The Sun. — London, England, 1857-05-07 00:00:00

THE LUNDETILL COLLIERY EXPLOSIOA. LIINDHILL, WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. Eleven weeks have now elapsed. smut, the occttr •renee of this fearful calamity, and only one-fifth of the bodies of the unfortunate men killed hare as yet been recovered, and it is to be feared that some weeks at least will elapse before the whole can be Be. . . . The falls of roof are the great obstacles which in terpose as a barrier to the recovery of the bodies, all of which will have to be carefully removed be fore the work of recovery can be considered to be complete. Up to yesterday afternoon 31 bodies had been recovered, and from that time up to this afternoon 11 more had been brought out. A little before five o'clock yesterday afternoon the men at work under Mr. Webster discovered three bodies in the third boardgate on the south Ride of the pit, which were identified as those of Thomas Logan, of West Melon, aged 33 years ; Richard Coa,bridge ' of Lundhill, aged 27 ; and Alfred Windle, of Lundhill, aged 30—all of whom were found together, and had every appearance of having been at dinner when the explosion took Place. They were removed to the reception-shed, and will be interred this day. In the next relay, under Mr. W. P.. Maddison, two more bodies were founi in the same board gate, a little before six o'clock, and proved to be those of Josiah Witney, of Lundhill, aged 24, and Daniel Chisholm, of West Melton, aged 27. The knowledge of the working places in which the men were employed is a means of leading to their more speedy identification. When the workmen come upon any bodies the relatives of the men known to have been working in that particular part of their mine are sent for, With a view to their identification ; and so far many Persons have been found in the places where they Were known to have been working, and been iden tified accordingly. This morning (Wednesday), a little before 6 o'clock, three morebodies were found in the second hoardgate, on the south side, one of which on being brought -out was identified as that of Petzr M'Allister, of Lundhill, aged 26 years, but the other two, up to the time of my leaving the spot this afternoon, had not been identified. _ _ _ At noon to-day three more bodies, which had been found in the second boardgate , on the south side, were brought out, and identified as Abt am - Wildsrnith, of Jump, aged 18; John Malkin, of .Lundhill, aged 22 ; and Levi Jackson, of Lundbiil, aged 44. The number of bodies lying in the shed at the time our report was despatched was 19, of which, 13 . are going to be interred-10 in the general grave in Darfield Churchyard., two at Wath-upon-De irne, and one at West Melton. The total number of bodies now recovered is 42, and it is expected that more will be brought out this morning. It seems to be generally considered that the ma jority of the workmen were killed instantaneously, and were unable to leave the places where they .were working. At the time of the explosion the greater number would be iu their benks, or work ing -places, and their first impulse on the occur rence would be to run out as speedily as possible, and run down the boardgates to the bottom of the shaft. The bodies not found in the boardgates must be in the benks, and the inference is that from falls of roof or the prevalence of afterdamp the miners were-prevented from leaving their work Places, and any , inspection of those places has as yet been impossible, owing to the devastation caused by the falls of roof. Every precaution is taken by the committee in charge to preserve the health and safety of the vo lunteers, and no expense is spared to have every thing d one th a t science and skill can accomplish in recovering the bodies of the unfortunates, and clearing the wine of those obstructions which pre vent a thorough and scientific examination of the entire workings. `The committee who have the distribution of the funds collected for the relief of the widows and or- Pbani are using their best endeavours to realize such a sum as it is expected will be required to meet t he Wants of the sufferers, but which yet falls bhort of What is wanted. The su b-committee Messrs. Osteliffe, Marshall, and Hopwood, attend Weekly at the schoolroom at Wombwell, when a sum Of something like 701. is distributed. LORD JOHN RUSSELL ON BAGGED SCHOOLS. The 15th annual meeting of this institution was held last evening in the Lecture-hall, Aldersgate street. At 6 o'clock the Eatl of Shaftesbury took the chair. Load John Russell and many other _well-known stpporters of ragged schools were preFent. Mr. TAWELL, the secretary, then read a very lon g report, the graater portion of which consisted of a dissertation on the utility of ragged schools and . . of places of refuge for the homeless. Lord JOHN RUSSELL then came forward to move the first resolution. His lordship was received - 'with enthusiastic cheering. His lordship said that ,-, the resolution he bad to move began by stating L' that the success so manifestly attending the various operations of that institution during the past year demanded the 'expression of their warmest grati tude to Almighty God. That statement he thought Was fully borne out by the details contained in the r e,. Port, which described the various benefits that I It been confe rre d o n the objects of the institution. -1 -t Was f,,und that those who appeared to be the most abject and wretched. outcasts of society had, 17 very means possesse blind institution—for . 416 committee were not e so as to look to nne 'ans only—been brought to consider what were t heir duties, and to become good subjects, good . lien and women, and good Christians. (Loud Lt t`eere.) Among . the means thus used was furn- 1t ii s ung, at an easy r ate, persons wi h clothes ; for ' Which who were ragged and who lived at a home was filthy with every physical and moral ''n,tamination, soon lost all respect for themselves ' , e 7 t ia fell into the ways of vice and crime, feeling as there was no one who cared for them either in 41 6 world or the next. But, happily, they were ai 111 error in that respect. In the physical world t hey t were told that see3s, after having been em - I aimed with au Egyptian mummy for thousands 1.1 rs . 4 ,' Years, had been sown and had shown that , vitality was undiminished, and that the Wheat corn from those seeds had again sprung 11 1) to fertilize the earth ; and could they for a l t / 1 131 neut think that the Almighty Being who ' 4l preserved vitality in what apparently was a Worthless piece of wood should not preserve a ft ,' T itality in the soul of man ?—(cheers)—and that th e should not, when the person seemed sunk in e ue lowest depths Of wretchedness and vice, be an t lnher in that soul which might produce a flame i,at might finally lead to an imnnortallife ? (Cheers.) ue question was whether or not it was possible to . redeemof those beings who seethed to have no sense tl , What was due to themselves,—either in regard to due present or their future state,—or what was 'ne to the Almighty who created them ? Thera b light be objections made to the efforts of such ti eelPties as those they were then advocating, and it f tli ght be said that, although in some particular b :t 3 lice, arising from certain peculiar influences, a ;,," 1 : 7 hundreds Of people might be thus rescued, some might find refuge in the , e schoi is and tei nPorary homes, yet the great mass would still t e h bl ,ain unaffected by all the efforts of these insti tLen°. That argument might be good at the pre - B -" moment, but there was no reason to think it iv r enid be th e case a t all future time. On the con 'l7, ther e was ever y re ason to believe that if the forts now making were to become general, andif, the i ndividuals only, but the whole community and. State itself, were to take proper methods to in sure that education should everywhere be extended , at 'eine future time, not very remote, they might res cue W society in general from those dreadful evils o rich, whether they were looked upon as physical, as metal, or as political, or, lastly, as religious ea l amities, were of the gravest and most serious l e ''. (Cheers.) Persons engaged in the benevo lent work of preaching temperance hal calculated l a t t ) . l al'ge amount which was expended by the popu li t en of the kindom for spirituous liquors only. e t believed that if one-tenth of that sum were de e, to educating the people and teaching them her duty to God and man, a great result iudeed Wjetbe gained ;' and although crime would 1e.. ! cease, and although persons would, doubt- Ct still fall in the way of temptation, yet a far t he t i t er result would be exhibited to the world, and „ t _y_ would have the satssfaction of knowing that the t", wo u . ° l i en,t criminal and vicious part of the population be sensibly decreased in number. He was i i k _ !need th a t b y t h e constan t opera ti on o f asoc i e t y ae' j the one he was th en a dd ress i ng —it s members i _log day by d ay an d not as in his own case giv 'an occasional attend ance only—a general result : t o uld beproduced gre a te r th an any person could e present anticipate. (Ch eers .) Th e no bl e l or d ;:amoved—" That the suc cess so man if es tl y at dTc.titig the various operations of this institution rrPthe the past year demands th a t th e report just of a ` t be •t d and circulated und er the direction ui e e Co pr mmittee." froagreed to, and after an a dd ress he moti on was u the n o bl e c h a i rman , th e meeting separated. t:ATTEMPTED MURDER AT LITERPOOL.-At an early hour 1 4 S unday morni ng a man name d Kelly was k noc k ed r ° " 11 in W a t er l oo - road, and fired at w i t h a p i stol. Re eceiv ed a wound on t h e l eft cheek, b ut f or t una t e l y i t i s not of a dangerous character. The poor fellow is now in re, e 2 4 _°E l Pital, w hi t h er he was removed a f ter t h e occur „ -,,aktown". The perpetrators of the outrage are at present ra . sof ur n o' Lees " e yed tre# )t ons ° ,l 1 1 !, .e ( 115 0 ve end 'Tat e be o o; t~lancept a bog'cre, est 3b. 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Barr. dr Neils.Direet. , 100 Do. Now 90 - 92 97 - 99 11 - 13 133 -- 135 3 - 41 (Prom tire Exam Ines'.) We should have thought it possible to discuss the sub ject of "The Past Session and the New Parliament" in a spirit of sincere regard for Lord Palmerston'e adminis. oration, without damaging the Liberal cause, or display ing animosity to its natural leadere. But supposing the a free/toy of the present Government to be ever so little inconsistent with fidelity to Whig principles, a great Whig organ at least Miget fairly have been expected to make its election without much difficulty in favour of the latter. There is something painfully resembling poli tical apostasy in the deification of Lord Palmerston, ac e impanied with the elaborate di.paragement of Lord J. Russell, in the pages of the Edinburgh. Review. The indiscretion, too, of the article we speak of is as obvious as it sycophancy. While the writer lowers the standard of Liberalism to the measure of the Minister, he forgets that he lowers the Minist=r inevitably in the eyes of the country. He does not depose Lord J. Rin-sell from his station to make corn for Lord Palmerston, but he pull; down the eminence itself, in order to adjust its height to his own estimate of the Ministel ill qualifications. The reviewer assurees thot oily one sound filled the public ear during the el, , ctions—the Flange of Palmerston : that. only one idea occupied the mind of the people of England—the idea of Palmerston. But the fact is not so, natural as the mistake is in a writer whose relations with Downing-street are as obvious act if his paper bad been given to the public in a red b x, Ced with hoots of green ribbon. "Toe elections," be says, "have given back no uncertain response to the appeal : since the Parliament which laid the foundation of the great administration of Mr P.tt, England has not seen a House of Commons elected with so strong and all-pervadine a confidence in the hands and fortunes of any minister." True, but only half the truth. Did no other "strong and all-pervading" feeling influence the contest ? Were groat public principles so_ entirely forgotten ? Did the country abandon the cause of reform in a fanatical devo tion to the minister ? Where is the proof of this blind ness, this infatuation, this base servility ? There is none. We say not guilty on behalf of. the libelled peo ple of England. The composition of the new Parliament is as much a victory o the L beral party as a Ministerial conquest. The party and the minister triumph together —and the strain of the Edinburgh. Review, had it been faithful to its traditions—nay, even bad it been a more adroit flatterer of Lard Palmerston— would have been to exult in the community of the achievement, at the same time cheering on both leader and followers to the further successes within reach of their united powers. But instead of thi , , we find tie fortunes of the party induetriously severed from those of the minister. An historical paral lel is sought for the le nit of the elections, and theEdin buivls Review can only find one in the Parliament that established Mr. Pitt in office. all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. all Hull'& Selby. all Do. Shares. all Do. I Shares. all Lon.&Greenw all Do. Preference 100 Lon Til &S. I * " 51 Do. n all ilianch.Bxto-u. iii --- liii 122 13 23 24 402 104 par j p 21 83 SU and Matlock 100 M4lld. Bradt& 51 Newmarket RaryE.G.spe. NALE':t.:. - p.c. Do. 6 rm. ct Do. Fixed sp.e Prest. & Wyri Do. Roystr Shrews.;. S. 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Sh Do. do. do. Do. do. do 92 - 94 6 7- 6'i ••• 51.- 6 108 - 112 108 - 112 - - llf 123 ii 1= ii ti• L li'i 106 - 108 101 - 103 Why go back to 17931 Would not 1831 have served the purpose at least as well 1 The Parliament that an swered the appeal of Lord Grey might have occurred to an Edinburgh reviewer. Was not Lord Grey's Adminis tration also a great one ? Why did the writer shun the Whig name, and shrink from reference to the Liberal era 7 60 -- 62 10i -- 10$ • q 64 93 -- 95 83 -- 85 85 -- 87 99 -- 101 9i -- 10} 114 -- 17 91 -- 101 71 -- 73 19 -- 19 9. -- 9i 141 -14 i! 132 -- 131 Lord Palmerston, too, was himself a member of the Reform Caoinet. This was the recollectiou, we should have thought, for a great Liberal organ to revive. We shall not du Lord Palmerston the wrong to suppose that this is the part of his career of which he is most anxious to efface the record ; but it is impossible to help suspect ing that in the reviewer's opinion the reminiscenes of the Reform Bill were lees likely to please the member for Tiverton than the member for London. We must for get all the antecedents of the Edinburgh Review to read without the liveliest indignation the treatment in the article before us of the illustrious domestic statesman whose name, when we speak of the Liberal party in Eng land, is the. first that starts up in every honest and reflecting mind, surrounded with the glory of a life devoted to the cause of freedom. Palpable it is, Aca t wa h ofcratueoet discreditable carefully i going i d ti adu L vgi fs e o o r i ho, d tr John rsoetiojhnjuoe.aggi ochaneEddn Edinburgh. nin t: en s bi sun thateelh.gl i dehl colouringeoh Review,das e t ti ss gt the ohr efa shoulde ah e i esn a ooet last i :t w as h htnt i heo c a reahwo:eoei exagge rate years, bavengaeatwgdrrr livery, a: s : rate as much as possib'e those point.. in Lord John's public cariduct which his friends have not abstained from censuring, the writer comes to the late election, and makes the following remarks, which for the sake of poli tical literature, we deeply lament to quote from the pagei of such a journal. " These facts, which are public and indisputable, bad' undoubtedly alienated from Lord John RuSsell many of his former supporters, and raised grave doubts whether he would retain his seat for the city of London. By dint of great personal exertions, by one of those energetic appeals to past services which are never preferred in vain to the people of this eountry, aed by the • assistance of the Hebrew community, this election was carried, and Lord John Russell was placed next to Baron Rothschild on, the poll. It may deserve to be remembered that in the course of these proceedings, although Lord John ap peared in some degree in the character of an opponent of the Government, he formally recognised the claim of Lord Palmerston to remain at the bead of affairs, and he affected to disclaim all intention to supplant his former colleague—a sentiment which, if' persisted in, does him the highest honour." It was a toil of Hercules, or the up-hill labour of Sisy phus, the writer would have it believed, to bring into parliament a man so fallen, so damaged, so unimportant as Lord John Russell. Eel en, indeed, and damaged is the organ .that makes the false representation. "By dint of great personal exertions?" Lord John was in debted, forsooth, to the kindness and compa'sion of friends, too generous to desert him like the Edinburgh Review, in the woeful decline of his reputation. " His past services," to be sure, had some weight, but not without " energetic appeals" to public charity, "never preferred in vain," as the advertisements say when alms are solicited d for a shipwrecked sailor or tradesman out. of work. Nor was even this enough ; all the public and private benevolence of the good Christians of the city would have been of no avail, had not the griping Jews come to the rescue. Forsaken by Englishmen, Lord John. Russell was saved by the Hebrews, and in this pitiful unworthy manner he scrambled into the House of Commons. Strange that the testimony of ft person reduced so low should be of any use to a demigod like Lord Palmerston. Yet it is carefully noticed that Lord John formally recognised Lord Palmerston's claims to remain at the head of affairs, not, however, without a malignant, insulting, and most unwarrantable imputa tion upon the sincerity of the acknowledgment. Liberal principle', however, are an ill-used as the statesmen whose names are identified with them. And mark the skill of Lord Palmerston's advocate. He complains that some members of the Liberal party re fuse their entire confidence to Lord Palmerston, and then proceeds to show how unreasonable they are after the following singular fashion : " But are we tell by some of the malcontents of the Liberal party that this confidence is excessive, if not misplaced—that there are many reformers in our ranks of more tried sincerity and more ample promise than Lord Palmerston—that he is not identified with any of the questions of education, law reform, political reform, or administrative reform which the new House of Com mons sill have to consider and det ermine—and that his lead-rship will be fiercely disputed by those who ought to be his firmest supporters. To this we reply that Lord Palmerston has shown throughout his long and varied career a ready perception of the real wants of the coun try. In our present condition there are few changes so urgent, so grievances so intolerable, that the work of re form and redress is to be pursued in season and out of season, and without reference to the spirit and events of the time. Nor do such changes rest on abstract principles of high political obligation, so much as upon the maturity of any given question in the public mind, the conviction that the time for carrying it has arrived. A minister in England has neither the power of forcing reforms upon Parliament for which the country is not pre pared, nor that of resisting changes upon which the deliberate eel of the eulight- n od majority of the nation is fixsd. Logit lative um mires in this country are for the most part hardy plants, they are sown out of doors; they are trausidanted•into Parliament ; they are at last adopted by the Cabinet. A minister who should stake his reputation on rearing products of exotic growth or the meagre seedlings of coterie legislation would sig nails, fail in the attempt." The "malcontents" say that - Lord Palmerston is not identified with any of the great questions above enume rated. " To this," says the reviewer, " we reply"--and what does he reply I Not that Lord Palmerston is iden tified with this reform, or that reform, or any reform, but " that he has shown throughout his long and varied career a ready perception of the real wants of the coun try." And the writer is well aware of the weakness of this confession and avoidance, fur he proceeds forthwith to demonstrate that in point of fact the country has an " real wants" just at present, a'nd consequently, that if the minister were ever so renowned a reformer he would have little seopefor his talents. There is an anachronism in the above strain of observation, among its other objectionable points. It is the cant of the last par liament, quite out of date in.,the present. And, like cant in general, it is utterly inconsequential, mere verbiage, intrinsically meaningless, though by no means without its petty drift. We know of no condition of the coun try in which the work of reform and redress is to be pur sued without reference to the spirit and events of the times. The meaning obviously is, that there is nothing to be done in the way of refuel), there being no in tolerable grievances to be redressed, and the country not being in a state of excitement bordering on frenzy, which it seems is the proper moment for the statesman to step in with his remedies. It used to be the liberal doctrine that it was never inopportue to re form proved abuses, and that the calmest times were the best for the purpose. It was even customary to taunt the tories with deferring change until the politi cal atmosphere grew dark and squally, We havechanged all that. The Edinburgh , Review counsels the govern ment to act on the very woret principles of the old tory administrations—Wait until grievances become intoler able, and while you wait bow can you be better employed than in sneering at "abstract principles and high politi cal obligations ? When doer; a grievance become intolerable I Directly those whom it afflicts possess the power to get rid of it. There is force enough in the new House of Commons to deliver the country from many grievance., if the force is only well commanded and well applied. Thee griev e anees, therefore, the country ought no longer to submit to ba t,ds patiently ani r j ; a the tru m p e n e( t ip s i e tx o h n e g v e e n p o la u c g e in tie minister's hands to redress them ; that instrument be is bound to employ, and it be post pine employing i'. on account of the serenity of the sky, 1 the prediction may be safely hazarded that the public I will soon deprive him' of his excuse, and compel him to l do in foul weather what bad better,be done in fair. Something to this effect would have come with more propriety from the Edinburghi Review . than a anp!rfluous Lan. & York. 6 pc. St. Lon. &13. G. 5 pc. No.l Dai,P., 5 p.c.St.No.2 Do. New Guar. 6p.c.1 Do. do. 5 p. c., No. 4 Lon. & N.W., Cov. & Nuneaton 5 p. ct... Lon. & S.W. 7 perct. 137 - 140 114 - 116 late 3d Shares Lon dy. & Color. A Sh Londy.&Ennis. Sh M., S., &L. 6 p. Cent Do. do. do. £6 Do. do. 31 per cent. Marypt. ' 1 Carl. 4 p.c. Do. 44 per cent Do. do. Consol. 6 p.c. St. Do. Con . Br. B ir. 6 p.c. 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Wales Gua. 4 p. c Do. do. 44 p. c S.Yorksh .4 p.c.Guar Stock. &Dar., 5 p. c Do. do. do. 224 - 234 98 - 100 9i.— 101 .... ••• 27 - 28 2 - 3 p par i p }96 98 12 I all Stock. & Hartl. g. 5. p.c. till July 1, '56 Waterfd& Kilk. 6 pc. ..• - ••• 2i - 2i 5 1 all 95 - 97 95 - 97 BRITISH MINES. . . 21 12 Alfred . Cons. (Philk. ) 20 s 21 20 3 / 4 i 20 14 British Iron . 1 ! 20 Condurow (Cambrn.) 160 170 10 1 Dev. Gt. Cnsls. (TA.) 145 465 ... 14s Great South Tolgus l4 15 ... 11/ 3,Grt.W.Alfrd.(Philk.) 6i 7 76i ... 7 'Ga. W. Vor (Helstn.) 4 3 / 4 5 3 / 4 ... Bs6d'Lady Bertha - i ... -7i N. Frances (Mogan) 16 18 ... . N.W.Basset (Mogan) 18 —2O id ... 6/15 North Wheal Crofty 5 6 5 3 / 4 it.. 1 3 / 4 Par. Cons. (St.Blasy) 22 23 ... 9 Porkellis U. (Wend.) 6 7 ... 6s: ,Sort. Cons. Min. Co I,i -- li i ... 24 S. Caradon (St. Cleer 330 340 ... 2 'S. Carn Brea (Illogn. 6 7 . . 19 S.W. Frances(illogn. 310 -- 325 5 4 3 / 4 Tam. A. tt L. Min. Co. I 14 10 9 Tin Croft .... 4 —' 4. ... 10 Un, Mine : (Cwennrco) 200 220 ... 1286 V. of Towcj (Carrtir.) i 1 ... li W. Basset (Illogan).. 30 :42 ... 20 W. Caradon (Liskrd.) 140 150 ... 5 3 / 4 wa. Basset (illogan). 260 270 ... '5 W. Buller (Rdruth). i6O 380 ... , -41 3 / 4 Wh. Edward(Calstck) 4 3 / 4 5 ... 11 7sAiTh. Kitty (U. Llamt) 18 23 ... 8 Wh.Ma.Anu (Menht.) 45 47 45 3 / 4 ... 4 3 / 4 Wh. Trelawuoy (Lis.) 23 25 • •• - ••. .3. - if p - i - - - A 107 - 105 li - lip lqi -- 19 65 -- 66 CO -- 91 21k -21 f -- 1 p 21 -- 244, 1 2f - 1121 99 -- 100 1 116 -- 121 116 -- 121 • 105 107 19 r- 20 211 211 d par P 5 i 2 - 2,p FOREIGN MINES,. THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY _EVENING, MAY 7, 1857, Pcture on premature improvements. When .e see the minister dashing at a dangerous speed along the road of reform, it will be time enough to seize the rein?, and save the country from his mad charioteering. Shr.l ra I"ti' 100 Business done St. yulterlay. St. 25 124 12i 20 18f lli i 102 671 7 1024 2 110 t 11 105 i lol t i 40 1 83.1 21 43i 4 40 65i 30i 1 18 lii 7 5 i i i L 0.61 181 i 13:i 96 1071 674 61 5.1 6 904 2I 1 24 101 191 21i Ln. &N. W. (3aleclon E.U. &E. C Gt. Northn E. Count 1 Caldonian. Do Qt.lYestn Y. k N.M Do S. Eastern Peto & Co Do Lo. &N. W & Midld E. Count Do Do ... Do L. &N. W Do Gt.Northul T. Braeseyl M. MClean Stk.&Dar Do t, WV Do . all 211 100 all all all 100 all 100 100 too 1.00 WO 100 all 100 100 all all 102 3 1021 O 1 in 110 sporting Intelligence CHESTER SPRING MEETING—TUESDAY. The Wyorp-tay Handicap of 100 sows, added to a Sweep stakes of 5 sows each ; the second to receive 20 sovs cut of the stakes; winners extra. To start at the Castle pole, run once round and in. 23 subs. Dlr. Saxon's Mary, by Idle Boy, 5 yrs, 9st 111 b (in. 81b extra) (J. Osborne) 1 Rtseber and Martlet ran a deal haat for second place. The following also ran :—Bracken, Mysterious Jack, Moose, and Sir Humphrey. Betting—Even on Riseber, 3 to_i agst Mary, 6 to 1 apt Mysterious Jaok. Wo i by a head ; dead heat with the Mortlet and Riseber for second place. Myiiterious Jack and Bracken, ' close together, finished about a couple of lengths from the second two. Sir Humphrey waM beaten utf. The Palatine Stakes of 15 sovs each, 5 ft, with 100 added, for 3 yr-old fillies,; Bst 7113 each. All )wancea and penalties. The owner of the second t) save bis stake. From the Castle-pole, once round and in. 11 sub , . Mr. M. Dennett's Zaidee by Red Bart, Bat 71b , (Fordham) 1 Mr. Dawson's Janet, Bat 71b ( kl,"croft) 2 Mr. J. Mere•}'a Sunrise, Bst 713 (Chilloiz..,ll) 3 Mr. W. Thorna , 's Perea Nena, Bit (G. Oates) 4 Mr. Dews in's Red-White-and-bin., Bst, 71b.. (Bate•) 5 Betting—Eve❑ on Zaidee, 2 to 1 against Janet, 5 to 1 against any other offered. Wen easily by a length; two lengths between the second and third ; bad fourth. Red-Whitt-and-Blue, with whom Mr. Dawson declared to• win, was beaten off. WEDNESDAY. Helter Skelter Handicap, of 5 sovs each, with 30 added. The second to receive 10 sovs. out of the stakes. Half a mile. 13 subs. Mr. T. Cliff's Old Tom, by Melbourne, 3 yr 4, 7:4 (Munday) 1 Mr. Hawkins's Maqer Begot, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Snowden) 2 Captain White's Queea of the East, 3 yrs, 7st 21b (Plumb) 3 _ _ The following also ran :—Prince's Mixture, Gentle Kitty colt, Yorksbireman, Miss Nightingale, and All's Well. Betting-2 to 1 agst Old Tom, sto 1 agst Queen of the East, 6 to 1 agst any other. Won by'a lengtb, a head between the second and third. Gentle Kitty colt was a bad fourth. On mustering at the post Yorkshirernan threw his jockey, who, however, was unhurt, and soon in the saddle again. First Year of the Seventh Triennial Produce Stakes of 10 soya each, with 50 added, for 2-yr-olds. Colts, Bst 91b ; fillies, Bst 51b. Certain allowantes. Second to save his stake. T.Y.C. About six furlongs. Mr. W. S. S. Crawfurd's East Langton by Jericho, Bst 61b (G. Oateg) 1 Lord Chesterfield's filly by Surplice—Babette, Bst 21b (Flatinan) 2 Mr.R. E. Clark's Mountain Nymph, 8-t 21b (Kendall) 3 Betting-2 to lon East Langton, 3to 1 apt Babette filly. Won by a neck, a length between the second and third. THE CHESTER CUP. The Tradesmen's Plate of 200 sove, added to a Handicap Sweepstakes of 25 80V8 each, 15 ft, - and 5 only if de clared, &f.. The second to receive 50 sous out of the stakes. Certain penalties for winuets, &c. Cup Course (two miles and a quarter). 188 subs, 68 of whom de clared and pay 5 sove each, and two did not name. Mr. E. Parr's Leamington, by -Faugh-a-Rallagb, 4 yrs Est 91b Mr. Howard's Drumour, 3 yrs, 6-t 31b (Fordharn) 2 Lord Ribblesdale's Dulcamara, 3 yrs, sst 1216 (Adam•) 3 'The following also ran : Mr. C. Soewing's Polestar, 5 yrs, Bst 121 b (J. Osborne) Mr. E. R. Clark's Mr.. Sykes, aged, Bst lllb...(Ashmall) Mr. A. Niebol's Witlock, 4 yrs, Bst 71b (Wells) Captain Vernon's Lance, 4 yrs, Bst Gib ...(Wilberforce) Mr. Barber's Pretty Boy, 4 yrs, Bst 61b Kendal') Mr. H. Hill's Mincepie, 4 yrs, 7st 13ib (G. Mann) Mr. J. Heywood's Maid of Derwent, 4 yrs, 74 13Ib (Snowden) Captain White's Aleppo, 4 yrP, 7st 91b (E. Sharp) Mr. Lewis' Pantomime, aged, Tat 81b (including Sib ex ) (Bearpark) Mr. W. Robinson's Siding, 5 yrs, 7st 31b (Bates) Lord Anglesey's Alice Wentworth, 4 yrs, Est 13lb (French) Mr. T. H. Mousley's Bay Hilton, 4 yrs, Est 13Ib (Monday) Mr. J. Walker's Gemma di Vergy, 3 yrs, 64 1116 '(Bullock) Mr. Isaac Day's Zig Zag, aged, sst 91b (Bray) Mr. W. Day's December, 5 yrs, 6-it 91b (Hibberd) Capt. Lane's Barfleur, 4 yrs, bat 9lb (J. Forster) Mr. Bennett's Cardsharper, 6 yrs, 64t 7lb (Austin) Capt. Christie's Lawn, 4 yrs, 64 51b .............(Walters) Mr. Hawkins's Lady Florence; 4 yrs, 64 51h ...(Stago Sir R. W. Bulkeley's Tasmania, 3 yrs, Est 51b (Withi ngton) Mr. J. MerrY's Riseber, 3 yrs, 6st 3ib (Plumb) Mr. H. Richardson's Longsight, 4 yrs. Oct 21b ...(Gray) Mr. T. Parr's Van Dunck, 4 yrs, 6,t llb (Ducker) Mr. Barber's Commotion, 3 yrs, Set 71b (carried sst 9ib) (Ilardcastle) • Mr. Thompson's Codrington, 3 yrs, 54 Blb (GriMmer) Lord Wilton's Peeping Tom, 3 yrs, sst 31b (Pritchard) la-rd Extter's Turbit, 3 yrs. sst 21b (Rayner) Mr. R. Field's Slanderer. 3 yrs, 44 131 b (Perry) Mr. Herdman's Jack Spring, 3 yrs, 41 916 (carried 4st 121 b) (Snalc-neato) Mr. Henderson's Cumberland, 3 yrs, sst 121bOnc. 51b ex (J. Ward) Mr. J. Wood's Marmion, 3 yrs, 54 7lb (F. Adams) Early Bird and Zaidee were struck out at 2 p.m., and Comedian at 2,45 p.m. Betting at starting-3 to 1 nit Commotion ;sto 1 agst Leamington ; 6 to 1 aget Dulcainara ; 11 to 1 agst Turbit ; 16 to 1 agst Peeping Tom ; 20 t 9 1 agst War lock, 25 to 1 agst Drumour ; 40 to 1 agst Polestar ; 50 to 1 aget Mincepie. Tax RACE. When the horses were drawn up in a line they were thrown into confusion by the breaking away of Dui camera, Codrington, Cardsharper, Van Dunck, Janet, Drumour, Peeping Toro, and December ; Codrington and Duicamara ran tothestand before they were stopped, and Cardsharper, overpowering his rider, went twice round the course and was not stopped till he had gone the entire distance to be run over by the Cup. At about 20 minutes past 4 an admirable start was effected, Commotion being first off, but on turning into the straight he was joined by Bay Hilton, Peeping Torn, and Van Dunck. Thus they passed the Grand Stand the first time, and on rounding the top turn Van Dunck showed slightly in advance, Commotion being in close attendance, Cardsharper, Gemma di Very, and Riseber following in the order named. On entering the Dee side of the course Cardsharper rushed to the front, Van Dunck and Commotion lying side by side next, Peeping Torn and Gemma di Vergy in couples next. Oa re-entering the straight Commotion went up to the Cardsharper, and on passing the Grand Stand the second time was running nearly head and head with him, Van Dunck going an t , ird, Gemma di Vergy fourth, Peeping Tem, Turbit, and Drumour beading the ruck. In the extreme rear were Longsight and Cum berland, who were at this point pulled up. On going along the Dee side of the course the second time Com motion took a clear lead, and Dulcamara drew into the second place, Gemini di Vergy going on third, Riseber and Lance next, nearly abreast with. Drumour, and Leamington in their wake side by side. Commotion held the lead round the turn, when he dropped back, and Riseber was left in possession of the lead, Dutra mara,being second; Gemma di Vergy third, Leamington and Drumour fourth and fifth. At the distance Lea mington drew to the front and headed Riseber, and Gerucna di Vergy was soon afterwards beaten. Dru mour in the next few strides " split" Riseber and Dul camara, and took second place, but could not quite reach Leamington, who won by a neck ; a length be tween second and third. About two lengths behind them came Riseber, Lance and Polestar, close together ; Genury di Vergy was cext, and Pantomime headed the rock. Hughes and Withington were fined 10/, each, and Monday and Ward were reprimanded and cautioned. Handicap Handicap. Aloyone Storinsail Salmon Five ran. The City Plate. Sir Corm Master Bagot Five ran. Her Majesty's Plate Fisherman Sirius Orly these ran. The holiday folk, who from an early hour trooped into the ancient city of Chester, thronged its quaint rows, and swarmed along the walls, were fortunate both with regard to the weather and the sport. The Roodee presented a vast amphitheatre of heads, and indeed the course might not inaptly be compared to the ring at Astley's, and the spectators, who wore ranged in long dense rows rising one above another from the course up the embankments to the wall tops, appeared like an audience witnessing the scene in the circle, The sun shone gaily, and altogether the effect was strikingly pic turesque and animated. Although the Exhibition of Art Treasures at Man chester was a powerful counter attraction, and deterred many persons who were wont to attend Chester on the " Cup day" from bein g p resent, y et the muster of plea sure people and influential patrons of the sport seemed as numerous as et-er. The Tradesmen's Plate, or, as it is popularly called, "The ChesterCup,'' was the third event decided. Ample ti m e was allowed to complete the business of weighing ' and saddling, and punctually to the appointed willtime, 3.40, the 35 competitors were drawn up. As it be seen from our description of the race the start was de layed about 40 minutes. The race resulted in favour of Leamington—an animal which had from the publica tion of the weights down to • within a few minutes of staring held the position !of leading favourite. At the 11).4, however, be was superseded in the betting by Com motion. The London .Racing indicator , p rivate circular b y Chi fney, of Saturday n ext, price thirteeupence, contains probable Winner of the Derby, and summary ; what to back and lay against ; also probable Winners at Shrews bury and Ludlow. Sent four winners at Chester, on Tuesday. Office, ii Savoy-l?ill, Strand, London. _ EQUALISA I UR BATES. Yesterday a deputation fr,ml V.e clergy of the east end of London, consisting of Canon Champ neys, Rector of - hiteaiapel ; the Roy. G. H. M'Gill, incumbent of Christ Church, St. George's East ; the Rev. W. M'Call, incumbent of St. Mary's, St. George's East ; Rev. G. T. Driffield, Rector of Bow ; and the Rev. R. C. Smith, Seitior curate of Stepney, had au interview wigi Poor Law Board respecting the equalisation t f poor-rates in the metropolitan parishes. Canon CIIAMPNEYS said the deputation appeared there on the part of their poor parishioners rather than for t!ternselves. The fact was that the west end was elbow ng out its poor ; that the city, which was a city of warehouses, was doing the same ; and the great docks at the East-end, acting 1 as a powe , ful magnet, attracted the poc.r from their own locality in search of work and concentrated them along the line of the river. The effect of ais was that a poor population which did not in any way belong to the east, was drawn and located there, and as thepoor flowed in the rich flowed out, so that the district , became every year more subject to high poor-rates, although every year less able to raise them. wasthe desire of those represented by the deputation that this unequal and, as they conceived, unjust pressure I should be put an end to by the equalis lion of the poor-ra• es throughout the metropoli.an districts; and he submitted to the board a petition got upfor presentation to bosh Houses of Parliament to this effect, signed by 36 clergymen in the east end of London representing a population of something like 360, 000. The PRESIDENT of the BOARD (Mr. Bouverie) asked if the ,deputation were prepared with any specific plan. There could be no doubt that as long as the poor were locally maintained there would be inequality of burdens, and that there must always be same places where the rates would be heavier than in others. This was inherent in the present system. Then, again, had the deputation taken into consideration the mode in which the rates were to be administered, as well as the mode in which they were to be raised The Rev. G. M'GILL said they were not pre pared to answer that question, but what the depu tation aske was that the poorer parishes of London should not pay in a far larger proportion than the richer towards the support of the poor. Under the present system the poorer a parish was, and the less able to sustain burdens of this sort, the more it contributed to the popr-rate. Thus, the parish he represented, that of St. George's-in-the Big, paid 3s. 4d. in the pound to the poor rate, while St. George's-iu-the- West paid 71d. More over, in spite of the crushing rates now levied in the eastern parishes of the metropolis the pa r were not adequately supported. The relieving officer,'- imagining that in doing so he was taking care of the interests of the ratepayers, gave a labouring man a 41b -loaf and a shilling a-week, upon which it was impossible that he could sub sist. In fact, if the poor in the districts to which he was alluding were adequately relieved, he be lieved that the rates would be lOs or 12i., instead of 3s. or 4s. in the pound. As a matter of justice they asked that these poor persons, who laboured for those at the west end as well as those at the east end of Loudon, should be supported by both alike. Mr. BOUVERIE—That is precisely the point upon which the inhabitants of the richer parishes would join issue with you. They would deny that they ought to be called upon, " as a matter of justice," to support your poor. The Rev. G. 111 'GILL—But we deny the premise that they are our poor exclusively. They work for the benefit of rich rather than for the benefit of poor districts ; yet the latter are called upon to support them. The rev. gentleman proceeded to observe thlt unless something was done to remedy the evil complained of, the property in the east end of London must be virtually confiscated. In 1886 the number of in-door poor in St. George's-in-the- East was 813, out-door poor, 1,297, and the rate collected per quarter, 2,3501. Since then there bad boon a gradual increase under all three heads, un til in 1846 the number of in-door and out-doorpoor was 1,414 and 4,698 respectively, while the rates of Mid~uhtmer and litehaelmas quarters, 1856, were 7,9741. and 8,4561. To his certain knowledge, some of the parishioners had been ob liged to pawn their goods in order to pay their poor rates. He felt convinced that if the poor parishes were made to pay beyond their means in this way, such payments being inadequate after all to sup- Tort those applying for relief, and• if the richer parishes were allowed to escape, the peace of Lon don would not continue safe. The men who went about parading the streets and demanding bread would not respect parochial bounds. Mr. BOUVERIE said that was rather like an argu ment ad terrorem. The Rev. G. M'Grer, said he only adduced it be cause he felt that the Goverdment of the country was responsible for the peace of the country, and because as a clergyman he was anxious to see means adopted whereby that peace should be preserved. Mr. BOUVERIE wished to bring the deputation back to the practical point before him. Could they go to St. George's, Hanover-square, and ask the ratepayers there to contribute towards the support the poor in the east end of London ? Again, wet+ they prepared to maintain that the administration of these rates, if equalised, should be still left in the hinds of their local authorities, and that they should thus have the privilege of putting their haudiinto the pockets of the whole metropolis, the metropolis having no voice in the expencli.ure ? The deputation themselves repre sented that if the poor were adequately relieved the rates would be 10s. or 12s. in the pound. Now, the present system afforded the most effectual secu rity against extravagance which could be given, be cam-e these who administered the rate felt that they were spending their own money. Bat it was a pretty general impression that no such security would be had if the ratepayers knew that °tiler people's money was being spent in relieving their poor. The Rev. G. M‘Grm, thought that if even there were a little extravagance in the expenditure, this would be a less evil than the ruin of the ratepayers in these districts. But they had no right to assume that guardians of thopoor, as men of honour, would not be as careful of other people's money as of their own. If it were his case he thought lie should be even more careful of other people's money than of his own. Mr. BonvEmE—That sounds well in theory, but it is not found to be the case practically. The Rev. W. M'aeee thought all London might be regarded as one parish, the interests of which were intermingled and the same. Mr. Bouveran said it was only a question of shifting a burden ; but, unfortuna ely, just iu the same proportion as the east end of the town was anxious to shift this burden to others, the rest of the metropolis would be unwilling to have it shifted. Some persons were in favour of a national rate, but he believed that all those who had looked narrowly into the subject turned from such a proposition with a shudder. The Rev. R. C. SMITH observed there was an example of a consolidated rate throughout the me kropolis for sanitary purposes. Mr. BOUVERIE replied that there was no indefinite element of extension about that rate as there was about the poor-rate. The latter possessed a certain elasticity, a tendency to expand, resulting from the pressure for relief, which required " the screw" to be put on pretty tightly in order to prevent it from becoming an intolerable burden. Now, the only security, against extravagant expenditure was, as he had before observed, in the principle of local rating. If they once took off the protection af forded by that system there would soon be higher rates, not only in the districts represented by the deputation, but throughout the whole metropolis. Thus the east end of London would not relieve themselves, while they would involve their neigh bdurs. Then, again, it was quite clear that they could not stop at the metropolis. If London were once made subject to a general rate for the mailnd tenance of the poor, he did not see tha t they help applying the same principle to e e whole o n u t s country, and having a national rate. At all events, he had no doubt the case of the metropolis, with q s u a i ntearsgll ure the rating so altered, woul d be cited a went for national rate, whereas he was that th a e general feeling of the country was against ' the adoption of such a principle. The Rev. G. M‘Gree—lt would be objected that a national rate would lead to centralisation, lout we a do not think thatany su ch results need be feared rega rds the metr . ipolis Your s ystem would lead to me- Mr. BouvEnlE— tropolitin centralisation. Tito Rev. G. IVl'Gree said it was thought that if inquiry were made by a committee of the House of Commons the present inequality might be reme died, and the rich districts of London trade to con tribute in proper proportion to the relief of the poor,throughout the metropolis generally. They had consulted their members, who were unanimous M thinking that there should be an investigation of the whole matter. Mr. BOUVERIE said that as regarded a committee of inquiry he did not think the Government would be disposed to move for such a committee, and if it were proposed by others it would be for them to consider the propriety of acceding to it or other wise. He was unable to engage that Lord Palmer ston would as eat to any such proposal, but should probably have some conver ation with his lordship on the subject. He wished to know whether the deputation had held any communication with their brethren at the west end of London on the sub ject. Had they any 'idea of the resistance with which their plan would be met The Rev. G. M`GILL Raid they had no reason to apprehend any great amount of resistance to the equalisation of the poor-rates throughout London. At present the clergy at the west end often had a large amount of money placed in their bands 'for purposes of charity, and did not know where to besiow it. The doputatiOn were moving in this matter simply because, as clergymen, they saw that, in s rite of all th 3 burdens of the district; the poor were not adequa t ely relieved. ' Canoe 011AMPNEYS al,o wished it to he understood thatthe clergy now reprpsented had no desire to em barrass the Government, but came for Ward because they felt most ketnly the living starvation iu which the poor Wet e kept in the ea , tern districts of Lon don. He had been 20 years in Whitechapel, anti often at his dc,or had poor perions come on the very verge of starvation, receiving a timely meal, which had sometimes saved mother and child from perishing in the stree's. The children of their schools had been fed by hundreds simply to keep them from starving. Mr. BOUVERIE was afraid this was an indication that those charged with the adtniuistration of tho poor , rates did not do their duty. He was afraid that be had a keener appreciation ofthe difficulties t be encountered than the deputation seemed to possess. But, though he was not prepared to initiate any Parliamentary action, he promised that if the subject came before the Government in this way it should releive dispassionate consideration. Mr. 111`0ALL asked wiie'her the GOvernment would onpo e any application for a committee of inquiry i made by an independent member. Mr. BOUVERIE could not undertake to answer tbis quest on. It was hardly right to anticipate what the Government would do with respectto any byputheical motion which might be submitted to the House of Commons. When such a motion was submitted they would decide what course it would be proper to pursue. After some further conversation the deputation retired, thanking the President and the Board for the patient attention with which their statements had been received. WhEOK OF THE STEAMER AMILIA. A Court of Inquiry ordered by the Board of Trade sat yesterday at the Bristol Council-house to investigate the circumstances under which the steamer Amt-lie, plying be.tween Liverpool and Bristol, was lost off Sr. Gowan'a-bead, near Mil ford, on the morning of the 29th of March. Cap tain Hardy, R.N., attended as the naval assessor of the magistrates, Messrs. R. P. King and Joseph Coates ; Mr. Ambrose Foote, collector of Customs, conducted the case on behalf of the Board of Trade. The proceedings were taken under the 433 d and and 438th sections of the Merchant Shipping Act of 1854. -Mr. Foote having given an outline of the facts, John Howe, the master of the Amelia, was examined. He stated that she was of 167 tons, and traded between Liverpool and Bristol. He left Bristol with a cargo of goods for Liverpool about 9 p.m. on the 28th of March. The night was dark, and there was no moon. The next morning the weather was very hazy about 7 o'clock. The wit ness was steering himself. He then saw Caldy Island; which was bearing from the vessel north east and by east. Caldy was about 6 3 / 4 miles dis tant when he saw it. There was no lead going at this time, and the lead had not been used during the voyage. They had no pilot, but the witness had passed as a pilot for the British Channel as far as Caldy. He steered N.W. and by W. when they sighted Caldy, and the course was then altered o to N.W., and they were then going at nearly lull speed. The witness proceeded to state that they continued to steer this course for about three-quar ters of an hour. A dense fog came on, and the vessel struck about 8 o'clock off St. Gowan's head. They continued to steer W. by N. until they saw the land about 100 yards ahead. They put the helm hard a-starboard directly they saw the land. The vessel paid off, but not in time to clear the point, and she struck to the eastward of it. The mate and a man named J. Nicholas kept a general look-out. In the witness's opinion, if the lead had been going they could not have gone nearer to St. Gowan's-head, with safety, than 12 fathoms. Some questions were put by Mr. Coates, in answer to which the witness said the wind was from the southward when the vessel struck, at which time it was nearly calm. He did not consider it necessary to take a cast of the lead during the fog. The last cast be took was two or three months before the vessel was lost, on a voyage to Liverpool. He thought then that the vessel was a little out of her course. To other questions from Mr. Foote, the witness said they had a chart on board, and he exan Lel it about half an hour before the vessel struck- It was not an Admiralty. chart. He considered that by th• course he steered he should have clearel St. Gowan's-head. He was satisfied that his course would have' cleared the land, or he should have ordered the lead to be used. ff they had been six feet further out, the land would have been cleared. It was a mystery to hint how the vessel w..s lost. Thomas Lodge, mate of the Amelia, confirmesl the evidence given by the master. No other witnesses were examined. The magistrates retired for about half an hour, and on their return Mr. Brice the magistrates' clerk, stated that he was directed to read so much of the report of the magistrates to the Board of Trade as they thought material for the information of the public. That portion of the report was as follows: —"ln the opiuion of the Justices, the accident arose in consequence of the inastr either mistak ing the land he made or misjudging his dist nce front it, and disregarding the use of the lead, which, with reference to the log which then prevailed, ought to have been especially attended to." The magistrates had given their reasons for coming to this conclusion in their report to the Board of Trade, and Captain Hardy, the naval assessor, fully concurred in the judgment which had been arrived at. THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK. (From, the Times.) The public ►ill have great cause to complain of the Attorney-General if he allows the late directors of the British Bank to ride off triumphantly upon their own disclosures of their own frauds. Can•tlie Law in its existing state touch these men ? We be dove it can. Enough appears upon the face of the etaniina►ions recently iakea before the Bank. ruptoy Coutt to justify the conc:usion that an in dictment for conspiracy to defraud certain persons can be so framed as to touch at least some of the directors of the Royal British Bank. That the point is encumbered with legal technicalities .we are well aware, but they are not of such a cha racter as to present insuperable difficulties to the skill of a practised criminal lawyer. Sir Richaid. Bethell has not yet moved in the matter, but he should be made aware that the public look to him, as the highest executive law officer of the Crown, for protection against the recurrence of similar offences against public morality and the security of commerce. Many and important as are the avocations of the Queen's Attorney-General, no more imperative duty rests upon himb than to ascertain if these directors, or any of them, can be made arnenat.le to the penalties of the law. Sir Richard B,thel, although we believe he has not himself practised as a criminal lawyer, can easily command the assistance of other gentlemen who have devoted their attention more particularly to the prosecution of criminals. Let the two or three best criminal lawyers in the country be fairly charged with the duty of ascertaining if such an indictment as the one named can be framed with reasonable expectation of prosecuting it to a success ful issue. If this can be done, the matter should done ust l i a e . If the law be followed up wit hout delay ; if not, at least Sir y e Richard Bethell will have the satsfaction of feel in;in his powe.r to break down in his hands, that is no fault f he e h as criminalsdo e all that justice. i bring that i t hi s ; but, as long as there remains a hope of visit ing these offenders with the punishment due to their crimes, do not let the matter be cast aside as one not even deserving of investigation. It would be impos-*bl in e, the brief space to which these remarks must be confined, to go in de- I tail through the various considerations which have led us to the conclusion that an indictment for con- spiracy to defraudtertain persons can be framed and sustained against at least as many of the direc tors, inclusive of the deputy-chairman, as were connected with the late transactions of the Bank. It may well be—we hope we are wrong—but it may well be that the wholesale embezzlement, in point of fact, by which the earlier transactions of the directors were characterised does not amount to embezzlement in point of law. Let the efil however, in all its details be submitt , d to the judgment of two or V.ree of our most skilful crimi nal lawyers. It will be for them to consider whom they can leach, and who may go free—not because they are less criminal than their fellows, but be• cause the law of England, which has slain men by the score for stealing small sums, is unable to reach more notorious criminals, who have swindled those who trusted them out of enormous sums of money. Let the case of each man—Esdaile, Stapleton, b t to guilty bi Cameron,.Pellatt, Humphry Brown, an d th e r e s t e made ell will of them—be car efull y g one thr ough , and at lea s t !et ing them to justice. Sir Richard of a gross dereliction of a moatsolemn duty eo B r e t t b h it he allow this case to slip through merely on account of a popular prejudice that nothing can be done in it. If it is so, it is a dis grace to our laws ; but there is abundant ground for seeing if tte law is really so impotent. The ne cessary investigation is not a very costly process, and, as it will be transacted in private, no harm. will be done in case of failure. eso Lhe 0)0 'ed ste and I of no- tins an d Lan read the rn of bad Teat roe ; ; ti