The Express. — London, England, 1866-09-28 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES. —During the STORMS of the past tweetty months the NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION, lofts Lifeboats and other means, contributed to the SAVING of 1,220 PYJISONS front different WRECKS on our COASTS. The Institution also expended £42,420 in the same period on Its Lifeboat Establishments, In addition to granting £3,361 as REWARDS. The Committee of the Inditution ear nestly APPEAL to the Public for A...sSISTANCE, to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands en the Institution's 172 Lifeboat Stations. Contributions are received by the London and Country Bankers , and by the Secretary, RICHARD LEWIS, Esq , at the Institution, 14, John-street Adelphi, London. NI APPIN BROTHERS. —Establiahed A.D. 1810. CHESTS of SILVER PLATE for thwCOLONIES, CUTLERY and ST LVER PLATE for MAPPIN BROTHERS, LONDON-BRIDGE. MLPPIN BROTII E RS, 222, REGENT STREET. BENSON'S WATCHES, 63 and 60, Lod.,:ate IS, Old Boud-street. B ROWN and POLSON'S CORN FLOUR for CIIILDRES'S DIET. To obtain extra profit by the sale other kinds are sometimes offered instead of BRAWN and PuddON'S. ONE of the institutions of London is EVANS'S. Suppers and a charming MUSICAL F.NTERTAIMMVIT EVERY EVE:VAN°. After the theatres and Mellon's Concerti be sure to sup there. ROYALPRINCESS'S THEATRE.--SoleLenee and Manager, Jr. VININC.-BUhilfitS. Slf \SON.— Doors open at bast-put T : performances commence at 8 o'clock preoisely. EVIMY EVENING during the week, a new and original Dnuna, in Three Acts, by Watts Phillips, Eeq., entitled THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN. Principal characters:—Mrs. ling, Mims Neilson, Miss Augusta Thompson, Mr. George Hone), and Mr. Vining. Grand Ballet of Bohemians, to which Messieurs flageolet, Clodoe.he, Com:le, and Normand' will appear. New Scenery by Mr. F. Lloyds. THEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET. Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr BUCKSTONR—WiII OPEN for the SEASON on MONDAY. Get I, when will be res :red the Comedy of THE HEIR AT LAW, written by George Colman the Younger, and first produced at the Haymarket Theatre, July 15, 1797. Lord Duberly, Mr. Chippendale; Dick Dowlas, Mr. W. Farren ; Doctor thumb's', Mr. Compton; ZePiel Home spun, Mr. Buckstone Steadfast. Mr. Rogers : Kent:ck. Mr. Braid; Lady Doherty, Mrs. Cidppendale ; Caroline Dormer, Miss E. Hill Cecily HomeNinn, Miss Nelly Moore. After which, a Ballet Divertiisemeat, introducing the sisters Christina and Agnes Healy, from the King's Theatre, Copenhagen, their first appearance in London. To he followed by the " National Anthem." concluding with the revived Farce, in Two Acts, en- titled HIS FIRST CHAMPAGNE. Mr. Compton and Mr. W. Farren.--On Tuesday and Wednesday only, THE lIEIR AT LAW, the Sisters Healy. and HIS 11 RAT CHAMPAGNE —On Thursday, Friday. and Saturday, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Mathews will make their first appearance since their return from the Continent, when will he performed, tor three nights only, USED rp. Sir Charles Coldstream. Mr. Charles Mathews, performed by him in Paris in the French language, and with triumphant success ; with the Farce of MY MOTHER'S MAID In which Mr. and Mrs. ('harks Mathews will appear. Mr. Sothern wiR return at Christmas. The Box.oflice will be Opened on Saturday, Sept. 29. ette erprefig• TO CORRESPONDMITS. Advertisements intentle.l for "Th. Express." London Ersl as Paper wutsitebLy of publication. attrtere ; lo, Botivoriastioot. by Two on PRINCCiB'& THIO Immo), THE HUGUENOT CAPTAIN. Messrs. Vining, and G. Honey; Wises Noilwu, Augusts Thomson, and Mn. BOAlng.—And tatrlET LODGING& BRITANNIA : THfe LIMITRO, THE. FAL , +F. MOTHER. The Brothers Yletorolll : The Great Vaultiug Troupe ; H. Wardlnt : The Dela- Yana And GUNPOWDER. TONI ; OR, THE GIPSY MOTHER AND HER SAILOR SON. HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE, -_- Afternoon, 4k 34w. 70-Motll.olll—Morning, 4h. C.7n2 Afternoon, sh. link LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 28. Tint Wreck Register of the British Islands once more makes its appearance just as we are expect ing the equinoctial gales. It is so natural to con nect shipping casualties with great commotion' of air, and sea that but for evidence as indisputable as that of a systematic r, cord of observations, we should not believe that the greater number of those which have happened during the last ten years took place when the force of the wind was less than that of a strong gale. Out of 10,039 casualties recorded in that period, 118 took place in a calm, 176 in light air just sufficient to give steerage way, 450 in light breeze, 220 in gentle breeze, 784 in moderate breeze, 1,280 in fresh breeze, 1,217 in strong breeze, 441 in moderate gale, and 836 in fresh gale. 1,873 took place in strong gale, 1,444 in whole gale, 505 in a storm, 693 in a hurricane, 50 with variable winds, and 400 under unknown conditions. Thus, while gales and hur ricanes must continue to exercise the foresight of our meteorologists, the provident care of ship owners, and the skill of mariners, it is dill clear that we have a margin of loss to work upon, which is independent of the paroxysms of air and ocean, and capable of be ing reduced by improving the education and habits of our seamen, and increasing the responsibility of special classes of owners. The total number of casualties reported in 1865 was 1,656, of which 354 befel colliers. Of the whole number, 540 resulted in total loss, and the remainder in partial damage, more or less serious. It is remarkable that, while 470 total losses took place from causes other than collisions, 845 only were caused by stress of weather ; 99 were caused by inattention, carelessness, or neglect ; 38 arose from defect. in the ship or in her equipments, and of these 30 appear to have foundered from unseaworthiness. 80, again, of the 832 partial losses caused other wise than by collisions, 137 are reported to have been the result of carelessness ; 48 were owing to defects in the ship or her equipments, and the remainder from various causes, believed to have been preventible if ordinary skill and care had been shown. It is to these points that public attention must continue to be directed. No fewer than 423 vessels have foundered or been totally lost on our coasts from unseaworthinesa during the last ten years, and with these have perished pro perty of the value of one million and hundreds of human lives. It appears that out of the 2,012 vessels lost or damaged last year the greater number belonged, as usual, to the collier class. 533 were laden colliers, 140 colliers in ballast, 150 were carrying metallic ores, and 109 were laden with atone ores. The colliers of the north east coast have an established reputation as the rottenest and worst found vessels that leave our ports. Year after year we learn that the casual ties which might be expected have overtaken them, but still the mischief goes on, neither the provisions of the common law nor the special acts which relate to shipping being sufficient to control it. There is only one thing apparently that will remedy the evil. If the men who navigate these wretched craft had received the education which brings intelligence and self-respect, and which in some other countries is the birthright of the poorest citizen, they would not be leading the dull and sensuous life, which at present disposes them to permit themselves to be sent to sea in what are no better than floating coffins. But when we have done oar utmost to diminish casualties at sea, there will still remain a large class of them which we may hope to diminish or mitigate, but cannot ex pect wholly to prevent. Of late years we have bad experience of gales and hurricanes of terrible severity, resulting in great loss of life. The westerly winds are especially destructive. The number of lives lost on the coasts and sands of the Irish Sea during the last seven years is more than double the number lost within the same period on any other parts of the coasts. It is in view of such calamities as these that the value of that admirable organization, tha National Life boat Institution, is so conspicuous. It is gratify ing to observe that the oourage and frankness with which the managers of this institution oom mit their work to the judgment al the public, and throw themselves on its voluntary support instead of accepting a position of de pendence on the government, is rewarded with return of public confidence. Of the two hundred lifeboats on our shores nearly the whole number belong to the National Lifeboat Institution % which has been so happily administered as to draw all classes of the community into co-operation with it, and at this moment enjoys the approba tion and assistance of the public in a degree vq precedented in its history. THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 28, 1866. . over the religions instruction commences in the same buildings, under the clergy or other persons selected and approved by *Votes& of the pupils. The Tines strongly condemns the continuities of the functions of the grand jury in the metropolis. The duty remaining to them is one which they are quite incom petent to perform, which they only do mischief by per forming, and which, nevertheless, they perform at enor mous cost and inconvenience to themselves. The Post believes, notwithstanding his seeming con cessions and seeming repentance for past offences against the Prussian constitution, Count Bismarck hates and distrusts the Chamber of Deputies. With money at his command, be rightly thinks he can set the deputies at de_ fiance, and hence his anxiety to replenish the state trea sury, and thus nieke his master independent of the bene volence of his aubj-cts. The Herold devotes an article to the task of showing that the numbers present at the Manchester reform meet big, and at other similar gatherings, have been greatly exaggerated. There is nothing, it says, so fallacious as reformers' figures except their facts. Totnea and Lancas ter and Professor Levi's statistics as to the earnings of the working classes, are the other subjects dealt with by our contemporary. Int Cwt. BALMORAL, SEPT. 26. The Queen went out, accompanied by Princess Louise and Prince Arthur, and attended by the Hon. Miss Cathcart. Frince and Princess Christian drove out. Tae Marchioness of Ely bas succeeded Lady Churchill as L.dy in Writing. Lieutenant-Colonel Gordon has left the castle. A deputation, introduced by Mr. W. Kennard, M.P., and consisting of Major-General Tremenheere and W. B. Greenfield, Esq., had an interview with Lord Stanley at the Foreign-office on Saturday hurt on the subject of the Turin and Savona railway. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial office from the Governor of Heligoland. Despatches were ee2t b the Governor-General of Cana& . The King and Queen of Denmark are expected to arrive at Marlborough House in the course of the ensuing week, from Denmark. Their Majesties wi'l re main a fortnight in London, after which they :11 go to Sandringham for pheasant shooting. The Prince and Princess of Wales and their youthful family are expected to arrive at Marlborough House, St. James's on Wednesday next, from Scotland. Mr. Adams, the American minister to this court, has gone to the continent for a few weeks' relaxation. Mr. Benj. Moran remains at the legation as chargé d'affai res. His Excellency Baron Hochachild, Minister of Sweden and Norway, Baroness Hochachild, family, and suite have arrived at the Clarendon HoteL The Earl and Lady Constance Grosvenor have been prevented, by the death of a near relation, from join ing the party assembled to meet the Prince and Princess of Wales at Dunrobin Castle. The Bishop of London and Mrs. Ta:t are stay ing at New Berwick for the benefit of the rilht reverend prelate's health. The bishop and Mrs. Tait are expected to return to Fulham Palace about the second week in next month. The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P., and Mrs. and the Misses Gladstone leave town to-day for Paris, on their way to Rome, where it is the intention of Mr. Gladstone to remain till the last week in December. The Ea--1 and Countesa of Clarendon have left Poi, for Geneva. Mdlle. Adelina Patti is stay'ng at the Grand Hotel, Paris. The corporation of London are proceeding expe ditiously in clearing the ground at the Holborn valley,' and the viaduct is about to be commenced forthwith. They are in the market accordingly for half a million to complete these works. The chamberlain of the City is isste - g prospectuses offering the debenture bonds at 4i eer cent. interest for various term of years. The Prince of Teck gave an ente.:.airitnent on Satr -day to celebrate the coming of age of the Crown Prince of Hanover, at the Chateau of Lies!ng, near Vienna, where he is residing with the Princess Mary of Cambridge. _ _ _ A correspondent of Gatigami, writing from Dieppe, mentions the effect produced in that neighbour- hood by the late shock of an earthquake. At low water, on the beach, about half an English mile between the town and Pourville, on the strata of chalk may be seen deep cracks in straight lines running east and west, which the movement in question produced. The action of the water is already beginning to lessen their depth. A letter from Vienna says :—" As yet, Vienna is filled with soldiers, seeking their ret,'-nents or p..sses to their homes. Many of these men have been in Prnssean prisons, and look in the last degree worn and wretc , --d. The white uniform does not bear neglect and stains. In deed, the Saxons are looking rather shabby about the elbows, for they, too, have been living in their clothes since last June, and it is useless getting new uniforms till they know what the pattern is to be. The Austrians throng the precincts of the transport department, and sit for hours under the shade of the trees on the boulevards for their time to come." A German journal relates that Count Karolyi, the Austrian diplomatist, when passing through Baden-Baden, on his way to Biart:tz, went ;nto the gambling-rooms, and placed some money at random on a number of the roulette. Presently he was informed that he had won 70,000 florins. Filling his own and his friends' pockets with the gold and notes, ho lit a cigar, left the Kursel, and continued his jot , s zey. A movement is on foot at Berlin to establish an uylum for the cb"dren of soldiers lolled or disabled in the late war. It is proposed that the institution shall bear the name of the " B'sroarck Foundat;on." Last night the extensive biscuit and starch works of Mews. Reekitt, at Hull, were destroyed by lire, which burned for several hours. The contents of the premises consisted of flour, confectionery, butter, sugar, ttc. The premises were close to the gas-house, which, however, was fortunately saved. The damages are estimated at many thousand pounds. The Isle of Wight Times states that there have been a greater number of yachts afloat this season than in any prel:ous year. The American papers state that unmistakeable signs of winter have made their appearance, one of which is that swarms of squirrels are passing through Michigan towards the south. DEATH OF HERMANN GOLDSCHMIDT. —A Paris letter says :—" Our obituary records the death of a very remarkable man, Heimann Goldschtnidt. He passed many years of his life in Paris, and gained reputation as a painter of classic and historic subjects. His picture of " Romeo and Juliet" was purchased by the state, and at the annual exhibitions be gained several prizes. Whilst this engaged he prosecuted astronomical studies, and made a reputation amongst the men of science by his numerous discoveries and mathematical calculations. In Isin the Royal Astro nomical Society awarded Mr. Hermann Goldschmidt its gold medal 'or his discovery of eleven minor planets. Lu tetia, the first, is estimated at the9-10th magnitude, which he observed with a telescope of two inches aperture, not larger than the ordinal/ telescope used at seaports for lookimg at ship.. This was purchased by the penniless painter from the proceeds of a picture of the great mathe matician Galileo, which be copied at Florence. With these small means he accomplished wondrous results. With this little instrument placed in the window of the garret in which he slept he discovered a class of objects which taxes to the utmost the astronomers of Greenwich to observe, when it is found with the great transit circle. Subse quently by rigid economy and the exercise of his talent as a painter, he purchased a telescope of four inches aperture, and discovered eight other planets. With such inadequate means did be surmount immense difficulties. His zeal and industry astonished the great astronomers of the day. He accepted from monarchs stars (worthy was he to receive them), and his name deserves to be recorded in the Matra/ of science." NEW STEAMSHIP LINE BETWEEN NORTHERN EUROPE AND NEW Yong.—The American, Scandinavian, and Russian Steamship Line of the American Emigrant Aid and Homestead Company 'lave just begun practical operations. The steamer Ottawa arrived at this port on Thursday, after a passage of 14 days from Copenhagen. The company have two other vessels—the Witonhage and the Medway. The European porta at which these vessels touch, or with which they communicate, are Southampton in England, Christiana in Norway, Gotteoburg in Sweden, and Copenhagen in Denmark. The hurt-named is the port of destination. Other vessels will run between Copenhagen and Stettin, Dantzic and Konigsberg in Prussia, and Riga and St. Petersburg in Russia--Nero York paper. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) GUNS V. PLATES. The Times this morning publishes a letter from Mr. James Mackay, of Liverpool, opening up another con sideration in the above controversy. Mr. James Mackay explains that the " windage" of a gun is no lean important than the grooves of the bore, the weight of the charge, or the material of the projectile. He says that the effect of I • shot depends greatly "on the manner in which it is propelled from the gun to the mark," or, in other words, on the character given to its flight or motion in the a' between the target and the cannon's month. A projectile should, above all things, be shot straight, and should go with such a regulated velocity, and strike the mark in such a manner, as to lose no proportion of its proper force. These conditions are to be secured by a skilful control and employment of the windage of the gun, and he asserts that by virtue of his attention to this point he has pro duced a gun which will excel other specimens not only in the effect but in the cheapness of its performances. "It will scarcely be credited," gays he, "bow easy a matter it is to penetrate armour plates when the manner of doing it is properly understood." He says that one of his guns, weighing even less then the new Wools :eh gun, would have pierrd the Shochury target at every shot. The Daily News urges that the trial of the chilled cast iron projectiles which have been found to render our strongest plates permeable—a novelty which is actually cheaper than either steel or wrought iron—should be now pushed for ward to completeness without a day's intermission, and when a sufficient number of rounds have been fired to establish the superiority of the new material in all condi tions of service, it ought to be instantly issued to every ship in commission, and replace all our existing stores in our arsenals. This is as plain and as needful a duty ss it is to provide our infantry with breech-loaders, when it is proved that they are more effective than muzzle-loaders. But as to ship building, it is preposterous to say that the power to penetrate iron reduces it to a level with wood, when the fact remains that wood is inflammable I and iron is not. Nor does the new charge give the guns in broadside porta the same advantage as the turret. We must still build our new vessels almost, if not quite, of iron, and regard our existing wooden vessels as only so many slaughter-houses. The turret system combines both the methods of protection which are necessary. It allows the whole of the men to be kept below the water line, except the few needed to point and load the guns, and it allows these to be protected by any conceivable thickness of iron. It offers the further advantage of presenting the smallest possible target to the enemy's fire, whilst it pos sesses the largest possible means of keeping him, in what ever position he may place himself, under the fire of the heaviest possible guns and the moat destructive possible missiles. Eves/thing, therefore, in the late experi ment strengthens the urgency with which the turre. system is demanded in substitution for the broedsidet I Attention should also be directed to the providing of means, already partly known, for readily plugging holes . But above all, the method of building in watertight com partments and with liner aria is called for. The vessel which can have ten compartments filled with water with out going down has evidently twice the life of the vessel which is sunk by having five holes pierced 'n her aides. PRESIDZATT JOHNSON AND THE CONORISS. Reviewing the past carer of President Johnson, the ercumstances under which he was elected, and the policy he was suppo. ed to represent, the Tina describes him as belonging to a party who hold through all changes to the theory that when a State acknow '-.clges the Federal government it is entitled .o all its former rights. Rut it ought to be evident to every American statesman that one of the chief results of the past war, whatever the letter of the constitution may be, is the great increase of the power of Congress and a general modification of the relations of the states to each other and to the Federal government. The Union pre cisely as it was can hardly er'st again. In o. important matters Corgren It'll be practically almost as supreme as the British parliament. If, then, the forthcoming elec tions result in the defeat of the Presidential policy, it wil l be useless for the chief magistrate rid his advisers to perse vere further in opposing what is tear ;featly that II of the majority of Americans. The constitutional changes, which the North insists upon, it will be useless to oppose any longer. The President's imprudent and useless harangues hav e diminished the chances of conservative victory, and in the prospect of obtaining hardly a third of either house in the ensuing Congress, the government may well endeavour to induce the Southern States to compromise matters by accepting the terms offered to them. When the animosi ties of the war have somewhat passed away, and the feel' begs with which the negroes ere regardod are somewhat softened, the Southerners s "1, it is to be hoped, confer the franc! 'se on black men under proper regulations. Until then the States must be content with being repro. sented according to their srl•:te population alone. Even this, indeed, would give them spokesmen at Washington to uphold their cans( —an advantage wl 'ch they now do not posse's. MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS. The Earl of Harrowby has been acting as president 'at a gathering of the Birmingham and Midland Institute, and in the course of his speech he took occasion to express his regret that the subjects of politics and religion should be excluded from the range of such institutions. In politics might there net, he said, "be subjects selected which are removed by certain distances of time from the politics of the day, but which, by leading to an increased knowledge of ancient and modern history, might interest and inform those who are attracted by the public affairs of their own times, and enable them to form a better and maturer judg ment with regard to them? And, with regard to religion, is there not some common ground for all Christians? With regard to matters of faith, there are too many points of difference to allow us to enter upon them ; but could not the evidences of our common faith be made matter for most interesting and common instruction ?—a subject which can be studied equally in the works of the Unitarian Nonconformist Lardner ; of the English Churchmen But ler, Paley, Jenner, Whate?ey, and Daniel Wilson ; of the Presbyterian Chalmers, or the Roman catholic Abbe Fraypinou, without awaken'ug the jealousy of sects or churches I And, as attendance at your lec tured is voluntary, I don't see how any one can be offended by the introduction of such topics.' , The Tim :s disputes the wisdom of part of this advice If theology, it says, is taught at all, a particular system of theology must be taught. and it would then be idle to expect the support of all classes. Besides, there is the' clergyman of the parish to teach this subject. Political economy, however, and the history of the British Con stitution are fit subjects for teaching, and Mechanics. Institutes have every opportunity for undertaking the task. Disctutsing Mr. Bright's remarks on the need of a national system of education, the Daily News agrees with him that one of the very first propositions which would be affirmed in a House of Commons which represented the whole ration would be, that education is in the fullest sense a national interest, and must be treated with a pa;mary regard to the welfare of the cFldren. Many conaidertiticas which seem important to the self-consti teted patrons of the children of the poor would be die. posed of in a very summary manner when the practical interests of education came to be dealt with by represen tatives of the parents of those children. The difficulty has been overcome in Victoria, where now the ordinary instruction of the school's proceeds throughoutthe country for a definite number of hours per diem, and when it is LATEST INTELLIGENCE. RUSSIA AND THE UNITED STATES• The value of an alliance between Russia and the United States is being discussed by the Russian papers apropos of the recent fraternisings at St. Petersburg and elsewhere. The Moscow Gazette says : No aluance ii possible for Eustis except one with the United States of America. _ . Another Russian paper, the Golos, otherwise an opponent of the journal named, is quite agreed with it upon this matter, and proceeds : Where are the allies of Russin in Europe? Nowhere. Then les us seek them in Amelia', and conclude a holy alliance like that which Mr. Fox, in the name of his go vernment, spoke of the other day. As to the desire of the United States to secure a naval station in the Mediterranean, the same paper says : The nearer the time approsehes for the diesolution of the Turkish empire, the more do our interests demand that part of that empire thor'd revert to the United States. When the latter posse,. a naval station in the Meditehanean, the American flag will be able to prevent the fleets of Western Europe m^'-'l7, a forcibly entry into the Black Sea, while our Baltic fleet will protect American interelta in the north of Europe. _ _ _ The Russian journals forget that Mr. Fox had no diplomat;c mission whatever to Russia, and overlook the fact that the undoubted policy of the United Staten is not to interfere in European affa;-s. THE ROMAN LEGION. The Journal de Nice publishes the address of the general of the Roman Legion to his troops on the eve of his embarkation at Antibes. It contains the following passage : In the future, soldiers, you will be able by ' , on , . valor, by ) our discipline, to equal the renos a of the old Roman Legions, bat forget not there is one immortalised by its Christian heroism, it is the Theban Legion. May the remembrance of it guide you and ever serve yon for an example. . . . The Avenir National remarks upon this, that a legend of the early times of Christianity relates that a legion recruited in Thebes, and composed of Christians, suffered themselves to be massacred with its chief, Maurice, rather than sacrifice to the idols. The sacrifices and the idols have been too long abolished in Italy for one to dre.im of resuscitating them, and Colonel D'Argy and his Theban ea-, seurs will not have to chose between death and their faith. Inaugurated by a banquet, the sojourn of the new Theban legion at Rome will not ter minate in martyrdom. The Pope, it appears, has ordered a service in all the churches of Rome, to implore the protec tion of the Archangel St. Michael. In the invite sacro published on this head the Cardinal Vicar declares that it is at length necessary to recognise the fact that help can only come to them from on higl•. Where are the men (he says) who have sufficient will and power to overcome the spirit of pride, of "bertinism, of avarice, of lying, rapine, and of fraud which it may be said pervades all humanity. Let us pray in the presence of these calamities which afflict the church, &amities which increase daily through the work of he" and the numerous impious men who are its instruments, the Archangel St. Michael to conic to our aid, that he may crush the enemy of God and of men, and reduce to powerlessness silence, and shame. (REUTER% TELEGAIIB.) THE EASTERN QUESTION. TRIESTE, SEPT. V. Advioee received here from Athens, dated Sept. 22, state that the Turkish ambassador in that city threatens to break off diplomatic relations with Greece. The representations he has made to the Greek government have been supported by the English and French Ministers. The Cretan insurgents, after a severe engage ment, have taken by stotm a position near Maleya. It is believed that the Austrian fleet 1%" 1 shortly wive in Greek waters. CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT 22. News received here (via Trieste) from Candia, confirms the arrival of Mustapha Paella in that island. He had issued a proclamation to the in habitants, calling upon them to submit to the Turkish authority, and promising to redress their grievances. They are required to lay down► their arms within five days. Prince Stourdza has arrived herafromßucharest, in order to come to an understanding with the Porte relative to thegovernmentof Roumania. The Turkish government have agreed to the demand made by Prince Charles of Hohenzollern for permission to coin:the monies of the Principalities. With refer ence to the demand relative to the bestowal of decorations or orders of merit, the Porte has only consented to allow his highness to nominate those who are to receive the decoration, and has likewise stipulated that the army shall still remain on the footing prescribed at the Paris conferences. SMYRNA, SEPT. 19. A fresh revolt has broken out in the Ghiaur Dagh. An engagement has taken place between the rebels and the Turkish troops, in which the former lost 50 killed. An insurrectionary movement has also °cern at Zeitoun. Three of the insurgent leaders have been captured and taken to Constantinople. EGYPT. ALEXANDRIA, SEPT. 25. The Nile is still rising, and apprehensions are entertained of an inundation. The Nada has sunk the Bhima from India, off Shad wah, in the Red Sea. The cargo and the crew of the Bhima, with the exception of five persons, were lost. WEST INDIA MAIL. IMPORTANT FROM MEXICO. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) (BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.) SOUTHAMPTON, Stn.. ZS. The West India packet Seine has arrived here Juarez has taken Tampico and St. Bias. Bazaine is suspected to be acting in opposition to Maximilian, in acccordance with secret orders from the Emperor of the French. The Seine has brought a million and a half of dollars from Mexico. Monsignor de Merode, the ex-minister of war to the Pope, is now at Ostend. The Poste du Nord has the following :—" Cer tain periodical publications or complete books devo'Aid to special or purely scientific questions often contain re searches and historical and critical articles which do not exactly accord with the acknowledged rules of censure. These articles being exclusively intended to accomplish certain scientific ends, and not to propagate "Ida finely in the public mind pernicious theories, are for that reason treated with a certain favour by the law, and give no cause for prosecution under certain circumstances. But these same researches and articles take a signification quite different when they are repro duped in publications consecrated to questions of public right, in journals or popular works with a large circula tion, and at a price more accessible, and among readers leas special than scientific works. In ooneequenee, reproduc tions of this nature will, if necessary, be subject to legal repression. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commissioner Con'burn.) Ti! RC HALL, HALL, AND HALL.—DIVIDZNO. The bankrupt. in this case were Win. Hall, Thos. /Veneer Hall, and Wm. John Hall, who traded as wharfingers, on the premises so well known as " HalPs.wharf ," in Thamee-street, The failure took plus so long ago as 1834, and dividends amounting to 8.. bd. in the pound have since been paid on the joint estate, against which the proofs were about T 3,000/. Circumstances have Awe occurred which enable the assignees to declare a considerable further dividend. The premises known u Hall's-wharf were the property of the bankrupt Wm. John Hall, and were charged with an annuity of considerable amount to his wife. In consequence of the death of that lady, the assignees have recently been able to deal with the property, and the re sult it that after payment of • dividend of 10s. 6d. on the separate estate of William John Hall, making, with the former dividend, 20.. in the pound, • surplus of 8,151 f. remained to be carried to the joint estate, which will a further dividend of 6s. or 6.. 8/1. in the pound, making altogether about 15.. in the pound. This was a sitting for dividend on the joint and separate estates. Mr. Hayward, clerk to the official sasignee, laid the re quisite papers before the court, and the usual order for • dividend will be made, subject to the investigation of • claim for 400/. by Mears. &Hans, of Hamburg. The divi dend wal be payable at the office of Mr. Parkyns, the official assignee ; the day of payment will be announced in due course. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) GUILDHALL. BAD BRAT. —TH RES_ 00211VICTIO1c8, William Hunt, a farm e;;;;FdiTryman, of Barking, in Essex, was summoned at the instance of the Commis sioners of Sewers for the City before Alderman Abbiss, for having, on the 6th of September, deposited in Altigate market four quarters of beef for the purpose of sale, and intended for the food of man, the same being diseased, unsound, and unwholesome, and unfit for the food of man. Mr. Baylis prosecuted on behalf of the Commissioners of Sewers ; and Mr. Wontuer, junior, appeared for the de fendant. _ _ . . Aida man Abbiss, after bearing the evidence, said, here was a man with a cow that he knew to be sutferin; from the lung disease, and which he could not sell in his own neighbourhood, taking the chance of selling it by sending to the London market, not caring about the Londoners being poisoned with bad meat that could not be sold in the countif. It might have been sent to a person less conscientious than Mr. Scales, and this found its way to consumers. Mr. Scales had behaved in a way that he hoped every salesman would imitate. Under all the cir cumstances he should find the defendant 101. and costa. The fine and costs were paid, the defendant stating that he would not have sent it had not his own butcher said it was fit for food. . . _ Henry Cole, a farmer in West HanniniFfield t near Chelmsford, was summoned for sending a pig weighing 50Ibs. to Leadenhall-market for sale, the same being unfit for the food of man. -- --- Mr. Baylis prosecutsd in this cue ; and Mr. Cole con ducted hts own defence. Alderman Abbias said there was no doubt the pig was not fit for human food, but after the evidence that had been given it was not • case for a heal/ penalty. lie should fine him U. and costs. They were immecl , ately paid. Thomas Harris, of Liason-grove,was summonedfor send ing 501br. of beef to Newgate-market on the Bth of Sep tember for sale, the same being unfit for the food of man. Mr. Baylis pp ted ; and Mr. Weatherkeed, from the office of Mr. Beardappeared , r the defendant. The facts as disc l ose d in evidence were rather singu lar. Mr. Gawthorpe, a schoolmaster, residing at Hayes, had a very fine cow, worth 271., that alved in the begin ning of September, and a day or two after she got puerpe ral fever, with p artial apoplexy, and dropped. A veteri nary surgeon was sent for, and he sent her a stimulant, but when he saw her he recommended her to be killed. The man who killed her telegraphed to the defendant to come down with his horse and cart imme diately, and he got down there about midnight on the 6th of September. He went to Mr. Gawthorpe, and purchased the oow, " dressed," for V. 18s. Coming home, about 3 o'clock in the morning, the defendant ran into another cal. in the Broadway, Uxbridge-road, Baling. Sergeant Dodd, of the X division, came up, and not toeing satis fied with the answers of the defendant and the man who was with him, detained them until he ascertained the truth of their statement. He then let them go on condition that defendant took the meat to Mr. Newman, the inspector of meat at Newgate-market, before he offered it for sale. Sergeant Dodd then communicated with Mr. Newman to look out for it, but as it did not arrive that morning Sergeant Dodd c..me up himself next morning and saw the defendant in the market. Ho asked him where the cow was, and he took him and Mr. Newman to Mr. Purdue's shop, where there was a piece of beef about 60155. weisht hanging up. On one aide the witnesses contended that under the cir cumstances the meat was fit for human food, and on the other that it was not. Mr. Newnan admitted, in reply to Mr. Weatherhead, that he should not have known the meat vras bad if his attention had not been called to it. It did not look bad on the outside, but when he cut it he found serum between the muscles and the flesh. Mr. Purdue'. man said that he had been offered sd. per pound iorlit by a customer, and rtfuaed it because he thought it was worth more. Alderman Abbiss said this case differed from the others, and bo thought that justice would be done by inflicting a a fine of 50.4. and costs. The fine wee paid. BUN STREET. HIGHWAY ROBBERY IN orzli DAT. John Brown, a brtiy, powerful-looking man, who de an:bed himself as a labourer, was charged :tb steaFng a purse, containing lf. Ba. thl., from a decent looking young woman, named Eliza Wicklegren. Complainant said—l live at 22, Greville-street, Flatten garden. At about half-past 3 o'clock yesterday aftei noon I was passing through Angel-court, Strand, when the pri soner came up and made a clutch at my purse, which I was canying in my hand. Re threw me dow.i on the ground, and beat my hand with his knuckles till I was forced to let the purse go. When he got the purse from me he ran away with it. I ran after him, but he to - .ted into the yard at Somerset house, where I lost sight of b'tn. The purse contained a sovereign, Bs. in silver, 6d. 'ti cop per, and a small Swedish coin. The prisoner-1% nen I caught hold of the purse, r , 4 not you stoop? Witness—l may have done so. The prisoner —And did you not stumble against my legs, which caused you to fall! Witnen—No ; you threw me down. The prisoner said he did not mean to throw her down, or use any violence. Police-constable Wareham, F 144, stated—The pro secutrix, having informed him of the robbery, and of the spot where she lost sight of the robber, witness in search of him, and found him by the river side, on the works of the embankment. Witness recognised him from the description given by the prosecutrix. and took h'in into custody. A sovereign, eight shillings in silver, and sixpence in copper was found on him, and the puree still containing the Swedish coin was picked up on the em bankment near where he stood. Sergeant Ackrell, of the F division, stated that he was present at the Central Criminal Court when the prisoner was sentenced to four years' imprisonment for a robbery. He could not give the date now but could ascertain before the ti lel. The prisoner —You are mistaken. It was only three years. Ackrell— I think lam right ; four years. But that will be ascertained. The prisoner was committed for trial. CLERKENWELL BURGLARY AND CLEVER CAPTURE. A rough, dirty-looking fellow, who gave the name of Gtorgc East, aged 23, and described himself ass smith, re siding at 19, Back-street, Hatton-garden was charged before Mr. Barker with burglariously breaking and enter ing the dwelling-house of Mr. Edward Bergeron, at IT, Devonbbire-street, Is li ngton, and stealing therein one timepiece and one table-cover, value 211. Jaiie Liftly said—l am in the service of Mr. Bergeron as a domestic servant. The time-piece produced is his pro- perty, and was safe on Wednesday night on the mantel shelf of the front parlour, at half-past nine. I bad occa sion to go into the parlo ur to see what time it was, and after I had so seen I came out, locked the door,went down stairs, leaving the key in the door. About 20 minutes past 10 I heard some one coming in at the street door, but thinking it was my master I did not take any notice, as he was in the habit of letting himself in with the hitch key. I beard a footstep in the passage. A moment or so afterwards there was a knock at the door and on going up I found the street door and the parlour-door open, and on looking into the parlour I missed the clock and the table cover. The laundress was at the street door. I heard her come on to the step. I did not see any one else there or about. At half-past 9 I am sure that the street door was shut, but it was not bolted, and was on the latch. My master came home at twenty-five minutes to 11, and I then told him what had happened. The house is my master's dwelling house. Mr. Alexander, the clerk—What is the vane of the clock Mr. Bergeron—The clock cost 201. tea or twelve years since. Joseph Woodhouse, of 6, Span-place, Hall-street, Clerkenwell, said—l am a town traveller, in the employ o• Mr. Bergeron, who is a manufacturer of preparations for artificial Bowers. Yesterday, when I went to work, he told me what had happened, and said it is a good job it was not worse ; but as I was about town a good deal I would keep a sharp look out. Last evening about 5 o'clock I saw the prisoner and two other suspicious looking characters at the corner of Theobeld's• road, Gray's-inn-read. The prisoner was carrying some• thing that was covered with a coat, and from one of the ends projecting I thee it 7, ll 44 employer's clock, and seeing the stand Alia it by another man, my stumicions were ~0 4 lowed thi in. I went after them until I as e and I th. n beckoned to him to appel e e ," men, and I t iok the prisoner. I said • • l e ohti stealing a timepiece," and he said, " tea tce‘ The prisoner —Did I not say all right, eueeed Witness—No, you said quite ri g ht. I CATS y , an d took the timepiece from lih kik timepiece in an oilman's shop, andfollowedth e ohs 114.1 1 but I could not overtake them. The prisoner—l am sure I did not say en A. 1.. Mr. Alemsnder (clerk)—A re y ea sus right. right ma wit nes s—l am sure he said " qu i te right, . be dm I y ." lice-constable Col 26 E, said—When I tseli sono l'o r into custody the e, char ge was reed emu )64 made DO reply. The prisoner—Did I not say I should had nothing to do with th e ro bb ery! m an prim% ' Witness—l did not hear you say so. Mr. Barker, having cautioned th e prim a „„ 1 „,. what he had got to say in answer t o th e a mp : '74 The prisoner said —I have known one at the A r was with for about a week, a n d the other ens a m a ; tome. They came to me and asked . me to ai l . clock and asked 41. for it. KOOlift fi lo ,11 wanted such • thing, I told th em I olo t 't for them but on telling my wife about hir e ! tt l auad eanin e e d aygain me the t , an te d ma. ha y ve ing an inth yt eeu h e ing iocandk to wtl d u e e wi cositco th sed i n if g would carry it to Holborn for them it . em lll 4 short of money I did so. I can prove I sas house at the time of the robbery. N Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner foe the stee i g eed the witnesses. WORSHIP.BTREET. !MANFUL ASSAULT ON A Din William Kitchener, a meeter baker, in bud iunk Wenlock.street, Horton, was charged before 111. with violently assaulting Caroline, his I'4 a hiln e, well-dressed person, the lctt side of whose /am removed her handkerchief, presented a molt lickerip, pears:ice, being a mass o f purple pUlp, ex t ei e l ir , pletely round the eye. Mr. Billion—Did your husband cause this! Comfilt on ant—Yes, air. Mr. —With what ? Complainant—With his fist, sir. Mr. Ellison—His fiat ? Why how =Whit/nigh _ . emnPlainant—Only one, sir. Mr. Milison—But one? Are you anted * ar i There appear distinct marks of at least two there s a mark also on the other side of you ( Kt Complainant—lt is a scratch, sir. He did tled day last. He only struck me one blow on this ma i lir. Ellison—Did you fall ? . . Complainant —No, sir. Mr. lison—And that one blow caused sada la pearance ? Well, go on ; what had occurred! Complainant—He came home sober about 12 od 3 d night, and wanted me to assist him in reser* niture. iir.Ellison— For what purpose ? Complainant—He wanted to leave the k g ] quarter day, and I objected. Mr. Ellison—Has he beaten you before? Complainant (reluctantly)— He has, air; ses sions Mr. Ellison—How long have you been =Mid? Complainant—Two years. Constable in charge of the case—Prisoner was gkei my custody ; he was perfectly sober. His "dean* with the assault, and he made no reply. Mr. Ellison—What does he say now? Defendant, who is a morose -looklog, this replied, " Nothing ; except that she was okmissisit ii.shee, and I struck her." Mr. Ellison—ls this man in a good way of Wein! Constable—Yes, sir. Mr. Ellison to defendant—You must findtwo 501. each, and enter into your own recoznimmi is At to keep the peace for six months, and if Tit to imp., JIM tame from inability to find such bail yen vP tack the self-satisfaction of knowing that it is in essomne: of brutality to your wife. Defendant made no reply, and was locked up. ri ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON, CHATHAM, id DOVER RAILWAY.—(27(IB DAY.) . This morning, at an early hour, an mien occurred on the Metropolitan Extension of the Wm. Chatham, and Dover Railway, which, though fans* unattended with injury to any one, was yet Ali* set ious to cause considerable inconvenience to the lap. number of workmen resident in the southern dialriets,vkt travel by the " Workmen's Trains" so called, helves Si hours of 4 and 6 o'clock, to their various places al taloa It appears that a goods train, heavily freighted, sits leaving the Brixton station about 4 o'clock, pamid4ma the Metropolitan extension towards Clapham, uirki• tween this place and the Wandsworth-mad tido where there is a curve, some of the Mach Ai the Rae, tem:ng up as they did so the permaiatiej u and entirely blocking up the line. The saddest 4,466 just near the bridge at Lsrkhall-rise, and it is foram* that the train, being required to stop at Stews+ t'edmakW slackened its speed, or the results possibly would ililV Reiss vet/ serious to those in charge of it. As it was, boom", fill workmen, as stated above, were the only edam, he numbers of them at all the stations on the bee, dat waiting a considerable time, had to ',ilk throughtlanit to their employment, no doubt at cooldmik loss to most of them. The 4 o'clock tern from Ludgate-hill, which is supposed to reach Tim about half-past 4, was detained at Brixton, set di 5 o'clock one, which also leaves Ludgate-hill at 5 idea , was stoppe d at Loughborough-road. tlimilr ago venience was the case with the trdas for Villa Shortly after the accident large numbers of mea brought to the spot, and in the cour.e of about amid hours, by the la of cranks, &c., they succeeded 0 1 1 the line dear. EXTRAORDINARY DEATH AT BEM& GREEN. INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.) This morning Mr. John Humphreys, the OM for Middlesex, held an investigation at the Tictorylbrel Friars Mount, Bethnal-green, into the circumstance ws rounding the death of Margaret Gandly, aged 25 yeesAle was alleged to have died in consequence of seism* flirted upon her. The case created considerable interest th district, as it was stated that the day before death, a man was seen beating her sjolently on tbs deli although she was suffering from the effects of Intripis, ing at the time. The jury having been sworn proceeded to site of the deceased woman, which was lying in a mises Sat dirty back room, on the ground floor of No. 20, Caffor wood-street. The only furniture in the room es II plates, a throw .t-out straw hed, a broken chair, a WAS looking-glass, and no bedclothes. The deceased brad AS John Murphy, a jobbing tailor. This man, on being examined, acknowledged bef°s4 Everybody (he said) tapped" his ik jfe sometime ; insisted that she died from lead poisoning. Mrs. Mary Young said that the deceased mg Er* lodged at her house. Coroner—Did you see the deceased struck by Rm/ill Witness—Yes. I saw her attack on the head as s° day last. While she was lying ill on the straw-bed•o .1 floor he entered the room and went over to her, sad go her several blows on the head. Coroner—What, while she was lying on s sickbed! , Witness—Yes, sir. He was under the infillool drink. She appared to be in great pain, aad we j weak. He sh uck her repeatedly. When he lad 0 0 beating her she asked me what she should do. rot told her that she would get better, and that Oa.; would be able to give it to him. He had been in the lainl beating her frequently. On one °cation M home drunk, and fell upon her while she lay ea the Witness sent for a doctor for the deceased. Charles Young, the husband of the last witne e i t that the deceased and her husband had at one tee in good circumstances. He had never seen her settoi .. Mr. F. James Gant, • surgeon and anstomindWT, at the Royal Free Hospital, said that he had m ales mortem examination of the dece a sed's body. Ix wi of the deceased's hands were drawn as they are see poisoning by white lead and painter's' colic. were white, and there was a blue line asr oo 0,7,1 it was the blue line of lead poisoning. The ilsolew,A died of painters' cholic through working at the' - facto By the Coroner.—l think that the Maar ar il r she underwent tended to accelerate death. 14 ° we is very exhausting. The illtreatment Jewel, es. general circumstances tended to hasten death. Dr. George Haycock, No. 172, Hackney-oad, o_l7, 11)0e o'clockl o l n ed T to um s; mthoernidneadg. Therewofuthaebriedo7,...a. l'aght w 111 and wrist. ROW The Coroner said that the conduct o f the Ina L sig Was most brutal. lie had struck the wanes orlor was lying in a helpless state on her deathbed. the ju.r to say whether the wretched Mali we 010..". responsible for her death. 00 . The jury, after a brief consultation. returned ,„to, ing special verdict :—" That the dec eased 50t5' M . the mortal effects of painters' cholic, much sae de the state in wich she lived, and b the ill- had received a t the hands o f the m an she had 100„. and the jury say that John Murphy is big* Try• for his brutal conduct, but they do not consider sew legally criminally responsible for her deatlx" The Coroner then censured the DAD cried out, "I am not guilty; lam not guilty." k o Coroner—You have had the advantage d 01 0 111 ' 14 01 0 CYO inquired into by • merciful jury, and they are sot legally guilty ; had they Bahl otherwme have had the greatest pleasure in sending 7 0° for trial. Your conduct has been that of • to The Accused —lt's all over. the Ot t Coroner—That is all you think o f . 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