The Express. — London, England, 1867-09-03 00:00:00

r 1 ~. BROWN and POISON'S CORN FLOUR tor CHILDREN'S DIET. To obtain extra met by the sale other kinds us sometteses .liererl Instead of BlexiWN and POLSON'S. Soak Joh. Drown," ..John Poison," Is signed by the makers on packet. COVENT-GARDEN CONCERTS. cIIVENT.OARDEN Tll EATBK—EVERY EVENING at 8. Under the sole I.llrectloh of Mr. JOHN itt*MELL. Mdlle Aarolta. M.llle. rzar.eo, Mr. J. N. Wehll, Mr. Reynolds, llr. R $ Prktivti, Mr. Ilughe% M. Barret, and Mater Bouncy. band er 100 performers. t'o.ntuck.r—eirtrnr BOITFAINI. Cerhteetoe of the D*n Musk, lien Juliano Strauss, trout M Wieniawski, the eelearilett TI Halal, will appear This Evening Thur.lay nest. a Ik•ethoven Night. The Pr,:tannue varied every evening. 7t4.i•oittve "1411 tn,w aO tail .5. reenact:a& One Shilling. Doors open at halt•past 7. Elie erairtoo. TO CORREAPONDENTS. advertleernenta Intended for " The Express," London Evening 1":4:, must be at the office, 10, Bouveriewtreet, by Two ::k on the day of publication. 11.tYMARK ET. Tins resume), As yot LIE K I T. Messrs. Howe, enliven dale. Rog, rt. Kendal, Clark. Weathtrilq, 4te.. Mesiames gloat siddons. Burke, Fitzwilliam.ttc.—Tit PARIS AND RACK APB /A Mr. liuckawne —And PETER SM INK. Lr. Compton. PAINCICarfa. Trov Nrrxrao, Poolt PILLIcoDDY. Mews. Dorninkk Murray& lire.ham : Mks Pally Marshall —And IL K nTKEETS OF LONDON. Mr. Vining, Messrs. M•Leao, 1). Murray, *c.; MerelamesSluart, Barnett, and 31arslon. *WAN ?it A, Tar. EvEnlina, THE SIAN DIY THE RED MANSInN ; DR, DAV:4 DY MARIE AN ritINK TE —The Champion Skaters: Mr. Plumpr,.o Mr. it Nn Coleman anti Mr. brown.— And THE SEA; OR, THE ocr.AN CUILD. WON WATZIL AT LONDON BILIDOIL Tl2ll DAT —...l.rnine. sb. Os Afternoon. 5h 19ft 116.1101a0W—lfornins. Sh. 37s Afternoon, su. 56m. - - --- LONDON, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3. THE 'harping season is marked this year by unusual recklessness. Whether it be that the heat of the past month has somewhat relaxed the inventive energies of our rogues, or the extreme dulness of the season lulled them into a false secu rity, their recent operations have been marked by a want of the usual secrecy, caution, and fore sight. This is seen in the choice no lees than in the execution of their plans, in the general outline as well as the special details of their autumn campaign against the common enemy. In the se'ec tion of nefarious expedients they appear to have specially favoured what may be called the benevo kelt dodge. They appear to have reasoned that if real cluaiy (wveittil a ranitijUilh of sing, Il e ' tended charity would be the best possible cloak for their sinister designs. But they do not appear to have sufficiently considered that in following out simulated schemes of public benevolence, they courted the widest publicity, and thus ex posed themselves to the risk of imme diate detection. Thus, only a few days ago a printed circular, containing the names of distin guished members of Parliament, was widely cir culated through certain districts of the country, asking for contributions on behalf of Mrs. GOR DON, the widow of the Jamaica martyr ; but this shallow device met at once with the detection and exposure it so richly deserved. The recipients of the circular communicated a'. once with the pub lic men whose names it bore, and the whole scheme was exploded at the outset. More recently s.ill, the name of the Lord Mayor of LONDON has been employed to cover a design equally fraudulent, but more plausible in form as wall as of wider pretended benevolence. A printed prospectus had been circulated in reference to " a grand dis " tribution of prizes in aid of the destitute poor "of London—one shilling per share." It staves that after all expenses have been deducted, the balance will be remitted to the Loan MAYOR for distribution. The recipients of the circular are urged to interest themselves in the disposal of the tickets, on the express ground that the object in view is truly a charitable and urgent one. How widely the circulars have been dis tributed is not at present known ; but from tho fact that one of the detected tickets had the number 8,552, the distribu tion would seem to have been tolerably extensive. The fraud, apart from the almost certain chances of early discovery, was in itself well fitted to suc ceed. But, as the event showed, it was promptly exposed in the most natural manner. A clergy man in the country, who had received the pro spectus, accompanied by a book of tickets, wrote to the LORD MAYOR to ask if the scheme was really under his sanction as represented, adding, that in that event, the object being a charitable one, he would do his utmost to dispose of the tickets. Inquiries were at once instituted, and the managing committee, treasurer, secretary, and bankers whose names appeared in the prospectus, resolved themselves into two men, said to be brothers, occupying a back room on the third floor of the house in the City from which it was addressed. Fortunately, little mi.-hief appears to have been done, as from its very nature the scheme broko down at the outset. The place selected was, in these cases, the weak point in tie sharpers' programme. But if hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue, schemes of simulated beneficence such as these are the homage which knavery pays to our national im pulses of charity and benevolence. But the most surprising and gigantic 'harping enterprise of the season is the attempted for gery on the Union Bank of Scotland, brought out fully at the Mansion-house on Friaay last. In this case the operations, extending over a period of nearly two months, were of the moat minute and business-like kind. Yet, sin gularly enough, they are characterised through out by the want of due vigilance and caution which marks the two public frauds we have re ferred to. In the middle of June last a young man of respectable appearance, with plenty of money, chiefly Australian sovereigns, about him, loose named wing • that -ye called on a die•ainker named RICHARD SMITH, living in the neighbourhood of the City- road. Ho was accompanied by a loose character, of questionable antecedents, named ZELLMAN, whom SMITH had known a little, five or six years before, "by meeting him at places of " amusement." ZELLMAN introduced the respect- . . . able young man to SMITH as Mr. Davin JACKSON, a friend of his, who wanted some 1 business done. JACKSON proceeded to business by asking SMITH if he could engrave a plate. SMITH cautiously replied that it would depend on the purpose for which the plate was to be used. t il JACKSON at once produced a five pound note of the Union Bank of Scotland, which SMITH, having examined, handed back, saying "it would be a " very serious business." To this J ACKSON V answered there was no risk, as only four men were engaged in the affair—himself, ZELLMAN, 1 1 SMITH, and " a banker from Australia"; and that if SMITH would engrave the plate he should have 201. at once, and 3001. when it was finished. SMITH, the die-sinker, acquiesced in the proposal, but immediately after the interview put himself in communication with the police, and during the subsequent six weeks all the proceedings con- nected with the engraving of the plate, the pur- chase of special paper and presses, and the on- . • .. _ ....-- --.... -.— THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1867. gagement of promises for printing the Dotes, were carefully watched by a detective, who told the whole story in court on Friday last. The police probably allowed the scheme to advance thus far in the hope of detecting the mysterious fourth person engaged in the affair, vaguely described as "an Australian banker." But ho appears to have evaded their vigilance and escaped detection. Slum made a cautious attempt to get sight of him, but failed. On the 12th of July, meeting JACKSON at ZELLMAN'S house, he said that he should like to see " the " other party "of whom he bad spoken. JACK sum said "that was impossible, as he had got into " a fearful bother by letting ZELLMAN see him, " and that ' the party' had sworn at him dread fully in consequence." Se far as the "Australian " banker" is concerned, therefore, there seems to have been no want of duo caution and circum spection. But from the very outset JACKSON, the active agent in the business, exposed himself in a manner that was almost fatuous. Ho put himself in the hands of ZELLMAN and Swrrn with out setting any watch upon their proceedings, or taking any security for their good faith. And ' though they both betrayed him at once, and were in communication with the police throughout the long period of their intercourse, he never seems to have suspected that anything was wrong ; not even when as " a blind" and " a feint" SMITH wrote letters to himself which ho got posted in Birmingham, purporting to come from a paper warehouse there, and the handwrit ing of which was so badly disguised that Jseasces remarked that it must be assumed. In other respects JACKSON seems to have acted as a man of business, knowing well what he wanted and the best way of getting it. He had money at his command, was active, intelligent, and perse vering. Nay, while the plate was preparing, he seems to have actually expended about 50/. in expenses connected with the business, and to have been prepared to spend ten times that sum, not withstanding the fearful risks to be encountered at almost every step of the process. For had the notes been actually printed, there would still have been all the dangers and difficulties connected with getting them into circulation. Here is a case in which capital, business knowledge, skill, energy, and perseverance were all engaged in an enterprise almost certainly condemned to failure from the outset. What are we to say to such a case ex cept that the habitual contemplation of fraud, the unrestrained indulgence of grasping thoughts and crooked purposes, produces a kind of passion for this species of crime—a malign enthusiasm for dishonest gains which can only be satisfied by attempting, in the face of all risks, to secure them on something like a gigantic scale. OUR CONTEMPORARIES. (THIS DAY.) that of Louisiana, General Sheridan's late district, ail be among them. The Post draws attention to the metropolitan gas ques tion, aml, after describing the way in which the consumers have been fleeced by the gas companies, saddle steps that have been taken in parliament, says that as to the remedy which can be applied, the select committee of the House of Commons recommends that, unless the companies win be brought to terms, parliament should " concede to the city of London, the Metropolitan Board of Works, or other local authorities of the respective districts the power of supplying those districts in the manner in which the cor poration of Manchester supplies that city and the sur rounding neighbourhood." This is probably the only measure that will be found effectual ; and if the conduct of the companies should result in this, the Post will not grudge them the victory which they have gained tb , s einsion. The Star remarks that this is the period of the year for the inspection of the dockyards by the Lords of the Admi ralty. Wherever their lordships go they find everything in apple-pie order. The yards and stores are swept and gar nished. The men are brightened up. Docks are holy stoned to a pearly whiteness. Spam, and rigging, and guns are all a-taunto. They go,and see, and—are no wiser. They do but look on the outside of the sepulchre, and it is whitened carefully. Within there is little else than dry bones. The Times thinks it is quite natural that the maligned members of the " Tea-room Party" should appear before their constituents after the close of the session to explain their past conduct, and the example of Mr. Morrison at Plymouth has been quickly followed by Mr. Dillwyn at Swansea. A simple statement of facts seems in each case to have been sufficient. No other defence was needed than that which a "plain, unvarnished tale" could afford. Mr. Dillwyn has reason to be proud. He and his friends saved the reform bill. They undoubtedly did commit the unpardonable offence of dissenting from Mr. Glad stone's plan of procedure ; but they acted with delibe ration, and, as the event has shown, with true forethought. In any view of the case the Timcs recognises in the tea room party the men who had the wit, the readiness, and the courage to discern the perils of the occasion, to dis criminate between what was possible and what was im possible, to dare obloquy and misrepresentation, and to bring the Reform Act of 1867 to a suocessfal issue. The Daily liars draws a frightful picture of society in Russia. Native Russian society is still semi -barbarous, it says. Persons who have any money to spend often in dulge in unbounded hospitality, but it is as coarse and inelegant as that of a drover's tavern. They visit each other without invitations, stay as long as they please, eating irregular meals when they are hungry, getting drunk with raw spirits, and sober with tea, sleeping on chairs and sofas, or stoves, and going away when they are tired or discontented. Not very long ago even two great officers of state, on a visit to the Emperor himself, were so little used to the ordinary decencies of life, that they were found, in bed certainly, and between the sheets, but complete uniform, with their jack boots and spurs on. This is not a civilisation that it is worth while to propa gate, even in the territory of the " sick man." Her Imperial Highness the Princess of Olden burg, accompanied by Princess Therese and the Princes George and Constantine, and attended by Dr. Steidel and • numerous suite, have arrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Torquay. His Highness the Prince Alexander Wassilt ehikoff sad family have arrived at Maorigy's Hotel from the Isle of Wight. The Duke and Duchess of Roxburghe have left the Clarendon Hotel for Paris. The Duchess (Emily) of Beaufort left town yes terday on a visit to Lord and Lady Londesborough, at their villa at Putney. The Earl and Countess of Dudley have passed through town to Black Mount, N.B. The Hon. Major A. H. Anson, M.P., and Mn.s Anson have left ilimley Hall to join the earl and countess in Scotland. Count Serge Ch6r6tneteff has atrived at the Clarendon Hotel from Torquay. Lady Ward has during the last week, at Himley Hall, Staffordshire, entertained the Bishop of Rochester and the Hon. Mrs. Claughton, Major Hon. A. H. Anson, M.P., and Mrs. Anson, the Rev. F. and Ludy Adelaide Law, and a succession of visitors. Field-Marshal Sir Edward Blakeney, G.C.8., Governor of Chelsea Hospital, will leave town to-clay for Brighton. The venerable governor is in excellent health. It is announced that the Earl of Derby has con sented to lay the foundation-stone of the New Southern Hospital, Liverpool, early in the ensu'ng month. Chevalier Genero, member of the Italian parlia ment, and Madame Genero, accompanied by the following members, viz., Chevalier Trompeo, Chevalier Panhiotty, Chevalier Calve, and M. Apandro, have arrived at Mau rigy's Hotel from Florence. Mr. J. F. Townsend, Q.C., LL.D., was on Fri day formally appointed by the lord-lieutenant to the office of judge of the Admiralty Court, under the provi sions of the act passed last session. Dr. Townsend had an extensive practice in the court for several years past. Preparations are being made at Hughenden, Rucks, to present an address from the churchwardens, farmers, and other inhabitants of the place, congratu lating Mr. Disraeli on the passing of the Reform Bel. The remains of Captain Wilfred Speer, who wa shot on board the steamer Octavia, near Fort Raiford, Missouri River, in Jane last, were yesterday deposited in the family vault at the Necropolis, Woking, Surrey. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo nial-office from the Governor of the Falkland Islands. DEATH OF REAR-ADMIRAL HOPE.—WO regret to announce the death of Rear-Admiral Thomas Hope, which took place at Pinkie on the :slat ult., the day after his return from Homburg, where be had gone for a com plicated liver complaint contracted whilst sen:ng in the West Indies, West Coast of Africa, and Syria. Admiral Hope only last May attained his Sag rank, and might have reasonably looked forward to a long period of active service. --- DEATH OF MADAME IkfCRAT. —The sister-in-law of Prince Lucien Murat, and widow of his elder brother, hag just died in the Ur.ited States. She was born at Dud ley, and was niece, or rather grand-niece, to General Washington. She became • widow 20 years since, nod died on the estate where her husband bad drawn his last breath. Notwithstanding that the restoration of the Empire in France naturally showered down titles and dig nities on all bearing the tame of Murat, although her brother and sister-in-law resumed the title of highness, and took up their positions in the princely rank, Madame Murat, formerly Miss Dudley, remained philosphically on her estates at the other side of the Atlantic, manifesting her greatness simply by kindness to all around her and by the loftiness of her spirit and heart. TAE Counts OF LAw FEES. —One of the last setsipassed in the recent session was for the application of su as fees paid by suitors in the superior courts of law, an other courts, towards the expense of providing the intended courts of justice ; the acoounts are to show the surplus and deficits of the receipts and expenditure, and on a surplus the Treasury is to issue the amount to the Courts of Justice Redemption Account, to be applied to- wards the discharge of the Redemption Annuity of the new courts. Amended tables of fees may be prepared, and provision may be made for payment into the Ex chequer of money received in respect of fees by the Court of Bankruptcy or any other courts towards the new courts of justice, so that the statute has range over the courts, and the surplus income to contribute thwarts the expense of the courts of justice. It is to be cited as " The Courts of Law Fees Act." MARRIAGES BY SPECIAL LICENCE.—In the year 1865, for which the returns have been issued, there were 23 marriages by " special licence," allowing the marriage to be solemnised, not only at any hour of the day or night, but "in any meet and convenient place." These licences are granted by virtue of a dispensing power exercised by the Archbishop of Canterbury, formerly exercised by the Pope. Fees amounting to about 30 guineas are charged for granting a special licence. MR. CHARLES Keae.—Lettors received in Liver pool report that the health of Mr. Charlet Kean has of late greatly improved, and that he may probably be able soon to give readings, though it is doubtful whether the healthful breezes of the Cornish and Devonshire coasts will so far renew his strength as to enable him to reappear on the stage. Mis BsrEmaw.—English playgoers will learn with much pleasure that the popular Transatlantic comedienne, Miss Bateman, is about to pay another pro fessional visit to this counts y. Miss Bateman will com mence a tonne& throughout the English provinces and Ireland and Scotland in October, playing for the most part a round of Shakeoperian characters, which will terminate at Christmas. Early in the spring we may anticipate seeing her at one or other of the metropolitan theatres. A Manchester serial states that a memorial is about to be erected over the (at present) unmarked grave et the late Robert Brougb, in Manchester. We (Times) have been requested by Mr. Henry Cole to state that he did not write, and bad no knowlege whatever of, • threatening letter purporting to h ave b e written by him which a Saturday journal published last week and vouched as being • Gondficie letter received from Mr. dole. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. NATTERS TELEGRAMS.) ' AUSTRIA. VIENNA. SEPT. 3. The Dtbatle of to-day states that a despatch has been addressed by Count Bismarck to Herr von Heidebrandt, the Prussian envoy at Copenhagen, accepting the Danish proposal to commence direct and confidential negotiations on the North Schleswig question. It is stated that, besides a circular from M. de Moustier on the subject of the imperial meet ing at Salzburg, France and Austria have both addressed special notes to Berlin with the object of re-assuring the Prussian government respecting their policy. THE ABYSSINIAN CAPTIVES. ADEN, AUGUST 24. Intelligence has been received here from Abys sinia to the Ist July. The captives were well and were still separated from the Emperor Theodore. CALCUTTA, CHINA, AND AUSTRALIAN mins. SUEZ, BErr. 2. The Nubia arrived at 2 p.m. to-day. AMERICA. ARRIVAL OF THE CITY OF PARIS. The Inman steamship City of Paris arrived at Queenstown at 2 a.m. to-day (September 3), with 39 passengers and 16,097 dole in specie. She landed mails and passengers, and proceeded im mediately for Liverpool. NEW YORK, Aucter 24, MORNING. General Sheridan has declared all contracts made with the old city council of New Orleans to be annulled. It is feared that the ill-health of General Thomas 11: , 1 prevent his arming the command of the Fifth Maitaaj District, vice General Sheridan. General Grant is discharging numerous superfluous em ployes from the War Department. Several clubs are organising at Washington, Cincinnati, and elsewhere in favour of Mr. Johnson's re-election as President when his present term of office shall have ex pired. The new Tnrkish Minister Blacque Bey was presented to the President yesterday, when the usual courtesies were exchange& The New York Herald urge' the President to proclaim a general amnesty throughout the South, and to form a new cabinet. Cholera of a malignant type has appeared in Elinor On Thursday last Admiral Tegethoff riled from New Orleans on board the Austrian frigate Elizabeth for Vera Cruz. Adrices published here from Hayti state that several ytispiracies had been discovered in the island against praise tt aalnave, and that numerous arrests had been made. or sria.vrio musses.) NEW YORK, Sart 2, G P.M. The steamers City of Boston, Hansa, Moravian, and Manhattan have airived out. Closing prices :—Gold, 1411. Sterling exchange on London, 109„. 5-20 United States Bonds, 1148. Illinois, 120. Erie, 691. Cotton : Middling Upland, 27. PHILADELPHIA, SEPT. 2. Petroleum, standard white, 30. THE ABYSSINIAN EXPEDMON.—The Viceroy of Egypt has not, as has been stated, been requested to pro cure camels for the Abyssinian expedition. He has only been asked to facilitate the purchases of our officers who have been despatched to Egypt for the purpose. THE PRINCE IMPERIAL AND HIS LATE TUTOR. The LiterrE publishes the following letter from M. Moonier, late prompter of the Prince Imperial :—" St. I'ardoux, August 2:4—Travelling in the mountains of Auvergne, I have lighted by the greatest chance on en article in your journal in which you speak of me. I have given in, and I maintain, my resignation, because for a reason on which I shall not expatiate, seeing that I dislike personalities even in self-defence—because, I say, it had become impossible for me to fill my duties, as every tutor does in all the courts of Europe. I entere d the palace to accomplish a mission, but the means necessary to carry it out having been taken from me, I withdrew. M hat I have decided on has been done conscientiously. I have left the situation—my career ruined, and my heart crushed —but all from a sentiment of duty. You say that lately the studies of the Prince were somewhat neglected ; that is an assertion of that sad and unhappy jealousy which exists. Lately, that is, during the time of the Prince's illness, I watched him day and night. Previously, the Prince followed the regulations which he bed always been guided by, those which be was pursuing when it was said he worked too hard, which assertion was no more correct than other statements. I always took care to profit by his recreations, his walks, and every thing that occurred to instruct hint, to form his mind and heart, to nourish in him • holy flame of patriotism, and devotedness to liberal ideas. You should me the subjects he treated, sometimes under the form of little narratives or letters, sometimes as essays or historical compositions, as d all well written, and the orthography excellent. How many times of an evening in the midst of the Court, last winter, the very period of which you speak, did he astonish everyone in the well-known game of his tory and geography, where he showed that he pos sessed not only the dates and proper names, but even the movement end progress of the institutions in the principal nations ! Every one was charmed, and told me so. Who would then have thought that three months later I should be told that the young pupil's studies were neglected, and that the professor who considered that edu cation as the great work of his life, should see himself forced to quit the palace , calumniated, obliged even tem porarily to leave Paris to escape the bitterness of witness ing so many disappointments. The young Prince complied with the regulations militarily; he was in excellent health ; he studied with pleasure ; everyone loved him ; all went well. On my part, there was always the sac earnestoem, the same delight in teaching. He had all my instants, all my thoughts, and all my heart. —Accept, Ste., FRANCIS MONNIEIL" THE EVANGELICAL ALLIANCE AT AHSVERDAM. The Evangelical Alliance closed its meeting at A astenlam by what was termed a great national open-air missionary meeting. The gathering took place at Veg.lenzang, a pleasant country retreat a few miles from Amsterdam. Upwards of 10,000 persons assembled, and the day wee kept as a general holiday. The Rev. Pastor Rehiring opened the festival at 10 o'clock, and was followed by Pastor van Rhijin, of \Yemenis/a, who delivered an intro ductory speech upon the subject of Christian missions. Mr. Lotman, the secretary, then gave an account of the state and manner of working of the missionary associations in the Netherlands, after which the vast mass of people di vided themselves into three groups before three tribunes, from which they were addressed in English and French, Dutch and German. There was plenty of singing, and some very good band music, and at the ote of the proceedings the visitors to the con ferenee were hospitably entertained. On the preceding day Lord Radstock, on behalf of English visitors, and Dr. Prune, on the part of the Americans, expressed their sense of the handsome manner in which they had been enter tained. The entertainment of so many visitors must have entailed oonsiderable oast. About 350 oat down every tiny to dinner while the conference lasted, in addition to which excursions to various points of interest in the neighbour hood and free admission to the Zoological Gardens and evening concerts were arranged for by the executive com mittee. Nothing seems to have been left undone to ensure the comfort of their guests. The King of the Netherlands gave a liberal donation towards the expenses of the eon fertnoe.— aalignatti. THE BREECHLOADERS TOR THE FRENCH ARMY. —Acorrsspon dent of the Timm writes as follows regarding the breechloaders in ammo of supply to the French army : —" Last year the French government invited gunniakers and others to compete for • system of conversion of their old arms to breechloaders. No pattern was selected in its integrity, but a gun was made up by a committee of French artillery officers, and contracts for 300,000 stand were issued in May for this pattern, which was simply • com bination of the system invented by Mr. Kenneth Cornish with the Snider. It was aptly described by • leading manufacturer a. a Cornish' gun with the ' Snider' extractor, and is admitted to be so by the French themselves. By the Emperor's orders • special commission bee been appointed to decide upon the amount of compensation to be paid to the oriTinal inventors for the use of their patents. It is to be pre sumed that further contracts will be issued, but as yet I neither Mr. Cornish nor the representatives of the late Mr. Snider have received say benefit from the contracts issued, or such as would arise from the open acknowledgment of their inventions, and it is to be hoped that these facts will receive due consideration. Mr. Snider was treated with illiberality by the English government, still he did not suffer in loss of reputation ray the suppression of his name. As 100,000,000 fr. were voted for breechloaders, the in ventors whose genius has enabled France to supply her urgent needs cheaply and speedily have a right to expect that a fair remuneration should be awarded them. Policy as well es justice point to such a course." .. ~.ti,'' LONDON GENERAL OMNIBUS COMPANY (LIMITED).-( THIS DAY.) The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was held this afternoon at the offices of the company, G, Fins bury-square, Mr. LAW in the chair. In moving the adoption of the report (which has already been published), . . . The CHAIRMAN said he met the shareholders with mixed feelings. He was exceedingly glad that the board were able to give the shareholders a small return for their money. In 1860 when the company was placed in similar circum stances,sthere was no dividend at all, and the wisdom of the course adopted in establishing a reserve fund to meet bad years would now be apparent to all. Everything that ad ministrative skill could do bad been done by their excellent manager, Mr. Church. He had, for instance, reduced the number of omnibuses on unprofitable lines, and he had thus saved the company more than 5,0001. ; and he had effected other savings. Still it must be remembered that eve') wet day cost them 400 f., and the unusual nem. ber of these days had entailed a loos of 24,000/. ; and the extraordinary high price of provender had swollen their expenses to the same amount. Thus a loss of 50,000 f. on the half-year was accounted for. Mr. Law concluded by strongly urging the proprietors to aid in enforcing the check upon the conductors, whose defalcations had amounted to a very serious sum. Every conductor was ordered to enter every fare as soon as it acm ued ; and If each proprietor would do his best to see that the rule was obeyed, he would assist in saving the com pany a very large sum. In the meantime they might remain satisfied that the non-earning of a dividend this half-year was a mere accident ; and that nothing had occurred whatever to shake their confidence in the sound ness or vitality of the company. (Cheers.) Mr. HEREPATH, in seconding the motion, said the truth of the report and of the chairman's speech must be obvious to every one that bad noticed the weekly receipts of the company. He had observed that in one week alone there had been a loss of no less than 6,000/. owing to the bad weather. Mr. Herepath was enlarging in eloquent terms on the future of London omnibuses, when be was stopped by loud and general miss of "Time." Mr. HALL thoroughly approved of the proposed pay ment of the dividend of 2s. a share, or at the rate of 5 per cent. per annum. Mr. Barrios also supported the dividend, which he re minded the meeting was to be paid out of accumu lated savinTa, and not out of capital. Mr. HMI/MLR/5, on the other hand, thought the poeition of the company most alarming. (Oh, oh.) He was pro ceeding at some length to develop. this view of the case, when our report left. BRLST, SEPT. 3.—The Pereire, from New York, arived here lut night with 131 passengers and 1,665,000 francs in specie. Mrs. (Longworth) Yelverton was amongst the passengers who sailed from Liverpool on Saturday last in the City of Washington for New York. Her 'enrage was directed " The Hon. Mrs. Yelverton." Her presence on the landing-stage soon became known, and the lady, whose unfortunate matrimonial speculation has been so much and so long before the public excited considerable interest. Her object in visiting the United States is to give a series of readings. GRAND VOLUNTEER REVIEW IN DURHAM.—A grand review of the volunteers of Durham took place yesterday on the Durham race ground. Nearly 3,0( 3 volunteers were present. Earl Vane, at the head of the Seaham Battalion of Artillery, was on the ground, and the Earl of Durham, the Lord Lieutenant of the county, appeared in lily uniform of honorary colonel to the Lt Durham Administrative Battalion. An immense body of spectators witnessed the review. After marching past, a sham fight was carried on for upwards of • couple of hours, and at the close the whole line advanced and gave a general salute. Colonel Erskine, Inspec tor of Volunteers, afterwards addressed the mounted officers, and congratulated them upon the efficiency which the volunteers had exhibited in the various miuneuvres of the day. He congratulated the Lord-Lieutenant upon having under his jurisdiction such a well-drilled body of men. —Leeds Mercury. THE BANKRUPTCY OF PETO, BETTB, AND CO.— The Kentish Gazette publishes the claim made by Mesas. Warter and Hilliard against the hankrupte estate on behalf of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. At tached to the document is Dr. and Cr. account, occupying 13 or 14 large folio sheets, which is thus summed up : " Abstract of the Annexed Account —The London, Chat ham, and Dover Railway Company in account with Messrs. Pete, Betts, and Crampton. Dr.: l. Cash from the contractors to the company, and payments made by contractors on account of the company, 2,171,33t1t. 18s. 7d.; 2. Works for certificates of the company's engineers, 2,993,2:54!. 14s. 3d. • 3. Cask received from the public for Metropolitan Exte nsions stock, and debentures taken by the contractors, 4,171,4501.; 4. Balance due to the creditors, inclusive of interest, 8601,9411. 19s. Id. ; total, 15,997,993/. lls. lid. Cr.: 1. Cash from the company to the con tractors, and payments made by the company on ac count of the contractors, 4,403,442 f. lls. 11d. ; 2. Stock and debentures taken or realised by the contractors, 11,594,551/.; total, 15,91.7,99 a. lls. 11d." The account stands adjourned for consideration by Mr. Edwards, the official assignee, until the next sitting, fixed to he held before the senior Commissioner of Bankruptcy, Mr. Hol royd, in November next. THE HUMBER IIiONWOILKS AND SHIPBUILDING COMPANT.—Yesterday a meeting of the Hull creditors of this company was held at the London Hotel, Hull, Mr. J. A. Wade in the chair. The meeting had been called for the purpose of considering a proposal by Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and Company, that the Hull creditors should sell their debts. It was stated that there had been great delay on the part of the official liquida.or in winding up the affairs of the company, by which the estate had consider ably suffered. The meeting was also informed that there was one large creditor, • claimant on the estate to the extent of 20,0001., receiving interest at the rate of 20 per cent. per annum, so that during the delay which had I occurred the estate must have been considerably impo. verished. The creditors present were of opinion that there was sufficient to pay Hls, in the pound on the just and legal debts. It was therefore resolved, " That the I chairman of this meeting do represent to the liquidators its opinion that immediate step. ought to be taken to recover the arrears due upon calls already wade, and that the entire uncalled capital ought also to be got in without delay ; it appearing to the meeting that there line already been much unnecessary loss of time, by which the estate cannot fail to have most seriously suffered." The proposal by Messrs. Askant and Morris was also unanimously declined.—Leeds Mercury. SCULLERS' RACE ON THE THAMES FOR 1:200. A *cullers' race for 2001. was rowed yesterday, by Frank Kilsby, of the Old Barge-house, a waterman, and John Pedgrift, a landsman. of Surbiton. Kilsby has for some years been before the public, and has lately very much im proved as • *culler ; he has also figured to much advantage as an oarsman at the Thames National Regatta. Pedgrift has also formed one of the champion four at our great national regatta. They are both young men, and rising in their profession, so that they hare made many friends. The race was looked upon with great interest, and two steamers accompanied the race with large parties on board, the friends of both men supporting them at level money, a large sum depending on the result. Mr. W. Wilberforce, kcan., was chosen referee. Mr. Charles Bush, the well nown bookmaker, was umpire for Kilsby, and George Hamme:ton stood for Pedlrut. Henry Kelley, the cham pion of England, was jockey for Kileby, and Joe Sadler showed up Pedgrift, whose friends laid about 9 to ti on him. Kilsby had the worst station.'and came away with the lead, but the steamers were so far ahead that it could not be seen who really led till they got to the London Boathouse, where Kilsby was well clear, the other keeping too close in shore. Kilsby gradually got away, although the other repeatedly threatened hire, but his chance was apparently good after wards, and he led by • length at Hammersmith-bridge ; he increased it to three or four lengths at Barnes, and then Pedgrift spurting, a desperate race ensued right home, and the referee could not distinguish who had won, declming it a dead heat. He then ordered the men to row again to-day. Bets stand. EXTENI/ATTNO CITICUMSTANCRS. —A woman named Durbet, aged 40, and her farm servant Cochet, a liberated soldier, aged 28, have just been tried at the Cour: of Assizes of Charnbery, for the murder of the husband of the female prisoner at Montraillnrd (Savoie). Although Durbet and hie wife were possessed of property, the former had been driven from his home by the ill-treatment of the woman. It was • matter of notoriety that she was on in timate terms with Cocbet, who frequently boasted that they had but one purse in common. Durbet, getting at length tired of leading a wandering life, returned to his farm, when the two accused, to get rid of his presence, which incommoded them, beat out his brains while he was asleep, ard then carried the body to a field, to lead to the belief that be had been murdered by stranger a Blood stained clothes were, however, found concealed in the house, and the c:ime being clearly proved • verdict of guilty was returned, but with extenuating circumstances. Cochet was sentenced to hard labour for life, and the woman to 20 years of the same punishment. ITALIAN RENTON ERS. "—One most successful forger of Raffaelles was Michell, a Florentine. There is at this moment, io the imperial collection at St. Petersburg, a picture known to be one of his forgeries, yet placed as a genuine RalTaelle. Italian " restorers" again have done • good deal to complicate the question. An anecdote given, I think, in the Quarterfg Eerier some years am is worth repeating. "We ones asked an able Italian restorer if he had ever met with any pictures by a painter of the Lombard school of considerable merit, whose only work with which we are acquainted is in the Louvre." " Oh, yes," he frankly replied; " the very first job upon which I wan employed was in converting one of his pictures into the Leonardo da Vinci now in a well-known gallery. Since then I have frequently repeated the operation, and I don't know of one now existing under his name."— Cortehill Jfaga:ine for September. THE ALABAYA CLAIMS. The chief questions which divide the United States and Great Britain have been so long and thoroughly discussed that the Timm has little hope of throwing a new light upon them. They have now, it should suppose, been quite exhausted in the long and elaborate despatches of Mr. Seward and Lord Stanley. These communications are very creditable to both their authors, those of Mr. Seward specially being written in a vigorous and confident style, as of a man who is determined that a good came shall not suffer in his hands. Lord Stanley, though acute and criti cal, is less impressive, since he has to stand on the defen sive, and to excuse acts which are denounced as • breach of international tight, and which certainly require expla nation. Except for the depredations of the Alabama, the United States have no just cause to complain of the con duct of Great Britain se • state dining the late war. The position assumed by Mr. Seward that the early recognition of the Confederate States as belligerents " was an injurious proceeding, for which Great Britain would immediately come under • fell responsibility to justify it, or to render rechuss and indemnity," the Times meets by • repetition of the arguments used by Lord Stanley. The defence made for the escape of the vessels which preyed on America, commerce may be sufficient, but is not so conclusive. It may well be that a government is not responsible if it takes all due precaution to prevent such acts, and the Times believes the British government did take such precautions. But these propositions may be combated, and it is beyond a doubt that through the cun ning of Confederate partisans these ships and their arma ments were sent to sea. In the estimation of the Herald Lord Stanley's reply to Mr. Seward is complete and crushing. By a reference to dates he shows, with cruel conclusiveness, that it was not the government of the United Kingdom but that of the Federal States which first recognised the Confederates by proclaiming a blockade, which American authorities, both before and since the war, have described as a belli gerent right, only exercisable between independent states is periods of hostilities. On this point, therefore, Lord Stanley would yield no jot or tittle of his countti's rights, not even by consenting to refer to arbitration when there was nothing to arbitrate about. And as to the Alabama cruisers, he could admit no responsibility. Mr. Seward's facts were not the facts of history. The British government had not "practically tolerated" warlike expeditions. On the contrary, they had stopped many ships, and had endeavoured, though unsuccessfully, to stop others in like manner. Still, with out admitting liability at all, Lord Derby's cabinet would be glad to settle this question, though they would do nothing that would involve concessions of wrongdoing or reflections upon their predecessors in office. _ . The Standard finds it difficult to understand why, if the Washington government is as anxious to settle this matter as it professes to be, it should impose a preliminary con dition which no self-respecting government could accept. The state policy of a great country is no fitting subject for the decision of an arbitrator, and we cannot afford to cut it and calve and offer it for the critical judgment even of Mr. Seward's nominee. It la* question of purely national interest, and has no bearing whatever upon the subject of the Alabama claims. The one ia a question of pounds, shillings, and pence ; the other of the honour of the British nation. The United States have brought forward a new claim against England for damages, on the ground that we non. Hilted prematurely the existence of a war between the Noi th and South, and they demand that this new question also shall be submitted to arbitration. This the TrlegrapA characterises as an incredible, extravagant, and preposter ous demand. England was not alone in recognising the fact of a war between the North and the South ; every nation on earth did the same. Every intelligent man in the world knew that the war existed, and there is a subli mity of assurance in the complaint against us that would provoke a smile, rather than indignation, if less important consequences were involved. lIISCELLANILOCB TOPICS. Referring to the recent changes of generals in the mili tary districts of the United States the Daily News remarks that General Sheridan falls a sacrifice to personal dislike and pique on the part of the President. The other re moval/ h►ve been made with a more direct reference to the public. They are the result of a sudden outbreak of independence in a weak and wilful nature. They do not in dicate asettled determination to enter on a new conflict with Congress; they merely show the petulance of a nature which cannot brook defeat, and which makes this sodden ex hibition of energy to convince itself that it is not beaten. The present access of energy will pass, and will be sue seeded by languor. As the time of the meeting of Cou pes, draws near Mr. Johnson will have the fear of im peachment more and more before him, and it will have its usual effect. He will probably be anions to have 10131 e results of the reconstruction 12161131111111 to show, and it is very possible that he may endeavour to announce in his annual message that the reconstructed constitution of several of the Southern states will be at once presented to Congress for its approval. The Daily Years will scarcely be hazarding a prophecy if it expresses its belief that if any such constitutions are thus ready for presentation, IX Iti I. C. The banks Oxford Only( Surrey. He o men, and, ha release. Aide of espeetatios 18 . 66, o! his fa Mi. Lucca 4 °Pr owl t appeared in respect of s Lad been fore men. He las arrangement , His Honour DAM: John Gdaut cab and other TreadwelL Joseph Smi Westhourne-p Mr. Thomas the Ztrd Aat street, and wt b• was oominp on the box d him, and ran and said, " I A nem wanted t< he said the ho must hays ant horse. The w Stephenln; Frith-street, &I the prisoner az prosecutor's ea Junes Herd took the prison The jury fou George Mod Sion fora mind sentenced to 1 The Judge • hard labour fo 7 ._ Darid Kirk were indicted the property o Robt. Strew theprisonersr street, Shadwe He (witness) were subseque For thedetel naily ta il ed. The jury foci Police-oonsh notorious ma house," three convicted a it The Judge s broken up, and they be kept (Befoi Thomas fat steal'ng tho Belcher, at Stt This was a o entrusted with ployed him tin The jury fou had suffered f. The prisone Court not to se suffered it on( punishment am 18 months ap tion. but it 61 be was disehen an honest livel without food, I The Moisten but he luta no Tears' penal aw Mary A nn I with stealing t master, Mr. 111 No. 54, Roper Mrs. Joseph she had given to leave, any left on Mon ahe was gone containing ah She oommunie being taken in and said she In not ao much view of gettini The parents having also ex reformatory, Mr. Tyrwhil Thomas Nat terrace, Lime charged with Henry Whit called to the t lane-bridge, ar wet and dnppi Jumped off the and pulled hin Mr. Benson Witness—Al bridge to the s and struggled James thing said he would and his friend the !midge. I or he would fa of rum that I the wager, and the bridge and Mr. Benson at all! Witness—N4 qoartern of ru Mr. Benson- Witness- -I'4 the best Jamai Mr. Benson e indeed, and if attached to his or that his (rim White, the to get away fro • second time. Mr. Benson fa discharged. THE CAsE O PATENT-OFFICE MUSEUM, 8017TH KENSINGTON.— Number of visitors for the week ending August 31, 4,918 ; total number Moos the opening of the Museum free daily (12th Ma 12.91), 1.177.956. THE ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OF THE CHIsT, CITT-ZOAD, &C.—The number of patients under treatment at this hospital during the past week amounted to 685, of which 56 were new ewe. knives and other dangerous article■ from the room, hut hid overlooked the box o[ matehem. The coroner ;idled 1.! know whether persons who had shown a desire to column suicide by throwing themselves frompllerieswere allowed to roam ;hoot. Was there no reotrarnt need? Dv. Kent? -• • • thorn said there was no restraint used. It was gond for tbi • - • - t one purse in common. Mabel, gettin7 at . -••— • ---- nearer um was ts very InCRIISICIIIs to leave the mates* Edward Mr of leading a wandering life, returned to his there. The witness said that an attendant had reinowd knives and other d us article, from the room. but hsa were brought i the two accused, to get rid of his presence, overlooked the box of matches. The coroner wished * in stealing aal needed them, beat out his brains while he wan know whether persons who had shown a desire to commit Property of th, then carried the body to a field, to lead to the suicide by throwing themselves from galleries were allowed place, Wandsv he had been murdered by strangei s. Blood-Mr. Mayo, thee were, however, found concealsd in the to roam about.. Was there no restraint nee d ! Dr . Kemp . thorn said there was no restraint used. It was good for the to withdraw tl the mime being clearly proved a verdict of patients to leave them quite free. The Coroner said that tbs been in Mr. l' returned, but with extenuating circumstances. onlye magistr engaged c I sentenced to hard labour for life, and the object of his inquiry was to prevent oases of this kind taking Th 0 years of the same punishment. Place. for another case of suicide at the MIMS asylum hadcoms before him in which the patient had while an attendant's vms to admit RESTORERS."—ORS most successful room was being scrubbed slipped into it 11111 i committed receiver, who 1 ifaelles was Michell, a Florentine. There is at suicide with a knife taket, from the house. It would la t, io the imperial collection at St. Petersburii , well to see if such eases could not he p revented . It win meat. It was that Fisk, own to be one of his forgeries, yet placed as a stated that there were four attendants to each ward, meld have bought tl ITaelle. Italian " restorers" again have done f our were not sufficient the law should compel 21 to be less, but he ti 1 to complicate the question. An anecdote employed. The jury could add anything to their ter round and m.,1 nk, in the Quarterly Serino some years aem, is diet they liked. The doctor said the patients wee Mr. Haynes ting. " We once asked an able itslisn restorer not allowed string, Tones, knives, or matches, and that to be P y r iTeliTi t er met with any pictures by a painter of the th ey were never left alone. The deceased, who slept with e nail :heel of considerable merit, whose only work t wo o th er pa ti en t s, was visited every hour durin7 the nillit, admissions ma we are acquainted is in the Louvre." " Oh, She had act herself on fire at I I o'clock in the morning. The magistr okly replied; " the very first job upon which L eav i ng th e matches in the attendant's room was so oter be received, at eyed was In converting one of his pictures into sight. The jury returned a verdict. "That the deceased what he wool lo da Vinci now in a well-know gallery. Since committed suicide by wetting herself on fire while in a made before tl frequently repeated the operation, and I don't state of unsound mind." We have been informed that Mr. Mayo I ne now existing under his name."— Corithill sinew the introduction of the modern non-restraint system drawing from c September. at Bethlehem Asylum suicide has diminished among the on with it and .eirelee MUSEUM, SOUTH Kvismoron.— patients by 80 per cent. , The ossiristr Mna to decide risitors for the week ending August 31, 4,918; The Surrey Standard records the death, in his I' since the opening of th e Museum free daily 77th year, of the Rev. John Scobell , rector of St. John's utot ta. Te rc e • L 8581,1,177,958. trate e i zioat IYAL HOSPITAL FOR DISEASES OP THE leoted that some years ago there was • riot in the strelts . Mr. Price a r-itoaD, E.C.—The number of patients under 1 of Lewes on the occasion of the interment by the late b!r. I this hospital during the past week amounted *smut Hart. ter who Southover, and of All Saints, Lewes. It will be mesa. The !Imelda lash 56 were new OWL bad been a member of the East Urinstssd Sisterhood. I Neale of Miss &obeli, the rev. gentleman's thumb , ANOTILER FRIGHTFUL TRAGEDY. (THIS DAY.) HORRIBLE MIIRDF.R OF A WOMAN BY A FRENCHMAN. This morning, aliortl;aft --- er 6 o'clock, a frightful tragedy took place on the south side of the river, From inquiries made it appears that for some time past • man named Louis Bordier, aged '4, a native of France, and by trade a currier, has resided at No. 3, Millatead-terrace, Church-street, Old Kent-road, The house, which is one of six rooms, was rented by Mrs. Caroline Snow, and let out by her in apartments, The front and back parlours were occupied by Louis Bee. dier and a young female named Emma Snow (the niece of the landlady), who had for sone years cohabited with him, and by whom she had three children. It does not seem that any ill-feeling had existed, and the man appears to have attended well to work. After supper Bordier and the young woman and children retired to rest shortly before 10 o'clock, and this morning there was nothing unusual in the conduct of the man, About 6 o'clock she was awakened by feeling a hand grasp hertightly by the bead, and on looking up she saw Bordier with • knife in his right hand. He pulled back her heed and drew the knife across her throat, from which the blood spirted out. She struggled with him, and managed to get out of the room into the passage. She then put her hands up to her throat, which she tightly grasped. She then made her way up some twenty stairs to the reels occupied by Mrs. Snow. She awoke Mrs. Snow, who, seeing blood oozing through her fingers, asked her what was the matter. She replied, " Oh, see what Bordier has done." She then approached the bed, and drawing down the clothes, got into bed with her aunt. The latter then perceived that her niece 's throat was cut in a dreadful manner. Mrs. Snow at once got up and gave an alarm, and messengers were sent off to medical gentlemen and to the police-eta tion. Police-constable 138 P was the first to enter the house, and shortly after was followed by Sergeant Turner, 35 P. They proceeded upstairs, in company with Dr. Simpson, of 759, Old Kent-road, who had come in. Is the bed wherein the aunt had slept Emma Snow was lying with a frightful gash in her throat. Dr. Simpson, on making an examination, found life to be quite extinct. Bordier afterwards came upstairs, and in answer to Mrs. Snow, who said, " Oh, what did you do this for!" he replied, " I have done it. I could not help it, for I could not part from her." The police then made a search, and on going into the front parlour where Bordier and the unfortunate woman had slept, they found on the floor covered si:th blood, • large, sharp knife, such as would be used by a currier in his trade. The bedclothes were stained with blood, marks of which were about the floor, along the passage, and upstairs to the aunt's room, where deceased had managed to get after the injury had been inflicted. Some letters, written in French, were found, but at present it is not known whether their con. tents at all relate so the dreadful deed. It seems, further, that although the man and his victim had been on very good terms for a long time, yet, owing le some quarrel between them, she had threatened to leave him, and went so far as to say she would leave him in • week. From the statement made by one of the children, • girl ►bout 10 years of age, it seems that Bordier, after having cut the woman's throat, passed into the back parlour. He stooped down on the bed, where the child was lying, and, seizing her by the throat pushed her head back and looked her full in the face. After remain. ing in this positicn a few moments he suddenly threw her back, and said " Lay down again." At that time he held one hand behind him, from which she noticed the handle of a knife. He did not touch her or say another word, but left the room. No doubt prisoner intended to destroy the child, but at the moment of doing so relented. On being questioned by the police the man, who did not at first seem distressed in mind, or to feel the dreadful position in which be was placed, said, " Yes—l did it, sad the knife is the one you have got that I did it with." He then begged to be taken to see the woman before they took him away. This was done, and on the way up stain prisoner said he hoped she would not live. The prisoner, In the custody of the police, was then removed to Peckham station, and thence to Lambeth police•couß During the morning there was a large crowd gathered in front of the house. After the disposal of the night charges at Lam beth Police-court, the prisoner was brought before Mr. Partridge, charged with the wilful murder of Emma Snow. Caroline Snow, the aunt, who was the first witness, deposed to deceased coming to her bed- room about ix this morning with her throat cut, and saying, " Look what Bordier has done." The other witnesses examined were Celestine Bordier, daughter of the deceased, aged 11 ; Police-constable Barrett, who went to the house with the doctor, Mr. George Simpson ; and the latter, who described the nature of the wound, and said that when he asked Bordier why he did the deed, be replied, "It was necessary I should do it." Witncu asked " Why?" and the prisoner replied, " I shall keep it to myself." The witness added that the murderer was not excited, and appeared quite sober, and that he took tobacco out of his pocket and filled his pipe. The prisoner afterwards said he had meant to do it for a fortnight and to kill himself and his children. He also added, " The blood from my wife's throat prevented me getting my own throat with a knife ; besides, I found it rathur hard to cut her throat.' A letter was found in the prisoner's pocket addressed to his brother in France, declaring his intention to commit the murder. The prisoner made no answer to the charge, and was re• moved for the completion of the depositions. SUICIDE AT BETHLEREII ARTLllll.—Lastevening Mr.W..T. Payne, the deputy-coroner, held an inquiry as Bethlehem Hospital respecting the suicide of Miss Mary Anne Cornwall. The deceased was a member of a respect able family living at Brighton. She had latterly been sub ject to a religious mania, which terminated in • desire to commit suicide. She a larmed her family by attempting upon several occasions to leap from heights, and they called in two medical gentlemen, who signed a certifi cate, and she was on the Ist of June removed to Bethlehem Asylum. Dr. Henry Low Ken.pthorn, medical attendant at the asylum, said the deceased had tried to commit suicide while in that institution. She had said, " If you don't kill me or give me arsenic 111 do away with myself." The attendants, therefore, had special orders to watch her. On Thursday he was called to her after the had set herself on fire. She was burnt and charred all down the right side of the body. As the sparks were dying from her burning dress she said, " Let me die ; the 1. pain of my body is nothing to the pain of my mind.' She showed signs of suicidal tendency just as strong as ever. She died on Friday from shock from burns and mania. She wished to die, and that accelerated her death. Emily Cousins, nurse of No. 4 ward, said the d • ceased had once tried to leap from one of the galleries at the asylum. She was always wishing to commit suicide. Os Thursday she had to leave her in the care of other patients for 11 minute., and she suddenly heard an alarm and saw the deceased enveloped in flames. The witness threw her self upon her and tried to extinguish them. She asked her hew she did it, and she said, "By lucifers. I got they from the attendant's room, and set fire to my skirt. I hart waited for opportunities, and that was the first one I hare had." The attendant.' room was being scrubbed, and the deceased slipped into it and carried off a box of matcher- A juror said it was very incautious to leave the matches there. The witness said that an attendant had removed TR! " 1, THI