The Express. — London, England, 1868-01-17 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES . — During the stain sidings for cattle traffic, incr of the present year the National Lifeboat Inalitnilea bee contributed to the saving of I,or lives from MIMS dipwroges for engines, and shops to be aaa a vessels from distructios. The teammate are esesease last of all, it was thought th 429.665 in the tame period oa Ms Ufebeelb heastAllinlinens la • Wilton to granting . 42.644 for rewards. Thst — ciiiiiiiime - al 1214 not be complete without an immenseltoteL It is way ~..bimiiktutk°th.er.,,,,,NuyibsaPP"l,,,,finirusdat x r u . d .for smastaace.ithd, Ise to heel bow the expenditure has grown apm the 0011- Lifeboat Eatabil.hmenta templation of the directors. Their plans will now costremstese an d he Aswan, received by tire Leaser sea country by the Secretary, Illeher'd Lewis, Tea , undergo a sober reviaiun, which can hardly fail to the Institution, 14, John street, Adelphl, London, i lead to retrenchment. At the sa me time P - iit would not be surprising if the main features of the London Extension were justified by the Committee. There can be no doubt t that the time had arrived when the inte rests of the Company required that the line - should be continued to London, and have its own P independent station here, and, this being admitted, M it will not be denied that, as a general rule, it Lc must be good economy to obtain at once the space tt which is certain to be required. The Committee 5 ir of Consultation are hardly likely to sanct ion the St SI erection of a costly and unnecessary hot el as an appendage to their station ; but, as men of bug- FC nese, they may be trusted to see the im p ortance t g of making the arrangements for the conduct of 'it the proper business of the line—the conveyance of passengers and goods—ascomplete and effective as I gi f possible. These and all questions of policy will • wa come before the shareholders at their next meeting, if and for their discussion the report of the Committee :B . of Consultation will have prepared the way. It Sc at will be found, we have little doubt, that if the rs , e, policy of the Board for the last t hree y ears has a been marked by much imprudence , the alarm has 01 been sounded in time ; that no serious and irrepa „„ rabic injury has been done to this fine property ; Id and that Midland shares, protected by the pro _ T dente of their proprietors, will continue to deserve s the character they have long maintained as a z favourite holding of the prudent investor. LONDON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 17. BREAKFAST.--EPPB'B COCOA. ....-- eitt eVPreini• TO 001.1.1SPONDISTS. reolsernente Intended for " The Zones," Loudon Valdes =mast be et the hem 10, lates10011•14. 14 TWO au the day of pablkatioe. HAYMARKET. EVENIXO, THE BROKEN-OEAETED CLTB.—A WIFE WELL WON. .liessre. Bothers, Buckstaue, Howe, Kendal. lage. Brea Weatheraby, tc.. ; and 'the Robertson. — Attar wbkh AN UTTER PER-TEI[3ION OF THE BRIGAND. PRINCESS'S. THIS Conran, THE COLLIE BAW/I. We and Mr& Dion BoncicaulL—After which THE SIMMS OF LONDON. Mr. Thing. Memo Murray. Mote, Neville. Forrester, Mellon. &e. Wages Elsworthy, E. Barnett. Rachel %anger, and Hrs. Addle. STRAND. THIS ErZIONO, OLD SALT. Mr. From and Mir Nally Moore. f ter which THE CALIPH OF BAGDAD. Meson Thorne alt,,ames : Mesdames Ada yieranboroogh, Johnstone, Harland, &e.—And OVA D4111k41305. HOLBORN. TBI! IMMO, TAR PLYING SCUD. Mom Atkins, 'MOB, Garden, Arthur, WeAland, and Wthentt Mesdames Henrade, OoodslL Lennox, mid nsundem—Concinde with VALENTINZ AND ORSON. Mdlle. Montero, Little Rowella, dm. BRITANNIA. Tins Emma, DON QUIXOTE ; OR, SANCHO PANZA AND HIS WIFE TERKZA. Mrs. Lane, &Muss Edwin& Booth ; Pan. towdmists Mews. IMMO, Lon* Newham, and Yletorelll ; Male. C. Stephan and Ulm Rum Nathan.—And WHO DID IT HIGH WATER AT LONDON ELIDE& SW DAI —Wants& M. 3015..--itternom 7b. Ws. CO-Ho—Moralag, Ob. 2:Sra— --Idisruoon, Oh. 4.m THE powers given to the Government under Mr. HiRDY'S measure of last year have been just exercised at the Poplar Union. The five guardians appointed by the Poor-law Board to act with those elected by the ratepayers of Poplar, Bromley, and Bow seem, moreover, to have been selected on principles which are well calculated to make these nominations useful. Those gentlemen are among the largest ratepayers in their several parishes, are familiarly acquainted with the wants of the district, and have already taken a leading part in the alleviation of its distress. They are Mr. H. GREEN, senior, the eminent shipbuilder, who was chairman of this very board of guardians three years ago, but who became parochially unpopular and lost his seat because he advocated the build ing a new workhouse, in place of the wretchedly inadequate one still in use ; Mr. E. IL CuaRIE, Mr. C. WIORVi, Mr. Ravaimim., and Mr. Bout vawr—names exercising a legitimate influence at Poplar ; and it is understood that the appointment of sub-relief committees and the erection of a suitable workhouse will be the first reforms attempted by the Government nominees. It is to the credit of the elected guardians that they avow themselves prepared to cooperate cor cl;ally with their nominated colleagues, and there is good reason for hoping that the new system will' work harmoniously and well. The largest em ployers of labour and the largest contributors to the rates were the people contemplated by the new Poor-law as amongst its fittest administrators. From a variety of causes this class has in the me tropolis become virtually excluded from participa tlon in parochial affairs, and such appointments as we are recording will really make the guardian boards more thoroughly representative than they have hitherto been. An intimate knowledge of the habits of the people, well-founded reputation for philanthropy, and a stake in the parish and an inte rest in parochial expenditure, which are beyond all question, are no mean qualifications for guardianship. Should the precedent afforded by the Public Works Act and the Lancashire distress be followed, the officials and the public may count on sound co operation and advice from men appointed under these conditions, and the Poor-law Board is to be congratulated on its selection. It may be remem bered, however, that the gentleman who acted as Special Commissioner for the Crown in Lan cashire was Metropolitan Poor-law Inspector until a few months ago, and that his experience is still at the service of the department. Tax proceedings at the meeting of the Midland Railway Company on Wednesday were of a nature to give satisfaction to the shareholders. Miscon ceptions were cleared up and fears dispelled, and if the Chairman's speech, maintaining, as it did, the too magnificent policy which so startled the proprietors a month ago, only proved how neces sary it had become for the proprietors to take their affairs seriously in hand, it must also be ad mitted that it was a straightforward, clear, busi ness-like statement. True, there was a com placent impenitence in his language, which , abundantly justified the appointment of a Com mittee of Consultation ; but it appeared that, apart from the great question of policy, there was not so very much to be repented of. It ni not true, Mr. Herein NSON states, that the directors have irrevocably committed the Company to a contract for the construction of the Carlisle and Settle line, and no proceedings of that nature will be taken pending the action of the Committee. Neither do the Directors appear to have brought the Company under obligation to other parties for the large sunk, they have expended in the purchase of rolling stock. The chief business of the meet ing, however, was to receive explanations con cerning the enormous demand for new capital made in the Board Circular of December 14—a demand the bare announcement of which, before a single remark had been made upon it in the news papers, lowered the price of the ordinary stock of the Company 0 per cent. The meeting showed that while it appreciated the Chairman's speech as history and statement, it was not prepared to accept it as a justification of the policy of the Board. On the contrary, it declared by express resolution that "it is essential to revise the " engagements of the Company for lines and " works, and the contemplated outlay, with a " view to the relinquishment or postponement for " a time of all that can be relinquished or post " pond without serious detriment to the interests "of the Company." The very influential Com mittee of Consultation appointed on Wednes day will make its report to the ordinary half yearly meeting of the Company to be held next month, and the proprietors will then have the whole question before them. It appeared from the Chairman's statement that the requirements of their policy will by no means be mot by the addition of 6,000,000/. to capital, announced in the circular of December 14, and to be authorised by the Bill that has been deposited. The works to which the Company stands committed by that policy demand an addition not of five, but of eight millions to capital, of which it is pro posed to raise 2,000,0001. in the present year, 1,000,0001. in 1869, 1,000,0001. in 1870, THE " TIIIES" ON THE IRISH QUESTION. and to spread the remainder over as long a period Now that exceptional measures for the mainte as Parliament will allow. It is the opinion of nines of public safety can no longer be suggested with any some of the largest independent shareholders chanc o e f o e f i a t c:l; a ten nal e, the Times measuresof hope s ladfa w heareshall is tion to bring unino of the Company, who wore represented on Wed- mara versal conte nt ment down from the skies. While one set nestlay by Mr. E. BAINas, Mr. J. Glarrewrr, an d public men has been eager to vindicate the law at an y Mr. HENRY &meter, that half the expenditure pro- cost, another has been apparently overcome by a desire to of posed by the directors might be abandoned with I purchase tranquillity at any cost. One great authority has nothing but advantage to the proprietary. Among told us that we must learn to govern Ireland according the schemes of the directors are lines which could to Irish ideas rather thia than ev acc ordingous In to ja s t' n g r.; only have been projected under the influence of m aa en w t i , ld but as even th mme m ndations to hold a periodical that spirit of aggression from which few great cons- ses . on of parliament in Dublin, and to choose the highest genies are exempt, but which invariably has the Irish officials exclusively from persons born in Ireland, effect of blinding proprietors to their true interest. which have come from other quarters. Then puerilities the consequence of the present disposition of serve to exhibit the estimate their authors form of the shareholders is that such lines as the Irish character, but they are unsupported by the cape- Carlisle and Settle will now be re-considered \ Tien** of history. The lords-lieutenant end chief seem by the Midland Company with a more simple and tr:estestwho, as a matter of fact, have given the in Ireland have been Englishmen, strict regard for business considerations than has' and the Times does not understand how anyone surrey hitherto been paid. Again, the expenditure on 1 i ng the put can look upon a home parliament the London Extension will bear much revision. i - or Ireland as a panacea for its disorder , . It The Chairman's explanation of the growth of tho l ie almost cruel to refer to the monstrous proposition that estimates for these works was very instructive. It ell the Mnanbs"""will In 1 " 1 " 4 should be converted into may or may not be remembered that in February, p ft r al et Z to in fee ' eabieet theirpresen t the payment Apart of fee-fem tha q r."' rentals. from 1863, the Chairman assured the proprietors that '!'fl non of justice, and the shock to all our ideas of legality the Bedford and London Extension would be involved in each a suggestion, It is manifest that it weld completed within the estimated coat of 1,750,0001., I ne ver e r adicate the discontent it is designed to remove. the required station land being said to be already There is discontent in Ireland, but we must discriminate in the Company's possession. By July of last year ' between politic and impolitic requisitions. Luckily, the more than twice that amount, or 3,556,0001., had I matter , to be to xe examined ere feu. end th ere is au boned been expended on the section. A month ago the l deeue 1 In anot e her . 'el l e l a s fair ' es ly. treats of the return just shareholders were informed that to complete i issued by the Registrar-General of Ireland. It appears the works an additional capital of 2,150,0001 . I from it that the population of Ireland, which had gran would be required. Even this large demand would ally increased from five millions and a quarter at the be not have caused much anxiety but for the ' ginning of the century to eight millions and • quarter in directors' moat unfortunate statement that " the ' 1845, has Mum gradually declined to rather more then " cost of carrying the works of a railway i nto ' few millions and a half. But if population has ebbed to " London is such as to defy all previous calculr 1 I the level of 1806 there is an important difference in " tion." This was to o a yawning abyss f" nr of the present day. Half a century ago the po pen tato sea the only food, there was hardly any emigration to under the eyes and feet of the shareholders. ; America, and not much to this island. There were not Interpreted by the speech of the Chairman of the ! then the thriving manufactures, the immense flax oultiva- Company, these terrible words mean little more Bon, the busy shipbuilding yards, or the great network of than that no bounds can be set to the possibilities railways that we see to-day. The Times is content to say, of expenditure which a sanguine and imaginative ' 4 : 16 " k d on . httliatll'ilatureii m a d then look on d that— f that — the e case of Board, captivated by the " grand style," can " e v : r n " for the "e t! lea v es " beholders to draw discover when they fancy that they have nn- thy, o wn f erences , limited resources at their back. At first the line . waa intended for two rails ; now land has beenl ERRE TRADE IN LAND. bought and bridges have been constructed for four. 1 Free trade being understood to include freedom on the Then for seven miles out of London, over which four seller's side, as well sa the du buyer's parage ; the laws of ree trail s h reeked, lines of rail will at once be laid, steel rails are to the an Da d il f Nets". t h eaft" the el ;rohibition to sell su pport n it be substituted for iron. Then the area of the par i e the fast that the majority o f t h„„„,,,,,„ o f m u te , ma . senger station has been doubled, five acres having not legally sell thee, there le Dot free trade. Among the been bought instead of two and a half. Next it was coneequences of this 'rent systems arr-that great estates determined to build the vaatstation, which willstand may he added to but never dielbliebed : that creditors can fifteen feet above the Euston-road, upon arches only d touch the life interest of the debtor; that no instead of upon an embankment. Then came m agi °ref% portions 4 of l to and m are eet a ee s l a d dd e a fr a ' easatseau:74. that p for constructing a canal basin for coal, and e ,,,,,,, quently th „ wo b er of small properties which ereatealage meat" and forbid; the rlii at a yeoman dame ; and domestically. it fosters thii habit. K .113111111011. part, sad seehettins the relations of the family. The eragelerwy &Asko of land nobody here proven bat. ilia mated dealing with land, allowing every owner at awn isement to dispose of it or of any part of it as lip think, it, woad bee gradual and wholly wale change, all the tendency of which would be to good. Several of the Paris journals refer to the tions of a more friendly feeling which in supposed to have sprung up between the governments of France, Austria, and Protein; and on this founda tion they erect hopes of a continuation of peace, as they do not anticipate that Russia would go to war with the entire west of Europe. There are signs, however, of a different state of things. It is noted as significant that Prussia is sending needle guns and offices of instruction to Russia. The Preen gives currency to a statement which, if true, must be regarded as of considerable import ance. It says that ht. de Bawd has sent a circular to foreign governments notifying to them the reso lution of the Emperor Francis Joseph to reduce the military establishment of Austria, but in forming them at the same time "that Prussia was effecting considerable and threatening increase in her armament." It will be recollected that for several months before the campaign in Bohemia the Austrian and Prussian governments through their respective organs con tained reiterated complaints of this kind—each m ewing the other of making military preparations, whilst protesting its own innocence and desire for pesos. The following statement, copied from the Gazette Naradowa of Lemberg, does not seem to harmonise with the reported reduction of the Aus trian military force : Austria is considerably augmenting the army is Galicia ; her stens are fell of pronnoes sad militery prapsratiocui on a vast soak are being premed on. It is stated that by next spring there will be a ooncentration of troop, around Cracow. The hussars of Count Halley's corps have re mind notice to have their stores ready and to be prepared for a campaign. The gunmen of Cracow hes received a new park of artillery a few days bask, and there lea report that 20,000 wary and train horses have been purchased in Hungary for the Emperor of the French. The horses have been forwarded to Trieste and thence to Marseilles. SRI BISHOPRIC OF NATAL. The Tina thinks It is to be regretted that any Englielt clergyman should have yielded to the solicitations of the Bishop of Cape Town in the above matter, and cannot but anticipate additional complications in • confusion already sufficiently lamentable. There WIN I to be one little difficulty still remaining, which it has been proposed to overcome in • characteristic manner. It requires no lees than three bishops to contrasts • new one ; and it is feared that if Mr. Manorie went out to Natal uneonseasted. there might be a difficulty in ern , secreting him. At the same time some troublesome restrictions of English law may prevent his being muse crated in England. But on the Tome between England and South Africa lies the island of St. Helena, where there exists another bishop, under Dr. Gray's metropolitan juris diction. The bishops, it is thought, might touch at the island, there convert Mr. Macrons into • bishop, and then carry him on, with full episcopal powers, to the wens of his future warfare. Like the Confederate privateers, he will leave our shores in • harmless character, but in ocean, when partially beyond our jurisdiction, he will hoist the flag of • belligerent eplaoopecy. The Telegraphasks if it has never occurred to the Bishop of Capetown that he is cresting • more serious scandal in the church than any which could possibly be attributed to the Bishop of Natal ? The lest twelve years of his public life have been occupied by Dr. Gray in litigation and agitation. If any layman were to spend so long a period in the active prosecution of quarrels, prudent people would distrust and avoid him as • contentious fellow ; and even • bishop who is always fighting runs the risk of being mistaken for • brawler or • bully. WIST-urn The Post wants to see theatres at Bayswater, Belgravia, and Kensington. In its estimation all the present theatres are frightfully out of the way. Marie Wilton's charming company performs near Tottenham-court-read, with noisy, slippery, crowded Oxford-street on the one side and the City riot upon the other, between it and the inhabited parte of the town. Pleasant Mies Oliver allures us to Soho ; but who else could do it The Stand, another favourite theatre, is beyond the limits of civilisation, though some of the merriest burlesque in London have been played there. Even the Haymarket and St. James's are no longer so very cam:stable as they were twenty years ago. The true want is • theatre to which people in the neigh bourhood might go without fuss or bother, ladies slipping hoods over their beads and walking to it in • few minuted' ; whereas now the cruelty of making them go to the theatre is quite barbarous. If people who have only one carriage take it out at night in bad weather they must go on foot next day, not to mention the annoyance of horses lamed and panels unshed by omnibus poles, as well u servants exhausted and made sulky by nightwork. Um Vint. OSBORNE, JAY. 16. PESTH, Jar. 16. Count Andrassy is said to have been appointed to act as royal commissioner with the Hungarian delegations. The conclusion of the Hungarian Railway Loan has been postponed for a short time. The Queen and Princess Louise drove out yes terday afternoon, attended by the Dachas of Roxburgh.. Prince Arthur accompanied her Majesty upon horseback, and Colonel Ponsonby rode in attendance. The Queen went out in the grounds this morning acooni rallied by Prince Arthur and Prince Leopold. Princess Louise and Princess Beatrice also went out. The Bishop of Lichfield and the Dean of Westminster left Osborne yesterday. The Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northoote and Sir Thomas and Lady Biddulph bad the honour of dining with the Queen and the Royal family yesterday. Sir Stafford Northoote left this morning. Mr. Theodore Martin, who recently met with an acci- dent upon the ice, is progressing favourably. Mrs. Martin has been invited to Osborne. (utrres's mczcaufs.) HUNGARY. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial of oe from the Governor-General of Canad► Despatches were sent to the Governors of the Wed India Islands, British Columbia, British Honduras, and to the Governor- General of Canada. O a O c be 0.1 11:1TM. DAY. his ; ..11111 1 \ • • 41 % • r • • 9 1141 P • .. C1111412 I _is i s ;. , `. # CE. • • " n small - • ' let to tradeonen ; • 4 0171tNED INQIJEST. lhatemdir the system izaPIAIN *e - at the terminus would A.m. dimiauhas th , su pply of bad; ',%. it This morning Dr. Lakeside ri s--11 . aaeratirgli - me rano 11,11[1111‘. /Welt lA, th . " nix lawman" OUR CONTEMPORARIES (11118 DAY.) L CROATIA. AGRAM, JAN. 16. Fourteen members of the Croatian Diet, belong ing to the autonomist party, resigned their seats, protesting against the new constitution of the SPAIN. MADRID, JAN. 16, EVENING. In the Chamber of Deputies to-day the dis cussion of the bill upon public instruction was dosed. The American squadron under Admiral Farragut has left the Balearic Isles, sailing towards the east. CHINA. (BI MALTA AND ALLIA EDELL% TELEGRAPH.) ALEXANDRIA, Jks. 16. Advices received here from Hong Kong to the 15th ult. announce that the Imperial troops, under the Footai, had been severely beaten by the Nienfei in Southern Shantung. The cotton combination of the Canton merchants 1 has been broken up. WTATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.: F&IDLT. JANUARY 17, $ A.Z. -- - , Nairn ..----19.103451 W. Aberdeen .371,41 S.W. Left& V.401.49 S.W. ledrensen 6614 4 ,0 &LW. Greenoseile .4107 W.S.W. !Abatis 23.003; W. CAP. Ctesi.Bol,4B W.B.W. Roche's t earl* &w. Limping Germ; w.s.w. hle/yasaL 19.623 1 49' HULL Parma 88.90V,68 S.W. Deese —.. .081,32 &W. Lorient 121,48 S.S.W. Locesdon .181481 8.8. Z. 11.1.noutk .. 28.911,52, S.W. Weymouth_ 39.131 r, SAW. 711111111006 18.98 30 B.W. London ....28.93 _,61 S.W. Tansedb...A.Arni S.S.W. Ikeiboweskeitif.t: S.W. W ales ..... .571i60 1 N.W. Helder .... .29 91 ,U !LW Brussels.... .14 L&W. Parts Rtrasboarg 1 111— LW. Lyons 50.60 38, W.& Hcart'sCon 48.713 ifll S.S.W. 111 w.I z • Ili 1 1 ! cob 0.301 rb 0.25 rc 6.01 1 re 0.11 ro 3.17 11c 0.7 mr 0.11 mo Rosal. Visa go SkTERNAKE FOREST.—Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess Christian, accompanied by the Priapus Henrietta of Seldom :g-Hol stein, are honouring the Marquis and Marchioness of Alla bury vrith their company at their seat near Marlborough. The company present to meet the illustrious visitors include Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl and Counteseof Dunmore, the Earland Countess of Listowel, Lord and Lady Charles Bruce, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, the Hon. Hr. Wellesley, the Hoe. F. Laves= Gower, Mr. Corry, Ste. Lady Sneers Melville and Mr. Enplhart are in attendance on the Priem and Princess Christian. His Excellency the Marquis d'A zeglio is expected to return to the Italian Legation the week after next from Nice, to resume his diplomatic duties. It is said that shortly after his return his excellency will give up his ap pointment as representative of Italy at the Court of St. James. The Marquis and Marchioness of Ailesbury have since Tuesday last been honoured by the presence of their Royal Higher:ens the Prince and Princess Christian, ac companied by the Princess Henriette of Schleswig-Hol stein, at Savernake Forest, their seat, near Marlborough, Wilt.. The prince and princes' and suite arrived on Tuesday to dinner. There are staying at Savernake— Maria Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Earl and Countess Granville, the Earl and Counter' of Listowel, the Earl and Countess of Dunmore, Lord and Indy Charles Bruce, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox, Hon F. Levegon Gower, Hon. A. Wellesley, Mr. Cony, and Lady Susan Melville and Mr. Englehart (in waiting on the prince and princess), who intend to prolong their visit till to-morrow. The Countess of Dalkeith gave birth to a son on Wednesday at Bowbill, Selldrkalsize. The countess and infant are both doing well. Viscount and Viscountess Sydney are entertain ing company at Frognal Lodge, their seat agar Footway. The marriage of Viscount Boyle, eldest son of the Earl and Countess of Shannon, and is Jalia Char lotte Hartopp, youngest daughter of the late Sir William Cradoek Hartapp, Bart., was solemnised on Tuesday last at Sutton Goldfield, Warwickshire, in the presence of a select family party. We (Post) are authorised to contradict the an- NOWSlLlTaaamazu no uneement that a marriage is about to be contracted be- Every infant bor n in France, whether the child tweet the Earl Panama, and Lady Drummond. We are of a prince or of a chefonier, must, assenting to law, be informed aim that the report of the projected marriage presented at the Mansion-houne of its pariah within twenty between Colonel Towneley and the Hon. Mrs. Stonor is f o ur hours of its birth. This harsh measure badness many incorrect. I • doctor to sign oturtifirense of thriving infants being in • Lord Raglan and Viscount Hamilton, MY., I despairing Mite of health in order be calm the fears of have arrived at Vienna to represent the Queen of Hag- 1 their anxious mothers. The Amass, cl Kedielne bas land at the ceremony of the funeral of the Emperor Mad- I now presented • petition to the Minister of the Interior, Italian laying before his excellency the danger daring this Isola Mr. Childers, M.P., is said to have declined the meat semen of degreasing the rising generstion by the °floe of Financial Minister in India, from which Yr. ernalinienee el Ude Pandiee- The obleca of the law is to Massey retires during the spring. The offer is said to have ascends th e mumble of male births and tamed* tins bees made in the most handsome terms on the part of Sir names for future enrolment in the army. Stafford No:thereto. I The &mend die Estranges skates that theDuchese It is understood that at the meeting of the new I de w Merry has elsbreeed the Roden masa* religkel- Greet Festers board yesterday Lord Cousborne took the nab* France end the °di ke celebrated chair, and Mr. 'Tuner, the former chairman, accepted the Ice Wednesday evening the 246th anniversary of the birth dike of depety-Mairman. I of Moline ;the former giving the Misenamr, the UM& Mr. Alderman Copeland has retired from the ' ens odor' led. and a piece written far the theel ea * 14 firm of Messrs. W. T. Copeland and Sons, with which ha I Frans de Maitre, with stanzas in broom el the had been connected for 50 years, and th e establishment red writer and • ege weie li el nt b 1 all the artiete ; will Maeda* be carded oa by Ida nos without altmatloa , the bAter giving reii4e sad Le Mends Isseginerire. with el title. Mr. Copeland will still retain his poimm gg the eneemmy. seder amber of the (et of Aldermen, as well as dud A letter from Agram report dtlitti thillieee the ! e presidency of the royal hospitals of Bridewell and Beth- in 011110111,01. 0 . 0 1 the refuel of the "IP to lib. P art i. Men, sad will likewise continuo to ad a. one of the Untended of me of ihe althea& Several yield was In tzesearms of the Corporation al the Saes of the Clap, salted, end the dean% hems was gillegelhl and ea the admit of glateand HirephaL , Chunizoonv or Sire nalffelle ow Worse.—The The well Mexican banker, M. Jecker, is MarT i g OM: ~Yilflawath ilfs. W. Werthil bee received the Primes of ales a chasm said by the independance Bergs to be now in Paris, having li r c or r 25i. i r ‘.. 7 e— e,, th e fi nd awer arrived In the capital for the purpose of bringing an action . b;bAy 4 the se even from the recent gales t otrras s t a ern al spinet the French government for the payment of thin" with whom her ?oral hieusem dmirge to express teen millions of hand. 1111rrw.einaraki." 6 6 6 TO 1/.1 2 0 . 1 rm 0. Ir o.of fo 0.04 T 0.12 mfr 1011. H! or 10 0 Barometer conytted and reduced to gi deg• et ma level. The letters r (rising). t (falling), a (steady), indicate direction of m otionof the mercury within last 14 hours. Therinometer exposed in shads. SWIM focus, with its direction daring last 14 hours. Z.-calm. Weather: b. - blue sky; C. - clouds (detached) ; f.- fog h.-hall: ; m. -misty (ham) • 0.-overant (dull) ; r -MID ; s.-snow; -thunder. itain.fall, snow or ban ;melted), dozing last it boon. Elea dieturbance. ILIMARKS. The rapid Increase of beret:tented negative noticed yesterday has been succeeded by as rapid a decrease ; the e commencement of this movement was alluded to in yesterdy's The_repo change Is most extensive in the north of nwthiad, where it exceeds halt an inch. versa bas recommenced Nairn at Veienda The difference of readings between and I,yons neeriiiiltivh. Temperature on the southern end wawa coasts of d has risen considerably. In the Emi lia and Irish Chann and on the west coast of Ireland a south mly gale blew yesterdey, which is still continuing in the channel but has moderated on the Irish coast Rain has fatten in con siderable amount in west of Ireland. Rail and lightning reported In places. Weather continues unsettled. According to communications from Nice the whole of the mountainous district for • distance of a hun dred leagues between Marseilles and Genoa presents at present a megnifisent spectacle. The whole slope of the maritime Alps is emend with a mating of the most daz zling whiteness. The height of these mountains is cm the average 1,300 feet above the level of the ma. What I. most remarkable is that below this belt of snow a very mild temperature prevails, and ell along the Coeniobs road the thenatoreetrical diffeness, with Paris far example, is at least 16 deg. When the gloss marked 9 and 10 below sera in the north, it wu 8 above on the shone of the OUTRAGE. - resumed _ inquiry relative to the death of Humphrey Evans and Martha Thompson, two of the victim@ of the Fenian outrage at Clisksewell. The proceedings were invaded with addi tional interest by the pseeineden of fresh evldenee. Richard Wells examined—l am a gold chain maker, re siding in Mall-street, City-reed. I was in the neighbour hood of Corporation-lane about a quarter to 4on the 12th of December. I maw two men with a barrel which was within a foot of the wall of the prison. One of the men was leaning up against the side of the wall, and the other against the barrel. They both left and came towards where I was standing in Rosomanetreet. Wben they left the barrel I saw a substance projecting from the barrel. I looked after the men, ow of whom looked round and laughed. The man who laughed is, I believe, O'Keefe. O'Keefe went up Rosoman-street, and the other man went down Bowling-green-lane. I saw a truck, in which there was oil-cloth, a few yards from the barrel. The light which was issuing from the barrel went out when I got up to it. I thought it strange to see the men and the barrel, but I did not think of informing the police of the orourramos. I told my mother when I got home. The barrel was like an ale barrel. There were iron hoops round it. I could not swear to the identity of the man who was with O'Keefe. Thomas Reeves Clifford—l am a warder in the House of Detention. I live in No. 11, Corporation-row. I left the prison a few minutes after 4 on the 12th, and went home. Shortly after I was looking out from my window, when I saw three men with a truck—two of them drawing it and the other following. The men were owning up Corporation-brae towards Coburg-street. The men were engaged in conversation. The truck was covered with something black. The men were dressed in dark clothes, and wore high hate. One of them I have since ascertained was Allen, who is now in custody. As they passed by my house I called my wife's attention and said, " Make huts, there are three men dragging a barrel of beer for Christmas. They are ashamed of it—they have it severed over." By that time they had turned the corner. By the jury—l think Timothy Desmond and English were the men who dragged the truck. I could not swear to them. James Caps—l am a warder in the House of Detention. I was in the prison between the hours of 3 and 4 on Thurs day, the 12th of December. At a quarter past 3, the prison ers were taken out for exercise. About half -peet3, when the division of which I was in charge went out I went out also. I was walking round the yard the reverse way to that in which the prisoners were walking, so as to face them. At 4we always turn the prisoners the reverse way. A few minutes after, as I approached the wall, I saw a ball drop l in the yard, and I caught it at the rebound. That is the ball (small India rubber ball produced). I put the ball in my pocket and gave it to my child next day. Ily house was blown up by the explosion. A Jnror—Did you consider the dropping of the ball in the yard an unusual circumstance' Witness—No. The ball came from the direction of Woodbridge-street. Richard A. Haskell—l am • warder in the House of Detention. At • quarter-part 3on the 12th of December I was in charge of the division in which Burke was. A few minutes past 4 I saw the prisoner Burke against that part of the prison wall nearest Woodbridge-street. He took off one of his elastic, boots, wiped his stocking, and put the boot on again slowly. He looked towards the houses in Corporation-lane. The Foreman—Supposing the explosion had taken place, would Burke have been out of danger? Witness—The place he went to was the only spot th►t was not injured. I believe we should have all been killed. The Foreman—Was Casey there? Witness—No. He was in the next yard, but he could have come to where Burke was. A Juror—Do you suppose he went there for a purpose The Coroner—lt is not for you to put a construction on the evidence. The witness Cape informed the Coroner that he wished to add something to what be had stated in evidence. He then added :—After we had got orders to change the hours of exercise from 4in the afternoon to 9in the morning, I went to Burke's cell and told him to come out for exercise. He said, " What ! Exercise this time?" I said, "Yes ; put on your bat and come out." He then went to the table, where he had • lot of papers, and commenced " fumbling" them. He said, " I must have my papers." to I told him he did not want them at exercise, but, however, 9 * he persisted in taking them. He was subsequently re moved to another cell by order of the governor. When I I returned at 1 o'clock I saw the woman who called herself his sister. Later in the day Burke was removed to another cell. I went to my dinner at 2 o'clock, and re turned at quarter put 3. I was then ordered into the infirmary with instructions to watch the walL The Coroner—What were you to watch the wall for? Witness—ln case of an explosion. Coroner—Then you expected an explosion ? Wands—Yes, sir. I was stationed with • rifts. The Coroner—Did all of you more or less expect an ex plosion ? Witness—Yes, sir. The Coroner—Then you were all prepared for it inside the prison? Witness—Oh, yes, sir. The warder Maskell expressed • desire to supplement the evidence he bad given. He said—About ten minutes before the explosion took place Inspector Thompson came into the prison to have Burke identified. He was then in 82 cell. I took him out and placed him with other pri soners so that he might be identified. He had • parcel of papers on his table. I said, " You need not take your papers with you—you are coming back." He re- replied, " I do not leave my papers to be seen by any one," and he put them in his pocket. He was put into 68 all, and before my leaving him he said, " I feel so iIL" He was " all of a shake," and • moment afterwards the explo sion took place. The informer Vaughan wanproduced, and repeated the evidence given by him on previous occasions. In reply to questions by the jury Vaughan stated that be first beard of the intention to cause the explosion on the morning of the 13th of December. Timothy Desmond WM his informant. He thought the wall only would be blown down. He did not know the name of the " boas" or head centre with whom the Desmond", English, and others, were in communication. At this stage of the proceeding' the inquiry was adjourned for • fortnight, Loputor Thompson stating that further evidence would be then forthcoming. PEEL RIVER LAND AN TS AN DAYD MINERAL .) COMPANY ( The lath annul meeting of the shareholders wee held Mds titillation, at the company's offices, 4, Moor gate-bnier ; Mr. Hum Houses in the chair. The end assounte, whisk ware lusted some time ago, la bus taken ea read. The thuraluti moved their alsgrisn. He commenced L. 4,117126 IWO that me Method egad be declared, mg after the h ey el the interim dividend , sedy 700 1 . bend which - wee carried hrward to the nut mount. The eassolliee smug the Ash were leis than weal, sad tie dfillallloll alums utile, not from lows. I lot from s too prespernifi seise. la the eolooy, which had eausecan hanieue Wrenn of production. The profit br th e addition of 27,000 head of d m erCrtiheeks, wheat would of .curse augment the future reverse. The stake of as thefa wool market h that at the ad been met adverse. il 111111 satisfry to know Pal Blur the Ma elip hod yielded UK mu than in the pre view year. The MONS el simply over demand had been so great that now fieck-owners had been tarlll sesturt their sheep into tallow--a course Ask oramml would ales have to follow. Proof b a d bow aglenlea thee the daispr from native dogs could he peeled against by means of wire fencing, • hip smenthp ci wire had Imes recently shipped ferthehlmem& honflisdaths /stare , looking at the vast b u lk of mai and team sbleinekleira:tatirted a math fasterisseenne. from Messrs. &theft hol-bwallgoialdrAdie the manager, and if the egrolslo o . l there would be further Os while hem might still hope to obtain Mind hteenau Yves in the bat year they Mbalolllllllllll=llol all the adverse eireunistenese, U ow& on the worldng oapits.L AMU *deist dlesesnien the apart was adopted. and this rosiolkirloodowind is the usual maws. • rats ole iis. MIMI; ;LP., so BIIMEIGUAM.— Anllll.llolllo byes beat swil Tew ir is time Mewl Assosiatioa o i•f g s • Lows far s iessibeg is Site Tows in tbs lowskes 4 , isitsvary 4, at labia Mr. sad Mr. Dimes, Ibe bessask - assebeis, sill Manes wisslitssats. As th• mildest se Isslsoil, just ass isvasirdi midi psesilsr bapartssoe, it is sot iwprobabis that Mr. Brigbt nay deal sepecially with the Irish stadia& ' is his sikings—Dinsississe P. LAW INTELLaGESCL (TEM DAY.) COUNT OF COMMON PLEAS• ---- - - - Bittinp at N isi Prins in Ifiddleset.—(Bef on Mr. Justice Byles and a Common Jury.) lIITYAS 9. THOXASON. The plaintiff in this case was • surgeon in practice at Hounslow, and the defendant was the proprietor of the Middiesce Chronicle. The action was to recover damages for an alleged libel published in the defendant's pape r on the 2nd of November last and the statement com plained of was headed "Charge of poaching," and stated On Saturday last Robert Dennis Christmas, surgion, of Hounslow, was brought before the Guildford magistrates on charge of unlawfully trespas s ing on land in the O.:Va pid= of Sir Richard Jefferson on the sth of October. It thatil r .Christmas had been sum monedin the name ' of " M r le d n, bat he did not wish to take advantage of that circumstance, and would plead guilty to having shot • pheasant." In continuation the amount set out the evidence that Mr. Christmas had alighted from • cart, got over a hedge, shot a pheasant, and carried it away ; and concluded by saying that he was fined the full penalty of 40a., and 265. costa. The defendant pleaded not guilty. Mr. M. Chamben, Q C.. and Mr. Hance appeared for the plaintiff ; and Mr. Butler Rigby for the defendant. The plaintiff's case was, that he and the defendant were formerly on friendly terms, but that this state of things was put an end to, and ill feeling arose from • dispute in reference to the sale of • horse. Immediately the defendant's paper appeared, the plaintiff printed and circulated a placard directed "To the inhie. Intents of Hounslow and its vicinity," and it suited : " A mildew and wicked falsehood having been circulated through the medium of the Middlesex Chronicle of Nov. 2, I beg emphatically to enure the public that I was never in Guildford in my life, and I never was accused of poaching or traipses in any county in Ragland." On the 4th Nov. the plaintiff's solicitor wrote, threatening pro ceedinga, and the answer was that the paragraph originally appeared in the County Chronicle. It turned out on investigation that the account bad been "cut" from that paper, but in the County Chronide the heading was not " Charge of peed'. tug," but " Peculiar trespass ease:" that defendant was not said to be a" surgeon," but that " he described himself as a gentleman residing at Hounslow ;" and instead of sa y that be was " brought before," it simply said that he was " summoned." The plainti ff 's counsel submitted that these alterations, and also some oral expressions used, showed the animus with which Mr. Thomason was actuated, and that a paragraph inserted when proceedings were threatened showed the same thing. He added that when the proprietor of the Coo of y Chronicle was written to he apologised for the libel in the most handsome way, and said " it appears that the guilty person most maliciously personated Mr. Christmas." In the oourse of the we it appeared that the real name of the person who was tried for poaching was Hewitt, that at first he gave the name of Finnan, afterwards that of Christmas; and it was also stated that the defendant himself was blind, and that his own son made the alte ration in the paragraph, and that lie haul done so with. out being actuated by any improper motives. His lordship directed the jury that if that account were a fair, correct, and honest report of the proceedings of a court of justice, it would be privileged, and the defendant would be entitled to their verdict. The jury found for the plaintiff—damages, 501. COURT OF PROBATE AID DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) TEATUAN r. ITATILLN. Mr. Price, Q.C., and Mr. A. S. Rill for the peti tioner ; the defendant in person. The respondent's case was still proceeding when we went to press. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.) IN RE PITO, BETTS, AND CRAMPToIf—TRANSFER OP CEEDINUS TO ANOTHER COUMIrk , ,IONNIC. The bankrupts in this case are the well-known contrac tors of Great George-street, Westminster. The adjuili-a tion was made on the 3rd July last, and the case was then allotted to Mr. Commissioner Bolroyd, in whose court the proceedings have since been conducted ; but on the fith net. an order was made, upon the application of Mr. Linklater, solicitor for the London, Chatham, and Dover 1 1 Railway, end with the consent of Mr. Maynard, solicitor to the assignees, and of Mr. Lawrence, solicitor for the bankrupts, whereby the petition and the proceedings thereunder were transferred to the court of Mr. Commissioner Winslow; and it was also ordered that the proceedings thereunder should be prosecuted before Mr. Commissioner Winslow ; also that Mr. Edwards, the present official assignee, should be removed from such assigneeship, if the Lord Chancellor should think fit. This order was signed by the two commis sioners, and countersigned by the whinier' above named. In pursuance thereof, though the sitting was held to-day before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd, it was understood that the proceedings would be merely formal. At the last sitting on the Oth of October proofs to the amount of 2,0001. were made against the estate of Pero, Bette, and Crompton ; shout 50,00 W. against the estate of Peto and Betts, and 10,000/. against the separate estate of Mr. Crampton. Ou the 27th of November affidavits were made by the creditors' assignees to the effect that nothing bad been received or paid ; but the report of the official assignee shows that on the 25th of November there was a balance in the bank to the credit of the estate of Pete, Bette, and Crampton of 2,7741. ; the estate of Fete and Betts of 85,668 f. ; of Sir S. M. Pete, Bart., 5,765/. ; and of Mr. 8ett5,14,23 51 . The bankrupts were all present but did not appear in the box on their names being called. On the Commissioner taking his seat Mr. Maynard, who represented the assigncei, state d that the bankrupts were prepared with their accounts; but as they were of a voluminous nature, and bad only been filed that morning, the assignees would require some time to examine them ; and be proposed an adjourn• ment of six weeks for that purpose. Mr. Linklater—Take a couple of months at least. Mr. Bishop (of the firm of Coleman the manager of the estate, said that two mo nths would be better. Mr. I.awranee alio thought so. He did not think any. thing would be gained by a abort a djournment. All the bankrupte would willingly accede to the longer adjourn. meat. Mr. Linklater said the accounts were, of mime, volu minous, and the figures were something more. He repre sented the London, Chatham, and Dover, who h a d tendered a claim against the esta te for u p wards of 6,000,00(4, but ho thought it best to refrain from inquiry until the so• counts were filed. This being done they would at once proceed with the points in differencebetween the com pany and the bankrupt s ; and it was exceedingly important that the claim of the company should be disposed of before the bankrupts passed their examination. The figure', though large, were the result of few items ; for instance, the railway company were empowered to issue shares. The Commissioner —I think it would be better not to go into that. In consequence of the order which hu been made for transferring the proceedings to another court, it is better that I should hear nothing. Mr. Lawrence — We are only here on the question of ad. journment. Mr. Linklater—l will not say an other word. His Honour said there was no necessity for the parties to be kept there ; it would be better to take an ad)ournment at once. An order bad been made by his brother Winslow and himself transferring theprosecution of this bankruptcy to Mr. Window's court. That order had been made on the application of Mr. Linklater, as solicitor for the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway, and concurred in by ilr• Maynard for the assignees, and Mr. Lawrence for the bankrupts ; and there was a further order that Mr. Ed" wards should be removed from the official amigneeshiP , the Lord Chancellor thought fit. The commissioner s themselves had no power to remove the aide' assignee ; but the Lord Chancellor had power to do it on their recommendation ; that recommendation dad been made ; and the Lord Chancellor had made the order, but it bad not yet come down to the court. Mr. Linklater—l know that the order has been made. His Honour said that under those circumstances it ass better that he should hear nothing of the ease. Of comes he bad no interest in the awe whatever. If he hal t is would be rather in favour of Mr. Linklater's clients. Bu it was a first principle in the administrational justice that no judicial officer should take part in any owe where his interest was involved ; and he (the C om missioner) was disposed to sot on the same principle in a ease where his interests might be merely our posed to be involved. He was very glad that the cam had now geselelare a tribunal where there could be as doubt it would be dealt with with perfect impartiality. Mr. Lawrence said that Mr. Bishop bed Prepared • statement of the differences between the bankrupts and the railway menpany. which showed that. instead of t ! darn of the latter being air m illimm t there was $ balsams at 210,0001. the other wet'. li r . /anklet*: pic o m eal against emy further statement being made on this subject. he had omitted to state tha t i Oemonimioser said ty casitlande sy Consols t bankruptcy V sundry ass. 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