The Express. — London, England, 1864-09-16 00:00:00

DEAR DOCTOR, what do you advise 1 I advise Alfred Mellon's Concerts; afterwards to EVANS', COVENT-GARDF—N, hem some charming singing, Seder one of their capital chops and magallicent Potatoes. and Ghat is t he belt advice 1 CAD give you. Zhe erpreoo. TO CORBF:3-PO.NDENTS. Advertisements Inteldea — g7 7: ieW HzWsk;" London Evening Paper, must be at the Ofkee, 10, Bonvetie-street. by Two o'clock on the day of publication. PRINCE&TS.. THIS IMMO. BORN TO 600 D —LUCK. Mr. D. Mneray. And THE STREETS OF LONDON. Messrs. J. W. Ray, David Fisher, D. Murray, J. Nelson, H. Forrester, and H. Mellon ; Mrs. IL Marston, Muses Barnett and Gwynne. THIS ETIMEMI. THE iiiii.oftc iliac RESS. - Singing by Mr. 11. Clifton and Mr. J. H. Stead Madame Pleon.—Mr. G. W. Jeater.—Concluding with THE MUTINY AT THE NORE. lIIGD WATER AT LONDON-BRIDGE. TfttS DAT Morunv. lh. 45m.... Afternoon, 2h. 11m. Tu-XoalloW 31oruing, 2h. SM....Afternoon, 2h. 66m. LONDON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16. PARLIAMENTARY Reform is decidedly a very restless and perturbed spirit. It cannot be laid. It is continually disturbing the slumbers of the satisfied, and vexing the conscience of enlightened selfishness. An admirable address delivered at Brighton last Monday evening by Professor Few errr, will probably surprise and irritate the herd of half-hearted or insincere, the indifferent or reactionary Liberals, who would fain hope and believe that this great question is laid to rest for years to come. Those who cultivate an implicit faith in the perpetuity of the existing poli tical lull, do not like to be reminded of the unwelcome truth that the world still moves, and that public men who wish to act a manly, enlightened, and patriotic part must move with it. Professor FAwcErr broadly states that the great question after the next general election will be Parliamentary Reform, designating at the same time the probable leader of the movement and the powerful arguments by which it will be supported. This declaration will not surprise those who are accustomed to mark the less obtrusive signs of approaching political change. The comparative quiescence of the classes directly interested in an extension of the franchise admits of the simplest explanation, and will hereafter justly constitute one of the most powerful arguments in favour of their claims. During the last few years a large section of these classes have suffered the extremity of hardship and want from the effects of the great struggle on the other side of the Atlantic, in which, however, they have from the first taken the deepest, the most intelli gent, and unselfish interest. In dwelling on this fact Professor FawcErr paid a weßmerited tribute not only to their noble fortitude, but to their generous political sympathies : " When we in " England were indulging in sneers against the " people whom we ought to be proud to claim as "our kindred, these were the people who came " forward at public meeting after public meeting " and said, We don't mind bearing starve " tion year after year so long as slavery, " with all its hideous consequences, can be " wiped from off the face of the earth.'" While some of this clan have thus directly suffered from the conflict of political principles amongst a kindred people, it may be fairly said that the whole body of English workmen have, during the same period, been interested to an almost unparalleled extent in military and political struggles directly affecting the welfare and progress of other nations. They have followed with the keenest interest the fortunes of regenerated Italy, the uprising of the devoted Pules, the patriotic re sistance of Denmark, and, above all, the great con flict between two opposite and incompatible forms of civiliz%tion in America. This has been to them a political education of large and permanent value, the good effects of which cannot fail to tell advan tageously on their individual character and col lective action. The very causes, however, that have thus tended to increase their political intel ligence and raise their general character, have at the same time withdrawn them to some extent from home affairs. Yet their feeling on the sub ject of an extended franchise if less noisy, is at the present moment far stronger than it was even four years ago, and any public man of unpre judiced mind who cares to inquire, may easily con vince himself of this. In his interviews with various deputations of working men last session, Mr. GLAD , ToNE discovered their true feeling, and the practical results of this discovery suffice to show that when the time comes they will not want for leaders in urging their just claims to political enfranchisement. In dealing with the question how the exist ing constituencies can most effectually serve the cause of Reform, Professor Fswcerr hits what is undoubtedly at this moment the most menacing blot in our representative system—the corrupt expenditure of money at elections. N otwithstanding the repeated— though in some cases rather lukewarm— efforts of Parliament to suppress this evil, it is still on the increase, especially in large consti tuencies, which were supposed from their very size to be least accessible to its influence. It would be difficult to exaggerate the wide-spread and malignant injuries to tho body politic which most inevitably result from the spread of this social and political leprosy. It tends directly, of course, to degrade and demoralize the constituencies ; but this is by no means the whole, nor in many cases the worst part, of the mischief produced. Nothing could well exercise a more fatal influence on the composition of the representative body than the whole tone of our public life. Seats that are notoriously dependent on money will generally in the end be filled by those who have nothing else to recommend them, and the multiplication of inch representatives is a positive calamity to the country. If the system of corrupt expenditure spreads, Parliament will gradually be filled by a lower class of men, who have neither the ability nor the disposi tion to deal intelligently with great public questions, or to conduct the &treks of the country on well defined principles, and in the interest of the entire community. Instead of public men of high tone, char convictions, and cultivated political intelli- NTEGRETTI and LALMBRA'S On. Guinea and L Two Qatar FIELD GLA3BIIII sad TILBSCOPRO on war noted u anztvollod for power out . Us. and Um. to c►w compluo —l, Hattongardeo, ; N. IC.; 141, BogentUreet, W. ; 1611. Itoolotroot ; sad Crystal Wow. JOHN BROGDZN. ORIGINAL GOLD CHAIN M AN lIIACTOILY , 16, RENRIETTA-STREEL COVE:VT-GARDEN. JOHN BROODEN'S GOLD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S GOLD GUARD CHAINS. JOHN BROGDEN'S G OLD ALBERT CHAINS. JOHN BROGDE S'S G OLD BROOCH CHAINS. THE LOCH, MOOR, and MOUNTAIN TOURIST and THAVF.LLING SUITS, Three Guineas, In all the new materials, Better than ever and more than ever," at ALFRED WEBS ]l7lll3, " 737inioic:Street. n"over-selnare. Removed from Bond-street. Established DAL THE EXPRESS, nIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 16, 1864. genre, we shall have wealthy admistatrers or mere i canary jobbers representing moray local interests; and long purses. Professor FAWCZT/C points out another evil of a very epeeist and practical kind ; that the spread of bribery furnishes the strongest argument against Reform. " The most unanswer " able argument," he says, " which the Tories an " bring to bear against an extension of the mange, " is the disgraceful spectacle which large oonsti " tuencies sometimes present, showing that there " is no road by which to obtain those constituencies " except by the lavish and corrupt expenditure of " money amongst the electors." Professor FLW carr does a most important public service in pressing this vital point home upon the constitu encies themselves, and pointing out in the most forcible manner that their character and interests are at stake in the prompt and total suppression of this opprobrious system. It ought, indeed, to be unnecessary to appeal to the constituencies on this head. Any honourable man entitled to ask for a seat in the House of Commons ought to shrink with loathing from the personal and political degradation involved in corrupt ex penditure. Bat as this is not the case, the electors mast in self-defence take the matter into their own hands, and protect them selves from the unworthy section of their own body, by refusing to support any candidate that resorts to such practices. The abatement of this evil will most effectually promote the needed ex tension of the suffrage, by destroying the only valid argument sgainst it. While engaged in con sidering the means of securing Parliamentary Re form, Professor FAwcrrr does not forget that the main end of an enlarged suffrase is to secure a more complete, intelligent, and effective representation of the convictions and interests of the voters : It is • paltry thing to wish to obtain a mere party triumph. I should be deeply grieved to see any man ejected from the House of Commons, whether Tory, Whig or Radical, who can honestly and intelligently interpret; the sentiments of those whom he represents. I feel • political triumph purely as • triumph of truth, and I know that if • representative assembly efficiently discharges its duxes it can only do so by having every section of opinion honestly and unflinchingly represented. That should be the end and aim of every one who interests himself in par liamentary reform. When any measure of parliamentary reform is proposed when we consider its justice or power—let us put this question to ourselves, " Do we think it will cause the various sections of opinion to be more in depeodently and honestly represented!" If we can ascer tain that such is the case, I believe that even Tories in their hearts would confer that such a measure of re form must ultiusately further the best interests of the country. EN Can. BALMORAL, Sur. 14. The Queen, accompanied by the Duchess of Saxe Coburg and Princess Louise, drove yesterday afternoon to Birithall. Princess Helena honoured the Countess of Fife with a visit yesterday at Mar Lodge. Her Royal Highness was attended by the Hon. Mrs. Bruce, the Hon. Harriet Phipps, and Lieut.• General the Hop. Charles Grey. Earl Russell, as Secretary of State in attendance on her Majesty, arrived at the Castle yesterday, and had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal Family last night. Viscount and Viscountess Palmerston left Cambridge house yesterday for arcedlands. The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell has arrived in Eaton square from Greenock. Despatches were received yesterday at the Colocial-oilice from the Governors of New Zealand, South Australia, Tasmania, and Lhasa. Despatches were sent to the Governor of Canada. His Royal Highness Prince Arthur, attended by Major Elphinstone and Goland Seymour, arrived on Satur day last at Baden-Baden. Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess Edward of Saxe Weimar arrived on Saturday last at the Stephanie Palace, Baden-Baden, on a visit to the Dachas, of Hamilton. The Duke of Somerset, with Rear-Admiral the Hon. James R. Drummond, C. 8., and other Lords of the Admiralty, are about to leave town for Paris and Mar seilles, on their way to Malta. The First Lord and his colleagues will visit Gibraltar on their return home. the Duke of Roxburghe, who has been on a sporting excursion to Norway with Prince Altred, arrived in Scotland on Tuesday with his royal highness, and imme diately proceeded to Copenhagen. . . The Earl of Derby returns to Knowsley Park to-morrow, from passing the week at Doncaster. The Earl of Dunmore is, we understand, about to retire from the Scots Fusilier Guards. The Earl Russell arrived at Balmoral on Tues day in order to be in atteedsece on her Majesty, in the plane of Sir Charles Wood. The noble earl left the Coun tess and Ladies Russell at Windermere on Monday, and slept at Stirling that night. On the following day he pro ceeded on his journey to Balmoral. Lord Bloomfield, the English Ambassador at Vienna, and Lady Bloomfield are expected to arrive in London at the end of the month on leave of absence. The Admiralty hare decided on doing away with much of the rigging which crowds moat of the ships of the ironclad squadron, sod giving each a lighter rig, the fact of the Enterprise and the Defence beating all the other ships of the Channel fleet on a wind. when under full sail, having induced the board to take the necessary steps for altering the other vessels of the squadron to the description of rig of the vessels mentioned. Dr. Pusey says iu the Times that be baa neither " threatened" nor advised either secession or the formation of a free church. " A free church among ua would require the co-operation of bishops. I only mentieeed, as a warn ing fact, that a free church bad been spoken of by persons whose allegiance to the church of England had been most faithful and true-hearted, and that the existence of our colonial episcopates facilitated such a plan. I thought it a fact which it was of moment that our politicians should know, and should weigh in estimating the gravity of the issue." A letter from Melbourne, dated July 26, says : " Our salmon parr all continue alive and well, and are fed daily with wh►tever is deemed moat suitable for their in teresting conatitutioos. After many dismission, among the members of our acclimatisation society, u to the moot suitable river to which ultimately to consign the precious charge, the better opinions after all incline to the Yarn, which also affords the special advantage of being at our door, sad within half a mile of where the little fish now are." At the Vaudeville, Parii, a new drama by ➢Madame Georges Sand and M. Paul Maurice, to be called Lc Dm-, has been accepted and read to the artistes, and will very shortly appear. 51dlle. Patti ii announced to appear at the theatre of Lyons on the lrth, whet she will siog in Lucia. with Dulaurees performing the part of Edgard°. Wagner's L ,, h , agrin has been given at Baden, and, it is asii, with great success. Madame Arabella Goddard, the well-known English pianiste, ia about to pass through Paris shortly on her way to Italy, and it is expected (gays Galignani) she will give one or two concerts dnriog her sojourn here. PRINCE Iluvancr.—His Royal Highness is ex• waded to arrive in town to•dsy from Doncaster, accent. wand by General Bear', ARRIVAL OP PRINCE ALFRED IN ScOTLAND.-- _ Her Majesty'. steenfrigate Racoon, Court Gleichein,.ith Priors Alfred on board, came up the Firth of Forth late on Tue..lay night, and anchored about midnight in BantleMod Road.. Orly on Wedoenday morning his royal highness, attenind by Major Cowell, landed at Sanla tisnd pier, and baying telegraphed his wife arrival to her Majesty at Bal. moral, travelled to Perth, on hi. way thither, by the train which leave. Santini's:id at 7.20. The Prince'. luggage. which was pretty exteosive, included several boxes of salmon caught by him in Norway. His royal Wilmer looked fresh and well after hie Norwegian tour sod a rather protracted sea voyage. Centime' were ordered to be ready at Abe% oe to coavey the Prince to Balmoral. whieh he would reach about 6in the evening. The Ramon was expected to sail for England on Wedomday eight or early yesterday morolog, in which MO she will likely again to return to the Firth, as it is said the Prince will rejoin the VINIII4II here after a short stay with his royal mother. SHOCKING AND FATAL ACCIDENT TO • CIPTAILI SPEER, THE EXPLORER OF AFRICA.-(THIS DAY.) (at =arm (scar ous owx .1 m.) BATH, FRMLY. A shocking accident has taken place. Captain Speke has been accidentally lulled while out shooting. He left Bath early this morning, and in the country, about four miles off, while getting through a hedge, his gun went off and shot him through the heart. He was expected to take a prominent part in the discussion to-day. (nom ANOIII2I CORMPONLINNT.) BATH, FRIDAY, 1 P.M. It was announced by Sir R. Murchison this morning in the Geographical Section that Captain Speke was yesterday evening accidentally shot dead whilst shooting at Corsham, near Bath. His gun seems to have gone off accidentally. There is a counter statement being made that it is the captain's brother who is shot. THE ARRIVAL OF MULLER IN ENGLAND. For some time past great excitement has existed in Queenstown as to the arrival of Muller. During the past few days the Inman agents' office there has been literally besieged for passes to board the steamer, but owing to instructions received from the head office in Liverpool none were allowed, except to those who were connected with the press and telegraph offioes. The Etna arrived off Queenstown at 9.30 p.m. yesterday. From the moment she was signalled to the time she made the harbour, the excitement was intense, and, as the vessel hove in eight, every place commanding a view of her lights in the dis tance was tenanted. The tender left the quay soon after 7 o'clock, with Captain Eastman, the Ameri can consul on board, and steamed away to sea till the rocket signals in the distance indicated the ap proach of the Etna. At this moment the interest and curiosity of the few on board the tender were raised to the highest pitch, which continued till the Etna drew up to the tender. To the question, "Is Muller on board r' " Yea," was the reply. All at once rushed on board. The Etna left New York on the 3rd inst., and Muller, in custody of Inspector Tanner, conducted himself well during the voyage. He says he is innocent. He ate, drank, and slept well, read the "Pickwick Papers," and laughed heartily over them. "He says he never shall forget Sam Wel ler." He says be will be able to establish his perfect innocence. Inspector Kerreasey and Sergeant Clark bad charge of the prisoner, who has been kept in the sick bay or hospital, of which he has bad the range. Ile has never been in irons. Only a few lady pas-' stingers and some gentlemen were allowed to speak to him on one or two occasions. A gentleman who went out in the Victoria with him also visited him yesterday morning. He recognised and conversed with him freely. The New York Herald publishes a correspondence 'between Inspector Tanner and Superintendent Kennedy, the former returning thanks for the at tention, advice, and assistance he received during his visit; also thanking him for the valuable as sistance of officer Tiernan, and enclosing for him a gratuity of 10/., if allowed to receive it. Super intendent Kennedy acknowledged and permitted detective Tiernan to receive the gratuity. The President's warrant of extradition arrived in New York on the 31st August, but Inspector Tanner did not take formal custody of his prisoner until the morning of the Etna's sailing, when he was conveyed in a close carriage to the Etna. In New York strong excitement prevailed among the German population prior to the arrival of the Victoria, but the evidence adduced on the hearing of the case in New York was sufficiently weighty to quell that feeling. Muller reads English with some difficulty and writes it badly. He was for some time in the German army. At the departure of the prisoner there was little or no popular de monstration, though at an earlier period threats of violence had been made among the German popu lation. The Etna left Queenstown for Liverpool at a quarter to 10 o'clock last evening. She may arrive at the latter place this afternoon in time to catch the evening train for London, in which case Muller would arrive at Euston station about 11 o'clock. Should the vessel reach Liverpool too late for that train, she will be there no doubt in time for the night train leaving Lime-street station about 12 o'clock, and arriving at Easton between 4 and 5 o'clock on Saturday morning. In either case Muller will probably be brought up at Bow-street for formal examination to-morrow. It is hardly likely, however, that the full examination will take place on that day. Last night a general expectation prevailed at the Euston terminus of the London and North Western Railway and its neighbourhood that Muller would have arrived in London. In order to avoid any crowd or commotion, it has been arranged that Muller shall leave the train either at the Camden station or by a private outlet in Seymour-street, and be thence conveyed forthwith by cab either to Bow street or Worship-street, for examination. No crowd will be allowed inside the railway-station on the occasion, and all due arrangements have been made by the authorities to prevent it. LATEST INTELLIGENCE. VISIT OF THE EMPEROR OF AUSTRIA TO HUNGARY. The Oat Deutsche Post says of the approaching journey of the Emperor Francis Joseph to Hungary : The visit of his Majesty the Emperor to limply has more importance for Austria than all the interviews of princes at watering place'. Its apparent object is purely military, but the circumstance that this is the flat time that his Majesty has entered Hungary since the publication of the diploma of October and of the ionstitu tion of February, the visible animation which has been pro dosed for some days past amongst Hungarian parties, and 1 especially amongst old conservatives, the presence at ' Vienna of Baron de Bath. who directed the internal affairs of Austria for twelve yean, till the diploma of October and the constitution of February had upset his policy—all this gives the journey of the Emperor a degree of hope, expectation, and vain aspiration, which it would be very difficult to analyse. What we hope and expect from his Majesty's visit is that it will bring op the Hungarian question once more. We do not in the least apprehend the dan genus influences with which pawns threaten us when they speak of old conservatives. What we believe and hope is that this journey of the Emperor will accelerate the con. vocation of the Hungarian Diet, and as the assembling of this Diet is, in our opinion, the only means of arriving at a speedy solution, we are perfectly indifferent to the influence by which it is brought about. The following telegram has been received at Mr. Reuter's office from the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company : THE BOMBAY MAil. MARSEILLES, Szrr. 16. The Delhi, with the above mails, arrived here at 6.30 a.m. this day. The mail was to leave for Loudon at 11.30 cm. EXPRESS FROM PARIS. (nom ou owl' comserommir.) PARIS, THURSDAY ETINC4O. The all-engrossing topic is Sweden and her con duct to Denmark. That conduct does not give one the idea of the near formation of Scandinavia. The lifuniteur remarks that we have at present only the Danish account. People say it is curious to see how Sweden turned in the same orbit as England, encouraging resistance and then withdrawing. Verbal promises were first given to the late King, and an alliance offensive and defensive was agreed upon. Sweden was to send Denmark 20,000 men in case of need. The Danish cabinet wished these agreements committed to paper, but this was re sisted at Stockholm. Frederick died, and the Swedish cabinet told the Danes that the posi tion was by no means changed by that event. War approached. Lord Russell in voked the treaty of London but would not fight alone. Sweden had the same hesitation about plunging into the contest single-handed. England had counted on France, Sweden had counted on England, but France not moving, the other two powers were reduced to look on. But if this was the conduct of England and Sweden, has not France taken up the running and commenced her term of abuse 1 Her official organs speak as harshly of the German powers as any Swede or Englishman feels. Members of her government allude to Federal ex ecution as a sort of letter of marque launched by the Diet. " This family execution may appear mild and amicable, but the commission once abandoned to the strongest soon becomes violent and implacable ; these persons authorise themselves to plunder terri tories, and when once they hold them in their greedy hands they clothe this ambitious act with the appellation of `conquest'" These words of M. Dupin were printed in the Moniteur. The Pays of this evening sneers at the Austrian press for complaining that the negotiations are not Progressing. We are told that the vessel which arrived off Bremerhaven is not another Alabama, commanded by Captain Semmes, but a new Prussian war frigate which Minister Boon has had the politeness to name the Victoria. England will feel flattered at the compliment. THE EMPRESS OF THE FRENCH. Some further particulars respecting the visit of the Empress of the French to Schwalbach are contained in a letter from that place, dated the 11th inst. :—" Just at the period of the airival of the King of Prussia the Em press left her villa accompanied by the Queen of Holland, and enjoyed • promenade towards the Paulioenbrunnen, whence, in about half-an-hour, their Majesties returned to the villa. The Queen of Holland was dressed in mourning, on account of the recast death of her father, the King of Wurternberg. The Empress's costume consisted of a black robe and • dark blue jacket with gold button, such as is worn by ladies at the sea-ids, a black hat and veil, with a long white feather. The walking-stick, which her Majesty carries with much grace, was not wanting. When the Queen of Holland took leave about half-past 3, the Empress and the whole of the imperial suite, the gentle men in black costa and wearing their orders, attended her Majesty to her travelling carriage. The parting was most affectionate. The Queen repeatedly kissed the Empress, who with the most amiable simplicity, without in the least regarding her position as Empress of the French and as consort of the Emperor Napoleon 111., showed the deepest respect to her royal greats. The Empress gains all hearts by her remarkable grace and amiability, combined with that nobility of manner which so well becomes her exalted position. When the King of Prussia paid his visit he wore civilian costume, and across the white waistcoat wee the broad red band of • Grand Cross of the Legion of Honour. The visit lasted for an hour and a half, and when his Majesty departed at half-past 5, the Empress (who had received him most cordially • a; the entrance of the villa) threw open the windows of the balcony, and, attended by her four ladies in waiting, bade the King adieu by repeated waves of the hand and inclioa- Cons of the head. His Majesty ,during his stay at Schwalbach, patronised the Hotel de Nass•, which was decorated with black sad white Rags, and an eagle and • crown, surrounded with oak leaves. On his arrival at the railway station the chapel choir was present, and sang the Prussian National Hymn.•" Some French sportsmen have Lately bad some disastrous accidents. A few days since, H. Fer_ meat, mayor of Rogues (Euro), while punning a deer in • wood, fancied he saw it move behind a bush, and fired. He was struck with horror on heariog a cry of distress, and, on proceeding to the spot, found he had shot a man who had been occupied in cutting wood to make brooms. Surgical aid was promptly procured, but in vain, for the unfortunate man had received nine buck shot, and • large slug in the region of the heart, and expired in the course of the day. Another fatal accident occurred on Saturday at Mandrels (Moselle), causing the death of M. Richard, a landowner of that place. He had been out for a day's sport with M. Mamie, a neighbour, and they were returning home together, when the latter, not wishing to take his goo loaded into the hems, fired it off, and in so doing, by 110011) inexplicable accident, lodged the charge in his companion's thigh. The shot severed the artery and caused laremorrhage, which terminated fatally soon afterwards. A letter from Rome of the 6th saes :—" The matrimonial escapade remaios in statu quo. The young lady is still in the convent of the ladies of the Lagro Came, deter mined to embrace the catholic religion,and marry the Okve liere, who, however, is coalined in the convent of St. Andrea della Valle, and will probably be sentenoed to a prolonged period, as being guilty of abduction, an offence not easily overlooked at Rome. Cardinal Anionelli, at all sweets, appears rewired that the mania(' shell not be effected in Rome, and he seems perfectly willing ter the young lady to be transferred from the convent to the an of her snot, or her brother, who bas been telegraphed to, and is on his way to Rome, provided they alga a paper promising not to be tatters with her conscience or endeavour to btu her new caesura' opislosa." SERIOUS RAILWAY CONCUSSION NEAR BRADFORD. At near 12 o'clock on Wednesday night a serious concussion occurred at the Lister Dyke station, on the Leeds, Bradford, and Halifax Junction Railway. On the express train from Doncaster arriving at the station the porters in charge detached two carriages (a first-clam and • second•clare) from it, and placed them on the down line, with a view to despatch theta on the Bradford branch, after seeding forward the fore part of the train to Halifax. They omitted, however, to place a signal lamp to the two carriages, and sent forward ' the MAU: portion of the train with a signal lamp attached to it. The man at the signals, having seen the train with • signal depart, was thus unaware there were two carriages left standing on the down line ; and. on an empty train 'of carriages coming up towards Bradford. he appre hended no danger, gave no signal, and the train ran into the two carriages standing on the line. The smash and economics were fearful. There were thirty or forty persons in the narrisges, and, while all were se verely shaken, many were seriously injured. The second of the two carriages (which was • first-clais one) was smashed, and nearly all the pamengers in it were injured. Mr. F. Hurst, of the Beehive dramohop, in Westgate, Bradford, had four ribs fractured, and was removed in a deuterons condition to the Great Northern Hotel, at Ulster Dyke, where be now lea. Mr. Jacob Newboult, landlord of the Royal Oak ion, Riricgate, Bradford, bad one rib broken. Mr. John Laycock, of the Spotted Cow wise and spirit ratite, Ivegate, Bradford, received severe interval injury, from which be ia now confined to his home, in • precarious condition. Mr. Howison Nicholson, of Westgate, Bradford, was also injured internally. Mr. James Hoiroyd, of the porter vaults, bottom of Lower Cheepaide, Bradford, bad his nose broken. AU these are under medical care. Several other, were more or lees injured. Mr. W. H. Snow, =, .of o t:i' e akefie p l i tria Brad c fc i . 3 l , l ;..u sas . ta a lo p t • severe was rather severely bruised and shaken. THE SEGBILL COLLIERY EXPLORION.—SHIELDB, MONDAY NIGHT.—An inquest was held at Seghill this after noon on the bodies of the seven men and lads killed in the colliery thin day week. The explosion appeared to have bets caused by gee coming out of an old working. The gas was fired by a lamp which bad got broken by a fall of 'toes or coal in the immediate neighbourhood of where themen sod lads were killed. The jury returned a verdict of " Acci dental death." SERIOUS ACCIDENT.—WB (Northern Whig) regret to learn, that during his recent visit to Soothed, Mr. 1). Dunlop, one of the proprietors of the Banner of Meter, met with an accident which is likely to be of • very serious character. He was on hit way from Aberdeen to Glasgow by one of the trains on the Souttiah Central lien of rail way, when • collision took place. A moment previous, fearing from tbe peculiar motion of the carriage that some thing was wrong, he looked out of the window to ascertain the cause, and, on the rebound of the train, the edge of the carriage door struck him violently on the side of the head, and threw him hack against the seat. On recovering from the first effects of the shock, he, with the other paseesgenosanaged to get to • place of safety, and for some time it was hoped that the hijory would only prove • alight one. Almost immediately, however, after hie return home, It. became very ill, and Dr. Arnold having been nest fey, thought it right to cousuit the opinion of some other members of the professicst and sines this, Drs. Par dee, Moore, and Arnold have bees is regular attendees' on the patient. At first it was fiord that paralysis ef the side was likely to emcee, but, so far, it apposes there has sot beet nay farther evidence of such a roma. Mr. Dunlop wee vary ill oa Tooday,lllKl7olllll44, there had not been ally improvement. The Confederates from having 864,084 square miles at the bellboy's of the war, have bees reload to bat little more thee 500.000 poen miles. from se effective pooulatioa to begin withal 2,46,140 ,they have bees redacted 1,629,240 men, betwees linage sad fifty, capable of bearing arm or working is the field.—Ckeektzd Leader. REPORT OF THE REGISTRAR OF FRIENDLY SOCIETIES IN ENGLAND. This morning was issued Mr. Tidd Pratt'a report, dated July 16 of the present year ; During the year 1863 the registrar has examined and certified the rules of 1,054 friendly societies, and also the alterationa of the rules of 1,231 societies ; making a total of 2,245 osrtigostsa Twenty-three friendly societies have deposited their roles with the registrar under the 18 and 19 Pict., o. 63, s. 44. Notice of diasolutice have been received from 118 friendly societies ; of which number 47 were ad vertised in the London Gazdte. During the year 1863 the sum of 1,1501. in the Bank of England, has been transferred by the registrar into the names of trustees appointed by friendly societies, in the places of others removed, absent, _ . The registrar gives in the report the leading features of the most recent tables of observation as to the expenses of sickness and mortality in benefit clubs or friendly mode. ties. "It must be admitted," he says, " that amongst the 20,000 societies some are certainly insolvent ; bat, ee a general rule, this result may be attributed to the igno rance of the managers of the real risks to which they stand liable until the inadequacy of the funds la forced upon their notice by the gradually increasing claims. It does not at all follow that the clubs are reduced to this condition by fraudulent intention. On the contrary, it may be gathered from the registrar's reports since 1855 that there is a very earnest desire amongst the managers or members to weer. fain their real condition, and to avail themselves of such legal privileges as are offered to them to better their con dition. A glance at the steadily increasing number of the rules and alterations of rake, examined and certified by the registrar, is sufficient to strengthen this conviction. Even the increasing number of notices of dissolution is not to be looked upon as an unhealthy state of affairs. On the ooetrary, the dissolution of a society is frequently effected with a view of remodelling and starting afresh under better regulations, and with rate* of premium such as increased knowledge has shown to be necessary for the risks which they have to incur. It is to be regretted that so many con tinually break up, and that so many more may have to do so before the whole status of these societies can be con sidered sound and wholesome. Bat, for many years past, the enlightened legislation on this subject, and the general good seine of the managers themselves, have been effecting a silent though perceptible improvement throughout the country." _ . - Mr. Pratt gives as the principal mum* of failure, the small number of members, inadequate premiums, the ignorance of the members of the extent to which the surplus of pre minne ought to be accumulated in early years to meet the requirements of advanced age, the difficulty of distinguish ing at ages above 60 between superannuation and true sick ness, the very deplorable prattle, of holding the monthly or other periodical meetings in public houses and under the influence of the publican, injudicious and speculative invest ments, and the combination of the different risks in a common fund. " If." says Mr. Pratt, "the effect' of government competition, under the late act paned for granting annuities or payments at death, is to make all doubtful societies look into their affairs, to amend all that may be going IrTORIE, and to see that to all their other advantages they can add a security which, by good manage ment, 'scientific skill, and strict honour, may, as io the ammo of many of our existing institutions, be little short of what government can offer, then no harm, but a vast amount of good will result from the government proposi tion. But it would he sad, indeed, if instead of improving and set►ing on • firm foundation the present friendly societies, it simply destroyed them in detail. The great antiquity of these fluids for self-help is a proof that they meet the spirit of this people in every age. The changes that have of late years followed a more enlightened legis. lation, evidence their desire to keep pace with the growing intelligence of the country. The meetings of the members, when Cooducted in some room of their own, and away from the inffuenos of the public-home, encourage that spirit of self-relianoe and of participation in public buai- DIU, and in the management of his own affairs, which the working man has a right to in common with the highest clams in the lend. And Busily, the good feelings which in the country bring forth the clergy and gentry, and the manufacturers and employers of labour in towns, to aid with their judgment and advice, but without injudicious interference, the efforts of the working man to better bis condition, and, by self-denial iu the present, to look forward in the future not merely to a provision for himself, but for his wife and children after him, form a bond of union which has happily united all classes in this kingdom, and made these friendly moieties a medium of kindly sentiments, of generous sympathy, and of mutual respect, which would render the total destruction of them, whether by accident or design, a public calamity to this country." The registrar receives almost daily complaints, by and on behalf of the members of friendly societies, respecting the compulsory payments for beer and for anniversary expenses. Considerable difficulty appears to exist in ob taining the payments due for sickness, or on the death of a member or member's wife, where the parties have joined friendly societies through the means of agents ; complaints are also made as to the misapplication of the funds, and the manner in which societies are dissolved ; and in order to make farther provisions for settling disputes, preventing misapplication of f nods, the furnishing yearly statements, and to enable, if poesible, the industrious classes to insure with safety against sickness, and for a payment at death of sums under 204, it is suggested that a committee should be appointed in the next session, to take these matters into consideration. THE ITALIAN OPERA AT PARIS. —The progamme of the Italians for the seise° is published. Besides eight of the chef-d',encres of Rossini, eight of Donizetti, four of Verdi, and the three masterpieces of Bellini, we are to have Don Giovanni. the Giureinenlii. 11 Matrinionto &ore°. Marta, and Prince Poniatowski'" Don Disidirio. Five new operas are also announced. Fairs del Dalin° by Verdi, Leonora by Mercadaote, Dun Burefaa by Cagnoni,Crispino et la Comare by Ricci, and the Duchene di Sam Guiliano by Grafton. The season promises to be a brilliant one. It is to commence on Ist October with the Sonnanaula, to be followed by a ballet very popular in Italy, called Aei e Galatea, in which will appear Mdlles. Urban and Wm:de, sod M. Costa, who is to be chord. graphic director in this theatre. The ballet is quite so in. novation at the Italians, sad it is said that M. Hairier is getting up his Terpsichorean arrangements with nor dial can arid taste. Mdllee. Patti and the two !Ramillies, with Frasebiui, Corsi, Delle•Sedie, Naudie, and Scale's, are to open the season in Paris, and later. Pence, Sprain. Mi:ric- Lablache. Nicolini, Aldighieri, and Zucchini.-oabrmani. THE EARLY DAYS OF THE BRITISH A i•;OI.IATION. When the British Awociatioo visited Bath many years since, the geological section, ommisting of about a hundred ladies and gentlemen, made an exconiort to inspect some object. of intermit in the neighbourhood. Arrived at the i spot, Professor Phillips, of Oxford, described the chief fee tutee worthy of notice. The proceedings of the section were altogether unintelligible to the natives, and nos bucolic individual, who had (with many others) followed the party to the spot, wee overheard to express his disappointment to a friend as follows :—"Come along, Jim. the ring's broken ap, sod there wOO% be no fight arter all The metier were coder the impression that the visitors belonged to the • Finny," and that a prizefight was in contemplation. The trade over the Panama Railroad is rapidly inereasisg."The employs hays but little rest, day or night, sad Sundays do not often form any exception to the rule. The Bret six months of 1863 the number of passengers trees. ported over the road was short of 17,000. During the COT responding six months of Ibis par nearly' 5,000 were tram. ported. There is a imerespooduis istraise also in the freight. —American Paper. UNITY RANK.-(THIS DAY.) This day a special general meeting of shareholders was held at the Lando* Tavern, Dr. COOK in the chair. forth@ purpose of receiving and considering the report of the liquidator,. Mr. Hoscred., the accountant, read the report, which has already been published. The CHUKKAS proposed that the report be received soil adopted, and that the liquidates% be authorised to return to the shareholders entitled to it 31. per share from the resets realised which would leave &balance of 763/. 10s. 21. The liquidators felt it to be their duty to call a general meeting of the proprietary in order fully to explain to then, what they had done. They found, oe coming to investigate the affairs of the bank, that these affairs had been entirely neglected, that certain bills had payment—(shame)—that other bills had been represented m overdue and valueless, which were not so—(shame)—that gram favouritism had been shown to particular individuals —(shame)--and that securities were allowed to remain in the bank without any attempt being made to realise them. (Shame.) The lumilators had to deal with a lot of commercial cripples, but they squeezed 1,0001. out of one individual—a favourite at the bank—who owed the bank 2,0001. for three years, and whose securities were considered to be worthless ; and 4s. in the pound from another who owed 4,500/., and who offered then. Is. in the pound in eighteen months. This might well he called the pursuit of money under difficulties. (Laughter.) If the liquidate', had not been appointed not a shilling of this money would have been recovered. They found 1,4751. of the bank money advanced on 4001. worth of de. bantams in the Consols Insurance Company (oh, oh) 1,6961. to the Catholic 'nu Cotn. pony • other large sums advanced on mining shares and stolen warren* and to the Patent Smokeless Company; 1,7001. was advanced on guano war rants, which realised 801. ; 540/. on wine warrants, which were worthless. The res ult was that out of 20,00,./. ad vanced on rubbish of this kind they realisedl,9oo/., or Is. per share. (Shame.) Hem (holding up a bundle of old paper-. in his hand) were 90,0001. of their property, which was all they had got for so mach of their hard-earne d sovereigns and Bank of England notes. (Shame, shame.)The management of the hank was a diversee to all who were connected with it. (Hear.) The liquidators had realised 10,530/., which would enable them to receive 3/. per share, sad perhaps they would get 21. more at a future time, which was all they could possibly expect out of the liege capital they gave to constitute the back. (Hear hear.) Of course they could not expect that those who were concerted with the management of the bank would arairt them in unravelling the misdeeds he had detailed t• them. They bad to be pricked out from them bit I , v bit. (Hear hear.) The only other point to which he would allude was whether they would proceed against the directors for the sum of 2,987/. 7s. which they bad received in the shape of fees between the year 1831 and 1 , 4;2. (" Ymb yea.") Mr. LAMBERT wooded the motion. Mr. Memel said the only debateable point raised by the chairman related to the directors' fees. 11 far ea he was concerned the result of milting the directors refund these fees was that he would have to pay back 1711., and to receive 80'. as the largest shareholder of the bank. Dr. Cook Lal made strong ataternents, but why did he not to the blame on the right ranks ? Dr. Cook knew well who they were, but they were not the directors. ("Oh, oh.") He bad been deceived and robbed as much and more than any one of them. and when Dr. Cook hell up a bundle of worthless pspersrepresentieg 90,000/. of their property, it ought to be known that 1:400o/. of his money was represented in that boodle. After losing his money and risking his reputation in this concert. it was too hard to have imputations cast upon him and the directors, when Dr. Cook knew perfectly well who were the culpable parties. (Hear, hear.) He concurred in the report with the exception of that part of it, which related to the refunding of the fees the directors received. Mr. SOME said that Mr. !Sochi knew the guilty parties as well as the chairman, and why did he nut Dame them Mr. MECHI said that they were going to law agaio.t two guarantee societies for 4,000/., and then it would appear who they were. Mr. Deputy Bowra defended the directors by saying that they, like the other shareholder, had been deceived by some of the officials of the company. (Hear.) In l"00, Dr. Cook himself was deceived are to the 'mounts As to the directors' fees, they were only paid when it was "op posed the bank was paying. [The proceedings had not terminated when we went to press.) A "SCENE" BETWEEN MR. WHALLEY, M.P., AND HIS CONSTITUENTS. On Wednesday night a meeting was held iu Peter borough to hear an address from Mr. J. H. Raper, of the United Kingdom Allimos. Mr. Whalley, M.P., who pre. sided, asked permission to refer to a matter personal to himself, and rapidly strived at his favourite topic—May nooth. On that question he said he had not bad very en. tirely, or to any great extent, that concurrence of public opinion which was essential to soundness of political action. It most be either that his opinions on ibis question were wrong, or that his mode of stating those opinions, or some other deficiency, deprived his labours of popular support. One main ground of his anxiety about the grants to Roman catholic—(Symptoms of impatience)—or Roman catholic priests, was, that the amount thus expended ia not less than the sum taken from the trades and professions of this country in the shape of Income-tax. He might be celled a bigot, a fanatic, and a monomaniac ; but let him tell them plainly that about the religion of Roman cotholice—(At this point impatient Min were raised for Mr. Raper, and Mr. Sharpe, one of the andieeos, standing up in the body of the meeting, said if the hon. gentleman would only devote a special evening to this question, no doubt his constituents would be glad to hear him, but at present they were assembled together to have an explanation of the objects of the United Kingdom Alliance. (Applause.) Mr. Whalley—l am just now at the finish. I think the interruption very fair and prop..., and I shall sot noon it, so as to confine what I have to say to the fewest possible words. You will observe that the reason of the part 1 have taken with respect to Roman catholicism originates in this— that there is a sum of money taken out of your pockets foe the purpose of supporting these doctrines, equal to the amount of the income tax. Now as to the sewed queetion— namely, whether I have brought this matter properly before the house, on this point I must say that it is unfair to judge me, beano I have never been beard. Whenever I brought forward this question, the mune is adopted which my friend, Mr. Sharp, I am sure uottonscionalf; has attempted to repeat to-eight, and the 'abject is allowed to be thoroughly discussed. At Birkenhead and everywhere else it is the 1111011 , ; no man is allowed to speak as the subject, except under such interruptions as give him no fair chance. I warn you, therefore, you mutt not accept the notices which appear in the Davao .pare sa fair verincias of what takes place, because it is the fact that the influences I am prepared to expose have power over the press, and prevent the members of the reporters' gallery in the House of Oommoua doing justice to this question. Let me ay one word more before I sit down. You have all heard of Garibaldi. (Load cheers.) If the mere mention of Garibeldi's name all. forth enthusiasm, you will not re fuse your recognition to those friends, the working rues of Liverpool, who have combined to present the Musty - me gess• ral with • yacht, the only present he would receive from the peopleof this country. I have been commissioned by these pereoos to go out to Camera and present the yacht. (Cheers.) I am very happy to accept the office, and I is. tend at the game time to take out a yacht of my own and lam induced to hope the health and inclination of General Garibaldi may permit him to accompany me on a trip to the Mediterranean this year. Why I introduce thus rub. Jett I will tell you. During that trip I will endeavour to light my little lamp at his fire, and shall attempt to dose. tau from Lim what is the exusordioary aberration of telieet and lodgment, which, in the opinion of many, prie vent me from bringing this question properly before the public. I believe you all think me hnuest—(hear, and that I mean to discharge my duly honestly and fear lamely ; and I trust I shall come back to von better able to diming this question, and better ahle to discharge my duty to you and to the country. (Apologias.) Mr. Reran said it WAS doe to the United Kingdom AM. ince, whom be represented, that ho should explain abet when Mr. Whalley asked his permission to bring before the meeting a matter of importance to himself, he had no idea that the honourable gentleman was about to elide into a die• maim on the Maynooth grant. (Hear, hear ) The great association with which he (Hr. Hyper) SW connected was eminently neutral on all matters political sod polemical. Father Mathew was one of its firet supporters, and if Mr. Whalley had only (avowed them with his presence at the Manchester Free Trade Hall. be might have had to propose • resolution which would have bee. seconded by a canon of the Roman ca• tholio church. (" Hear, bear," sod a laugh.) He ma rt say, however, that he admired Mr. Whalley's pertisarity . . The bon. gentleman was equally prepared to I souls n favourite question either on the Wand of Carrera or the platform of Peterborough, and was possessed of snail • superabundant courage that be seemed to delight even or running his bead against a wall. (Laughter and applause.) THE GREAT STRIKE IN THE BLArE COTNTRY.—• Eighteen thousand misers are sow on strike in the black country, and that number is rapidly increasing. At 4 o'clock yesterday morning a procession of about 1.000 colliers started from Tiptop. The pmeession was preceded hr bends of music. and Major M'Enight (deputy chief constable) mu in attendance with a body of 90 armed policemen. At Frmm' End the procession was joined by another, and tr , aggregate meeting was held. The strike was discussed, and melamine were tarried not to go in at the reductino. After the media' was over, two processions were formed. Major M'Enight going before the larger in number, and Superintendent Wenn before the al eller. Everything passed off quistlr, and there was so attempt at violent* On the part of the men. Major M'Enight, the deputy chief constable of the musty, &Miss for Colonel Hogg. the chief constable, tinted last night a notice to the effect that , whereas large numbers of persons had met together at an early hour in the looming is the osighbourboal of th e several oolliariss when the mein were proceeding to their work, and had thereby illegally 'striated with such men Notice was gives that each meetings were illegal, and that the police bad orders to sermon and bring before the maga• trate, all persons who, by mesas death mestisp, meirol 4 or is say way obstructed, such man. XITILLORDDI Augustine sandinnanly eltsrpd wit Warton. - - Th. prim until he coo had oily jus able to sh( tiou. He h plainaut, an would have would under Mr. Vaugl repreeetted Englaud, ea wbic!l. reprei Prisoner— meet the chi Mr. Vaugl tie°, Prisoper and then thi Mr. VLAigl bat Tou will Prisoner.- The prise] and an op mended sox LEAVING A The poor j moult and fi then loft the A deteriii mime of Jo @beet Y " bill, was eh. royals:4i sad Isliegioo, clamed wit strike Mr. Covent-ord same time s The Magi the comptai al the helm cieleadant, M did sot parliament. The delis complains& BIABILYTT Amass tl case by a r lived in the lost a child, child had b a @backlog o sad she In psco@@d• Mr. Day, of saleroom could do fa Appliaan Mr. Dar Yu is takii Appl" able to li icao ar , Mr. Dayt WI for i of the guar public oblo circumcise, The Appl coffin for ei state, ead They hare child harlot Yr. 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