, though no true Liberal can possibly join in it. If the nation wants a Premier who will achieve nothing and offend nobody, by all means let it choose its King Log, surround him with appropriate counsellors, and submit to his rule. But the place of Mr. GLAD STONE, while such an administration is in office, will not be on the Treasury bench, but below the gangway, among the independent members who accept his parliamentary leadership, and not among those who have spared no pains to embarrass and degrade him. A man who is too great for the first place is, a fortiori, too great for the second. But the experiment will fail. The business of statesmanship is to govern the nation, and not to humour political cliques and coteries ; and the men who are best fitted for the higher task will seldom succeed in the lower. Mr. GLADsroxies power and influence will be enormously strengthened by the intrigue against him, which will be injurious only to the intriguers themselves. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, JANUARY 17, 1867. central committee, such as that which was formed during the visitation of the "bolero ; sufficieutly trustworthy to command the coalldence of the public, while the machinery of charitable aaseciations would probably be willingly placed at the service of such an independent body. Such a system would become euier after esch suc cessive triaL After the local committees had been once formed they would readily be reconstituted from time to time. It was by this organisation that the gigantic distress of the cotton famine was effec tually encountered. Observing that where the want of wink is due to their own obstinacy the men have no claim, the Times says it has reason to believe that this observation applies to some of the distress now pre. wailing in Poplar. If it is correctly informed, within the last week or two firms in the district offered their men work at wages of between iis. and Ts. a day, and the men actually refused. To bestow charity upon men who hare acted thus would be as pernicious as it would be unjust ; and if they have wilfully brought themselves to the serge of starvation, they must be left to the mercies of the workhouse. HISCELLANEOI'A TOPICS. Imperial France, exclaims the Dail; New, must indeed be sick when the Count de Chambord presents himself as the physician. The elders of the faith remain passively faithful, but, as they die off, the strong probability of their King having no lineal successor is beginning to tell upon the common sense of the younger generation, who cannot quite escape the deleterious influences of a coarse and practical epoch. The prospects of the " fusion" are very slight, and altogether a promissory note such as this Frohalorf document reads painfully like one of those accommodation bills which derive the most ephemeral value from their signatures. For the consolation of liberal Europe, we have the assurance of this royal champion of civil and religions liberty that the cause of the temporal sovereignty of the Pcpe is not isolated—it is that of all religion, all society, and liberty. At any cost, therefore, we should prevent his fall. Such are the ideas of the Count de Chambord, and the Emperor of the French ought to be very much obliged to him for publishing them. The Tones invokes the aid of public opinion against the abuses of vivisection as practised in France, and gives a revolting extract from the Veterinarian, describing the process by which it is carried on in the case of living horses in the French schools of veterinary surgery. There are, probably, more professed philanthropists in France than in any other nation. Let them join in an indignant remonstrance against these shocking practices, and we venture to predict that an effectual check will be put on them by the Emperor. The Standard learns that one of the earliest proposals of her Majesty's ministers in the approaching session will be for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the working of the Bank Charter Act. The duty of the com mittee will be not so much to consider the advisability of repealing the act of 1844 as to discuss certain amendments that are deemed necessary for its improve ment. Amongst these will be a proposition to relieve the bank of its present power of issue, and place it in the hands of the government. Another important question that will be dealt with *con after the assembling of par liament will be the health of the seamen of the mercantile marine; and the Standard learns with great pleasure that the President of the Poor-law Board will early in the session introduce a bill for the improvement of the ad ministration of poor relief. The Herald prepares the opponents of the malt tan for another disappointment. The impenetrable ironclad/ and rifles will make heavy inroads upon the Chancellor's con templated surplus, yet they must be had even if the farmers have to groan for another decade under the burden of a tax which is indefensible in theory and most perni cious in its operation. If, on the other hand, Mr. Dis raeli can do anything for them, they will do well to be thankful even for small mercies, and not repeat the blunder of rejecting a positive boon because it is not so large a one as they could desire. the eaurt. OSBORNE, JAN. 14. The Queen, accompanied by the Dowager Duchess of Athole and Miss M'Gregor, drove out yester day afternoon, and her Majesty walked and drove this morning with Princess Christian. Princess Louise and Prince Arthur skated in the grounds yesterday afternoon and this morning. Her royal high ness was attended by the Hon. Lady Biddulph and the Hon. Emily Cathcart. The other members of the royal family walked out. Lady Waterpsrk has succeeded the Dowager Duchess of Athole (who remains on a visit) as Lady in Waiting. Prince Arthur has been examined before the Council of Military Education, at their aloes in Great George-street, for admission into the Royal Military Academy, Wool wich, and it having been declared that he palmed the ex amination most satisfactorily, he will join the Royal Military Academy as a gentleman cadet on the 11th of February. A deputation from the Corpor►tion of the City of London, consisting of Mr. Bontems (chairman), Mr. Burk-itt, Mr. Medwie, Mr. F. Con, Mr. Dresser Rogers, and Mr. Robt. Stapleton, accompanied by Mr. Haywood (Engineer), and Mr. Corris (Reniembrancer), had an inter view with the Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote at the Home-office yesterday, upon the subject of the Metropoli tan Gas Act. A deputation from the committee of Venezuelan Bondholders, consisting of Mr. Thomas Baring, M.P., Mr. George H. White, Mr. J. Gerstenberg, Mr. Albert Levy, Mr. Frederic Campion, Mr. T. Key, and Mr. H. Scherges, had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Foreign-office yesterday. A deputation from the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, consisting of Mr. Sandford (president), Mr. Hills (vice-president), Mr. Moron, Mr. Waugh, Mr. Edwards, Mr. Orridge, and Mr. Curleigh (members of council), Mr. Flux (solicitor), and Mr. Brennidge (secretary), had an interview with the Earl of Delmore at the Home-office yesterday, in reference to an extension of the Pharmacy Act. A deputation from the class A shareholders and the de benture holders of the New Brunswick Railway Com pany, introduced by Mr. Bailey, M.P., and accompanied by Mr. Burton and Mr. Radcliffe (solicitors), had an inter view with the Earl of Csrnarvon at the Colonial-office, yesterday, on the subject of an act passed in the last ses sion of the New Brunswick parliament. Despatches were sent yesterday from the Colonial-office to the Governors of the West India Islands, British Co lumbia, and Vancouver's Island. THE QUEEN AND THE OPENING OF PAELLA IIENT.—Her Majesty the Queen is expected to leave Osborne about the 4th of February for Windsor Castle, and on the sth will proceed thence to London, in order to open parliament in person. The Queen's journey from the south will, it is anticipated, be performed by way of the London and South Western and Great Western lines. Her Majesty, it is understood, will return to Windsor Castle after the ceremony, and remain at the palace for the night. The royal journeys in each case will be by special train. She will probably reside at Osborne till after the 10th or 12th of next month. Her Majesty the Queen has been graciously pleased to forward to the Bishop of London the mu of 200 f., to be distributed during this inclement season among some of the different Refuges for the Homeless Poor in London. His lordship has thus apportioned her Majesty's gift: Refuge for Homeless Children, 19, Brawl-street, Bloomsbury, 50/. ; Field-lane Institution, 501. ; Refuge Fund of the Reformatory and Refuge Union, 2A, New street, 50/. ; Newport-market Night Refuge, Soho, :Al. THE MOVERS OF THE ADDREsS.—It is stated that the address in the House of Commons, in answer to the Queen's speech, will be moved by Lord Holmesdale, the member for West Kent, and seconded by Mr. S. R. Graves, the member for Liverpool. As regards the English and American visitors to the Paris Exhibition, Mr. Cook has been making an exten sive canvass of hotels, lodging and boarding houses, and has made arrangements for the accommodation of one thousand persona at a time, at fixed rates varying from Ba. to 10s. • day, which sum will cover every expense. In addition to this, Mr. Cook has taken an immense building in the Quartier of the Champs ElysVes ' near the Arc de l'Etoile , where he purposes providing lodging and break fast at the rate of 4s. per day. A lecture on Abyssinia and the Abyssinians was delivered last evening at the London Institution, Finsbuty circus, by Dr. Bake, who is one of the managers of the institution. THE ACCIDENT IN RECENT'S-PARK. The persons most to blame, in the opinion of the Times, in the distressing calamity at Regent's-park, were those who rashly ventured to remain on the ice when they must have been aware that it was in a moat dan gerous condition. Assuming th►t the recklessness of the public on such oceuions is almost inevit►ble, the Times urges that the danger should be diminished by reducing the water everywhere to a moderate depth. This has been dose in St. James's-park, with the greatest advantage to the condition of the water. The mud has been cleared out, and the depth has been regulated so as to be nowhere greater than five feet. Such a depth is amply sufficient for bathing, and for all purposes of amusement in the summer ; while in winter the ice freezes far more readily and firmly. This arrange ment would remove almost entirely the danger of skating. Of course, even in the shallowest water, if there is a strong stream, a person might be sucked under the ice but this would be the only source of peril. At least, such an accident as has now overtaken us in the Regent's-park would be rendered absolutely impossible ; and if the blame for not having prevented this disaster is to be laid anywhere, it must be at the door of the Commissioners of Works. The Herald and the Star have the same suggestion. The former adds that a moderate supply of deal planks pushed into the Broad Water on Tuesday afternoon would probably have been the means of saving many who perished. Something of the kind would bs a cheap and effective auxiliary to the more recondite appliances of the Royal Humane Society. The Telegraph insists that the whole system of park management requires a strict revision, and ventures to in- timate to Lord John Manners, Mr. Walpole, and Sir Richard Mayne that the police may occasionally be useful in the parks, even if no meeting of reformers is expected to take place there. THE REPIUMENTATIVES OP THE THONMASTERPI. Messrs. Creed and Williams, the Daily News says, have brought home no practical suggestions from all they have seen abroad, save such as imply that everything in England, except the conduct of ironmasters, isfundarnentallywrong. Competition, no doubt, has formidably increased, but there remains the fact that our own iron works have in creased their production by nearly fifty per cent, at the same time, forcing the conclusion that the iron trade still pays. Had we not had the foreign competition, of course it would have paid excessively, and this we cannot but suspect is the real source of the grievance complained of. No doubt wherever the unions, of which Messrs. Creed and Williams complain, cramp the energies, they are in error ; but they have their good aide even in limit ing competition, for they prevent struggles which would increase cheapness by depreciating quality, and turn away to other avocations, at home or in the colonies, that over-supply of labour which by doing cheap work would result in doing bad work. If combination is sometimes not wise, it is because it is =instructed, and the fault lies in those who have met it as an enemy, instead of treating It as a friend. If it ever grows oppressive, the law Is against it, and the public is ready to support the law. These gentlemen com plain that the education offered to workmen is not indus trial; but if their object is to have such an education im parted as should teach no faculty but that exercised in a mao's trade, it would be adapted only for slaves, or for the members of a fixed and inevitable caste. In the conviction that iron will not be the worse pud.lled by these who struggle to be not always puddlers, we cannot consent to abandon the system of education which takes count of the mind and soul, as well as of the hands and stomach. So with their chief ground of opposition to the principle of participation in profits by capital and labour, the Daily News cannot see why if the concern is a losing one the workmen should not be offered ocular demonstration, from the books, that the wages must be reduced. The results of Messrs. Creed and Williams's letter nre to be regretted most of all, because they seem to indicate a spirit that asks all and concedes nothing, that demands labour as its right and refuses to see that the labourer has his rights also. DISTRESS IN THE METROPOLIS. The absence of organised assistance to meet the terrible distress which exists in the metropolis causes perplexity, says the Times, to the benevolent, who are unable to select the fittest agency, and who cannot be sure that the assistance given through these numerous channels is not given two or three times over to the same place. Until a better system is organised, by all means let ns do our best with the present one. But there ought to be no difficulty in getting up at any moment a LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, JAN. 17. The Prase of to-day says :—" We learn that on the 12th inst. an insurance of 200,000 marks banco was effected on the Hamburg Exchange upon the personal property of the Emperor of Mexico shipped by the Maria for Hagusa.- ITALY. FLORENCE, JAN. is;, EVENING. The Opiaione of to-day says :—" The negotia tions in reference to the question of the bishops having been terminated, Signor Tonello will shortly have an audience of the Pope and Cardinal Anto nelli in order to take leave." The Nuevo Dirittu states that the Italian go vernment having sent the collar of the Order of the Annunciata to Count Bismarck, tho Prussian government has in return sent to Baron Ricasoli and Signor Visconti Venosta the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Black Eagle. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, J. 11. The Viceroy fias resolved upon the construction of a railway from Suakim to Berber. THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS. SOUTHAMPTON, JAN. 17. The Royal Mail Company's Steamship La Plata, with the above mails, passed the Needles at 8.3 this morning. AMERICA. (ST ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.) NEW YORK, JAN. IG, EVENING. The radical members of the house continue their efforts for the impeachment of President Johnson. The Inman steamship Edinburgh has arrived out. The Ville de Paris, from Brest, arrived here on Tuesday. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. Gold, 136. Sterling Exchange on London, 1094 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 107 i ; Illinois, 121 ; Erie, 641. Cotton : Middling upland, 35. NUMEROUS DEATHS ON BOARD THE LA PLAT A. COURT-MARTIAL AT JAMAICA. DISTURBANCES AT HONDURAS. (aT ILICTRIC TILLEGRLPH.) (PROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) SOUTHAMPTON, THCBADAT. The La Plata has arrived with the West India mails. She left St. Thomas on the 31st of Deoem. ber. She has brought 34 passengers ; and specie to the value of nearly 1,300,000 dollars. About 60 persons have been ill on board from yellow fever, 23 of whom have died, and two are now dying on board. Among those who died are Mr. Gilmore, 4th officer; Mr. Young, surgeon; and Mr. Hiron, purser. The court-martial in Jamaica to try Staff Assistant-Surgeon Morris for murder during the rebellion, after sitting eight days, was adjourned an account of the illness of the prisoner. A disturbance has taken place at Honduras. Troops have been sent there from Jamaica in con sequence. Mr. Gladstone has, in his capacity of opposition leader, addressed the following circular to his friends and presumed supporters :—" Florence, Jan. 10, 1007. Sir, — The meeting of parliament has been fixed for the sth of February, and, as it is highly probable that business of groat public importance will come under its consideration at the opening of the session, I take the liberty of ex pressing my hope that it may be consistent with your convenience to be in your place on that day.-1 have the honour to be your very faithful servant, W. E. GLAD STONE." Writing to decline an invitation to address a reform meeting at Worcester, Mr. Bright says :—'• I have had to decline very many invitations from most of the large towns of the kingdom, and I cannot now make any other engagement before the opening of parliament. Ido not expect to be in Birmingham before the beginning of the session." The following resolution, to be brought before the Liverpool Cotton Brokers' Association at their weekly meeting to-morrow, relative to an alteration of the terms of cotton paymente, is stated by the Manchester Guardian to be likely to meet with the approval of spinners : " That it be a recommendation to the various auociations with whom we have been in communication on the subject of payments of cotton that on and after the lit day of March next the terms of payment shall be—' Payments in cash within ten days, less per cent. discount, and that lutenist at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum be charged or allowed when the payment is made before or after the due date of invoice.• " The death is announced of Mr. George Baxter, the inventor and patentee of oil-colour picture printing. The deceased gentleman was sixty-two years of age. Some time ago he met with an accident, which proved the remote cause of the attack of apoplexy from which he died. The South Eastern Railway Company have an nounced special facilities they propose to afford to visitors to the French Exhibition. These include an additional night service between London and Paris, at reduced fares, and a plan for the direct transmission of large and small consignments of goods to the Exhibition by passenger train at specific through rates, including all charges for shipping, landing, entries, customs' formalities, and de. livery at the building. The Times having condemned the order of ro wan' proposed by the French Exhibition Commissioners as a recognition of the philanthropic endeavours of firma and associations, Mr. F. R. Sandford, who has had a share in the preparation of the questions, writes in very defe- rential tone to our contemporary, and ventures "to ex. press a hope that the International Jury may even yet have an opportunity of being made acquainted with the marvellous organization of the great establishment which you direct, which, when tested by some of the results that I have mentioned, would seem not the least likely of the various competitors I have heard of to carry off this ' Grand Prie de Paris.' The following is a list of the popular pieces played last year at the principal theatres of Perim, and of the times the more favourite operas and dramas were given :---Opers. L'Africaine, 45 ; Comedie-Francais, Le Lion Attaoureux, 100; Opera-Comique, Le Voyage en Chine, 83 ; Italians, II Troratore, 14, Bigoletto, 14 ; Odeon, La Contagion, 64 ; Chlitelet, Cendrillon, 189; Theatre- Lyrique, Martha, 77 ; Vaudeville, La Primate Benoit n, 248 ; Varieties, Barde-Blene, 132 ; Gymnast, Maniac Pa ranquet,lls Palais-Royal, La Consigne est de Bonder, 91 ; Porte-Saint-Martin, La Biche an Bois, 107 ; GaltE, Jean-la-Poste, 127 ; Ambigu, Le Mangear de Fer, 86. With the exception of the Grand Opera and Italiens, all the theatres are reported to have made money, although never before was so much spent on the get-up of pieces. The Cork Examiner says a serious riot took place on Monday night, in the Mary-street Theatre, Cork, in which a large audience had assembled to witness a dramatic performance to be given by a company of unpa ralleled ability,if the bills were to be believed. Theoompany was not forthcoming, and the audience proceeded to tear down the scenery, then to maltreat the manager, and when ejected from the building by the police they wreaked their rage upon the lamps, doors, and such externals as were susceptible of demolition. The manager was removed by the police for protection. THE COURTS OF JUSTICE DESIO Ng. —lt has already been officially announced that the exhibition of these designs will open on Friday, Feb. 8. We are informed the delay in exhibiting the drawings arises from the necessity of multi plying all the floor plans by photozinoography, their intricacy, and the number of persona whose minute exami nation of them is necessary, being such as to compel this Mune. L&W INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings at Nisi Prins in Middlesex.-(Before Mr. Justice Bylea and a Common Jury.) LACY V. THOLE. _ . --....— The plaintiff in this case was • dramatic author, and the defendant was the celebrated actor. The action was to recover 12!. for six 40s. penalties in consequence of the plaintiff's piece " Doing for the Best," having been per formed by Mr. Toole at the I'rince of Wales's Theatre, LiverpooL Mr. Brandt and Mr. Bown appeared for the plaintiff, and Mr. Berjeant Tindal Atkinson and Mr. Lewis for the defendant. The plaintiff's case was that he had written the piece in question, and in consideration of his landlord, Mr. Bryden, releasing him from a claim for rent, he gave him pennission to perform "Doing for the Best" at the Cabinet Theatre, Euston-road. This place belonged to Mr. Bryden, and was an amateur theatre, The letter in which this permission was given was dated the 12th December, 1864, and said, "Ia answer to your letter of the 10th inst. I beg to say that I accept the offer you therein make me, and agree to the conditions you pro posed for cancelling my debt to you, viz., to let you have my drama of ' Doing for the Best • in discharge of IW. of the sum due, and to furnish you with a little piece in • couple of months in payment of the balance." The plaintiff's case was that he never in tended to give Mr. Bryden the right to license other persons to play the piece ; but on the other hand, Mr. Bryden said he understood that he was to have the absolute right to the piece. Another fact was that Mr. Bryden had licensed the defendant's performance at Liverpool. Mr. Justice Byles held that the letter was en elide ment of the copyright in the drama ; and the jury, in answer to his lords hip, expressed the wile opinion. Verdict for the defendant, with leave to the plaintiff to , move the full court. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) HAMPSON r. HAHPSON. Mr. Pritchard appeared for the petitioner. She was the widow of a beerhouse keeper in Manchester, and in 11464 she was induced to marry the respondent, whose object ap pealed to be merely to gain possession of her property. Having done that be began to ill treat her, and he was com mitted for a month for assaulting her. On his discharge he sold up everything and deserted his wife. He bad also been living with another woman. Decree nisi. ANQUEZ r. ANQCE2. The parties were married in ISM, the husband being a hat manufacturer in Chandos - street, Strand. In l& ,8, there was a separation by deed, the wife covenanting to give her address whenever it was demanded and power being reserved to the husband to institute a suit for divorce should occasion require. Information having reached his ears that she had been living an improper life, be insisted on her telling him where she bad been. Her answer to that application was the filing of a petition for the restoration of her conjugal rights. She did not, how ever, appear, and the husband having proved that she had in fact been guilty of prostitution, The Court made a decree for a judicial separation at his instance. Dr. Spinks, Q.C., appeared for the husband. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN BEN. J. JANES. Mr. Linklater appeared for the assignees, Mr. Muons for creditors. and 11i. Reed for the bankrupt. This was the sitting for discharge. The bankrupt was a grocer carrying on business at Porgies. His debts are returned at 914/., and the accounts disclose a deficiency of WTI. The assignees did not op• pose, and on behalf of creditors a chary, which it was said could be substantiated, of contracting debts without reasonable expectation of payment was not pressed against the bankrupt, in consequence of the length of time he had been before the court. His Honour granted the desired order of discharge. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) CLERKENWELL. THE I,EW WAGISTRATI. Mr. Newton took his seat at this court for the first time this morning at half-part 10, when the list of night charges was exceedingly light, them being only eight pri soners in custody. . COMPLAINT AGAINST THE MT. LUKE's WORKHOUSE AUTHORITIES.—A HARD CAME. A poor, sickly-looking man, who gave the name of James Russell, residing at Ratcliff -row, Lever-street, St. Luke's, said he had applied to the St. Luke's authorities, and could not get any relief. Mr. Newton—Did they not give yon an order to work ! Applicant—Yes. An order for the stone-yard. I went to the yard on Saturday, and worked as hard as I could from I o'clock to half-past 4, and all the money I re. oeived was three halfpence. My wife is suffering from chest disease, and is an out-patient at the City-road Hospital, and I am in such a bad state of health that I am unable to work in the stone-yard. I am willing to work ; but the work that the parish gives me I cannot do. Mr. Newton—What family have you? Applicant—l have • wife and four children and the authorities of St. Luke's pariah say that they will not do anything for me or my family. Mr. Newton said that he would give the applicant an order to the relieving overseer of St. Luke's, but if they gave him an order to work he must do so. Two gentlemen who were in court gave the applicant's wife some money. DISTURBANCE AT SAL COLLINS' MUSIC-HALL. John Rose aged 18, a labourer, of 11, Bryan-place, Caledonian - road ; Thomas Corfield, aged 18, • labourer, of 11, Parsley's-court, Islington ; and Gannon, aged 20, • labourer, of 14, IValter's-court, Islington, were charged with creating • disturbance at Sam Collins's Islington.green. Corfield was further charged with assaulting Robert Taylor, special constable at the hall, and Corfield and Gannon for assaulting Robert Vagg, bill inspector, at the same time and place. Robert Taylor, special constable at the hall, said he was on duty there l ast night when the defendants Rose and Corfield came to the ball with an order and wanted to enter the ball. As they were not suitably attired, and the order bore on it the words " Not admitted unless suitably attired," they were refused admission, on which they made a great disturbance, and the language they made use of was most du sting and the worst be had ever heard. Corfield struck him on the side of the head, knocked him down on the kerb, and two or three of his ribs were injured, and he was so ill and bad from the effect. of the defendant's violence that be was compelled to go to a surgeon, who had bandaged him up. The defendant Rase also assaulted him, and Gannon, who at first attempted to quell the disturbance, became as bad as the others, and also assaulted him. Such a disturb ance was created that a large mobessembled, and persons who wanted to pay for admission to the hall could not get in. Mr. Alexander (clerk)—You were knocked down. Did anything happen to you while you were down Witnesa—lbad to be helped up and assisted into the hall, I was so much injured Corfield—Did you hit me with a stick, and did you not hit Roos and hurt his hand! Witness—No : . . _ Cco;freidDid you not hit me, and take me by the collar, and then chuck me out, before I even touched you? You know you did. Mr. Alexander—Wait • bit. (To the witness)—Did you bit the defendant Corfield before he kicked you? Witness—No, but I told him be could not go in in the dress that be then wore, and as he made a disturbance I tried to put him out. Mr. Alexander—And then he struck you on the head? Witness—Yes. We never let persons in without they are suitably attired, and the language he made use of was very bad. Mr. Alexander—Don't talk so 'much, but answer the questions. Are your ribs broken? Witness—l don't know. The surgeon said they are injured. Mr. Newton—What did Gannon do to you ? . . . . . Witneu—He at fir►t tried to get the other defendants out, but failing in that he became u bad, if not worse, than the others. itoge7tVagg --- said he was bill inspector employed by Mrs. Collins. He stood at the door, and saw the dis turber' go to the pay-table, when Taylor told them that they could not go in. He saw Corfield strike Taylor on the side of the head, and knock him down. He picked up Taylor, and then Gannon and Hoes " started " kicking him. He was hurt with the kicks, and had a bruise on one of his legs. Mr. Alexander—Who kicked you ! Witness—Gannon and Roee. Rose got his hand in the door, and when I opened it Rose tried to strike me, and to force his way in. The language was very bad that the de faulants made 41111 of. As Rose could not force the door in, he went round to the other doors and tried to get in that way. They caused a very great disturbrnce. Mr. Alexander—Why did you not let them in Witness—Because they were not suitably attired. in Corfield—l have been there before with worse clothes on than I now have on. I went in there once with a slop on, and then I was not said anything to. Mr. Newton—What do von say is a suitable dress? Witness—Men should be dreamed in black clothes. The defendants said that when they prevented then or ders they were assaulted with a stick, and then what they did was done in self defense. Police-sergeant Brittain, 10 N, mid at the station the stick was nientioned, and Van denied that be had used it, but said that the defendants had tried to take it from him and bad broken off the knob. iii;TN;;;;;; 6d., Rose 25., and dis charged the other defendant. (Aa no term of imprison !Lent was mentioned the defendants woul.l be on the rising of the court.) The defendants. who seemed to treat the matter joke, were removed to the cells laughing. MAR LBOROUG H-STREET. OBTAINING ADMISSION TO • WORICHOCSE BT FALs, BEHINSINTATIONS. Jain Good, described as a coach-trimmer, was eh before Mr. Knox with being drunk andobtaining uia sion to St. James's workhouse by repTlMnting himself -, be destitute, he having L. lid. in his possession. Charles Dentham, superintendent of the casual ers r ,L,, St. James's workhouse, said that about hall•past I r morning the prisoner came to the workhouse and for admission, saying that he was destitute, and 4.1. • money to pay for a lodging for the night. He ada.g.; the prisoner, and on searching him found is. td. some cigars and tobacco upon him. He then t oo k prisoner, who had previously been round to the from. of the workhouse making use of very bad language, custod Mr. John Roche, licensed victualler, of No. 21, l' o l, l street, said that while passing the workhouse he heal prisoner making use of very bad language, and thin's:, perhaps the prisoner had been refused admission to workhouse, he interfered, and asked him if he mu d tote, and he said he was, and that he had no money. u. then took the prisoner to the casual ward and he v, admitted. _ Parson, 121 C, said that on searching the prisoner, s wu drunk, ls. 6d., some cigars, and some tob.,cno found upon him. The prisoner said that he had been drinking, and not recollect anything about it. Kr. Knox committed him for 14 days, with bard lsbn. "A True Sympathiser" (Manchester) has gem for the parents of the boys Long and Field, charged at t oourt with begging on Saturday last, and reported in t_ journal—the case, it may be remembered, being one most distressing nature. 10a. has also also been ream. front " Dorf" for the same object. THE SPRING CIRCUIT& The judges assembled this morning Judges'-room of the Queen's Bench, and made lowing arrangements for the forthcoming circuits • Hone—Lord Chief Justice &mill and Baron tr. well. Wesrenw.—The Lord Chief Baron and Mr. Jan_ Bylea. NORFOLK.—Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Wilk OKFORD.—Mr. Justice Blackburn and Mr. Baron rtgu:: NORTHER Y.—Mr. Justice Mellor and Mr. Justice bare . Justice Smith and Mr. Justice Lush. KORTH WALEIS.—Mr. Baron ChtiMell. SOUTH WALES. —Mr. Justice Keating. Lord Chief Justice Cockburn remains in town. PROCEEDINGS BY THE LONDON AND REP:ii TON RAILWAY AGAINST THE Lialo , y CHATHAM, AND DOVER RAILWAY. -(7111 DAY.) To-day, before Mr. Under-Sheriff Burehell and jury, an action in the Common Pleas by way of elez I between the " London and Brighton lixilway .. London, Chatham, and Dover Railway " was tried. Mr. A. L Smith was counsel for the plaintiffs, ant: clerk from the office of Mews Beak Rose, and Nom: solicitors for the defendants, attended: After the learned counsel had explained the nature the proceedings, he called Mr. Robert \lgen, one of surveyors to the London, Chatham, and Dover Rails- 0 . and he gave evidence as to property to the value of 1,4,11 a year which in August last he was instructed to sell • surplus land at Pimlico. It appeared that the Bright oc Company obtained a judgment in November last sguse the Chatham Railway for 1,140/. Ils., which bad co: been satisfied. _ . I , - Mr.Viet-Ssaid his firm had nothing to do with property, and proceedings had been taken by Mr. Grins- ' ,i. The Under -Sheriff told the jury that they had to r.,1 that the company possessed the land when the judgmat was obtained, and also at the time of the prevent 2. quiaition. The jury seemed to have some difficulty in the matte. and were told that if the property was not available anode court would have to settle the question. The jury gave • verdict in accordance with the evidence, and found the annual value to be 1,4811. WALKER r. THE LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER RM.% V. This was another writ'of elegit. 'Mr. Walker in last obtained a judgment for 320/. 9s. 2d., but whx: had not been satisfied. Mr. Vigers was again called. Re said there vii difference in this cue. In August the Chsth.ou COMILV! WAS in posausion of the property, but not in November. The learned Under-Sheriff told the jury that the ver y: would be the same as in the former case. Verdict accordingly. At the pressing instance of some of the morn influential whip, Mr. Bread, it is understood (says tl! 211anclaster Guardian), has respited his withdrawal the important post of " whip," which he has hiticr.> occupied. Lieutenant Brand, of Jamaica celebrity, wh , extraordinary letters to Mr. Buxton, M.P., were some time ago, has been relieved of his command. T: decision of the Board of Admiralty, it appears. depen4- only upon the authenticity of the letters, which has ix , been satisfactorily ascertained. The annual meeting of the Castle Howard E. formatory was held yesterday, the Archbishop of 1".4, presiding. The report, which in other respects records encouraging results, showed that there was a balance 4661. due to the treasurer. It is proposed to erect chapel•school in connection with the institution, which is intended as a memorial to the late Earl of Carlisle. she was the president, and always exhibited a deep interec in the work of the reformatory. Mr. J. B. Smith and Mr. Watkin, the membrri for Stockport, addressed a meeting of their constitueLti hat night. A quack doctor has been committed for trial by • coroner's jury at York, for having caused the death of 3 child by administering an overdose of opium with 6,xlfre! , cordial. It was yesterday stated that a gentleman who Ly for some time on his back, after the breaking of the ice r. Regent'sliark, quietly smoking, at last offered a reward 50/. to anyone who would save him. A mason named Nw, of Park.road, Regent's-park, at butt accomplished rescue, and he has duly received the amount of the rem.- SOcirrE BELLE DE BIENFAISANCE.—The fir: annual dinner in aid of the funds of this society, which wa established only last July, took place yestenlay evening the London Tavern. Sir Benjamin Phillips presided, aL• among the guests were Lord Bury, Colonel Loyd Lindsl Monsieur 0. Delepierre, Belgian Consul; M. Ottani 'fir. Belgian Vic-Consul ; M. Charles Caleaus ' M. P. I , Keyser, and some AO or 90 other gentlemen, for the n part natives of Belgium. EXETER-HALL. —Judas Macrahava will he Is: formed this evening by the National Choral Society eluding a band and chorus of 7001, conducted by Mr. W. Martin. The vocal parts will be sung by 51...1,. Suchet•Champion, Miss Palmer, Mr. Leigh W awn, 11.. Mr. Lewis Thomas. RAILWAY COLLISION AT PRESTON.-4 relic alarming collision occurred yesterday morning on the L don and North Western Railway at Preston. When g' north mail, due in Preston at 4.20 was within a bout , quarter of • mile of the station, an engine, whick l. been to Manchester, was being shunted into the rant house. It was running tender first, and just as it .' crossing the main line the mail came up. The tender the one engine struck some fish waggons in the for, tion of the mail, threw one of them off the lex , . 3. 1 smashed the footboards of four carriages and two as they were dragged past it. The moil was of o' l ' 4 brought to • standstill, and about an hour and 11 ,1 elapsed before it was enabled to proceed on its jour.: The other engine was not damaged, and none of the l' • sengers were hurt. If the carriages bad been next to engine of the mail the passengers could not have without serious injury. . .- FLOGQING GAROTTESS.—Yesterday the two;' - rotten sentenced at the last assizes at Leda to 'revise babes, in addition to their respective terms of pen.,l sere. tude, were flogged at Armley Gaols The Lied, .Vrresr says :—" The cat used was not the ordivary adopted in the gaol for the indiction of 1"‘ ' nishment by a magistrate's onler on unruly prisoner. but one issued for the purpose of flogging garotters the Home-office. No delicacy has been regarded in it' manufacture ; a long handle, to which are attached tie still longer cords, knotted at various points and twisted' the ends as hard and as stiff as wire, indicates at was that it is an instrument which will do its work tborou,:hl! and will leave • good account behind. This Wrillloll put into the hands of a tall, strong warder, and very 1 04 a bowl from the cowardly garotter intimated that ho back and the eat had made acquaintance with each other. Every fresh lash was visible on the man's deals, and at tin end of the first dozen, when the cat was hande d over to another officer, the white skin Lad change.' to • brilliant purple. A stronger and evidently more experienced hand administered the remainia; lashes, every one of which made the culprit lona' and groan in fearful agony. Michael ' younger man than the last prisoner in years, but tojude'' from the record of his career read at the time he was yes' 'Acted, not in mime, was then led forth and ',trapped in similar manner to the flogging tree. His skin was en* tender than Beaumont's, and the lash ma le more Milo' Mon upon it. After the first cut or two ho bellowed isr mercy in the most piteous manner, and screeched hg water, which was handed to him. His contortions ye" still more violent than those of hie companion in mi`f°' tune, and as the punishment went on he made frantic efforts to escape from the strapping* which secured So desperate were his struggles that be had to he hell several warders whilst be received the last dozen Lakes." obi bed of bei