The Express. — London, England, 1858-11-08 00:00:00

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Weaver, es otlegerelles le*, demo to bar teelirP add charm*. euresee•ef the dshader barns ward to seer of the =ad ebe bed hrobos kr se a albof the Teased Nam by sad be under the Mr.. of whisky sad losedy la • public-bows in Mate. had la rate to a queetana by the sheriff as to the Tele wadf„_ .01 thedlaree, the agent he the pursuer said that the "mow. hi Ms etatemeat of. bed charged his OutwbOarral camas, was not wily calculated to antillo Os *mese of the parser, but tradior bee liable le Leto Merdes es eeretsey r tbe terelea not* la Inaba &Wm sus led es WI sides, hi tbo over of übia Mims set Met oleo* miens parties shied Is will& ft awe thee we serstes. ens the peer is thee eat they tosidered the eons of shwa Ma has of ass said ere • the &tee so rpadludOr es to pe, sae Gil bed lebts place within the pedal elf bar twalt therms olassood with the Abethwese &Way, of *kik she use ss eliesebeeesr. Sevilla Ile all lellEibeee ef Se al3 terr chord that ours ebr primed es Masses he the penteer, Ire dry bed saw to lei lbw to the awitteita that obi had fi b e r lie lir *dee. It reerylled. hawse; tire la the elesehed Uteri fixia7 tba mob= an al l to serebs * *AY of per otediel—a eittewstence which nerd Nair to tam the .br=a ly awl be seurret reamed seroel of the aheterere Was' there it hey ewe even art that Messes as- Steel Urge Whalen of eghlle. Attar bombs, widow* is bead the action waa • relorwei we. end Mr to alms Got Mrs. Wilkie. beteg a rater • bid stroilmoo society, V brakes her pledge. ore Moll Mir Is Abet tor Orem. sad proposer Me bless. ret li M beret. snorer by the Illeieholl mete/ re be muster to red OW* cordial. hell& am won e Megograilty es:Cte, might to Maid& Ms mem& ef demure; end be lberettoe dowsed Or le. derma rah IL, brats tits mg tees exturee.—Serfaryd WHITECROSS-BTREET DEBTORS PRISON. It is just possible that one or two of our readers may have casually heard of the existence of &debtors prison in Whitecross-street, but it is certain that not sae of them, except when impelled by " urgent private affairs," would ever trouble himself with actual inspection of that dismal looking edifice. The locality lies far away from the arterial streams of London traffic, and has to be found out by the un initiated stranger only . after long and tedious ex plorations, many inquiries of persons who smile in credulously at him while they give him the requisite information, and passage through scenes which were once the glory and shame of northern London, but which now, like Tadmor in the wilderness, only excite melancholy reflections on the mutability of all mundane magnificence. For right on the track lies the now dreary waste which was once Smithfield market, still studded with deserted pales and empty sheep-pens, but no longer resounding with the deep bellow of the impatient ox, the frightened bleating of the overcrowded sheep, or that far more obstreper ous clamour which some philologists believe to represent a dialect of the ancient Celtic lan guage. The public-houses and the coffee-shops and the eating-houses, which used to blase with gaslight and be filled with burly customers as early as five o'clock of a winter's morning, are now for the moat part gone, and the remainder obviously and gradually wasting away under the blight of recent legislation, sure to die the moment that the gains of happier days are exhausted. Long-lane, although in a lesser degree, shares in the general marasmus, and many of the homes stagger so much under the shock of their great misfortune that it bas been found necessary to shore them up with great beams stretching half across the street, and which would very much obstruct the traffic only that unfortunately the traffic has fled to airier and more elevated regions. Barbican, once a great centre of ail the commerce that has reference to beeves, is now only • geographical curiosity, to be visited once in a life time by the curious, and only used as a thoroughfare because it leads directly to the prison, where not withstanding all the recent improvements in our commercial laws their great blot still lingers, and where all the evils are repeated on a small scale which once made the whole world cry shame on the Fleet, the Queen's Bench, and the Marshallese. It seems strange that when imprisonment for debt was abolished to such an extent as to render useless and tenantless all the great receptacles for mis fortune or fraud, so much of it should still be re tained as, while calculated to do an immense amount of moral and social mischief, can be little more in the way of security to the creditor than a mere drop in the ocean. And yet so it is ; the Debtors 'Prison in Whitacre's-street, which could not, if it were aremmed to the doors, accommodate one per cent. of dm impecuniosity of London, flourishes still on its dark, dingy, grew, smoky, miserable site, and daily sees repeatedirithin its walls scenes almost as bad as those which shocked the good Vicar of Wake field, or supplied the coarsest chapters to the novels of Fielding and Smollett. Up to a very recent ppssri'ad indeed all the evils of imprisonment for debt Soueished here in their fall, hideous vitality. Clergy mss, seisms of nobility (there are a few in" st ill ) bereasto, ex -senators, field officers of the army (the race is not quite extinct), and many other members of the " upper ten thousand," were to be found mixed ep with fraudulent tradesmen, hard-up cardsharpers, lawyers who had gone too deeply into the subtleties of their profession, and women who if they had gone in as pure as vestals were sure to come out thoroughly tainted with the corruption of the place, and totally lost to the honours of a name, the claims of a kindred, sad the dececcies of self-respect. Latterly, however, • tensiderable improvement has been effected, although, in our j udgme nt, nothing less than the actual cautery will reach the seat of the disease. So lately as two years ago all the evils and abuses of a debtors prison were to be found in Whiteeross-street, but since then the authorities have been fortunate in securing the services of Captain Hicks, a military officer, full of energy and zeal, as governor, and since that gentleman's accession to office much has been done to mitigate the mischiefs of the prison. Captain Hicks has recently published a little brochure, sketching out his views of further ameliora tion, and it was the appearance of this pamphlet which directed our attention to the subject. In order that these views may be understood while we state them, it will be necessary to say one or two preliminary words with reference to the present interim' eeonaniy of Whitecroes-street. Firm, and as the result of our own observation, we must premise that it would be difficult for the most perverse ingenuity to find a place more singu larly ill adapted for the temporary incarceration of a number of human beings, unless it was intended that the sentence of imprisonment should comprehend the destruction of all nervous vitality, prostration of physical health, and future unfitness for active or respectable occupation. The building, which was erected about forty years since, is in fact huddled together in the most unskilful and inappropriate manner, the ceilings are low, and the rooms misera bly lighted, while the yards for exercise are ridicu lously small and so surrounded by buildings as to render the possession of a sufficient supply of pure atmospheric air a luxury totally beyond attainment. Everything that the most rigid discipline and the most perfect cleanliness could effect has been done by the present governor to make the wretched den sweet and wholesome, but still it would be impos sible in our judgment for any man to remain three months in Whitecross-street prison without becoming physically weaker and morally worse from the con finement in a noxious climate, and the contamination which want of sufficient means of classification had exposed him to during his confinement. Such classification as has been found possible has been made according to the following arrangement. There is a first clam of " gentlemen,' which in the prison phraseology means persons who can support themselves, and upon these there is little restraint beyond that which is afforded by the external walls of the prison. As it is one of the curses of impri sonment for debt that the prisoner comes after a while to like his prison, to forget his external asso ciates, and to prefer the license of perpetual undress, and the freedom of a promiscuous society. An attempt is made to get rid of the prisoners in this class, by transferring them, after a certain period, into the third, where they are supposed to submit to the prison regulations, the most onerous of which is of course that which prohibits the introduction of beer or spirits. A way of evading this is, however, soon found. Such prisoners as are on the sick list are exempt, and it is a singular fact that in the ma jority of instances the transferred prisoners become indisposed on the first day of their mi gr ati on , an d seldom quits recover their health during their stay in the prison. It will hardly be believed that men born and reared in a good sphere of society are still to be found wasting the prime of their lives within these narrow walls, and becoming, day by day, more and more reconciled to their situation, and more un willing to emerge into the world without. The second clue epeeists of persons of smaller means, who, when their means are exhausted, are transferred to the fourth, where they have to live on the prison dietary, and to trust to the " c h ar ity money, as it is called, for the means of " going through the evert." 'flue dietary consists of two pints of cocoa, a pound and a half of bread, half a pound of pota toes, and three ounces of cooked meat per diem, the meat alternately with a pint of soup. We had a look at the kitchen in which this food is prepared, and must in conscience make it an exception to the general cleanliness and good order of the prison. A men dismal, unhealthy-looking hole was never de voted to culinary purposes, and, there being no aperture to let off the waste steam, the atmosphere is a perpetual hot vapour-bath, in which the unfor tunate soak shimmers uteri/ as rapidly as either hie pea or potatoes. The late cook was TIMM' bendy in time to save his life ; and the punt, although a young and strong man, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 8, 185& • is rapidly platinising amid his own culinary pro jections. There s, in fact, neither light, nor room, nor facilities for cleanliness in this kitchen, yet although many requisitions have been made to the Court of Aldermen, the latter are obdurate in think ing that three ounces of meat, dressed by a melan choly and rapidly dissolving cook, in this dismal hole, is a fair dietary equivalent for the venison and turtle which they themselves are so fond of enjoying. To the unfortunate clue of prisoners who are thus fed and cooked for, the governor principally directs his compassionate attention. Many of them are working men, who have been sent in from the county courts for small debts, some so low as two or three shillings, and they are constantly craving for permission to work at their various trades. The governor thinks that their wishes might be gratified, and that by giving them work, and paying them for it, means might be afforded for " going through the court," and thus ofkeeping the prison much clearer than at present. He is conscious of the objection that there are many trades which could not be carried on in a prison arranged on the present system, and to meet it suggests the erection of a large 'elf-support ing prison for the whole of the home counties. It is but justice to a man who has exerted himself so zealously and so efficiently for the amelioration of a waieioss system, that his idles should be placed fairly before the public, bat still his plan seems something like the curious little key which Rob Roy had for his " spleuchan," and which was easily su perseded by the simple expedient of cutting off the pouch altogether. In the ease of imprisonment for debt, perhaps the beet way would be to cut the spleachan off altogether by abolishing the last rem nant of a system which, while it afford. every faci lity to the fraudulent debtor, often inflicts wide spread ruin and desolation on honest men and their families. DRAMA. HAYMARKET. On Saturday night, being the occasion of Mr. Charles Mathews's benefit, a new piece was produced at this house. It is entitled The Tails of a Coat, and is described sr a comedy, in three acts, though in reality the plot and in cidents are scarcely more than sufficient to furnish material for a farce of the average length. It contains some smart dialogue and one or two good situation*, and a necessity for marking three distinct epochs M the period of action has doubtless suggested its division into as many acts; but the promise held out in the announcement is scarcely kept in the performance, and there is too much evidence of the absence of stamina, and the elaboration of trivial and unexciting in cident. On the French stage the piece would have taken rank as a asnelsvale, and it is of the same gears ea these two act pieces, smiths. comedies nor farces, which ss exactly suited to display the peculiar powers of Mr. Charles Mathews, and which, original and translated, were produced In such numbers during his miumgameet of the Lyceum. Perhaps Mr. Mathews never acted more finely than on Saturdey night. On his first appearance after his return from America we imagined him somewhat tamed and sub dued, that his flow of animal spirits seemed lees, and the venal animation and energy which he throws into every cha racter, a little abated. This impression wait entirely removed by his performance of Jacques Molinet, which was marked by all that excellent& of finish which has rendered him the most perfect actor now on the English stage. He was wall supported by Mr. Z. Villiers, a gentleman who, though he has yet much to leant, evinces considerable progress in hi s profereion, and by Mn. E. Fitzwilliam, who played the **what* with much spirited vivacity. The piece, which is, we are assured, entirely original, wee received with consider able applause, and the whom, Mewl. W. Broach end Dr. Francs, pumad across the stage in acknowledgment*/ a cell• ... Mr. Mathew'. comedy of The Devagenand the farce of The Eton Boy, concluded the performance. The home wee crowded. THE CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW AT THB CRYSTAL PALACE. On Saturday the hat one of the many brilliant floral fdies which have this year been held at the Crystal Palms took place in the central transept of the building. The show being entirely of cluysenthetnums, the exhibition Isobel the beauty and variety of form and colour which ren dered the spring end summer floral Ptes at Sydenham so brilliant sad successful. But at the aims time the chrysan themum is an interesting plant, and not alone as being the bet of the out-door flowers of the year. It was originally • &alive of China, and was first imported into this country about two centuries ago, though the varieties of form and colour which it has manned in English soil and under English cultivation have rendered It almost • distinct plant from its Asiatic parent. It Is astonishing what • small ex cuse will induce to visit the Palace, for though the sharp au tumnal weather of Saturday was not such r would have tempted any one into a country journey, yet eves the meagre attraction of a chrysanthemum show proved sufficient to secure a large and fashionable attendance at Sydenham. Among the interesting additions which will be made to the natural history collection of the Palace during the ensuing week is a very perfect specimen of the °orang-outang tribe, called a gorilla. It approaches nearer to the human special in form and habits than any of the other known animals. The gorilla is a comparatively recently discovered animal, the skull of one having only been transmitted to Europe heat Western Able. • few years ago, the live animal never haste, been seen by Europeans until within a very recent peeled. It is about five feet in height, end la appsereace resembles the human figure in a re markable degree. The arms are long, of prodigious strength, and are thickly covered with hair. The legs are short, and well adapted to tree-climbing, as in moat of the tribe. What renders the resemblance of the head of the gorilla to the human head most striking is, the different colour of the hair on the cheeks end scalp, that on the cheeks being of an ash grey, while the hair on the scalp is keg, sad of • red hue. The natives of Western Africa tall the twat mar valor stories respecting the ferocity of this animal. It Is said that they descend upon villages in considerable numbers, and destroying them, carry away and devour the children. Some colouring is given to these extraordinary stories by Professor Owen having proved the fact that the gorilla is carnivorous in its habits, and may therefore be as much ad dicted to feeding on human flesh as that of any other serial. One of the most remarkable facts connected with the die oovery of this animal is the circumstance that Problem. Owen, upon an examination of the original skull sent to Europe, described the form of the complete animal exactly ea It afterwards turned out to be. The garden of Lincoln's-inn-fields presents at the Lree_l2l . thos a most inviting and cheerful appearance. Mr. the gardener, having prepared a show o f ohry oZgZosmo which may vie with any of those alder exhibi tions of the rme flower with which the public is familiar. All decor end well-behaved persons are admitted within the inelosure, which thus affords a place_ of quiet enjoyment in the hurt of a buoy neighbourhood. Besides the ordinary varied" Mr. Morgan @White standard chrysanthemums whit& have • eery imegniiicent appearance, being three feet high, with • broad flat head, and carrying forty or fifty &mem _ tin Friday evening several thousand persons met la the Liverpool Amphitheatre to protest against the system et arerfeafer candsmion and other Rootatariot prostitute olrbtece l hai:rewu 1.1118 4 the Bor. Dr. meet Tss ALPACAS VOA VlCTOitls.—X6o anbeegibers to lb Alma rand will *glad to Mere this the leek (cos eletisa of twenty-one inhaels was safely asterked as board the Gadder., la the led India ) Docks, yesterday afternoon, and will mail from Oravesead OM Monday nu mt. The imesis wrZ ti ldkard ll 7 In good condition, and cocammaced eating h s= l a te Oka la on board. A 000mMient mast from the Zoleaeue, Regent's Park, has bad charge of the twio last six nuas, and ecoompanies than on their voyage. TM Sole boa dick in two well-arranged haws, and preemies requisite has been taken to secure a weeail bens to the voyage. It Is to be regretted that the awl bee set been eerie up, but it is hoped that there are aseag►odwbes who, use bevies yet subemibed, will come toned ea mils up the entoont.—AlMirailell and ben- Inaland Gamin P CILVITAL PALACL—HALT-CROWN MT.—SATOH. DAT, Nov. 6.—Admissions on payment, 994; ditto by maim dolmas, ;UN; total, 4,163. SPORTING. WMARKET AND LIVERPOOL. TO THZ IDITOI OP TEM ZX PHU/. - - 8114—finch a meeting as that advertised to take place at Liverpool this week most not be neglected, although it le not get* orthodox, if we take the opinion of the old school of Tereus, who stick to the Houghton as the last legitimate roasting of the season; and considering the rest that la required by those who midst at It, perhaps it deserves to be so, fora witness to 76 conteets in six days, with even the constitution of a hone, is fairly deserving of • three mouths' halklay. Bet 1 mat go with the time, and after a brief review of the incidents In column= with the racing at N Lt the Liverpool Cep have its due weight. Oa Monday, nothing but the Criterion —which, ea this ocompion, eau fairly claim the title—could be talked about for two minutes together and when the time strived for Its decision the combatants were spanned with intense interest. The important discovery Mem hem mile of both the "cracks" being in good trim, the Woodyeates hero especially having filled out wonderfully since he melt his *led at Goodwood, the partisans of each went to week he the Ring " hammer and tongs," and there wee wry bile diatom In thek bi sitiona for some time ; bat th e feet et Premised Land in the ;Darby gave him the rim what the betting sett down, for many who were rather heavily against him " hedged" by having a little - oh Mee, es he victory would have made him such . pot" for thg. bine Wand that they wadi have had very bad King-P-Anne wee admileed i dtat not alli ; :er • few Mlle' a ea aserbeg the distialee, Whin he held aal t lend, with the favourite Nomad, and North Lincoln but scarcely • length separating each. The pace bad been very great throughout, and a cut of the whip was necessary to keep the King going, but it only mused him to swerve on to North Lincoln, just as he made hie effort, yet without causing ouch • great man-of war to be thrown out of his stride, for he went in and took the lead am if nothing had happened, and, despite • gallant effort on the part of Promised Land, he won by a clear length (not easly) amid such a about as he seldom heard at Newmarket. The defeat of Promised Land caused some long faces, and many who were on him for the Derby began hedging as if their very lives depended on their " getting oat," but they were very soon accommodated, and the ea gerness with which • select few snapped up every reasonable offer betrays the fact of there being • little more than meet. the eye in the affair. The horse was soon as good a favou rite as ever for the great prize, and seeing that he has, even considering his defeat, done more than either Marionette or Muajid—both at short prior —with North Lincoln, for the latter beat them both in • common canter, giving them 61he. at Ascot, it la impossible to and tault with his holding position of first favourite. As I shall so moon commence an analysis of next year's great events, it le not requisite for me to give any far ther opinion respecting him here. North Lincoln has re gained hie lost laurels, end " The Baron" has at last about the best horse of the day; but he is, unfortunately, as far from winning a Derby as ever, unless the Brother to Sydney is within a pound or two of his wonderful phenomenon. The Cambridgeshire and the " feather plate" were the only inte resting events on Tuesday, and the latter race introduced its to a better clam of animals than usual, the winner, Secret Treasure, being by tar the best two-year-old that bas carried it off once the triumphs of Eryx and Little Jack. The Cam brideeshies was remarkable for the utter defeat of eive favourite, the twelve animals who were backed for so meth money at last not producing one that could get among the first three 1 The Zomve, Ancient Briton, Satinitam and Rocket, ran well, but not half well enough for their beakers, and the judge had to " perform" on • trio who kit the post at 40 to 1 each. On Wednesday • Derby " mak," The Kelpie, broke down in the attempt M mak•Herry Bluff strike his flag to him; and two St. Leger gran goes, Volta sad East Langton, were beaten la a cantor by whose owner, had be been tamed there's, would no mom have thought of starting hlm than of sending him on an expedi tion after the comet. The fifteen races on Thursday were commenced by Malacca winning over two miles, and them we saw Saunterer succumb to Gilliver, thus proving that weight would bring even a donkey and • flash of lightning together. The Knight of Kars wine one-third of the purchase mosey for his new owner without any trouble, and North Lincoln walks away from as opponent ha had on the Ab.M. for eleven " posies," with the meet contemptible lediferesee. The Nanette, on Friday did not lutecium to ua any new awe, nor did they give any very peat satisheition, and were the handicap made public • few days earlier they could not possibly be harmed dep. by, foe nom maa rwevent the Man melee affecting them too meek. ies We had • deed heat for a match, and • second that took plea on Saturday was the only incident thet could pat life into no on the last day, which did not give na our liberty till after a dam more ding-doug contests ; and then the mach yenned special that was to take us into the realms of imam la ouch a short time, was not half ready when we reached the station, so that it did not leave the platform until Testy minutes after the proper time. But whether this was dam to make up for a mono= blunder committed on the grand day, It is impossible to my, for many who had come down by the meek' to see the " big race, " with an idea that they were to be taken home "an hoar er the lust ram," found they had ant been allowed half an hour to reach the station, the special having gone when Isom dozens of them arrived there twenty fee minute: after the last ewe, thinking to be in such good time. The Autumn Cup at Liverpool will close the " arreat"events of 1868, and worthily, too, if I mistake not. The field may be composed of Underhand, Commotion, Blue Jacket, Special License, King of the Gipsies, Mitreillsßroadlande, Lifeboat, La Maledetta,Goreehill,Cawood,Target, ; end perhaps Tournament, Facilathee, and Gager. Mr. Merry 'a lot is very popular, he having carried the prize of with Special License lust year, and considering this gentle man is only meeting the present and bat year's favourite, Underhand, on 71b worse terms than when be won with molt came, Underhand being nowhere to him, the public have every right to stick to. his ooloure—when they fled what is to carry them. Just now there are only four of bis lot in the market—Special License, Cawad, King of the Isles, and Rieeber—and seeing that all have been nibbled at, while no particular ellemonstradon has as yet been made In favour of either, the discovery is not to be easily made. It is even possible for Peeress who has not been introduced yet, to prove the ;elected of the stable, and such an ooppeena yyaotion had better not be disommed hue. Underhed has proved himself a raoshom on nearly every occasion of his porformanoe in public, and hie running in the Cambridgeshire with Bet was quite good enough for him to &gala as good a position here as the judge had to award him that day. Even over a diatoms, which wee admitted to be anything but long enough for him, the mils and time furling' at Worcester Stammer Meeting, be bad mach the best of Commotion, giving him gilt; and even if the latter Is in each an Improved form as his party avert, he can hardly hope ter turn the scale at 21b. Blue Jacket has been for sometime going to do great things; and it looked at one time as if this were the joarney ; but hints have dropped that his party have been " fore stalled," and if so his backers must wait • little longer, although I cannot but believe his Mends had a particular object in view in speeding each a report. He le • great fine horse, and all the fault that could ever be found was a difficulty in trelnin him ; but he did not begin too soars, Skit some of our ono thoroughbreds, and he will look much better at Liverpool than the public have ever seen him. The French filly, La Italadetta, and Gambill, have been backed for good mosey, end Medallion is whispered a dangerous outsider ; bat I look for Underhand, Blue haat, and Mr. Merry's re prmatative to 'apply the winner; and Blue Jacket and Fordhate (with the monetery pet el the business all right) A I—Underhand big erg in mg eglimaties—Vonee, he., METEOR. THE LONDON AID CODIIYT BSD- Lela &TATES MID ?El TIPPIiaIY BILWIL—As Important ease wee opened on Friday in the Landed Rotates Court. Dublin, beim. Judge Loarlield, in which the London and Count Bank and the creditors of the Tipperary Bank ap peered as rival claimants lot the produce of the Bermes= estates, formerly the property of the notorious =kids, John Badleir. The value of the fund in dispute is upwards of 100,0001. It will be bane in mind that so far the peaces& ings have been ex parts—all advanced in the drlagest way by the advocate of the Tipperary Bank. A °toed= court listened with marked attention, and oomisionallT roaniasta4 surprise et the foots related of BMWs gigantic swindles. It appears that for many mouths prior to the page of of the Tipperary Bank, John Badleir wee at loggerheads with his brother Jamie, the manage of the bank, for not freely cashing his huge draft*, after he (John) bad abstracted somewhere about three rimes the amount of the paid-up capital. James, while =drafting him as "my dear John," writes, " I would not be burdened with your emote= lies say logger." Again, " Your constant lying Is WNW *Mt 'With* elm, and very little would make me send back the 6,0001, cheques. &c.." This letter was written from Memel in March, 1865, or nearly • year before the bank stopped payment. Again, about the same time, we find the add= managing brother wetting—. Nothing con be more roguish or disgraceful than your conduct. I con sider your rata, as you oall it, of very little consequence." Aug In a =lpt be adds It la only just • Mere doubt the beak open next week." But that rotten con cern did keep wpm until the following February or March, nearly • fall year. It was apparently owing to these letters of James and • aped& demand for security that John gave authority to James to deal with the estaterainos sold—and the produce of which is now the subject of litigation. The London and County Bank km not yet been beard, but the assignee of the Tipperary Bank, on behalf of the ereditme, charges the directors of that coca= with having been well aware of the fact of John !iodides tampering with the taxa of the Irish bank; that they must have known Mitt he had, through his brother James, obtained large advances from Its coffers, and notwithstanding they allowed him to incur =enor mous amount of liability to their concern without any valid esearity. On the other hand, the London and County Beak dime= intuitively swear they had 'not the algid= knee. Mg% billet, or soopitioa el say such improper inollap. (Stamped id. ALiditiowil.) [TWOPENCE. MB RIVAL OMNIBUS COMPANIES. INDICTMENT FOR CONSPIRACY. At the Westminster Court on Saturday, after oar report left, it was intimated for the don that the charge was withdrawn against Mr. Bur and Bryan, who would be palled as witnemen Mr. Davies urged that his client, Mr. Ram, bad a right to his costs ; the charges again. him never ought to have been exhibited ; and se be had been unasommily put to expenses they ought to be defrayed. Mr. Poynter mid he could not make an order. Witnesses having been ordered to retire _and other pre liminary matters disposed of, Mr. Edwards belay stated the nature and denounced the conduct of the London General Omnibus Company as a conspiracy of no ordi nary description to imam the trade end to libel the members of the rival company. In 18.56 almost all the omnibus. of this metropolis were bought up by a French company, with a view, as wee end, of putting the omnibuses of London on the same footing m those of Paris. This announcement wee received with great gratification by the people of London ; for every one who had bean in Paris knew how much had to be gained by the asehollation of the London omnibus.' to those of our coati • metal aslabbows. The Saloon Omnibus Company wee started, and at lbst had only six or eight omnibuses, which they pet upon. roads unoccupied by the General Omnibus Company. No .sear was this done than the General Om album Company commistrod a of " nursing "—that in running an eumfbes I.metlat.Jj in front, and another close Coot ie., behind, seek ef the Salome y'a x estsges, , do so that it w....verzttv a a . ail sorts or e lrb s el: =mum, imputing to the Company insolvency, and had adopted other nefarious practices, with a view to injure them in the estimation of the public. These were the leading facts which he should prove in evidence, and be met tended that it was highly undesirable that this great foreign company should come to London and seize Its thoroughfares, and then prevent other omnibuses from running on the roads. __ .._ _ __ . . . Mr. Times Hall, clerk to the General Omnibus Com m, ammined, said he entered the service in August last. Mr. Edwin Chadwick was a member of the council of the company. There were meetings of the council at the office. He had seen Mr. Chadwick there. The company had an °Moe in Paris end another in London. He did not know which was the chief. Mr. Amain and Mr. Ceeway were ' also members of the council of surveillance. Witness re solved his orders from Mr. Church. Mr. Mammals and Mr. Willing were the minute of the company. He could not say whether the names of Mr. Macnamara and Mr. Willing were printed upon all the omnitinaes of the company —ha had not seen them all. (A laugh.) Brewer, Hartley, sad odors were road directors" of the company. He dui not know the names of any of the coachmen. At the request of the counsel for the London General Company, the crass-examination of Mr. Hall was deferred, the learned gentlemen stating that they were hopelessly in the de* as to the case they had to meet. Mr. Malcolm was next called, and mid he was originally an omnibus proprietor on the Bayswater-road. Bnbeequently he became • coachman, then a tints-keeper, and then the manager of the Hammersmith Omnibus Association. He knew ldr. Mecums:a and Mr. Willing, who were general manager* of the London Gement Compan_y. They were con stantly at the o ffi ce of the aseaptay. Mr. Hartley and the other persona named bald cans fa the company as managers, road directors, /cc. The other def Manta he knew as coach men of the company. The names marked upon the MlD pears omnibuses were Felix Carteret, Arthur Mummers, and James Willing sad Co. He knew perfectly well what "Haring" wee. (Laughter.) He new sew a Saloon Com pany's omnibus unattended by one, two, three, four, or five of the London General Company', omaibosr. That had been the are ever sinas the Woes Coenpany started up to eleven o'clock this morning. If a Geoerel omnibus in front happened to get full on the route, the coachman telegraphed tc man behind, who pulled up to frost, while the front , 1 OW whisk wee fall fell behind, sad kept its pole close to the door, so that poems amid not get into the Saloon Company's carriage withont extreme danger. Examalustna resumed -TM nursing" omnibuses were driven by Grimm, Bannister, Maddel, Ray, Cranbrook, Sea ton, Shin, Peters, Ditglas, Miller, Moon, and White. Had seen theme persons nursing" the Saloon omnibus. Had seen Garton rod Brewer and Batter, and Price and Puree riding on the company's omnibus when following and pre ceding the omnibuses of the Saloon Company—hunting them, in foot. (A laugh.) Could not remember the dates when this " nursing" took place. It was of daily occur rence. At twelve minutes past eight last night there were live anathema attending one of the Saloon miniboom. On one tweaks be maw a Saloon omnibus at the Manske-house with two of the company's before it and use behind. Brewer was • road direekr of the General Company, and he heard him say to the coachman of the hindermost 'boo, " There he is ; pull in behind and pole him away." The coachman imme diately palled In behind, and got within two feet of the door of the Saloon 'bus. Witness said to Mr. Brewer, this eat the promise you made before Mr. Henry to desiyirißis SWIM wee, Oh, Mr. Henry be Wowed •we shall ram our aranibusse when we like and what we like." (A lanoS e t a. t the examination before Mr. Henry, at Bow. street, Baker, and Garton were present when Brewer that It was the intention of the company to dis continue the realm of " nursing." Wheo the summonses were heard before Mr. Henry the cues were dismissed, in consequence of Ns production of the resolution respecting the stoppage of this system. When witness remonstrated with Baker about the practice being kept up, Baker said, " Oh, the men have a ditty to perform, and they must do as they are told." He had seen Baker a hundred times at least Moo January hat urge on the men of the General Company to follow up the Saloon omnibuses. . . Cross-examined by Mr. Sleigh—Witmer was a proprietor of one omnibus about 25 years ago. Since that time had been time keeper, but was now in the service of the Saloon Company as a road director." On four different °mations he had been a commercial traveller, and was a policemen 27 years since. He was discharged from the police because when on rick leave he had been seen out by the inspector. Could not fix upon any precise day when he hAd seen Hart ley upon an omnibus engaged in "nursing." Had laid several informations against the London General Company. Cross-examined by Mr. T. Atkinson—Had seen Miller at least fifty times this year " poling " the Saloon omnibuses —eomeumee in King William-street and Sothis place:ask:op the line to Fulham and Putney. Mr. Atkinson stated that the omnibuses of the General Company passed the front of the Mansion-hones not leas than 2,643 times in the day. William Byron wee next called, and examined by Mr. Edwards. He said he was • journeyman coach-builder, re siding at Britannia-row, Walham-gtess. Knew Hawkins, one of the defendants, and was drat acquainted with him through buiWthg four omnibuses for Mr. Agshford. The omnibuses were built as much like those of the Saloon Com pany es possible, and were painted the same colour. When Mr. Hawkins called upon witness he declined to see him in the peessta of his wife. On one occasion Mr. Hawkins asked him to join him in something which he wee going to crtwith, and which would be advantageous to witness. e explained was to file a bill in Chancery to prevent the !loon Company borrowing any money upon deben tures, sad Mr. Hawkins said he did not with his name to appear in the matter before the public. Wit ness bald tea s har es in the Saloon Company, and had no ides of fling an bill of the sort until Hawkins suggested it. He said that the effeet of filing the bill in Chancery without ring his name would be to crush the Saloon Com pry, and pierce them going on. When witness spoke so Hawkine about the money, he said that would be ail right, and that ft would not cost them • penny ; and if they sr- Deeded In getting the bill he would give him 601. In the drat onset, and that witness wee to have 1601. in the whole for the use of his name, if the bill encoseded. The bill wee filed and dismissed, and Hawkins told witness that they were erne to appeal against the decrier He said that the Saloon Company toast break down; they amid not stand It, for they were losing their horses as fist as they could, and had not • farthing in their coffers to keep on with. About a fortnight ago Hawkins told witness that the horses of the Saloon Company were dropping off like rotten sheep. On an other occasion he said, " They're all right, my boy ; they are well dosed, they will drop some more yet on this road." Went with Hawkins to Mr. Norton, a solicitor, three or four times, sad had met then a Mr. Edwards, Mr. Luckey, sad some other perms, whom he did not know. Witness had attended, by the request of Mr. Hawkins, Mr. Lloyd Jones, and Mr. Ayableed, sere of the general meetings of the Salons Compaq. He err told to disturb the proceeding* all that be possibly cord. Ms met fourteen other persons at the public-home =ifte London Tavern ; among them wen sorer th e servants of the Saloon Company. m It was whispered od room that they were to disturb the vmatilag. He wee serespenied to the meeting by two mare, end together they Med to create a disturbance. At the second maim the sere look place. Mr. Sleigh threleil to this evidence on the ground that it did not 00•01111 la my try say of the defendants connected with the General Omnibus Cos y. Mr. Poynter said that the arldss skerly gives showed that four omnibuses had bees built erearellag those of the Saloon Company for Ayshfard, who had been proved to have been connected with the Gamer Omnibus Company. Mr. Sleigh chareeterier the preceedinp es the part of the prosecution es notideg more than a mare 'thing inquiry to see If anything self be get out rinse the company. [This sestenest wee reeler with cons idera ble *henries by mew persons in the reed, but sunnier on the etagiesste cedar, these who again reel in such a manner to be rie revel from sic court.] Examination menzeol—Wilars stated that he had re rived half-a-mews film Mr. Hawkins, which had bra given to him by Mr. Lloyd Jews. II was either Mr. Hawkins or Mr. Jame ebb grand the wirfar, bat be did not see who it wee thot t asil. Mr , there was a remark ride they sight be a fails sere " fret," as it would cost rises imilides. He never paid anything for the sapper, her did be ass coq one eke pay anything. Witmer vest with Hawkins rood to the shareholder., to induce lion to pot *dr *Ware to a paper, to be presented to the ]lerriof Trade, to appoint sons me to examine the books of the company. He had seen Mr. Hawkins and Mr. MIKIIIMBATS together, but m each comics he had been requested by Mr. Hawkins to keep back. Had seen Hawkins go into the General Company's offices at Charing-cross several times, and he told witness that " he was working day and night against the Saloon Company, and would sell his ooat off his back but w h a t he would crush than." On the 23rd of October he saw Hawkins, who saki, " It's all right, my boy. I will tell you what we want you to do ; they have lost 16 horses at Bayswater, old Goodman's grey horse, and two in the Brompton-road. They are dropping off like rotten sheep. Now I want jou to fti a bill in bankruptcy against them. It won't do for me to put my name to it, as I have had it there before, and it is so wall known." Witness said he would not mind assisting Waif he would give him a note to show that he was not to be liable for any expenses, and which should hold him harmless in the matter. Hawkins said he would do so, and witness had not seen him since that time. Hawkins told him that he was to have 1,0001. if the plans succeeded. He mid, " It will be a good for thing for us if we noosed ; you shall have 1601., and I shall hare 1,000!., and we hare to pay all the expenses." After some discussion, the promedings were at thie stage adjourned until Thursday next, at 11 ci cloak. CITY POLICE COMMITTEE. On Saturday alternate a conductor, who wore badge N 0..• 816, and was on an omnibus numbered 7,163, belonging to the London General Omnibus Company, and running from the Bank to the Royal Oak, was summoned before Mr. Alderman Carter, et the City Polioe Committee, for loitering, on the 27th of October Let, in the Poultry. The offisw, stated thee be wee on duty In the Poultry corthe day ht question, and found the defendant following ckeely a Saloon omnibus, and Ike Saloon omnibus stopping to take up a , defendant stopped oleo. On every oc casion of the Saloon stopping, defendant stopped. The Saloon was going to the Royal Oak. Mr. T. Beard, on the part of defendant, raid he had never been summoned before, and he was not following the Saloon 'bus. The alderman knew that the 'buses and cabs were obliged to keep in the rank along Cheapside and the Poultry, and it was eo on the day in question. Officer—Defendant had room to draw out of the ranks without inconveniencing the other traffic. Alderman—Oh I This is a case of nursing. Mr. Beard—lndeed, it is not ! There is only one omnibus. Alderman—What is nursing ? Mr. Beard—One before and one behind. Aldansan—l think one nurse would prove as effective as two. It Is very clear to me that nursing wan going on hem, and I shall line defendant 10a. and oasts. Mr. Birrd—l an swore yon, sir, there was no nursing. Alderman—l think there wee. Mr. W. R. Pope, secretary to the Saloon Omnibus Com pany, and the dnver of one of their omnibuses, No. 6,391, were summoned before Alderman Ca rt er, for wantonly and cruelly 111-treating, and causing to be ill-treated, two of their horses. -- Smart, City police constable 411, said—About a quarter to twelve o'clock on the 22nd of October his attention was drawn to the defendant', omnibus, in the front of the Man sion-house. He stopped it, and, on examining the off side horse, he found two wounds on the shoulder, under the oollar , about the size of half-a-clown, each perfectly raw, and blood sad matter oozing out; and there was :also blood and hair attached to the collar, corresponding to the wounds. On removing that horse, be found, under the collar of the near side horse, on the off shoulder, a much larger wound than either of the other two, very raw, and blood and hair attached to the collar. kis belief was that they were old wounds rubbed off strain." Mr. Malcolm, one of the Saloon Omnibus Company's ma nagers, said they were fresh wounds. Smart said they were not ; they were old sores. Mr. Malcolm said the reason these wounds came there was that the horses had gone out that morning without their Wee collars, but, ma soon as it was seen that their shoulders were so bad, they were taken out of the omnibuses. Smart said Yes ; they were taken out, but that was because he insisted on it, and would not let the omnibuses go on with them in it. Alderman Cuter add such cruelty could not be allowed, and the poor dumb animals must be protected from the inhu manity of their keepers and drivers. He then fined the de fendants 10s., and the oast of the summonses, which was at once paid. PORT-OPPICI LIBRARY AND LITERADY AS6OCIAZION. Not to be behindhand in the " march of improve ment," and emulous of their brethren at the Bank, Admi ralty, and other government institutions, the employe , ' at the General Post-offiee a short time Ince conceived the idea of forming for themselves a library and reeding-room similar to those possessed by the former establishments, and on Saturday a general meeting of upwards of 300 clerks and officials we held in the Dead Letter Department, to establish the same; Mr. TILLEY being unanimously called to the chair. The project has received a large amount of support, both from the public and those more immediately interested in the scheme, which will comprise a library, reading and lecture room do., for the nee of clerks and higher officers in every depart ment.e Donations to the amount of 2204 in money, and 1,600 volumes of books have already been re ceived, and the proprietors of three morning papers have oleo promised to supply a copy of their respective journals free. The subecriptions will be 12e. per annum; life subscribers, 61. ; the election to be by ballot. In addition to their own library, arrangements have been made with one of the large circulating libraries for a constant supply of books. The CEA I MIEN briefly explained the objects of the meet ing. The want of each an Institution as that which they were now inaugurating bad long been felt in that vast wta blishment, on the importance of which he need not dwell. He referred to the pleasures and benefits to be derived from literature, referring to Charles Lamb, and the enjoyment he found in his own letters, which were the means of relieving what would otherwise have been a monotonous life. " Books," he remarked, " were our best frieuda, mi.Tfei;l es ware too wise to turn our backs upon them." Kr. Wm moved—" That this meeting approves of the proposal to establish a Poet-office Library and Literary Assoclotion, with the object indicated in the report from the committee now submitted, and resolves that the proposed asiodatfon be established." Mr. IICSARD73ON alluded to the moral and intellectual effect which such an institution would be likely to produce, and medially seconded the resolution. Mr. F. Htha, hod communicated with the Postmaster- General on the subject, who bad promised to give the project hie support. He (Mr. Hill) hoped at some future time such an institution would be established for the benefit of the letter carriers, and paired a high compliment upon them as body for their auldnity and attention to business. Mr. B. PAGE submitted the proposed rules to the meeting. Several amendments were proposed, but, after some discus don_ _, they were adopted as they stood. Mr. BCODARORI proposed a vote of thanks to the donors and others who had assisted them. He read a letter from the pirate secretary to the Prince Consort, in answer to a communication taut, expressing his royal highneas sym pathy, end wishing to hear from them again when their scheme had been further developed. Hs bad received a donation of 61. from the Duke of Argyll; Lord &bury, 61. ; Sir Moses Monteffors, 101.; Lord Oversteps, 101.; Yr. Gil bert, 10 &was ; Sir H. L. Salyer, 61.; Bid* of London, 3 guineas; Mr. C. Henn. 61" Ate. Contribudosa of books had been sent by Mr. C. Mr. Smug Lover, Mr. Freak Smedley, Mr. Bohn, Mies Martineau, Menem. Riving eon, Masers. Smith and Son, Strand (300 vols.), Messrs. Virtue, Mr. Trollop, Mr. Capra, the `poet-postman" of Bideford, and numerous others. Several eminent persona had also promised them support, among whom were the Postmaster-General, Cardinal Wiseman, &c. They had been most liberally supported in the Post-office--Mr. Row land Hill, Mr. F. Hill, and Mr. Tilley had each given 101., besides becoming life ant-scribers. Contributions in money and books had also been received from very many oaten,. Mr. TROLLOPS thought there was very little doubt of the success of the institution. Many of the works received were very valuable, end were only to be found in race libraries. He medially seconded Mr. Scudamore's propoeidon, which wee carried by acclamation. Several other gentlemen addressed the meeting, among whom were Mess. Chetwyod, Jordan, Lewis, R. Smith, Bolombeen, F. R. Judson, &c.; and a committee of manage ment and officers were chosen. Mr. TAXIS, in s very humorous speech, • vote of thanks to the chairman, upon whom he a high eulo glum for his martians in their behalf. He (Mr. Yates) hoped the time would shortly come when the stigma that had been cut upon them by some that, though " men of letters," they weft illiterate, would be astireby removed. THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH. TO Till SDITOIL 01 TIM TIPIIIII. Sti,—Will you be good enough to give insertion to the fame of the directors of the Atlantic Telegraph Compaq to say letter and proposal, which appeared is your columns on thenth of October P—l eta, &u, E. 0. WILDMAN WHITEHOUSE. Weaken, Went* Nov. 3. Atlantic Telegraph Office, 22, Old Broad-rtreet, London, Oct. 27. Dear 81r,—I am Mein:acted to acknowlege the receipt of your latter, dated Valenti., October 23, and addressed by yea etmultanaoualy to the directors of this company, sad to the editors of the various newspapers, to which it appears this day, wherein you request that the cable may be sob isitaed to your further testa and experiments for the purpose of soebffeg you to make an offer for restoring and mainsail tog it in efficient working order, under a condition as to per teutagir payments ; and I am further instructed to inform you that the directors feel unable to comply with your mesa or 11 to satyr into the proposal contemplated by you.—l am, years truly, (Signed) Grooms Sawszo, Sm. B. 0. W. Whitehouse, Req., Valenta.