The Express.
London, England, 1867-08-16 00:00:00

THE 'EXPRESS, ,FRIDAY .BRENLNG, 7ATTGUST 16; E " 1867.

into committee on the Thdfie Regulation (Metro-
polis) Bill, the several clauses of which underwent
rough discussion ; hut they were eventually agreed
td With some amendments. The bill passed through
committee, and
Mr. G. HARDY Stated that he should propose
the third reading this day.
The Royal Military Canal Bill passed through
committee. •
On the consideration of the amendments in the
Consecration of Churches and Churchyards Bill,
Mr. Ort.rnw moved to add a clause providing
that when any land is added to an existing church-
yard, a portion of such land shall be allotted for
burials otherwise than in accordance with the
rites of the Church of England.
Mr. HARDY opposed the clause.
The clause was rejected by 33 to 14 ; and the bill
was then read a third time and passed.
The order of the day for the committee on the
Representation of the People (Scotland) Bill was
discharged.
The house adjourned at 20 minutes to 2 o'clock
until 3 this day.

ROYAL VICTORIA YACHT CLUB REGATTA.

EYDE, Auouar 15.

The race to-day was for a piece of plate, value
100/., with 2rd. added, presented by the Marquis of Exeter,
the commodore of the Royal Victoria Yacht Club. The
next vessel in of any other rig than the winner to receive
a prize value 6.51., presented by Mr. Thomas Broadwood.
Open to all yachts belonging to the Royal Victoria Yacht
Club. Time raee, Ackers's scale. The course—to start
from Ryde Pier go round the east buoy of the Middle,
and round the Bullock Patch Buoy, returning to Ryde.
Twice round. Yawls to sail as schooners, with all schooners
of 130 tons and upwards. The following yachts were
entered for this race:

Yachts. Tons. Owners.
Volante
Marina es Mr. J. C. Morice.
Witchcraft
Condor
Prima Doom 35 Captain kndemon.
Flone 7B Mr. I. Boa!dear.
Columbia* 9l Mr. L. From.
Diadem l2B Mr. P.S. Stanley.
Pantomime l4O Colonel Markham.
Cambria
Aline MIS Caplets Thalluamm.
ZgoliA 162 Mr. J. Mulholland.
Menai
A very great change has taken place in the weather since
yesterday, rain and lightaing having been very general at
an early hour in the morning, which wee followed by thick
drizzling rain, with a nice breeze from the south-west. This
race, as stated above, was a time rue on Ackers' scale, but
is lieu of the usual course of starting all the vessels toge-
ther and making the deduction for time allowance here-
after, this day the very reverse of that course was adopted.
The vessel to which the largest allowance of time was made
started first, and so on in that order, the vessel having
to make the greatest allowance starting last. The yachts
were started as follows :—Prima Donna, 13b. 3m. • Panto-
mime Bh. 14w.; Egeria, Bb. 111 m. 55ssa • VolaLte, Bh.
18m. Panto-
mime,
; Marina, Bh. 21m. 45sec. ; Witchcraft, Bh.
22w. 4fieec. ; Aline, Bh. 23m. 15sec. ; Fione, 81. 27m.
36ece. • Menai, Bh. 28m. ; Condor, Bh. 40w. 33c0.
The Columbine, Diadem, and Menai did not start. The
cowrie waste the eastward, and starting at these irregular
intervals no time could be noted as to their movements.
The wind was rather light at starting from the S.W.
against an ebb tide, and the different yachts worked well
against it, and were all soon lost to view. The Bullock
Patch Buoy is about six miles below the Nab Light, and it
was rounded first by the Pantomime. On the return to
Ryde she was still leading, running before the wind with
balloon jib and flowing sheets. The course was now to
the east buoy of the Middle, which was soon rounded, the
Pantomime continuing the leading vessel, although the
Aline was too close upon her to make the race anything
but comfortable for the Pantomime. On completing the
firseround, off the starting runt the different yachts were
timed as follows :

M. IL S.
P=4ollllBo ll 2 42
Aline
14lerla ll 6 33
Votante
Fiona
Witchcraft
Menai ll 21 11
Condor
Prima Deane ll 26 6
Marina

They then went again to the eastward, the Pantomine
increasing her lead over the Mine, both vessels being re
markably well handled, and leaving the others a long dw
tones astern. Before the Aline had reached Spithead the
Pantomine was leading by a minute and a half. Before she
got to the Bullock Patch Buoy however, for the second
time the Mine had taken t►e lead, which she maintained
throughout the rest of the course, and won the race by
five minutes. The time of arrival at the finish of the race
was as follows :

IL H. &
Aline
Pantomime

Wiz 1 117 46
Witchcraft
Votante 1 65 I
Priam Door
Camilar
Mead
Captain Thellcuron, the gallant eemaseilore, thus winp
the pose, an addition to his resent Lep number, and
the second gained by him during the present regatta.
The Valente wins Mr. Broedwood's prise.
The Commodore's cup is 'this year manufactured by
Messrs. Loudon and Ryder, of New Bond-street, and it is is
the form of an immense jug, and the design of it is takes
from Martin's celebrated picture of " Belehassar's Feast."
It was expressly designed by en art pupil at the South
Kensington Museum, from suggestions by the noble com-
modore Umaelf.

Certain Thellusson is so highly esteemed here th►t se
soon as the gun was fired proclaiming him the winner of
the prise, loud cheers were given him by many of the
yachts lying off the station.
The race for to-morrow is for the Cup, above referred to,
given by Captain Charles Thellusson, Commodore of thp
Victoria Yacht Club. It is open to all yachts be-
longing to the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, the course being
round the Isle of Wight. The first vessel in at any hour
to take the prise. The following are the entries :
Volante, Marina, Witchcraft, Condor, Prima Donna,
Pions, Diadem, Pantomime, Cambria, Rgeria, Selina,
Mendi, and Zouave. . . .

.
Prom the above entries and the length of the coarse a
very interesting race may he anticipated.

WINDSOR AND ETON RZOATTA.—This 10211 1
regatta took place yesterday (Thureday) the course •
chosen between the Rushee and Windsor-bridge. T ,
promedinp were enlivened by the excellent music of I
2nd Life Guards, and notwithstanding the freque t
showers in the morning there was • large attendance 1
spectator..
PIT ON FIRE.-011 Sunday and Monday last,
ocianderable exeitentsat was cieesaioned at Barnsley by
report that the Kingston Main Colliery, belonging I
Messrs. L Sutcliffe, wu on fire. Such was the cast, .
no one was injured. The pit was fired eight =oaths i
viz., on the fah of last December—but three days prior '
the awful calamity of the Oaks colliery. At that time t
was sealed up, is the hope of smothering it out ; an!l
once or twice it has been opened, but immediately
again owing to the prevalence of fire. A week agn the I
was again re-opened, and during the week the work= I
were employed endsarmring to put out the fire by threw. 1
big water into the workings by cases. of pipes, During
Sunday • large quantity of roofing fell, and the firs burst
forth again. Dense volumes of smoke ascended the shaft
and oixosiocally accompanied with fire. Next day the
services of the fire-brigade were milled into requisition.
The engine was again taken on to the pit premises, the 1
how was lowered down the shaft, sad • stream of water
was poured upon the fire the whole of the day. _ The fire is
within • dozen yards of the bottom of the shaft, but the
men are of course afraid to approach it, althoogh they are I
enabled to throw the water a distance of thirty yards into
the workings, and it is hoped by this mesas they will be
able to effectually put out the fire. The solid emit has
been got oat many years ago, and it is merely to get out
the standing " posts" that the shaft ia used.
A Somme= WrrcE.—At the last Axbridge petty
session, Ann Davis was summoned by Elizabeth Williams
for cutting her arm with a knife. Complainant stated
I that in plating Davis's °Atop on the 22nd of June the
offered to sell her • Bower. They entered into con-
versation' and on leaving Davis flew at her with a
knife she had concealed, and ant her in three
oil the arm. In her defence Davis said that Williams
wu always " haggling her to death ;" and in reply to
a question from tbe bench, said that Williams was
• witch ; that she could keep nothing from her ; that
on more than one occasion she canoed lon to be thrown
from • cart ; that she had killed her donkey and had
also killed her cat. She acknowledged that she scratched
Williams with • pin, believing that if the drew blood
Williams would have no further power over her. The
bench thought that probably the 'null. *xylem wu
the best place for a person entertaining such dangerous
notions, but ordered her to find • surety to keep the
peace for three months. Her husband, who evidently
shared some of the old lady's ideas, reluctantly consented
to be bound for her.

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COMMITTEE FOR PRIVILEGES.—Arcvn 15.
(Lord Redesdale in the chair.)
TEE WILTES PEERAGE CLAIM.

The hearing of this case was resumed to-day. The
claimant to be Earl of Wilton is Simon Thomas Scrope, of
Danby-on-Yore, in the county of York, Esq., who pre-
sented his petition to her Majesty to be pleased to cause a
writ of summons to parliament to be directed to him by
the title and dignity of Earl of 'Mites so far hack as
the 7th June, 1&,9, since which date the claim has been
before the Committee for Privileges. The facts, com-
mencing with the enrolment of the letters patent in the
time of Richard IL, have been noticed on a former occa-
sion.

Mr. Fleming, Q.C., and Mr. Caley for the claimant.
The Attorney-General was heard to-day on behalf of the
crown, Mr. Charles Clark with him. The further hearing
of the case is adjourned sine die.

SHERIFFS' COURT.—Atrousr 15.
(Before Mr. Comminiwier Kerr.)
JOlllll V. POTTER.

This was an action to recover the hire of a certain room
in which meetings were held upon the subject of the
reform demonstration in Hyda.pask.
Mr. Cooke appeared for the defense, and pleaded that
the defendant never hired the hell at alt.
Plaintiff said that at the time the hall wee hired Mrs.
Jones earried on the Sussex Hotel, in which the room wax
situated. A trades union meeting was held at the house,
and Mr. Potter's clerk came round and hired the room for
a meeting in order to organise the reform demonstration
in Hydeloark. At the meeting Mr. Potter attended and
took an active part.
In cross-examination plaintiff maid that the room was
not taken by a committee, but by Mr. Potter. He knew
nothing of any committee.
Mr. Cooke said he should prove by evidence that his
client never engaged the room at all.
Plaintiff Mr. Potter offered to pay the money if l
would forego the costs.
His Honour—l suppose it does not matter who pays this
money. It comes out of one fund, does it not
Mr. Cooke—Oh, no. It comes out of the committee
fund.
Plaintiff—Defendant promised to pay.
Mr. Cooke—That was entirely without prejudice.
His Honour—The money is in court. It appears to me
to be only a matter of temper.
Two member of the committee were called, and deposed
that they took the room ; one of those gentlemen deposed
that he bad expressly agreed with Mra. Jones in the name
of the committee.
Mr. Potter said he never hired the nom, either by him.
self or his agent.
Plaintiff —My men has applied to Mr. Potter several
times for this money, and he has promised to pay it.
Mr. Potter—l deny it.
Plaintiff —Why I have asked him myself, and he has
promised to sank it.
His Honour—But Thomas swears distinctly he hired
the room for the committee. I must norm& the plaintiff 4
Plaintiff—l can assure your Honour that Potter said he
would settle after the reform demonstration in Hyde.
Park.
Defendant—l never said so.
His Honotir—l must nonsult the plaintiff, who must awl
the Committee.
Mr. Cooke—Will your Honour grant urge ?
His Honour--Certainly not. I do not nosaides Mist
is at all a matter in which I ought to grab. ask.

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.

:HOKE CIRCIIIT.--Caorporr, AVOUST 15.
(Before Mr. Justice Blackburn and a Common Jury.)
REAR DAMAGES POE 7ALEZ DEPILISONMENT.
The case of " Fiabley T. Cooper and another " was
an action to repover damages for wrongful dismissal and
fate imprisonment upon • *barge of anbearlessent. The
defendants plimied in effect that the plaintiff was guilty
of the offence of which they had amused him, and that
they way, tbeiefore, justified in the mune they adopted.
andSVt Parry and Mr. Bosley were for the plaintiff
,
Salter for the Montagudefo Chambers, Q.C., and Mr. Talloord
odai4a.

ThL ow occupied the court a considerable time, and
the circumatances were of a somewhat extraordinary
character. The plaintiff had been • commercial traveller
and el/Ueda for several highly respectable firms in the
City prior to his introduction to the defendants, who are
wholesale gnome in Limeoteeet He wee engaged
by them in April to travel about the country to
collect orders and receive moneys, the salary to be paid to
him being 1501. • year, and 11. • day travelling expenses.
At the time of en ng the service of the defendants he
had made a proposal to a guarantee society, with which •
ocotabi amount of il3lOlllllOO wan to have been adapted,
but owing, as was alleged en the part of the plaintiff, to
some mistake the guarantee was not completed and
thbrefore upon the counts relating to the wrcogfui die.
mina it was admitted that the defendants were entitled
tea verdict. The question Weans to the Wee imprison-
ment was of • much more sinew desseter. Very shortly
after plaintiff's engagemest he, while on • tourney, mat a
statement of moneys received, asses which wee a summ of
111. 16s. ed. from ens cuslemer, which he had
dey entered. The total amount he received
was not tranemittoL Owes esereopondense thim
took linos, the result being MN the *lainq
wee ordered to return home to mane oat a statement ape
amounts, which he did. The defendelets were wit, lori
ever. minded, and they discharged the plaintiff, afar
had been in their service only shad four Zsaafios
Win amount of money was at this tine in • •
balance, and ha made a claim for salary, not o
absorbed the balance in his kends, but made defendant
debtors. As he kept the mosey, cue of the firm wail
the Mansion-house to see whether • charge of Inn
mat could, be supported, and to obtain a warrant for
apprehimoden of the plaintiff, when one of the clerks,
hisotsting er.,biAl6 expressed a draw opiaion that
maglstiere eradd bed=iii=testeo wareenti
Notwithelandingliztithe amistanee
of o City Mean, Wiser, who apesekedd the plaintiff
upon the 'harp of embezzling the sum of 111. 16s. N.,
and he wee locked up all day and night, =din the morning
hseras taken before the Lord Mayor who adjourned the
inquiry far a week, but admitted the 'plaintiff to bail. At
the next hear* Mr. Weather, the solicitor, attended for
thb defendants, and admitted that he was unable to sup.
port the charge
ed of embezzlement, and the plaintiff Ink
than dtioharg .
The jury, after consulting together for about a quarter
of-an returned a verdict for the plaintiff—Da-
MAP," 4001

TUE POLICE COURT&

Slasa, butler to Major Chemlters*, of
Cottage, liMon-equare, wee= on warran wi
resift lam Ingrate, the
The henessmid said that the stajoris=Chant,pagult
want to Hyde last week, and left the primmer, her. and
the cook in the house. On Monday, from two till eleven
*Stock, she was left in charge of the home, and when hi
0111110 home at *loves he ordered her to bed. fibs said she
wgpted to go end mt her supper beer, and went out for
that purpose. When she returned she knocked and rang,
and was not admitted by the prisoner, sad then opened
the door with a latch-key belonging to • Mend of the
major's. The prisoner mlled bar into his bedroom. and
asked her why the had opened the door. She explained,
ad he threw her out of his room and kicked her. On the
Monday the major discharged her, and on the same even-
ing she went to get her boxes, and while in the hems the
pawner tried to throw her over the banisters, and said he
would kill her. She then mane to get the warrant, be
having again meaulted km, by throwing her on to the mud
in the mews.
/he primmer made a very tforward state-
ment, and said he bad been in 1161 or Champagne's
swim seven yeas. On the Monday Ingram was drunk,
and had a man in the bee" and se his mother had
ordered him to look to the home he saw that all was right.
He denied the assault as alleged • she was drunk, and fell
dr-irn. Oa the Tuesday he did not smash her. She had
brought the house into disgrace.
In reply to Mr. Arnold she admitted that part of the
major's brandy was gone, and that her brother-in-law had
been at the door.

7iirarTrOldi;cijoraned the warrant till Saturday for the
attendance of the major and the 000 k, and allowed primmer
torso at large on his own recognisance..

MARLSOILOITiIHAITItSET.
'Patriot Shea, • pensioned soldier was charged before
Kr. Knox with attempting to commit suicide in Sensing-
' ton•gardess by opening a vein in his arm.
Park-esse6salsie Steel, No. 32, mid be was oa duty In
Hermingleerpedas on Saturday stimrsoos, the 3rd of
August, whoa he was informed that a man had oesessitted
suicide in the gardens. He went t.) the Omaha/an and
found Shea lying on the ground, to all appeamase dead.
He obtained assistance and took him to St. Marro
Hospital in a cab, where he had remained under medical
treatment. The accused, it appeared, had seen a good
deal of service in India, and was discharged on the f& of
October last with a pension of 6d. a day. Went to Wales,
*here he had a brother. Clot employment at a grocer's,
but suffering from consumption he spat blood from over-
exertion, and from that time his health got Tons. Came
to London to look for sag work, but could)
get acme, as him health was so ►bad. Got some
relief from the Westminster Hospital, aad es s
pliostion to Sir Hope Grant at the Hans Guards
obtained employment at the military stores ; stayed
.as
leas ea he maid, but the spitting of blood came en again,
mod he was obliged to go into St. George's H to
get admission, if possible, to the Hospital forGoeurnmption,
but could not succeed. Tried the hospital at the east
end of the town with no better MOONS. Lingered en
until the month of July last, with some assistanos got from
same of his mates. Having got his quarter's ponies paid
his debts, and with the trifle that was left wens into a
model lodginrhoueu The next day went to the gardens
to have a quiet sleep, hat beeame so low spirited from
thhokbur that be shield never meow Ws. heal* that he
*mkt weeli de it

The Trimmer here was so overcome by Mr feelings that
he dropped down hie head and said no more.
Mr. Knox said the prisoner's wan a must deplorable case,
but he would venture to predict that from that time he
would be taken care of. He would break through the
rule he had laid down, of never giving anything to a per-
son brought before him, under those eirenurstances, and
in consequence of long service and good character he
would order him two sovereigns from the poor box. As
the gentleman from the hospital had humanely offered to
keep the prisoner in the hospital until something was
arranged, he should discharge the prisoner.
Sergeant Clowdry afterwards informed the magistrate
that a lady had called on several gentlemen with the view
of getting the poor fellow into an hospital He had re-
ceived a letter from the secretary of the Hospital for Con-
sumption, '
to the effect that it would be eight or ten
week bore there would be a vacancy, and that a special
ed could only be obtained through an order from his
Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cam-
bridge or some other member of the royal family.
Mr. Lack wished to be informed whether anything was
done in the course of a few days.

A vote of thanks to the chairman and directors con-
cluded the proceedings of, as usual at the Greet Eastern,
a very long, noisy, and occasionally a very personal
meeting.

PORTS LONDON RAILWAY.

The report of the &onto re of the North London
Railway, issued yesterday, states that reosipts from
Madge for the past half -year, es shown by the subjoined
table, exhibit a gross increase of 10,2 W. as compared
with the corresponding period of the previous year:
1807. 1848 incrosas Dec.
Passengers L95.887 .. zattid .. £13.671 ..
Merchandise & Mtn 51.800 .. 58,400 L 1,505
Lire stock
Total 4149,018 E 158,780 610,246 ..

It will be sees that the pawner Slane oogtinues stea-
dily to Mertes& In the merchandise trace them is a de-
mesas of 5,0671., arising in a great measure from the
muss referred to in tha report of the directors at the last
meeting, and in mineral traffic an increase of 2,5121. The
working expenses show an increase in maintenance of
' way, works, and stations of 1,7661., attributable in part to
enlarge amount of fence walling substituted for post and
fencing in districts formerly open pound, but now in
course of being built upon, and in part to • credit in the
corrosponding period of 1868 for a payment made by the
oontratiore for maintenance of the City Extension line.
The general charges include an amount 3,8101. oomminet-
Um, arising ishie6y oat of the settlement of cdainfe in re-
spect of the se:ideate which took place in therlatter part of
last year. There is also an item of 2,090.1, " claims in
simpenee," which yoir &notate dean It advisable to re-
Min for the present, pending the settlement of questions
which have arisen with respect to geminate duty mid other
eharpe. Tbegenseal result, after paymentsi interest on
debentures, is an available balsam to the credit of revenue
0f.60,9381. 4s. 14., oat of which pour directive recommend
the payment of • dividend at the mks of 54 per amt per
annum on the ordinary stock and sbarerV=and at
the rate of 41 per mot per anntun on the stock,
leaving a credit balance of 1,1881.4 x. Id. t be serried for.
ward to the current half-year. The elekeniteres of the
company which fell due on the 10th of July havelmen re-
newed, or replaced by sew loans, cos favournble terms.
The bill promoted in parliament during the present session
received the royal, assent en the 170 dune Oat. Negotia-
tions have been opened for the purchase of the land
required for the an function with the Landon,
'Filbury, and Southend Railway, sad mbject to
being obtained of the land the line wffl, it is anp
be completed in the spring of mixt year. • new
has been constructed and opened for peasenger traffic
during the past half-year at Old Ford, to meet the grow-
ing requirements of that district 'l'he new station at
Haggerston, on the City Ixtenidon line, is approaching
completion, and will be opened for traffic on the Ist Sep-
tember next. The permanent way and works have been
efficientlythopt Up, and, with the eruption of about two
miles of douWs roadway, which will be resolved in the
current half-year, the entire like has been relald with
steel rails. The rolling stook of every desaription bee
been fully maintained, and L Is a very satiefootary
aea-
dition ; one sew locomotive engine has been charged to
revenue during the half-year in substitution for an seem
written off, making the third so sithatitatech and arrange.
manta have been made for replacement of the entire plant
as it may become mammy.