The Express. — London, England, 1866-12-24 00:00:00

TIIK"' E only a will-e-the-wiap--is corpse candle —flitting about the graveyard of the dreamers. Yet the Minister of Public Instruction, who is no dueller in Utopia, but rather keeps his foot firmly fixed upon terns firma, and has a habit of being matter of-fact in his speculations, has put his seal upon the plan. A commission that least dreamy of bodies, has approved the C a lculations which are th e basis of the united shops. Has the happy time - deed come at last I In eating our daily bread shall we be grinding corn for our children I The governors of the united shops answer in the affirmative. A commission says yea. The minister of the Em peror vouchsafes an approying nod. The greatest spendthrift will be the most not able economist. We are, in truth, before the palace in which the regeneration of the Prodigal ern is to be accompliahed. Nay, the prodigal shall be richer far than the miser. A spendthrift wife shall be the blessing of her husband's declining s ears, and shall deserve the li felong gratitude of her children. Every pound spent on a child from the hour w hen first it is swaddled upon ita nurse's knees shall be so much money laid up for it. Well may it crow over its rattle • for the music proclaims only so many shillings stor e d up for the comfort of its "future. It is in order to real ise this happy dream com pletely that these united shops have been built on this extraordinary scale, and at a cost of nearly half a million of money. Every industry is to be represented under these massive colonnades. Here every conceivable human want can be satisfied, and 1 the buyer shall be the richer for his purchase. As by the united shop system the child's cradle shall profit the man, so his coffin and his shroud shall not be lost in the earth, but shall return to his suc cessors, after a time, in the shape of so much solid gold. The funeral baked meats may be eaten with the comforting reflection that they will re-appear in the shape of bread to the descendants of the I , I 1 I. 1 I 11 1 . I ' \ I I . I 1 ' ' l l i l l, , 1, 1 I 3; i 1 , I ' 1 \ 1.1 til , I 11 1 il, t, II ,I• I• l' , I', Ii II i 1 111 r ; i\' ,1 i .,, 1 II ill 1"i i 1 1 II I' I , \ 1 11 ( 1 1 Ii F THE PARIS EXIUB ITION OF 1867. (iron our Breast coiunisrommerr.) The commissioners of foreign countries are now rapidly entering an appearance, and the arrival of Mr. P. C. Owen at the Hotel de Louvre is an earnest of impending activity on the part . of the English commissioners. The French promise to be punctual to the moment, and not to give Punch the opportunity of retotting on Cham. I remem ber that in a number of Lc Chariaari published one month after the openii_g of the Universal Exhibition of 1862, Cham began a series of pic torial squibs on our eccentricities, with a drawing of a visitor who was t r y in g to get into a vast crate. St o pped by a policeman, he says, " 1 have paid to see the Exhibition ; is it my fault if it is still in a packing-case I" Te Swedes and Norwegians will not, at any rate, be among the laggards this time. Their goods amid Havre ; and a model boat of four horse power is bravely working its way against the strong stream of the Seine to the Pont d'Jena. The eastern nations are active. The Japanese, Chinese, and Siamese compartments in the galleries have their timber-work almost complete. Without, the Temple of Marietta Bey is progress ing apace. It will be one of the more attractive objects of the Exhibition, since it is to be labori ously and learnedly finished in every detail. Wonderful promises are made concerning the anti quarian riches it is to contain. First among these will be the recently discovered bas-relief, which is said to be an authentic portrait of Cleopatra. On the exterior of the temple will be represented the arts of ancient Egypt. The interior will glow with the ancient Egyptian jewellery, together with the anti quarian treasures of the Viceroy's rare collection. About this temple there will be wondering crowds next summer, who may linger amid the native vegetation, and sip coffee in an Egyptian restaurant. The sporting world will learn with satisfaction that the north-east corner of the park will be occupied by model stables of various descriptions. The Italians are full of promises, but for the moment they appear to confine themselves to pro mises. Prince Humbert, may infuse a little energy into them at the last moment. Let us hope he will, for the o pportunity is a golden one for regenerated Italy. Her workmen who are to be sent hither to study the industry of the w ord should bring sonic samples of their own. Even Egypt will exhibit the dwelling place and domestic and agricultural econo mies of a fellah of Upper Egypt. And now let use turn from the Exhibition works to a work which will astonish visitors next year, and which will be a very formidable competitor among the claimants of the prizes which the Emperor has offered for the designs on institutions which have been created for the promotion of the h a ppiness of the masses, or for the harmonious prosperity of employers and employed. The jurors who are to decide on the merits of the plena sent in have, 1 believe, already met. Their meeting was appointed for the Ist of this month. It is to be hoped that this jury will be at the pains of making a careful survey of the many societies, in dustrial families, systems of wage-payments, eco nomic modes of living, co-operative devices, and o ther modes by which wage-payers and wage earners, separately or together, are seeking the greatest material happiness of the greatest num ber. A q uantity of most valuable information can now be brought together that may form the start ing-point in a new era of social science. In the list of new systems—and of strange and startling ones—however, there will not, it seems to me, be a bolder nor a more fascinating one, at the first blush, than this, which is not merely a dream upon paper, but is at this moment deemed solid enough to satisfy the hesitating mind of the capitalist. Let me describe it. By the Chateau d'Eau, on the Boulevards--on the site of that wonderfully picturesque group of little theatres in which so many generations of Paris gamins found delight—a vast edifice, highly orna mented, and with pointed roof and corner towers, is receiving now its finishing architectural touches. The vast proportions of the building, as seen from the lloulevarts, lead passers-by to imagine that it is some national munument—the palatial home of some public department. It is nothing of the kind. It is, the inquirer is told, tho gorgeous birth-place of a new system trade. Its plan and aspect are to dazzle the world next spring. People of all nations are to dock to it, after they have revelled in the wonders of the Cnamp de Mars, and are w see in iti operations a system that is to regenerate and ennoble commerce. On passing through the grand entrance, the visitor enters a spacious qua drangle. He is wider a broad colonnade. Colon nades stretch along all sides of the quadrangle, and on getting into the open space, he perceives that there are two or three stories of these handsome covered ways. Everything is solidly built in mas sive stone. The scene suggeststhe Valais 'Loyal tothe mind--a Valais Royal with two or three stories, or tiers of shops. lam told that no less than 400,0001. have been already spent on this place of trial forthe new idea which is to startle the world next spring. The •• ulea" appears to have been originated by M. Edouard Alexandre, the famous harmonium builder, of Ivry, and was first applied to the sale of organs for the village churches of France. In this palace it is, we are told, to bo applied on a great scale, to be hence spread over the empire, possibly "to the extinction of pauperism." The idea may be a Utopian one, impossible of realisation, but it has here as filtered throw the minds of many prac tical men, it would seem, who have one and all pronounced it to be both sound and feasible. As I have said, it was first applied to the site of organs for village churches, after it had been submitted to the Minister of Public Instruction and Worship, and hail received his sanction. The minister went so far as to appoint a commission to examine into the scope and moral bearing of this new system of trade. It was on the report of this commission that in 1463 the minister addressed an official cir cular to all the prefects of the empire, calling upon them to recommend the acquisition of organs in village churches and public schools on M. Alex antlie's plan. From this beginning the present monument has sprung. It is to carry out an ex periment on a gigantic scale to the honour of enter prising France in 1867. Groupi of puzzled people collect about the great building at all hours of the day, wonder ing what the mystery may be. There is a large board fixed upon the scaffolding, bearing these words, '• Magasins The United Shops' This name suggests merely a bazaar on an unprecedented scale—an inclosed town of shops. A line under the title only deepens the perplexity of the reader. He is told that the United Shops are built for the sale of goods, " under a new sys tem, with re-inibursenient by obligation-warrants." Now, what is an obligation warrant f Who is to be re-inibursed I According to M. Tinsoth4e Trimm, the building is already called by the facetious workmen of the Quartier St. Ant dine the Palace of the Prodigal Son. The ingenious Fiench people who have got a hint at the meaning of au " obliga tion-warrant," or at the scope of the United-Shop plan, have already woven together all kinds of ridiculous and fantastic visions of the future. Of all the facetbe, however, which have obtained of late about the Chateau d'Eau, the notion of the Palace of the Prodigal Son is by far the happiest. It will be no longer possible for the prodigal son to ruin himself. Let him run up a tailor's bill as long as the Boulevards, let him cover himself with jewels and perfumes, and swathe himself in the finest of linens, and drink deeply of the cost liest et „+, and provide himself with the most expensive stud of horses, and the most luxurious carriages and yet he shall be as far from ruin, when he has sown the last grain of his wild oats, ashe was when, laden with his splendid inheritance, he decamped from under the paternal roof. Hence forth to be ruined by extravagance is to be almost an impossibility • at least, the way to the dogs will be made as difficult in the future as it has been easy in the past. The way to fortune is to become as clear and well beaten as the path to the parish church ; while the road to ruin is to be a maze which only the very cunning shall be able to un ravel. The sceptical laugh, and shrug their shoul ders, and turn on their heels—they have heard of so many settlements of man's social difficulties in their time. The shades of St. Simon, Fourier, Owen, and the rest, dance before them. This is Illeparted. - I have under my ey es a pamphlet by Paul ' Dalloz on the art of saving by spending. Eco nomy could surely not be presented to the mind in a more agreeable form. M. Dalloz is no dreamer. His pamphlet is merely a reprint from the ifoiti 1, teer. He admits that at the outset the idea of saving by spending is a startling and a dazzling one. He then proceeds to tell his readers how he has studied the system of " obligation warrants," and has reached the conclusion that their appear ance in trade marks a new and happy epoch. We have not come upon the millennium yet, but on the horizon the light of a better day shimmers, To hint a happy future is as clear as bun jeer. He has analysed the foundation of the united shops again and again ; he has striven with all his might to find a flaw in the corner-stone of the building ; but ever! where are harmony and strength. The united shops are marked with this paradox, " Buy, and you will have your purchase and your purchase money." The passers-by laugh. Many wonder who the fool is behind the black board upon the scaffolding ; but still the masons hold on to their work, and the day of opening steadily ap oaches. A number of practical men have beben found to club their money together that they may say to the public, " While we make a fair profit on our capital, you, who are buying your daily necessaries of us now, shall be only thereby laying up a fortune for those who come after you, or indeed for your own age. Nought that you consume shall be lost to you." " Cast thy bread upon the waters, for thou shalt find it after many days," saith Scripture. Without any idea of preaching charity, but with that of appealing to a man's self-love, he is told to cast forth his sub stance of to-day, where he shall find it and subject it to his own use again after many days. The golden age is still far away from us ; but the age of social economy and statistical science is upon us, and the trade combinations on which the nited shops are founded only so many cun ningly-contrived sums which an intelligent and patient man has set himself, and has worked out. The calculations on which the obligation-warrant system has been established may be briefly de scribed. The advantage or gain to the purchaser is obtained by the simplification and consequent cheapening of the process of distribution. The wholesale part of the usual profits which are made in commerce to the disadvantage of the consumer is suppressed. The hundred and fifty shopkeepers who will be installed in the new edifice, will be there at extraordinarily low rer ts. They will be saved the great cost of separate advertising. At the same time they will have a steady custom. In short, one hundred and fifty shopkeepers club their expenses, and find their rent, to begin with, reduced from about a thousand a year to about a hundred and fifty. The great saving which the shopkeepers will effect in their expenses, and the advantage of direct trading with the producer, form the basis on which the obligation warrants are established. The shopkeepers will sell at the 'total rate, but the extra profit of their operations, the profit derived from the society's plan, will be kept back and deposited in the society's coffers. Now, it is this profit which is presently returned to the purchaser who has created it. It is ex pressed to him in this way :—Say that he buys a dress for his wife of the value of 100 francs ; he pays his money, receives the robe, and with it an Obligation-warrant fur 100 francs. This obliga tion-warrant is a negotiable security. It entitles the holder to the sum of 100 francs at the expiration of 59 years. But this is not all. A certain amount of these obligationwarrants are paid off every year by lottery, like other public debentures or loan coTtons in France. It should be observed that these obligation-warrants are amply secured, the capital which they represent being all placed out on public securities. Sooner or later then, at latest fifty-nine years after the pur chase is made, the purchaser or his reprentati:e comes again into possession of the money se he ex pended. Say that the obligation-warrant system of trading had been established twenty years ago ; under this system a middle-class family has expended 400/. a year. Paterfamilias would have in his secretaire obligation-warrants secured on the public funds, to the extent of 8,0001., if in deed he had not already realised part of this sum in one of the twenty annual drawings, at each of which be would have had a chance. At any rate, he would have negotiable securities, and he would find himself every year the richer for his expenditure. These obligation-warrants are within the reach of the humblest purses. I should observe, that every obligation-warrant will be of the value of 100 francs. The majority of purchasers in the Magasins-R4nnis, or Palace of the Prodigal Son, will not invest to this extent at one visit. A poor mother buys a pair of boots for her boy, paying six francs. She receives with the boots a little printed acknowledgment of her ex penditure. When her little purchases in the palace are shown by her receipts to have reached 100 francs, she repairs to the society's office in the palace and receives the obligation-warrant to which she is untitled. By this simple process this econo mical shopping or trading, the poor mother can, while she is spending money on her boy's neces saries, positively accumulate for him a little fund, that may at his majority be enough to purchase his exoneration front military service. A dazzling series of cases to which the system of obligation warrants may bring comfort and happiness has been drawn up. The dot of the daughter is insen sibly provided by the expe nses of her bringing up. An ingenious writer has described the new system in this way : he says, that the purchaser's money is merely an advance made to the shopkeeper for which the goods delivered are the interest. It follows, then, as a matter of simple justice, that when the amount of interest expressed by the gouda has been earned at the rate of 5 per cent. by the capital, the capital itself should return to the investor. There are certain articles, as bread, which can not be included in the operations of the Palace of the Prodigal Son. The profits of the baker are regulated by authority, and there can be no sim plifications of his trade that will make a new profit; therefore the consumer cannot get his money back, even after many years. In the Palace of the Pro digal Son there are to be no announcements of extraordinary bargains and ruinous sacrifices. A fair regulated profit will be made ow every article. 1.4. i i ' , it\! , i , i• 1, 1 1 Ik ' 4 ,i '...... 1 ' 1 1 \ • 1 i . r 1 , , • ' • 4 ti 1 , r I' • i Ems. MONDAY ' 5..01 v e tint-siREIc ' sm.; The prices of goods will be exactly those of every fair -dealing shop in Paris, while the purchaser will have the societys guarantee that every article is exactly what its vendor declares it to be. A great home and foreign retail trade, on the obligation warrant system, is in process of organization, so that the prodigal sons of all nations may cease to be the ruin of their families. The builders of the great palace by the Chateau d'Eau liken their system to the operations of some of the co-operative societies of England, and with reason. These obligation warrants closely resemble the tickets which members of co operative stores receive on making a purchase — tickets which entitle them to a share in the trading profits of the society proportioned to the amount o f their purchases. Wherever there is a simplifica tion of trade there is naturally a gain to the con sumer, since every profit made by the middlemen or wholesale and retail traders, or distributors, comes out of his pocket. Hence it is that the poorest purchaser pays the highest price. Co-ope rative societies had their origin among the working classes, for the good reason that these classes were the greatest sufferers by the expensive complica tions of trade. The obligation-warrant system is only a new development of the principle of associa tion, and it will be an exceedingly curious and in structive one, worthy the serious attention of all visitors to the Universal Exhibition of 1867. Judging after a visit I made only a few days since, I should think that the Palace of the Prodi gal Son will be out of the builder's hands by the close of the present month. We have little co-operative stores in our London byways. Our neighbours, however, have stolen a march upon us, and have erected a gorgeous palace in order to apply the principle of co-operation to the wants and tastes of all classes. I cannot conclude this letter without touching upon the admirable arrangements made by M. Duruy for the convenience of the provincial teachers, who, as I have alrea d y informed you, are to be helped to the Exhibition by a public sub scription. They will arrive during the holidays ; consequently the 1,500 beds of the three Lyc4es— Louia-le-Grand, St. Louis. and Napol4on—will be empty. These beds will be devoted to the poor teachers from the 15th of August to the 15th of October, so that it is calculated 12,000 teachers will find gratuitous lodgings, each lodger remaining a week. The Cwt.ltitietiminel calculates that the food of these teachers will cost 6,7201., and this is the expense that is to be defrayed by public sub scription. The committee are already at work, and hope to prevail upon the Imperial Commissioners to admit their deserving protegds gratuitously to the Exhibition. The teachers are to hold educa tional conferences. The first great machine of which I have heard as en route for the Champ de Mars is one that is being conveyed in two ships from St. Nazaire to Havre. It is of 4,000 -horse power, and was manufactured at Indret. It will reach the Champ de Mars by the Seine. tat* intelligence. METROPOLITAN COUNTY COURTS. (Sitting days appointed for the present week.) BOW, Row.road.--Friday, Dec. Loan MAYOR . * Comm Gulldh.dl.—Monday, Dec. 24. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.—Dsc. 22. SECOND COURT. Sittings at Nisi Prius in London.—(Before Mr. Justice Keating and a Common Jury.) WRIGHT T. MANN. This was an action to recover a reward offered for the arrest of a suspected person. The plainti ff 's case was that the defendant having been robbed in a brothel, and suspecting a Mrs. Daly to be the thief, be offered the plaintiff 101. if he would give such information as would lead to the arrest of this woman. In consequence of this the plaintiff induced her to enter his own house, and whilst she was there he sent for a police man and gave her into custody. The defendant did not appear , and the jury found for the plaintiff for the 101. HOOD T. COULSON. This was an action fur damages for false imprisonment, and the defendant pleaded a justification of what had been done, Mr. Philhrick and Mr. Macdonald appeared or the plaintiff ; Mr. Serjeant Tindal Atkinson and Mr. Barnard for the defendant. The defendant was a draper in Hackney-road, and on the 10th October a piece of .id yards of 'inlay was stolen from the front of his shop ; and on the same afternoon West, a policeman, apprehended a girl named Haggarty wish the stolen propertin w ho , possession. She said that • little girl, one of five, were in the road at the time, had given her the Linsey to dispose of. After the second examination of liaggarty,West and the defendant were re turning from Worship-street Police-court, when they met the plaintiff, who was a little girl 11 years of age, and the daughter of respectable parents, who lived in the neigh bourhood of Curtain-road. The plaintiff's case was that the defendant thereupon said to West, " This is one of them; take her into custody, hold her tight." The police man did as lie was desired. The plaintiff was charged at the station with being concerned in the robbery, and was taken to the workhouse, where she remained until next morning, when she was taken before a magistrate, who discharged her. The plaiutift was now examined as a witness, and stated that the defendant had given ter into custody. She also said that she had nothing to do with the robbery. For the defence, it was said that. the defendant entirely exorerated the plaintiff from being concerned in the robbery, and further that he had not given her into cus tody. Beyond this, it was said that West, the policeman, bad arrested the plainti ff in accordance with a direction of Dlr. Cooke, the magistrate, that he should take the girl who hail been pointed out by Haggarty ; West believed the plaintiff to be that girl. The defendant himself never made any charge against the plaintiff, though he signed the charge sheet containing IS est's statement, believing that his signing was simply a matter of form. In the course of the defendant's case an arrangement was come to by the counsel. The plea of justification was withdrawn. The defendant's counsel said that the de fendant was now perfectly satisfied that the plaintiff had nothing whatever to do with the robbery ; and it was fur ther agreed that there should be a verdict for the plaintiff, damages 20 1 . His lordship said that it was clear that the defendant acted upon a misconception throughout. and it was quite right that the plaintiff's parents should insist upon the character of their child being exonerated from the imputa tion which hail been cast upon it. Verdict for the plaintiff--damages 201. COURT OF EXCHEQUER-DEC. 22. Sittings at Prins at Guildhall.—(Before the Lord Chiefßaron and Common Juries.) GODDARD I'. SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, This was an action by a railway passenger for personal injuries. The defendants pleaded not guilty. Mr. Palmer for the plaintiff ; Mr. Arthur Bullen for the defendants. The plaintiff was a working tailor, and earned d the uring season, with the assistance of his wife and son, about 31. 10s. a week. On Whit Monday last he was returning with his wife from Erith to London-bridge by a third claim train on the defendants' railway. The train stopped at Blackheath, and the compartment in which the plain tiff was, I•:ing crowded, he had to get up to allow a female to alight- Before she had tirce to step on the platform the train moved on and the plaintiff was thrown off his balanceand in trying to recover it he placed his hand against' the aide of the door , and the door being violently slimmed to at the same moment his thumb was crushed in the hinge. The nail was turn off by the roots, and the plaintiff fainted from the pain and loss of blood which ensued. At the New-cross Station he recovered, and in formation was given to the company's servants of what had taken place, but they told him that they could not render him any assistance there, and that he had better go on to London. As soon as he reached London-bridge be went to the hospital, and had the wound dressed. He remained an out-patient of the es tablishment for about five weeks. No evidence was called for the defence, but Mr. Bullen ' submitted that upon the plaintiff's evidence no negligence against the company's servants was proved, or that if negligence was proved, there was contributory negligence on the part of the plaintiff which exonerated the defen dants from liability. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff—damages, 501., execution being stayed until next term, to enable the defendants to move the court above on the question of their liability under the circumstances of the case. made her mane in. Last summer they were staying at the Isle of ight, and, unfortunately, as Sir Gilbert, who bad taken too mu ch to drink, was passing along the pier to his yacht he accidentally fell off and was drowned. After having given evidence at the. coroner's inquest, Miss Braham returned to town, and being under an unpression that the executors of the deceased might possibly lay claim to the furniture, she employed the defendant, who keep' a depository in St. John's-wood, to remove her goods to his premises and warehouse them. The whole property was taken away by the evening of the 16th August, aid shortly afterwards she was informed by the executors that she had given herself a great deal of unnecessary trouble, u they intended to set up no right to the furniture. The plaintiff then directed the defendant to return the articles. and by the 29th August all had been sent back except a piano and two musical loam, and the defendant refused to give up these until he was paid his charge, which amounted to 15a. Bd. The plaintiff said she would not pay until these articles were restored to her, but the defendant wanted the money in the first instance. Ultimately she consulted a solicitor, and he went to the defendant, and, producing notes for the amount, o ff eretito pay him 26/. if he returned the goods. he had He said he would doubt not take less than the 291 . , observing that no that rather than make a fuss about the matter she! would pay the money. The defendant's charge was said to be out of all proportion to the lurk done, and extravagant, considering that the furniture had only to be taken half a mile, and was only kept a fortnight. In addition, the p l a i n tiff claimed a deduction in respect of a large marble dab belonging to a chiffonniere, which had been broken in two in the removal, as well as of a glass jug, a birthday present from Sir Gilbert, the bottom of which had been broken off and replaced by the defendant. The U. 106. had been paid into court for the damage done to these articles, but the plaintiff said that sum was not sufficient. The Lord Chief Baron—The sum in dispute seems to be under 5/. Is that the whole question we have to try? Mr. Joyce—We say that our lien on the goods extends to the whole amount of our claim. Miss Line Braham, the plaintiff, was examined in nip - port of the above facts. She said she lived at Alpha-place, Alpha-rod, St. John's-wood. Sir Gilbert East lived with her up to the time of his death, and alter that occurrence she returned home. All the furniture in the house belonged to her. When she employed the defendant to remove the goods she listed him for an estimate of what the cost would be, and he replied that he could not furnish one. Subsequently she went to Messrs. Williams and James, the solicitors to Sir Gilbert's executors, in she de and in consequence of what passed she desired the defendant to return the goods. He did so, with the ex ception of the piano and the two musical boxes. In cross-examination Miss Braham said she was not anxious to have the goods removed in a great hurry, and was not aware that a man was employed till 3 o'clock in the morning making an invoice. The executors made her a present of money, and she told Mr. James, the solicitor, that she wanted 291. more to pay Mr. Roots' bill, and he gave her that sum. When Mr. Roots said what his charge was she offered to pay him that sum if he delivered the goods and she had them in her possession. Mr. Thistlewaite, the plaintiffs solicitor, proved having offered to pay the defendant 251., and his refusing it, and saying he should hold the things until he had received the full amount, as the plaintiff would rather pay than make a stir. He told the defendant that be had no right to detain the goods unless there was d a previous agreement that that he should do so until he was pai. He a he should not give them up until he received the money, as that was the usual practice. Several witnesses engaged in the same business as the defendant estimated the proper charge for what he had done at sums varying from 17/. to 191. The original value of the presentation jug was proved to be 258., while in its damaged state it was said to be wholly worthless. Mr. Joyce, for the defence, contended that the defend ant had been hardly treated, as the re p res entatives of Sir Gilbert East had given the pl a i ntiff the 29/. to pay him. The Lord Chief Baron said it mattered not what they had given her. The question was whether the defendant's charge was fair and reasonable. Mr. Joyce said he should give evidence to prove that it was a fair charge. The defendant and other witnesses having been ex amined on that point, The parties came to an arrangement by which a verdict wit,' entered for the plaintiff with 46/. damages, 40/. to be deducted from that rum in the event of the goods being returned. His lordship sat until a rather late hour in order to dispose of the remaining oases in the list at these sittings, and succeeded in that object. BRAHAY r. ROOTS. This was an action for detaining certain goods. The defendant pleaded that he did not detain them, and also set up a lien. He paid IL 10a. into court, which he said was enough to satisfy the plaintiff's claim. Mr. Gifford, Q.C., and Mr. Talfourd Salter were for the plaintiff ; Mr. Keane, Q.C., and Mr. Joyce for the defendant. statement of counsel, the According to the opening plaintiff was Line Braham, a young lady who for seven or eight years lived with the late Sir Gilbert East, Bart, as his wife, in the neighbourhood of St.. John's-wood, the two passing under the name of Mr. and Mrs.Brahatn. During that period Sir Gilbert provided her with furniture suit able to the condition in which they were living, and she ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE. HOME CIRCUIT.--MAIDSTONE, DEC. 22. Baron Channell was engaged the whole of the day in trying a charge of homicide against three prisoners arising out of a drunken quarrel during the hop-picking season in the neighbourhood of Sevenocks, and the details of which were not of the slightest interest to the public. (Before Baron Bramwell.) Benjamin Beech, alias Cooper, alias Wilkinson, 47, • railway " navvy," was charged with feloniously wounding John Matthews, with intent to do him grievous bodily harm. The Hon. K Stanhope conducted the prosecution ; and the prisoner was defended by Mr. Itibton. The prosecutor in this case, as well as the prisoner, was a navvy, and they were both engaged at the time the occurrence took place upon some railway works in the neighbourhood of Sevenoaks. They lodged at • beer-shop with several other railway labourers, and the prosecutor seemed to have gone home one night and found the prisoner in his bed. He told him to get up, but he refused, and, according to his evidence, upon his attempting to move him from the bed, the prisoner seized a champagne bottle half full of gin that was on • chair by the bedside, and struck him several severe blows on the head with it, and injured him so severely that he was unable to do any work for two months. The prisoner, it appeared, absconded after the transaction, and was appre hended at Luton, in Bedfordshire, on a warrant. by Inspector Coleman, of the Kent ooustabulary. The prose cutor declared that lie had given the prisoner no other provocation than attempting to remove him from his bed, but a witness was called for the defence, another navvy, who said that the prosecutor was drunk, and that he struck the prisoner and pulled him twice out of bed, and then a fight took place between them in the dark, the can dle that was in the room having gone out, and during the struggle the champagne bottle was broken, and it appeared from the testimony of this witness that the prosecutor was undoubtedly the first aggressor. The jury found the prisoner Guilt!! of unlawfully wound ing, and Mr. Hatchard, the governor of Hertford gaol, proved that the prisoner had been in his custody several time , for poaching and other offences, and he bad also been convicted of wounding with intent to murder, and was sentenced for that offence to be transported for ten years. This was in let', and he served the whole of his term of punishment. Baron Bramwell told the prisoner that he was evidently a most violent man, anti if he did not control his temper, he would sonic day find himself standing at the bar on a charge of murder. He hoped he would be careful how lie conducted himself in future ; he had received some provo cation in this instance, and he should therefore only sen- I tence him to twelve months' hard labour. had THE POLICE COURTS. MANSION-HOUSE. On Saturday, Thquim Forman, a young man, having the appearance of a carrier's carman, was charged before the Lord Mayor with attempting to cheat and defraud, under the circumstances detailed in the evidence ad duced. It appeared that shortly after nine o'clock on the evening of Friday last the prisoner presented himself at the offices of Messrs. Linklater, the eminent solicitors in Walbrook, with a large hamper directed to one of the firm, and which was ingeniously made up with the tails and fea thers of pheasants to represent the contents to be game, and for which the prisoner demanded 4s. 1041. for the car riage, representing that the basket had arrived by the Great Western Railway. In consequence of the pnioner failing to produce the usual parcels delivery book, the clerk, Mr. Hosgood, had a suspicion that all was not correct, and desired the prisoner,who stated that his mate, who was with the van, had the book, to go for it. Mr.Hosgood followed,and as neither van nor mate could be found, he gave the prisoner, who attempted to make his escape, into custody. On examining the contents of the hamper they were found to consist of several pieces of bricks and stones, but no game. There were two other charges of the same kind against the prisoner ;in the one case where he succeeded in de frauding the clerk of Mr. Johnson, of the Merchants' Bank ing Company, in Cannon-street, of 4s. 10d. ; and in the other he had obtained a like sum from the housekeeper of Messrs. Beales, of Gresham-street. In both these oases the hampers were made up just the same as in the first. The prisoner, in his defence, said he had been a long time out of work, and, with his wife and four children, was in the deepest distress. The Lord Mayor said the prisoner was a most impudent thief, and sent him to three months' bard labour in the House of Correction as a rogue and vagabond. THE VACANT COUNTY COURT JUDOESHIP.—The judgeship of the Derbyshire County Courts, vacant by the recent death of Mr. W. Elmsley, Q.C., has been conferred by the Lord Chancellor on Mr. George Russell, of the Oxford Circuit. Mr. Russell was called to the bar by the Ron. Society of Lincoln's-inn in 1853.—Sunday Gazette. METROPOLITAN FREE HOSPITAL, DEVONSHIRE SQUARE, CITY.—The aggregate number of patients relieved during the week ending Dec. 22 was—Medical, 741; sur gical, 500 ; total, 1,241, of which 527 were new cases. DU BARRE'S DELICIOUS REVALENTA AZAZIOA FOOD cures dyepards, indigestion, oongb, 11111thila, connumptica, debility, email on, diorrhoes, palpitation, nervous, papilla, liver, and stomach complaints. Cure No. SPOIS.—" Rome, July 21,18 M. — The health of the Holy Father is excellent, especiall since, shandonbg other remedies, he has confined Isms entirely to Du Borrys Food, and rue Holinem cannot praise this excellent food too Itlahly."--nemetta du Mtel. Du Berry and Co., No. 77, Begentollost, Load" W. Is thee, at la. led.; Ft. Id. sea. ise.--(Advalbessm. CoLLISION ON RA THE G ILWAY.RAT WESTERN On Saturday afternoon a oolliaion took place on d the Great Western Railway , between Wolverhampton an Birminham. A 100 al train, composed partly of mineral and partly of general tnere h an dise trucks, all laden, usually arrives at about two o'clock at Wednesbm7, which is about midway between Wolverhampton and Birmingham, after leaving the Victoria goods station at the former town at 12 o'clock. On Saturday, however, it was very late in getting out of Wolverhampton, and when it arrived at the Bilston station the express peasenger,dated 2.38 out of Birmingham, was overdue , and Joseph Martin, the guard of the goods train, desired to shunt train at that station, that he might be out of the way of the express. But the pointaman there told him to go on to Wednesbury, where there was another siding. Martin then told Bucki ngham . who was the driver of the goods train, to go on Wdnesb, and pass over the points to shunt there. The driver carried out these instructions, and had reached the points at Wednesbury, when the ex press, which does not stop between Wolverhampto ts n an the d Birmingham, was seen approaching by tbe *min at Wednesbury station. Two of them, a switchman and a platelayer, immediately ran down the line abo ut 300 yards and signalled the express to stop. The driver of the express put on the breaks and reversed his engine, and at the same time the driver of the goods train was motioned to mdVe forward. Martin was in hie van and hearing a whistle for a break to be applied thought it was a signal for him, and he applied his break, and also l oo ked out from his van door-way to see if the express was coming up. At the same instant the express dashed into the goods. The collision caused Martin's van to be shattered to pima, as it was tossed up by the express engine, upon the top of which its dislocated frame-work reared as Martin was thrown out insensible upon the permanent way. The exp ress engine was thrown off the metals by the collision, and stuck fast in the platform embankment on the Wolverhampton side of the Weilnes• bury station, having ploughed up the earthwork to a con siderable extent. Martin was picked up bleeding from a wound near the right temple, his left arm was broken near the shoulder, and his left side sadly bruised. His escape from death is due to his having been look ing out of the half-opened door of his van when the col lision took place. He was oonveyed ex soon as pos sible to the South Staffordshire Hospital, in Wolver hampton, where he is now lying. Further than being well shaken, and, of course, considerably alarmed, the passengers in the express were not regarded as injured. 'The line was blocked for about two hours. MARKETS. COTTON.—LrregeooL, Dec. 22.—Market very lamely, at yesterday's rates. Sales to-day 12,000 bales, including 4,000 speculation and export. 4,000 American, 1341. to 150. ; 400 Femme, &c., 140. to 160. ; 550 ?decal° and 1341. to 130. ; 350 raptian, 13d. to ; 6,600 Surat, 100. to 13d.; Madras, 110. to 'lid. ; Bengal, Scinde ?sc., Bd. to 90. ; China , 90. to 101 d. ; 100 Peru,ls4l. COTTON GOODS.-11mICASSTER, Die. 2.l.—The mar ket is quieter this morning. Most of the buyers had satis fied their wants during the last few days in anticipation of the Christmas holidays, and the majority of both buyers and sellers had turned their backs on business yester d a y with the determination of g ivin g themselves rap to t enjoyments of the season till the middle of next week — some of them probably for a longer wi lrizl i than thai y open t. On l'l' p l a o rt d a7ry imnetrhcehamnotarningandto look at letter' ° irb P i r ct ma y to hand, and the chief market day next week will be on Friday. In yarns a rather considerable business has been done during the week, and India mules have rather im• proved in price. This has also been the case in water twist and warps for the continent, but the demand appears to havo been pretty fully satisfied. In home trade yarns the demand appears not only to have cleared out stock tent a good deal, but to have placed spinners to some ex under engagement for future delivery at prices ficl. per not lb. higher than on this day wee k. Doubled yarns do appear to have shared much in the improvement, except some of the lower counts. Is cloth there has been more business than of late, but it has not improved in price so as to cover the extra cost of c otton and yarn. There has been some improvement in demand for wide printers. Some of the holders of skirtings have eased their stocks considerably. The class of Bolton goods coming under the name of counterpanes have gone off moderately well, the orders which usually begin to come in at this season from the home trade being of about the average bulk, while a good deal has lately been doing for shipping—especially to America. Prices of all cloths are nominally higher, but as a rule sellers ha ve not realised more than the full rates of WOOL AND WORSTED.—BRADVORD, Dgc. =— The market on Monday opened with great quietness, and little wool changed bands. A better feeling waspar apent, however, as the week advanced , an d a steady business was done iu most sorts of wool. There is great scarcity in some sorts of wool, such as hogs and bog matching'', which are most in request, and in these sorts the tendency of prices is slightly in the upward direction. Country rates are still in advance of those in this market, and staplers find no inducement to replace. There has been less doing in worsted yarns than for two or three weeks past. The advanced rates sought by spinners have had a tendency to restrict orders. Some purchases for shipment, however, have been made, chiefly in single 40's for Russia, lustre yarns of various counts, and twofold 40's. Carded and genappe yarns have also been more in request. A steady business has also been done for home consumption. There has been rather more business done in pieces, particularly in plain goods, both for home and foreign account. The continental merchants are at present the best customers of the manufacturer. In the home warehouses there is no appreciable change for the better. Manufacturers, on account of the advanced rates of wool and cotton, seek higher prices, though they seldom succeed. WOOLLEN. —LEEDS, DEC. 22.—There has been a tolerably good market in the coloed hall this morning for the advanced period of the year. ur Although the atten dance of buyers has not been large, there has nevertheless been a moderate amount of business transacted in spring fabrics, several parcels of thin meltons and tweeds in light shades having changed hands, blue, claret, and puce mixtures being the prevailing colours. The demand for plain cloths has also been well sustained ; a few good paled' of blue and wool-black clothe have met with pur chasers, and if we take into consideration the near ap proach of Christmas, the transactions in this market have been of a satisfactory nature. There lias not been such animation in the white hall ; although hairlists have been in dium request, the baldness done has not been so ex tensive as in the coloured hall. Rates have not in any way depreciated. HARDWARE.-DIRMINGIIin, DEC. 22.-Trade here has undergone no further change since our last report ; the sight reaction which had at that time taken place has been tolerably well sustained. This week they have been work ing full time at most of the manufactories ; but to-night there will be comparatively few orders remaining on the hooks, and in many instances business will not be resumed until after Nies 1 ear's-day. In the foreign department business is dull, and as to the bulk of it the prevailing opinion is that it will be at least two months before any reaction in it takes place. A meeting of the creditors of Mr. John Jones, of the Birchen!' Ironworks, was held in this town a day or two ago. An " approxiniate estimate" of the liabilities made the amount 2b0,0001. An offer by Dlr. Jones to pay over 10,0001. a year until five shillings in the pound is paid was accepted. CORN.-CMIBRIDGE, DEC. M.-We had &heavy Christ mas market, without any change in prices from last week. Wheat, sfie. to 60s. Barley, 40s. to 50s. Beans, 425. to 525. Oats. 25e. to 30s. COLCHESTER, DEC. 22.-A small supply of wheat, with a moderate demand at Is. above the currency of last week. The show of barley was also small, which likewise realised an advance of Is. per qr. GUILDFORD, DEC. 22.-The supply of wheat to-day waa moderate, and was in good demand at Is. per qr. advance upon the rates of last week. Barley was in large supply, and being in more general request, the extreme prices of last week were readily obtained. Wheat, 60s. to 745. ; barley, 345. to 504.; oats, 20a. to 30s. ; peas, 40s. to 425.; beans, 455. to 54a. LEICESTER, Dee. 22.-We had a tolerable show of wheat, there being a sprikling of white and red descriptions. Out door work is going on favourably in this locality. Business was healthy, and prices advanced Is. per qr. New white sold at 688. to 70s. ; new red, 60s. to Ws. ; old white, 70s. to 765. ; old red , to 70s. per 36 stone. There was a moderate share of business dose in barley, and except for the very best sorts, prices were a shade easier. Melting samples were disposed of at 42a. to 50s. per qr. ; grinding, :its. to 341. per 30 stone. The quantity of oats on offer was middling, and the demand on the whole proved steady. Higher prices were asked but could not be obtained-old, 31s. to 355. ; new, 28s. to 335. per 24 stone. There was a fair supply of beans, the demand for which was by no means active, and prices were less firm-old, 555. to 58e. ; new, 455. to 525. per 38 atone. The demand for peas was inactive. Fine flour, 49e. ; seconds, 45e. to 475. per sack. NEWCASTLE-014-TYNE, Die. 22. -At our market this morning we had a moderate show of wheat from the growers, but from the coast, as well as from abroad, the arrivals are liberal, and although the amount of business passing was less than of an average character, still sales to a fair extent occurred, the trade at the same time cloning firmly, at fully last week's rates. Flour quite as dose Malting barley, beans, and peas each Is. cheaper, with a moderate inquiry. Oats continuing in such lib eral sup ply, and our large colliery buyers being out of the market, factors have no alternative but to land to await a revival of the demand. The arrivals this week are :-Vs - heet, coastwise, 4,648 ; foreign 8,599. Rye, coastwise, 564. Barley, coastwise, 1,984 • foreign, 1,679. Malt, coastwise, 60. Oats, coastwise, 1,218 • foreign, 5,749. Peas, coast wise, 312 ; foreign, 83. Beans, coastwise, 82 ; foreign, 65 qrs. Flour, coastwise, 2,566 sacks. Indian corn Sour, 318 sacks. NORWICH, Duo. 21L-There was a very fair supply of wheat at this market to-day, and the demand being fair for all good qualities, the extreme rates of last weak were fully supported, end in a few instances exceeded. The supply of barley was liberal, and for the best descrip tions for malting late prises were_niaintained ; all other sorts ruled dull. Little doing in other •tielea t o wea ther during the put weok bee been tine, with •••"' able frosts. W h ite wheat (weighing Whet to fdlhe.) ' 8411 to 70e. ; red ditto (weighing 60Iba. to 631b5.), fig e to 6311.. beat malting barley (righing 52ilbs. to 53tIbe.), lax , 52a. ; rune ditto (weighing 511bs. to 521 be.), ag e . t o 44 1 : distilling ditto (weighing 491 be. to 501 be.), ag e . to ; per qr. Flour, 445. to 45e. poreack. Averages-Whoeksot o 4k sm ., sex ed.; bar1ey , 7,52 6 qrs., 478.71.; oats, 20q 1 .7% . NoTrinoese, Dsc. 22.-The show of wheat for tits th o of the year was tolerable. The condition of the gr a t e , by no means first rata. The pastures around here sa l O t i l reported of. The demand for wheat pawed firm at Si. teems prima. Old white sorts were beta at 70s. to 7,4 11 . old red, 62a. to 68s. ; new white, 66e. to 73a. ; n o . i.j . 54a. to 645. per 36 stone. Fine qualities of barley w ets limited t o :u n hand met a etude demand at =o a th; prices ; • kinds were in fur supply , end the ..• quiry war fiat, Us rates beingdifficult to support kJ; lug, 40s. to 55e. per qr. ; gr inding, 30e. to 37 1 .. 14 7,; stone. The show of oats was moderate, and omele t .: of fair quality. There war a healthy feeling is the t i •r and the currencies of last week were obtained ; 01d,31`, to 3611.; new, 245. to 325. per 24 stone. Beans were ad* sale, and Dollen bad to take rather less money thee b oo tofore ; old. 56e. to 60s. • new, 445. to 50s. per 38 Aft Pees tended downwards: Super flour, 50a. to 52a ; g oo; 465. to 48a. per 20 stone. OXPOED,Dic.22.-The attendance at this cora mhs to-day was somewhat limited, and although there u s , good supply of all kinds of grain, yet purchaaers, eked; oonfined to those from neousity, could not bey fort is money than this day se'nnight. The beet qu a lity o f , white wheat made as high as 68s. per qr. , while th e Imp ; of & secondary character ranged from 60e. and apirstd s .. new wheat ruled from 50s. to 64 11 . Barley for whi t purposes, the beat made quite 48s. ; the lowed q u e ll, for grinding, could be bought at 32a . Oldbeans Medina 525. to 542. • new beans, 424. to 46e. ; hog peas, 42a. t o 4 1 / 4 Flour, aeco ods, in demand, 475. to 48e. per sack. Pierssnoaonon, Dsc. 22.-We had a good show of who here to-day, all fine and dry samples were readily essa it fully last week's prices.A large supply of spring its, fine barley Is. per qr., other sorts, 2s. per qr., lower. ea t and beans could each be bought at le. per qr. less maw READIG, DEC. 22.-In the Corn Exchange to-day th e . was a full avenge supply fur the season, but the rend. ably damp and foggy weather which has lately pre tt e4 appeared to have affected the condition of all lie* The market opened with a degree of heaviness ; w e , thelese, holders of samples remained firm, and rim were effected se prices fully as high as laid week. pa fine samples of white wheat the prices ruled from ik is , 716. ; sooon d ory , 635. to 68a. ; and inferior, Gla to 6h. ; pet 1 wheat, best parcels, 66a. to 68a.; secondary, 63e. to ilk ; 1 andinferior, 595. to62a. There was &tolerably rood we e k of barley on offer, and sales were effected ruay at - ths hi 1 terms of last week. For intermediate and grinding Na t the trade ruled somewhat heavy, and to effect sales ads aline of Is. was obliged to be submitted to. Fine milling barley realised from 475. to 52.5. ; secondary, 3 6 e. to tae; and grinding, 30s. to 335. Of oats there was a liberal En of samples and the condition, with f-w exceptions, us good. Tra de; for Fnsb was firm, but other sore were easier to buy. Poland oats realised from Sa to 32.. ; Waterloo, 255. to 26e. ; Tartary, best, 24.. to 268. ; and inferior, 18a. to 23e. The market for beans sad pew ruled firm. Old beans, beet, 52a. to 55a ; new, 42a to 45e. ; peas, 38s. to 425. ROCHESTER, DEC. 22.-We have to report a rather better feeling prevalent in the corn trade here, during theme week, while the demand for most kinds of gram rem= firm at improving currencies. With a fair show of Bea drylparcels,but lots of white wheat fetched abouth.pacr. more money, the rates for extra fine sorts being Gk. to 6k; secondary, GOs. to 64a. ; and other samples, 5Ga to ek per qr. ; best red wheat, Ws, to 646. • secondary, 5k to 60s. ; and inferior and damp kinds, fkle. to 5511. per cir. Only a limited business war done in foreign kinds of grain ; nevertheless, late quotations were well supported, and some of the beat north country samples are quoted d la. per qr. more money. The flour trade rifled needy, extra superior lots being about Gd. per sack dearer. Bake 111111 rather difficult to quit, with the exception of bast samples, which realised fully late terms, superior grindim lots making 34a. to 38s. • and malting, 431. to 52a pa qr. ;secondary making 40s. to 4Ss. ; and grinding Hods, 325. to 345. per qr. The malt trade remains very steady, best kinds being taken off at former prices. Thal we j only a limited demand experienced for oats, but all sups= corns firm, at late prices, a few of the best lota radioing a trifling advance ; for best old feeds, the rates an 265. to 30s. ; and secondary and inferior, 26a. to Its. per qr. Beans and peas about the same as before, with a mall demand. WIBBECH, DEC. 22. -We are fairly applied with it kinds of grain at this day's market. Good dry wheat isla I dearer. Oata, peas, and beans not quite so ready isk I Prices to the grower:-Wheat, white, 625. to Cc, I 631ba. per bushel ; ditto, red, 60s. to 63a. Oats, la Oil. to Is. ld. per stone. Woecurritn, Dec. 22.-At this day'. market there was a fair supply of wheat, which realised fully last week's rates. Earley of all kinds lc per qr. lower. Cab maim tained their value, but only taken in retail. lams sad peas both fully Is. per qr. lower. Yost:, Dec. 22.-There was a seamable show of wheat to-day, but very few old sorts were exhibited. The atm• dance was moderate, and samples were taken off at rather over the currencies of last week. White samples were taken off at 58a. to 64a. ; red ditto, ills. to 56a. per 36 stone. Of barley the supply was pretty fair, and quite equal to the demand. General runs must be quoted rather lower in price, but there was not much &heretical' the value of selected lots. Molting realised 38.. to= prices similar to those of last week ; new, PAL to 284. pe u per ta g w r ias ; about as us ual, ti,'"oand"tghelinr.;:°uirrewas. The show at 4 24 stone. There was not much activity in the domed for beans, and sales were made at about Is. per qr. de dine ; samples realised 4Sa. to re.,. per 3ri one . s Salt 68e. to 70s. ; rye, 345. per qr. Flour, 455. to pe sack of 2eolbs. consist lVar ire entirelyr os , of D wheat. ec. report any . increase in supplies. To:trade here sine this day sea:ought has not undergone much ch an g e ; bash= has been limited at about previous prices for all article. 22.- gAi r o f n ° i r e e Brown ani gvraainll we this cane week Wheat -Foreign unaltered in value ; best description more inquired for. Irish firm at about our but quo* tions. Barley-Grinding is again cheaper by is. pe barrel ; malting, from scarcity, supports late rates. Black oats-At a slight reduction a fair business has been dom. Indian corn 3d. per barrel lower, which has induced a somewhat improved demand. Flour firm. Imporu this week: - Maize, 400 qrs.; wheat, 6,100 S ou r, 116 ads meal, SO sacks. Exports this week s : - Wheat, 40 barrels; a 4. 3,447 ; barley, 201 ; flour, sacks; oatmeal. ffi. • BRITISH EX.I'ORT COAL Titsnl..—From a report just published in Liverpoo l, it appears that the total sk porta of coal from the English ports durinf November have slightly increased, as zornparerl with November of 1865. From the northern ports the t otal exports amounted t 0331,852 tons, showing a decrease of 4.713 ton+ ; hood" Yorkshire ports 32,661, decrease 1.:01 tons: from Louisa 4,823 tons, decrease 548 ; from Liverpool, 409 1 .tea crease of 13,340' tons ; from the Severn port s increase of 8 41 ,7 88 tons; and from the ..Scotch ports 53* a decrease of 19,134 tons. The total experts coast' from Liverpool during November last was 10.271 toss, as increase as compared with November of 1865 of 141 tee The imports of South Wales awl ether coals into Lim' pool during November amounted to 7.%3 tons , • deer °. of 776 tons. From January to 30th November, 1866, total imports of South Wales airl other coals were 67,4 tons, a decrease as compared with game period of 1865` 23,160 tons. The total imports of scalerne coal into Los don during last month amounted to 255,30t11 tons. snovill an increase over the sole month of 1865 of 24,811 too. 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