The Express. — London, England, 1864-11-23 00:00:00

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No one who has seen the changes which are now being wrought in the smaller towns of Lan cashire can doubt that the Public Works Act, whether or not it has realized the expectations of its authors in giving work to factory hands, has brought substantial benefit to the district over which its operation extends. We may dismiss in very few words its relation to Manchester, and one or two other towns of large populations and fully developed municipal institutions. They have borrowed large sums of money from the Govern ment on the security of the rates, at a lover per centage and on more favourable terms than they could have obtained the same amount from other capitalists. But borrowing money to bo em ployed in remunerative public works is no new thing to them. They have done it before, and would have done it again. The Public Works Act has created, so far as they are concerned, an exceptionally favourable state of the money market, and so has induced them to choose precisely this moment for improvements which might otherwise have been spread over a long series of years. But in a host of other smaller places it has for the first time made improvement possible. _ _ Everybody knows with what rapid ugliness a Lancashire village grows up by the side of some stream which promises a steady supply of water for manufacturing purposes, and in how few years the village grows into a town. First rises the mill; then, when all the old stone cottages on the hill sides are full to repletion, and men and women have to walk miles to their work, long monstrous rows of brick dwellings stretch them selves over the uneven ground. Compared with the huts in which many agricultural labourers hide their squalid wretchedness, they are healthy and roomy ; they have more commonly four rooms than two, and unless the families who inhabit them are very large, there is a chance of decency by night and by day. But there is no attempt to lay out the place in accordance with the opportunities of the site ; every freeholder sells his plot of land, every builder conducts his speculation as he pleases ; all agree to forget the sewer ; and instead of paving, a layer of ashes from the engine fire sorvea to hide the clay. At first the ill consequences of all this are little felt ; for through every house flows a perpetual current of fresh air, and the strong breeze from the moors carries off the miasma; cinders make a goodroad when there is not much traffic ; and men are too busy in build ing new rows of houses to look to the comfort and cleanliness of the old ones. But presently another and another factory is reared ; the village grows apace ; the airy streets become close and foul ; the unpaved roads are ankle deep in mire ; while if in the centre of the place some attention is per force paid to paving, and men who live in decent houses keep their own doorways clean, the process of rude growth which we have described perpetually goes on at every point of the circum ference. To introduce into such a place as this any form of local government is always a difficulty : innumerable petty personal interests start up in eager rebellion : every landowner claims to do as be pleases on his own property ; while the inha bitants, swayed by no stronger motive than an " ignorant impatience of taxation," are more ter- rEed by the prospect of a rate of twopence in the pound than allured by the vision of the most needful or splendid public improvement. Aud even when some form of municipal government is at last forced upon them, the candidates who carry the elections in all the wards are the men who will spend least of the public money on new-fangled'; schemes, and are happily content to let well alone. Bo touch is this the case that, in many instances, the best paved, best drained, beat lighted villages have been those which, belonging to a single pro prietor, have been saved from no-government, or niggardly self-government, by suffering the sway of a paternal despotism. In the history of many such places the passing of the Public NVorks Act will form an epoch. Some overgrown and anarchic villages it has com pelled to assume the institutions and responsibili ties of a town ; to many towns, which in point of population (and of population alone) would rank with county capitals of Southern England, it pre sented an opportunity almost of reconstruction which might never recur. Here was money to be had on easy terms, public opinion pressing for its employment, and a creditor who would accept the security of the rates with as little demur as that of the Corporation of Liverpool or London. So plans of arterial drainage have been de vised in places which before were almost guiltier' of a sewer; in hundreds of miles of streets granite pavement is being substituted for cinder-covered clay ; public parka are being laid out and planted ; decent cemeteries are replacing the dime and squalid churchyards ; hills are being levelled, and hollows tilled up, at once to THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1864: the relief of the eye and the ease of traffic. ' Nothing can give these places the picturesque beauty, or even the outward air of homely comfort, which distinguishes so many English market towns. As yet the public buildings are few, and of a bad sort ; houses and shops are mean and grimy ; neither the climate nor the price of land will sutler the growth of bees and gardens, which elsewhere bring town and country into such charming con tact. But they will, at least, be more fit to live in ; and such beauty litl the circumstances of the case admit may come presently. It is not too much to say that by help of the Public Works Act, Lancashire will do as much needful sanitary work in three as without it would hardly have been done in thirty years. But then the factory operatives, for whom the Act was to find work—what of them? We have already stated our opinion that in this respect, too, it is doing all, or nearly all, that was expected of it by every sober-minded critic ; and that the root of any disappointment that may exist may be traced, not to real failure, but to overstrained anti cipation. A more important thing is to note that no accusations of jobbery or malversation are brought against the borrowers of the public money. With singularly few exceptions the work/ are judiciously selected and honestly executed. The nation will get its money back on the stipulated terms, and the borrowing towns will have more than the money's worth. Even against Manchester all that can be alleged is that the corporation saw and seized upon the chance of a large loan upon easy terms, and have not been very scrupulous as to , the implied condition ; no one says that the im provements upon which the money is spent are not needed, or that anything has been wasted in the purchase of the materials which absorb so large a part of it. And if this is true, and the example of Lancashire proves that public money can be advantageously lent and honestly applied to such purposes, why should not the Public Works Act be made applicable to the whole kingdom? Such an extension of its terms would at once remove any lingering jealousy which may arise from the idea that Lancashire towns are deriving a great local good at the national charge, without always fulfilling the condition with which the nation accompanied its benevolence. It is well understood that these loans cost the Government nothing—that the whole affair is a financial transaction which pays its own expenses. Surely there must be pottery villages in Staffordshire, and hardware towns about Bir mingham, and valleys in Yorkshire where the Public Works Act would amply pay for itself, not only in money, but in the increased health and comfort of the labouring population. If the cotton famine indirectly conduces to lessen the Lanca shire death rate, it will only be one instance more ' of the way in which Divine Providence suffers no evil to be unattended by at least a partly counter j veiling good. Irbt (Noun. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. M. The French Ambassador (Prince de Latour d'Auvergne), the Viscount and Viscountees Sydney, the Viscount and riseountess Palmerston, the Hot. Sir Frede rick Brace, and Lentenant-General Sir Richard dare,, arrival at the Castle yesterday. I The royal dinner party in the e►ening comprised the Prince and Princes of Wales and Princess Helena, the French Ambassador, Viscount and Viscountess Splncy, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, the Hon. Sir Frede rick Bruce, Lieutenant-General Sir Richard Airey, and the ladies and Gentlemen in Waiting to her Alsjesty and the Prince and Princess of Wales. The Queen, accompanied by the Princess of Walea, Princese Helena, and Princess Beatrice, drove out this morning in a carriage and four, attended by Colonel the Hon. A. Harding.. Her Majesty went to the Norfolk sad Flemish Farms and inspected tho animals about to be exhibited at the cattle show. Risen Brunnow, the Russian Ambassador, had an audi ence of the Queen this afternoon, and presented General Todleben to her Majesty. Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Mn. Bruce, walked and drove in the grounds. The Prince of Wales went 'out shooting, accompanied by the Hon. Sir Frederick Bruce, and attended by Lord Methuen and Major Teesdale. Prince Arthur left the Castle this morning, and returned to Greenwich Park, attended by Major Elphiostone. The following visitors likewise left the Castle—the French Ambassador, Viscount and Viscountess Sydney, Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston, and Limit.. General Sir Richard Airey. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, in Downing-street. The ministers present were Viscount Palmerston, the Lord Chancellor, Sir George Grey, Earl Russell, the Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, Sir Charles Wood, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T. Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, the Earl of Clarendon, and the Right Hon. C. P. Villiers. ARRIVAL OP THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OP 1 WALES IN THE METROPOLIS.-(THIS DAL) This morning their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales, accompanied by their infant son, Prince Albert Victor, left Windsor Castle shortly after 10 o'clock, tea route foe London. Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales wore a blue violet silk velvet dress and jacket, and white bonnet with black lace and white feather. The infant prince, who was carried in the arms of his nurse, rode in the saloon with , his parents. Their Royal Highnesses are expected to leave town for Sandringham to-morrow. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge bad l a dinner party on Monday at Gloucester House expressly to meet General Todleben, the distinguished Russian [ engineer. The Duchess of Cambridge, his Excellency the Rummies Ambassador, and a select party formed the circle. Several military officers of high rank were not present on ion account of their absence from London. His Excellency the French Ambassador enter tained a select circle at dinner yesterday eveniug at the Embassy at Albert-gate. His Excellency the Prussian Ambassador comes to town to-day from St. Leonardson-Ses, end, is cane queue cf an invitation from her Majesty, goes to Windsor . Castle on • short visit to the queee. At the late Durbar which was held by Sir John ' Lawrenoe in munificent tents pitched on • smooth plain ' outside the walls of Lahore, the Rajah of Jheeod was dressed hi pure white muslin, gleaming all over with diamonds and emeralds, and a yellow turban. The Ma i husjah of Patted', a very important personage, wore a dress of rich lavender silk, but so overlaid with emeralds and pearls that th a colour could hardly be distinguished. The Maharajah of Cashmere and his son, • boy of 10, were in white, with red and yellow turbans, emeralds, and diamonds. One chief, of great stature, appeared is black and gold with a green turban ; another showed his true Sikh extraction by a robe of pure yellow. The characters sad histories of these ' princes were as striking and varied as their apparel. There youths two high priests of the Sikh notion, lineal de scendants of the very prophet who founded the state. There was the very Sikh nobleman who, as the best horse man of his race, had led the charge against us at Chilliaa wallah. There was the noble Persian of the Kussilhash tribe who had rescued the English prisoners from Cabal- There was a little nabob, only seven years old, who behaved with u much intelligence and composure as the most ex. perienced ruler. One chieftain present was noted as the handsomest man in the North-West, another as the wittiest, a third as the heaviest—who was so large, indeed, tLat the arms of his chair had to be cut off before he could be seated. Not a state, not • dynasty, not • principality, not l an office, not a dignity remained unrepresented in the of Chalons, obtained it without difficulty, but not so the Bishop of Perpignan. This prelate, on being called on with his col cept. to declare if he believed in the infallibility of the Pope, replied indeed affirma tively, bat with certain reserves, limiting himself to the doctrine of the Gallican church, es expeonded by Baguet. This answer did not satisfy the Viiiiollll, and the new bishop has but little chance of being preconieed at Rome. M. Sancho is said to be engaged in warmly supporting the Bishop of Perpignan and the rights of the Gallium church. The Revue des Deux blondes publishes the follow ing passage from a sermon by St. Jerome, which might well have been written of Paris ladies of the present day : Ah ! I shall tell you who aro tho women that scandalise Christians. They are them who daub their cheeks with red, and their eyes with black—those whose plaster faces, too white to be human, remind us of idols—those who cannot shed a tear without its tracing i farrow on the painted surface of their faces—those whims ripe years fail to teach them that they are growing old—those whose head drama are made up of other people's hair—those who chalk wrinkles into the counterfeit presentment of youth, and thee, who affect the demeanour of beahful maidens in the presence of troops of grandchildren. The Bourse, sustained by good reports of the state of the Bank cellars both in France and England, was firm, but without great activity. Rente rose 15c. for cash, and for account left off without change at 65fr. 50. Mobilier rose 7fr. 50c. Rail ways were all from lfr. to 3fr. higher. LAW INTELLIGENCE. (THIS DAY.) EQUITY COURT. THE MAYOR OP LONDO - W.-GOVIE2IOIIB Or ST. THOYAS'tI AMIIIIMEN LATIST INTELLIUENCS. CANADA. The Canadian mail steamer Hibernian, Captain Dutton, which left Quebec on the 12th inst., arrived in the Mersey last evening. A Quebec telegram says :—" Prominent men from the Northern States are here urging the Canadian government to energetic co-operation with the American authorities to preserve the peace of the frontier. Efficient measures on the part of the Canadian government have been taken." The examination of the witnesses in the St. Albans raid was proceeding slowly in Montreal. The Quebec hforuitv Chronicle publishes a draft of the proposed Inter-Colonial Constitution. The Federal government and parliament are to be formed, as far as circumstances may permit, on the model of the British Constitution. The general parliament is to consist of a legislative council and a House of Commons. The council lors are to be named for life by the crown, under the great seal of the general government. The representation in the House of Commons will have for its basis the population, determined by the official census taken every ten years. The number at present to be for Upper Canada, 82 ; Lower Canada, 65 ; Nova Scotia, 19 ; New Bruns wick, 15 ; Newfoundland, 8 ; Prince Edward's Island, 5. The duration of the parliamentary session is to be five years, unless previously dis solved by the Governor-General. There is never to be a greater lapse than one year between the end of one Federal session and another. The genera government is to assume all the debts and obliga tions of the different provinces. The general go vernment is to cause to be completed without delay the intercolonial railway between River du Loup and Truro, in Nova Scotia, making it pass through New Brunswick. The government is also to do its best towards opening communication with the great west and the sea as soon as the state of the finances will permit. THE INSURRECTION IN VENETIA. The Austrian and Italian journals continue to publish some few particulars respecting what is now passing in Venetia. The Austrian Gazdte contains the following letter from Peschiera, dated the loth : The attempts to import arms and ammunition into Venetia have met with little swum Last week the Italian authorities seized at the frontier several owes of arms intended for Venetia. The director of the police at Venice has sent four agents into the disturbed provinces to search for concealed weapons, and they have succeeded in finding a considerable quantity, as well u a good number of Orsini bombs. It has been ascertained that the recent; attempts at Venice and Verona were made by Piedmoatese agents. The bombe appear to be of Eagliah manufacture they are composed of an alloy of iron and zinc, sad contain from two to three ounces of powder, with ten percussion cape to explode them. Many were found ready loaded, but the caps were so bad that many of them missed Eras The Voter/and has the following from Oetzthal under the same date : Our aubinems have lately been scouring the country in search of a number of mammies" who have robbed many solitary .amvallers on the highways, bat have not ventured to attack any village or town. We read in a letter from Inapruck of the 16th : The latest advioes from the Pusteithal state that nothing new has crooned on the frontier. Our patrols of earbi nears have met those of the troops stationed in Venetia, but had not seen anything of the insurgents. The Opi,L:olie of Tariu Las the following under date of Brescia, the lith : A person who has just arrived hare from Venetia, after visiting Treviso, Pordenone, Udine, and Saa Daniele, states that numerous arrests have beau made on mere suspicion, or because the parties bad more provisions by them than were absolutely necessary for their own families. Tolozzi's band is reduced to 16 or :6 persons, worn out with fatigue and privations, being able to get no other food than chestnuts and milk. Two more 'sands have appeared in the mountains of Garai* and near Vedore, but finding themselves everywhere opposed by superior forces, the stoutest are becoming discouraged. Oa the 14th the Austrians brought to San Daniels eight young Carib'idlers% so exhausted by hunger and thirst that they could sot fol low their comrades. The Austrians are coortantly patroll ing every part of the forests cad mountains, ec that the insurgents have no other refuge than the highest pooh, of the mountains, which the snow now renders impracticable. (BECTER'S TrLecums.) ITALY. TURN, Nov. Z. The Oficial Gazette continues to publish lists of the numerous municipalities which have offered to pay the land tax in advance. The debate on the financial bills will commence in the Senate on Thursday next. THE SPANISH ELECTIONS. MADRID, Nor. 22, Evianrc. The general elections are proceeding very quietly. The government has a considerable majority in the Electoral Committee of Madrid. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom ova owa GOIIRICIPONDINT.) PARIS. TvzsDAT EVICTING. The curious conflict between a section of the administration and the Patric—which seems to be prompted by another section—goes on, and the Patrie has not yet got the worst of it. The list of "some" of the public works in contemplation which the Patrte made bold to publish yesterday, has drawn down upon it the following "communicated" note : In its number of Nov. 21 the Perk, on the faith of in formation the source of which it does not indicate, enume rates various works of public utility *hick, it nye, are comprised in the programme submitted to the Emperor by the Minister of Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, and referred by his Majesty's order to a committee of the Council of State. Notwithstanding the affectation of precision in the details given by the Patric, they are in complete on many points and incorrect on many others. It is the ditty of the administration to warn the populations interested in some of the enterprises mistakenly alleged to be under government consideration, against expectations which cannot speedily at least be realised. It is not usual for a journal to reply upon a communicated note, which, if treated disrespectfully, is always likely to be followed by a warning ; and I never remember an instance of a reply appended to the communivi itself at the head of the leading column. The Patric, however, thinks itself strong enough to take this extraonlinary liberty, and tauntingly answers the timid special pleading of the official reproof in the following terms : Ws neeent the terms of this commni.icated note, and we admit, with the administration, that it is important not to prepare deceptions for the populations interested in the pablio works announced by the Pat nc. We therefore can upon the administration to say which of our statements are " inoomplete " and which are "incorrect." The Patrie makes a calculation showing that owing to the Confederate states having taken no part in Mr. Lincoln's election, hu has not polled an " absolute " majority, and on that account it pre tends that he can no longer be recognised by Europe as President of the " United" States. A Paris correspondent of the Indeperviatice writes : The two new bishops of Chalons and Perpignan had ap plied to Iton.e to obtain bulls consecrating their nomination by the imperial government. Mgr. Mailman. Bishop THE PLAISTOW MURDER. ADJOURNED INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.) The adjourned inquest on the body of Theodor Christian Fuhrhop, who was found murdered and his head cut off, on Plaistow•mareher, on the 3rd inst., was resumed this morning at the Court-house, at Ilford Gaol. The prisoner on this occasion was brought before the coroner and jury. He appeared paler and more worn than when last before the magistrates. He gavo the most marked attention both to the depositions read by the Coroner, and also to the evidence of the wit muses. The Coroner, Mr. C. C. Lewis, having taken his seat, in quired whether any gentleman was present on behalf of the prisoner. Mr. Hubert Wood, of the firm of Wood and Ring, of Buioghall•street, solicitors, stated that he appeared on behalf of the prisoner. The Coroner then proceeded to reed over the depositions of the witnesses who had already been examined, and inti mated to Mr. Wood that he might ask any iinestiow of them. On Mary Ann Wade being recalled, and her depositions read, she stated in addition that she was quite certain that Kohl bad the chopper on the Thursday that he was miss ing. and Eliza, Whitmore stated, in addition to her deposition, that when Kohl came back from London, as he said, she asked him if he had got any work, and he replied " No." The whole of the depositions having been read over, ' Sergeant Bridgland was recalled, and stated further that be took the prisoner into custody on Tuesday, the Bth inst., at half-pant 11 at night. He was charged by Saporta. tendent Howie with being concerned in the death of John Fehrhop. After the charge was read over to him, as he stood in the dock at the station at Plaistow, he said, " I well know where I was on that —' " that was all he said. wss then takes into the cell, and the witness took hie clothing from him, consisting of a coat, waistcoat, Fair of trousers, pair of cotton drawees, cotton body shirt, a second shirt, a pair of worsted mocks, half a wonted neckerchief, and a worsted comforter, which was round hie neck, and • pair of low shoes ; all of which articles he now produced. The Coracle— Were any marks observable on any part of them!—No, not to me. 1 took all the things to Dr.Letbeby, at the London Hospital, and delivered them to him with the chopper and the knife. Dr. Letheby, the well-known analytical chemist, was next allot and deposed as follows—l am professor of chemistry at the London HospitaL On Tuesday, the 15th of this month, I received from William Bridglaod, sergeant of police, the last witness , at the London Hospital, the chopper and other articles which are produced. I have sub mitted all toa very carat ul examination. I removed the handle from the chopper for the purpose of examining the interior of the hole in which it is fitted, and found upon the edge of the chopper about an inch from the top in • cavity where a piece of the edge has been broken out, a small quantity of brownish matter which had the appearance of oosgulited blood. I produce it on a microscopic glass. On examination under the microscope I found in it several fibres of wool dyed of • red brown oolour, some fibres of white wool, • few fibres of white cotton, fibre of cotton dyed violet, and one dyed of a magenta red ; besides which there was a good deal of apetkielium, or the outer surface of human skin, covered with • small quantity of rust of iron and • brown substance, the nature of which I cannot determine. All these things are in the same form still on the glue, sod can be distinctly defined. I then examined the coat, and found in it several vote, which I have removed, and on the front of the left skirt near to the bottom partl o and • spot which I have found to be; blood, a portion re mains on the coat now. The other spots which I removed from the coat did not give me any indications of blood. I found also on the right front of the waistcoat, just over the pocket, • spot of blood, the other spots on the clothing were of the same nature as the paint on the chopper ; for example, there was each • spot on the right leg of the trousers, a good deal 011 the back of the waistcoat, sod some on the blue striped shirt. The conclusion from the e xamination is that human skin with fibres of clothing were upon the chopper, and thatthare in blood on the clothes. [The chopper was here handed to the Coroner and jury, and the broken place pointed out by Dr. Letheby. On a red comforter being handed to Dr. Letheby, he said that the coloured fibre did not appear to have come from that, but rather from a handkerchief produced, which, however, he had not examined under the microscope.] The spot of blood upon the out had evidettly been re moved as carefully as possible, so that only the slightest trace of blood remained adhering to the fibres of the cloth. As far as be could judge the spots; of blood he had disco vered on the coat . and waistcoat were spots of human blood, but that was • point upon which no one could speak poei tively. He added that be bad examined the knife, but did not find any trues of blood upon it. John Pinkney. assistant to;hlr. Dorton, the pawnbroker,'of Victoria-place, Victoria Dock-road, produced four shirts. a waistcoat, a handkerchief, • ring, • silver watch, and a motel chain with a metal locket. He said—The ring was pledged on the 12th of October, for ss. The locket con tains a likeness. The watch was pledged on the 15th October, for 12e., I think by the prisoner, whom I have seen several times in the shop, bat we see so many faoes that I should not like to speak quite positively. On the 19th of October two shirts produced, were pledged by • female who gave the name of Ann Williams, for 2s. fd. On the 27th of October, two shirts, waistcoat and hand kerchief were pledged for sa, by a person who gave the name of John Cole. of No. 4, Hoy.street. By Mr. Wood—The prisoner was by himself when he came to pawn the things. Elizabeth Warren was recalled, and identified all the clothes and property produced by the pawnbroker's &Wis . tent as having belonged to " John," the deceased. The portrait in the locket was a likeness of the demand. All the thing, produced were in hie pos..esition when he left her image aid he took them with him when he left her home. He used to carry his watch in his waistcoat pocket. By Mr. Wood—When he left my house I sent for a police man, and I entirely deny that he stated that he could not pay me because he had spent all his money but 17a. The Coroner--You dill adhere to your statement that when be left you he had 4f. 7s. 6d. ? Witness—l do. Joseph Williams, of 8, floyetreet, • boiler maker, stated that the prisoner was his brother-in-law, having married his sister on the 2nd of October last. Her maiden name was Hannah Williams. I saw the prisoner with the duplicate of • watch on the 15th of October last. He met me at the top of Hoy-street He asked me to go and have something to drink. We went, and we had two pinta of stout in the Duke of Cambridge, at the top of Hoe-street. I asked him whetherjohn had gone away! I understood bins to say " Yes." I told him I thought I saw "John" about 3 o'clock the same afternoon (the 15th Oct.), sad then be told me that he had gone away ; then he said "John" bad met with an accident and he bad left him at North Woolwich. I made answer to him, " We had better go down and see him," and he replied that " John would not like to come to me in day light ; we must stop till dark." The prisoner showed me a pistol, when be said John had met with an accident. Afterwards, when I saw him in the evening be said that John was home in bed. The prisoner also told me that John told him to go and pawn his watch, which he had done, and he showed me the ticket. The inquest was proceeding when our report left. A deputation of the council of the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, consisting of Mr. Sandford (presi dent), Mr. Hine (e ice-president), Mr. Daniel Bell Banbury (treasurer), Mr. Squire, Mr. Moreoe, Mr. Waugh, Mr. Guides, lie. Edwards, Yr. Flux (solicitor), and Mr. Bromides (secretary), bad an interview with the Right Hoe. Sir Gimes Grey, at the Home-offico, yesterday. on the subject of a proposed bill for regulating the qualifications of chemists and druggists. _ _ OUTWARD WEST AFRICAN MASIE:-.TO-MOITOW (Thursday) the African Moral Mail Steamship Compauy's steamer Macgregor Laird, IL T. Lowrey, commander, will leave the Mersey with moths for Madeira, Teneriffe, and the West Coast of Africa. Letters, ha, will be received at the Liverpool General Post, for despatch by this steamer, until 1.30 p.m. HOSPITAL V. MAYOR OP LONDON AND OTHERS. This was an appeal from Vice-Chancellor Wood—the question in which was whether the corporation of London, which bad been created • corporation by charter for the purpose of: being governors of St. Thomas's Hospital, but who by agreement and act of parliament in 1782 had ceded all their rights for purposes of administration of the hospital to a body celled donation governors, bad thereby given up their right to choose • new site for the hospital ; and, in fact, whether the site was to be chosen by them or by the donation go vernor,. The case was fully reported in this journal on the' 7th and Bth instant. The Lord Chancellor then held that the right to choose the site was vested in the donation governors • bat ea by the technical form in which the mat ter was b rought before the court, no appeal could be sent to the House of Lords against his decision, directed the matter to stand over in order that the parties might see whether they could not come to an arrangement by which he could doom such a declaration as could be made the subject of Il lniugh Cairns for the corporation governors now said, that that body was desirous of stating that they originally took a part in this matter, conceiving it to be • matter of peat importance in connexion with the choice of • new site for the hospital ; and when the owe came before the Vice-Chancellor they thought it their duty to intervene and to obtain • judicial decision on the sets of parlia ment which related to the respective rights of the corporation and the donation governors. But es the opinion of the Vico-Chancellor and - his lordship had been expressed to the same effect, deciding that the right in. volved was vested in the donation governors, the corpora tion governors had no chairs further to interfere. but would leave the responsibility of destroying St. Thomas's Hospital and the chose of • new site to those who had been held to hays the right to deal in the matter. He, however, wished to protest against a statement which bad been made on the other side, that the corporation of London had encroached on the powers of the 'Foreruns of St. Thomas's Hospital ;in fact previous to 17e it had been quite the other way, while since that day they had been perfectly quiescent. Mr. Ciffa4 for the donation governors, assented to the arrangement, and asked that order. should be drawn up, one dismissing the appeal and the other dismiasing the bill on • suit which bad been instituted. _ _ _ 111e --- LOr4Chancellor said that no one could fail to do iodise to the motives which had actuated the corporation in this matter. He had always considered that they acted from a sense of duty ; there being no doubt great responsibility involved, and it being neoessry to secertain in whom the power of selection of the new site vested ; a duty which required to be exercised with the greatest pru-1 deuce, and the donation governors had been proved to pos-1 awe the right. As to the supineness of the corporation governors previous to 1752, as they had committed the ad ministration of the hospital to the donation governors at that time, any question of their former conduct was long past ; and it was admitted that the present governors were everything that 000ld be desired. When he suggested an alteration in the form of the writ, he contemplated the probability and difficulties arising in regard to the purchase of the site, and dealing with the money which had been paid for the former site and he desired to smooth that difficulty by a declaration of the rights of the governors under the statutes, and the duty of the corporation in ref erecce to the conveyance. As he understood that the conveyance had been in conformity with his opinion. all that remained was to dismiss the appeal and the bill with costa COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Satins in Baueo.—(Before Lord Chid Justice Cockburn sod Josticeo Crotoptoo, Mellor, sod Shce.) THE QUIIN r. JOOEB ADD ITIOHATT. This was the great Confederate enlistment case tried at Liverpool before the Lord Chief Justice, when the defeo dards Jones and If ighatt were found guilty, but judgment was reserved in order to take the opinions of the court on the following points of law which the learned Lord Chief Justice reserved :—" 1. That the parts of the statute 59 Geo. 111., c. 69, on which the indictment is framed, relate to offences committed within some part of the United Kingdom, and the offence are so charged in such indict meat 2. That the evidence wan that such men as enlisted in the Coafederate service in France or off the coast of France did so freely, and when they left this country had no in tontine of being enlisted. 3rd. That is order to coostitute an offence within the estate, the men must have had them 'elves an intention of being so enlisted when they left this country. 4th. That the attempts mentioned in the indict ment are attempts to do that which, if done, would be an offence completed within the United Kingdom, of which there was no evidence. sth. That inasmuch as the intent found by the jury to exist in the minds of the defendants did not exist in the minds lof the men who embarked whilst they were in any part of the United Kingdom, the verdict ought to have been entered for the defendants, and further on the part of Highatt that he is entitled to have the verdict entered for him in the counts which charge him with having in this country pro cured one Matthews to go sad embark from Liv erp ool, as it was proved that Matthews was then already hired and en gaged to serve and was then in the service of the Confede rate government,and that themocey was given only to enable him to get'beck for the purpose of resuming his employment." It was also to be considered on behalf of the several defendants "that they are entitled to have the judgment arrested on the grounds that the counts disclosed no indictable offence within the Foreign Enlistment Act, 59 Geo. 111., cap. 69, as the counts which charge the hiring, he., of persons to enlist or enter, or engage to enlist or to serve or to be employed as sailors in sea service, do not state it to be in or on board of any ship or vessel of war, or verde and or fitted out or equipped, or intended to be used for any warlike pur pose, and so the manta which charge the hiring, he., per sons to serve and be employed to go, or to agree so go and embark from any part of her Majesty's dominions for the purpose of, or to be employed in warlike operations by nor, with intent to be so enlisted, entered, engaged, or employed, do not state it to be as a miler or in any such ship or vessel, and as the counts which charge the attempt and endeavour, the hire, he., of Matthews to go and embark in order, and with intent to serve and be employed in warlike operations by sea, do not state it to be as a sailor, or in any such ship or vessel." The second section of the Foreign Enlistment Art states that "if any natural born subject of her Majesty shall, with out the leave and license as aforesaid, accept, or agree to take( or (accept, any commiasion, warrant, or appointment as an officer, or shall enlist or enter himself, or shall' , agree to enlist or enter himself to serve as a sailor or marine or to be employed or engaged, or shall serve in and on board any ship or vessel of war or in and on board any ship or vessel used or stted out, or equipped or Intended to be used for soy warlike purpose in the service of or for, or under, or in aid of say foreign power, prince, state, potentate, colony, province, or part of any province or people, or of any person or persons exercising or assuming to exercise said powers of government in or over any foreign country, colony, ha. ; or if any natural born subject of her Majesty shall, without such leave or license as aforesaid, engage, contract, or agree to go, or shall go, to any foreign state, ho., or to any place beyond the seas, with an latent or in order to enlist or enter himself to serve, or with intent to serve in any warlike or military operation whatever, whether by land or by us, in the ser vice of, or for, under, or iu aid of any foreign Dower, he., either as en officer or a soldier, or in any other military capacity. on as an o ffi cer, or sailor, or marine in soy such ship, as aforesaid, although no enlisting money, or pay, or reward shall have been, or shall be in any or either of the cases aforesaid actually paid to or received by him, • ;or if any person, a subject of the Queen, shall hire, re tain, engage, or procure, or shall attempt or endeavour to hire, retain, engage, or procure any person or persons whatever to'enlist, or to enter or engage to enlist or to serve, or to be employed in any such service or employment aforesaid,as he.. he. , every person so offending shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanour, and upon being convicted thereof shall he punishable by fine and imprisonment, or either of them, at the discretion of the court before which the offender shall be convicted." The importance of the argument in this case was looked forward to with considerable interest, enhanced of late by the recent proceedings adopted by the Northern states in engaging men for certain trades and employments, but, s it is supposed, for the Federal army. It , however, soon became evident this morning that a compromise had been effected, and that the points would not be discussed. When the learned counsel came into court it was apparent to every one such was the case, and that the proceedings would be merely a form. The frost bar was nearly full of leading counsel engaged in the case, each Lame gentle. man having a bundle of papers before him, but which be never attempted to untie. Certain communications passed between them, and when the learned judges took their seats on the bench, there was no disposition on the part of either learned counsel to open his brief, each sitting with hie bundle of papers before him as if he and it had nothing to do with the case which had caused them to aseemble. -- The Atiorne;y•Oeneral, tieio ircitTir7Gene;l, Mr. Ed. ward James. Q.O. (Attorney-General for the county palatine), and Mr. Hannaa, appeared for the mown ; Mr. Temple, Q.C., Mr. Mellish, Q.C., Mr. Brett, Q.C., and Mr. Baylis, appeared foe the defends-IU. who were iu newt, and ha d surrendered to their bail, to come up and mein judgment. The Lord Chief Justice having inquired of the Attorney. General if he wished to move, ... . . _ The Atiorney•General said Mr. Temple had • COMMUII \CM to to make to the court. the case of " The Queen c. Jones and Highett," the came in which notice was given to the do fondants to appear here the day of judgment, and which haslX4o several times mentioned to your lordsh lye d aring this term, we propose to adopt a certain course, with the approba tion of tbecourt. We understand that, under the •cum stancesof the case, the Attorney-General on the part of the crown will not prase for a higher sentence against the de fendants than that they shall each pay a due of M. That being so, and if the court sees no ob)ection to it, the defendants are willing to submit to that Judgment without any further discussion. The Lord Chief Justice—What do you say to it, Mr. Attorney-General! The ittoreey-Gitemsl—li em Wished with it, if your lordships will permit It to be done. The Lord Chief Justice—Provided it is perfectly tela. stood that the law is vindicated to the ca se , ktd t.f.t any future occasion, should the law be viol a t e d , court would not think it an adequate penalty. it te.t thoroughly understood, and the crown, after haying all the eircumstanoss into oonsideratioo, is istisoul . oontritton and regret of the defendants at havieg the law, the court feels quite safe in the hands ci torney-General, and if he thinks this a staciezt be item The Attorney• General—we have considered ail atimskumes peculiar to this case, and the crown Ca, i • fit not to be severe in dealing with those who, for time, have broken the law, and at a time when th. ; is new , and has not undergone a full discussion. It. liberty, looking at the peculiar circumstances of 'the questions of law involved, to be satisfied with propoe The Lord Chief Justice—lf that be so let tie be limited to • fine of 501. I hope, however, it will deratood that it is not because the fine inflicted tively moderate that we entertain any doubt of tto anon of the statute that has been violated, and Li.e , of our upholding and enforcing the law u snot.,. character and honour of this counter. This moo: • taken as a guide what the court will du on any , don should the law be again violated. I The defendants were then fined 501. each. COURT OF BANKRUPTCY (Before Mr. Commismioner Goulburnj ot an JOHN wOOO.—FAILLILE OP AN ATUJRNI). This was a sitting for examination in the niattar Wood, late of Faloonntreet, and of - attorneyat-law. The bankrupt wee well as a prominent member of the Cuttin.ot. ; and frequently chairman of entertainment tees. The petition was dated on the 2.th and was presented by James Anderton, Bridgentreet. The bankrupt had been ..rtesa,d fined in WhitecrossUrest Prison, and an otdir ea, for release on the gird of August. Theis no less than five detainers 'gamut tb' The total proofs at present made ',Unit the s e at• to between 3,0001. and 4,0001. The total .1." stated by Mr. Seery, the accountant to the estate. between 8,0001. and 10,000/. • saute, consistio; of f• ; property in London and Win ' chester, to between 3,000/. Mr. Fisher, for the anigues, now propos.al t, t adjournment for two months, as the bankrupt was t, • pared with his accounts. The Commissioner said that wee a long time. Mr. Boyden appeared fur Mr. Unlike, a d t tai r .... creditor. . _ _ lii:facas., who suppmted, said that the bankrupt:. old gentleman who bad been personally known t, • many years, and who was known in the City for • 2 of a century. Redid not see what possible obje-t:,. 1 . could be to the adjournment. There was some diq the accounts with his partner. . _ The Commissioner l'a r id that there would be an tt. j meet without day. Mr. Leas said that the bankrupt was not exactly in his mind. or the accontewould filed. have been filed. The Commiasiooer said he should we v;;71;eror1,:, ordered au adjourmeat eine die, with protavtion far th:t! month& GLLDSTONL-HEAVY FAILURE. A PCTI , AII:I r WARILANT TO APPREHLND ♦ BANKRUPT. The bankrupts, John and Thom.. Hall t.',adv were merchants of White Lion.court, Corabil. -e? were »Neatly made bankrupt upon a pet:,c• presented by Messrs. Ashore, Son, and of the Old Jewry, on behalf of the International liabilities are about 200,0001. Mr. DOWNS, from the office of Messrs. Anhcrat. aowt..t? for the motion of the court for a reward to be ohm.; the apprehension of Thom.. Gladstone, who had &him., to New York, Lakin: with him a box coutaiting dollars. ----- The Commienioner —I think you can offer r ft ,, without my interfering. lir. Davies—But there area cumber of recaritier have been circulated in America. and the matter may c • be understood by the backwoodsmen iu Curt& ;Init.s - have official sanction of the court. The Commissioner desired the registrar to ttie t-• opinion of Mr. Commissioner Hotroyd on the retta, eventually made the order. CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT (THIS DAY.) (Before Mr. Baron Bracewell.) Sophia Leander surrendered to receive the judgment cl of the wart. She was oonvieted • few sessions back of keeping a tent for the reception of lunatics without being duly finalist. but montane" was respited to give the defendant an q p... tun l i f 4 of removing the patients from her establishment nomcomplying with the law. r. Giffard now informed the court that the ildetlat still kept on the establishment, and appeared detern.:.el to put herself in opposition to the law. She had tn.:: number of patients under her charge. The defendant, who was not represented by CTAL.C. inserted that she bad diemimed all there she thought re.re of unsound mind, and mete within the act of par.itntent, and those she still retained, although of weak Welkit were not of unsound mind. After some discussion, Baron Bramwell said the Zelen• dant seemed to have an opinion that she was not infrirrn; the law, and thought that judgment need not be passel.:.: that having been admonished, she would be &Morel to have her recogniunoes enlarged, to be brought up &gem j ud gement. Mr. Calera said it had became known to the cor.„-A. eicmers that the defendant had again broken the h. they had thought it their duty to bring her before LA lordship. Theefeedant was then discharged. Hcnry Wgtkins appeared upon his recognisance to anew • similar charge, and was fined 501. THE CABE OF LOCKING-UP A WIFE. Edward Hammond, Emily Wakeman, and 1":: Allan, surrendered to take their trial upon as ialictuat charging them with unlawfully and without mom i+• sorting for a long period—to wit, a htuzdrel and tweetpm days, Rom Lind Hammond, the wife of the male &feedlot. There was also a second indictment against this In common assault. Mr. Hoddleaton, Q.C., specially retains], proccv.el; sad Berjeant Ballsotme, also specially stillest apperelta the defeodaot. The case, it will be remembered, created a great de,: excitement a few months beck, and during the inv.•' tion some extraordinary dinclasuree were made. Sin I committal of the defendant measures have been t come to same arrangement between the patio, whic'u mately marauder!, and when the defendants were pia the bar, fferjeant Ballantine said, having carefully cu..: • • the cam, he had come to the opinion that he ocular(); mu , a n y legal answer to the charge, and his client, the defer I dant Hammond, would, acting under his advice, CAI guilty to the charge. Me. Haddleston meld that, under these cinnamon:ea the other two defendants, Emily Wakeman and Ehr..4 Allan, being servants in the employ of the det,...latit mood, had acted, of nouns, under his direction. and he did not propose to offer say evidence spinet thcrc. The jury, therefore, by the direction of the learnai . returned a verdict of Not Guilty for the two limn. • fondants. Serjrant BalLatina mid there were e groat many peculiar circumstances iu the we, and he asked that meat might be respited for some time in order to afford I . ' opportunity of setting forward certain matters on affiltr.: with • view to laying them before the court before meet was passed. The learned Judge said, before respitiog judgment. to should like to have an oppoetiasity of reading the tions. He had no doubt that, after doing PO, he fil•• 2 comply with the request of the learned counsel. Berjeant Bellantine asked if the defendant in allowed to go on bail until his lordship had decided. This application was sanctioned by the learned ind:. Charks //,,, , ard, • young man 22 years of use, wa • upon an indictment charging him with statbing Green, with intent to do him serious bodily ham. . Mr. Poland prosecuted, and the prisoner was unilai, • • The prosecutor in this ease was one of the warden •• • House of Correction, and the prisoner wits Old charge, having been sentenced to 12 months' iar. meat for uttering counterfeit coin. For some max, '- prosecutor had °cession to make • report Wit.' prisoner and was abort to make another report , came to , the'prisoner's knowledge, and on the day in ••!' tic° it 'meowed that the prisoner went to a part prison where some of the men were employed in r..• • caps, and managed to obtain possession of one knives, and then went behind the prosecutor and him • slow in the neck with the knife. saying he wij report him for something next time. The wound it.,•• peered not to have been very serious, but caused tt • stouter to lose • large quantity of blood, and it v 3 1 : 3 very dangerous locality. The jury returned • verdict of Guilty. While the jury were consulting, the prisoner :-. threatening gestures towards the prosecutor. and vented to get over the bar to him, end was reAmiu3.. •' the gaoler with difficulty. This learned judge said, in passing sentence. tb ,. 7: ' cowardly nature of the act of which the prisoner had ' ?".• convicted, in conjunctioe with his conduct at tbi• • made him fear that be might some day be placed at ta . 4: epos • trial for his life. The prisoner, whale face daring the time hots s "• 1 , savage expression, mid he would do for the prover: !- ever he had the chance. The learned judge said he would do the bat 11.. , prevent it, and sentenced the prisoner to 20 year. , servitude. The prisoner was then removed from the bir, u.!ent: • threats against the prosecutor. A • : ' ••