The Express. — London, England, 1867-03-01 00:00:00

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Perwom del rived or sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffoca tion, may depend on relief In a few minutes after taking It Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBIIitT chemist, 8, King Wil thuu-street, Lluiring-erosa, London, and by all druggists, In bottles, Ltill , and three uantities In one, b. ild. Be particular and ask for Lambert's Astlunatic Balsam. She name sod address ate engraved on tho stamp. AG001) STATE of HEALTH may be secured by the I.hople and cheap process of taking PARR'S LIFE RILLS whenever there Iv any symptom of Indispodtion They promote appetite, all digestion, parity the blood, and keep the bowels reiruler.—May had of any Chemist. MISS BRADDON'S NEW ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. Nose publishing, 1-1 ELGRA VIA, f or MARCH. "The best :Wiling Magazine Which England possesees,"— Standard. Unice—Warwick-house. Patemoster•row, Londoo. FIRST SURREY RIFLES.—The above corps gave an amateur entyrtaintnent at their headquarters, Camber well. on Tuesday evening List, when the large hall was completely tilled with a large and fashionable company. The pieces selected for representation were Nine Points of Wu 'Arend the fart* of Torn Him Out, in both of which the acting was far above the average. especially that of Eicolemus Nobbs. by Sergeant Foudrinier. The well known band of the regiment played at intervals through out the evening. FATAL AceIDENT WHILE BLASTING A MIRE.— Another fatal illustration of blasting in mines took place yesterday morning at the Parkgate pit, belonging to the Stratford Coal Conipstny, Stainbro, near Barnsley. Three men mimed Robert Robinson, Ezra Forth, and John Thorn ton were employed near to the pit bottom. making what is mown as a lot-hole. The men had let uhf one shot, but as it did not Wow down a sufficient quantity of stone they drillol another. The deceased (Robinson) was engaged ramming the charge in the second hole when the shot from some cause ignited. The ramrod which he was using Wm blown into his left eye, his skull was fractured in a frightful manner, and he died almost instantly. The two other men who were working with the deceased were also seriously if not fatally injured. A nwi SALTY, FED. 28. —APPOINTMENTs.—Lien fen3nt A. 11. Deng. to the Virago, vice Tupmlui. Second Master A. ILatiiiton, to the Hydra. TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE. (111711111 . 8 TILZOWIB.) THE NORTH GERMAN PARLIAMENT. BERLIN, FRB. In to-day's sitting of the North German Parlia ment the verification of the elections was proceeded with. Herr Lasker drew attention to what he stated to be illegal conduct en the part of sonic government officials who had superintended the elections in certain military electoral districts. The house decided that the result of the elections re ferred to had not been determined by military votes. The total number of elections now con tinued by the house is 160, and this number beMi sufficient to render the resdhrtions of the Azaembly valid, it will proceed, on Saturday next, 'to the election of a President. The libesal party haws selected for their candidate Count Schwerin, while the conservatives are divided in their choice be- tween Prince Solms-Hphensolms-Lich and Count Stu,lberg. The fractions of the North Gentian Parliament have not yet been definitively con stituted. CROATIA. AGRAM, F. 2S Restnes. - Revolutionary handbills are being distributed here. THE EAST. PARIS, FEB. 28, Essxma. The Paris papers publish intelligence from Athens dated 21st instant, via Marseilles, according to which the British consul in that capital had de spatched some English gunboats to Heraclion to prevent any massacre of the Cretans by the Otto man troops. Thu same papers publish news from Jerusalem to the 10th instant, stating that the Mussulmans in that city had intended to massacre the Christian inhabitants on tho pretext of the high price of provisions. THE BANK OF FRANCE. PARIS, FEB. V. The return of the Bank of France for the week ending to-day shows the following changes com pared with that of last week : Increase—Cash in hand, 4,500,000 f. ; bills discounted, 30,000,000 f. ; notes, 41,000,000 f.; Treasury balance, 3,333,000 f. Decrease—Advances, 500,000 f. ; private accounts, 7,666,000 f. THE PARIS BOURSE. ,PARIS, Fen. 3, 3.30 Y.Y. The Bourse has been very firm. Renter dosed at 70.27, or 30c. higher than yesterday. THE BRAZIL MAIL. LISBON. FIB. 28. The Royal Mail Company's steamship Rhone, from the Brazils, &c., arrived here at 8 a.m. to day, with 57 passengers, 44,0041. in specie, 1,901 bales of cotton, 714 bags of coffee, 80 barrels of tapioca, 50ipecacuhana, 1,001 rolls of tobacco, and 239 packages of sundries. The Shannon, with the outward mail of the 9th February, was at St. Vincent (Cape Verde) on the 20th February. RIO DE JANEIRO, Fut. 19. Exchange on London, 231 to 23} ; Paris, 400 to 410. Colin e, good first, 6.500 to 6.700 rein. Total shipments since tho departure of the last mail, 114,895 bags, of which 45,488 are for the Channel and Europe; 8,059 for the Mediterranean, and 10,177 for the Baltic. Sales, 07,900 bags. Stock, 25,000 bags. Freights, 325. to 355. BAHIA, FEL 13. Exchange on London, 24. Sugar, whites, 2.600 to 3.400 reis ; browns, 2.200 to 2.400 rein. Cotton, 15.000 to 15.500 rein. PERNAMBUCO, Fzs. lik Exchange on London, 23! to 24. Sugar, whites, 4.300 to 4.400 reis ; browns, 2.400 to 2.500 lei& Cotton, 15.200 to 15.600 reis. The Shannon was at St. Vincent on the 20th and Guienne at Pernambueo on the 12th inst. AMERICA. (ST ATLAWTIC TZLEGRAPIL) NEW YORK, Fail. 28, Nnos. President Johnson has laid before the cabinet a veto upon the bill passed by Congress for the mili tary government of the South. Opening prices :—Gold, 140. Sterling exchange on London, 1081. Five-Twenty United States Bonds, 1111; Illinois, 1181 ; Erie, 56. NEW YORK, Fes. 28, sy.w. A resolution has been introduced in the House of Representatives asking the President for infor mation respecting the establishment of a Canadian kingdom, which it declare would be hostile to the safety and peace of the republic of the United States. The resolution was referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. Closing Prices :—Gold, 140; Sterling Exchange on London, 1082 ; 5-20 United States Bonds, 1111 ; Illinois, nal ; Erie, 56. Cotton : Middling Up land, 32. MEXICO. NEW YORK, Fm. 28, 5 r.r. Intelligence received here from Vera Cruz, dated the 24th inst., announces that the liberals have cut off communication with the capital, and that they hold all the important lines to that city. GARIBALDI AT BOLOONA.—Garibaldi, on his way to Venice, has paid a visit to Bologna, where, according to the reports in the Italian papers, he was received with the utmost enthusiasm. At the railway station he was met by the Working Men's Society, the Roman emigrants, with their respective banners, the Democratic Society, and a vast crowd of people, who completely filled the building, and among whom were many ladies. At sight of the familiar red shirt enthusiasm we. immediately aroused, and the friends of the general had some difficulty in open ing a passage for him from the carriage to the waiting. room. Many people kissed his hand ; others his clothes. Seeing upon one of the banners the wolf with the twins, and on another the Roman eagle, the general made some remarks respecting Rome. Pro fessor Filopanti, in reply, said that the duty of liberating Rome belonged in the first place to those who remained there, and in the second to the Roman exiles. If unfor tunately neither succeeded, the duty devolved upon all Italians. and in such a case the government remain ing neutral, the nation would count upon the valour and abnegation of Garibaldi. The general replied that it was to be hoped this great object would be accomplished by purely legal means ; that revolutionary means ought to be reserved as a last resource, should the others fail. He afterwards addressed the people from a window of hie hotel. Again referring to Rome, he said that in accom plishing its liberation pacific and legal means ought to be preferred. He recommended his hearers, therefore, to re turn men to parliament who had the interests of the people at heart rather than those of the priests. The priests hail no need of money, and the millions which were to have been given to M. Duinonceau would be better employed in affording work to poor operatives. " Remember, above all things," concluded the general. " not to vote for those who have always favoured the priests." LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 1, 1867. iirtuott. I Kato inteiltirtnte. EQUITY COURTS.—Fsz. ?S. (Before the Master of the Bolls.) IN RS THE CONTINENTAL BANK (THE CLAIM OF THE LONDON AND COUNTY BANK.) The question in this matter was whether the London and County Bank was entitled to prove for the balance of • debt of 55,0001., against the estate of the Continental Bank? It appeased that the London and County Bank some time slaw adnumed a sum of 55,0001. to the Conti -nettle Bank, which was to be repaid in a givpn time, at the rate of I,OOW. per week. The Continental Bank sub sequently transferred all their property to the London and Mediterranean Bank, which latter bank was to take to itself all the shareholder, of the Continental one, and to transact all its business in the offices of the London and Mediterranean Company. The balances due from the Continental Bank on general accounts had been specially transferred to the London and Mediterranean Bank, but there was also, in the ilooks of the Continental Bank, a loan account which remained untouched. The question, therefore, depended upon whether there wan, under those circumstanoes, a discharge or release of the 65,0001., so far as regarded the Conti nental Bank ? Mr. Selwyn, Q:C., and Mr. Jason Smith appeared for the London and Co unty Bank. t Mr. Baggallay, Q.C., and Mr. J. Napless Higgins for ahareholdenan the London andlalditesranean dare not heard b eito-.sovirt, which thought that their ,* towers represented by Mr. Jesse, Q.C., and Mr. Lindley, who appeared for the official liquidator of the Continental Bank. Lonl Remilly, after stating the facts of the case, and referring to the authorities which governed it, held that the circumstances did not amount to a release or discharge of the balance still due from the original debtors to the London and County Bank ; and that that company was, therefore, entitled to prove for their claim, as misted on by them. (Before Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood.) DI RI TEI BOSNIAN (VTICAOUNNKY) IRONWORIR COMPANY (LIMITED).-II PARTN WHITEHOUSE. . . _ . . This wes an application by Mr. John 'Whitehouse, of Birchall-street, Birmingham, to be removed from the list of members. The articles of association of the Russian company were signed on the 26th April, 1865. Mr. White house's application for :40 shares was made on the 27tb, and the registration of the company took place on the 214th. In August, 1865, Mr. Whitehouse heard that the company could not get a day for settlement, and on the r—hid of that month wrote a letter complaining, and repu diating the shares on the ground of discrepancy between the articles of association and prospectus. He took no step to have his name removed at that time ; but in March, 1866, on having his attention called to the discre pancy between the prospectus and the memorandum and articles of association with regard to the extent of the com pany's objects, he wrote on the 19th, through his solicitor, applying for a return of his allotment money. He said that until March, 1866, he had not the slightest knowledge or idea of the discrepancy he now com plained of, and that hie former complaint arose from the circumatanoe that the company could not get a settling day on the Stock Exchange, in consequence of the existence of a power in the articles of association to increase the capital of the company, The delay since May, 1866, was accounted for by negotiations which had fallen through, for offering Mr. 'Whitehouse debentures instead of shares. _ _ Mr. T. A. Roberta appeared in support of the applica tion, and relied upon the now celebrated decision in Stewart's case in the matter of the same company. Mr. W. Gill opposed for the company. The Vice-Chancellor said he thought it would be dan gerous to strike off Mr. Whitehouse's name, after that letter of the 22nd of August. It must be taken that when Mr. Whitehouse put himself at arm's length with the company, he was aware of all the grounds of relief he in tended to rely upon ; and it was not competent to him to bring forward fresh instances of discrepancy from time to time. Mr. Stewart's case was very different. He had been invited by the directors to loin them in remedying a particular discrepancy, and so might well comae that in all other respects the prospectus and articles were in harmony, and that he had a set of particularly straight- forward people to deal with. Mr. Whitehouse having taken no step until May, after having written that letter in the August preceding, must be held to have lost u his aht to be removed, and the motion aunt be die- ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. NORFOLK CIRCUIT.-o.tuult, FEB. 28. Mr. Justice Wiles arrived here yesterday, and opened the commission and attended Divine service. This morn ing his lordship charged the grand jury, and proceeded with the trial of prisoners. The calendar contains the names of only two prisoners, one of whom is charged with murder and the other with manslaughter; but even this isconsidered a heavy calendar for Oalthant. There was no busineso. on the civil side. Jo.oepla Hear!, Spene , r, a medical man who has lately been practising at Hullatoo, in Leicestershire, was charged with the manslaughter of Clara Bumpkin. Mr. Metcalfe and Mr. Graham appeared for the prosecu tion ; Mr. Bulwer, Q.C., and Mr. Palmer defended the prisoner. The deceased was the wife of a highly respectable farmer residing at Wanlley, in this county. For sonic time she had been in a delicate state of health, and on the 31st of August last she went to an archery party, where ohe was seized with hysteria and headache, and was obliged to return home and go to bed. The prisoner, who bad been her medical attendant for some years, was called in, and under his treatment she rapidly recovered, and on the 9th September was nearly convalescent. On that day her husband called on the prisoner and received from him a bottle of medicine, which he gave to the deceased. Mr. Bumpkin went up to bed soon after nine, and bad only been asleep a short time when be was awoke by the de ceased, who said she was "so giddy." She then shud dered and screamed, and begged him not to let her legs go to sleep. She was shortly afterwards attacked with violent convulsions, her jaws where firmly clenched, so that it was impossible to administer anything to her, and she turned black in the face, and about an hour after the attack commenced she died. The prisoner was sent for, and on his arrival said that there was nothing but bismuth, quassia, gentian and henbane in the meiliciue, and he took a dose of it himself ; but it did not clearly appear whether he shook the bottle before doing so. He was very soon taken ill, and the symptoms were very much the same as those of the deceased. It became neetaimuf to call in another medical man to attend him, and it was not till the afternoon of the following day that he was able to go home. The result of a post-mortem examina tion and an analysis by Professor Taylor was that the deceased had died from the effects of strychnine, and the medicine was found to contain a very large quantity of that poison. ' Mr. Bulwer, in addressing the jury for the prisoner, contended that in order to make him criminally re. sponsible there must be such an amount of negli gence as amounted to a crime and showed an evil mind, and contended that the evidence here failed to establish that; and was equally consistent with the absence of negligence on the part of the prisoner as with its presence. He 'strongly relied on the prisoner having taken the medicine himself, and run the risk of sacrificing his own life, as showing the prisoner's perfect faith in his own care in preparing the mixture. Mr. Justice Willes, in summing up, told the jury that this was not the case of a quack, who had undo-taken what he hail not skill to carry out, and it was not Rug. gusted that the prisoner committed the act with which he was charged from any evil motive. Before they could find him guilty they must trace what he did to an evil mind. There were three modes in which the strychnine might have been administered. First, through the gross negligence of the doctor, who might have kept his ordinary drugs and poisons in such a way that he could not tell which he was using. But it was not sufficient that it might have been so, the prosecution must show that it must have been so. Secondly, it may have been the result of a mistake ; but a blunder alone would not make the prisoner criminally re sponsible. Thirdly, it was possible that it was cause d by an accident—that so-ue one else hail accidentally mixed the drugs. The accident was moat lamentable ; but if an ac cident, it would be more lamentable that the prisoner should be held criminally responsible for it. If the jury were satisfied that the prosecution had made out a case in which the circumstances showed such gross and culpable negligence as would amount to a culpable wrong and show an evil mind, they ought to con vict ; if not, they ought to acipi4. The jury almost immediately returned a verdict of Not Guilty, and added that they censured the practice of keening such poisonous drugs in such a place. Mr. Justice Willes said that it was a most proper thing to send this case to be thoroughly investigated, and having said that, he quite concurred in the verdict. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT. (Before Mr. Baron Channelt) Elizabeth Gibbons, 17, and Eliza Arnold, 19, were charged with a burglary in the dwelling-house of the Rev. Charles Peter M'Carthy, and stealing 24 silver forks and spoons, a number of coats and other articles, his property. Mr. Montagu Williams conducted the prosecution. The prosecutor in this cue resides at Itiver•terrace, ~,,, , and on the night of the 7th January, when he and fl•mily went to bed, the premises were left quite safe, and all the doors properly secured. On the follow. MR. HENRY LESLIE'S CHOIR. The second subscription concert of the season took place last night, the programme consisting of a mis cellaneous selection, chiefly of part-songs and madrigals, old and new. Of the modern compositions, four were given for the first time ; one of the best of these being Mr. Macfarren's partsong, " Now, fie on love," a very clever composition ; rather, however, resembling the old madri gal in its detached phrasing than the smoothly-Borth( melodious style of the modern part-song. Mr. Leslie's madrigal, " Charm me asleep," is a very successful imita tion of a style which has been so thoroughly wrought out by the madrigal miters of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries as to leave little beyond imitation for modern composers. Two other novelties were pro duced, both part-songs, by Mr. Joseph sarn►y, the mond of which,. "Phoebus shines in splendosr," is by fez the better of the two. Another extra orchestral and choral concert is announced by Mr. Leslie for March 13, at which Mendelasohn's "Antigone" will be repeated, together with a miscellaneous selection. TM FEMALE. SCHOOL OF ART.—The Wandering lifihsirels are . toper q, =islet: the conductorship of the k1e0..5e at the concert which is to be given .Incyrow lgatuiday evening, at the Queen% Conosrb' 8001hs, lb pid of the • fund of this institution, and It ix tone hoped that the committee will be encouraged by a large attendance. The Royal family have manifested their interest in the work—the Prince and Princess Louis of Hease having takes tan stall tickets. A fashionable gathering way be expected. We understand tickets may be had at lifr.3litchell's Library, and at 4i, Queen's-square, SIR GEORGE SMART.—The funeral of this re eted professor took place yestenlay, in Kensal.green Cemetery. The coffin, after the service, was deposited in the catacombs under the chapel. The chief mourners were Him Smart, the daughter, his niece, his nephew, Mr. Henry Smart, the composer, Lady Smart's brother; and amongst the artiste and amateurs present were Mr. Stern dale Bennett, Mr. Sullivan, Mr. Williams, Mr. Arthur Chappell, Mr. Grnneisen, Mr. Cox, the Rev. J. ii, Cox, Mr. R.A., Mr. Ouse, Mr. Callcott, &c. The funeral being strictly private , at the desire of the deceased, the choirs of the Chapel Royal, St. Paul's, and Westminster were unable to afford their assistance in a misdeal service, as they wished. PUBLIC OPINION ON THE REFORM BILL. A large and most enthusiastic meeting of liberals of all shades of opinion was held last night in the Town-hall, Leeds. Resolutions were unanimously adopted strongly disapproving of delay in dealing with the reform question, consequent on the course adopted by the government ; rejoicing in the abandomnennt of the resolutions ; and ex pressing the opinion that the scheme of reform sketched out by the Chancellor of the Exchequer is very un satidactory in the way in which it deals with the redistribution of seats, and utterly inadequate in the proposed extent of the occupation franchise. The reso lution further declared that the real interest of the nation, as well as the just claims of the working classes, would be met by no measure which does not give votes to a much larger number of working men than would be enfran chised either by a 6/. rating suffrage, or by the measure introduced by the liberal government last session. Mr. Baines, M.l'., who came from London for the purpose of attending the meeting, made an able speech, in the course of which he strongly denounced the govern. ment scheme. Re agreed with Mr. Bright that the re form question could alone be properly settled by the libe ral party once more taking power, although he questioned whether that course would be favourably entertained by the lions* of Commons. It was resolved to send copies of the resolutions to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and to Mr. Gladstone. A. telegram from Hanley informs us that at au aggregate meeting of the representatives of all the reform unions in the Potteries the government proposals were unanimously condemned, and public meetings throughout the district were resolved upon. The following resolution was adopted on Wednesday evening by the committee of the Bradford Reform Union : —"Considering that there are in this country about five millions of adult males who have no voice in the election of representatives to parliament, that the measure of re form sketched by Mr. Disraeli will enfranchise only about 418,000, of whom, at the utmost not more than 150,000 will be working men, that the proposed redistribution of seats is wholly inadequate to redress the existing ano malies in the representation, this committee is of opiaion that the reform scheme of the present govern. ment is whaly unworthy the serious consideration of any section of reformers, and expresses its indigna tion that any government should presume thus to trifle with the just claims and desires of the people, and pledges itself to resist that scheme to the utmost, and that, whe ther it be tossed or not, this committee will not for • moment relax its agitation for a substantial and honest measure. Thix‘committee is further of opinion that no bill which does not give a much more liberal extension of the suffrage than the bill of last session will be satisfactory to theieople. That for the purpose of more effectually car rying on the agitation, the members of this oommittee will double their subscriptions to this association, and will in vite the whole body of members to sAlo_p_t this resolution in its entirety at the annual meeting on Monday next." TRISATSIENT OF PATIENTS IN COEXIST-HATCH LUNATIC ANYLUN.—A general meeting of the magistrates of the seemly of Middlesex was held yesterday at the Ses sions -house, Clerkenwell-green. Mr. H. l'ownall, who was in the chair, drew the attention of the court to a let ter sent to the Commissioners of Lunacy in reference to the treatment of lunatics in the asylum at Colney-hatch, in which it was stated that a patient named Harrison had been put to bed in No. 5 roorn in D ward in a state of nudity, without bedding of any kind ; and that another patient, named Hobbs, was so greeted for 140 nights during the winter of 1864 and 1865, and that he died one morning soon after being unlocked. There were, it was added, other patients who have been so punished, some for longer, others fur shorter terms. To this communication the Commissioners of Lunacy returned • reply to tbe com mittee of visitor' of the asylum, who, with a view to afford Dr. Sheppard an opportunity of refuting these charges, invited his attendance at a meeting of the board on the 18th ult. He at once admitted that the state ments contained in the letter were substantially true, and that a similar mode of treatment was adopted as a system in cases of which there were, as he informed the board, from time to time many in the asylum, wherein patients, by tearing and biting, habitually destroyed bedding and clothing, and even the lining of padded rooms. Dr. Shep pard went on to say that Harrison and Hobhswere patients of that character, and so destructive that they would in a short time after being placed in their rooms, and supplied with clothing anal bedding tear them to shreds, even the strongest dresses anal quilted coverlets. The instructions to the attendants, as he told the board, are to warn patients with such propensities that if they were found to have destroyed their clothing or bedding they would not be allowed any. Locked leather gloves had been found use less. As to the use of such gloves, he replied that when used they were not deemed to be or entered in the medical journal as mechanical restraint. He was in formed that the employment of all such means of personal restraint should be duly recorded under that head in the journal. Dr. Sheppard further stated that the medical books contained no record of the confinement of patients in a state of nudity, as above described. He knew, as he said, no other means of trecang inveterately de structive patients, such as Harrison and Hobbs, and he expressed his desire to receive any suggestions upon the subject. He added that he invariably found the skin of such patients in • state of burning heat, and that they were quite insensible to cold. They would, he said, in some cases stand up during the entire night. The above disclosures were of so startling a kind, anal the prac tice now for the first time brought to the knowledge of the commissioners was in their judgment so much to be oontletuned, and affected so gravely the character of the asylum, that they suggested an immediate and full inquiry on the part of the committee. The commissioners add, that in all their experience they have met with no case of insane patients to which such treatment as that described could properly be applied, or would admit of any kind of justification. in a communication to the committee of visiting justices, Dr. Sheppard states that Ho'ihs was not placed in his room, in the manner described, for more than four nights out of 67, anal that the statement that Harrison had been shut up in his room for ten iircees-i , e nights without bedding or clothing was not true. This communication was transmitted to the Commissioners of Lunacy, who understand that the objections to the treat ment, in question are equally entertained by the e.ao• mittee, and that no recurrence of the practice will be per mitted. Some discussion took place and the report was put and agreed to. The other business was disposed of, anal the court was adjourned. [STAMPED, ld. ADDITIOZAIIO ing morning it was discovered that the house had been entered during the night, and a great quantity of valuable property removed. Although the prisoners were the only persons accused of the burglary, there was no doubt that one man, if not more, must have beets Concerned with them, for it appeared that by whomsoever the burglary was committed, the burglars must have oliipbed over a wall 16 feet high at the back of the premises, and a strong iron bar which secured an iron door between the beck and the front kitchen had been bent nearly double. The evidence against the prisoners was that on the same morning the burglary was committed they called a cab from the rank near the Eagle Tavern in the City-road, and directed the driver to go to a street near the house ot the prosecutor to take up a fare, and Gibbons got out, ern after as port time she returned with a bundle, which was pissed in the cab. The prisoners then directed the cabman' to drive to Shore. ditch church, and when they arrived there a policeman came up and took the prisoners into' eultody, and the bundle that was in the cab was found to contain a quan tity of wearing apparel that had been stolen from the house of the prosecutor. The jury, after a short deliberation, found both the pri soners Guilty ' and it appeared that Arnold had been before convicted of felony and sentenced to a long period of im prisonment. . . Baron Channell, in passing Bentemee, said it appeared to him that it was a very bad case. A gang of persons had attacked and broken into this house during the night, and be was only sorry that the men who were concerned in the outrage were not hi**, him.. Abctiggianntenced Gib- bons to eighteen months ' la„ and Arnold, to be kept in penal servitude ter NAu THE POLICE COURT& MANSION•HOUSE Mr. Bober! Bear, a fish salesman, carrying on busi ness in Billingsgate•nuarket, appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer a summons issued at the instance of a gentleman named Lloyd, residing at Hereford, for unlaw fully having in his possession and exposing for sale an un clean fish, to wit, 101bs. of salmon, contrary to the pro visions of the Salmon Fisheries Act. The complainant, Mr. Lloyd, deposed that he resided at Hereford, and was a magistrate for the counties of Brecon and Monmouth, and was one of the conservators of the rivers Wye and Usk, and was intimately acquainted with the habits, haunts, and character of the salmon. On the previous morning he observed exposed for sale on the stand of the defendant a salmon weighing about 10Iba., and he asked the defendant whether it was his property, and was answered by him in the affirmative. Observing that the fish was what was defined by the act of parliament to be out of season and unclean, the witness proceeded to the office of the clerk of the market, Mr. Deering, and communicated to him what he had seen, and also drew his attention to the provisions of the statute, which provided that any permn having in his possession, or exposing for sale, an "unclean fish," should be liable to a penalty not exceeding W. for each fish so exposed for sale. On this they applied for and obtained the present summons. The fish in question, and now produced, had only just finished spawn a, r and was in law, " an unclean fish." From his know of the habits of the fish, he could state that the salmon came up to the inland rivers to spawn in the months of November, December, January, end February, and during these periods the fish was " unclean" and unseasonable. After the month of February the fish dropped down from the sources to the ;ooh of the rivers, and during this period they were designated, noL . as salmon, but as kelp, and until the fi sh had gone down to the sea and returned to the rivers it carne under that category ; and of the. class was the fish in question, now before the court. The witness added that at the present time there were, in the rivers with which he was connected, not less than 5,1100 which were in this condition, and if sent to market would he unclean. lie contended that, though some per sons held that such fish might be eaten, it was in this state unfit for human food. Mr. Deering, the clerk of the market, was called, and corroborated the evidence of the complainant. The fish was decidedly unclean. The Lord Mayor—Then why did you not interfere to prevent its being exposed for sale The witness replied that, under the existing bye-laws of the market, be bad no power or authority to interfere. Mr. Lloyd suggested that it would be well if the bye laws wins amended in that respect. is it was, the fish Gould only be seized on the previous day, under the au thority of a warrant obtained at this court, at the same time that the present summons was obtained. The Lord Mayo- said that the a Aention of the Markets Committee ought at once to be called to the matter, with a view to the alteration of the bye-laws. The defendant, when asked what he bad to say, con tended that the fish was of the same class as other sales men dealt in, and he denied that it was unfit for human food ; In fact, Mr. Stephenson, a good judge, had declared he should like a cut from the centre of the fish to par take of. The Lord Mayor observed th►t the question was whether the fish was " unclean " within the rooming of the act of parliament. This point had been clearly established by the evidence, and though he should not go the length of inflicting the full penalty, he should impose a fine of 31., with costa, at the same time intimating that if another case of the kind was brought before him, and as clearly established as this had been, be should impose the full penalty of 5/. The fine and costs were at once paid, and the com plainant, Mr. Lloyd, who was entitled to a moiety of the penalty, desired it should be added to the funds of the poor-box of the court. MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Mr. William Tollemadfr, described u a clergyman, of Lincolnshire, was charged with stealing two cigars, value sixpence, the property of Mr. newton', of the l'huenix Club, St. Jernes's-place. Joseph Belcher, waiter at the club, said in consequence of cigars having been missed from the club, he bored a hole in the door of the billiard-room, and kept watch there. Atter watching for some time Mr. Tollerrache, the prisoner went into the smoking-room, and he dis tinctly saw him take up two cigar eases and take a cigar, from each of them. Ore of the cases belonged to Mr.' Rainrford, the club being a proprietary club, and it bad been placed in the room for the purpose of detection. The prisoner then left the club, and he followed and told him Mr. Raineford wanted to see him. The prisoner returned to the club, and he then told him that Mr. Rainaford had authorised him to give htm (the prisoner) into custody for stealing cigars. The prisoner replied, " Nonsense, no such thing ; I have an appointment , so let me go." He asked the prisoner to produce his cigar-case. The poisoner did so, and shook the cigars in it on the table. He looked over the cigars and found two which had been marked and placed in the two cigar CUM in the smoking-room. The prisoner was then given into custody. The prisoner had not been elected into the club, but was a friend of a member. Mr. Rainaford said the charge was made with his assent, as a valuable cigar case had been previously missed. Cigar, were not placed in the room for the use of members. If cigars were wanted the hall porter supplied them at a stated charge. The two marked cigars found in the pri soner's cigar case were different from the other cigars in the case. On this evidence the prisoner was remanded on Yesterday, when the prisoner was again brought up, Mr. Arnold, the sitting magistrate, was informed that no pro secutor was in attendance. Mr. J. H. Lewis appeared for the prisoner, but offered no observation, as the prisoner was ordered to be discharged. SOCIETY FOR THE ENCOURAGEMENT OF THE FINE Anna.—Last evening Mr. W. F. Driver delivered a lecture on " the Manners and Customs of the Romans " before a numerous audience. The subject was one of peculiar interest in regard to the art treatment of classical sub jects. A discussion followed. KiNo's COLLEGE Hoal'lTtL.—The annual court of the governors of this charity was held yesterday after noon, in the board room of the hospital, the Rev. Dr. Jelf, the principal of King's College, in the chair. The report of the committee of management, which was read by the secretary, Mr. Blytb, stated that the number of patients admitted into the hospital during the past year amounted to 1,914, being a slight increase over that of the preceding year, and the number of out-patients who re ceived advice and medicine amounted to 37,113. In the Nightingale Maternity Ward 148 women had been con fined, and the number of midwifery cases attended at their own homes amounted to 732. _ _ _ •••••••-• •••-•-• •••••••'^ LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOVER.—The 28th half yearly general meeting was held yesterday at the corn- Lwny's offices, Victoria station, Lord Herrin in the chair. The directors' report, which has already appeared in our columns, recommended an adjournment until the conclu sion of pending negotiations as to the affairs of the com pany, and in consequence the attendance slid not exceed five and twenty shareholders. The chairman, having stated that the committee of debenture-holders and the com mittees of the various sections of the lines concurred in the recommendation, moved the adjournment to 30th April. This was seconded by Mr. Hartridge. Mr. Turner, while admitting the policy of postponing discussion, was anxious either to propose a resolution or to elicit an under standing that no settlement should be come to of Messrs. Peto's account, which did not include payment of all aharesand debentures in their names or in the names of their nominees. Mr. Hartridge suggested that it would be better to give notice of the freolution for 30th April. Mr. Hilliard, a director, said there was no intention on the part of the board to relieve Messrs. Peto of the slightest fraction of their liabilities. Ultimately the adjournment was agreed to unanimously. TWOPEXCE PROPOSED INCREASE OP THE EPISCOPAYE. Yesterday 'afternoon a deputation, headed by the Archbishop of Canterbury, waited upon the Earl of Derby at his official residence in Downing-street, for the purpose of urging upon him the deairablemera of eitending the episcopate of the church of England. There reenjiapre sent the Bishops of Oxford, Ely, and Glenteester iiid'Bris tol, the Dean of Chichester, ArchtincerWwdsworth, Archdeacon Orgat, =rem Bickerstell, MA A.. 1. B. M.P., - Mr: Hope,H Canon Hawkins, Mr. M. R. Sharp, Mr. Mainwaring, M.l'. ' the ikv. G. F. Townsend, the Bev. B. Bekdier, .111, Rev. C. It. Dalton, Mr. Ottaway, Mr. Mortimer , and many other gentloben. The Arehkahopof CINTga iff after a few preliminary remarks, read a lenghten I setting forth that the church of Enginsid-ereatbeenly rep gieus community in this country which wee not t able to increase the number of its chief ministers aocordinfr io the increase of its population, and acoonling to their merle and desires. lit consequence of this disability, an offer made in l8:74 for the endow ment of a see in Cornwall was lost. Three additional bishoprics —one for St. Albans, one for Cornwall, and one for Southwell (deanery of Lincoln), were recommended by convocation. It also prayed for the appointwent of suffregim bialtops. The Bishop of °troop supported the peeper af -Shame mortal, and said that there was no occasion for a new act for the appointment of suffragan bishops,.an4lLlJiit was necessary was for the government to ',alba *AMA act into o • . r • 4110.. M.P., took eta asijas., an remarked it would only be necessary for a friendly government to woint one suffragan bishop, and that would form • precedent and give elasticity to the system. A lengthened conversation ensued on several points con nected with the proposed extension, and The Earl of DERBY said they must be perfectly aware that this was a question which was by no means new to him, and that it scarcely required the presence of the de putation to convince him of the deep interest which was felt on the subject all over the country. Re did not hesi tate to say that personally his feeling and wishes had always been in favour of a moderate extension of the episcopate, and as far as ho was individually concerned he would say that if he were called upon to make any fresh appointment he would do so on conditions reserving the right to subdivide the diocese to which a new bishop might be appointed. (Hear, bear.) But he must confess that, although he had that feeling very strongly himself, he was certain that there was a majority in bo.h houses of parliament who objected to such an extension. It was true that a bill, known as Lord Lyttelten's bill, passed a second reading is the House of Lords, and went into committee. There a dispute arose about the pro posed salaries of the proposed new bishops. on a question raised by certain right rev. prelates, and the bill was ex tinguished altogether. He had stated his opinion frankly, and he had further tomy that if a permissive bill were in troduced it would not, be thought, meet with any opposi tion from the government—cartaiiily it would not meet with any from himself. (Hear, hear.) He did not think, however, that matters had proceeded 'efficiently to justify them in Asking the government to introduce such • bill. Then with regard to the question of suffragan bishops. Oa that point he should like to have more information in re ference to the position they would occupy, the duties that would be assigned to them, and the means by which their labours were to be remunerated. They would be subordi nate of course to the bishop, but he presumed they would not claim the see, on the death of • bishop, jeer Intataliflnil. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY and the Bishop of Ox- FORD explained fully to the noble earl how suffragan bishops had been appointed in times past, hoer it was pro posed they should now act, how their Lbw» should be paid for, and bow they should be nominated to their re spective poets in the church. The Earl of DEILBY said the question of niffragans was, to some extent, • new one, having been started for almost the first time of late years. He had stated his views in reference to an extension of the episoormite, and the whole question, including the proposed extension and the sug gested appointment of suffragans, he would bring without delay under the notice of his colleagues in the government. Until that was done he could not, of course, say anything more on the subject. The Archbishop of C.tmvxnerar thanked the noble earl for his courtesy, and the deputation withdrew. HOSPITAL POR CONSUMPTION, BRO-VPTON. The quarterly court of the governors of this charity was held yesterday afternoon, in the board-room of the hospital, at Brampton ; Lord Jueceline W. Percy in the chair. Amongst the governors preaen: were Lies tenant.Genend the Hon. Thomas Ashburnlrim, C. 8., Captain the Hon. Francis Maude, lt.N., the Hon. B. B. Wrottesley, the Key. W. /Cavil! Davies, Mr. T. P. Beck with, Mr. Charles Few, Mr. B. Hankey, Mr. H. A. Rosen quet, Mr. J. H. Wilson, Mr. F. J. Augarde, Dr. Dickson, Mr. John Colebrooke, Mr. 11. E. Pellew, Mr. William Needham, and Mr. William Thomas. The report of the committee of maaagemert stated that the hospital accom modation, to its fullest extent of 210 beds, had been con tinuously made available. The extreme cold u; this winter had severely, but satisfactorily, tested the capabilities of the warming and ventilating arrangements of the hospital, whereby an agreeable and equable temperature is main tained throughout the building, a constant supply of fresh air being kept up at the same tune. The benefits of the out patients' department continued to be sought after and ap preciated by numbers of persona from all partsof London and the suburbs, including more distant places, although the at tendances in the very severe weather were of necessity aff e :tett. Presents for the inmates, consisting of a quantity of game, a cask of wine, 21 dozen of champagne, and tither seasonable gifts, had been received, for which the com mittee tendered their warm thanks to the kind donor. EARTHQUAKE IN WESTMORLAND. „41 TO THE EDITOR OF THE REPRESE. 818,—Th° inhabitants of the group of valleys extending from the foot of Windermere to the head of Longdale have been looking in vain for some notice in the newspapers of the earthquake which startled them out of their sleep at about a quarter past 1 on Saturday morning last ; and rather than let such en event pass altogether without public notice, I now send you en account of as much as is known about it in the neighbourhood from which I write. Friday night was fine —a brilliant starlight night, and perfectly calm. At the time I have mentioned, a sound like a prolonged clap of thunder—only too loud and too long-continued for thunder in this country—seemed to till the valley of the Botha, while the houses—even those built into the rock—shook as in a hurricane. A dead still ness followed for a considerable time ; and then the wind rose. In the morning it appeared that the in habitants of Ambleside had undergone the usual alum" occasioned by earthquake. Children's cots had been shaken, and the babies awakened : crockery and window-sashes had rattled, aged people and invalids had risen from their beds ; one lady believed there had been an explosion within her house ; the people at the I. bbin.mill in the glayll had dressed, and come down the bill ; and so forth. The first conjecture was that the powder-mills at Elter. water had blown up ; but it was presently known that the inhabitants there were as wonder-stricken as ourselves, Everybody at Grasmere got up, and the alarm was very great throughout Langdale, and not less at Windermere. How much further it was felt we hope to hear some day. Persons who have experienced earthquakes in volcanic countries declare that there can be no question of the cha racter of this phenomenon, though nobody seems to have heard of any preceding visitation of the sort in this dia .. .. trict.—l am, Lc., Ambleside, Feb. 27. H. M. CIIrRCH AND STATE IN CANADA.— Archdeacon Bethune was consecrated Coadjutor B Lop at Toronto on the Vith ult., without either patent or mandate from the crown. The sermon was preached by Archdeacon Patten, who, referring to this innovation, and the severince which it denotes, mid in his avenue' :—" Brought about by the good providence of God, and by the immediate action of the authorities at hone., we may well receive it as a boon, and may heartily rejoice in our perfect deliveranoe from the trammels of a state cab. 'writer, which having ceased to be protective and lumen ' cis!, its continuance had ceased to he desirable. The sepa ration is the lees to be regretted in view of the recent dcci sloes of the highest tribunals in the unhappy t olenso moo and others, which present most unaatisfa,toly ,osoplica tiona and results deeply to be deplored. We nave cause, therefore, to rejoice that, by the severance of the ties which bound our branch of the church to the state, we escape the poesibility of such scandals occuning here ; our position being now so independent that we can .peal with any offences that may arise by prompt and immediate ac tion under laws of our own enacting. . . . It is on severance of our civil orpolitical relation* to the crown of the empire, for never did the hearts of Canadian church men throb with more devoted loyalty to our 1 closed Queen than now. Nor is it a sever nee from our mother church that we rejoice in. God forbid. We gr . ! as one with her as ever. But henceforth our union will be per fectly spiritual. It will be a union of love, a union of faith, and of intercommunion in all the offices of our Divine religion." 1