The Express.
London, England, 1865-01-05 00:00:00

[Stamped. Id. AddliioiaL)

OPENING OP MUSEUMS, dx., ON SUNDAY.

Last night a public meeting, convened hp the
aosaminee of Ibis Oleeksewell Working Yee's Chrishea
UM," wee held at Opadlebis Lostarwisall, Ifintostb-.eras?,
foe the wpm al discessieg lb. tollowiog gaieties it
advisable to open pablio mamma, ha, as Sundays? As-
cording to the programme ache( the meeting, speeches of
a illarellf of an boar's dandice were to be delivered kr mod
against die guano., sad tie subject was to be debated he
two beam

Mr. B. Balm. who cesapied the chair. briefly explained
the otr*t of the meet* aad the auditions the white it
was he and .eked for each speaker a palest haring.
Mr. litram opened the diewassics, tairlag the asmitive
side. He egad cm the Neriploaal taste is favour of keeping
the Sabbath day holy, sad maintained that if the sacredeas
of the Soda wee. awe isfriaged upon, it would have Ode
result, that the Saaday would become a day, as it
was is France. (Rubbish.) It was " " far it
was a fact, and eves in this country there were
that tide result would take plasm. Os the Great Weatin
Railway the as were working sena days la the week ; the
wages were 15s. a week ; no mita under 5 feet 9 inches was
; and men without families were primed.=rid
cess a pester umber al hours rilaboor and • matilar
amount of wages would be the result of spacing museums
on the Sunday. The National Sunday Lague pat it for-
ward that the opening of aissouns as the Sea-
day would contribute to the social,
sad latellectuel progress of the people. (Clters.arali
Rep ea the °salmis% emaghlwodllrais tsuefeleMse
used nseessary that the etowtity of the Sunday shook' be
upltekl. He should be sled to have another day la the
week ea aside at which the working men could Melt
museum. and other phone et that kind, but in the attired
of the twain tees he maintained that the Sabbath sionki
be preserved to them. Hear.)
Mr. Kfurav, ea the ether side, said that they had solideg
to do at that meeting with the mode la which the alaadey
was observed in France and other oostieeetal countries.
They did not ask to have theatres or mance opts in this
country. W hat they asked for we. to have 111911,111114 pub-
lic galleries, and parks open on the Saaday, sad he wasted
to know whether it was inocesimest with • Indy vogigious
observance of the Sabbath that a man should have ea
amity of mein the works of mature sad of art ea thac?
(Cheers.) He maintained that the working ones would
more interwar% in the prearratioa of the Sedgy es a day
of rest whim he expiate:seed the satialactios sad eajoyinest
which a visit to works of art oa that day would give him.
(Hear, hear.) They were all speed that the finaday *cold
be oblerved as • day of rest, the oaly difference was as to
the mode of observing it. laser, hear.) The mea who
I would be employed ca she Sunday is the =imams, Ito.,
might get an equivalent on the Saturday or some other day
in the week. (Hear.) The pottage, the poliosaima, and the
domestic savant were employed on the &today without any
equivalent, and what great hardship would it be to have a
few persons employed in museums on the Sabbath,
expect.
ally of they were to get an equivalent on some other V. ?
(Hear, hear.) He held that the opining of museums so
Sunday would promote the moral sad intellectual welfare
of the workiagama, and would, therefor, be in the highest
111111111 religious. (Hear.)
Mr. W animas next followed, insisting chiefly cm the
amacatisal °l:4*race to the °pease of museums, via., that it
would lead to • 'amoral system of wake the Sabbath, ad
therefore that the working are would a the end have more
work to execute in the week without mere pay to receive.
lie also maintaiaed that the obsorsanse of the Sabbath was
of divas iostitution, and might therefore to be held sand.
Mr. AZITILL observed that the soriptural ground was **-
tinily est away from the 'Anemias of the rigid obsermaas
of the Sunday by the foot that Gad newer commanded the
Sunday to be kept holy. (Hear, bear.) He commanded
the Sabbath, or the Saturday, act the Sunday, to be kept
holy.
The Rev. Mr. Sanas next 'dammed the meeting, acid
the motive of the question.
M. LANGER said they were all agreed as to the
necomity of use day's not. The only controversy was as to
the mode in which it was to be kept. He maintained that
it would have • moral, en intellectual, • civilising, sad
therefore • religious effect cu the people if they were
allowed to walk in • museum, or in such • place as the
Palace sio the Sunday. (Cheers.)C"ks:l4lllacattsoa spoke easiest the opening of maw=
is the Bandy.
The debate was adjourned till next Wednesday, and a
vote of Lamas to the chairman terminated the ptomain..

COLLEGE OP PRECEPTORS.

The half-yearly general meeting of the members
of this corporation was held yesterday, at their rooms in
Queen's-square ; the Bev. Dr. Cows, of Broorsgrove, one
of the vire-presides* io the chair.

The regret of the Dean, Dr. Jacob, of Worcester College,
stated the number of pupils who had offered themselves
for examination in November lest was 534, a loner number
than bad ever done so at that time of the year. Of those
205 bad been examined in London and 329 in different
schools le the country. Of the former 70, and of the
latter 71 per cut. had been snores+, ul. The pries
for clarion at the Ludas examination was awarded
to E. P. Pricy of the Ifisaion School, Blackheath ;
that for mathematics to J. B. Little, of Win-
chester-hour School, St. John's-wood ; for modern
to A. Eaten, of Norland-equare District
ijnoresiras n ;
and for natural sciencesto C. H. Hemp.
too, Holly wood School, Chelsea. The prase for classics at
the country esainiestioes was awatded to A. Broad, of
Kelvedon School ; for mathematics to W. H. Bookie, of
Weston School, Bath ; for modern langsseee to Miss A.
Freshwater, of Sydeehara College for Ladies ; end for
natural WiIIIVAS to J. F. Knowles, of Daces-hill Howe, Mar-
gate.

THE MURDER ON 114PIEON-HILL.
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The defence in the above came is thrt the pri-
soner was not the man who indicted the injuries complanied
of. Mr. Lewis said yesterday he did Dot for one moment
wish to say that the witnesses had spoken falsely, but he
believed that they were mistaken. There was Do doubt
that a man committed the offence charged who was in every
respect like the prisoner. That man, in the affray and in
the general disturbance that took place, made his escape.
and had not been seen since. He should prove that fact
by calling the master of that man. The prisoner was at once
apprehended, and no knife with which the wounds were in-
dicted was found upon him, and, although the house was care-
fully searched by the police, no knife was fond. He enuld
not deny that a man like the prisoner was in the house at
the time. It had been stated in evidence that there was
blood on the prisoner's hand when he was at tbe police-
station, but he got that in the mil& and when protecting
himself. He was not instructed to defend the prisoner oa
the charge of assaulting the man Rebbeek. Trine the
charge was taken against the prisoner, and the blood was
pointed out to him, he said to the sergeant that he had got
it in protecting himself. Mr. Lewis hoped that the preen
would take notice of the facto be had stated, and he oily
regretted that the ease had not gone on, as he bed nearly a
dome witherss in attendance to their= his statement is
every particular.

EIZCI7TIONEI—POSLIC 0i Pilo re f—At the Wor-
cestershire Quarter Smokes, oa Holiday, Lord Dudley
mid he wished to make • few remarks oe a subject on
which others as well se himself felt strongly. Some time
ago be alluded to the question of the propriety of pablic
executions, and expressed • hope that the ens that oc-
curred there two years ago would be the last they should
see in Worcester. la all bums probability, however,
another would take place in • few daye. There bad been
in the meantime, sod that in no inconsiderable plan, the
city of Manchester, an effort made with the object of
getting execution carried out is private. but the law
remained as before. With regard to their owe gaol, an
arrangement he understood had been made by which a
chasms of place at which executions should is future be
carried out had been determined upon. As overtone was
not aware what that change was he had sent for the plan,
and it would be before the court in the mare of the day.
He did not exactly know what was ordered ; but be hoped
that in accordance with what was don everywhere, and in
consideration of decency, as faras is their power ley, as little
would be visible as possible of what took place. One of
the hopeful signs that they should ultimately do away with
the barbarity of public executions was that it was now
universally sought that as little of the person executed
should be visible as possible. The bead was seas, mid the
fact of an execution was plain ; but the body dropped
below and no contortioas were visible. He for one con-
curred in what by common consent was being done in this
respect ; and, if what be hoped ultimately to see the
law could not be dose by a minverman of public feeling, he
was content that it should be dose by little and little.
1 They could sot contravene the laws, and make that which
was ordered to be public private ; bat they bad the right
to go as far as possible, and make it as little shooting as
passible. He would not go into the difficulty of nearly;
the certainty that exerations wen actually carried eat ; is
his opinion the difficulty was more imaginary than real.
There were caws who would be present, and if the ',-
presentative of the press, or a certain number ef them,
were admitted, so one scald be left in wactiaisinty as to the
fact of the emotion being carried out. 81 H. Lupton
said ha might stets, for the satisfaction of the court, that
the visiting justices had takes care that the approaching
executionshould be as private as the existing law would
/permit. The report was adopted ;an on the motion of
Mr. Cartier, seconded by air J. Pakiegloo. the Hen. O. J.
dile wes appointed a visit's, magistans, in the room of
Major Not&ury, who by rotation retired.—Worcettersairc
Chneride.

[TWOPENCE

TRIAL TRIP OP A NEW DOVER MAIL
STEAMER.

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Yesterday, at 11 o'clock a.m., the new mail
AMU packet La Panes alerted for a triel-taip from Bleak-
wall to the Nan, with the view of toeing by the whets trip
the working ef her eagles*, and by running the measured
Idle her nulassin speed with and spied tide. In the
maralag, whim the venal elected, the eancepiwee partook
at the eltarectm whisk is omerally &dad as " muggy," la
the vernemiler, bed, War is the day, the Jearaery sun stole
oat, ad pre the pliant need light enough to thread her
way through the lawsmershis obelnetiosa of the Thames.
L. Frew" as well as bar eciaeon, Le Prime Imperial, has
tees bells by Kenn. Aib sad 0.., of Oabile-town, Poplar,
kw Ile.Clurrelward, the ma oestranw for the French
gowermest, to week It conjasetio• with the Lcedon,
Mahan, mad Dover Railway In the our*, cd the -
matinee! moils As might ban bees expected hem the
repalatkm al tlep yard from which she was kneed, she is
• model el marls architecture, and if ace quite eskialated
to fulfil the post% 1t.... by walkig " the wain as a thin
of We,' h arta* built to go as fast as aey mad of bee
dam and power that was ear built is the
Thames. To an thee her amens an .applied
by John Pena sad Bea le quite milkiest misomium,
sad WIT performance, yesterday fully sustrined the repute-
tloa el the house, althoil4ll, at we were •••aidlt t'cUr tiOlr
'Mien quite Watt the prlfeerga pirtier.-Vo iktU
altbeesh sever hiving turned her paddles before, seemed to
week with snarrelloom pennies sad elect ; bat it appears
that her perferseence, being some two sense oi so, at the
maisand mile, below that of the Priem Impatal, minden
it sesessary that some few alteration should be made Delon
she Is Really headed over to her new propd.tcn.
During tie whole passage bows to the "measured
mile' the amines worked with pain smooth-
sem, sad 'the vessel flew through the water with extra-
ninny rapidity, call checked by the nomedty el frequent
napless' to avoid clothier' with ton Isionnly craft, but
this. iatecruptions °sly eased to show the perfect woridtg
order of the nears, es the was sash time tinged to a pen
fact etandstM la as little Mow as it takes us to mete
dowa the cocurresos. On going doers the measured mile
we had • fair wind sad an adverse tide, sad we did tie die-
taries in 3 minutes 58 monde ; doming up we had • heed
vied aad • favourable tide, and we toot 3 missies 28
se-
somds; the two Wets giving an average speed of 17 miles an
hour. Then wens number of competent judges is board,
sad the pascal verdict was that Ist Frances per-
formers, left setieleg to be desired, mad that kir. BIM
expects that by seeking • slight shanties in bee
paddles another mile ea hour may be wily got on el her.
The following are the exact detain of the new vessel.
La Preen Dover sad Calais mail packet, in enrages&
woe with the Loudon, Chatham. and Dover, and Greet
Northers of Frame Railway Companies, was built by
News. Ask wed Co., Cuhitt-town, Poplar, and is of the
Mewls" principal diamosicias :—Langth, 280 feet ; breadth,
24 feet ; depth, 12 feet 8 lathe' ; teenage, 510. The au-
glass (osallatiagh el 180 horse-power (neminal), are de-
signed, manulactured, and Sited by Mews. Pen sail Soo,
of Onemerich.

ALDEBYAN SALONOIIB, M.P., AND HU CONN'''.
nears. —Lid sight, at mot o'clock, • crowded public
seeming of the electors of,the borough of theenwielt, residing
at Woolwich, Martha. and Pismateed was held as Ms
Tows-hall, Woolwieh, to hear act address from Aldermaa
Salomons, ILP.. explasatory of hie views on mime im-
=publics panther. The chair wee ocemisd by Mr.
who brie! y referred to the object@ id the
The hoe. sod worthy ablermea having spokes a:IW 114
various topics of public interest. we. asked what were bin
views ape Mee Animism quashes. to Wake he supplied that
his sy apathies were with the South, who he masidered had
a perfect right to 'mode from the Union if they dame to do
oh The expression of the views of the how mammas upon
this submit dieted deckled souks of direst from his
hearses, bat he expressed his perfect wallop= S. meet
them at imam time, and discus the guestios folly upon its
merits. lllMmiely • vote of emeadscios in the Mee► gen-
doom it. wend. sod the promeitinge brought to a doss.
Tax FIGHT roc Tin CM•mrlowsurv.--That the
stair yesterday was • most halal use will be gathered from
the following extinct from • captain At the close
of the loudmouth round the N brimds of
Hared.. turned Impales/1y from the riagoide ; they saw toe
dearly his chances were gone, sad his ninaising to be
beaten during the last four mull was, ems from militia
premises, as Impolite, as drakes'. As liatedea eat in •
public-limas near the station after the fight b was soared,
moopisabls. He bad received as awful blow on the right
side of his wok that had produced • sari of wen of an moor-
mom sine that diallgand him very mach, every feature was
either swollen or distorted, that& his flesh was as hard and
elastic as training and oar, could prepare it. Hie ex-
cellent physical commlitioa bat ben guile • theme
among the pugilists. His right enn, to complete the lit
of his sufferings, had bees heavily battered apiast on. al
the stakes of the ring, sad obvionely pee him peat pain.
As Hamden, smiles, limping, and careful, messed the
railway to enter the train, he must ham brought vividly
home to some, at least, of the speedsters the mischievous
oharactar al such cestasts. There halted sloop, ma object of
silent oommiserstios, one of the boldest *me in that crowd
of reckless men, mutably nearly the handsomest, as be was
indisputably the most erect figure of all before the fight
now • wreak broken I. body and spirit, sad we
should be glad to bear from any sad' what good purpose
had bees served by Ilsredea's muff ennead degradation:*
Tai CONTRDINATI CZ1716131 HllnitaNDO•li.—•
Captain P. 8. Corbett, who ememanded the Confederate
war Groh's. Bhenandesh. whoa, under the name of the ilea
King, she sailed from the Thames in October last, was yes-
terday arrested in Liverpool, Rader a 'retreat issued by 84
Monies Hoary, the Bow-street immigrate, apes she appli-
cation of the vvereasset. The warrant °heroes that Cap-
tain Carbon, helm a British :subjeet.eolistsd, or attempted
to mirk • sass used Hattie., also • British subject, I.
the service of a forage Male, °minx, to the provisions of
the Foreign Eslistmeet Act. The police have been for 11012111
time on the look-oat for Captain Corbett, sad the 'sank
has hem somewhat difficult. Some days sp.
Clark, of the metropolitan deteetive force, arrivedarvsr-
pool, where Capps Corbett was believed to be. Siam
than be has him relied is his Horeb by,limmetses Carlide
and Comma, of the Liverpool detective farm The
resulted, is the mad. from the reoognitioa of Mrs. =i
X!
who was Ileitis with her hoshead la else* oseladeue, bet Wile
bad veatared tee the streets. Immediately apes hie
arrest Gavials Corbett was 000veyed to the Detective-aim
sad Inspector Clark teleplied to Leaden that he should
bring his Fairgoer up to Landesbr am emaiag tots. amity
one Corbett is Oa esperismed ram, havjag bow Sweaty*
me years at ems. Hs returned in the Calabar from Ma-
dohs, after taking out the Ellsmandosh.

Lunn. ow • "Brass."— At the criminal
sitllap of the Swami Oeurt of Welliagtoo, held oe the
18th Mutant, Joseph Bull, proprietor of the New Zealand
ddrertiser, was indicted for having published on the 2Srd
Jaya false sad defamatory libel eysinst the promouter.
°barks William Schultz*, Speaker of the Provincial
Oonacil. The following are some of the statements in-
cluded in the libel :—" Mr. Schultze is cot only very Wl-
rommarod and igaarant, but be is also remarkably stupid.
His rulings always were unnecessarily partial, and were at
pleasure overruled by Yr. Fitsherbert especially, but also
by other members when it was considered that the bon.
the Speaker was taming himself into a ' foolometer for the
occasion, and that it was full time the ' measure of hie
folly' should be checked. CM each occasions as these it
was quickly dam, and very little difficulty wee upon say
°COSMO experienced in upsetting the Speaker and hi.
ruling. It is perhaps almost unnecessary to say that it '
would be hardly possible to ed • more unlit man to preside
over a legislative assembly having any pretensions to re.
spectabdity ; but the fact still »maks that the council sp.
beanted this gentleman, and the public mast know that, if
was the beet looking sad the inset competent mea that;
could be baud to ill the aloe, the remainder of the mem-
hers must {Weed occupy very questionable positions. Xt.
Sehultse is a stanch supporter of the government be way
napes; and be never loess an opportunity of favouring any •
member speaking in their behalf, and of ruling 'oat of
order soy one having a weed to ray oiliest them. Dozing
the era* several votes at amen have been pawed urea
him, but he was se casediardeoed that they took little an
no effect." The prisouer was found guilty. Mr. Justice
Jasmine said he would penult the defendant to be dis-
charged ea his saMring tab reeognizsacm himself for 8001.
sad three sureties for 1001. each ; and with the cooditioa
to come up for judgment when called upon, it Wag elides,.
steed that be would Dot be Isoopht up aslant ha, direcMy
or directly, aided is the repplitioe otsuch offense, as sinful
MrL Saunas, cc any am else.—A users:inn Paper.

Comment roe TEN CHANNEL. —A serious, but
fortunately sot fatal, collision °marred on Tuesday
malowing, between the ships North East aid A Osamu and
the shwas-tag Great Cooquest, off the Kish lighthouse.
Be far u eau at present be lasrawl, the North East, a
large Bast T.. 4 u, lamed to Oaketta. was being timed
oat to as by the Great Conquest, and tie D. Ounce was
inward bound from Priem Edward's Island. Oa Tuesday
=Moly at about 2 o'clock, these weasels mom into colli-
sion dams. a them tem The Great Congaed was cat down
to the water's edge and mak immediately. the North Sant
lost ber libboom and eutwater, and the D. Cannon's fore-
mast, ju Mmes., and cotwalse were carried away. Forts,
sagely no lives want lost.

JOHN BROGDRWB GOLD CHAINS.

I IFIBOALT EIERVIOIL—Deriat the storms
AA at re gas , ses, se bests WWe National Lifeboat
I..timme =solo MOW MAL
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period additlea
SLOW Or ked persieja
lifeboats aol Obey mop. ot the
slums emus Is so POW -Re ABIIITAIIa
Oben te rest thaessibriollbeary denude co the leithalblet
140 Oletiost eireseseer.
Oestribatiose are roeshed by Mom W sad 0a Hordes
sad Ock. Cootie sad Co.. sad by all We Lindell sad ormatry
beakers. sod
lobe by the
etresh liesary. larbord Lona at the
4. set
dd la-
JOHN
BROODEN.

ORIGINAL GOLD CRAIN MANIT FACTORY,
16„ lIINSIITU4STILIET. COVENT-GASMEN.

JOHN BROGDEWS GOLD GUARD CHAINS.