The Express. — London, England, 1864-07-26 00:00:00

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THE figures cited in the nine resolutions pro posed by the Minister for India on Thursday night are very interesting and exceedingly en couraging in regard to the condition and prospects of India ; but certain inferences from them, and certain facts related by Sir C. WOOD are of more importance, and yet stronger interest. Having once heard we are not likely to forget that whereas there was a deficit of fourteen millions five years ago, there is now a surplus ; but there are several facts at least as important as this which must be kept before the public mind, for the chance of the day coming when the public will care as much as it ought about Indian affairs. We should be very glad to see any promise of that day being near at hand ; but the attendance in the House on Thursday was, perhaps, scantier than ever. Everybody there thought this shameful ; and those who were not there bare nothing to say in the way of denial. They find an excuse in the lateness of the date, year by year, of the Indian Minister's exposition ; while he may very well plead that up to the last day of the latest session members can attend on any occasion which really interest, them. it would be a useful experiment to try for once what sort of attendance there would be on an Indian night immediately after Easter, as was suggested by some members ashamed of the appearance of the House on Thurs day ; but we all know very well that under such complaints and suggestions there lies a conicious nese of the vicious circle in which the public, and especially the parliamentary, mind is running. Members avoid the subject of India, because they are ashamed of know ing so little about a realm and a people living under parliamentary government ; and, on the other part, they wil 'never know more nor feel a stronger interest while they go on avoiding the subject. In such a state of affairs there is no use in scolding the ignorant and taunting the timid. Reproach will only make the subject more dis tasteful than before. The better way is to point out some broad general facts which are of common importance to the people of India and the people of England, and to trust that a due interest must ere long be kindled in that way. One such fact comes out very clearly this year : that the improvement in the finances of India is largely due to a reduction of public expendi ture—to an anxious economy in administering each department of government. While Mr. GLADSTONE is jocosely treated for his earnest and steady counsel to the country to take in hand the work of retrenchment ; and while the present House of Commons shows such reckless tendencies' as to make its constituents suppose that, in affairs so large, there is nothing for them but to trust that the increase of income will be a match for the in crease of expenditure, it is interesting in the ex treme to see what has been done in India by such an economy as is the duty of every government. There is no bigotry and no sordidness about this economy. The expenditure on the dispensation of justice is cheerfully increased, in order to bring justice within the people's reach ; and public works have never for one day stood still for want of en couragement and aid from headquarters. Just and liberal things cau be done by the Government by means of the retrenchment effected in the military department especially ; but also in several others. Here is a broad hint for the Liberal members, rebuked for their inefficiency as economists when the estimates are before the House, and for the constituencies, that they should return men who see the more instead of the less reason for retrenchment in the vastness of our pre sent national expenditure. Another fact of string and various significance is that only a small part of the Indian revenue is derived from customs. This is, in the first place, a lesson to Government to select wisely the com modities which are to bear a duty; and it is, in the next place, a suggestion of a wonderful pros pect for India whenever the people shall learn the use and enjoyment of many things which become useful and enjoyable with the progress of civiliza tion. Except on salt and piece goods the natives pay scarcely any customs duty at all—not more than 400,0001.—the rest being paid by the European residents. There can be little doubt that before very long the natives will make their own salt, instead of paying as they do for that from Cheshire ; and then they will have learned to v►lue other foreign commodi ties for which they at present show no liking at all. They are already enjoying a higher rate of wages and of payment for their produce than was ever known in the country before ; and when they have supplied themselves to their will with rings, and chains, and strings of coins, they will begin to demand other things than gold and silver, as many of them began to do as long ago as Bishop Hesea's time. This is a hint to us to provide for a great future increase of the customs duties by imposieg re. only good ones, and in • sensible • sod also to study the character and , ;ha peoplo of India so as to introduoe the!' of early as pose. ble to the good and pleasant commodities which it will be a benefit to us to produce and to them to consume. Another lesson that we are taught is that the article of opium should be placed outside of our calculations whenever we wish to be accurate in our estimate of Indian revenue. Sometimes there is a million more, and sometimes nearly two mil lions leas, than had been expected. In some con nexion with this is the striking fact of the fluctua tions in the value of everything which are at pre sent perplexing the authorities and the native citizens and the Europeans alike. If in the rural districts wages have risen so as to enrich the mul titudes who buy nothing but salt and a cotton gar ment, in the great ports and cities the prices of all commodities are so high—having been excessively low not long before—that everybody is in difficul ties of one kind or another. It was the state of the currency which caused the last great lass on the opium duty; and it is the state of the currency which creates or aggravates the irregularities of prices now in Bombay and in the other great cities. The more difficult the question of the currency in India, the more need there is of a speedy decision on some course, and, in the meantime, of members not running away whenever any topic of Indian economy is to be discussed. A decision about a gold currency in India has to be made ; and Sir C. WOOD promises a speedy appeal to the country or its economists upon it, and it is not too much to say that the fate of India may depend upon the issue. We never relished the exportation of coolies from a country so imperfectly developed as India, and now we see how inadequate the labour snpply really is, from the moment when capital and labour begin to have anything like fair play. The striking increase of the land revenue and of the area of cultivation explains how some of the labour has been absorbed, and why wages continue to rise through all the caprices of an unsettled currency. While hearing of so many hopeful signs, and see ing that the improvement on the whole must be genuine, we must bear in mind any dismal secrets which we may happen to know of as hidden behind the brilliancy of the prosperity. The indigo planters and their unhappy growers are chafing and despairing still, as at any time for several year. Their industry may be a type of any or every other if the Parliament and people of England shirk their duty of providing for the government of India on the soundest principles, applied in the most sagacious way. The man who is the very ideal of a Viceroy is at the service of India, and he has already done what will save millions of lives from destruction by war and pestilence. Such rulers being natu rally well served, other wise and good men are also devoted on the spot to the welfare of India. If their work is spoiled, or ever so little delayed, by fault in the India-office, or by the ignorance, indolence, or indifference of Parliament, the crime will be as grave an one as any self-governing nation ever had to answer for. frbe £ourz. OSBORNE, JULY 25. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess Louis of Howe, walked arid drove about the grounds. The Earl of Clantuden returned to Landau. Despatches were received yesterday it the Colonial office from the Governor of the Bahamas. Ilaa ROYAL HIGH - N $ THE DUCHESS OF CAN inffroa.—Yesterday was the birthday of the Duchess of Cambridge, when her royal highness completed her 67th year. A great many noble friends called at Cambridge Cottage, Kew, in the course of the day, to leave promote and offer their congratulations, the royal duchess and Princess Mary having left St. James's Palace tar the season. In the evening her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cam bridge's tradesmen illuminated as customary. The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland passed through town yesterday on their way to Heating; from Sion Roam, liJeworth. The Duke and Duchess of Sutherland and family are expected to leave tows early in the ensuing week for Trentham, on their way to Ditorolyin Castle, N. 8., for the autumn. The Menus, Post believes that, if no unforeseen occurnmee takes plass, their Royal High:mesa the Priem and Princess of Wales will honour the noble duke and duchess with their presence for several days at Duarobin Castle daring the residence of their royal high seams in Bootlaad. The Marquis of Bowmont left town yesterday for Floors essar, ...see Kelso. The Marchioness of Lansdowne and Hon. Mdlle. Elphinstose de Flahealt arrived yesterday at Lassedowee House, Berkeleyequare, from Bowood Park, Willi, ex mealy to meet the Camel and Countess; de Finhaali as their return from the Continent. The Earl of Derby has nearly recovered from his moist severe attack of goat, bat not sufficiently so to be able to accept as invitation from the Duke sod Dachas of Richmond to join the select party at Goodwood Home le wised to meet their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin. ma of Wales. The noble earl and the Countess of Dm* leave St. Jame's-square towards the end of this week for Hoowaley Park, near Liverpool. The Countess of Craven and Ladies Craven and Sir Frederick Johutooe left town yesterday for Bognor, Sussex, to per the week. Louisa Countess of Seafield and Lord Robert Loftus have arrived at the Alexandra Hotel, Hyde-park 001110r, from Ireland. Count J. and Lady Cecil de la Feld have left Prioese-terraos fir the Isle of Wight. Viscountess Jocelyn And Hon. Misses Jocelyn left Cambridge Roses yesterday afternoon for Wrest Park, Bedfordattire. on a visit to the Countess Cowper. .- - Viscount and Viscountess Grey de Wilton left the Esrl of Wilton's mansion in Groevetior-pusre yesterday, far Bognor, Basest, during the Goodwood race meeting, and on Saturday intend to join the Earl sad Countess of Wilton at Cowes. Lord and Lady Harry Vane and the Hon. Mame Primrose arrived on Friday last at Battle Abbey, user Hastings, sad are about to receive a succession of visitors ►here. Lady Molesworth has left town for Cadlands, on a visit to Yr. and IA(ly Elisabeth Druinokood. Sir George Colthorst, M. P., and Lady Coltburst bare left their residence in Wilton-crescent for Ireland.. Mrs. A. F. Thistlethwayte has arrived in Gros venor-square from Carlsbad, much improved is health, and will leave town on Thursday to join Mr. Thistlethwayte at Loch Luichart, N. 8., accompanied by the Doings, Countess of Cascls•Stuart sod party. ERRATCM.—In - the leading article in our im pression of yesterday. on Government manufacturiag establishments, for " Take the Enfield rifle factory for example, producing three or four mil ions of rifles."' read, "Take the Enfield rifle factory for example, producing three or four millions worth of rifles." LORD SHAPTINBURY ♦SD ST. AIDAN'B COLLZGL —The Earl of Shaftesbury, after mine correspoodeace with the Ker. Dr. Bayles), the principal of St. Aidan's Theo logical College. Birkenhead, has withdrawo his name from the list of .ice•preaideots of the institutioa, in coosequence of a circular which has lately been issued intim►ting tb.t " any Weeleyso wishing to become a minister of the Church of Eaglaad can be admitted to St. Aides's College without the preparatory examiostioa. and on admatageous terms." The ooble earl has expressed his opisios that such a mode of " touting " for caodidates for holy orders ia as derogatory to the character of the Church of England.. it is Mfeosive to the Wesleyan community. ORTIITAL PALAU& ON. SHILLING DAT. --. MONDAY. JOLT 25. — A4mienolif 00 Tappet, 8,614 ; ditto by immemi Mottos. 1,181 ; total , 9,793. I I, TUESDAY IN/T&LLIGEIip. T I. ‘ • POLAIND. • A Warns* letter in thb Pattie says : to ' The May of the Car at Kaingen was rearlairy the Lew of samaras; ukases, showing his inn 'shallop to com pletely desationabwo Poland. The venni°, administrative council of the country has been chosen from among the men who have gives the most numerous proofs of their sorority. For that mason liceselet Salovieff, and General; Brannachwea and Zabolockoi have been ap pointed to those functions. They are to apply on a large wale the measures of pacification, which consist in pane outing the inhabitants of the kingdom, whether guilty or sot, for participating is the national rising. Salgado and Mainline have already commenced ; the nos in the plait. satin of Cracow sod Bandon:dr, the other in that of Pod- Wads. Oixtrizz's TZLZOR MEXICO. PARIS, JULY 26, Noworm. Orders have been given in the military ports to despatch the necessary ships to Mexico to bring back the troops that are to return from that country. These ships will leave France early in August. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (PION OUR OWN PARIS. MONDAY EVENING. The Moniteur du 2oir gives a description of a visit which the Emperor paid yesterday to Thiers. The reason officially given for this journey is that his Majesty " wished to see and judge for himself of a manufacture of cutlery which, not withstanding many unfavourable circumstances, has made Thiers the rival of Sheffield." There is nothing else in the account beyond the usual in cense which from frequent repetition becomes very dull reading even to the staunchest imperialists. We are told that, although the Emperor travelled with the " strictest incognito," and everything pos sible was done to prevent anybody from taking notice of him, yet th►t the "enthusiasm of the populations" was irrepressible, and "exploded" all along the road ; that triumphal arches were erected in every village, and that at Tillers a "com pact crowd," assembled from the town and the neighbouringcommunea, "contemplated the imperial features with avidity." The Emperor, after visiting the factories, distributed several creases of the Legion of Honour to the leading men of the locality. The conclusion of the narrative is that the souve nir of this visit will "remain engraved" in the heart of the Emperor, and in the hearts of every body who saw him. The Moniteur publishes a report, addressed to the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, of the permanent committee appointed to ascertain the annual value of imports and exports. It appears beyond all doubt that the commercial reforms inaugurated by the Emperor continue to produce excellent results. Tho suppression of the sliding scale, far from having thrown corn land out of culture, as was prophesied, has greatly augmented the quantity of wheat grown. In 1863, as much as a million of hectares more than in 1847 was sown with wheat. The two branches of industry which most feared the commercial treaty, those of metals and tissues, are progressing, and that notwithstanding the cotton crisis, which has now lasted so long. The report conzludes by remarking that the commer cial retrospect of 1863 shows a state of prosperity which justifies full confidence in the future. The Debats, suffering a tie eiojor, has astonished its readers to-day by the publication of an article justifying the perpetuation of the military system in Algeria, whereas the notorious policy of the journal is in favour of the extension of the civil power in that colony. K Weiss, the able redacteur of the month, who would certainly not have signed the article, is set aside for the occasion, and the production is fathered upon "the secretary of re. daction"—an impalpable personage. This evasion of the law of signatures is constantly resorted to when the government chooses to impose an article upon a journal. Count de Beauval, the French chargé d'affaires at Tunis, was shot at a few days ago while walking in his garden. Four shots were aimed at him from a house inhabited by some Maltese, but be was not touched. An inquiry into the circumstances is going on. The King of Spain, whose visit is expected a day or two after August 15, will remain three days in Paris, during which time be will attend a perform ance at the Opera and a fete at the Hotel de Ville. He will be present at the grand manoeuvres at the Chalons camp, and will afterwards visit Toulon, from which port he will embark for Spain. M. Sardou, the eminent dramatist, is at this moment confined to his bed at his country house at Luciennes. The other day a priest celled at the house and asked Madame Sardou for a subscrip tion for an unfortunate family. Madame Swine said if he would leave his name and address her husband would send an offering. The priest, then assuming the tone of a robber, said :—" You pre tend to have no money , but I see that you have jewels and plate, and in them we must go shares." Thus threatened Madame Sardou rang a bell, which brought to her assistance her mother in•law and a gardener. Tee priest attempted to run away, but was seized by the gardener, who held him in a firm grasp till some gendarmes arrived and took him into custody. It appears that this priest, who is under an interdict, was sentenced some time since to six months' imprisonment for an indecent assault. The proprietor of the celebrated restaurant called Robinson, near Sceaux, where people dine with the birds on tables fitted up in the branches of an old chesnut tree, met with a sad accident last week. He was in the habit of firing two small mortars, as the signal for the commencement of a ball which often takes place in a rose bower in his picturesque grounds. One of the mortars not going off, he went to see what was the matter, and an explosion suddenly taking place his hand and the lower part of his arm were completely carried away. Ampu tation was considered necessary, but it is hoped that his life is not in danger. At the Bourse there was some fluctuation, but the Rente closed rather flat at Saturday's prime. Mobilier, after having been several francs higher, closed with a rise of 7fr. We. The Emperor Napoleon has decided that a monu ment shall be erected at Vichy to the memory of Madame de Sevign,S, who was the first to make known the waters of that place. THE RECILNIS COLLISION at: RANDBECE.G.—The Wager,' Gaztre contains the following, dated liatodaburg, July 20 We have today wagonload a sad expos. We have bad to see our Saxon and Hanoverian countrymen hastily leaving with acme and baggage before an invasion of the Promises, a town which bad been invested on all sides by emu battalions of the Groben (Austrian) brigade. These poor Federal soldiers ought to be quite demoralised by such humilistioes. They bivouacked for some time out side the town till they could look about them for new quarters. Half ea blur after, two battalions of Prosaism made their entry into Readsbarg. The people of the Sews badly cheered the Snow as they retired." ,;- . JULY 26, [AGE WO] The great drain's. works, which are to meet the , metropolis & saalleary paradise, and with which the Thames embankment, which we recently noticed, is intimately connected, are now in so forward a state as to justify the Commissioners of the Metropolitan Board of Works in inviting their oonatitoents to come and judge for themselves as to the progress that has been made, and the manner in which the public money has been expended. Yesterday a party of upwards , of 500 went down the river in . two steambrat and visited the works on both sides of the river, returning fully satisfied that every thing which has been constructed was of the best design and finest quality, and admirably adapted to fulfil the purpose for which it was intended. The party which, under the presidency of Mr. Thwaites, made this interesting trip down the river, includ ed many of the great names which are now engaged in the material revolution of the world. There were Sir William Griffith', who first struck the average for the Irish Poor Law • Mr. Page, the architect of Westminster-bridge, an d who is now about convert ing Point Griner, on the coast of France, into a port with 24 feet of water at all periods of the tide, within seventeen miles of Dover ; Sir John Gray, who after extraordinary exertions has suc ceeded in securing for the city of Dublin the finest water supply next to that of New York in the world ; Mr. Ordish, whose ingenious " girder" made the Exhibition building practicable ; Mr. Waldegrave, Aldermen Mechi, Muni., and Carter ; and several others, all more or lees known to engineering fame, and who all naturally take a deep interest in this the greatest engineering work of the century. " The world," we are told, "knows little of its greatest men," and the saying sometimes holds good of its greatest works also. How few of the London public have for the last few years had any thing but the vaguest notion of the Titanic works which were going on beneath their feet, which were to carry the sewage of a population of three millions of people eleven or twelve miles away from the City, and which at their river side ter mini were to be provided with reservoirs, vast enough to contain the great accumulation, and strong enough to prevent the incalculable pressure of such a body of fluid from breaking through all boundaries and flooding the ad jacent country. Let us sum up what has been done within the last three or four years under the , auspices of the Metropolitan Board of Works, by their engineer, Mr. Baralgette , and by Messrs. Furness and Webster, and their brother contractors. On the north side of the river, which is within Mr. Furness's territory, three distinct lines of intercepting sewers have been constructed, called respectively the high and middle level sewers, which unite at, and pass over the river Lea, and the' low level, still incomplete, and uniting in the I Thames embankment. On the south side there are also the high, the middle, and the low levels, and the distinguishing feature between the two branches of the great work is, that whereas on the north side the sewage falls from level to level by simple gravita tion, and from the lowest level bythesame cheap and natural process into the river ; on the south or Surrey side the reservoir or ultimate land recep tacle of the sewage has had to be sunk many fee: below the level of the Thames, and thence the sewage must be pumped up by steam powerin order to mix with the retiring tide and be carried out to sea. The northern outfall reservoir is at Barking-creek, 111 miles below London-bridge, and the southern in Erith-marshes, about two miles further down on the opposite side of the river. Into these reservoirs will pour the coutents of 81 miles of sewer, which will keep the northern always full with 39 million gallons of sewage, and the southern with 27 million gallons of the same valu able but not very odorous material. All these works are now nearly completed, and yet the Loudon public have hitherto known or cared little about them. The inspection yesterday was confined to the two great reservoirs, which in a very few days more will be for ever closed from inspection. The first visit was paid' to the northern outfall reservoir, con structed by Mr. Geo. Furness at a contract price of £164,000. It covers a subterranean area of ten acres, of which, however, only two and a half acres were open for inspection, the remainder being already filled with the drainage of about one-third of northern London. The visitors were first taken to an unpretending and unfinished edifice above ground, called Penstock House, which, however, the reader must not imagine to be some snug rural manor house, the residence of an ancient county family. "Penstock" means simply an iron door, and it is in this house, or below it, the iron doors or " Penstocks " are situated, which, when opened, permit of the ontfallof the sewage from the reservoir into the Thames. From this we passed along a narrow raised causeway, obstructed at every third or fourth yard by the air-shafts from the drains below, and each of which sent up an odour which only Alderman Mechi could appreciate, and thence down a wide staircase into the veritable cloaca mosinia itself. in justice to the said cloaca manna we must add that, in this its stage of approaching maturity, it formed a by no means unpleasant promenade. Vast mysterious arched passages seemed to radiate everywhere, from a common centre, all dimly lighted with lamps of various colours, and ornamented, as it seemed, at some incalculable distance with scarcely dis cernible stars, which had been put up to mark their boundaries. Very soon the Roman cloaca maxima, which had been hitherto an approved and frequently used comparison amongst the visitors, wag fairly put out of court. One gentleman who had visited the Eternal City averred that one of the arched passages of the Loudon sewer would contain the whole of its Roman predecessor, and the latter forthwith fell to a heavy discount even with the most erudite of the lookers-on. Then some one timidly reminded his audience—there were scores of spectral-looking audiences collected in the abyss— of the rather prolix description of the Parisian drains in Lea Miarable; but this gentleman was shut up by the chairman of the board, who autho ritatively declared that the Paris drains would fit into one ocener of our great subterranean works on the banks of the Thames. Finally it was unani mously agreed that there was nothing like the latter iu the world, or even in the world of fiction, except it was the Hall of Eblis, and that edifice, whatever might have been its architectural merits, was not devoted to the useful purpose of carrying olf the sewage of a mighty city. It would be impossible, in short, to do justice by written description to the appearance of these seemiugly interminable vistas deep down in the bowels of the earth, each just enough lighted with sombre-coloured lamps to make darkness and the member,' of the Board of Works dimly visible, and all built of the most beautiful and perfect brickwork, and as dry as the pavement of the Strand ; whilst through the intercepting wall the sullen roar of the fetid torrent, which was every moment filling the neigh bouring reservoir, could be distinctly beard, and the more curious could actually see, and certainly smell, the turbid stream, through chasms or "penstocks" which had been left open for the purpose. In a very few days this hall of ;Shia will be closed against a curious public, the penstocks will be all opened, and the whole of the sewage 0(1 northern Loudon will be intercepted preparatory to its discharge into the river. Having duly inspected and warmly commended Mr. Furness's maguihcent work, the company returned to their steamers and crossed the river to the territory of Mr. Webster. In consequence of the low pitch of the southern side of the river the contract price here is 300,0001., with a further sum for the pumping engines now in course of erection by Messrs. Watts and Co., of 44,9001. The power of these engines may be estimated from a statement of the work they will have to do, which will be to pump up the sewage of the whole southern districts, from Norwood to Rotherhithe, at the rate of 8,000 cubic feet a minute, and to aheigbt varying from 10 to 20 feet. The first feature of interest inspected here was the handsome engine house, in which, although it is as yet not half finished, the mighty steam engines are already being set up. The machinery here provided is of 500 nominal horse-power, and consists of four double-sctingcondeusing engines, each working two :6 sin a t acting "no pumps," or " plungers." The are 10feet long, then' , wheels 27 feet diameter, and 10 tons weight eaah, and the two "delivery troughs" or outlets an 12 feet long, 14 feet wide, and 10 feet high. The reservoir which these works are to empty covers 6} acres, is 17 feet deep, and is capable of containing 27 million gallons of sewage in its four compartments. The entire area of these works with the surrounding reclaimed land is 36 acres, and it is expected that all will be completed by the end of the present year. Like the works on the opposite aide of the river, the visitor here was led through long passages dimly illuminated, and seeming almost interminable in their vastness. There were, however, in addition the great intercepting culverts, rendered necessary by the low level of the ground, and the steam machinery with which they were in connexion, all of which were minutely inspected and warmly praised by the wonder-stricken visitors. Mr. Thwaites headed an eager and curious procession through the long corridors, and occasionally stopped at favourable points to give lucid explanations of the uses of the various portions of the work. An extraordinary impression was given of the magni tude of the undertaking, and of the engineering skill and industrial energy which had conceived and earned out so magnifioent a plan to completion. There isnow no doubt that within a very fewyears London t both north and south of the river, will be thoroughly drained, and that the Thames will be once more as clear and transparent " below bridge" as it is at present at Richmond or Mortlake. Even this year the northern drains are held to have done good service by intercepting and carrying off about one third of the sewage on that side of the river. The Thames has smelt a little, as all who have passed op or down it within the last week or so can testify, but it is alleged that but for the intercepting sewers already at work the stench in this unusually hot summer would have been intolerable. Subsequent to the inspection the commissioners and their friends adjourned to a marquee, where refreshments were provided, and a few speeches of mutual compliment were made by the par ties who divide amongst them the direction and the honours of this great national work. CREMORNE CASHEWS. THE GREAT " FIRE, BALLOOII."—The second ascent of M. Eugene Godard's gigantic " fire•balloon" was to have taken place last night, bat the high winds which prevailed during the afternoon and evening' and the rain which fell about seven o'clock prevented faith being kept with the public. Mr. Adams offered to amend in his gas balloon, but owing to the labour involved in getting it ready to start his offer was not accepted. M. Godard has admitted, by this refusal to ascend, that his balloon is far more dangerous than the gas bailors, and that it can only mount safely in certain calm conditions of the atmosphere. The danger which all Mont_ goiter balloons have to contend with is fire, and this danger is largely increased when the wind is high. Much interest is felt in the second ascent, which is now postponed until Thursday next. The crowd behaved with great patience under the disappointment. Mr. E. T. Smith is said to be negotiating with an aeronaut who has got a flying apparatus, and who professes to be able to ascend easily, and to move rapidly in the air, rhos* his own coarse. This wonder may be exhibited early next month. CIVIL Liar PICSBIONIL—A parliamentary return boned this morning gives the following list of all pensions granted between the 20th day of Jane, 1863, and the 20th day of June, 1864, sod charged upon the Civil List:—Mra. Letitia Mary Austin (in considenitioo of the service' of her late husband, a civil engineer, who died whilst engaged in the employment of the government, and who had devoted himself to the sanitary improvement of poor dwellings), 601. Mr. William Allinxham (in consider ation of the Merry merit of his poetical works), 601. Miss Slim Cook (in oorsidseatiou of her literary Inboase, both in poetry and prose, and her failing health), 1004 ; the Bev. Charles B. Giber (as author of tray literary works, sad in coesideratioe of the high testimony borne r to their value), 1006.; Dante Julia Inglis (as an ack now legmeet of the brilliaat service* of the late Sir J. Inglis during the Indian mutiny, especially the pliant defence of Lucknow— senior to which may partly be attributed his early death), BOX ; Mr. Emma Elphisistoes Sheridan Knowles (in ermideraticie of the talents of her late husband, Mr. James Sheridan Kaowlea, as a dramatic author), 1001. ; Emma Leaf (as the widow of Mr. J. Leaf, who, though of humble origin, woe a ceetributor of articles of peat merit to various journals), 501.; Mr. Kenny Meadows (Ia acknow ledgment of his merit as an artist, more eepecially shown by his illuatrations of Shakespeare), 801- • Miss Dior Mulock (authoress of "John Halifax, G entleman," and other well-known works of fiction), 601. Toss ROYAL COMMISSION ON 801113CRIP7ION.—We are informed, on good authority, that the commissioners have concieded their labour', and adjourned (after herb's sppointed a committee of fire to draw up • draft report.) ne tams of the commiseiren so selected are—Berl Stan hope (chairman), the Bishop of Oxford, Dr. Lashington, Mr. Walpole, sod Mr. Napier. We are sot in a position to state ell the particular clumpes which will be suggested is this report ; but we understand that the commissioners are unanimous in recommending a new form of subscription and declaration, although there was considerable easier* of opinion between the Bishop of (Weed and some of the other oommissiosere.-7Record. ALARMING CARRIAGE ACCIDENT.—A very serious road accident occurred at Orchard Mains, in the parish of Traqusir, lenerlaithen. as Friday afternoon, ander the fol lowing eircurnitaner John Hope, butler, and Kies Lacers, housekeeper to Lady Louisa Stuart. Trequalr House, with Mrs. Addison and her re, a little boy from Edieburgki, went on a visit to the Ore, reveilles in the Traquair House 'Aaron. Immediately after learn the Glen gate, on their return, the horse, which is • somewhat spirited animal, started of at full speed, and continued to run at this rate till it passed Orchard Mains, a distance of • mile, Mr. Hope, who was dining, being usable to draw it up. Here the mad makes • bond Wens coming to • bridge, and in tang this turn the pbeeten swerved from the middle of the road and ran up against the end of one of the parapets of the bridge. The inmates of Orchard Mans, who saw the accident, were immediately on the spot, when they foiled the whole of the party more or less hurt, and all, with the exception of the little boy, un able to speak. Mr. Hops and Mrs. Addison were lying in the quer, into which they had bees pitched over the bridge. which is from 12 to 14 feet high. The boy also bad bee throws over the bridge, and wee lying en the bank by the side of the stream. Kies lasers was lying between the carriage sad one of the walla of the bridge. They won all soon conveyed to Orchard Maize, and • niasseugar de spatched to Innerleithat for Dr. Or, who wee promptly at the scene of the occident. 17poti examination it wee found that the injuries received though bad enough, were sot so serious as might have been expected from the nature of the accident. The boy, who .soaped with least injury, is cut about the face and slightly bruised. Mrs. Addison was much stunned and bruised, but is sot seriously hurt. Mr. Rope, who was inesesible for some time after being taken out of the water, must have been drowned had not urinous been near. After being to Orchard Main, he fainted two or three tissue. was much stunned, and received reseal bruises on the back and other parts of the body. Mir langloi• is apparently the most seriously hurt. Besides being bruised, she n erved • long deep cut on one of her legs, which required to be sewed. Fortunately, now of the saffron bad any bones broken. The three first were able to proceed to no quair House thertly after the accident, and Miss Leopards was conveyed Lome later in the evening. Though teeing their injuries a good deal, they were all going on favourably ea Saturday. The Onton was destroyed, but the horse escaped uninjured, the bums having come away from the body of the machine and set it free.--Scotsman. _ PLARFUL PUNISHMENT OF G•uDTTERS. —John Croodace sod Thomas Alison, who were convicted at the amines last week of garotte robberies as Sunderland, and sentenced, the former to five years' and the latter to ten years' peed servitude, with twenty Whim each, underwent the punishment of flogging at the county prison on Satur day. The instrument of punishmest is described as of a formidablelooking nature, and was manufactured by • who is undergoing ireprisooment in the gaol, supremely for the purpose. The cat is logeoloWdy composed of SIDS thongs of stout leather, in each of which are nine knots, and these being connected to • flexible beadle. the power wielded by strong !nods is terrific. At every stroke the knots cut deeply, making flesh sod blood fly is every direction. The prisoners were firmly tied up in a reclining position, the lower part of their shoulders exposed, the higher and lower part of their backs being protected by padding. The warden, Hedger" and Allison, executed their leek with the skill of more practised bands. The officials of the gaol were present, but the prisosers were kept in their cells. Hodgeoe and Anima alternately inflicted ten lashes each on each of the primers. The first Ilia was received with oomparative equanimity by each mimes', but on the second the yell of deep and excruciates, agony which buret forth in re. presented as indescribable. Their cries ooetinued during the whole of the punishment, and these, together with the sight of the eying flesh sad blood, and muted backs of the sufferers, and the clotted skeins of the oat, med u zz to a spectacle of horror overpowering those who wi it. When the punishment had been leafleted the penmen were taken down sod removed to the prison infirmary ie a state of complete prostration—indeed, it is averred that *either of theca could bays received soother lash without the greatest danger. Although the piloting did sot wit moss the punishmeet, they meld bear the shrieks of the unhappy sufferers in their cella, sled it is to be hoped the cootemplation of the punishment may have • Watery effect on their minds.—Thirham Chniseicife. SHOCKING MURDER AND RUICIDZ. Yesterday, a shocking murder was discovered to have been committed in flanith•strest, fiornere.town. Upon the police proceeding to No. 15 in that greet., they found in areal cellar in a back kitchen the body of a woman in an advanced state of putrefaction. For some years past the mur dered woman, whom proper name is Rosins Bishop, has been cohabiting with a man of the name of James Brown, a carpenter, about 50 years of age, the demised Laing on!, about 35. They lived together in the above Ito re as man and wife, sod occupied the two parlours and the b•CIL kitchen, the front kitchen and the first floor being let off to lodgers. lo addition to being known as frequently giving way to drink, they quarrelled, and the man has f re . (meetly ill-used the woman, so much so that the neighbours end lodgers have for a long while d e . Blind to interfere between them. On Tuesday morning last both parties were seen about together, and they were then apparently on the best of terms. A short time afterwards they were heard qoarrellieg in the beck kitchen, and the doomed woman was heard to scream as if in great agony, and then a heavy fall was heard. The man Brown was sees about the house ea usual that day, and on the following he reported that he and his old woman had bad arow, sad that she had left him. No notice was taken of We, nor of the fort that the man did not return. as he had given out that he bad got work at the docks, and be hail before been known not to return till the Saturday night, Oa the Saturday night be returned as usual, and appeared as if nothing had happened. His sot, a youth, called tome him, and they, it is stated, had supper together, and then slept in the same lad. At the usual Lour on Sunday morning both got up, and as it was supposed that the murdered woman did not intend to return, the man Brown was invited to take dinner with his lodger in the tr,t floor, and he did so. Before dinner he was asked why be did not return on the days he had been absent, and he at once replied that he did not like to do so, as he thought he would give the woman an opportunity of returning, and he WIG surprised that she had not done so. He ate a hearty dinner, and late on Sunday night retired, an it was thought, to bed, he at the time being u cheerful as he timidly was. Yesterday mornirg an old woman who occupies the front kitchea took notice of a very unpleasant smell that per vaded the whole of the house, which apparently had its origin in the beck kitchen. About 12 o'clock a Lein door neighbour came in, and in speaking about the smell oar of them remarked that it was strange that nothing hail been seen of the deceased woman since the day of the screams and the heavy fall, and the neighbour ventured an opinion that the deceased had been murdered, and that the bad smell arose from the fact that the body was buried in the house. She tried the back kitchen door, and boding that she could not get admission there she and the lodger went into the yard, and looked into the room. Everything was to all appearance in proper order, but the woman's suspicions being aroused, she determined on entering the room, and said if the body was anywhere it was in the coal cellar under the stain, as there was one in her home like the one there. The window was forced, and one of the women entered, and from her exclawatioa the other followed, and they were horrified to find, on opening the cellar door, the body of the deceased wows°. The police were at once sent tor, and Inspector Gibson, of the S divisioe and Police-eoristable Woodrow, 165 8, immediately attended. On entering the back kitchen the coestable found in the coal cellar the body of the murdered woman. She had been violently pushed is, sad as there was hardly length enough, her shoul ders and head were partly resting against the wall. Dr. Jackson, of Brewer.etreet, Somers-town was sent for. A horrible sight. then presented itself. Th e face of the woman was black, and the whole body was much deootoposed. On the side of the bead was a hectare so large that a man could place his fist in it. A further exami nation wade by Dr. ffutherin, of Fit. Pancras.road, in con. junction with Dr. Jackson, showed o th er bruises about the heed, arms, and body. O s theists were six large bruises, and their appearance demoted that they had been inflicted shortly before death. Impeder Gibson having obtained the particulars mix•eary proceeded to search the place, and findieg both parlour doonsbutand lacked, proceeded to break open the door of the front parlour. On entering he wee surprised to find the body of the man hanging ekes to the folding doors. It was close to the ground, with his heed leaning on one aide, and round his neck was a common clothes hoe. He was in a sitting position, and appeared to have expired without a struggle. The in spector immediately cut him down, and the doctors pronounced that from all appearances he had been dead for many hours. To make a fastening for the rope the man had tied a piece of stick to the cord, and Winn placed the cad over the top portico of the door had shut it closely too. The appearances denote that it mad bavebeen a most determined act of suicide, as the murderer, although only a few inches from the ground, had to ha ng his head on one side to render the rope taut. The deceased women is described as having been of very prepossessing ap. pomace, and of the most cleanly habits, as her garments and the appearance of the house denote. It is stated that she was • married women, that her husband is alive, awl re sides and works at Birmingham, and that she bag had no children. The murderer Is ales said to be married, and to have • wife and family now liviag. FURTHER PARTICULARS.-(THIS DAY.) • The investigation instituted by Mr. Inspector Ciboria, in company with Dr. Sutherin, surgeon to the S Aland= of police , leaves little doubt of the fact that Brown, after he had killed deceased, whom correct name is Rosette Bishop, had, in the brat instance, Wooded to dis ' pom of the body is much the same manner as the Meanings got rid of the body of their victim some years since, and that his placing it is the coal cellar was • mere preliminary step to that object. On searching the beck kitchen the first point that at tracted attention was the evidence that the hearth in hoot of the fireplace had been recently taken up, and it was re moved by the police with the greatest bas ; but immedi ately Hider it ran the drain, tad it is believed that but for this oircumetence preventing them Wag suffi cient room, the murderer would have buried the body. Ravin replaced the atom, Dr. Bothnia next directed attention to the hearthrug. which lay folded up in a comer. On being opened tt was found saturated with blood, and contained a quantity of brains; and amongst them, of trampler form, and very cleanly cut, • pima of the aufortusate woman's skull, measuring two Mabee on two aides, and nearly two inches on the third. This dearly indicated the fact that the manger had been perpetrated on the hearth rug sad in Boot of the fire-place, corroborative evidence being afforded by the feet that the murderer must himself have collected • portion of the koalas and skull after the emornissioa of the act. and thrown them on the tire, as • portion of brain and clotted blood partly burned went found adhering to the back of the grate. From the clean cut appearance of the piece of skull found, as well as the character of the frightful orifice on the right side of the doomed woman's bead, it was the opinion of Dr. Sotheria that the blows had been Melded by a ahoppw or hatchet. Breve was bourn by the lers to possess sorb au instrument, with which e ns was in the habit of chopping wood to light the are via the morning, but during the wade of Monday afteroooo and evening the most diligent search oe the pert of the police failed to dis cover rush a weapon. The only other inetrusieet calculated to have inflicted such inturies as those fond on the skull of the murdered woman was a large iron gas key, about 18 niche, in length, and having a sort of pincers at the end, but the were no traces of blood upon it A chisel was, however, found, upon which the were spots of blood. Yesterday morning between 8 and b o'clock Inspector Gibson, who with Ometable Woodrow has charge of the brims, discovered what appeared to be spots of blood on the waterbutt in the back yard, and this etreamstaaos at once suggested to him that the mimosas wawa' might have been thrown into the water. Re directed it to be drawn off, and at the bottom of the waterbutt ~discovered& large sized axe, snob as carpenters use for chipping wood. It wee 84 once taken posseedeo of and sent to Platt-street station, where oil being examined by Dr. Sutherio, the diviaosal surgeon, It was found to still retain, notwithstanding the action of the water, evidences of human blood, aid a large quantity of female's hair adhering to it, leaving no doubt that it was the metroment with which the diabolical deed was com mitted. From the eircumetaoce of • maggot being found between the wood and the head of the axe, which did eat It quite dimly, it is mourned that the weapon bad been in the first instance throw'. into the coal-cellar with the dead body, and as an sltertbought thrown by the murderer into the watarbutt, subsequent to decompoeitiou taking pines. The bodies of the murderer and his victim were cenveyed to the dead-house of St. Panama workhouse last night. It appears that the deceased was *ambled to get her own living irrespective of the man with whom she cohabited, as there was • large quantity of female wearieg apparel found, and &circular on which was misted " Mrs. Bishop, dealer in ladies' sacechildma's wardrobes, 47 Adams-street West, Brymetooe-square," and also a boil of the Maryleborie Savings Beak, with several pounds entered in her name. LATEST PARTICrLA RS. It now antigen that the man Brows, although he slept in the heck parlour on the Tuesday night after the murder and on the night following Wedrieeday), when he sent Xis. Townabend's (dm lint floor lodger's) little boy for some beer. had not been seen in the place from that time until the Saturday, when be rune home about 8 o'clock, with his son, a youth about 19. who slept with him that night. The eto dined with bun sad the T.iwasheude on the &Imlay, and accompanied by Mr. Townshend they meet in the searing to his daughter's, Mrs. Jahr, 9, Ocibourgotrest, Eustoeuqueze. The son declined to return home with Brown, and he came back to the home with Towasheed about half-past 12 o'clock. Oe entering the pasesge, the latter remarked to Brown about the smell and be soda mid it was the meat Mrs. Bishop bad left locked up, be world go and remove it. Tonal:lend wished him good night and went upstairs, and Brown un locked the front parlour mid went iu. It is believed that he bed been afraid to sleep in the house by himself, and that Bedbug himself elope he then determined on suicide. On opening the safe in the book kitchen there was foiled a coosiderahk-sized piece of cooked loin of pork and part of a currant pie, both of obi.* were mouldy, as wall as • quantity of hard stale bread, iedicating that no one had toothed it sines the date of the murder. Brown had taken hr ma of beton, b. cemnitted Mak* and there were owe or two make of blood upon it, sad he had two more fa his pockets. It is stated that the wife and lon of Brown are Brief in Farloirset, Lime -rev*, and that they toe. deemed. who spewed from a card found to be a easiest of the at. Proems Yersidest Diepestary. Dr. Lanka**, will wet hold the inquest tlll Thenalay. 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