The Express.
London, England, 1864-12-01 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY; DECEMBER L

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but no words could express the alarm which would '
be felt if there were reason to believe that they
could become common in England. We feel satisfied
that the publicity to which every department of the
government, from the highest to the lowest, is sub-
ject in this country will preserve us from the exten-
sion of the evil if the magistrates will only do their
duty. LOWE must have been a reckless man, for it
is impossible that he could suppose that his infamous
practice would not be found out, and that he would
not lose his place. In fact, he only remained in the
police four months. A bad member of the force
may do incakulable mischief in that short time,
but the early termination of his career will not en-
courage calculating men to speculate on the office
as a means of preying on the public. We cannot,
however, help asking whether the sentence passed
on him can be considered at all adequate to the I
offence. For practising on the fears of a patient,
and making them a means of extorting money,
the quacks, lIENERY and ANDERSON, have just
been sentenced to two years' imprisonment with
hard labour, and everybody is saying that the term
is not a day too long. But those men abused no
public trust, whereas this policeman weighed upon
his victims with all the power of his office. They had
good reason to fear that if he persisted in his abo-
minable accusation his word would be taken
before theirs, and that their characters would be
destroyed to their ruin. It seems to us that the
sentence is out of all proportion to the magistrate's
own estimate of the offence, and that the impres-
sion which it is calculated to produce is that police
extortion is not really regarded as a great crime
when it is sufficiently punished in its very worst
form by a month's imprisonment with hard labour.

cbt Coun.

WEMSOR CASTLE. Nov. 30.

Princess Helena and Prince Leopold, attended
by Lady Caroline Barrington, the Hon. Mrs. Wellesley,
Captain Sir W. Haste, and Mr. Buff, went to London last
evening, and honoured the performance at the Princess's
Theatre with their presence. The royal party returned to
Windsor Castle at 11 o'clock.

The (Neel', scoompanied by Princess Helena and
Princess Louise, attended by the Hon. Emily Cathcart,
walked and drove in the grounds of the Cagle this
morning.

Her Majesty held a Council to-day, which wu attended
by Earl Granville. Earl Rumen, Lord Stanley of Alderley,
and the Right lion. Sir George Grey.
Earl Russell had an audience of the Queen, and gineented
M. Barreda, Minister of Peru.
Earl Granville bed an audience.

Mr. Henry. Chief Magistrate et Bow-street, was presented
to her Majesty by Sir George Grey, and received the honour
of knighthood.
The Earl of Caithness and Ceptain Sir W. Haste were
the Lord and Groom-iu- Waiting.
Mr. Helps, the Clerk of the Council, was in attendance.
The Countess of Gsioaborough has succeeded the Countess
of Caledon as Lady-in-Waiting to her Majesty.

THERE is probably not a single Englishman who
has travelled iu foreign countries and not ac-
quired the firm and just conviction that his own
country is the one where complete security of per-
son and property is enjoyed with less arbitrary in-
terference on the part of the Government than
anywhere else in the world. If elsewhere there
is possibly a greater security from individual inva-
sion of person and property, it is obtained at au
annoying and dangerous sacrifice of public liberty
for which there can be no compensation. It is
well when an institution of government fulfils its
ends without calling into existence evils to be set
off against the benefits it confers. Much fear was
expressed ou this score when Sir ROBERT PEEL in-
troduced his bill for establishing a new police in
the metropolis. It was ■aid that the force was
certain to become a most dangerous and effective
engine of despotism. After thirty years' experi-
ence the public has clearly pronounced its
opinion that the new police force has
more than any other external means con-
solidated peace and protected life and property.
The evils which were apprehended have not fol-
lowed, partly because the institution was not cal-
culated to engender them to the extent which the
timid supposed, and still more because it was des-
tined to operate under the guarantee of a system
of publicity which year by year throws a stronger
light upon every object in which Englishmen take
an interest. From time to time, however, we are
reminded that this publicity is a needful safeguard.
Sir RICHARD MAYNE administers a system which
has been devised to protect the public against the
misconduct of its inferior agents, as well as against
those who lire by preying on society; but even his
superintendi..g vigilance may be aided by a free and
übiquitous newspaper press. A case was reported
yesterday in our police intelligence which shows
bow easily the power of the police may be abused
with fearful effect, but happily shows also how near
at hand the remedy lies. An industrious man
named Kofo.rir, employed as a porter on the
South Eastern Railway, was returning home
on Saturday evening, when he was pounced on by
Lowe, one of the P division of police, and told
that he must accompany him to the station-house ;
the constable hinting, rather than declaring,
an intention to charge him with misconduct with
one of the loose women who had been allowed, and
possibly encouraged, to prowl about in the lane
where the arrest took place. KNIGHT not
having spoken to the women, but having passed
quickly and silently along when accosted succes-
sively by them, strongly objected to being taken
to the station-house, and the more so as he had
four children at home who had recently lost their
mother, and had no one to attend to them. The
policeman, however, insisted, though probably with
no more desire to go the station-house than his
prisoner. As they were walking along he betrayed
the object he was pursuing by asking Kriti.ur how
much he would give hint to let him go, and to
his prisoner's obji-ction that having done nothing
he could not be called on to buy his liberty,
he replied, " You must give me something."
In order to be free to get home to his
poor children KN I ir gave the policeman
two shillings and threepence, all the money he had
in his pocket, and was then allowed to go his way.
en arriving at his lod4ings, KNIGHT told his land-
lord what had happened, and the two immediately
set out in search of the extortioner. They found
him in the very act of repeating the same process
on another man, whom he was taking off to the sta-
tion-house on a similar charge, notwithstanding his
earnest protestatim of innocence and his entreaties
to be allowed to go home to his family. KNIGHT
and his companion were so fortunate as to meet
with a police sergeant, and from that moment they
appear to have met with all necessary assistance in
obtaining justice. The policeman was himself
taken to the station-house, where the truth was
soon made apparent ; and on Tuesday last, by direc-
tion of the C oweissioners of Police, he was placed
in the dock at Lambeth Police-court to answer the
charge of abusing his office to extort money. The
facts were fully proved against him, and
he was sentenced to one month's impri-
sonment with hard labour, Mr. NORTON remarking
that this was not only a case of extortion, but one
of the worst that had cline under his notice. The
public will a4ree with the magistrate in this opi-
nion. We have heard of such practices in Bengal,

Hie Royal Highneaa the Duke of Cambridge left
town yeatorday, attended by Colonel the Hon. J►mes Mac.
donald, on a elan to their Royal High:teem the Prince and
Princess of Wake at Sandringham.

The Duke and Duchess of Wellington are enter-
taining aselect party at Str►thfeldsaye, Haata.

Viscount and Viscountess Amberley, after leav-
ing Woburn Abbey, iatend to pay a few visits sod will then
go to Earl Russell's seat, near Stroud, Clouessterahiro.

Lord Mahon and Captain ilayter, of the
Grenadier Guards, arrived is England by the Persia, from
• tour through North America, and a ♦isit to the head.
quarters of the armies operating in front of Richmood.

Lady Herbert of Lea, with the Earl of Pembroke
sad her family, have arrived at Palermo, where they iatead
pealing the winter.

The funeral of Lord Eliot is appointed to take
place ou Saturday neat. The Earl of St. Germans and
other members of the family will attend.

The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, bLP., and
Mrs. Cardwell are about to viait Mr. Baring, at kin seat in
Marnpab;.e.

Captain Sberanl Osborn, C. 8., yesterday went
on board his ship, the Royal Sovereign, at Portsmouth. for
the last time as her commanding officer, Captain Osborn
resigning his command of the ship this morning on the com-
pletion of his captain's ionic* in sea time entitling him to
deg rank on the active list.

A deputation, conoi•tiug of the 1100. W. Napier,
Mr. W. Hope, the Hon. Henry Petro, Mr. W. Loose, Mr.
G. W. Hemans (engineer), and Mr. Dudley Baxter (soli-
citor). had an interview with Viscount Palmerston, at
Cambridge-house, yesterday, respecting the metropolitan
sewage and Essex reclamation.

We regret to learn from a contemporary that Mr
Cabden's health is suffering from the effects of his exertions
at the recent great meeting of his constituents at Rochdale

Dr. Moriarty, the Roman catholic Bishop of
Kerry ; James O'Connell, brother of " the Liberator ;' and
Mr. Danis Shine Lawlor, of Young Irelandion" eslebrity,
were amongst the guests at Lord Castlerosse's invited to
dies with the Lord Lieutenant on Tuesday.
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A reward of 200!. has been offered by the Pro-
testant patty in Belfast for such information as shall lead
to the conviction of the pereoes who, some nights since, cut
down the cross in the Roman catholic churchyard there.
The mayor of Belfast (Mr. John Lytle) has subscribed •
large portico of this reward, and the remainder is to be
raised exclusively among protestanta.
The itiquiry into the matters connected with the
Belfast riots has now lasted more than • fortnight.
At a meeting on Tuesday of the Tynemouth Life-
boat C3mmittee, the case of the widows and orphans of
the lifeboat men who lost their lives in attempting to rescue
the crew of the Stanley was brought forward, and it was
resolved that • subscription should be commenced for their
relief, and to reward the other part of the lifeboat crew
for their gallant exertions. One of the widows is • con-
firmed invalid and quite unable to work. Each of the men
has left a large
INAEGERATION OF THE STATEE TO SIR G. C.
LEwt,,.—Yesterday the inauguration of the monument to
the late Sir George Cornewall Lewis, Bart., took place at
New Radnor, in the presence of an immense assembly, and
amidst great demonstrations of respect for the deceased
baronet. At about half-past 11 the subscribers to the
memorial and their friends assembled at the Town-ball,
and marched to the site of the monument, accompanied
by bands of music. Close to the monument there was
a spacious tent erected, in which war a large platform.
Sir John Walsh, lord-lieutenant of the county, presided.
and paid a just tribute of respect to the late distinguished
statesman and scholar. The Earl of Clarendon, who was
present by the special invitation of the committee, spoke at
great length on the enduring monument which Sir George
CJrnewall Lewis had erected to his memory in the hearts
of his countrymen. Subsequently the Rev. George Burns,
and the member for the Radnorshire boroughs, delivered
a Idressee. The monumest, the architect o' which is Mr.
Gibbs, of Oxford, resembles the martyrs' monument in
Oxford city, but is somewhat higher. In the basement of
the design there is • beautiful marble medallion of the
baronet. The weather yesterday was rather inclement.
FtNERAL OF THE LATE MR. RICHARD SINIONER,
M.P.—The remains of the late Mr. Richard Spooner, M.P
for the Northern Division of Warwickshire, were interred
yesterday afternoon at the parish church of Elmdon, a rural
village near Birmingham. and contiguous to which stands
Llmdon Hall, the brolly seat. The funeral cort4e left
Leamington shortly before 11 o'clock, and proceeded by
road to Elusion, a distance of 20 miles. The chief mourners
were the Rev. J. Spooner, vicar of Edgbaaton, and Mr. R.
Spooner, stipendiary magistrate of Wolverhampton ; and the
remains of the deceased were also followed to the grave by
his son.in.law, T. C. Hamilton, Eaq., W. Spooner, Esq.,
Lucus Spooner, Doi., the Rev. L Snooper. and other rela-
tives, and C. W. Newdegate, Esq.' M.P. The body, which
was enclosed in an oak coffin, covered with black cloth, and
bearing an inscription recording the name and age of the
deceased, was deposited in the family vault in the church.
The funeral service was impressively read by the Rev. F.
H. Styling, the incumbent of the perish.
THE NEw CANON OF WEI4TMINsTEE.—The Dean
of Westminster has appointed Moseley next, the sth last,
for the installation of the Rev. Ernest Hawkins, B.D.
Secretary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel
in Foreign Parts, to the canonry lately vacant by the resit.
nation of the Vim. Archdescoe Bentiock. Mr. Hawkins
bail tendered his resianatioe as secretary of the society, and
the poet will forthwith be declared vassal.

Y

r,' THURSDAY EYENTNG, DFCEMBBR 1, 1864,

visit of some days into Jutland. He was to stop
successively at Aalborg, Randers, Viborg, Aarhuus,
Horsens, Kolding, and Veile, embarking to-morrow
week (the 9th) at Fredericia, on his return to
Copenhagen.
The arrangements for this journey are cha-
racterised by the greatest simplicity, his Majesty
having formally expressed a desire that his recep-
tion shall not occasion any kind of expense to the
inhabitants of Jutland.

ADDRESS TO THE DANISH INHABITANTS
OF SLESWIG.

The following address to the Danish population
of Sleswig has been signed by 137 members of the
Rigsraad :—" The bond which from time im-
memorial united Sleswig to Denmark is broken.
A cruel dismemberment has separated the Danish
people on the two sides of the Kongesa.
The European powers have remained mute
witnesses of our misfortunes, and we have
not been able to arrest in its march the superior
force of our enemies. We can only here express
our own grief, and thank you for having had
the courage, under the yoke of the enemy, to
proclaim in the face of the whole world that you are
Danes, and wish to remain united to Denmark. You
have thus torn away the deceitful veil which might
have led to the belief that our enemies and
yours only came to be you: liberators. You have
gloriously kept your oath, and preserved your con-
science pure before God and before men. If you
wish it like us—.and no power in the world can pre-
vent it—our souls shall continue closely united,
and we will remain indissolubly bound by
our attachment to the common nationality.
Among you there are also faithful Jut-
lenders. All of you, then, men and women,
apply yourselves, with the perseverance of your race,
to the preservation intact of our mother tongue,
and teach your children to love it and to cultivate
it. And you whose language is different from ours,
cherish with care the happy souvenirs of the past,
and have faith in the hopes of the future. There is
in heaven a God who disposes of the time and of
the hour, and puts a limit to the reign of violence
upon the earth.
"Copenhagen, November, 1804."

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Northeru=Scotlautl. Wortorn.lreland. Wake, sod set.
wean-los ionthero=ltrortish Channel eud day of buoy. beaters
Kratlrstd Nagtand and North Ora.

A tremendous explosion took place on Saturday
last at Mendon, in the manufactory known as Les Brnyeres,
an establishment belonging to a contractor for cartridges.
The building was entirely destroyed, and it is feared that
at lout six persons have perished. An all, however, who
were present when the expiation took place were killed,
no particulars can ever be known. It was imposeible to
guess at the loss of life from the remains found ; the bodies
were literally blown to atoms. Another fatal catastrophe
has occurred during the past week, between Nice and Genoa.
The diligence was carried away by a torrent (Scottie, " •
spreet"), and the guard and two other persons were lost.
THE CONFEDERATION OF BRITISH NORTH ANIL-
RIcA.—The Canadian legislature, which will be the first to
deliberate on this scheme, is to meet on the 18th of
dupery next.

Loss OF • lima. STEAMER IN THE BALTIC.--
Intelligenoe was yesterday received by Messrs. Bailey and
Leetham that their steamer, the Tartar, had been totally
lost. This sad news had been communicated by the mate
In a letter &dad from Christimeand, on Saturday last. It
stated that on that day the Tartar went ashore and became
a total wreck. Unfortunately the captain. Mr. White, was
drowned. The remainder of the crew were saved. The
Tartar was on • voyage from Celle to MM.—Eastern
Counties Herald

Tae WHICH OF TVS STANLIY.—CONVEYANCE OF
Deno BOORS TO ABEZDZICIL—Si: of the bodies, all fentsks,
of the unfortunate pasemigers who perished in this ill-
fated steamer at Tynemouth, pared through Edinburgh
yesterday is a railway luggage ran for interment in Aber-
deenelhars.—Edinbarya Courant.