The Express. — London, England, 1867-02-05 00:00:00

VIDE BELOW NOTICES by PUBLIC PRESS. i pNomn ll i, i t n; Rim Nni tool , anti c.. (Limited), .Icovvr•. Go arrot, Ilona alit,* 10ud... I.l.‘NowK, BUI:BItooK, and Co. (Limited), .t;•: 1i031.1 Primo of %% HANCOCK. It!' it M OON., and Co. (Ltinited), •In .111 AMA 41 t:3,11t to 11V1 tto)Al littathrAft th. , • et , . ‘1.41• . 4 HANC OCK. BURISRIX)K, Co. (Limited), App,•ihtuieut to hit igill3t,ll the Duke et E,hohor...:h. HANCOUK, vlul (Liinitell), .1. M. WI,. i • .•4.l,titillta to the ink 41,1 t•oorte ..t BANCin •K,lll . ltl:ltiniK, and Co. (Limited). -,... ;.,11.. , ..,,,,mit:01.1) itwELLE.ItY HANC4 IC K. RIB BROOK, and Co. (Limited). i :.. , • :' FA ....LI) SUITES IS carat - . _ HANCOCIi. BUM: LOOK, and Co. (Limite-d). v...., a o:•11.1) IIItAtt:IXES. t;:".. II.kNCIN'K, 1:1"ItHROOK, and Co. (Limited). 1•,-trit taiLD IiIaMI4•IIES, E:; 14 ANi:!TX2K :111 7 itnItINIK, and Co. (Limited). II -..g..C0. 11 1 , 1:1:1:111:04/K, and L (Limited). I , ..,,r.t.cotneliAiss, ce. ix the a:. ANCOCK, TICILBIZOOK, and Co. (L . led). HI, -•ra 10)1.1) LOrKFT . :..C , 2 lIANCI WK, ISCRBItt I OK, and Co. (Limited). I. I,4r.tt I:111.11 t'll %KIN. ANCOCK, 'RI:ROOK, and Co. (Limited). The ANTIKLEPTIC Vt ATCH. frill: )PINION of the DETECTIVE POLICE, 1 At nllall4l :sl.l —Nothing tempts a pickpocket ....much 1121 111 , 1.11314 Ce takins: a wet, h from th.• pocket ul a lady or gentleman, and to.‘or perform Oil+ operation y tivivt h.( the pi :ohm. r ignt .1 the watch conintets oft. I. , Vi"St th , Chain Jo I ',VIVA ilAllgllll4. This k entirely p-eceutesl. and many valuable vvatol.... 111 v • been moo) by the inpeolhoue, hot simple invention. $.l Lb, Atitikleptic Watch. . . - . . . - lIANCOCK , RI 7 ltliftoOK, and Co. (Limited), A I:I ER all W.lll'llE4 tato ANTI LEPTIC %All.'llit., at t : ~•ey I 'trim: ••., t ti ..rel, rewlering Mem Mastless . HANCOCK, VA ',USW )OK, and Co. (Limited). 'lt.. I'l I ENI KKV LEM WATCII __— HANCOC K, BritintOOK, and Co. (Limited). The MINIATURE KEYLESS NATell. HANCOCK, BURBKO OK, and Co. (Limited). Me GLOM , I.llt It:N.11:11M; KEY LES: WAT! 11. HANC ) C K, itCHIIIIOOK, and Co. (Limited), BRIDY.4MAIDS' LOCKETS - - H AN(X)CK, ItUltitßOOK, and Co. (Limited). w):DeiNO _ HA N COC K, ISC lt It K , and Cu. (Limited). I:IKTIIDAY PRI.:,EN*I kNCA K, ISURBRCOK, and Cu. (latinittai) t e ri t ly PIAVtu\P tiftNAMEN N of every t h,.erit t itn, ac wutcti in lite hest it...tittle taste. and their customers may at litlClroMll optota return au) articles %Man 4n mouth. (1 , 11131 the dal..• of parch:tar at a olivatunt of 10 per cent. on the net cash price paid fur than 'HANCOCK. BC ItBROOK, and Co. (Limited). DIAMoND lIKAD ORNAMENTS. I.IANCOCK, BUKBROOK, and Co. (Limited). DIAMOND CRIMM:ENT I4 . IIkNCOCK, IitTRBROI)K, and Co. (Limited). DIAMOND ATARS. HANCOCK, ItURBROOK, and Co. (Limited). DIAMOND SI'ILkYS. I _4 ANCOCK, BCRBROIIK, and Co. (Limited). Ain IND TTERFLIES. 11 . ANC:MK, BURBRI X)K, and Co. ( LOuitetl). DIAMOND PLIES. - R AN6,e, RI7RIIIIOOK, and Co. (Limited). DIAMOND BEETLES. HANCOCK, BURBROUK, and CO. (Limited). DIAMOND BRACELETS. H ANCOCK, BCHBROOK, and Co. (Limited). DIAMOND LOCKGrit UANcocK, ~-,RBItOOK, and Co. (Limited). DIAMOND ZAKIIIMin. H ANCOCK, BURBROOK, and Co. (Limited) LEND JEWELS on HIM lIANCOCK, BURBROOK, and Cu. (Limited) RENKT OLD DIAMOND WORK. H ANCOCK, BURBROOK, and Co. (Limited) REARRANGE OLD PEARL WORK "HANCOCK, BURBROOK, and Co. (Limited) MARK all their GINO.Pi In PLAIN PPIERVa. ITANCOCK, BURBROOK, and Co. (Limited) ALLOW In per CKNT. DLSCIWNT fur CASH. H ANCOCK, BUltilitiloK, and Co. (Limited) PALEY. JEWELS at 1 per CENT. for CASH. DIAMOND ORNAMENTS. LOti3E - Ft7. - RES - . pßzcious STONES. = OLD GOLD and SILVER HINTS to PURCHASERS of JEWELLERY, ou the Relative Value of the d fferent tatuditleß of Gold. Price dl GRATIS to CUSTOMERS. N o PURCHASER should be WITHOUT ONE. CONTAINS INFORMATION NOT GENE RALLY KNOWN. COPYRI~ BHT, ENTERED at STATIONERS'-HALL. T O be HAD at 37, Conduit-street. ITANC6CKTBURBROOK, and Co. (Limited). T HEIR ONLY ADDRESS is grIONDUIT-STREET, Bond-street, London, sa, V In order that there way he no pte henetoo, they big to i•tate that the) Imre NO CONNEXION wMterer with Mears. HA NOOCK, IN, and COMPANY, of Bruton-stmt. ITANCOCK, BURBROOK, and Co. (Limited). The goadanilth'a Labour saved by machinery. H A N COC K BUltßirtitt)K, and Co. (Limited). lIIL AI NE•NIADE JEW ELLERY. Just at the gift.giving season lleasta. Hancock. of Conduit. street. have brought not a lloVeity Wilich will be welcomed by theses rho cannot affigd to make costly racritiere at the 1111/11115 of friendship and yet wish to give what is good, Messrs. Hancock hand cite I in the aid of machinery. and are enahled to turn out ornaments in IV carat gold at pri, rs exactly half those ',Dario.' for ordinary hawrwrought jewellery. The economy of put lichen, however, appears only to estenil to the actual manu facture. The lesbian are as taxstefal and graceful as those adoptiol for ornaments id the costliest at)le. The attempt to place art land the real metal before the public at reasonable prima deserves the .',erica which, of colinw, Is the ultimate aim of Me t als. Hancock, whom, however great may be their sphit and t.“to, we would not for a moment siccuae of being so nn ha. inevslike as not to 111. - k for profit tram the novisity."—Aluist. nets Nuinher, illustrated Times, 18hr Ale sirs. Hancock. of Condultatrert. are now selling a new style of jewellery that ought to he popular. Articles in le carat gold are manufactured by machinery instead of hand. and the ...auk is .1 sating of ro per cent to the purchaser. Nor is this all , the design' are tight) artistic. anal the finish is excel. teat, Sto that the artier , are really iu 110 way inferior to the dearer handwork - -Fun, lies mil, 1 , 1•41. Flatitioek. Burlirook. and Company 'Limited' —Tbis Com pany, the well-known jewellers to the Prises of tlalve and the Doke of Edinburgh. have tiumufactured some remarkable sped. mese. "(artistic jewellery on a 11.. w and MI preyed principle, anti th -y aolanitteil them to a private Mane, Hon on Saturday. The oto,rt of the exhibition into prove at how moderate a price really gowl Jewellery may lac manufactured. The ape. imens shown last 'Saturday. and whirl, will remain on view for some length of time, are really magnificent, both an regards designs and finish. They are quite modeis id art, and la-:nag in riled that all the orioles exhibited are guaranteed by the hall mark' to be lb .itat gold, the pr('-ea at which they are produced are some tied . orpri.ing For instance. us' were shown a pair of ear rings which we were avowed would have brought only five ye ins ago, but which the Company lire le weld., by their new pro m,.a of manufacture. to sell to the retails. for 120. We were also iniiirmed that by the same means the Mid are able to sell all desci iplioa , of genuine gold oonianwnt, at a reduction of alb •1 1 . '4/ pet cont. e, the olti•establialiesi pries+. The secret of the ties, prilivinic. a n d the cheapnexs •1 the stable by which it t11:1t the alaloltate 31. t ililti,lllt work, which hitherto had to be accomplished by the aid of the most careful and renvoil whitlow, i• done mui I, .fl ore fatilliarly by melon of certain niarhinery of which Messrs lion, 'air :aid Co. are the preprietors' —Morning star. Dv, ..25, "The NI/MO(9i tore .if Jewellery by Nlachinery —A remarkable inst .nee of the gain a hich may he chores' ile Almost every de porlimut of induct) by the sulatituti-d of well applied natchshical force for mere handicraft Las laan given hy Messrs. Haarott, lir rlins.k. and Co., the Jewellers, of 37, Condititstreet. Hy a lever adaptation of merle:wry they hove contrived to damp the ornament on their works. iiivt,a.l of protlncing it by the tedious process of hand o ar Th- result of this improve me ..t ex that they ore ilow able to us- 10 karat gold instead of ea inferior quality, without any ilt , rtaa.• in tie price charged for their aril. le There no lengliy argument to show that this is an advantage to the pm oliuss i.e.', 31 , Mil, will he welcomed, cap:. tally at this pr. scot••:‘..l, g senson."—Clobe, Dl4 . 18, 18,i. Hancock. Ilurlwook. and Co. Limited., of 37. Conduit-street, are introducing 3 botchy iu jtwi Ilea y, nbirfirly, pure goltl orna melt. of the best style 14 I,s.inwsi.l ,•. • • tint recherche and astir! is taste, at 311 illiprovolt 0W.% 13:1:re. Owing to reach iiiery. they can give li car..t gold ..oto much cheaper than whop they were prodin -,1 by Loi I Tlat will be their speciality, for which they h ,1.- hares :aironage front thou' who wish to make butt a moderate outlay in any change of their 'smeltery. or for any present of a small, itaracter they may desire to risks."—Court Journal, Dec 22, 1114 k. c ,I ; 1 J k 1 i • NOTICE. —C. F. HANCOCK, SON, and Co., JEN ELLY.K.4 and mILV ERNM ITHS to the QUEEN and PRINCE and PRINCESA of WALES. and by Special .Ippointutent to the Principal Sovereigns and Court% of Europe, beg respectfully to Mate that THEIR ONLY ADDRESS N.M. 30 and lite, DR' YON-ST., CORNER of BOND-ST. Awarde.l to C F. Hancock, (treat Exhibition, 1831, Council Medal .• for originality cud taste." Puri% Exhibition, lex', Gold )fedailk d'Hoonictir lottcroational Exhibition, twit. hire Medal "for great excellent— of design :col inanufacturc."—Maunlacturera of the Victoria Cr... EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. Empowered by special Act of Parliament. sinwan --1 ;corral Mr FICEDEItII' SMITH, EAT, F.R.S. Policies payable during indisputable, not liable to forfeiture. The Royal Naval, Military, alai East India Life Department atinriling pveuliar all vantages Ili I ,thcers and others In the Navy and Army, is under tie especial patronage of lies Host Ur :WINO Mainly the QUEEN. Annual Premium Revenue, upwards of 0.310.000. New Premium Income In Unit exceeded £nt.ooo Life. Fire. Guarantee, and Annuities at advantageous rates. The European is the only Society authorised by the Imperial Parli.uolent t.. guar:Oat,: the fidelity id itinernMent Full particulars of the popular prlnciplesof this Society will be fuel it, the New Provisevtus, which will be forwarded to appli cants post free. Itegent ntreet Waterloo-place, Pall-mall and OD, King Williamstreet, City. HENRY LAKE, Manager. THE QUEEN INSURANCE COMPANY InritAs API'LIcATIONS fur AGENCIES In Land..n rod oulnn :1111,9 , dlr..' capital . Reserre sad surpin6 fund% . . .... Annual inmate ..... . Apply to the .4etretary. tV),tlreetchurch.street, E C. THE ROYAL INSURANCE COMPANY Is open to appoint a FEW A ODI VONA L AGENTS. Applieations are invited only from gentlemen of adequate pont titan. and possessing the requisite inguenee and energy. THE ROYAL IS ONE OF THE LARDY:iT INSURANCE OFFICES IN THE ViiIRLD. Capital Two Milhous :sterling. Amount of lie Premiums in 186.5 .... 4414,7= New Life. Policies issiissi lu is6i7. f0r.... Life Rummies the largest over continuously declared by any Compsny. Policies for g LOUD effected in isss now increased to PERCY M DOVE, Manager. J. It .1011 NS r 4 iN, Secretary In London. Royal insurance Buildings. Lianbard•strect. London. LONDON and LANCASHIRE INSURANCE Fire Capital +:00.,000. Life Vapital, PlOO,OOO. Corner ot Leaalenhall-street, FIRE awl LIPP: Insurances on favourable tenni. W. P. CLIRGHI'OII. General Manager. THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 5, 1867. which also foundered mysteriously at Early in 1866 the present plot was con cocted by HOLDSWORTH and BERWICK, who ac tually contrived to get into their hands a good, sound, strong, seaworthy vessel without expending a shilling in cash, to insure the ship and her freight far beyond their value, to send her out to Shanghai, and to sink her lin fine weather off the coast of Brazil. The series of transactions by which the ship became the property of these men without paying a penny out of pocket, through a nominal purchaser who received 501. for the use of his name, is a curious study for the ingenuous reader. However, on the 17th of last May the Severn left Newport, Wales, chartered to convey a cargo of coals to Shanghai. She met with nothing but the ordinary weather across the Bay of Biscay, and was making a fair passage. On June 14 the ship sprang a leak, and on the following day was abandoned, the captain and crew taking to the boats, and ultimately reaching, some Pernam buco, and some Rio Janeiro. According to Cap tain LEYLAND'S evidence, HOLDSWORTH, in offering him the command, had told him that the ship was not " expected" to reach her destination, and that WEss had been appointed his chief mate for a particular purpose, and that if the ship did not reach Shanghai it would be 7001. in his pocket. The Severn was provisioned with extraordinary liberality, and the crew had a very good time of it, as it was desirable that they should give the ship a good name. WEBB, the chief mate, care fully kept his cabin from observation, and was very busy getting the boats in good seaworthy order from the beginning of the voyage, and in keeping a false log for the inspection of the under writers. When the leak was discovered and the ship was abandoned, two of the crew who were keeping near the stern of the ship in one of the boats, observed two holes in the stern, which had been evidently bored with an auger from the inside, and could not have been ordinary wear and tear of weather. The pumps were found to be choked with rubbish, and the captain threw the handles into the sea. On board the ship Arequipa, which picked them up, WEBB rewrote his log, and on the voyage home to England in the Oneida he told the captain he had bored holes in the ship " now and " again," put plugs in, and taken them out 8.8 he liked. The second mate, who was honest, kept a log of his own, very different from that of the chief mate's composition, in which there was no bad weather to account for the loss of the ship. Of course, on the return of the captain and mate to England, it was endeavoured by HoEnswoare to keep things quiet, and to make the captain safe. Captain LEYLAND was threatened with prosecution for having insured his own effects on board the Severn at double their value ; but he told HOLDSWORTIi that what he had done was at his suggestion, and it seems that when he received this warning from Houiswoara he re solved to give evidence against his accomplices. On his evidence they are convicted. The case for the defence was miserably weak, for the number of ac complices was fatal to their chances of escape. The defence set up by each destroyed all the rest. Every one insisted that every one else was guilty, and that he alone was innocent. It was doubtless the best, probably the only, defence that could be made, but it was all that the prosecution could desire. The Jury had no difficulty in convicting the prisoners, and the mercantile community are indebted to Lloyds' Salvage Association for insti tuting the prosecution, not for the sake of the comparatively insignificant amount of the insurances . effected on the Severn, but to deal a blow at a . systematic combination of fraud and crime. N OSOTTI'S LoOKING.GLASS I t The Largest in the Meadow. Nosiitrrs CARVING and GILDING NOSOTTI'S OILT DECORATIVE ARTICLES. - - "OSOITI'S GILT CABINETS• 'OSOITI'S GILT CHAIRS, OTTOMANS, any OSOTTI'S GILT ETAGERES. 'OSOTTIS GILT CHEVAL SCREENS. NOSOTTFSGILT TRIPODS. Nosorrrs GILT FLOWER BASKETS. ATOSOTTPS GILT FANCY TABLES. ...... NOSOTTI'S GILT PICTURE FRAMES• •dsoltrs-wiSixiw COlu;lias7 NOSOTITS-GIRANDOLES said BRACKETS OSOTTI'S CONSOLE and PIER TABLES. MUMS CANDELABRA aid BRANCHES. 'OBOITII3 - NEW - DESIdN I37 NosonTs CRYSTAL FRENCH GLASS. NOSOTTI'S for GOOD TASTE. NOSOTTI'S CHOICE WATER COLOUR/3. NOSOTTI'S FRENCH PAPERHANGINGS. NOSOTTI'S ENGLISH PAPERHA-NGINGS. NOS(VTI'S MURAL DECORATIONS. NOSOTTI'S NEW STYLE of DECORATING. NOSOTTII3 DECORATIVE DEPART/MT, NOSUITFB U PROIATERY and FURNITURE NOSOTTI'S FANCY FURNITURE. - --- 'Of3OTTII3 MEDIEVAL FURNITURE. NOSOTTFB ELEGANT EASY CHAIRS. NOBOTM3 SOFAS, COUCHES. N osarrys CURTAIN MATERIALS. Nos — otirs NEW PARISIAN SILKS. NOBOTTI'S NOVELTIES in CURTAINS. 'OSOTTI'S ROUT SEATS. 'OBOTTFS BALL-ROOM FURNITURE. N OSOTTI'S for MODERATE PRICES. NOSOTTPB-PACK-FRICET3I—CRARGE. - - NOSOTTPB SUPPLY SHIPPERS. Nti3OTTI'S SEND ARTISTS and WORK MEN to all PARTS. NOSO'frlli TEN SHOW-ROOMS. NOSTOTTI i §ENLARGEMENTOI PREMISES NOSOTTI'S, ESTABLISHED 1822. VO6Olllll MANUFACTORIES, 1,2, 3,4, GREAT CHAPKL-BTREET. - N°Bl37rl 8 9 OXFORD-STREET, W., 397, . TA, 390, WU. PARTIES FURNISHING will find the gresteet Novelties at IitISOTTI'S Establishment, universal,' acknow ledged to stand unrivalled for superior quality and moderate prices. BENSON, J. W., by SPECIAL APPOINT MINT to RICH. the PRINCE of WALES. BENSON'S WATCHES. 1965. PRIZE MEDAL, B Y '' NSON'S WATCHES, sent safe by Post. BENSON'S CLOCKS, manufactured by Steam Power. BENSON'S SILVER and ELECTROPLATE. Prize Medal. 18Rt BENSON'S GOLD JEWELLERY, Novel and Artistic. BENSON'S ILLUSTRATED PAMPHLET. td. , ENBON, OLD BOND-STREET and WEST- BiII'INEGROVL BENSON'S STEAM FACTORY and CITY SHOW ROOMS, 58 and 60, LUDOATE-HILL. MAPPEN BROTH:lila—Established b. 1810. CIIIESTSof SILVER PLATE for the COLONIES, CUTLERY and SILVER PLATE for 70112418/11NO. MAPPIN BROTHERS, LONDON-BRIDGE. MAPPIN BROTHERS, 222, REGENT STRUT. OVERCOATB for the present Season.—The NEW WINTER OVERCOATS, of best materials, are kept oa band and rade to order, at HAMILTON and lIIMPTOICS, Teflon and Overcast Makers, 106, STRAND, oppoelfa Rtetar-baIL BROWN and FOLSOM; CORN FLOUR for CHILDIUMB DtXF. To obtain extra profit by the sale other kinds IN 10111401 NS Waned Instead of BROWN and POISON'S. "John Brown," "John Poison; Is *sad 4 the aiabllll an soda Wiwi. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) So well had the secret been kept as to the con tents of the Queen's speech, that no two of our daily con temporaries agree in their speculations concerning it. It is stated in the Times that the opposition met last night at Lord Russell's. The Queen's Speech was communicated to them by the usual courtesy of ministers ; and to-day they will hold a meeting to decide upon the course they will adopt on the Address. Three articles are devoted by the Times to reform, the letter of " H." being dealt with in one of them. The Daily News expresses general distrust of a re form measure at the hands of the government. Any bill which leaves the majority of the liberal party un satisfied will be a disturbance and not a settlement ; and a bill which satisfies the majority of liberals must be pro foundly distasteful to the majority of oonservstivea. Meanwhile amongst the liberal party the habit of deference to mere rank in the appointment, should be resisted. La rarriirr ourerte aa.c taltnta must henceforth be the maxim of the liberal party, if it is to put forth its full strength, and exercise its due influence upon English politics. The Post which, during the recess, has been opposed to the agitation of the reform question, and to its revival, insists this morning that unless the government brings forward a measure, the House of Commons must withdraw its confidence from them. . . . • The conservative journals are equally in the dark, and fall back to-day on the ordinary attacks upon Mr. Bright, the Standard applying to him the usual epithets— " Passionate, unscrupulous, and abusive demagogue," while his policy " is one of violence and incendiarism," &c. The Star says a Romiah cardinal accepting the office of Archbishop of Canterbury, a member of the Peace Society seeking to become Secretary at War, • Fenian Head Centre occupying the poet of Irish Secretary, could not be a more discreditable and inexcusable anomaly than • knot 1 of tory gentlemen at the present sewn undertaking to carry on the work of government in Great Britain. The country should have no patience with them : the House of Commons for its own sake ought to seize the first op portunity to get rid of them. Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge, attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home Purred, arrived at her residence at St. James's Palace yes. tarday from Cambridge Cottage, Kew, for the season. The Archbishop of Dublin has arrived at Maurigy's Hotel from the Palace, Dublin. The Duke of Hamilton arrived in town last week from Paris, and yesterday left town for Wales. The Marchioness of Queensberry was on Sunday morning safely delivered of a son and heir at 8, Chester field-street, Mayfair. The Earl and Countess Ituaaell and family ar rival at their residence in Cheshma-placo Gil Sunday from • tour in Italy. The noble earl and countess were de tained at Nismes, owing to the illness of their son, the Hon. William Russell, from scarlatina. " The directors of the Paris Poet office," says the Journal Iles Matti, " are taking the last niewsimes to meat the considerable requirements ormasioned by the influx of stranger. during the exhibition. In a pavilion situated in the ('hump de Man, near the central 11101111_ ment, part of which is devoted to the telegraph businon, portal office is being installed to comprise all the brur.ches of the service. The clerks on duty are chosen from amongst those who speak several languages. The Mire will be opened on March 1 at latest, in the niter. st of exhibitors who have arrived beforehand to superintend their installations." ItoYAL INKTFITTIoN or GREAT BRITAIN.— At the general monthly meeting yesterday, the Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., vice-president, in the chair, Mr. John Blacker, Mr. Admit F. Mandy, Mr. John ('lnks, Mr. William David, Mr. Robert Ward Jackson, Mr. Ed ward Smith, M.D., F.R.S., and Captain the lion. John Robert Vesey, were elected members of the Royal huddle tion. ESTABLISHED A.D..179!t. GEORGE HOBSON resl; u j tec t , nvltee the ctiii • • attenthm of gentlemen to new OV ATS, to all the new colours and materials for the early swing. Price 25a., 3014 . 38a., 426., to re. - EseeUence with economy.—S7, lAnultrad street. SPECIALITIES in TROUSERS are now ready for tlic early spring: for patterns and texture% cannot he aurrewed Price Ins.. 213. WV... 4M. Ysoelleace with economy. --OEuRI:E !Ina:Ws, 57. Lonthant.etreet. SPECIALITIES in WAISTCOATS, for the early Riming. ere flow ready, price 166. 164., 184., Excel lence with mononty. :EURO E lI°MON, 67, Lwoxbart.street. SSPECIALITIES in OVERCOATS, for the early spring. Elm !halve with ecunuiny.-41E0litili 1101.640\, 67, Lomharillwtrert. SERA ANTS' LIVERIES. Please mantels and !errant* Excellence with economy.-0701110E HODSON, 57, Detbard.street - ESTABLISHED A.D. 1706 GEORGE HOBSON respectfully invites the attention of the public to is 81• PER EINE WEST of ENGLAND WOADED BLACK (*WIEN for DRESS and FROCK I'OATs. Drem Coate t! VI ft Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Frock Costs S 3 0 Ditto ditto Ditto ditto Superior lit and Workmanship are the characteristics of this E.taidtdiment. Excellence with Economy. No. :4, LOMBAItII-MTREer. TURTLE DEPOT, St. James's Hall, W. WM. DONALD, Dealer In Live Tartle. - - - TURTLE —CLEAR, THICK, and for Invalids. CIHOCOLAT-MENIER (manufactured only in Train* dents all honest competition. The healthiest sod most delicious aliment for breakfast. Unadulterated, highly nutritious Annual consumption 5,000,000 lb.' —Wholesale ZS, Benriettsestreet,terent-garden : retail by all respectable boons we erpreso. TO CORRESPONDENTS. advertisements intended for "The Express," London ?Weft:: Paper, must be at the office, 10, bouveriestrect, by Two o'clockoffice, on the dar of publication. DRURY LANZ. THIS Evkainm. THE MAN OF THE WORLD. Mr. Phelps, Me.m. E. Phelps, Barrett, M•lntyre, dc.: Mesdames &Aloft, Isabel Adams, de.—And NUMBER Mr: OR, HARLE quiN AND THE GNOME KING OF THE GIANT MOUNTAIN. HAYMAN.= TRW Evian, A LESSON FOR LIFE. Maws. Sothern, Rogers. Clark, Compton. de. Mrs. Chippendale, Misses Hill . Wright, dc.—WILD DUNDREARY MitItRIED AND DONE FOR. Mr. Mothern.—And JENNY LIND AT LAST. Miss Burke. ERTNCIREII. Tip lllVErtin, DELICATE °ROUND. Mews Vining and 7.0. Mon; DUN Katherine Dodgers.—And TILE sTREILTs OF LONDON. Messrs. V. Villiers, Shore, Calimein, Yorroster. 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THE Central Criminal Court has been engaged five days upon a trial of which it would be diffi cult to exaggerate the importance to the commer cial and maritime interests of this country. It would appear that a certain class of felonies may be regarded as a branch, an illegitimate branch, of our national industry. From the immense develop ment and complication of our mercantile and ship ping transactions, a new species of crime has sprung up, which demands a more than common ingenuity and audacity in its perpetrators, but which also fortunately requires a considerable number of accomplices ; so that the difficulty of detection which probably tempts unscrupulous men into conspiracies of this kind, is practically found unequal to the difficulty of keeping the secret. Men who will combine to destroy and cast away a ship for the purpose of de frauding underwriters and insurance offices may possibly be incapable of committing murder and robbery on shore, but it is not easy to under stand where they would draw the line in felony. The risk of lives in scuttling a ship a thousand miles from land, may be comparatively a trifling element in the calculation, since that risk is shared by one or more of the actual conspirators. But it is by no means a trifling element in the case for the consideration of the seagoing portion of the community, who are ac customed to trust their lives as well as their goods and fortunes to ships on the faith of owners and brokers, of whom they know nothing but the names. Scuttling a ship for the sake of defraud ing the insurance companies is not simply another form of the commoner crime of insuring a house and then burning it down. This ship murder—for such it is—haa an ugly resem blance to frauds of a more heinous and terrible description. At any rate, it is a form of felony which it is all the more important to detect and punish with the utmost rigour of the law that it is one of the morbid growths of a great maritime and commercial system, and fatally injurious to the credit and confidence which are the life of a trading people. The pro tracted trial which resulted yesterday in the verdict of guilty against the four accused, was, it is to be feared, one among many which escape detection. Briefly, the facts of the case as they came out in evidence were as follows. Four per sons named HOLDSWORTH, BERWICK, WEER, and DEAN, were charged with scuttling the ship Severn, for the sake of defrauding the under writers and insurance companies to the amount of between fourteen and fifteen thousand pounds. Hotiviwourn was a professed insurance broker, having offices in Liverpool and London. BERWICK was a retired master mariner residing near Liver pool, who appears to have followed the business of scuttling ships for some time past with an energy stimulated by success. It was stated that as many as fifteen vessels had belonged to BERWICK and HOLDEWORTH either jointly or separately, the whole of which had been lost at sea, and, as was believed, wilfully. WEBB, the chief mate of the Severn, had been specially engaged in that capacity by Brawn lc, and it was proved that ho had served before as the car penter of a vessel called the Jane Brown, in which BnEwirs and Hotmiwoara were inte rested, and had been instrumental in sinking her. DEAN was acting as clerk to Hotns- WORTH when the purchase of the Severn was pending, but afterwards appeared (taking a most honourable name in vain) as " ALLKOPP and ' " C 0.," and was employed under that designation in effecting large insurances on fictitious merchan dise. As to Captain LEYLAND, who was the principal witness for the prosecution, the Judge regretted that the ends of justice had rendered it necessary that he should be made a witness, and that he could not be prosecuted. He was invited by HULDSWORTR to command the Severn, having previously commanded a vessel OPENING PARLIAMENT BY HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. (THIS DAY.) Though there is not the comparative novelty in the fact that Parliament was to be opened to-clay by the Queen in person which existed last year, and though Par- liament itself is not so unknown in its quality as on its first session, unusual interest, nevertheless, has been felt in the proceedings of to-day. The contents of the Queen's speech have been kept so completely secret that from all parts of the country we hear of a good deal of excitement as to its nature, and much of this feeling has been ob- served in the metropolis. The one question was, " What are they going to do about reform ?" and this was the constant theme among the thousands who gathered on the route along which her Majesty was to pas. Shortly before 10 o'clock, the Queen, accompanied by their Royal Highnesses Princesses Louise and Beatrice and Princes Arthur and Leopold, and attended by Lord Charles Fitzroy, Lord Torrington, Colonel the Hon. D. de Ras, General Seymour, Lady IVaterpark, &c., left Windsor Castle for the Great Western Railway Terminus at Wind sor. The special train consisted of a magnificent locomo tive, called the Lord of the Isles (which was decorated with the Union Jack and other flags, while the royal arms _ . were placed on each side of the engine over the driving wheels, and the Prince of Wales's feathers in front of the boiler), two royal saloons, and their composite carriages. The morning was fine at the time fixed for the Queen's departure, and a large number of the townspeople congre gated at the station. The Queen proceeded from the Castle by way of High-street in a close carriage, the snit* following. Her Majesty left Windsor at 10 o'clock, Captain Bnlkeley, Mr. Greirson, Mr. Tyrrell, &c., accom panying the royal train to Paddington, where it arrived at 10.40 cm. At Paddington the usual preparations had been made for the Queen's reception. Part of the arrival platform had been carpeted, and banters erected. Around these a great many spectators were collected. A guard of honour consisting of a troop of the 14th Humus was present. Her Majesty and the royal family on quitting the train were received by Sir Daniel Gooch, the chairman, and Mr. F. Saunders, the secretary of the company. Her Majesty immediately afterwards drove from the station, escorted by the guard of honour, to Buckingham Palace. Her Majesty was received most enthusiastically every where. Between the Horse Guards and the Housesof Parliament, the temporary constructions for the reception of visitors to witness the procession were on a more extended scale than last year. In Parliament-street, in almost every instance the windows and balconies were draped with crimson and green cloth. During the morning the streets were alive with sight-seers wending their way in the direction of West minster ; and by 10 o'clock numbers had already stationed themselves in the park, and around the several approaches to the palace. Precisely as the clock struck 11 the appear ance of one of her Majesty's outriders (still wearing the crape on his arm) with a mounted soldier on either side indicated the arrival of the royal party from Windsor. Accompanied by an escort of the 14th Hussars, a private carriage con taining the Queen soon entered the palace gate, the gen tlemen present raising their hats. No sooner had the royal party entered the palace than the rain began to fall, scattering the people in all directions. Towards 1 o'clock, however, dense crowds had assembled along the whole line of route, but, with the aid of a body of mounted police, the best possible order prevailed. One of the articles offered for sale in the street was the " Panorama of the Queen's Speech—only a penny." It was arranged that her Majesty should enter by the peers' entrance. The number of spectators in the purges of the building was therefore necessarily limited. In other respects the day's pageant was conducted in much the same way as last year. From shortly after 11 o'clock an uninterrupted line of carriages, occupied almost exclusively by ladies, stretched down Parliament-street, and on to Old Palace yard to the rear of Westminster Abbey. The ladies were dressed in evening costume of different and brilliant colours ; and in the Chamber itself, their dresses, the scarlet cloaks and barred ermine of the peers, together with the uniforms of the diplomatic corps, gave to the spectacle that peculiar variety of shade and light which always leaves a distinct impression on those who are privi leged to witness it. The Royal Speech was as follows : MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, In again recurring to your advice and assistance, I am happy to inform you that my relations with Foreign Powers are on a friendly and satisfactory footing. I hope that the termination of the war in which Prussia, Austria, and Italy have been engaged, may lead to the establishment of a durable peace in Europe. I have suggested to the Government of the United States a mode by which questions pending between the two countries, arising out of the civil war, may receive an amicable solution, and which if met, as I trust it will be, in a corresponding spirit, will remove all grounds of possible misun derstanding, and promote relations of cordial friendship. The war between Spain and the republics of Chili and Peru still continues, the good offices of my government in conjunction with that of the Emperor of the French having failed to effect a re conciliation. If either by agreement between the parties themselves, or by the mediation of any other friendly power, peace shall be restored, the object which I have had in view will be equally attained. Discontent prevailing in some provinces of the Turkish empire has broken out in actual insur rection in Crete. In common with my allies, thi Emperor of the French and the Emperor of Russia, I have abstained from any active interference in these internal disturbances, but our joint efforts have been directed to bringing about improved relations between the Porte and his Christian sub jects, not inconsistent with the sovereign rights of the Sultan. The protracted negotiations which arose out of the acceptance, by Prince Charles of Hohenzollern, of the government of the Danubian Principali ties have been happily terminated by an arrange ment to which the Porte has given its ready ad hesion, and which has been sanctioned by the con currence of all the powers, signatories of the treaty of 18116. Resolutions in favour of a more intimate union of the Provinces of Canada, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, have been passed by their several legis latures, and delegates duly authorised, and repre senting all classes of colonial party and opinion, have concurred in the conditions upon which such as. union may be best effected. In accordance with their wishes a bill will be submitted to you which, by the consolidation of colonial interests and resources, will give strength to the several provinces as members of the same empire, and ani mated by feelings of loyalty to the same sovereign. have heard with deep sorrow that the calamity of famine has pressed heavily on my subjects in some parts of India. Instructions were issued to my Government in that country to nuike the utmost exertions to mitigate the distress which prevailed during the autumn of last year. The blessing of an abundant harvest has since that time materially improved the condition of the suffering districts. The persevering efforts and unscrupulous asser tions of treasonable conspirators abroad have, during the last autumn, excited the hopes of some disstreeted persons in Ireland, and the apprehen sions of the loyal population ; but the firm, yet tem- perateexercise of the powersentrusted to the exe<. two and the hostility manifested against the cons;;. racy by men of all classes and creeds, have great tended to restore public confidence, and hate r.. dered hopeless any attempt to disturb the genera, tranquillity. I trust that you may consetiu tw o r be enabled to dispense with the continuance of our exceptional legislation for that part of my d,.„ minions. I acknowledge, with deep thankfulness t., Almighty God, the great decrease which ha s ta k ton place in the cholera, and in the pestilence whi c h has attacked our cattle ; but the continued pe era . lence of the latter in some foreign countries, a n d its occasional reappearance in this, will still render necessary some special measures of precauti.4 and I trust that the visitation of the former IQ lead to increased attention to those sanitary• tot. sures which experience has shop to be the best preventive. . . . Estimating as of the highest importance an ad e . quate supply of pure and wholesome water, I h ue directed the issue of a commission to inquire into the best means of permanently setwin , such a supply for the metropolis, and f,; the principal towns in densely-peopled dittrieu .4 the kingdom. OINTLEMEN OF THE HOUSE OF COMIoNi I have directed the estimates for the ens tin; , year to be laid before you. They have bees ph. pared with a due regard to economy, and to the requirement& of the public service. You will, I am assured, give your ready Lett: to a moderate expenditure calculated to impr,, the condition of my soldiers, and to lay the fow l . tion of an efficient army of reserve. MY LORDS AND GENTLEMEN, Your attention will again be called to the ga:, of the representation of the people in parliametr. and I trust that your deliberations, oniducted a spirit of moderation and mutual forbearance, an lead to the adoption of measures which, with.: unduly disturbing the balance of political pose, shall freely extend the elective franchise. The frequent occurrence of disagreements betin t employers of labour and their workmc causing much private suffering and public ha and occasionally leading, as is alleged, to acts outrage and violence, has induced me to isa a commission to inquire into, and report opt the organisation of trades' unions, sad othe associations, whether of workmen or employee with power to suggest any improvement of tt law for their mutual benefit. Application will I. made to you for parliamentary powers, which o be necessary to make this inquiry effective. I have directed bills to be laid before you fort extension of the beneficial provisions of the F. tory Acts to other trades specially reported on the Royal Commission on the employment children ; and for the better regulation, to the principles of those acts, of workshops w women and children are largely employed. The condition of the mercantile marine I attracted my serious attention. Complaints made that the supply of seamen is deficient ; an' the provisions for their health and discipline o board ship are imperfect. Measures will be su mitted to you with a view to incresae the etti • of this important service. I have observed with satisfaction the reheat!. recently introduced into the Navigation Laws France. I have expressed to the Emperor of French my readiness to submit to Pw.as ment a proposal for the extinction, equitable terms, of the exemptions from Nil charges on shipping, which are still enjoy/ by a limited number of individuals in British port: and his Imperial Majesty has, in anticipation this step, already admitted British ships to the vantage of the new law. A bill upon this inihfc will forthwith be laid before you. A bill will also be submitted to you for mall better provision for the arrangement of the eta of railway companies which arc unable to v. , : their engagements. Measures will be submitted to you for iniprot; the management of sick and other poor in metropolis, and for a redistribution of some of it charges for relief therein. Your attention will also be called to the MK , ment of the law of bankruptcy ; to the consol ' tion of the Courts of Probate and Divorce e Admiralty ; and to the means of disposing, en greater despatch and frequency, of the inere.,M business in the superior courts of common la& an' at the assizes. The relations between landlord and tenant i: Ireland have engaged my anxious attention. an . a bill will be laid before you which, without iota fering with the rights of property, will offer encouragement to occupiers of land to imr.r, their holdings, and provide a simple mode of taining compensation for permanent improveinev. I commend to your careful consideration the , and other measures which will be brought {sties you ; and I pray that your labours may, undo . IL< blessing of Providence, conduce to the prosp'r•'i of the country and the happiness of my pcold , The Queen returns to Windsor about 5 o'clock 3 afternoon. Her Majesty will sleep at the Castle to-do= and proceed to Osborne to-morrow morning. WITH THE OPENING OF PARLIAMENT Aril,: DENRETPB ILLTSTRATED PEERAGE, Ittnosirrtor. A " HU"' or CoMMonn, ot 1167. o•ntaining the Lci - 4 lions sod corrections to Fehrtutry.lBll7. In 01Ie VA sir 1,000 Coats of Anus, 15a. Holt-bound, gilt edges ' Peerage, is. Lonmetage, Ac., 70 REFORM DESIoNSTRATIoN AT I'ETEIOniHM .di PETERBoROUGH, MO:4I)AV EVENING.--The Reform tion of this city have to-day held a demonstration shadow of the venerable mister. for the purpose of log that the working men of this neighbourlidod :em t• • indifferent on the subject of lowering the frnchise. several hours before the period fixed for the prow..? to commence rain fell almost in torrents. which a great many persons from being present, and ti' A to Put a damper on the whole of the nut-door proo.d notwithstanding the merry ringing of the church 1. 7 • However, at about '2 o'clock the clouds dispersed. • : weather got fine. The afternoon procei.sion. started from the market-place about three consisted of upwards of a thousind am' whilst at least twelve times that 1111181. T preceded, followed, or witnessed the marching pm 7 procession. Some of the numerous Runners e, appropriate inscriptions. The proceudon m 0... I principal streets of the city, returning to lI I ' place, when, after giving three cheers for they were dishimile,L A torchlight protessien Vs.'s I us the evening without banners, about a bus•htti bearing torches, preceding. After this :t put he t t... took place at the Corn-hall. Mi. W. Veic rtt.. chair, supported by Messrs. Whalley. M.P.. Er to si Mantle, and the leading liberals in Pete! home. , first resolution, moved by Mr. 'Whitwell, s,•cowl , d I.` 111Tallum, supported by Mr. Whalley. - • carried by acclamation, expressed thanks to Earll: ,- . Mr. Gladstone ' Mr. Bright, Mr. Mill, all the tub, members of lairlitunent, for their efforts on I, e t reform. Another resolution in favour of a Id' La cs. , slim of the franchise was also adopted. . • AN Eci'ENTitli! ENCLIsIIst O N. - par:J .. concerning the death of an eccentric Englisliiion , fl is going the round of the journals in that c , I ; 7 tall stature of nearly seven feet exposed las.. •• annoyances from idlers in the streets of V , enn '• . . of which he bore with the utmost gravity. liv since attra:ted public attention by his extraodit• • duct. Last year he sold the reversion of his ' I . to a museum of natural history, With th I I himself photographed in a nude state : althttr—• I he received without hesitation the ni onry f• He was accustomed to take a walk always ..t all weathers. In winter his favourite pastime ' and he chose in preference the slopes of , d ,, P difficult spots. In that klast ni e, aeconling to t ht . A journals, he met with his death, as iu fra' I at Dorribach he feU over a heap of stones, and his skull so severely that he died four days slur. .----- i TBE The .b of the gare lei µ'e finis pitmen o ceeded to piece ther there wen forks. 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