The Express.
London, England, 1852-08-09 00:00:00

TRH MISSING STEAMER HARPY.

The Harpy, stein vessel, about whose safety so
sash bele Mel,, arrived at Portsmouth
se asselei. The M_y is an ken paddle. wheel
of 359 tees and 180 base power. She was
WI he sive: serum, and eamsegneatly bad the power of
w= but a nmell gesiMy alma amV f
quite la-
te km dee. Abe hen !
aeon
some
time an Ito sentb•east ear stbee 'Unwise , 'Wag as
tendw to the Gnaw ilarkship ef Sear-Admiral Header•
sea, en that station, sad Wagon, and., the contraand of
Llsesseses Thews Drinkerster Williams, whe was ap-
poked Is kr la November, 1861. Sims the appointment
of Linammat Williams to the Harpy be bad made several
replete of defects in her machinery, parties/Surly as to
hes bailers, and ultimately a survey was ash' sad
those letter were Mad so exceedingly defective
as to leader her lIINSOdiSta /1411111 home meow
eary. 'be woe tly ordered to England, on
the HO of MA when she leR Rio Janeiro,
tateg et ZeW width she left on the 6th of May. She
the. said at PAIIIMIIMSD, where she took is water and
Zil•
led web or bar slosh of coal to 150 teas, as
ireseille as she smell eswibly any, and amply raffl-
e.* Mille n ht. Thom, whiai was the eldest Of
_ _ _

—Mesa seer lianas Pramhas% however, the ocaditioa
of her bodes bonne mask wens, Wag so dehotin end
haythat eimandirmealj be Ep to the requisite
hese the quantity of seal* sad
nen Ii did sewn tint hese ge would gin out or
bank sod the sewn as This state of thlags nationd
fee daya sad weeks. psi then wee so help for it; tbe
eel being so devoid of ailing aphelia she was
uytimi
almost salretsiness lean power,
although •am anted every pos-
sible =MO it 111P012" WS:B her "an
sell
sad. Ina these 0. nailed kon the pro-
volone of light sad variable wiles, coneennes
was that aisseigreess we nab, whilst the when of the
nal were yse eameann. Ming& men had
to be bad to ft•iptioes of fuel, I. the Asps Onion
ea valaelens Mess : these wen ',averted into fuel for the
engin% sad then the cable deers were takes done, mad,
together with nal begs, tabish sad slob, sod at
sees sad reels, wen usd ilear MINNS of
the et the ship sod the line hoe sines sad new.
tlabe ebasesimaces it vie the 1,16 of July before
the Wavy wind_ regal, bong 68 dap Ikea Persaanno,
sad bull en beard rely half • tea of new, sad all
sells of pmensine sir* ewes. The sins NA crew
had ben for eons elm spa two-thirds the meal
ease, and he a sing time In ese-holf, whilst they inf.
hued nose ally hoes dent, say a plat of water s
en havebeing served eat. The anpb of water
and sot heed to ibis eaten had lei Lieneasat
Williens takes taw possatita. at as y pitied of the
=aelf satin the seadeased wine hed eel-
is dila as anneen, sad pat hits the wane Wks.
Noting bat the penal silhele ea the part et tie else
sad ewe add have besught the ship into port or have
saved their on lives.
Ravin estagistedl be link of wain. seals, ase_provi-
moss. the Inn beil Peetrantle ea the MN of
July, as sated. sa listarday
everthag.learfase boassill:12111 Inn the squad:ea,
two dl .seed British saliests, a has Final, sad
fear Ilan, insane On et. Yboat, whin phos the
Harpy send an mak.

NAVAL
ADHISALTT, Amur: 7. AP,01147111311%.
CoMoiollen to be captains on reserved Italf.pay list : J. P.
W H. Lou.,, H. W. Pilkington, Janes Cramb,
flansel W. N. Noxell. Liestessata to be eon-
Ilinalkna SS pay list: Edwud Sabina's, C. H. Kemp-
tbore H. I. Cox, William Vioary, H. S. Harniatos.
tar.
Re. Ragbags to Cooed. H. S.
Has.
A. Mauls, to
Rowtouzzo Mums or LORD TANICRIVILLE.—
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seigidii—Fesselet7doll;wer—eiLe-eitS;TetriiitTeco
ramisi that able Jut lithe paper wee going to prow, em-
the death et Use vesereble Earl of TeakerelUe.
Maid thh lateltlieses prove esereet, Laid Oaallelea, his
la p' eldest sea, will guessed to the Mk
be ma die peer.
age, sad • la the reposistatisa wilt waled ia
North Northam milers Led, Oleassa mad
Len Jae won Mused it dr remit dodos.

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BIRMINGHAM BANKRUPTCY COURT.
BATCRLAY.
num YL Costuissiossa RAtooT.
BCPPORD AND WRAOOIe/ BANKRUPTCY.
A meeting wu held to-day for the purpose of receiving
proofs of debts, and declaring a dividend on the private
estates of these bankrupts.
The total amount of debts proved against the private
estate of Mr. C. J. Wragge is 6,3001., and a first dividend
of Bs. in the pound was declared.
The amount prove.' against Mr. Philip Rufford's viva*
estate has been 28,0001. ; • OM dividend of 6e. in the pound
was declared.

ASSIZE INTELLIGANCE
HOME ClRCUlT.—Ounorom Amon 7.

Saga—Baroas Lou Cum Junsca Jzavm Am • Ile•aA•
Jo•T.
THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CONVENT SCHOOL
SYSTEM.
GRIPIITHS v. Di L'Eerniessi AND ANOTHER.
Before the court finally adjourned on Friday night, the
following additional evidence was given on behalf of the
defendants:

It should be Mated that all the French witseeses were
examined through the medium of en interpreter ; but as he
appeared incompetent to perform this duty in a satisfactory
wanner, Mr. Munster, a gentleman of the bar, volunteered
his services, and ha rendered great &wisteria to the court
by the very efticient manner in which he interpreted the
evidence.

Med;ine Desiree de &collie, known in religion as Sister
S. Theodosia, the second defendant in the action, deposed
that she succeeded Miss Leith (she lot witness, whose name
was incorrectly printed as Smith in the report of the pro-
' eeedings on Saturday), in the management of the class to
which the plaintiff belonged. She remembered the preens-
tation of the robe to Cardinal Wiseman, but she could not
say whether the girl Henrietta Orillitlis worked any part
slit or not. She did not remember ever having told her
to say that she had worked part of it. At the period the
robe was presented, the plaintiff was not under punish-
ment of any kind ; and on the day ells cardinal came, she
recollected perfectly well she was wearing a red ribbon
aeries her shoulder, as a mark of reward. It was is Noreen-
ber of 1850 that the plaintiff was Brat sent to the trial clam.
Her offence was in saying that she would never obey one of
her mistresses. This was the only time she was punished in
the trial class. She continued to misbehave herself, and
was sent to work in the kitchen, and *became out on the 6th
danury, 1851. The moment it was discovered that her eyes
were *Meted, Dr. Chapman was called in, and every
thing he directed was done for her. Witness would swear
positively that the plaintiff was never locked up in a dark
room with nothing to sit upon. She was merely placed in
a d d room by the direction of the doctor on account
of the state of her eyes, and it was quite impossible from
the arrangements of the establishment that she could have
been forgotten fora day and a night *sae had represented.
She could state positively also that the plaintiff we. never
punished by being ordered to perform prostration. It was
not the custom for the children to perform prostration.
She bad seen the nuns do it, but it was always done volun-
tarily. The statement of the plaintiff that when she left
the convent witness told her if she said anything about
what happened there she would go to hell and that she
*mild not be saved, was also false, and she declared that she
never said anything of the kind to her
Croes-examund—Witness might have said something to
the child about going to confession. She remembered that
the plaintiff did ray to ber that when she went to confession
the priest took down in writing what she said and she did
netlike it. She heard that the plaintiff had told the other
children not to go to confession because the priest wrote
down what they said. Witness believed it was not true that
the priest had done so. Did not remember that the plaintiff
insisted upon not going to confession on this account. She
we. quite sore the plaintiff was never forced to go to con-
fession. The children always went to entitled= of their
own free will, and they had to ask witness's permission
eight days before. Some of the children confessed every
week, some every month, and others only went every two
months. If a child should never go to confession, witness
would not inflict a penance upon her for not going. While
the plaintiff was in the different dark rooms, other children
were allowed to see her, except at the period when she bad
the chicken-pox. She was quite sure that roast meat and
porter were supplied to the plaintiff by the doctor's direc-
tion, but there was a difficulty in getting her to drink the
beer. They used small beer and porter in the establish-
ment. The plaintiff would not drink the small beer, and
they gave her porter, and sometimes she left it and wow
times she threw it away. Witness punished her by toting
away a good mark from her for throwing away her porter.
She said that she did not like it.
Madame Folinst, one of the nuns, deposed that she
managed the kitchen in November, 1850, and remembered
the plaintiff being sent there in November, and her remain-
ing there for some time. She helped to prepare the things
for dinner, but was certainly
beyond her strength, or that was likely to injure her health
in any manner.
Cross-examined—Was quite sure that she never fainted
away in the kitchen while witness superintended there.
The plaintiff certainly was not a strong child, and she fre-
Pquently complained of being She was in the kitchen
rom five in the morning till nine at night. She had her
dinner by herself in the kitchen, and was not allowed to
speak to any of the other children.
Madame Anneal Denier, the cook, deposed that while
the plaintiff was under her she did nothing but light work,
such u washing plates and going into the garden to fetch
vegetables, and cutting and preparing them. She said
that all the hard work of the kitchen was done by her-
self.

broaeszarnined—The plaintiff never complained of the
work being too hard for her, but she frequently said that
she was very tired, and when she did so witness used to
tell her to sit down and rest herself. When the children
were in the kitchen for punishment they were not slowed
to go out from half-pest 4 o'clock in the morning till 9 at
ralft.
glisabeth Berber, a very sharp, intelligent girl, appa-
rently about 18 years eM, mid she had been in the ceplaa-
ego deer et the eslealkiMment at Norwood. She Gra went
to the beetitutien In July, 1860, and left in March, 1851.1
She went to it • mos= ilme in November, 1851, and went
away for good is ffebseary, 1862, when she was appren-
ticed to a lace thellailialffer at the west end of the town.
While she was in the astddiimsant she wss very kindly
treated, and had sietking amplia of. They bad quite
as mush to eat on all =rim se they wanted, and some-
times more. The girls were a.lewl4 to take plenty of
ezereiso, and in wit= =as when they could not go out
of doors them was a rem he them to play in. The plain-
tiff was treated jut die enne as witness herself and all the
other girls were. lam =et heard of any of the girls being
compellod to perform prmasedna, or of their being punished
if they did not p M matesien. She was never treated
with unkind.= in ray way while she was in the convent.
Wilma bad been placed in the trial elan, and alto in the
Wain, hat it never injured her. She used to go to oun-
Mein tebea !be liked. _ _ _

Gremanandieed7-Wu sure she had not been to emblem
that morning. She came to Guildford with the ladies and
some of the other children. The priest come down with
them abo, and she had seen him that moaning, but had not
spoken to him. Witham used frequently to go to confer
eion, but not so often as once a She never tried to
make her Nape from the trial elms room by breaking a
window and getting out. The wand on bar hand wan not
eased in that manner. While oho wee at Samere-tewn
she was wounded with a carving kWh by ea of her etion-
Wland the mon Bear her hand was the consequence.
.7., meat to the trial edam some a mad time. It was
for disobedience to one of her mammas, and she deserved
to be seat there. (A laugh. She woo very disobedient in-
deed. (Renewed laughter. She wee very awry to say
that she wee disobedient afterwards and was sent a
third time to the tee ease. The usual pretties was
for the abet offence to keep them eight days in the
trial clam, for the second fourteen, sad for the third of-
fence, twenty days. She was kept for twenty days to try
to make her bet.er. She had misbehaved herself, and bad
sensed great scandal to ler companions, by raising to kneel
down in the middle of the school-room when she was
ordered to do so. If she bad performed this penance well,
she would have bees directly. She was ordered
he kneel down bemuse she talked too mai heleeoollll-
Ye
Maine allowed three days he amides whether
eke would obey the order to kneel down, and beams she
punished in refusing, she was ordered to the trial ema
rem It was a very amuses pumice to be ordered te
kneel down in the middle of the room. She
wee la the kitchen for fear weeks after this. She used to be
allowed to go out to walk every day, but she could not my
at what peso& of the day, or how bag at a time.
The whams here exhibited a good deal of agitation, and
Mr. Chambers inquired what had alarmed her. He then
pointed to a person standing In front of the witness, and
who woe stated to be one of the priests belonging to the
convent, and Naked her if there was say one in court who
she was alarmed at
She replied there wee a person in court she was ashamed
of.
Mr Chambers—ls " he " standing behind me
Witnem—lt is not a "he ;" it is a " she." (Much
laughter.)
Mr. Chamber busked who it was she was ashamed of,
sad the witness replied that it wee the plaintiff, Henrietta
Griffiths, whom she wee ashamed of.
Cross-examination continued—Witham wee in the trial
eau when they used to it being the wall. They mat upon
a sort of lew stool, end she had mat facing the wall as long
es sin or seven hours. _ _

Fredertea Mahoesy, another of the orphans, gees violist
evidence m to the kind treatment she had received daring a
residence of three years in the convent.
Mary Jane Hart, another orphan, said that while she
was In the convent she was treated with very great kindness
and the ladles behaved to her more like mothers than say
thing else. She had always more food than she could est,
and she had plenty of nit and exercise. She also stated
that she had taken the plaintiff meat twice a day while''
she was ill, and she had seen her throw a portion of it'
away.
Cron-examined—The plaintiff used to eat part of her
dinner and throw thereat swap. She had also seen her when
she was In the potter's room give a portion of her dinner to
the poor who nod to come to the convent far the broken
victuals. She had also seen her throw away the beer that
was given to her.
Mary Anne Barton, another of the orphans, also said that
she had been treated with every kindness aloe abs had been
in the institution.

Crewe summed—Witness was now wearing a red ribbon
round her shoulders which was a mark of honour. Five or
AM of the sine ►.longing to the orphan elms were down at