The Express.
London, England, 1862-05-13 00:00:00

[Skimped. la. Additional.]

THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION.
Up to three o'clock yesterday the admissions
amounted to 5,400, of which about one half were
season ticket& If we put on another thousand
for the evening we shall have a pretty close esti-
mate for the day. This was a moderate number
considering the mildness and• softness of the
weather, but moderate as it was it served to test
the means of conveyance, and to show that if
some improvement be not made they will be wholly
insuffidient for the expected influx of next month.
Six or seven new 'busses of large capacity and ad-
mirable construction have been put upon the line,
and they are of course filled the moment they take
theiriplece in the rank. They are, we understand,
the speculation of a Manchester capitalist, and are
Manchester in everything vehicle, horses, coach-
! man, and conductor. It appears that London
coachmen cannot drive three horses abreast, and
that London horses also object strongly to that
arrangement. The two outside ones might be got
to go, but no persuasion, it appears, will induce
a London horse to take the place of the horse in the
sandwich, and run middle horse. The new
'busses are very much liked, but they are wholly
' insufficient, even with all the old ones to take off
their surplus. The smallness and inconvenience of
the latter were never so much felt as now, when
people have the opportunity of making compari-
sons ; and, to make matters still wocr, several of
the most rickety eonstitution, and primeval son-,,
retraction, and which had been long sine, coodemnade
have been again put on the road, a perfect disgrace
to such a city as London, and exciting the surprise
and disgust of all our foreign visitors. Another
grievance is, that whilst private carriages and cabs
are allowed to drive up to the doors, the 'busses
are made to halt at a distance of two or three
hundred yards, so that on a wet day, such as we I
have had more than once since the opening, hun-
dreds
of persons were drenched whilst walking and
waiting, whilst the cabmen were making what terms
they liked up at the doors. It would seem
as if Police Commissioners thought that
wawa who ride in omnibuses were completely
below their consideration, and that it formed
no part of their duty to see that the public vehicles
of the greatest and richest city in the world were
either safe, clean, or convenient. The broad fact
is, that as far as cabs, horses, and omnibuses are
concerned, London cuts a very inferior figure in-
deed when compared with Manchester, Birming-
ham, or LiverpooL If our recollection does not
deceive us, the Exhibition of 1851 was very much
better off in means of departure than its present

(TWOPENCE

THS ACCIDENT ON TAN LONDON, CHATHAM,
AND DOVER RAILWAY.

FAVERSHAM, NOIDAY Emma.

Another death bas been added to the list of those
whose lives have been merited by the &oddest at °springs,
os the Loodon, Chatham, and Dover Railway, on Friday
last. Mr. William Crockford, of Rochester, Ahem critical
pukka we noticed yesterday, lingered until ball-pad 11
o'clock this marmite, wham he expired to the }remumee of
those members el his family who had been wiunasomed. The
dammed was perfectly conscious of his appreachleg sad,
and spoke to his medical attendant, Dr. Martin, of Bo-
arder (who arrived this morning), only a few minutes
' before he breathed his last. In addition to representing a
ham number of his fellow-chimes in the Town Council of
Rochester and the Medway Board of Guardians, the
1 deceased wee an active member of the Chatham
Local Board of Health, and one of the hammy
accountants of the Rochester Savings Bank. He had
jest pawed his sixty-third year. With respect to
the widest the deceased remembered nothing from the
moment the carriages were precipitated down the embank-
meat until moms time after his removal to the Anchor Inn,
where he died. Although his foot was completely torn from
the ands and was sumemded by a piece of skin, and his arm
broken in two places, he did not appear to suffer very acute
Ipain, nor did he complain of say during the time that he
lay in a comparetively dying state. The family exprees
themielvee in the most grateful terms for the kind attention
and sympathy shown the deceased by the ollicials of the
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Chrietiams promptly offered a
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sad readily rendered every amisimoos in their power to the
bereaved friends of the deceased.
This afternoon, about 4 o'clock, the county aoromer, Mr.
Thorpe Delmar , came OMR illlMlCSlidtiOrhaa4 maw few
inquiries, but did not afilli it necessary to lead an inquest
on the body of the deemed, as the ilimatiPtka ieto the
death' of the two other offerers lee comidered would
sower the elided }whoa Having esandemd Mr. Crook-
ford, of Loudon (a nephew of the deceased), es to the iden-
tity d the body, and Mr. HAL, as to his . being me of
the pesecuslajured at the snidest, the censer Mmed his
warrant for the band.
There are a number of labourers still at work oaths lice,
not far from where the acekbat hopped, apparently
putting the permement way is artier.
With rrd to the two other 'rerers, ep to this=
Mr. H. Thompson, the barrister of Dublin, who
several serious injuries to his face end head, has been pro-
nounced by Dr. Geoid, of Faversham, to be progremmg
' favourably. The other principal sufferer, Mr. D. Math-
ias, the chief audit clerk of the London, Chatham, and
DMer eatoPallY, is now oimidesed to be oat of denier, and
will im all probability be able to be removed in a short time.
Oohed Tolland, the government ins ector from the mil-
es} demetment of the Board at Teas, hes made a isimede
azsainalis of the hue at the scone of the melded in
the presumes of Mr. Joseph Cubitt, the ethstmer, Mr. Mills.
the resides. walloper, and Mr. Wortley, the locomotive
superintendent of the eanopeny. The whole of that
porticos of the line was carefully pee over, and
the government inspector loads the broken chairs
and treamik the chief point, of his observation.
It hem been publicly stated that the rotten/is of the
wooden treadle which secure the chairs to the sleepers wee
the canes of the accident, by allowing the rails at the spot
to shift on the beds, and that to prevent the broken tre-
eing being examined they were pocketed by the cltleiala of
the company ; but the fact is that those officials who picked
up any of the broke' trenalls were servant, of the mm-
may who did so at tie request of Colonel 'foam& in order
that they might be preserved for his inspeoftoo. It has
also been stated that the lies where the accident 'occurred
is on the level, whereas it hes a carve of a mile radius.
With respect to the injured metals, chain, sleepers, ko.,
the whole of them have been preserved under instruction
from Colossi Tolland, and the fragments of the carriages
have beea taken into a aiding at the Faversham statios. It
will be remembered that the train was composed of four
carriages sad a break.van, and that the trot carriage
(a semed chin) may left the metals, but did Me go down
Me mabadmassh Of the next carriage', two were so con.
=sheltered that nothing was left but the stays of the
• the Wird earrings had its int compartment
sm.h.l is ; bet 'lmage to my with regard to the break
there was but little externally, while the internal
fitting were rent into rib and therefore the escape of
Beahem and Rolfe, the two guards who were in the van,
rust be considered as nothing short of a miracle. it ap-
pears from the state of the lime that the mood
must have left the weeds same distance before th=
went over, and that the Ord mune down the embenineest
was about 30 yards below where the large brick garden wall
was encountered and nearly demolished.

The Austrians still continue muffled up as to
chandeliers, and very noisy as to hammers, bat
there is as yet little appearance of a splendid show.
The Belgian show of arms, on the opposite side,
would be very attractive, but there is no attendant
to show rare specimens, or to explain matters to the
visitors. The civil and military engineering de-
partments are generally pretty full, but a good deal
of the attraction consists in a model of a plan for
saving life from shipwreck. There is a ship driving
on the rocks, and a crowd of gallant fellows on the
shore preparing to send • rope on board
by means of a rocket, and as this is a matter
which every one understands, and can sympathise
with, every one stops to look at it. We observed,
also, many admirers standing round Mr. Powell'a
display of slim, elegant, and quaintly chased drink-
ing glasses ; and not a few stopped to look at • new
specimen of a lady's saddle, upon which Mr. Charles
De la Motte has designed a very elegant pattern in
embroidery. This is an idea borrowed from the
gorgeous trappings of the East, but very much
chastened and refined in the hands of the English
artist. Another little "lion" is the watchmaker's
case in the 'Swiss Court, where the exhibitor is
with the applications of fair petitioners
pestered
aerslng from the wonderful little bird which,
jumping up out of a splendid gold box, sings and
hope about as if it were alive ; and • third is the
show case of the persecuted original " Johann
Maria Farina, near the Zulich's-place, Cologne,"
who weeps tears of the genuine " eau " on the
handkerchiefs of the ladies, whilst he, or his repre-
sentative, recounts his history and the conspira-
cies which he has defeated. In 1709 the first Farina
settled in Cologne, and, as necessity is the
mother of invention, the normal odours of that
renowned city stimulated him to the invention of a
counteracting perfume. The great object of the
seven years' war was achieved when it introduced
this perfume to the French, as the latter, on leaving
the country, spread its fame all over Europe. But
as the name of Farina is as common in Italy as that
of Jones in London, fame only brought competitors,
and at this very moment there are forty false
Farina in the town of Cologne. Railway porters,
commissionaires, and cabmen are all in the con-
spiracy, but against this the original Johann caa
set a list of patrons comprising the whole of the
crowned heads of Europe. He displays his
genealogical tree, his seals and his signatures, and
he adds a picture of his house, so that there may
be no mistake with visitors to Cologne. Perhaps
he will allow us to suggest to him another little
precaution. When the railway train from Brussels
arrives at seven in the morning, en route for Berlin,
the passengers are allowed an hour to look about
them. The first thing they ask about is the cathe-
dral, which stares them in the face, and the second
is Johann's shop. But Johann is still asleep, whilst
the false Johanna are all up and in receipt of cus-
tom, and in this way much mischief is done
the reputation of the inimitable "eau." If
Johann will only condescend jto remember that
" the early bird catches the worm," he may not
have to go into the law courts so often as at pre-
sent to protect his name and property. Any lady
who goes to his fountain in the Exhibition, and gets
her handkerchief sprinkled with the genuine article,
can never again be deceived by an imitation, how-
ever well prepared.
Another object of considerable interest is the
small stand in the ceramic department upon which
are the prizes of the Crystal Palace Art Union.
They are all in Mr. Battam's newly invented cera-
mic marble, and are of elegant design and workman-
ship. The " Evangeline" and "Daphne" are
quite new, and will, we are sure, tempt hundreds
of subscribers. In the French Court the novelty
yesterday was a display of millinery, including
several bonnetal which caused immense ex-
citement, especially when the exhibitor in-
formed his fair auditors that one of them was
a conception of only the previous day by the most
creative modiste in Paris. The arrangements of
this court are nearly complete, and there is no
doubt but that in a day or two all its contents will
be laid open to the public. The nave is still con-
siderably encumbered, but we observed yesterday
some attempts at decoration, in the shape of trees
in tubs, which were being brought in from the
garden. They will no doubt very much improve
the vista, if the trophies can only be got out of the
way, so that people may see them. Prince Oscar
of Sweden and several of the Swedish and Nor-
wegian Commissioners formed a group in the
morning for the photographers, and cartes de visits
were prepared commemorative of his royal high-
ness's visit.

A THEATRICAL DISPUTE.

At Bow-street Police-court yesterday, Mr. Horace
Wigan, of the Royal Olympic Theatre, appeared betas
Mr. Henry to =ewer • summons charging bun with haying
sent • threatening letter to Mr. George Vining, the director
of the St. James s Theatre.
Mr. E. Bailey attended for the defendant.
The court wee crowded by persons connected with the
theatres.
Mr. Vining having been sworn, prodnoed the following
letter, which he bad received from Mr. Wigan :
" 208, Easton-Toed, May 5, 1862.
" Sir,—l waited on you this morning at the St. James'.
Theatre, with a friend, for the purpose of receiving an
apology for, and retractation of, the offensive expressions
used by you in a letter to the editor of the Era of Saturday
last. I was told that you were too busy to see me then, and
on my 'taking when you world be at leisure, I was told you
were too busy to be able to say when you could see me.
I now insist epos an apology, and if you decline you will
compel me to take the earliest opportunity of demonstrating
to you in a very unpleasant manner my senor of your con-
duct—l remain, air, yours,
" HORACE WIGAN."
Mr. Vining said the magistrate would remember an as-
annum given by him, when he applied for the sum=
that be would spare no effort. to have the matter settled
in an amicable spirit, and thus avoid the necessity of any
further appeal to the court. With this view he had written
to Mr. Wipe, and tried other means, by proposing • refe-
rence to disinterested members of the profession well quali-
fied to decide the whole question in dispute ; but he re-
gretted to say that his efforts had wholly failed.
Mr. Henry, appealing to the defendant, said it might not
yet be too late to withdraw these proceedings.
Mr. Bosley coesidered that the alleged threat was • mere
delusion. Nothing in Mr. Wigan's letter admitted of such
an interpretation.
e Mr. Henry quite differed from him there. He could
hardly have read the concluding sentence—" Yon will com-
pel me to take the earliest opportunity of demonstrating in
a very unpleasant manner my sense of your conduct." What
other interpretation could be put upon that sentence!
Mr. Vining said that Mr. Wipe was • boxer, and be him-
self was a fencer, and any unmet altercation between two
strong men like themselves might be very serious in its
results It was his wish to avoid soy scene which would
bring discredit upon both of them, and might be especially
injurious to him in his capacity of manager of the St.
James's Theatre.
Mr. Bosley presumed that the allusion to his client se •
" boxy'." was an inference drawn from Mr. Wigan having
enacted the part of the "Chicken." (A laugh.) He feared
that the case most go oe. Mr. Wigan felt most keenly that,
although nominally the defendant, he was in fact the injured
party. In mower to • very temperate letter which Mr.
Wig= bad addressed to a weekly newspaper, Mr. Vining
bad written a scurrilous libel, in which he had sot scrupled
to impute falsehood to Mr. Wigan, and had further stigma-
tised him as one of • set of " dramatic harpies." Mr. V/ igen
called upon Mr. Vining. in company with • friend, at St.
James's Theatre, to demand a retractation of there dimming
epithets, but Mr. Vining refined to see him, merely sending
out a message "that he waa too busy to see him," and
"too busy to my" when be could appoint se interview.
Ceder these circumstances Mr. Wigan had no alternative
but to write the letter in question, In which be demanded
an apology or an explanation, adding as • cooditioo, upon
refusal, •' that he would take an early opportunity of de-
moostrating in a very unpleasant manner his muse of Mr.
Vining's conduct." These words did not neommarily imply
• violent intention on the part of Mr. Wigan, who might
have pursued several courses, such as indicting Mr. Vining
at the Central Criminal Court, which would have proved
anything but a "pleasant demonstration."
Mr. Vining hoped that, if the question of the previous
correspondence was to be goo into, his worship would look
at the so-called "temperate " letter which provoked his
reply to Mr. Wises, to whom, however, he never imputed
wilful falsehood or applied the term " harpies," except in a
broad sum as
rally yelatiog to trenslators from the French gene-
, lactuding himself. If be did not mean this, why did
LONDON Isms RULED. —The members of this be employ plural number, r(A laugh.)
caps,
corps, amounting to twenty file, assembled at Burlington Mr. maid not entertain the previous question in
House on Saturday, from whence, accompanied by a portion say way. He simply called upon to give his opinion as
of the bend, they marched out under the commend ef to the intentioe of the luggage employed by the defendant
Major Verner and the Adjutant. Lieutenante Bow and ,la the letter which bad been read, and from which Mr.
Clarke, and Ensigns Edmonds and Harvey hare resigned I Vining had welded that he apprehended a personal attack.
the commiegions recently held by them in this corm and He thought Mr. Vining was fully justified in supposing
Eenge Owe& hes been promoted. that • personal attack was intended, and, as this was the
ARRIVAL 110 N CHLRLENTON.—LIVARPOOL, MON- only question before him, he should require Mr. Wigan, the
Day.—The screw steamship Economist, Captain Burge, defendant, to enter into his own recogniassoes is 801. and
arrived in the Homey this afternoon from Charleston. She led two sureties in 40f. each, to keep the pesos towards
left that port on the god April with 837 bales of cotton, 404 the complainant for 12 mooch..
barrels rosin, and a mail. The papers by this arrival contain I Although nothing transpired respecting the original
little news of interest, and all the items of interest have bees I eanse of dispute, it wse understood to have arisen from the
already anticipated by the New York papers in their extrude alteration sod common°. of Mr. Wigan's drama of I' need,
from the Southern journals. Private letters, however, or Foss by the manager of the Sc. James's Theatre without
stale that • great deal of &true prevailed in Charleston. the sanction of the author.