The Express.
London, England, 1866-01-19 00:00:00

WANDSWORTH.

LORD RANELAOII AND SMOKING IN RAILWAY CARRIAGES.
This morning was fixed for bearing two summonses, ono
against Lord Ittuelagh and the other against Mr. Tucker
of No. 3, Berkeley-square, issued at the instance of Mr. T.
Best, the superintendent of police on the South-Western
Railway, for unlawfully smoking certain tobacco in a first
chos carriage belooging to the company, in the pariah of
Manlike' on the 10th of December last.
Mr. J. Crombie, the law clerk of the company, attended
in support of thesummonses.

Ou the defendants being. asked whether they pleaded
guilty or not guilty, Lord Ranelagh said, "Oh, yes, mire
tainly I smoked." Mr. Tucker also said he smoked.
Henry Fenton 'aid he was the of the 8.20 train from
Kingston, and at Mortlake he had an occasion to open a
ant class carriage door to let a lady and gentleman in, and
be discovered the two gentlemen smoking. He asked them
to desist, and they refused.
Lord Ranelagh—L.d I not say I bad the consent of the
passengers in the carriage to smoke?
Witness—Yon may have done so. I told you the rom-
pity did not allow the smoking if the passengers did. They
said, "The passengers do not object, and we shall smoke as
long as we like."

1436.idcier—I did uk you to desist smoking.
In answer to the case Lord Ronelagh said that he came to
bow to the magistrate's authority, and with the fine in his
pocket, and, at the sime time, he wished to call public
attention to a matter of interest to a large number of the
community, lle spoke within bounds when he stated that
on the Richmond line 70 per cent, of the gentlemen passen-
gers were smokers, and smoked in the carriages, and when
they had obtained the consent of their fellow passengers
be thought it was a great hardship not to be allowed to
de so.

Daytnan thought 20 per cent. of the passengers were
smokers. The evil of smoking in a carriage was that it left
the smell of stale tobacco which was abominable. So long
as the company did not provide smoking carriages they
most keep up the rules for the benefit of the public at
large. As the passengers did not object ha should only
impose a small penalty, namely, 10s. each, with costs.

FUNERAL OF THE LATE WILLIAM HARVEY...."
Yesterday, on the same day and about the same hour
when the remains of his old friend and quondam co-worker,
Sir Charles Eastlake, were being committed to English soil,
the body of William Harvey, the well-known artist and
draughtsman on wood, was Rd,' in the grave at Richmond
Cemetery, in the presence of many sorrowing friends.
Among those present were the Rev. Mr. Pridham (his son.
in-law), Mr. Charles Knight, Major Hall, Mr. Birket
Rimer, Mr. Wainwright, Mr. E. Dalziel, Mr. G. Dalziel,
Mr. T. Dalziel, Mr. Mason Jackson, Mr. T. Hood, Dr.
Sally, and Mr. Jennings.
THE LATE MR. GUSTAVUS VAUGHAN BROOKE--
la the list of passengers by the ship London foundered
at sea, that was published in our impression veeterday,
appear the names of "Mr. Vaughan and Miss Vaughan."
These were really Mr. Gustavus Vaughan Brooke and
his sister. The tragedian had, when taking his passage,
omitted part of his name, in order to obtain privacy and
that repose daring the voyage which was necessary to
recruit hie health and vigour before commencing a long
mitegernent which he bad undertaken with Mr. Coppin,
of Melbourne. How he went down with the ship, in
which his sister also perished, is described in another
column. Mr. Brooke was 48 years of age, and was born
at Dublin, the son of a gentleman of property. He was
educated for the bar, but neglected this profession for
that of the stage.
GEORGE HARRY PALMER, Esq., M.A.—The
buns of Mr. Palmer, the editor of the Law Review, is
among the last on board the London. Mr. Palmer was
bora in the Principality, and originally studied for the
Christian ministry. Incipient pulmonary affection sod
°thee circumstances induced him to abandon his original
Aga and to study for the bar. He was called to the bar
by the Honourable Society of Gray'isinn, on June 6, 1861,
lad pined the Western circuit. He became the Secretary
of the Lew Amendment Society, and ultimately the editor
of the Law Review. Battering during the recent &Edam
from pulmonary weakness, his physicians advised bhn to
'Lee a long sea voyage. The voyage to Melbourne was
*Wad, and it was his intention to return in about s year
lad resume his professional duties.