The Express. — London, England, 1864-11-15 00:00:00

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Ir would be idle to deny that MULLER'S last words on the scaffold yesterday have removed an anxious irritation from the public mind. This irri tation was not in any considerable degree a mis giving as to the justice of the sentence and the guilt of the convict; it was rather the irritation which honest men are apt to feel, not at listening to the repeated praises of a good man, but at seeing a vulgar murderer transformed into • martyr by spurious patriotism in search of a cause and a hero. It may have been also perhaps that irritation which, in a somewhat gloomy and mono tonous society, the mere incessant repetition of one name and one subject of conversation cannot but cause at last, even under less favourable condi tions than those which an exuberant foreign nationality and a vast newsmongering industry that requires constant flushing like a sewer, have combined to produce in the present instance. For it is not too much to say that Mrusit has been the nightmare of all social intercourse in this unconversaticnal country since he ceased to be an ingonuons ruffian at large. Assuredly, the great majority of the British public, and the reasonable portion of the public in all countries, were completely satisEsd with the conduct and re sult of the trial of l‘li . u.els in a regular court of justice ; with the verdict of the jury, and the sentence of the Judge. They had more faith in the responsihla administration of justice by such a tribunal than in the supplementary, irre sponsible, irregular trial and verdict of an anonymous court of excited partisans, whose simple and convenient form of justice consists in resolving beforehand that the prisoner is innocent, in admitting no evidence that suggests au opposite conclusion, none that an oath can strengthen or a cross-examination confound, and in piling up piece meal an exhaustive ,11;5:. The majority of the public are fully aware of the mercifulness and the largo iiido:gence of criminal justice in England. They Snow well enough that where the evidence for conviction is circumstantial— ,n other words, where no mortal eye has wit nessed the crime there must always be ground for misguided or sincere benevolence to raise specious doubts upon, and that, armed with such doubts, some conscientious advocates of the abolition of capital punishment (forgetting that their object is to change but not to defeat the law) are always ready to mistake the public for the culprit, and the culprit for the victim. They know that in ii cap o,le of such a crime as him.- LEE'S are not prone to make confession to • gaol chaplain or a sherith and are as likely as not to die with a " lie upon their lips." In Mmait's case a confession, at least until the rope was round his neck, was certainly not to be expected. Simple gratitude to his cons' big country men, if not a feel ing of delicacy towards the clergyman who expressed his earnest li - .pc to meet him "at the right hand of " Goo," would be 31.111ic lent to account for MuLLea's constant though can. ions denials of his guilt so long as a single remote chance of escape from the extreme penalty remained, and to the very last moment he may well have counted upon many chances in his favour. It is uo fault of the German Protection Society, or of the benevolent enthusiasts who con curred in acquitting 3ll:xxsa after his sentence, that he did not die " with a lie upon his lips." It seems as if they had almost persuaded the misera ble man that nas innocent, until the great dark ness was lethally looming upon his soul. But that he has coLfessed is at least as sensible a relief to those who felt convinced of his guilt as to those who per• sisted in declaring that his death would be a sacri fice ; an exp;atory sacrifice to a panicstruck public, to a baffled police, and an unjust tribunal. Let ns hope it may be a lesson to that distorted na tional sentiment which identifies itself with a convicted felon ; a lesson to amateur judges of criminal npl col ; a lesson to philanthropists who, in their abundant tenderness for the assassin, take no account of his victim, and ferret that self-preservation is the first law of sod •••• of the individual. It has been said that the e• wate fruit of all that we cling to and cherish as the British constitution is to bring twelve men into a jury-box. It would be well if in the sordid and squalid multitude that stood panting with blood-thirsty curiosity at the gates of New gate, there were a few who perceived, under those ghastly trappings, and that hideous apparatus, some thing more sacred and august than a gallows and a hangman—perceived the awful presence of Autho rity, and the majesty of Law, without which the whole order of society would relapse into barbarism, and our boasted civilization sink into savagery. But for the tolerable certainty that crime will be detected and punished, what would become, this very day, of all the treasures of the capital and centre of the world's wealth and industry ? Do Philanthropists who set their wits to work to defeat justice ever ask themselves this simple question? 'illlam. 111ift..... THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 15, 1864 On the other hand, who that has ever eneesm plated with attention the saddening conflict of humanity can forbear to acknowledge theft - . the largest and deepest, the truest and divinest sense, all crime deserves pity, while it demands punish ment t The philosophy of justice recognises this truth more and more as civilization advances, as the world becomes narrower, and life more diffi cult. Is not all crime, in some sort, disease, for which man's justice provides a clumsy sort of surgery, but of which a higher Power alone knows the cause, and reserves the remedy ? Vbi Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, N0►.14. The Queen, accompanied by the Prince and Prin cess of Wales and Princess Helena, went to Clarematthie morning, and visited the Queen Marie Am lie. The suite consisted of the Countess of Macclesfield, the Hon. Caroline Cavendish, Colonel the Hon. A. Harding% and Major Teesdale. Her Majesty went by special train on the South Western Railway to the Teddington station, and drove from thence to Claremont and back. Ilia Royal Highuese the Duke of Cambridge, attended by Col. the Hoo. James Macdonald, CB., will leave town to-morrow, to honour the Esti and COW2iOIII of Stradbroke with a visit at Heehaw Hall, Suffolk. The Marchioness of Ormonde and Lady Mary Butler here returned to Kilkenny Castle, from visiting it Abbeylois. The Marquis and Marchioness of Headfort have arrived at the St. George's Hotel. The Earl and Countess of Westmorland and Lord de Lisle and Dudley have left the St. George's Hotel. The Earl and Countess Albemarle will entertain a lugs party at Quiddenhem Hall, Norfolk, at the end of the month. The Earl and Countess Grey arrived at their residence on Carlton-house-terrace on Saturday, from Howick Hall, Northumberland, with the intention of pass ing the winter in Italy. The noble earl and countess left Leaden yesterday for Paris, on their way to Routs. The Earl of Airlie arrived at Lord Stanley of Alderley'a residence in Dover.street on Saturday, from a tour of several months in America. The Earl Russell and Lady Georgiaua Russell returned to Pembroke Lodge, Richmond, from Edinburgh, yesterday. Field-Marshal Viscount and Viscountess Com borrows have left Combermere Abbey to visit the Mar chioness of Downshire, at Eut Hampstead Park, Berkshire. - . Lord Brougham was present on Saturday at the sitting of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences. " and was rewired," says Galignani, "by the members with unusual demonstrations of respect and affection, in consequence of the active part which his lordship haa just taken in the brilliant reception given to M. Berry', by the English bar." On the Ist of October, Mr. James Davis, a mem ber of the Evangelical Alliance, going from Naples to Rome by rail, had his luggage examined at the frontier station of Ceprano, where a Diodati New Testament, which he bad purchased at Naples for his own use, was taken from him, with a promise that it would be restored to him at the police -of ee at Rome on his arrival. Having applied there twice in vain before leavieg Rome, Mr. Davis ad dressed a very strongly-worded note to Cardinal Antonelli, from Milan, dated October 8, in which he complained of having been deprived of his property, demanding its restor ation, and animadverted on the sacrilegious conduct of the officials in venturing to lay their sequestrating hands on the Word of God. His eminence took no notice until, aroused by a wood note from Mr. Davis, in English, dated London, October 23, be sent both the notes and the Diodati to the British consul, requesting him to reply to his persevering countryman. In order to avoid such Weagremens for the future, Monsignors Matteucci has forwarded instructions to the custom-house officers not to interfere with English travellers Bibles, except they be in such quantities as were brought to Rome two or three years ago by Mr. Blood. An epidemic has been raging for some time past at Woolwich. The most distressing eases have been among families connected with the government departments of the Royal Arsenal and Dockyards. Mr. Parkyn, deputy super intendent of military dons, has lost four of his five children. Mr. Stone, a civil officer in the dockyard, has lost the whole of his children, three in number. The cause is 'opposed to be malaria, occasioned by the northern out loll of the sewage at Barking-creek. At two-thirds flow the surface of the tide is covered with a dark pestiferous matter, proved to be a remnant of the outfall, cast back before the ebb is sufficiently swept away. After each re ceding tide, and when the flood begins to make its appear ance, the atmosphere along the river becomes insupport able. One of the Turkish corvettes under conversion for steno power, in dock at Eackwall, is 113 W nearly com plete, and preparatiooa are being made for her speedy re tarn to Constantinople. M. Reuse), of the Institute, and Mine. Renan, have just left Marseilles for Egypt._ _ A f4ll of auow took place at Madrid on the 10th, aid laated two hours. The Leipsic Society fur the Improvement of the Working Classes had resolved to celebrate the anniversary of Robert Blum 's birthday, but the authorities forbade the demonstration on the groned "that Blum was executed its Austria for acts which were equally punishable by the laws of Saxony," Warsaw letters mention that M. Wolowski, formerly procureurseniral of the kingdom of Poland, hue just died in Siberia, where ha had bean banished. He had been condemned to death, bat his sentence wee commuted to exile. The Rountai4 3f .sikur promulgates the penal code and sw which renders primary iwitraotion obligatory. The prince has conceded to as English company the con struction of sixteen iron bridges over the principal riven in Moldo-Walachis. They are all to be completed in three years. "A singular fact,' says the Pays, " one cer tainly very rare in the history of governments, is at the pre sent moment taking place in • corner of Germany. The inertness of the Elector of HMO has become so great that not even the ministers themselves can obtain from him any decision. There is no ditliculty in understanding how much paLlw and private interests must suffer from such • state of things. The chamber has consequently just voted an ad dress to the sovereign, earnestly requesting him to take the necessary steps for the settlement of the adiurs which are in abeyance." EARL RC,SELL'S ADDRES.'S AT A BERDERN. —Tbo D."rds of yesterday say. :—" The English papers bring on the teat of the speech which Earl Russell has just delivered on his inauguration ss lord rector of the University of Aberdeen. The noble lord profited by this occa sion to give a fresh and hearty proof of his sympathy with the Italian cause. Rs evoke in the noblest lan. guano of regenerated Italy—of its future—of its new destinies—of the rank it is called upon to take as a consti tutional monarchy among European powers. Whatever may be said to the contrary, the Italian patriots ought not to dis dain this unanimous tribute of sympathy and encouragement which England and its statesmen send her, though that tribute may not go beyond speeches and words. It seems to us that words are a recognised ►nd accredited power in the present day ; and if their influence and weight must be admitted in the Wolorinunt of great political questions, it is above all when they place themselves at the service of • amuse which, according to the solemn decrees of diplomacy, is cotm.elled to pursue its work ■od to seek its triumph io the employment of moral means only—in the sppeal to the • forces of civiliaation sod progress' alone." A " CONVENTI,*I " BETWEEN ITALY AND ROME, —A letter from Turin in the InWptadan , c says;_ „ An arrangement has just been concluded with the court of Rome, unfortunately having reference to an affair upon which neither of the two parties can congratulate itself. The pontifical government restores to Italy sO.l convicts be longing to the province , ' which formed part of the States of the Church. The Pope hitherto wished to keep them ; be has at length summoned the Italian government to take them, threatening in cam of refusal to set them free on the frontier. They have been received with a strong guard 4 Genoa.* ORTIRAL PALLOI. ONE SHILLING DAY...—. MONDAY. Nov. 14.—Adasiesioos no payment, 6i6; ditto by sumo tickets, 868 ; total, 1,544. LATIBT INTELLIGENCE. owns% Tizonams.) AM ERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE BELGIAN. The Canadian steamer Belgian from Portland on the sth inst., arrived at Greencastle shortly before 11 a.m. to-day. (Vis Graeocestle.) NEW YORK, Nov. 4, EVIIIING. . . The Richmond Sentinel, the organ of the Confede rate government, recommends the arming of the slaves. General Hood, with 30,000 men, is reported to have crossed the Tennessee river and to be moving northward. The Confederates have captured the gunboat Undine on the Tennessee river. Forrest, Buford, Chalmers, and Bell are concen trating their forces. They have 14 cannons besides the gunboat Undine. Deserters state that orders had been read to the Confederate troops to the effect that Hood would cross the Tennessee at Bridgeport, and march northward, whilst Forrest attacked J ohusonville. Southern papers say that Hood is now probably in middle Tennessee. They anticipate great results from his movements. Beauregard's headquarters are at Gadsen. The Federal garrison of Atlanta is reported to number 6,004) men. Grant's troops are building log bonne. Mr. Seward has informed the mayors of New York and Buffalo that the State Department had information from Canada that a conspiracy existed to fire the principal Northern cities on the presi dential election day. The mayor of New York in formed Mr. Seward, in reply, that he had no fear of incendiary threats being carried out. He was, however, prepared for the emergency. The democratic press charge the administration with fabricating the report, in order to put cities under martial law. Considerable excitement prevails at Ogensburg, a raid from the Canadian frontier being appre hended. General Butler has arrived at New York, giving rise to a supposition that he will assume the com mand during the elections. Governor Seymour has issued a proclamation appealing to all parties to unite in allaying undue excitement during the election. The state officers will see that every man has a froe ballot, and no military organisations will be permitted near the polls. Military interference will be resisted with the fall force of law. General Dix has issued another proclamation stating that no military will be embodied around the polls. The military will, if called upon, aid the civil authorities. Several democratic electioneering agents have addressed reports toGovernorSeymour, stating that the administration and military authorities put every possible difficulty in the way of their obtain ing soldiers' votes, and that they gave unfair facili ties to the republican agents. . - - The privateer Chickamauga, which left Wilming ton on the 27th, has burnt the ship Shooting Star and two barques off Cape Delaware. The Talla bassi° has destroyed several vessels off Black Island. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov, 4, Evniso. _ _ Gold, 1374 per cent. prem. Exchange on Lon don, 256 ; on Paris, 2.7 i. Stocks steady , New York Central+, 122 ; Illinois, 126 ; Erie, 100 . 4 ; 5-20 Bonds, 100 g. NEW YORK. Nov. 5, 31menso. It is rumoured that Sherman is moving eastward from Atlanta. It is reported from Washington that Butler will temporarily supersede General Dix, who will be retained to co-operate with him. The commmissioners sent to Washington by Governor Seymour report that tLe administration have refused their demands on behalf of the State of New York for the surrender of the state agents for trial by the state authorities. The military commission had commenced the trial of these agents at Washington on Thursday. The court denied the prisoue.' spies of non-juris diction. The trial has been adjourned until the 14th inst. The mob broke up the M'Clellan meeting a Bal timore. A meeting of merchants and bankers has been held at Wall-street in favour of President Lincoln. The privateer Oluuten has captured the hark Empress Theresa. Gold, 138} per cent, premium. NEW YORK, Nov. 5, Evriuro. _ _ No official announcement has yet been made as to the reason of General Butler's presence in New York. The steamer Lady Stirling has been captured. COMMERCIAL INTELLIGENCE. NEW YORK, Nov. 5, EVENTYG. Money easy. Gold 146 per cent. premium. Exchange on London 267. Stock advancing. New York Central., 121 ; Illinois, 1291, ; Erie, 10l,i; 5-20 ; United States Bonds, 100. Cotton steady. Middling Upland, 127 c. Flour, wheat, and corn advancing. Provisions slightly firmer. Coffee dull. Sugar and mole-ses steady Petroleum, crude, 45 ; refined, G 9. The steamers City of Cork, Glasgow, Etna, and New York take out 2,300,000 dole. in specie. CANADA. MONTREAL., Nov. 4. The judges have refused to grant a writ of habeas corpus for the St. Alban raiders, on the ground that they were still under the magistrates' jurisdiction, and that no commitment had been yet made. THE " CONSTITUTIONNEL " ON GENERAL LAMARMORA'S SPEECH. PARIS, Nov. 15. The constitationnel of this morning, in an article signed by M. Paulin Limayrac, analyses the late speech of General Lamarmora, to which it gives its entire approval. THE ELECTIONS AT GENEVA. GENEVA, N0v.15. The elections to the Grand Council bare resulted in a victory for the independents, who will have a majority of 20 in that assembly. The Ambigu Comique Theatre in Paris baa just produced • new drama, entitled L'OurriOre de Londres, which the French papers lay is founded upon the English novel, "Henry Dunbar," one of Mu. Braddon'e recent con. tributioas to the circulating library. MELANi HOLY AND FATAL GUN ACCIDENT.—A moot distressing 00CUTOOCO took place in the neighbourhood of Selkirk on Saturday afternoon, which resulted in the instantaneous death of Muter Samuel Rodger, the youngest eon of Mr. Rodger, of Bridgelands. The unfortunate youth, • fine, amiable boy of about 13 years of age, had accom panied his cousin, Mr. George Rodger, and several other friends, who bad gone out to .hoot on the lands of Bridge. leads and BroombilL At the time of the fatal occurrence, Master Rodger was in • strip of plantation driving the wood, ami, a rabbit making its appearance, his cocain, who was in the adjoining field, took aim iusd fired, whets the oeutents of the gun, or the greater part of the,,, were lodged in the forehead of the boy, who fell dead on the spot.—Edieturyl. Courant. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PlOl OUR OWN 001111OPO1DINT.) PARIS. MONDAY Emma. The attack on General Lamarmora, contained in La France, is not countenanced by authority, and that journal is already fain to draw in its horns. None of the categorical explanations which the France said were " inevitable " will be called for. The snot d'ordre is given that the government jour nals are to represent General Lamarmora's speech as not materially objectionable, and sufficiently in accordance with what was agreed upon between the Emperor and M. Nigro.. The Pays has an article conceived iu this spirit, and the Constitationnel will duly follow suit. The following note, probably communicated by the Spanish embassy, appears in the Pattie : The Spanish government, after making every possible effort to come to an understanding with the government of Peru, found its pretensions so exorbitant that negotiations were necessarily broken off. In consequence naval rein forcements have been despatched from Cad , r, and orders sent to the Spanish squadron to leave the Chinches islands and take possession of Callao. As soon as this material guarantee shall be secured, Spain, which loyally declared from the first that she desired no conquest, will be ready to listen to the proposals of Porn. The Bishop of Orleans, now in Paris, came on purpose to celebrate the marriage of a deaf and dumb couple, both belonging to rich and noble families. The bridegroom is a count, and the bride is a Mdlle. Champagny, the daughter of an author of reputation, whose ancestor received a title from Napoleon I. The France found fault with M. Berryer for having, in his speech at the Guildhall, dwelt exclu sively upon English liberties, and omitted all notice of the liberties granted to France by the imperial decree of November 24. M. Alex. Weill, a jour nalist of some eminence, in an amusing letter to the Temps, asks whether the liberty of colportage (the free sale of printed matter) was one of those which the France would have had M. Bertyer boast of before a Loudon audience ? As an instance of the sort of liberty enjoyed in France on that score, M. Weill recounts that permission has just been refused for the sale on the Boulevards of a number of the Figaro, on account of an article of his, ac cused of containing an "attack on racehorses." lie never heard of but one horse who was ir.- violable, viz., that of Caligula; but he did not "run," he only "sat." You cannot fail to have noticed a series of letters iu the Monitctir, dated from the seat of war in America, and giving, with a strong Con federate leaning, strategetical accounts of battles. These letters were written with considerable ab"4ty and were generally attributed to a special military correspondent of the French goveixnent. The fact has come out that they were all composed in the MOlLitelll is office, by M. Aylic Laughi, the dramatic author, who some little time ago brought out Sh?ridan at the Vaudeville, with great success, and whose Jeunesse de Mirabean is now playing at the sawn theatre. Among the many sights of Paris there is none more attractive to strangers than Napoleon's tomb at the Invalides ; people passing through with but a few hours to spare generally ask to see that rather than anything else. It may interest such visitors to know that General de Lawceatine, the Governor of the luvalides, has just issued a strongly-worded order, positively prohibiting any employe of the Invalides from accepting any money from them. A similar order was promulgated forty years ago, but it was soon disregarded, and I have constantly seen the porters of the Invalides keeping a very sharp look-out for their fees. I dare say the present injunction will soon fall into desuetude likewise, but for a little time to come I have no doubt that visitors may keep their pockets buttoned up without being annoyed. A new ballet, composed by MdDe. Tagl4oni, is coming out at the Italian Opera. The Bourse, after some fluctuation, left off with great heaviness. Rente fell 20c. for cash, and lOc. for account, closing at 65fr. lOc. in each case. Mobilier fell 14c. Railways are lower; Southern declined Gfr. The CaLese Itlirs dropped from 71fr. to 63fr., iu consequence of the rather unexpected decision of the Tribunal of Commerce that the judicial liquidation which be had hoped to set aside is to go on. M. Mires will appeal, and on the strength of this announcement the shares re covered to 67fr. DRAMA. STRAND. A very alight piece called The Wilful Ward, which is amusing only because it is absurdly bad, was pro duced at this house last night with Miss M. Palmer in the principal character. It would t very unjust to this young lady, in the present stage of her metropolitan career, to make bet responsible for the poor, old-fashioned hoyden part in which she appeared, and we can only hope that she will soon be allowed to act in something better. The ma nagement ought to present Mr. Belford with • special testi monial for the amiable way in which he allowed himself to be knocked about in the old !character of a languid " swell." The piece, or comedietta at it is called in the bills, is litt:e more than a pantomime, in which harlequin, columbine, pantaloon, and clown appear in the dresses of ladies and gentlemen. METROPOLITAN BOARD OP WOW The report of the Main Drainage Committee of the Metropolitan Board of Works on the application of sewage at Rugby, Croydon, Carlisle, end Edinburgh, hes just been published. The committee consider that the evidence they have collected will prove of iusietance in arriving at a sound conclosic n in reference to the sewage of London. At Croydon they saw that the operation was saccesaftil, though on a limited scale, and ware informed th►t the results wore remunerative. At Carlisle, where the process was only employed to prevent decomposition of the sewage, they learnt some curios, statements of its collateral advantages. At Edinburgh they witnessed the beneficial result of many years' experience of the profitable application of sewage to sea sand. " Your committee," says the report, " were not able to ascertain, during their visits to these several places, the chemical composition of the sewage of any of them, or the precise quantity of sewage applied annually, or during • given time ; still less did trustworthy experiments appear to have been made as to the quantity which could most advantageously be employed. The same uncertainty prevailed as to the amount of grass cut, er hay made, or cattle fed upon either the sewaged land or that adjoining, obviously a most necen►ry element of comparison. They have consequently given in each case • statement of money payments, very satisfactory as far as they go, bet by no means sufficiently accurate for scientific imposes, money v►lue depending on many other considers. time besides power of production, such as nearness to marketa, proportion of supply of • given quality of hod to demand, fitness or unfitness for the particular purpose by reason of comparative levels and so forth. Borne uncertainty appears to prevail as to the kind of grass best adapted to 'swaged land, or whether any other crop may be grown upon it with profit. Your committee of course would ex cept from this statement the 15 acres of land which have been the subject of the experiments of the Royal Commis sion at Rugby ; there every one of these particulars has been most caret idly recorded by skilled observers, and many of them have been already published by the commission in their second report." Rimmel's Perfumed Almaoack for 1865 is ill.istrated with math taste, not is sa pleasant u ha preda te sots in tt» odour, it yields. THE LATE EXPLOSION AT ERITH. ADJOURNED INQURBT.-(THLS DAY.) The protracted investigation into the cause of the ate explosion of gunpowder at Erith Marshes was resumed to-day before Mr. Cartier, one of the coroners for Kent. The same legal gentlemen attended to watch the case as on previous occasions, and Mr. Filby, the agent of the Low wood Company, was again present. Henry Jameson, a Trinity House pilot, residing at Gravesend, was first called and examined with re ference to the custom of transhipping powder. He stated that he had frequently protested against gun powder being shipped above Barking-creek. It had fre quently occurred that powder had been transhipped while the vessel was under weigh the barges being lashed on each side and the vessel being tugged by a steamer. Ile bad seen passengers on board vessels walking about the deck smoking while powder was being transhipped, and be instanced the case of the Spanish ship Salvador., which had 40 toes of powder on beard, and the men were walking about smoking ; there was also a fire in the galley, and he pointed out the danger to the mate and order, were at once given to put out the fire. He sag gusted that fligham Bight, three miles below Gravesend, would be a very convenient place for a powder magazine, there being neither house nor habitation there. Mrs. Rayner, the widow of the unfortunate man who was killed in the explosion, was then called, and stated that she had lived down at the magazine nearly 12 year., At the time of the explosion she was in bed and asleep, therefore as regarded the explosion she knew nothing. It was like • iimh of lightning, and she was picked up insensible. Her husband was in the habit of writing letters in the office. She was only in the magazine once, and then no further than the office door. Her husband was not in the habit of showing busineu letters to her. He was never a man to trouble her with his business at all, and she never heard him complain of the state of the powder barrels. The letter being produced to the witness, she said that it might be in her husband's handwriting, but she did not know anything about it, and had never heard of it before. She had no recollection of having said that she knew all about that letter. By the Jury—She had never seen the letter before, and had no knowledge of whether it was sent or when. Occasionally she might ask her husband questions, but be always told her that she knew nothing about the business. He always appeared as if he wished to save her from any trouble or anxiety in respect to the business. If Mr. Rayner had had occasion to complain she did not suppose he would have said anything to her about it, hut she had beard him say "those precious steamers wield come too near," and sometimes she had known him to call to them to keep further away. By Mrs.Perrin—Her husband was a very careful man, and always used to keep a watering pot in the magazine. She had never seen fires in the bargee alongside. She used to provide the men with hot water when they required it. In answer to a question from Mr. Poland, Mr. Hall stated that the watering-pot was always used in powder magazines to water all about the doorways, both to keep the dust down, and as a matter of caution. This being the whole of the evidence, The Coroner proceeded to sum up the case. He con gratulated the jury upon the approaching termination of their labour,. The investigation of the cause of the catas trophe which on the let of October had alarmed and almost astounded not only the inhabitants, of the metropolis but the whole country for many miles around, had been of the most protracted character, and he was quite sure that if the inquiry had been a hasty and incomplete one, the public would not have been satisfied. He then pointed out the peculiar constitution of the coroner's court, as being a court in which no third party bad a right to Inter pol* or make any statements in support of the inte rests which they represented ; therefore, although neither Mr. Poland, on the part of the Messrs. Hall, nor Mr. Perrin, on behalf of other persons represented by him, could address any observations to the jury, they had been permitted to be present and 'suggest questioes. It was quite obvious that gentlemen engaged in the manufacture of so combustible an article as gunpowder were of all person@ the most interested in preventing such melancholy accidents as that which had occurred, and therefore be, for one, assured Messrs. Hall that the investigation had not been conducted in an antagonistic spirit towards them, and he reminded them that when a gentleman claimed to be present as representing a l►rge amount of property de stroyed in the neighbourhood, he at once said that that was a portion of the case in which the jury could not go. Their duty undoubtedly was to inquire into the when and the where and how these poor men were killed, and that alone led them into a wide field of inquiry. if the evidence had pointed to any distinct cause of the accident, such as a spark coming from • steamer, or the wilful firing of the barge, or, in point of fact, from any one plain and specific canes, the inquiry would have been a very short one, but in this case they had been left entirely in the dark, and, therefore, it became necessary to impair, into the general mode of conducting business by Messrs. Hall, with • view not only to ascertain UN cause of the accident but with • view to make a repre sentation to the government for the purpose of preventing the recurrence of such an explosion. With respect o the explosion itself, it was perfectly clear that it must have been aimed in the barge by some loose powder en which a spark must have fallen. As the jury would recollect, the letter which had been so often alluded to had been picked up, and it was of so extra ordinary a character that they could not shut their eyes to its contests. There was no question that the letter was in the handwriting of Rayner, but they would observe that it had no date, and the explanation which had been given was that, there being a complaint about the barrels three years ago, Rayner had written it to Monk, the foreman of the manufactory, in confidence, but that Rayner in the interval having sceu Mr. Peter Hall in London and made complaint to him, an immediate remedy was provided, and the letter in question was never sent. He (the Coroner) considered it in the light of a private letter urging upon Monk to remedy the defect complained of, or else he (Rayner) must complain to Messrs. Hall, and consequently it might get Monk into trouble. It was • letter which they could not act on, and possibly might not be considered by the judges as legal evidence. [The Coroner wu proceeding with hie address when our report let t..] MULLER'S CONFESSION.—It is understood that Muller prepared a paper some days before his execution, and that it came into the hands of the sheriffs co Sunday night, This, it is said, was not • confession, but was, on the contrary, little else than what has already been made public at different times by the German Pro tection Society. In consequence of the confession actually made by Muller, it is understood that the sheriff. do not consider it just to other persons referred to in the paper to make any use of it ; that they sealed the document, and will probably make some communication to the Court of Alderman in reference to it to-day.—Times. THE MURDER. AT PLAISTOW MARSHES. —The police oostiuued their search yesterday morning in the reed field and the adjacent meadows to trace, if possible, some of the missing articles belonging to the murdered man, but although they were engaged for several hours nothing more was discovered. Yesterday morning Serge.,nt Clarke, of the detective force, Great Scotland-yard, was actively employed in making further inquiry, and Mr. W. Richard son, of the Crown Dock Tavern, North Woolwich-road, who met the prisoner (Kohl) on the afternoon the body of the deceased was discovered, has been requested to be in attendance at the adjourned inquest at the Bell and Anchor Tavern on Thursday evening next at 5 o'clock, as it has been ascertained that he his some lower ' tent evidence to offer to the coroner's court. It seems that about half-past 4 o'clock on the afternoon when the body was discovered in the reed field Kohl was seen stand iog outside the Graving Dock Tavern, and that Mr. Rich. liAson, the landlord, got into conversation with him. The former asked him to look at the body, tont Kohl declined, and replied, " I don't like to see such sights." Mr. Richard. son said, Oh. come and see the body • perhaps you may recognise him." The prisoner , afte r some hesitation, accompanied Mr. Richardson through the front part of the bar, and went to the place where the body of deceased was lying. They were alone at the time, and only a few meow bad collected outside the tavern, but information had been given to the police. M r . Richadson, interrogated the prisoner, and from what transpired he detained him in the custody of Poliee.con. stable G 2 K. who kept him in charge until the arriv a l o f Inspector Nightingale, who removed him to the Barkioc road station, arid not to Stratford, as was erroneonaly steed a few days since. Yesterday crowds of persons whited Mr. Joyce's, the Bell and Anchor Tavern, Victoria Docks, to catch s, glimpse of the body, but all applicants were re ferred. It is exported that the body will be conveyed to. morrowafternoon for interment in the cemetery at West Ham. Mr. Superintendent Howie, Inspector Nighringale, and Sergeant Clarke were engaged yesterday In collecting evidence for the adjourned inquest. and • great number of persons visited the scene of the murder. • ATTEMPTED MURDER. EXAMINATION OF THE PRISONER.—(THIS 11. t Y.) Williatu Jessetner, an engineer i Wardour-street, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt, at Marlborough-street, with stabbing with • knife Lcnnarl Arthur Blackburn, • blacksmith, residing in Black Li m court, Berwick-street, St. James's, at the City of Undue public-hone, No. 104, Berwick-street, St. James's. On the prisoner being placed at the bar, inspector i said—The injured man is not able to attend, and th.? stable in the case has • certificate from the Mii,Ut. :es Hospital. Edward Coningham, a boy employed as w.dtor at th, City of London pablic.hoose, No. 101, Berwick.str,,t, —Yeaterday evening, between 7 and tf o'clock, th, and Mr. Blackburn and another man came into the : .u.. Mr. Blackbu:n was leaning against a partition, a.: I other person, u.tmed Orford, was talking to the p • . The prisoner stood with his hand under his coat, a.,1 denly drew nut • knife and stabbed Mr. Blackbur twiee, and tried to do it a third time, but my last jumped ,er the counter sad prevented hi u., took the knife from the prisoner. If he had not C. the prisoner would have stabbed Mr. Blackburn eg,i: Mr, Tyrwhitt—llid the prisoner say anything Witness—Yes. lie said he war glad he had don.. Richard Dolph, C, hue produced the knife, . clasp knife, with a long and sharp I,llde. Mr. Tyrwhitt —The pri...car actually stabbel B' , twice ? Witness—Yea ; but made a third attempt. Prisoner—Did not Blackburn call me a butcher? Witness—l did not hear him. Prisoner—That's all I wish to ask you. II you di I • • hear him I did. Charles Orford, of No. 3, Tyler's•court, Wardour .• said—Three of us were in the City of London publ:: together talking. There was no quarrelling. The ur. put his hand under hie coat, and then struck Illackbw.. the breast, saying at the same time, " Take Ow :' thought the blow at drat was given with the :. •, ' directly after Blackburn said, "I am stabbed !" an ! tr.. same moment I saw blood apart front the wound. I put my hand on the wound to prevent the flow of blood. Mr. Tyrwbitt—Had anything been said by the ; . or the injured man': Witimies—l do not think there had been any w between the prisoner and Blackburn at all. The I : jumped over the counter and held the prisoner by t and took the knife f rom hi m. I kept my band on t'' •w, till a cab came, and I then went with Illackburn • Middlesex Hospital, where I left him in charge of tr..: cal men. I was smothered with blood. Prisoner—You did not see the, landlord take the knife from me, I gave it ep to him. Blackburn called fr dog to devil and something more. . . Richard Delph, 64 C—lwas yesterday evening calkd the City of London public.house, Berwick-street, atd found Blackburn bleeding very much from a wound :n thr breast. I Dent for aauistanoe, and on another cnrstAble coming I took the prisoner and asked him why he had 1,1 the knife, and he replied "1 shall not tell you just 00.. - The knife produced was given to me by the landlor 1 • • hones. The injured man was taken to the M.. 1.11 Hospital in a cab. Mr. Tyrwhitt--Have you been to the hospit..l morning . . . . . Delpis"—l have. The injured man is unable to Pure ha bed. I received this certificate. The certificate wu u follows : " This is to certify that Leonard Arthur Blackburn was brought to this hospital last night ufferiog from ao :awed wound of the neck, and he is unable to leave his be.l. "J. A. SMITH, Ilona@ Sorge " Middlesex Hospital, Nov. 15." Mr. Tyrwhitt—The prisoner will be rernande.l for . week on this very serious charge as he will find it t, Mr The prisoner was then removed. . . . While the charge was being taken against the prisms last night he said, " Yes, I stabbed ham and I will •1 it again it he tells lies about me, and I will be hinged for him like Muller." SHIPWRECK AND LOSS OF LIFE. DREADFUL SUFFERINGS OF THE SURVIV.,E, On Saturday morning, st 1 o'clock, the A!:.11 , T line steamer Caledonia, Captain Craig, arrived in Ma Clyde from New York. She had on board three , ii the brig Ayrshire Lase, of Ardrossan, which vessel she fell in with about 7 p.m. on the lrth inst., in let. Xi N., lac;. 1:1 W., with a tl.g of distress flying. A boat was iratue,l...ktely sent on board the brig from the steamer, when it war found that the Ayrshire Lass was a complete wreck, and water-logged. The sur►ivors of the crew of the brig were only three in number, and were very much exhausted. They were accordingly sent on boanl the Caledonia, where they received every attention ; and the second officer of the steamer, Mr. Campbell, with a number of men, were left on board the brig. The tak donia then took the Ayrshire Lass in tow. Next morning several more men were sent on board from the Caledonia, and pumped the brig dry ; and, after some difficulty, they reached the Tail of the Bask. The following particulars were got from Mr. Alexander Brown, mate of the Ayrshire Lass: " We left Miramichi on the 26th September, with a cargo of deals, bound for Antroesao, and bad proceeded on our passage, all well, till the forenoon of Sunday, the 2inl October, soil when we were lying to co the starboard tack, our vessel was struck on the star board bow with • heavy sea, which threw her over on her beam-ends. The captain and two of the crew were below in the cabin asleep at the time, and were drowned. After the vessel had been on her bssm•ends tot about half an hour the mate managed to cot away the maintopmast backstay, which allowed the maiutoion at to break away, and it carried away the foremast close to the deck. The vessel then righted. The decks were clean swept of everything, and all the beef and water we had on board being on the deck, was therefore lost. The cabin was filled with water, and the vessel waterlogged. Nest Monday, we managed to book up a small bag of biscuits from the cabin. They were quite soft, having been in the water for twenty-eight hours. On the nest Monday, the biscuits were about done. Then we killed the dog, and on it survived with a very small portion of biscuit, for other ten days. On the 9th, at 2 p.m., we had finished the dog, and had nothing to eat, thus basing been seventeen days on the wreck. At 7 p.m. on the same night, we were picked up by the Caledonia, and every we and stteutioo were shown to us since by the master and officers of that vessel. We were very exhausted when rescued. List Sunday, a barque, supposed to be a foreigner, passed us, and although they saw our signals no attention was paid to them. Last Saturday we got the bodies of Captain James Crept, and one of the crew named Andrew Hanson, out of the cabin and buried them at sea. The body of the other sweep, named Lawrence Smith, was never seen." The Ayrshire Lass is 151 tons register, beloor to Pro vost Barr, of Irvine, and is about 30 years old. Her crew were Mx io number, the master. James “rant, beloo;ing to Irvine, married ; Alexander Brown, mate, belonging to Irvine, married ; Lawrcoce Smith, Andrew Hanson, both drowned ; Pattermo, Wilson, both foreigners, saved. The Ayrshire Lass, as she lies at the Tail of the Book, is • complete wreck. The bulwarks are carried away on both sides, and the foremast is clean away by the deck. The cabin 'oroiture is all broken up. The jibboom is broken away, and all the fore chains are bent up.— Granock En may Teleyraph. WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) TrZ9DAT, NOTTNESIM IS, S A.M. I ea o. 1.. `. Nairn ..... al.OO 44 E. 517 F. . Abe•deau ..; N.E. 7 s F.\. E. Leith . .10 47 N.E. 121 N. \.F. ArlrG.., a; 41 r).3.. 5 or 6: rh • 1 r MI : 2 Greencastle.. 47 TiL,. = 6 E.N.L Valencia —l I Cape Llear . 23.93 47 N. W. 4 7 Queenstowo. 2r.r , 4 N.W. $ 6 s. Liverpool .. 237 r 44 E. 2 Z L. ,cf • Holyhead 2.5.7 u t 5 N.N.E. 4 7 .• Ptothruka... 237- N N.W. 3 7 W. • c ' rowan , * .. ;•1 .N. W. 7 8 W.:. W. co •• Brost .. N.W. W fir •• • • • L'urient..... tart .4 W. s u .t. or • 140c1...f0rt ... .1 , 19 .:11 W. 5 7 W. r •' r . . .. Flyrnnutl4 ... 28.75 SO W.N. W. I 3 f... W. I c t. :I 3 We) ionuth.. !' T 47 N. W . I .t W. et I . :s 4 Pnftsmoutb.. 28.74 47 14.8 W. 3 5 4, W. Ihr •... 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The Conrt of .Asaiatanta of the Worahipful Coin pins' of Salters •• having had their atten•tea called to the heo•licial tandeney of the Le.•lne S-•iety for the Proteetwe of Young Females, at Woolhouae,WaoeteA,l • have resole to become annorl eithecriher. of three ;rs•Je•.." We 110• aorttand that it is iatende.l to alter t ht. •,t1•• of the toMetY from •• Young " to •• Youog Gide," the letter being the aeon appropriate deeigastios. Thin Wal lappear ed I) . .tit , ', by roatain«l yeptember, MY elPo , a pplied b y towards the azyl Westmh l opulated pL Ise relief taken to I dated 28th sr follows : Cowls to th to Animals. for the tin 10.000/. upoi declared is r WI appals esd R. G. Cl 11:462. A -bill i ll'a l t` ii trir,,°l e court ; as or the Prev uary lee& tter maul as void and. Irellor held th the present • long vacation. Mr. Bolt as tiros; Mr. Gil Mr. W. M. Js aed Mr. Gore The Lord C that in the s the duty of t will, looking interpretation testator with effect whiel hy the eta intention and tamed, the whether the b rain was app] • the intention ,r the ben Lc i-aeral v. Wil i' ter the col erely beans the statute e inteution irbst, but for i Its application. the establishr boarbood of a_au. ph tiuctiou 1 tabliehment' Id Chant:elk be words of t f slaughter.hc ould have he, chase of lam tute would ought that e best way of which they uuded by h( . .. • that th'e be ility which LI .i.;ht show s id not vitiat c the Vice. Ica if the slaw came to be son coed would th have been sold i T . e.l to the ere 71. e Vice•Chani ►e-a erected th r public to ue te .ift only. tqlly •oid um r.t toast fall 7eree that Par e costa out of CC :thugs in Banc BAWLS] The court E Druntham h■d ten hot should sheriff of Keoi tition deed ; so the defendant r , te • red wiiiii eir lordships Rule aheolute ASSIGNEES I This was au :afford before ontd for the uriog the pres , Few trial on t cadence, and autiog or reftu udo who tried acing consult."( to enters Donau ATTEMPT= St Efi:aGt th Mat [Ppear eo old, d, as charged bef, : it suicide by zeiat's Catal, Mr,. Mary .4' said that co earl monads as 1 lise w i o d ow cal. She optic • , t the priaocer as, she was oei "'bed. 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