The Express.
London, England, 1865-12-09 00:00:00

SATITBDPit EVENING, DECEMBER 9, 1865.

LLTBST INTffi•LIOEN'E•

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Sundays Wish as on Aar days. The lister would W all
mew lies the worlds, men qt array os Sundays hem
the confinement, the bad sir, and the glum of their eau
row courts and crowded rooms, into the peas end into the
country.; but don't let them attempt a molest search after
quiet sod refreshment in stuffy museums and thronged
galleries. Let the exhibitions, se far es possible, like the
Royal Academy and the Kensington Munum, be opened in
the evening, and there will be nothing on this scored which
they can complain. A day of rest is more than • holiday,
and let us keep Sunday for the former and not for the
latter. The clamour on this subject has no chance of
receiving much attention, except so far as it is supposed to
express the wishes of the working chum It they are
against such a change nobody else is for it.

MISCILLASIOUS TOPICS.
The Times contrasts the kind of preaching in our churches
with the fluent diction to be noted in those of the Conti.
neat, and in dissenting chapels. The truth is, we don't
attempt eloquence in the church of England. When it has
been said that we have one eloquent prelate, two or three
more who can preach interesting sermons, and Mae,
doge who are at least sensible, that is all we owe to the
bench. There are also in London, or occasionally beard
in London, about • dozen other clergymen whge names
will draw • oggregstion without the adventitious aid of
splendid buildings, full choirs, and special services. Even
of these only a part are eloquent. The absolute inter-
diction of eloquence which was made thirty years ago was
a monstrous °occlusion to coins to. No cause can afford to
do without it. It is the only way to fill churches, and the
best way to fill pulpits, both aid to want filling sadly.
It appears f torn a corresponding printed by the Tines,
that from all parts of India there are complaints with re-
spect to a certain clue of English manufactures much in
request in the country, and known under the name of
d.
"gray goods," which are stated to be internally unsoun
and consequently subject to what is called „mildew
damage," The consequence is that the native dealers have
refused them, or sold them at a lees which has fallen oe the
importers, and there is, we are assured on the highest
authority, a tendency among the people to return to their
own native fabrics, to the great and permanent injury
of English trade. The discontent and alarm that are felt
cannot be wondered at when we find that, of the three
classes of grey goods, 21i, 211, and 17} per get. respec-
il
tively were found to be damaged by mildew. The rilst
Plait the complaint is not confined to India, arid that it
regards other fabrics than Manchester goods. On the Con-
tinent years ago a piece of English broadcloth carried its
character with it ; now • buyer would look more closely
and suspiciously at it because it was English.
Ia the Berry e. Ds Costa case, the jury, the Herald
says, took the very rational view that the lady had been
wronged and imposed upon, and that Mr. Da Costa pro-
teased honourable intentions sufficiently strong to make
her trust him, even so far as she did. Beside whh,
their verdict was no doubt influenced by dof
cross examioation adopted. The defendant endeavoured
to prejudice the case of Miss Berry by •• device that
cannot be too severely reprehended. Perhaps the verdict
will eat as a warning to other learned gentlemen when they
find • very disgraceful form of defence suggested in their

briefs.
The Telegraph declines to hold up the two chief actors in
the above story as exceptional specimens of vice or virtue.
Mho Berry, to say the lout, met her lover half-way, and
both the young lady and her family appear to have bad
throughout a shrewd eye to the advantages of a wealthy
sweetheart. A moths: who allows her daughter to live
away from home, permits her to go about with a young
man much above her in station .324 fortune, and takes her
marriage for greeted without inquiry, is not a model of ma-
ternal vigilance. At the same time, aoy pity would be
wasted en Mr. Da Costa, who has only got his deserts.

Sktzvaz or Xs GOILDOII'I4 PROPERTY.
The Jamaica papers state that the deputy-
marshal has taken possession of Cherry Garden,
late the property of (leo. W. Gordon, under a writ
of attachment, at the suit of an English firm.
The types, presses, and cases of the late Sentinel
newspaper-office have also been seized under a
similar writ.
Tut On Korn. BROIMINT.
This regiment, the Kingston papers state, is
suffering from sickness, no lees than seventy men
having been admitted into the hospital, of whom
six bad died. It is noticed as a curious fact that
the troops who took no part in suppressing the
insurrection have suffered far more from sickness
than those who underwent great exposure and pri-
vations in the hionklands district.

SPAIN AND CHILI.
The Panama Star and Herald of Nov. 11, the
leading paper of the isthmus, baa the following :
Chili, in her present war with Spain, has the sympathy
of evert republic on the *east, a sympathy which we have
no doubt will be felt by almost every civilised power os
the globe. Indeed, the noble sad determined stand which
the little republic bas taken spinet her more powerful erg'
gressor, and the brave spirit with which in her weakocen she
hes resented the insults and unjust demands of Admiral
Parejs, resolved to maintain her honour or perish in the
attempt, cannot but command universal sympathy and
admiration, and the moral support at lead, of every liberal
government. The people of the Wham are not behind
hand in giving expression to their feelings as the question ;
a public meeting was called in this city, not only to express
sympathy, bat to devise means for giving all the material
support possible to the cause. The meeting took place on
the evening of the Bth lust., and was organised by appoint-
ing Sr. Manuel Mara Diaz chairman, and Dr. Pablo Arose-
moo& secretary. Resolutions were passed to the following
effect :—" That the people of Panama admire and highly sp•
prove of the oonduot of the sister republic, Chili. That the
cause of Chili should be considered as the common cause of
the whole American continent, and that all possible aid
should be given to it. That a petition, signed by all
should
at the meeting, should be sent to the executive of the
British 'take of Colombia, begging that an order be
immediately implied by the government strictly prohibiting
the skipping or furnishing in any manner whatever, pro-
visions or supplies of any kind to the common enemy of

America.
A committee was then formed to raise subacrip-
time, the proceeds of which will be forwarded to
the Chilies republic, to assist her in prosecuting
the war with the government of Spain.

(istrres's mEossma.)
THE ICING OF THE BELGIANS.
BRUSSELS, Dco. 9.
The Moniteu► Belge of this morning publishes the
following bulletin respecting the King's health :
" A marked change for the worse has manifested
itself in his Majesty's general condition.
" Wiumaa,
. " DE BOUBAIX.
I " Palace of Laeken, Dec. 8."

SPAIN.
MADRID, Dso. 8, Emma.
The Espanol of to-day says :—" The present
ministry would even jeopardise the dynasty in
order to remain in power."
The Politica, alluding to the protests of the I '
Spanish bishops against the recognition of Italy,
states that they have rendered themselves amenable
to the penal law, and that should they persist in
the attitude they have taken up, the government
would ask the Cortes to suspend the constitutional
guarantees protecting the bishops, and claim the
right to exile those who have protested.
It is asserted in political circles that the real
motive owing to which there will be no speech from
the throne at the opening of the Cortes is that the
Queen does not wish to speak of the recognition of
Italy.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

sgurry COURT.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
TOT arrOaree-osswita., e. 01111A11, OFFICIAL ASOIGHI
to theessurrth.—JUDGSMlT.
This We. e motioa by the Attothey-General at ths eie
Mon of the Chief Registrar is Benkraptey, cuieg elm
Kr. Gabon, one of the Adel magma M the mect, is
show am why he thread not pay the chief reeitheis a„..,
sum of mosey exeeeding2,oolX.„ retained by firm 0,,,,x.1
of fees in certain benkindeise matador to the Beams*
Act of 1861. Previous to the paissanwof that act
the,
nal assignees were paid bl hole bat the set the, the
plead upon a undone math, of 1, . • yea. At Ire,
lithe el the peados at the set swag bankruptcies e
and the real questlou now in Me wee them.
Cl= magma were eatilled to their aceustomei Ise
Ile these "1
861 hankraptcles or, in other wordsouder
\the sot of 161 was in respat to them retrestecti,a
ony applied to bealauptesee subagent to ise --pu'rhtm
Mr. Oomenthieser Godbold' had sanctioned the lath si
fess sow robed upon be Mr. Graham.
The Al-Gfeneeel, Mr. Sergood, sad Mr. IL &
Miller a in support of the maths i Sir H. Can
land Kr. ley for W. Graham.
e Lord Othocellor no* pee judgment, and rid um
Ithe question was whether Mr. Graham was bound to fat
to the moosust of the mud two seam of 1,6631.7.. 11d, tad
5781. 19s. By the Bankruptcy Act of 1849, media 44, be
remuneration to oaktel mingeme was defined a a ark
which with • alight alteration in 1852 was matithedepts
the peeing of the act of 1881. by the Mat section el whit
it was enacted that gess& ordure should be men tat hse
should be taken by the official sawed as bef lat
to be amid
eo the account of the chid l'egistesz risk
°aid asignes were thenceforth to be paid by saee
out of the hued@ in the chid lagatraeS 10000,4 a 11.
allowed each date expenses as the court should think le„
but they were sot to be allowed to receive say flue
remuneration whatever beyond their salaries, ma tir,
Win to make • return of all fees received by then eau
ath month& Paratill? to the act of 1861, on the 22al FM,
1862, a general order was made by the coed directim th
mode hi which the return of thee should be made, end m
the 2od March follow a. letter was &damned by tie
chief registrar to each osl amalgam OSaialaili Oa flit
is which the return should be made, and as aesosat al ths
i banes does shioothearot of 1861, whether the adjaicelien
and parts d sots, set forth in the schniale, Mon he
badtioeirthatmaa. baatalior." after that
act. By
Bthyet"proumen" .."`
repealed, but that each repeal should not do any AIL
the rights existing or penalties incurred before that act.
A gaieties had arisen bow bankruptcies pending at a
Mao of the cocnieg into °pennon of the act of 1861 a
11th of October of that year were to be dealt att. It
seism& to have been held that all sums lama by ns
disial saingsese before the act, though not paid, shouts
[takes by them in addition to their salaries. It ma ad
that with regard to some of the fees which bed
been earned partly before and pertly after id eel
a fair apportiosnient should be made, and that so seek •
had been actually earned before should be mama tad
an amount given to the court of the fees received ,hen
the act. Ile (the Lord Chancellor) did not m walk
this was right or not. In fact, on inv it tit,
pared that Mr. Graham had received shot the llth of
October, 18641, • nun of 3241. 18e. in respect of beams
dm previous to the act, which be wonder s e, e
tie
n
had received 3961. 2s. 5c1., earned before the hi
hi ow
orm of
act, and simpering the principle of apportionment Model to
be cornet, he hod therefore to deduct 7241. Sahmequeet u
the sat be remind 2,950/., and deducting the move 720. i
sum ef 2,1261. remained, of which he had paid ia SO Masi
reduced the am retained by him to 1,6601. Of this a mid
2141. was admitted to be an error in calculatith He
question arose whether the 2,950/. was properly mad.
Part of this he received, not as official sagas, la
for baser done under the wieding.ap Ica is
official liquidator and in Waimea relating totrustdeok It
this ens could have been shown as receited under the
statute' no Memo weld attach to Mr. Graham, except the
he had misoonetrued the provisions of these ads. Bat tf
only a small portion of that sum had been so thug be
worm to blame foe nothavingaceountedfor the &Ithaca, tad
the question whether he was to be charged Minna
respect. He (the Chnotillad wee of opioiou thaths ea.
Thee was W. Graham entitled to act on the sanction pm
by the commissioners to retain the whole of the fees la re
spat to business done in " old bankniptciee," moved be to
have retained only on amount of that actally mid
before the act of 1861 ? He (the Lord Chancellor) Tr 8
opinion that the Commissioners in acting ea if the Mika
had vested rights in the emoluments deemed ha
=toes existing before the act of 1861, scat a
an erroneous principle and were quite wroth He (th
Lord Chancellor) thought be was not so entitled aid Kis
the set of 1861 he could not receive a farthing for his at
benefit whether the business was begun before or after es
me Be was therefore chargeable for the enm of 1.6604,1 a
i difference between
ace old fees sad those reared she
I the pain of the act, and was bowed to pay it. Thee
were, however, two sums of 1641, and 3191. lb.
making about 4831., which were portions d
the ennolament received by Mr. Graham since the ad of
1861 and which were mid to be petty office apses
' which he was entitled to retain. In this ha might be sae
;batst be an indiry
I whether it bed been properly raahted, and it might tau
out that he was correct. The pastime of the cone of this
: Baden would be reserved until after this inquiry.
THE WORKHOUSES AND THE CASUAL -----
POOR. I COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
—.--- later Term Nil Prins antis. at 'S
Hr.
Yesterday evening the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, I Juane Lush and Oommon Juries.)
M.P. and Mr. J. C. Parkinson made a tour of This was the GM day all the after term nisi RII-mmetegihMagi
at Guildhall The list contains 210 causes,
several metropolitan workhouses, for the purppse ere rainanat4 and the remaining 1.33 can user mem a
of inspecting their casual wards and examining huge number are marked from special juries.
their inmates. The workhouses of St. George's,
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Hanover-square St.. Marylebone, St. Martin's-in- 1 COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
the-Fields, Bermondsey, and St. Olave's, were ' SECOND CoURT.
visited, the numbers in each noted, and the dif- Sittiop at Nisi Prins is Leedom—Mehra Mr- hills
ference in treatment compared. St. Marylebone Byles and II Common Jury.)
CALIMOOTT V.
BODOBL—OLABDIE.
and St. Martin's were the moat crowded, the cellars I The letetal bed hese a pork butcher etl r, sal
hi
the
in the latter house being as manifestly unfit ' defendant was a greengrocer at Stepney. s PrM
for their present purpose as ever, and their close- the defendant west to the Plaintiff's shop, ini en
noes and foul smell still making them horribly nn- to , his foreman that Mrs. Hada, bad basalt tila
wholesome and offensive. The mode of receiving tome of lelivasaY's rotten Vila. which
then stolen. The dander wai repeated en ere-
tramps at the workhouse of the Strand Union, Tel inns, and tha plyiptirs Nu eel Sot
which, as some readers will remember, is done by he hrd ht emisrosa„ eei„.ed special danugs. Rea
tickets issued from the Bow-street offices, was that having opened the shop in November. 1861, MI trorkia
also enquired into, and the casual books at the up the trade until the takings wall from 35/. to 401. a walk;
latter place looked through. bat after the slander the amount fell off two or thee.
until it was thee than half what it had hese ,
The night's experience may be briefly summa- pounds t
and in end eek
theehop was shut up.
rised thus : St. George's at 8.30 p.m., wards well
lit, warm, comfortable, and partly empty ; St. foundo for the plaintiff—damages 151.
"N
evidence called for she defendade eel iha kg 7
Marylebone at 9.15 p.m., wards in the same -- -...-
favourable condition, with a vast number housed in COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
them, but with room for more ; St. Martin's at Sittings at Niii Prim at Goildliall.—(l3elore Lord Ng
10.10 p.m., crowded, stuffy, and unwholesome, with Biros Pollock sad a Special Jury.)
some wards too full, and a few vacant beds in
others •at 10.30 p.m. the books at Bow-street yeeterdey, rod aim %hie taming, ewer out of the bid
Thi.Wfittoon I.
.TlEEhichOot-uLplredlrr
theA micodicetticeogro.nrA.7.o
it
showed that the prescribed number of tickets had g,ruk.hoose, in Isiessees.oguase, on Twiny, F
been given out, and several paupers per- last. The plaintiff, Mr. Ward, was an easy eb:ibi;
force handed over to the relieving officer for who occupied the lower part of hem prethOh._
food and shelter elsewhere than at Cleveland- bad his property insured in timh Commend Corm
Insurance Company, but sot to the full tried a
street Workhouse • at 11 p.m. the Bermondsey its velum .
wards bad more beds vacant than occupied • and betwees his actual loss cosd
the amount he heal Mali
at 11.16 the cellars at St. Ohive's had but three or from the company, but also to get back from that :
four in
in each. amount they had been called upon to Ply bila' 1161 w
sad be sought only to recover the Miasma
In no instance were houseless wanderers seen at
the workhouse doors, and this fact—apart from the denture elated thatithoeol,ilefeadr, whthoesoitioAppliedm its., la
thei
L . its ......g.nr2ol thayt a"large quantity renal ad
assurances of the masters who are unanimous in caused the explosion which led to the estruetios dda
declaring that the houselees are all admitted now— plfs property.
speaks significantly and cheeringly of the vast The weasel were, for the plaintiff: M.r,. Bicvtill,moptagehAtim
benefits conferred by an act which has only to be "lititY.B?*.Pkitudlanjorakthe43/41:oriii, tin Bastin
properly worked and understood to abolish street g C., gr. Coleridge. (Ix . end Kr_ pitaaeo,
mendicancy on the one hand, and to ensure food Te alleged negligence Was in not clang an inlet Om
and shelter to every destitute wanderer on the after it had been disooonected with the meter ~,_
other. I Mr. Hawkins, in opening the defence to
setif_
iise-----.--. I eboukl be prepared to prove that the servant el:
" Messrs. Brassey, Fell, and C 0.," says the load the pipe iii the usual 'mac no.
cottrnirancel that eared Bloom, who °' -.:
if onitcur, "ore about to commence the weak. for the a
eilliard room, thalsrom and kitchen, on the presomat
railway over Mount Conk. The line will be laid next melt to get cep • ladder and 6‘66 it out. It Vr—io
spring, and in less than fourteen months there will be an posed no
that dung a eerie' when it wiz p „..„A
was beteg consumed the index on the outer W.-
unbroken railway communication between France and that re thee 0,030 feat had as
eel
thrott
Italy. The time so saved will be three hours in the 75 it, sod Bloom bad 'Quested that this teitolit,....
kilt:mitres (47 miles) between Sum and S. Michel. The attributed to the escape of Loa from the defectisyse •I
most serious difficulty presented by the service will seise Bloom wee sot called by the Plaintiff, sat the it _,,..,
besa
from the large quantities of mow falling from the higher
parts of the mountain, but there is every reason to expect given wasttlt behheaddf
orbs*: ier.i,gled toedgoomo. GI
wart;
• very commonp thin for as who :reiebeg tm LI
that the meatus devised by the company for keeping the line diabooestly towards a gm commie
clear will sake to mean) uninterrupted travelling." flexible indiarnhher tubes in order to em•••;:e
••1 that tbea Ob. •
A few days ago a young Englishman was arrested gam with*" ma7htg far it and am's"— ei OP
at Bonn on a charge of homicide. The Solnieehe Zeitunq
says that be was attending a theatrical performed with not on a condition to prove that Bloom had employ _,.
tahimteepoz.ficmob.teinoididagexlipielaineethyvetheantwiekteonuti:nthto.
bell're ;
au Eoglish friend, when the latter having been vainly eel which
likel y uo
was detibtedly caulad the whosed the exple dal.l
losioe.
asked by • German student to take off his hat bad it Inte mall u
sed
- DIVORCI
removed for him In rather a summary manlier. A quarrel ---
ensued, in the coma of which accused is said to have dealt COURT OF PROBATE AND
the student • deadly blow with a leaden bludgeon. The (Before the Judge Ordisery.)
young Englishmen, whose name is not mentioned, to BILLEIGAT V. BILLING*? AND THOMAS. ~
beardiog in • Bone educational establishment. 1 Dr. Deane, Q.C., and Mr. Hayford. for the petalll
.... ' the Queen's Advocate and Dr. Spats for the
tott—wes
LIFEBOAT SEVICES.—TTENLLA D 4
ay MAIN M , Doma. Q.C....a Dr. Trutram for the co.
H. Montgomery, Esq.), with the headset sea that marriage on the ground of hie wife's adultery with
H. 7,—Wm bad 6 min.—Timer
*mut 71mtamday (Marts ii- ' ?Samuel Howard Billiegsy sued for a disiolutioortie
ha
boon known is the hay for • Ithg time. Croft Greieway Thomas. from whom he claimed 5,
During the gale a vessel was drives ea shore aa damages. The emendate both pleaded not guilty
about half a mils to the out a the lifeboat The petitioner was in the iron trade. 0. ni,
tam& The lifeboat a the Nukestial ItsASSt In- Elizabeth A • Oxeyes Arnold in Filidere,
_„,,i
atitatio• was at thee t out, and on traasport. and there
leg ft 'the to a plasm en the beast onset a Lsw
vista,
two
oorwitscahadAcoordtogbeen
toterwree.
Deane. the
wawa g
_i.'"'"--__..e
and then launched in the she a the thud and ta the midst foe way ears • most heppy sod affectionate me. Ham;
of a Toth heavy rd
thre. which the boat wee palled gal- drswhadt telatatothat the petitioner was uof ~...,
UAW. The vend was am roached,and the crew days men business. Is en one °deaden be had actiiatn
Droved safely en thorn She woe the schooner Daniel impriamed for debt. The respondent. Pith 6 "'-poi
O'Connell, bound from Liverpool to Newry, with Indian assisting him, took a situation a matron of a (ensile...L.l
corn. heathery at Newcastle oaTine ; sad she afterwards 0081—