The Express. — London, England, 1867-11-13 00:00:00

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms of the present year the National lifeboat Institution has contributed to the sating of 787 lives from various shipwrecks and tfi vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended Cti,29o in the same period on its Lifeboat Establisluncnts, In addition to granting s;:,usi, for rewards. The Committee of the Instituthet earnestly appeal to the public for meantime' to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on their Ib3 Lifeboat Establishments, Cautrlbulions win 1 e thasktay received by lb. Leann and country bankers, and by the tleeretary, Richard Lewis, Lig , at the Institution, 14, John-street, Adelphi, London. PA.itli IiXHIBITJON MIST-CLAW SILVER MIDAL. JOHN ' lIROODEN. ORIGINAL GOLD CHAIN MANUFACTORY, li. lIENRINTIMITULT. 00ViSVOULDRS. JOHN BROODEN'S 18-cerst GOLD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD ALBERT CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD BROOCH CHAINS. Ehe enirefiL TO CORRNSPONDENTS. 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TIM Emma. TUE FID:Netl EXHIBITION.—ICIND TO A FAULT. Mr. Panetta et 11125 HuAnd WILLIAM TELL WITH A VENGUANCL Mara Thome, James, and Fenton; Mesdames Gerynue, Johnstone, Bolt, and Westliereby. HOLBORN. Twin Evlam, FOE LOVE. Messrs. 11..7. Montagne, Pelee. Oarden. Westland, and H. Wlddlenesto: Mesdames Stephens. neared', C. Saunders, am..—And %%EY TURNSLE; UN., THE %VICIOUS WILLIN. illasJoespha nrr Tins Evirp Ainru. rffla. IVAN THE TIREIBLE.—WALLACP. THE li Eito OP BCtirrLA D.—Nr. J. Millicent and Mr. and Mrs. Megan, Ethiopian AntnerataMa=lltnii Le Gra:ad.—With WILD CHARLIE. Messrs. It Howe Charlton. MOH RAUB AT LONDON BILTDOI. nil DAY —Mamba, 21t. 28 4i..--Alternoon, 2h. Ohn. to-Konsow—Mornbi. bL 10 .....—Aftensoce, ah. slur. LONDON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 13. Jr Mr. Disaseu wishes his " Conservative " Working Mau " to make a decent figure in the world, he should begin at once to do for him what he boasts of having done for his party. The well-meant attempt at the Crystal Palace on Monday must show him that he has no time to lose. The poor fellow is grateful for the notice taken of him, and moat willing to oblige, but his ideas, so to speak, are in a very rudimentary state, and his faculty of articu lation is undeveloped.' It is not dealing fairly by him to produce him to the public in the present stage of his education ; but if the exigencies of party are pressing, and he must be brought for ward prematurely, he ought to be heard with patience, and not overwhelmed with cries of " Sit down." It is disappointing, after all we had been promised in the journals of the party, to find that not ono person could be found on Monday to tell us what Working-class Con servatism is. That there is such a thing, and that it has an important part to play in the future of English politics, wo gladly per suade ourselves ; that it will sit at the feet of the educator of his party, and learn to speak Disraeleo with fluency, we shall believe when we see it. If no one was prepared on Monday to state what the Conservative Working Man does think, Lord Jour( MANNF.Ri showed very elaborately what he should and must think. Lord JOHN was much concerned to show, in answer to the Earl of Carts...avow, Lord CRANBORNE, and other eminent members of his party, that there had been no Conservative surrender; and asked, with an air of simplicity, " What have we surrendered ?" The obvious answer is—" Precisely that which for thirty years " you obstinately refused." THE Prussians have become a great and power ful nation ; but an occurrence just reported from Berlin reminds us that they have yet to acquire what are generally regarded as indispensable gua rantees of liberty and constitutional government. The Prussian Parliament itself is not free. A member of the Chamber of Deputies may be prosecuted and imprisoned for words spoken in that assembly. This is what has just happened to Herr TWESTIN. The Government proceeded against him for some observations occurring in a speech on the administration of justice in Prussia which he delivered in the Chamber, and he has been convicted by the Berlin Stadt-gericht, and sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The attempt to make a member of the British Parliament answer in Westminster -hall for words spoken in the House of Commons would rouse the indigna tion of the whole country. We should forget to ask whether the member sat for Birmingham or for Calne, whether he was useful or insignificant, popular or disagreeable, in our resentment of the affront put upon his constituency and upon the very principle of parliamentary government. But they manage these things differently in Prussia. Tun public will be glad to learn, on the autho rity of the Secretary to the Committee of Council on Education, that the late Mr. NEALE's extraordinary " English History for Children" is no longer dis tributed to schools with the sanction and aid of that department. That it figured for many ye us on the list of educational works published by the Committee, and was never disavowed, but held its place among the works brought under the notice of teachers and managers until the publication of the list itself was discontinued, are facts which we do not understand Mr. LINGEN to call in ques tion. It is remarked, however, by that gentle- man that the principles on which the list was compiled neither made the Committee respensible for Mr. NEALE'S opinions nor warranted the ex clusion of his book. No better reason could be given for the discontinuance of a list so compiled. But let us look at the facts. The Royal Commission, to whose report Mr. LINGEN refers, states that the Committee of Council, observing that " the teachers of elementary schools " are more dependant than those of the higher " schools on the quality of the books," has not neg lected this important department of the subject. The Committee therefore issues a list bringing ele mentary books of all kinds before the notice of managers, and by grants of money assists in the purchase of them. This is the list on which Mr. Ntsi.es book was put. It is true that the Committee repudiated all censorship of the works on the list, but we are only concerned to show THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1867. what it did : what degree of responsibility it would like to assume is of less consequence. The Committee of Council certainly gave this book a status which it would not otherwise have obtained. Mr. NEALE'S singular presentation of the facts of English history harmonizes so well with the ecclesiastical principles held by the most active of Church parties, that it is not likely to disappear from elementary schools until superseded by something even more outrageous. AFTER THE BATTLE. The correspondent of the Morning Post gives the following perfienlan of a visit to the field of Menem* after the battle : " Manteca is situate in a hollow, surrounded by wooded heights, vineyards, and olive grounds, through all which the Garibaldians retreated fighting. and I found people still occupied in finding and burying their bodies on the spots where they lay-53 having been buried that morn ing. A French captain, who obligingly accompanied me to the principal positions round the village, showed me in a vineyard, at the summit of which his company was sta tioned, the hastily-dug hole into which his soldier@ had thrust 15 corpses, the sight of which immediately round their corps de garde incommoded them. The cap tain belonged to the 80th Regiment, which had been sent from Rome as a reinforcement on the Monday morning before the capitulation of the Garibaldians, but arrived too late for the fighting. He seemed disgusted at the whole affair, especially as he did not consider it une guerre,' and did not sympathise with the cause for which it was undertaken. ' C'est au mois d'Avril prochain que nous ferons la guerre, quand now irons en Prime,' said he, with a bellicose twinke in his eye. He wore the Cross of the Legion of Honour, and had gone through the Crimean campaign. Under • group of oaks on the right of the road, not far from each other, were three still unburied corpses—fair specimens of the different cate gories of enthusiasts led by Garibaldi to achieve the unity of Italy. The first was a robust—almost Herculean—young peasant, who had evidently not feared exposing himself, for be was literally riddled with balls through his head, his face, his ample breast, and even down to his hip ; the round red holes were visible, but the placid expression of his features indicated no suffering, but his death must have been instantaneous. The plunderers of the dead have left only • shirt on the corpse, which was thus nearly all visible in its vigorous proportions. The next victim was of a much more delicate type. A fair young man with long curling hair, and blue eyes, half open, with the sepia placid expression as the first. His shirt was open at the breast, which was perforated with balls ; a striped flannel tunic and a long pair of fine linen drawers had been left on him ; but his stockings and boots were gone, and the whiteness and delicacy of his feet showed that his life had not been one of labour. Who know to what respectable or noble family he belonged, or what anxious mother's heart was yearning towards him as he lay with his fair face upturned in death to the azure sky. The third corpse was that of a fine lad of about 17 apparently, whose chin revealed the first signs of incipient virility. He looked like a young artisan, and was com pletely dressed, with the exception of hie shoes, a circum stance perhaps owing to his clothes being saturated with blood from a large wound in his right side, over which his left hand had closed in death. Signs of the desperate struggle which had taken place were evident all along the road and on both sides through the brushwood and around every farmhouse or building of any kind which could give a momentary shelter or • point of prolonged resistance for the Garibeldians to maintain against their determined and superior foes. The pasteboard cartridges of she Ch•ssepot rifles strewed the road for miles, showing the immense amount of ammunition the French soldiers expended in the course of the engagement ; and the effect they pro duced in determining the fate of the day against the 3,000 valorous but undisciplined followers of Garibaldi is acknowledged by impartial Papal officers, who do not pre tend that the unaided efforts of the Pope's troops would have proved successful." LAW INTELLIGENCE. (TIM DAY.) KQUITY COURT. (Before Viee•Chencellor Sir W. Page Wood.) RAUL V. nil ILITIMPOLITAX ILLLWAY comrattr. 'Phis was a suit by the owner of a house situate near the front of the Great Western Railway Hotel, Paddington, for an injunction to restrain the defendants from ' interfering with • vault underneath the plain tiff's house. The railway company bad been pat under en undertaking not to interfere with the plain- tiff's premises in November, 1866 ; and in March last he had obtained an order for leave to inspect the company's works, they having violently interfered with an agent of , hie who had climbed up a hoardin g erected by the corn puny in order to see what was going on. The breach having been, as the plaintiff alleged, folly made out, he moved last July for an injunction to commit the con tractors, which motion was ordered to stand to the hear ing of the cause. The hearing was commenced on Monday, and concluded to-day. The Vice-Chanoellor reviewed the evidence, and said that notwithstanding the conflict of testimony. he felt no doubt that the footings of the walla of the plaintiff's cellar had been really attacked by the company. His Honour did not wish to believe that the company had any design of injuring the plaintiff ; but it seemed that they found the 7 could not carry out their plans without touching the plaintiff's walls, the very thing which they were restrained from doing : and then, instead of applying to the court for leave to have the injunction relaxed in any way, they preferred to run the risk of committing a breach of the injunction. As to the oontraotors, his honour should certainly not allow them any costa; he should not order them to pay any ; and, se to the rest, believing, u his honour did, that the plaintiff's cue was fully established, he should order the plaintiff's cuts to be paid by the company, and the injunction to be continued. Mr. Kay, Q.C., and Mr. Rawcliffe, appeared for the plaintiff ; Mr. W. M. James, Q.C., aniMr. Bovill, for the defendants. COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH. Sittings in Banoo.—(Before the Lord Chief Justise and Justices She. and Lush.) THE FICElpf !SS OF 1116 COURT. _ The Lord Chief Justice announced, for the Information of the bar, that Mr. Justice Blackburn, having concluded his labours at Manchester, would be in court to-morrow (Thurelay), when motions for new trials in cases tried before him would be taken before the ordinary motions. 01111 CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) LORD SOWN MANNERS AND THE CONSERVATIVE WORKING !lEL The Times saes a peculiar fitness in the partici pation of Lord John Manners in the conservative demon stration at the Crystal PaLice. It was, doabtless, he who suggested the motto on the trophy which decorated one end of the banqueting-room—" The Altar, the Throne, and the Cottage ;" for this mysterious alliance between reli gion, monarchy, and industry, was, as usual, the keynote of his discourse. There is, indeed, a sort of irreverence, not to say of cruelty, in gravely dissecting sentiments composed of such stuff as philanthropic dreams are made of by ordinary methods of criticism. Amongst other things. Lord John assures us, and apparently in earnest, that it was the conserv►tives who mainly carried all the great measures for the education of the people. The next thing we shall hear—if, indeed, we have not already heard it—is that we owe free trade to Lord Derby and Mr. The Stasidard enlarges on the grand success of the gathering, and proceeds to expatiate on the great import ance of having in London, in the very centre of political activity, an organisation which can localise the strength of the conservative party throughout the length and breadth of the land, and bring it to bear at a few days' notice upon the forces of the opposition. The Star is particularly pleased with the vigour with which Lord J. Manners dangles before the face of the public the retention of the small boroughs. Every boast of this kind will add strength to Mr. Gladstone's policy, and ensure his eventual if not speedy triumph. Referring to the stagnation of money, the scarcity of work, and the danger of continental hostilities, the Teter/mph proceeds to remark that such a collection of political posies as "The Altar, the Throne, and the Cottage," or "a porch, an oven, and a tank," will not help us over a winter presaged by such' signs. If Mr. Disraeli can be in earnest, be will soon have the opportunity ; thoroughgoing measures for the welfare and education of the people at home, and such unmistakable legislation as shall pacify Ireland and encourage the poor, are the reme dies which must be had. THE PROPOSED CONFERENCE. The Daily NeFs will believe in a conference of the European powers on the Roman question when the con ference has held its preliminary meeting, and must, provisionally at least, take leave to doubt whether the diplomatic victory which is wanting to complete the won ders of the Chwepdt will be found quite so simple an achievement. Excepting Spain, the Daily Next can see no European state which would insist on the maintenance of the temporal power ; and as to England, if ever there was • case in which she would abide by the principle of non intervention, it is this. The Standard argues that if there were the slightest chance that the conference could settle the question in a satisfactory manner definitively, or even provisionally, the delay might well be endured ; but as it is morally certain that the conference will do nothing of the kind, and that on its separation France and Italy will have to settle the question by themselves, the weeks, or perhaps months, which would be consumed from the day the invitations were issued to those in which it separated would be abso lutely wasted. Assuming that the promised withdrawal of the French troops will utterly fail to win back the affection of the Italian people, the Telegraph says the declaration was pro bably made with the view of facilitating the assemblage of the conference on which the French government lays so great a stress. THE ROT.%L BANK OF LIVERPOOL. The situation of the above bank, obesrves the Daily News, is fatally simple. It has lost, besides its large and valuable business, all its capital, and the whole of its reserve fund, and, in addition, 382,000/.—a present deficiency which the unfortunate shareholders will have to provide, together with from 60,000/. to 100,000/. as interest on their liabilities. To infamously bad management must this loss be attributed ; to re prehensible transactions ; to its system of doing business; to the lending of enormous sums on dead security ; and to carrying on works simply because the property in question would have been worth nothing if not worked. The vicious agreements that have been mentioned never came before the board, and there ace directors who were ignorant of them until, together with the shareholders, they were rudely awakened from a dream of prosperity. The Post says that with all the reticence with which Mr. Banner, the manager of the bank, has confessedly de. termined upon with • view to the ultimate interests of the bank and the saving of its best and most available debtors from neutralisation, if not ruin, he has not been able to entirely prevent the casting across the stage of a shadow which cannot but create • suspicion that there is a very ugly substance behind the scenes—the shadow of a skeleton that the public begins to fear fills a place in the strong room of more than half the enterprises in the kingdom which are under the conduct of boards of directors. flu Court. WINDSOR CASTLE, Nov. 12. The Queenwent out in the grounds yesterday afternoon, accompanied by Princess Louise, and her Ma jesty drove out this morning, accompanied by the Princess of Wales. Princess Louise went out walking, attended by the Hon. Emilyeathcart. The Prince of Wales went ont hunting with the har riers, attended by Major Gzey. Prince and Princess Christian and Princess Henrietta of Schleswig-Holstein dined withi the Queen hat evening. A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the private residence of the Earl of Derby, in St. James's-square. The Ministers present were the Earl of Derby, the Lord Chancellor, the Duke of Marlborough, the Earl of Malmeabury, the Right Hon. Gatlionie Hardy, Lord Stanley, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Sir John Pakington, Sir S. Northcote, the Chancellor of the Exche quer, the Right Hon. H. T. L. Corry, the Duke of Richmond, Lord J. Manners, and the Earl of Mayo. Air. Cowper, her Majesty's consul et Puerto Rico, had an interview with Lord Stanley, at the Foreign.office, yes terday, to take leave upon proceeding to the West Indies on special service. A committee of the Lonls of her bfajeerty's Most Honourable Privy Council sat yesterday at the Privy Council-office, 'Whitehall, on the subject of the cAttle plague• The Lords present were the Lord President and Lord Robert Montagu. _ _ --- Mr. Edward Tyer had an interview yesterday with the Duke of Richmond, at the office of the Board of Trade, and exhibited his recent improvements in train-signalling telegraphs. The Judicature Commiwioners had a meeting yesterday at 6, Adelphi-terrace. Present—Lord Cairns, chairman ; Sir William Brie, Sir James P. Wilde, Vice-Chancellor Sir W. P. Wood, Sir Robert J. Phillimore, Mr. Baron Brain. well, Mr. Justice Smith, the Attorney-General, Sir Boun den Palmer, Q.C., M.P., Mr. W. M. Jame', Q.C., Mr. Quain, Q.C., Mr. Rothery, Mr. Ayrton, M.l'., Mr. Chil ders, M.P., Mr. Hollams, and Mr. Bradshaw, the Secre tary. The Count and Countess de Flandres arrived at Dover yesterday from Calais. and left by the 3.45 p.m. train for Charing cross ; Count Bernstoff, the Prussian Ambastador, and his family, also left Dover by the same train ; and the Prime and Princess Teck left by the 3.45 train. The Earl and Countess Russell are expected to arrive in town on Monday or Tuesday next from Pembroke Lodge, Richmond Park. The Earl of Derby is much better, but still viable to leave bla room. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. (REUTER'S TZLIGRAIOL) AUSTRIA. VIENNA, Nov. 13. The King and Queen of the Hellen es arrived here yesterday evening upon their journey to Athens. Their Majesties were received at the railway station by the Emperor in the uniform of a field marshal, and wearing the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redeemer, at the head of the chief military and civil authorities of the capital, and accompanied by the Greek, Rus sian, and Danish embassies. After the sovereiens had exchanged a hearty welcome and presented to each other their respective suites, their Greek Majesties inspected the guard of honour drawn up to receive them and drove to the castle in company with the Emperor. It is stated that Count von Bismarck has replied to the Austrian circular despatch of the let instant, with a circular dated the sth. The communication expresses the satisfaction of the Berlin cabinet at the declaration that no negotiations have taken place during the Em peror's visit to Paris that might disturb the general peace. Prussia, for her part, would continue to justify the good opinion of the cabinets of Vienna and Paris by advancing upon the national path on which she had entered. An invitation to the Conference at Paris, to dis cuss the Roman question, is believed to have arrived here yesterday. LAUENBURG AND PRUSSIA. RATZEBURG, Nov. 13. At the sitting of the Lauenburg Diet the day before yesterday Deputies Basedom and Tolke re newed their motion that the personal union of the Duchy with Prussia, effected after the war with Denmark, should be superseded by formal incorpo ration with Prussia. The Diet again decided that the initiative should be left to the government. HANOVER. HANOVER, Nov. 13. The 22 million thalers which were sent hence to London by the King of Hanover last year arrived here last night. SPAIN. MADRID, Nov. 12, EVENING. The Cortes will meet on the 27th December. The rumours of the illness of Marshal Espartero are denied. A royal decree was issued to-day ordering that the Governor of Porto Rico shall in all military matters be subordinate to the Captain-General of Cuba. General Lersundi ill leave for Cuba on the 30th inst. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (,zo oua OWN 00111OPONDINT.) PARIS, TUESDAY EVENING. It is very positively stated that letters of invi tation for the conference to which the French government wishes to refer the Roman question have been sent to all the powers who were parties to the treaty of Vienna. I cannot see the least chance of the conference meeting. Even if the French should evacuate Civita Vecchia, to remove one objection, which does not seem likely, it is affirmed that neither Prussia nor England would take part in the conference unless the Pope con sented to join in it, and this is totally out of the question. The France and several other papers give as posi tive the resignation of M. de Lavalette, the nomi nation of M. Pinard as his successor, and the appointment of M. Magne as Finance Minister. M. Magne is ready and eager to sign with both hands the loan which the late M. Fould set his face against as reckless and ruinous. The Pays says : We are about to quit Rome but to remain at Civita Vecchia for some time. We were in no way bound to leave Rome, and have only agreed to do so to diminish the difficult position in which Victor Emmanuel finds himself and aid him so far as we can. On the very Srst day of the approaching session interpellations on the affairs of Italy will be pre sented both by the clerical and the democratic Party. The Charieari says there is a talk in Rome of canonizing a new saint—Saint Chassepot. M. Chassepot, en attendant his canonization, is now at Lyons, superintending the manufacture of 100,000 of his rifles, for which the government has lately given an order. The Countess de Flahaut, wife of General Count de Flahaut, the Grand Chancellor of the Legion of Honour, has just died at an advanced age. She was Baroness Keith in her own right and grand daughter of Dr. Johnson's friend, Mrs. Thrale. The Brazilian minister, Chevalier de Macedo, died to-day at the legation in the Champs Elys4ses. _ _ The effect upon the Bourse of the patronising paragraph in the Mon iteur, which proclaims that France is highly satisfied with the " patriotic and firm" conduct of the King of Italy, produced but a slight effect upon the Bourse, which is still anxious about the coming loan, and, moreover, does not see clearly that the troops to be "con centrated" at Civita Vecchia are not to remain there, instead of coming home. Rents rose but 20c. for cash and 71 1 c. for the account, closing at 68fr. 20c. and 68fr. 12}c. Italian rose 30c., closing at 45fr. 45c. Mobilier rose 6fr. 75c.; Credit Fon der, 7fr. 50c.; and Comptoir d'Escompte, 2fr. 50c. "It is affirmed," says the Prune, " that the French detachment which took part in the engagement of !denten& brought into play the small portative cannon, some time minim spoken of, which committed great havoc. For the Chasaepot, shooting commenced when the troops were 1,000 metres distant." The Chamber of Deputies of the Grand Duchy of Baden has just taken into consideration a motion for ren• daring civil marriage compulsory, and confiding to special magistrates the registers hitherto entrusted to the minister+ of the different creeds. The measure was adopted unanimously minus three votes. A Bruaaela letter, in the Journal de LWye, a ministerial organ, says:—" The public will learn with satis faction that the physical and moral state of the Empress Charlotte has greatly improved of late. The King and Queen go to see her almost every day, and often bring her with them to Brussels." The Prussian government has been recently making active researches in the kingdom to discover fresh mines of rock salt. The borings, executed under the orders of Count d'ltsenplitx, Minister of Commerce, have now kd to the discovery of a rich deposit of that mineral near Sperenberg, to the north of the Lake Krummeee, at a dis tance of 22 miles from Berlin. Ths nit is found at • depth of nearly 300 feet from the surface. " A duel recently took place," says a Madrid letter in the Owienne, " in this city, betwctn M. Darn, an attaché to the French Embassy here, and M. Mercier do Lostende, brother to the ambassador. The arms used were pistols, and each of the adversaries was wounded. The motives for this hostile meeting are not known." The ex-Queen of Naples h as just left Ville (rancho on board the Austrian yacht the Greet, placed at her disposal by the Emperor Francis Joseph to convey her to Civita Vecchia, whence her Majesty is to rejoin her husband, Francis IL, st Rotas. THE FERNDALE EXPLOSION. Notwithstanding that every exertion has been continued for the recovery of the bodies in the east dis trict of the colliery, relays of men having been engaged uninterruptedly in clearing the rubbish, still up to eight o'clock on Monday uight none had been reached. A great deal remains to be done before the fall will be cleared away. The foulness of the air in the workings has proved • nearly insuperable barrier to any great progress being made ; indeed, so bad is the air that no light of any description could be made use of, so that the opera tions have been conducted in total darkness. The difficulty of erecting brattices for the conveyance of air to the front was very great, and in oonaequenoe of this a consultation was held amongst the engineers in the pit on Sunday night, and the result of it was that a resolution was arrived at to re-light the fires of the ventilating furnace, so that a more powerful draught could be had to drew off the explosive air in the workings. This movement was attended with great danger, as there was considerable risk of • second explo sion, which might put a stop to all proceedings. The sug gestion was warmly supported by Mr. Wales, the in spector, who decided that it should be done, and we are happy to state that the task was successfully accomplished by mid-day Monday, and soon afterwards the noxious gas was being drawn off from the workings in vast quantities, so that operations could be pushed on with redoubled vigour, and the engineers were so sanguine of • speedy re moval of the whole of the fall in the " dip," that they anticipated the bodies, about twenty in number, would be got out by midnight on Monday. This is, however, mere conjecture, as it is utterly impossible to say how great or extensive the fall is, and it is not known whether they may not meet with • rapid succession of falls to the very extremity of the workings. There is nothing to warrant an opinion to the contrary. Owing to the difficulty of getting at the whole truth in such an out of the way place as this Ferndale, some things have found their way into print which must be corrected ; the details which have already appeared in our columns are, however, substantially correct. We are now able to state, with an accuracy that will be affected to a very slight extent by subsequent events, that at the time of the explosion there were ;t% men and boys in the pit, divided between the east and west districts, in which were 170, and the Rhondda and south districts contained the remainder. These figures may be one or two over or under, but they are within that of the truth. Of those in tae latter districts all escaped alive, the fire having spent its violence before it reached that part of the pit, but some twenty of them were slightly injured —none seriously—and they all catne up alive ; 138 were brought up unhurt, and 21 burt— some badly. Of the others in the east and west, not more than five were brought up alive, and of those three have died since. The number of dead brought up from the workings was 49; and there now remain under ground 117 persons for whom inquiries have been made by their friends. It is not believed that • single individual of them can be alive now, and the poor friends at home have abandoued all hope of their safe return. Very much destitutiou prevails in the bereaved families, notwithstanding that the colliers in this pit earned at the least half as much again as the men and boys of the Merthyr and Aberdare Valleys, and the high rate of wages paid attracted unincumbered nitre from all parts of the district. In consequence of this the calamity will be felt far and wide, and families for miles around be thrown into mourning. In Merthyr, for in stance, several distressing cases have occurred ; in one house three or four sons gone, and in another contiguous three married men have left young widows to bewail their dreadful fate. On Monday several of the funerals took place. About • dozen interments took place in Llanwouro churchyard, on the summit of the mountain, and • few were carried to Aberdare and Merthyr, where they bad friends. Amongst the engineers who have rendered valu able aid in heading working parties are Mr. W. Adams, Mr. Curnew, Mr. L. Lewis, Mr. W. Lewis, Mr. H. Lewis, Mr. Jones, Mr. George Brown, Mr. Burns, Mr. M. Joseph, Mr. Williams, of the Taff Vale Railway, Mr. Truran, Mr. Walker, of Nadu, &c. The death of Lady Selina Constance Henry, the last surviving daughter of Francis, first Marquis of Hastings, and his wife Flora, Countess of Loudoun, is announced. Her ladyship, who was born in April, 1810, married, in June, ins, Mr. Charles J. Henry, whose father, John Joseph Henry, was the husband of Lady Emily Fitzgerald, aunt of the present Duke of Leinster. We have to announce the death of Lady William Godolphin Osborne. Her ladyship was a daughter of the fourth Rarm Rokeby, and married, in 1843, Mr. William Osborne, formerly of the 2Cith Foot, and son of the first Baron Godolphin. Her husband was raised to the rank of a duke's son in 18:19. There are two vacancies in the Senate of the Queen's University, consequent upon the deaths of Lord Bowe and the Right Hon. F. Bleckburne. The crown has the right of appointment to one, and the Convocation of Graduates to the other. Several candidates are already spoken of. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. Sittings in Baneo.—(Before Lord Chief Justice Bovill and Justices Wilies, Kyles, and Keating.) FRAY T. ouinta, Miss Fray this morning repeated her application that the attorney for the defendant in this ease should be called upon to answer for certain alleged miscon duct, and she produced an affidavit by herself and another sworn by her brother. It was stated in them that the amount named in the sheriff's warrant under which she was arrested, 251. 145., was tendered to the solicitor's clerk, and to himself, and that the money was refused, the latter gentleman saying that it must be paid to the sheriff's officer. Later in the day the money was received at the sheriff's office, in Red Lion-square. Miss Fray added that she was not yet prepared with affi davits to show that the solicitor had urged the sheriff's officers to maltreat her. The Lord Chief Justice, after consulting for some time with the other judges, said that the difficulty was that the proper amount had not been tendered. The warrunt was for 25/. 14a., and in addition the costa of the execution, sheriff's, poundage, etc., so that the tender made was in sufficient, and therefore there was no ground for the inter ference of the court summarily nor for an action against tSe solicitor. Miss Fray—My brother wishes to make a stronger affidavit if your lordship will postpone the matter. The Lord Chief Justice—\o; this is the second time, and the rule is that a motion shall not be renewed. Miss Fray—You will allow me to bring in a fresh affidavit? The Lord Chief Justine—No. Miss Fray—Then I will apply to the Court of Queen's Bench. The Lord Chief Justice—You must take your own course. These affidavits must be filed. COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE. (Before the Judge Ordinary.) ..... Dr. Spinks, Q.C., and Dr. Swahey for the petitioner ; Mr. Serjeant Ballantine and Mr. Searle for the respon dent. This was a suit for • judicial separation on the ground of cruelty. The respondent, Major Edward Hamilton Finney, an officer in • militia regiment, married the peti tiocer, Miss Susan Mary Ann Wayte, on the 15th of October, 1863. He had had two wives previously, and had a son by the first. The second Mrs. Finney was stated to having been 70 years of age at the time of her wedding, the gallant major being then about 28. The petitioner bad a fortune of 8,0001., which was settled in conformity with the respondent's wishes. The petitioner gave the following account of her married life :—About three weeks after the wedding, when we were staying at his mother's, at Hammer smith, my husband cursed me. I had complained of the conduct of his son, • boy of 15, to me ; and the respondent called down the vengeance of God upon me. He scarcely spoke to me for five daze afterwards. I told my sister that I was not happy. Major Finney heard of it, and was very angry. He ordered me to write to my sister that all I had said was untrue. In March, 1861, we were living in Oxford-terrace, but matters went on pretty well. We afterwards went to Hounslow, in order to enable him to be with his regiment, which was training there. His con duct there was unkind and cruel. He neglected me entirely for his mother and son. That was because I had told him that I did know where • blotting-book which he had lost was. We afterwards removed to Somerset-street Portman-square. He left me . . there for Owe days. I had told him Chit be had made an ungentlemanly remark in the presence of his mother and son. It wag • very gross and vulgar remark. As soon as they hail gone he became very angry, and at last left the house. lie said I was "a drunken —," and made use of other remarks of the same strong character. I wrote to him repeatedly begging him to come beck ; but before he did so he insisted on my kneeling down with my Bible in my hand, and repeating after him a hope that God would strike me blind if I ever offended him again. He received 40001. of my money at the marriage and he received the dividend on the remaining 4,0001. I bad other money which I re ceived under my aunt's will and which lie also had. In the summer of Mit I went with him to Jersey and afterwards to Paris. While dining at the Louvre I remarked, quite in a good-humoured way, that some thing he had said was not gentlemanly; whereupon he cursed me, and said he thought I had had a sufficaent lesson as to the one of that expression. That led to a little coolness between us ; and ono night lie came home late. I got up to let him into our room, and he refused to let me return to the bed. I told bim I had nowhere else to sleep, and he said I might go to the devil, or sleep on the Boor. He had a cane with him, and he said he would cut me in two if I came near the bed. I lay on the floor the rest of the night. Wo afterwards went to Boulogne, where he said I was • lunatic, and threatened to have • keeper for me. On our return to Ragland we lived at Mrs. Belford's, in Oxford-terrace. He drove me from his bed, sad would not let me sleep even on the same floor. I had to get an other room from Mrs. Milford. Once when he bad lost his diary he said he would fetch • detec tive and have me taken to prison for stealing it ; but he afterwards told me that his son had found it at Hammersmith. I had a separate room for a week. This was in March, 1865. At this time I scarcely ever saw my friends, as my husband objected to my seeing them. He said that when I went to my aunt's I got drunk. There was not the slightest foundation for that statement. About this time he proposed a separation. I had not done anything to irritate or provoke him, but I had done all in my power to make him kind. I waitedon him hand and foot. He would frequently have his breakfast in bed, and I used to take it to him. When he proposed a separation to me he said be would go so the Argyll-rooms and pick up • paramour. He told me that I might send some one to watch him ; that be would tell me how he was dressed, so that the person watching him might know him, and follow him home with some woman. Or he said I might act improperly, so as to give him an opportunity of obtaining a divorce. He offered me, in fact, the option of being either the petitioner or the respondent. I objected to his proposal altogether. He did not go to the Argyll-rooms that night ; and the next morning he referred to the subject again. He had a revolver in his hand, and be said he was perfectly reckless , and would blow out my brains or his own. This quarrel had arisen out of his burning • kettle-holder I was work ing. I had shown it to him, and asked him if it was not pretty. He avid it was `• ugly," and he threw it into the lire. He threatened again to go to the Argyll-rooms, and said that • woman should call at the home for him in • carriage. He went out, but he returned, and said that as it was his von's birthday he should go to Hammersmith. About this tune he threatened to expose my letters. He then went out and took them with him. IThe witness was under examination when we went to COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. (Before Mr. Commies Loner Goulburn.) PC THOMAS ROB 9 The bankrupt was described as of Hare-street, Hackney, secretary to • public company. The liabilities are 7,583/., of which 4,3081. are upon accommodation bills; assets returned at 7231.; property held as security, 1,166/. The bankrupt states that be has claims for oom minion on the following companies, which may be of considerable value should the companies prove successful : —The Fractional Diatillatory Company (Limited)— whatever that may mean—and the Seed Crushing Com may (Limited). He has also claims for salary on the latter company, and on the Dagenham Thames Dock Company (Limited). Mr. Lewin, for the assignees, did not oppose. The bankrupt had held shares in arena companies, of which be wee secretary. He bad given a ntidactory explanation of the accommodation bills. Mr. Lawrance;;;;;;ed for the bankrupt. His Honour said it was to be regretted that the bank. rupt bad been led into a course of speculation which was little better than gambling. As no one opposed the onler would be granted. TN RE F. W. STIER& The bankrupt was described aa a gentleman, of Twisken. ham. This was the sitting for examination and discharg e , The debts are 16,602/. ; no asset'. Many of the auditors are resident in Paris. Mr. Wainwright appeared for the assignees. Mr. Sargood opposed for Mr. T. Giles, a gentleman, of Richmond, a creditor for 1,1241. Mr. Lawrence, for the bankrupt, took objection to Me. Giles's proof. The debt was one of 20 years' standing ; a judgment had been obtained for it in 1862 ; and the proof ought to be investigated. As the debt had been contracted 14 years before the passing of the act of 18G1 the creditor, even if his roo f were admitted, could not oppose the proof order of die e under the act. Th e p roo f b a d a l ready been !our times fore the court. After hearing Mr. Sa;gOolll,support of the proof, His Honour admitted it. Mr. Sargood opposed the bankrupt passing his eramina. tion. The deficiency account only explained 2,4.n0f. out of tho deficiency of 16.0001. The bankrupt examined, stated that he came to England in February or March, on a visit to Mr. Bishop, and was arrested about a fortnight after. His family was then residing at Twickenham. He was in England in Be:, Had contracted debts of 570 f. since his return to England. Had no property anywhere. Had not the slightest idea how much be owed when he went abroad. (The case was proceeding when our report left.] (Before Mr. Commissioner Roche.) IN RE LEWIS BALFOUR, JUN. The bankrupt was described as of Spring-grove, Heston, in the county of Middlesex, out of business, formerly of Calcutta, cal-eying on business in partnership with Lewis Balfour, sea., and James Hamilton Robinson, as mer. chants and agents, under the style of " Balfour and C 0.," at 2, Mission-row, Calcutta. The adjudication was on the bankrupt's own petition. Under the head of cause of failure he states that he was obliged to come to England through ill health, and while here he heard of the failure of his firm in Calcutta. and they were now before the Insolvent Court there. That failure be believed to have occurred in consequence of that of Snide and Co., of Leadenhall-street, and of the general depre. elation in the value of produce. The preliminary statement which the bankrupt stake to be copied from the schedule of the arm in Calcutta, he not having access to any of the books, discloses liabilities of the enormous amount of 392,632/. ; of this aggregate 172,0001. appears to be due to Smale and Co., East India agents, of Leadenhall-street. The Agra and Mssterman's Bank (Limited) are creditors for 12,13t4. ; the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London, and China, about 30,5001. ; the Oriental Bonk Corporation, 26,6511. ; Oompte de Paris, Calcutta, 23,7131. • th e N ew Consolidated Discount Company, 9,000/. • the Discount Corporation, 5,000/. ; the General Credit Company, 4,000/. • Sanderson and Co. ' 8,000/. ; the Anglo-Aus tralian i3ank, 1,000 1 . ; and the Oriental Bank, 7,0001. This was the first sitting, but no creditors attended, the property being all in India, and the proceedings were en tirely formal. THE POLICE COURTS. (THIS DAY.) MIDNIGHT OUTRAUZ AND AtIBAULT. CONSTADLY CNARGSD WITH A..T4A17 LT. - . Oeorge TroobrLige,T. lisiftill3-I;siliyoung man, de scribed as a carman, r esi ding at 9, Jay's-buildings, Cale donian-read, was charged before Mr. Cooke with violently assaulting Mr. Michael Murray, a cabinet-maker, of ;A, Great James-street, Islington, and further.with assaulting police-constable John Henry Thompson, 39i G, at Penton. ville-road, Clerkenwell. Mr. Ricketts, solicitor, defended. The evidence in support of the charge showed that the complainant Murray, between 12 and I on Sunday morn ing, was standing in the Pentonville•road, when the defendant, along with two others, passed, and sta uck him on the head and knocked him down. The constable then came up and took the defendant into custody, whereupon he became very violent, knocked down the constable, and kicked him severely in a dangerous manner. lie made his escape ft 'ln the con stable, but was apprehended by two gentlemen, who took him to the station, the constable being too faint and IS to do so himself. Both the constable and the defendant had to be taken to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-road, the former to be attended to fur a supposed rupture, caused by the defendant's kicking him ; and the latter to have dressed a wound in his forehead, which Mr. Ricketts in his cross-examination elicited had been inflicted by the constable. The constable further admitted that he bad repeatedly used his truncheon on the defendant, bet said it was only in self defence. Mr. Ricketts, for the defence, said that the constable was to blame in the transaction, as he used his truncheon unnecessarily, and nearly choked the defendant, and then knocked him about. He had to ask for a summons against the constable for using more violence than was necessary to take the defendant to the station. Two witnesses deposed that the constable hit the defen dent with his truncheon and nearly choked him. His violence was " dreadful," and quite uncalled for. Mr. Cooke said lie would not grant a summons against the constable, but should send the ca. • to the Middlesex Sessions for trial ; but on the application of Mr. Ricketta be bound over the defendant's witnesses an I allowed them their expenses. MARLBOROUGH-SIMEET. ♦ GANG NORBERT. _ Allen Young, about 18 years of described as a baker, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with being con cerned with three others not in custody in robbing Mr. Arthur John Smith, a gentleman staying at the One Sun Tavern, Goodge•street, Tottenham-court-road, of a gold watch and chain, value 121. Mr. Smith said that about 12 o'clock the previous night he was passing from Rathbonteplace towards Goody). West, when the prisoner and three others some up. Some of the gang seized his gold watch and chain and made off with them, but be managed to seize the prisoner and held him till an inspector came up. Mrs. Sophia Thorpe said she was on her way home from the Cambridge-ball when she saw the prosecutor, who was in liquor, being followed by four or five young men. After going a short distance she noticed ono of them snatch something, but she could not say what, from the peewee tor. The prosecutor detained the prisoner till the in spector came up, and she told the inspector that if the gentleman had lost anything one of the three who ran away had got it. Inspector Garforth, E division, said he wee puffing through Newman-passage, and noticed two nice standing at the end of Percy-passage, just opposite, and they left in a hurried manner. When be got at the end of the passage he saw the prosecutor. whose back was towards him, and the prisoner standing together. As he crossed the road he Raw the prosecutor and the prisoner walk on together. Noticing that the pro secutor was the worse for drink, he asked the prisoner if he knew the gentleman, and he maid, "No." He ate specter Garforth) then saw that the prosecutor had the prisoner by the collar, and the prosecutor hearing him speak to the prisoner, stopped, and said the prisoner had robbed him. The prisoner said he had not, but seeing the prosecutor pushed against some shutters be went up to him to ask what was the matter. The prosecutor said that was not true, and he then took the prisoner into custody, and on asking him, as be said he lived in Tower-street, Seven Dials, what be was doing in Rathbone-place at such an hour, he made no answer. The prisoner was well known to the police. Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded him. WANDSWORTH. ROBBING A IMISTRERM AND HER COOK. - - - _ Jane Taylor, a genteel-looking young woman, wu charged with stealing a gold watch and a variety of other articles. Mn. Susan Smith, of Thanet-lodce. South-fields, Wands worth, stated that the prisoner had been in her service for one week as housemaid. On Monday evening she went on. stain, where she remained a long time. Witness requested her to come down, but, as she did not, she went to her and thought she was ill. The prisoner particularly re quested to leave, and witness allowed her to do so. After she was gone she missed a gold watch. ring. boots. hooks, and other articles. The cook also missed fmm her ho‘ a black silk dress, jacket, shawl, hoots, and umbrella. Police-constable Wilshire said be received information of the robbery. He went to London, and on Sunday morn ing he traced the prisoner to 41, Princeeroad, where he found her two boxes in the passage. She at first denied all knowledge of the things, but afterwards she said she might bare taken the cook's dress by mistake. She we. going upstairs when be detained her. Sh' then stated that she had the watch and other things. She produced the watch from her pocket, and the other things he found in her boxes. On the application of Inspector Wade, who said that one or two articles were still miming, the prisoner was remanded. press.] SHORT %TIGHTS ANT) MEA4)I7RES. ..-...., Inspector Dart, for the Croydon and Wandsworth /Bei. @ions, attended to support several summonses. The follow ing was the result in each CUP. Martha Jones, a shopkeeper, of South-field.. Wands worth, fined 20s. and 2a. costs, for five weights which were deficient. James Monnteer, shopkeeper, Bretton, fined 3.18. for seven weights. William Holliday, belonging to a co.operative store in Wandaworth, fined ss. for a defective weighir.g machine. Joseph Odam, grocer, Wandsworth, fined ss. fora defec tive scale. James Jenkins, beershop keeper, Wandsworth, fined 15e, for three measures which were deficient. Henry Trigg, a butcher, of Wandsworth, fined 53. for • defective weighing machine. Henry Brazier, beerabop keeper, Wsndsworth, fined An for 12 measures, which were all deficient. rf I