The Express.
London, England, 1866-06-25 00:00:00

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THE MINISTERIAL CRISIS•

The CHII,IIIAN then put the resolution to the meeting,
and it was Carried nem. dis.
Mr. NOBLE then proposed the next resolution, as follows:
—" That this meeting do agree to a humble address to her
liajsety, to be presented through the Home Secretary,
signed by the chairman on behalf of this meeting, sxprear-
sive of their entire confidence in her Majesty's Ministers,
their deep concern that the progress of the Reform Bill, so
often urged in her Majesty's speeches from the throne as
measure called for by the loyalty and virtues of those now
denied the elective franchise, has been delayed by factious
intrigues, and trust that her Majesty will exercise her pre-
rogative of dissolving parliament, and leave to the people
the choice of more honest representatives before consent-
ins to change her advisers."
Mr. JOLSON seconded the resolution, which Was sup-
pored by Mr. J. BZAL, and unanimously adopted.
It was then agreed that copies of the resolutions should
be forwarded to the members for the city of Westminster,
to Earl Russell, and to the Chancellor of the Exchequer.

On Saturday evening a public meeting of electors
of Westminster was held at the Pimlico Rooms, Winches-
ter-street, "to urge the propriety of dissolving parliament,
end voting unabated confidence in the ministry." Mr. J.
Stuart MK one of the members for the borough, was re-
pent, and was greeted with hearty applause. The second
member, the Hon. Captain Grosvenor, was absent from
=avoidable circumstances.
Mr. W. T. Meiissoie, who was called to the chair,
adverted to the moderate character of the Reform Bill, on
spatial of which the government had been defeated, and
said it would be for them, as practical men, to consider
whether it would be any advantage for them in the present
state of affairs to have a new House of Commons. For him-
self he believed that it would. (Hear, hear.) The people
of Weetminster were not more willing than other people to
have two election@ ia twelve months, for in Westminster
the electors were pleased with both their members, while
one of them the whole country admired. (Hear, hear.) They
must look to the great family of Grosvenor. to support them
in the present struggle. They had seen some members of
that great house false to the popular feeling, but through
the contest the member for Westminster had been true to
his constituents. (" Hear, hear," and "No no.") He
bed spoken early and late on the subject, and had voted
constantly in favour of the bill. Of their other member
the whole country was proud, and he believed that they
would seldom find in the history of the House of Com-
mons any occasion on which a new member had so end-
denly risen to so prominent a positian, had so rapidly
established himself in the House of Commons, and, more
than that, had so soon made a firm place for himself in
the hearts of his fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.) Well,
then. in Westminster they were satisfied ; but bow
about the rest of the constituencies? The government
cm the last division were ;defeated by • majorityof 11,
but there voted against them 44 so-celled liberals—discon-
tented gentlemen, mock and sham liberals. If half a dozen
of them could be ousted from their seats, and half a dozen
genuine liberals put in their places, that would count for a
dozen on a division, and secure a majority for the govern-
ment. Nobody supposed that Mr. Doulton would ever
again sit for Lambeth. Mr. Pin's seat, he belie Jed, was
not safe. That night there was a meeting at Huddersfield
to consider the vote of Mr. Crossland, who had been sent
to Parliament in the place of a moat valuable member, Mr.
Leatham. If they were to go through the list of the me-
talled liberals who voted against the present government,
they would find that the seats of many would be forfeited
when they came face to fame with their constituents on this
question. The seat of Mr. Horsman was in danger, and he
lad good authority for saying that Mr. Lowe was not safe
again for Caine. Now if they could get rid of Mr. Lowe
they would get rid of the head and front of the offending,
for Mr. Lowe condemned any extension of the suffrage
whatever. He seemed to think that there was some en.
ehantment in a 101. franchise, and that beyond that they
must not advance a step.
Mr. PROBTN moved the first resolution: "That this meet-
ing has the most perfect confidence in her Majesty's minis-
ters, and highly approves the course pursued by the re-
presentatives of the city of Westminster in supporting
the government Reform Bill, whilst it denounces as un-
patriotic and disloyal the conduct of those members re-
lamed to support a liberal ministry who, by a factious
intrigue with the tory party,. have delayed the progress of
the bill to extend the franchise to a small fraction of the
=enfranchised classes, and as tending to a wide-spread
disaffection =onset large classes promised redress of
grievances in repeated addresses from the throne, and calls
upon the liberal members of the House of Commons, by
a loyal address to the crown, to express their confidence
in the government, and their opposition to any change in
her Majesty's advisers."
Mr. MIIRRIMANIIOCOnded the resolution.
Mr. J. STUART MILL, M.P., on rising, was greeted with
tremendous applause, the whole assemblyrising and cheer-
=nth extraordinary vehemence. He said they were
together that evening in order that they might ask
themselves the question whether or not the people of West-
=Cuter cared for reform. That was the question before
them, and that was the only question. Who would
be the men for whom her Majesty would send to form an
admirdetration if she accepted the resignation of her
present advisers of course they could not tell, but he
could state what her Majesty ought to do, if she followed
the old constitutional practice of sending for the leader
of the victorious party, and that was to send for Mr.
Lowe. (Hear, hear, and laughter.) It was he who
carried with him the triumphant majority the other night,
for although he was the only man amongst the opponents
of the present bill who in direct terms declared he was
against all reform whatever, yet all who had heard, as he
bad done, the shouts of rejoicing which greeted every
anti-popular sentiment to which Mr. Lowe gave utterance,
would know that the whole of the sympathies of the tory
party were against any measure of reform, whatever it
might be. Ile believed that there were only two opinions
as to what might be the cause the conservatives would
pursue if they were able to form a ministry—first, whether
they would propose a reform bill at all ; and second,
whether they would propose a reform bill which was not
reform. They said that any bill on this subject must be a
compromise. Well, the liberal party made s compromise
at the commencement of the session, and a very great com-
promise it was. They gave up the beet part of the matter
in dispute to the tones, end now after the liberals
bad given up to them the better half they cried
halves for the remainder. (Laughter.) The difference was
split with them in the first instance, and now they
wanted to split the other part. But it was worse even
than that, and he was going to tell them something which
they had all the means of knowing, but which few had
paid much attention to, and a very significant and charac-
teristic process it was. He would tell them what was
proposed by one of the best of the Tory tarty. They all
knew, perhaps, that a political party had heads and tails.
The tails of the liberal party sometimes thought that the
beads were not quite so good as they should be, but the
tory heads were unquestionably a great deal better than
the tails. One of the best of the tory heads was Sir
Stafford Northcote, a gentleman for whom every one
ought to entertain a very sincere respect, because it was to
him, in conjunction with Sir Charles Trevelyan, that
they owed those competitive examinations by which
government appointments, instead of being given,
as they need to be, to party connexions for
political purposes, were given to proved fitness tested
by fair examination. Now, when a man agreed that
all the spoils of office end all the booty of political life,
which unprincipled politicians desired to appropriate for
the interests and advancement of their party, should be
given up not for the reward of political subserviency, but
to persons of whatever class or rank who could prove
themselves qualified for public appointments, although
they might never have, perhaps, seen the face of a mem-
ber of parliament, nothing should persuade him that
such • man was really a tory, or wished to postpone the
interests of the people in order that he might advance
the prosperity of his own party. That was what he thought
of Sr Stafford Northcote. Well, what did they put Sir
Stafford Northoote up to do! They followed out their usual
tactics in putting up their beet men to do their shabbiest
things. All present knew how much had been said about
large numbers of working people being admitted to the
franchise, and how solemnly parliament had been warned
that if they let in many more there might be a majority,
who would be induced to let in others, until at length the
door was opened so wide that all were let in, and that then
Heaven knew what would be the result. Now whet did
they think Sir Stafford Northcote proposed! If a working
man could occupy a 101. house it must in most cases be by
letting some part of it, but Sir Stafford Northoote pro-
posed to disfranchise all such persons, unless they were
able to Mow that, after deducting all they received from
letting, they paid 101. or 71., or whatever other sum
might be agreed upon, to their landlord. Probably he
would have spared those who were at present on the regis-
ter, but he would not consent that any ono hereafter
should be on the register who did not pay to his land-
lord that 101. or 71., or other sum. That was a condition
which very few working men could fulfil ; and if that
tor
proposition came from one of the best, most honest,
and most liberal members of the conservative y,
what might they expect from the others? ear,
hear.) Now, as to the foreign policy of the es, he
wished all those present could have listened as he had done
to the five hours of solemn abuse of the Italians, in which
the torics had indulged when the Reform Bill should have
been brought under discussion. Liberals, panting to help
and defend the noble Italians against the calumnies heaped
upon them, were restrained from entering upon the dis-
cussion, let they should have delayed the bill on which the
hearts of reformers were set. But now came the question
of the present government. All knew the noble manner in
which they had held up the banner of the people through
the late stormy session. Their political enemies had been
taunting them and insulting them day after day, saying
that here was a government which started with a clear ma-
jority of seventy, and had converted it into a minority of
eleven. Well, so they had, and why bad they done it!
There was a majority of seventy pledged to support a
liberal government, and who would have supported them
if they had followed out Lord Palmerston's policy of doing
nothing, and glossing it off as an excellent joke. The
government might have a seven years' undisturbed lease of
power if they had adopted a similar course—that is, if they
had determined on doing nothing in the way of reform.
But they had chosen to resign office, to receive baiting,
taunts, and insults, directed against them all • but more
particularly against Mr. Gladstone, the greatest parlia-
mentary leader which the country had bad in the present
centnry, or, perhaps, since the time of the Stuarts.
Whatever the speculation might have been, it had
been defeated—the hopes of the opponents of the
government had not been fulfilled. (Hear, hear.) It
would appear to him the most natural thing that his
constituents might not like to incur this great expense
twice in the same twelve months. (Yes, yes.) It was
very natural that they should not wish it, and he should
not have the face to ask it for himself. If they thought
they could fight this battle more advantageously with any
other candidate than himself—any candidate who would
bear the expenses that must necessarily be incurred, or
part of them—he trusted that no consideration for himself
would induce them to refrain from taking that course.
They had, above all things, to consider how they could
carry this bill and support the government, and he most
sincerely hoped that no other consideration would induce
them to allow that object to be interfered with. (The
hon. member resumed his seat amidst toed Meas.)

On Saturday evening a meeting, convened by the
Reform League, was held at St. Martin's Hall ; Mr.

EDMOND BEALILS in the chair.
The Crminium, in commencing the proceedings, read a
letter from Professor Rogers, chairman of the Oxford
League, stating that a resolution had been come to by that
body in favour of household suffrage, and recommending
united action on the part of all reformers for the purpose
of securing that franchise and the ballot, and the payment
of the legal expenses of theelections out of the local rates.
The chairman proceeded to say that parliament bad re-
jected the moderate measure of the government, and must
now hotour a larger bill. (Cheers.) The people would now
take nothing less than household and lodger suffrage, with
the protection of the ballot, and in the meantime they
would call on the sovereign not to accept the resignation
of the ministers, in whom the nation had trust and con-
fidence, but to dissolve • parliament which had forfeited
all claim to their forbearance or respect.
Mr. DAVIS, painter, moved the first resolution, to the
effect " that the meeting desires to express its deep sense
of the honourable and constitutional conduct of her
Majesty's ministers in ' • g office rather than submit
to have their patriotic endeavour to amend the defective
representation of the people mangled and defeated by a
parliament interested in maintaining the present uncon-
stitutionally restrictive franchise."
Mr. MERRIMAN, in seconding the resolution said the
question raised by it was whether they were satisfied with
the integrity and capacity of the Russell-Gladstone
ministry, or they wished to have • tory ministry in
power. If his vision were limited to merely domestic
questions, be should not be sorry if the tories were in office
for a short period, as that would cause the usually
quiescent middle classes soon to see the necessity
of • reform bill. But they must not limit their vision to
domestic politics. They could not forget the country of
Garibaldi. ("Three cheers for Garibaldi" were =died
for and given.) Did they wish the foreign policy of the
country to be guided by • Malmeebury—(No) r by Mr.
Benjamin Disraeli ? (No.) It was the uty of the
country to rally round the ministry, and show their sense
el the shameful manner in which the tories had badgered
and worried Mr. Gladstone in the House of Commons. one
of the greatest statesmen the country had produced for
many years. (Cheers.)
Mr. PRORYN supported the resolution, which was
carried.
Mr. Largo, printer, moved the second resolution, expres-
sive of deep indignation at the virulent opposition offered
in pediment to the moderate measure of reform intro-
duced by the government, and at the contrivances to de-
feat the bill on the part of professing liberals, in violation
of the principles on which they were elected, and earnestly
inviting the several constituencies who have been betrayed
to clear themselves from the shame of again choosing such
men for their representatives.
Mr. Morcrau t: CHAMBERS, M.P., seconded the resolution,
which be said meant that members who were elected to
carry out certain principles ought to carry them out ; and
that when traitors were discovered they should be punished.
He considered it a most unfortunate thing that government
agreed to amalgamate the Elective Franchise Bill with the
Redistribution of Seats Bill; that was a concession which
impeded the progress of the measure. The conservatives,
aided by the deserten from the liberal ranks, had obtained
a momentary victory. The question now came, what
would the country do? Would they adhere to those who
had betrayed them—(no)—or would they support and send
to parliament men who would vote for and carry • Reform
Bill' If the country was really in earnest they ought to
insist upon • dissolution of parliament—(loud cheerer--
and then to return to parliament men whom they could
depend upon to carry a satisfactory bill.
Mr. HENRY VINCENT supported the resolution.
Mr. MACKAY, tailor, moved the warm thanks of the
meeting to the Chancellor of the Exchequer and to Mr.
Bright for their constant, eloquent, and undaunted advo-
cacy of the elective rights and vindication of the character
of the working classes of their fellow-countrymen.
Colonel Incisor( seconded, and the motion was passed
with acclamation.
A petition to the Queen to dissolve parliament was
then agreed upon ; anti it was announced that an out-
door meeting would be held at Hoxton-market on Mon-
day, and in Trafalgar-square on Wednesday ; and rafted a
vote of thanks to the chairman the meeting separated.

Immense meetings have been held also at
Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Walsall, Carlisle,
Ipswich, Preston, Rochdale, Leeds, Huddersfield,
Stockport, Colchester, Cambridge, Wolverhampton,
Sunderland, &c. A dissolution of parliament was urged
at all these meetings.

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CATTLI PLAGUE STATISTICS. —The weekly return
of the reported cases of cattle plague in Great Britain,
issued by authority of the Loris of the Privy Council,
states that the disease has now completed the 52nd week
of its prevalence, and during the year nearly a quarter of
a million (248,965) of attacks have been officially reported,
80,597 cattle are stated to have been killed, 124,187 to have
died, 32,989 to have recovered, and in 11,192 cases the re-
sults have not been specified. In addition to the foregoing,
51,343 cattle exposed to risk have been slaughtered while
free from disease. In the aggregate more than 50 (50.5)
in every 1,000 of the ordinary stock of cattle in Great
Britain have been attacked, and to every 1,000 attacks,
whose results have been reported, nearly 900 (861.3)
animals perished. The epidemic has also extended to a
considerable number of sheep, and since the commence-
ment 4,463 are officially reported to have been attacked ;
of these, 4,002 died or were killed, and 461 recovered
or were unaccounted for. During the week ended 16th
June 533 attacks were reported to have occurred in
Great Britain, viz., 488 in England, 27 in Wales, and 18
in Scotland. The number of attacks, viz., 533, shows a
decrease of 454 on the previous return. Correcting the
total, by adding an average of attacks commencing during
the week, but which may be subsequently reported, the
number for the week will be 61,6. The following 22
counties have from the commencement remained free
from the disease, viz., Westmorland, Monmouth, the six
counties of South Wales, Montgomery, Merioneth, Car-
narvon, Anglesey, Wigtowu, Bute, Argyll, Banff, Elgin,
Nairn, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Caithness, and
Orkney and Shetland. In 61 counties no cases have been
reported as occuring during the week, 7 counties show an
increase of 35 cases ; and 17 counties, " the metropolis,"
and two Ridings of Yorkshire show a decrease of 489
cases.
FRAUDS IN THE Hor TRADE. —An act of parlia-
ment has just been printed to amend two former acts To
Prevent Frauds and Abuses in the Hop Trade." It is de-
clared that the other sets have been found ineffectual for
preventing frauds and abuses in the trade of hops. On
and after the 28th of August next growers and owners off
hops are to mark each bag with the year when the hops
were actually grown, the true progreetive number, and the
gross weight, under a penalty of 201., and a like penalty is
to be enforced for " mixing ' hops of different qualities and
value. Another fraud guarded against is taking foreign
hops out of begs and putting them into British bags in
order to sell them as British hops. With the view of
checking the evils which have arisen in the hop trade the
justices before whom the offendersare convicted are togive
one moiety of the penalty to the complainants.
THE WAVY BOMBAY MAIL.—SOUTHAMPTON,
ices 23.—The Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navi-
gation Company's steamship Ceylon, Captain Evans,
with the Bombay mails, arrived this evening.
She brings 121 passengers, specie value 31,4801.;
and 678 packages of cargo, including 568 bales of cotton,
The Ceylon experienced fine weather during the passage
On the 18th she spoke the steam-ship Avoca with th
e
outward mails of the 12th and 21st. She passed two
Prussian ships of war, steering north and east. Her Ma-
jesty's ships Hibernia, Victoria, Royal Oak, Resistance,
Arethuss, Assurance, Psyche, and Wizard were at Malta.
—GIBRALTAR, Jr NE 19. —Her Majesty's screw ahipOrontes,
from Portsmouth, arrived on the 15th with the 87th
Regiment of Foot. The Orontes was ordered to
undergo a quarantine of five days. The paddle-
wheel corvette Isobel 11., 14 guns, Captain J. Moran,
which arrived at Cadis on the 14th inst. from Tangier,
conveyed 25,000 dollars on account of the war indemnity.
The •screw corvette Nymphs, 17 guns, Captain
Henk, and screw gunboat Delpidzi, 3, Commander Kibiner,
which put into Cadiz to coal, left far the Baltic on the 12th
inst. The Board of Health for Morocco, in Tangier, have
adopted the same quarantine regulation respecting vessels
arriving from the United Kingdom as those promulgated
by the Board of Health in this city. Her Majesty's ships
Simoon and Skylark are in the harbour. Exchanges are
quoted—London, 90 days' date, 50 ; Paris ditto, sf. 24c.
to 25e. ; Marseilles, 8 days' sight, sf. 16c. ; Madriditto,to
2) die, ; Cadiz ditto, 6) dia. to 7 dis. Premium
pieces, 1j per cent.
CRYSTAL PALACE. FIVE SHILLING DAY. ----
SATURDAY, Jules 73.—Admissions on payment, 7,213;
ditto by season tickets, 11,824 ; total visitors, 19,037.
BREAKFAST. —Eppe's Cocoa (more commonly
called Spps's Homeopathic Cocoa, as being prepared and intro-
duced by Jas. Ws, the Houswees Chemist first eetablished
In Engbad). The Ten character ot this preparation
has rendered It • general favourite. The line natural flavour of
high-class Cocoa is relined and made extremely delicate and
putoful For breakfast no other beverage is equally invigorat-
ing and sustaining. This Cocoa is used by thousands who never
seed Coooa before. " Coooa stands far
and
than tea or coffee,"
Dr. Hassell says—Sold In lib, ilk, and 11b. packeta—(Adrer-
theemeat.)

TIIE -EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1866.

hpartircg linttlitiztuct.
THE PAST AND CURRENT WEEK'S
RACING.
TO TEI EDITOR 01 TIM ZZIPIZOIL
Sin —Poor fields and uneventful sport were the
rule at the Liverpool, Chelmsford, and Ipswich meetings
and the once-favotuite Lancashire reunion, which her or
late years suffered so much by the cropping up of new
rivals that mercilessly dished with it, was again fated,
owing to quite an unforeseen event, to lose much of the sup-
port that was its due. The ceremony, unfortunately poet-
poned to Monday evening, of presenting the testimonial
to Admiral Rous, started by the influential@ of the betting
ring, kept many in town until it was too late to assist in
the first day's racing, and the Cup being a v uninte-
resting affair now-allays,few cared to e such •
long journey for the sake of the second. Still, the Cup
was a genuine race, the scant time allowed for betting
upon it preventing any ot that " thst
has been effected over events so long" before the public
as the Northumberland Plate, and the result was
strictly in accordance with public running, so much
so that I do not wish to take any great credit for having,
in my last, placed
iti the, firrt snd the second and third. Pin-
tail's forward posoi showed what a great horse the
Bribery colt, Savernake, must have been to give her t.“' e
weight he did before the Derby ; but neither her perform-
ance, nor that of Terror, was a good one, the lion of the
week in this degree to all intents and purpoes being
Ostreger, who carried home his 9st llb at Chelmsford,
and get 101 b at Ipswich in right gallant style, and mysti-
fied the wo-ld more than ever as to how he managed to
lose Gardevisnre's Cambridgeshire. This exhibition helps
to make out;what an extraordinary two-year old Hippis
must be, for allowing Mr. Bevill's colt has improved since
he was beaten by her at Asoot, in must be borne
in mind she at the same time defeated old Sac-
charometer, who on Tuesday last, with con-
siderably the worst of the weights, finished three
lengths before the Oaks victrix, Tormen.or. We shall not,
I am afraid, have such a Goodly trio as that just named
contending at one of the meetings of the current week,
unless Regslie, Windham, and Cathedral all go in for her
Majesty's Guineas at Newcsatle-upon-Tyne, where the far-
north sportsmen will be entertained for three days,
and
well too, if the promoters of the
gather,ing—now in the
hands of • company, who give 1,9087. 'net" to be run
for—meet with their deserts. On Tuesday the North
Derby, of which War looks like the winner, will create the
most interest, Terror, Honesty, ROOOOO, and Cranmore
having to contend against the Ascot Stakes winner ; brt
the Trial and the handicaps will only possess • Passing in-
terest, it being sufficient to no;.e that Fobert will be
" all
there " for the opening event, with Timbre', for the Town
Plate with Three-per-Cent or Risk. and for the
Me siben' Plate with Castanet or East Lynn. But
Watson can beat either of the two last-named
with Applecrosa, and he may also think he can
just do the trick with Molly Carew, who is act so " well
in," however, as Rococo—perhaps the best to stand, after
Applecross, and he is a hone that might be in keeping for
a ma'. event For the Stephenson Biennial Newland has
a slight " pull" over Easby, Romping Girl, Honestish,
Manuel's, and Thermometer, the greatest doubt I have
being whether he can give 111 b to Easby, whose stable—
Fobert'a again—might supply more than Newland's match
for the Tyro Stakes on the second day in Frost, they hay-
int', too, r °thing but Regalia to fear (and she may not be
Regalia) for the Queen's Plate with their Windham. This
horse's 1016 penalty should not prevent his starting for the
Northumberland Plate, now that it turns out there are so
few really " alive" in the race, the Primate, Miss Haworth,
Red Earl, Lady Durham, and Missile, comprising all be-
sides the 9st 101 b hero, that are not clean knocked out of
the market, and one of these may yet follow the path of
the " scratched" Caithness and Harry Brailsfoid, Brown
Bread, Zenobia, Honesty, Lady Vane, and Dolan, once
such prominent favourites. Mr. Johnstone, ay things go
would commit • great error not to start one of his, Rocco;
being fairly" in," if not exactly so leniently treated as
Lady Vane was ; and as a sort of forlorn hope Dark Agnes
and Douro might put in appearance also ; but I can only
look upon the issue as a match between the north and
south, represented by the Primate and Miss Haworth, and
of the two I prefer the northerner, who has far more pluck
than the shifty son of the church. The Corporation Plate
is • handicap dependent on the results of the Members'
and Town Plates ; and whilst the Northumberland Plate
and other prior events must settle Thursday's two features,
the Newcastle and Stewards' Cup Handicaps, it is for the
Biennial and Tyro to bring forth the good things in the
Lambton Stakes and the Nursery.
Nothing of the smallest importance, except to the
betters, can be discovered in the prolysinmes of H ord
and the New Forest Hunt Races, which eaten from
Tuesday to Thursday, and only those on the spot should
meddle with the minor affairs in the Worcester bill of
fare, which is made up of eight events for Thursday and
seven for Friday. Lord Stamford is • greet patron of the
mile-and-three-furlongs Worcestershire Handicap ; but his
lordship, supposing Cambuscan has not returned to his
form, will be puzzled to bring out one capable of beating
Staghound, who ought to win, notwithstanding he has to
run old Wynnstay at 1316. The Croome party will be
handy for many of the other events, having Steamboat in
the Croome and Flying Handicaps, Rescue in the Coventry
Stakes, and Drum in the Bentinck Fund Stakes ; but with
several stables boasting a great number of representatives
in the Flying race, I have no ambition to anticipate that,
nor either of the two remaining events the programme
rE can
already boast of.—l am, &G., R.

ab► Intelligence•

SLKTROPOLITA.N COUNTY COURTS.
fettling days appointed for the present week.)
Wsenwarnim, 8L Ilarlin's-lane.—lfonday, June 85 ; Tumidity,
95; Wednesday, 27; Thursday, 28
BLOOKSBURY, Yortland-road.—Wedaroday, June 27 ; ThUrs-
daLgt;PlOlTlViteb9. ead's-grove.—Tuesday, June 28 ;
Wednea-
S' 27.
szoasarrca. Oldatreet-road.—Tsesday, June 26 ; nun-
- .

.--Tuesday, June 26; Wed-

day, 2&
WHISSCHAPIL, Greet
nada, 27; Thursday, 28.
Sountrnaz, Swan-street.—Monday, June 25 ; Manley, 28 ;
Friday, 80.
Lamm!, Camberwell New-road.—Tueulay, June 28 ; Wed-
nesday, 27 ; Thursday, 28.

EQUITY COURTS.—Jims 23.
(Before the Lord Chancellor.)
MARTIN V. LONDON, CHATHAM, AND DOT= COMPANY.-
JUDOWINT.
This was an appeal from Vice-Chancellor Stuart. and
was argued some little time since.
The Lord Chancellor now gave judgment, and said that
the question related to • sum of 8,400/., which had been
deposited by the London, Chatham, and Dover Company,
under the Lands Clauses Act, preparatory to their taking
certain premises in the Southwark-bridge-road belonging to
one Stern, a manufacturing engineer. Stern had deposited
with the plaintiffs, bankers in London, the leases of
his property as an equitable mortgage to secure advanoes,
and be subesquently entered into partnership with one
Lane. Disputes arose between them, and a suit was in-
stituted by Lane, and by agreement the deposit made by
the company was transferred to the credit of that suit. A
ury found a sum of 7,559 f. payable as compensation to
Stern by the company ; and in a day or two alter the
plaintiffs interposed, complaining that all that had
been done was done without notice to them,
and the present bill was filed against the com-
pany and Lane and Stern to restrain them from
proceeding further till the plaintiffs' rights were
secured. At the hearing of the cause the question was what
relief the bankers were entitled to as equitable mdie o
and the Viee-Chanoellor treated the deposit mattat ett
company as a security from the depositors to the bankers.
In this he (the Lord Chancellor) could not agree with him,
being of opinion that it was deposited as security for such
sum as a jury should award as compensation—for when a
sum stands in the nmae of a cause there was no right to
treat it otherwise. It was, however, clearly the duty of
the company to give notice not only to Stem and Lane but
to the bankers, under the 18th section of the Lands CLOACA
Act, which provides that notice shall be given to all
persons interested in lands to be taken by •
railway company. He was of opinion that the plaintiffs
were entitled to their rights as if nothing had been done,
and the case must be dealt with as if the company had
purchased the equity of redemption from the mortgagees.
There would, therefore, be • declaration that an account
should be taken of the amount due to the plaintiffs, which
would be charged to the company, who would be directed
to pay that sum to the plaintiffs within six months, with
interest and coats, they undertaking to make • proper
conveyance to the company.
Some points were raised after the delivery of the judg-
ment which his lordship wished to consider, and he
directed the decree not to be drawn up until ho had de-
• 4•41 them.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.—JuNa 23.
After Term Nisi Prius Sittings at Westminster.—(Before
the Lord Chief Justice and Special Juries.)
The SPECIAL JOEY SEBUM.
The Lord Chief Justice on taking his seat this morning
said that, in consequence of the reiterated complaintamade
to him by special jurymen of being served with so many
summonses in succession, he begg member Mr. Bovill's
attention to the matter, being of the House
of Commons, because it was a subject that required the
serious attention of the legislature and investigation by a
select committee of that house. As far as he could learn
the cause of the same gentlemen being so often summoned
arose mainly from the fault of the parish authorities
returning incomplete lists to the sheriffs of London and
Middlesex. The whole of the present system was rotten,
and a committee of the House of Commons would be the
best mode of thoroughly examining into the matter and

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suggesting a remedy.
Mr. Bovill asked his lordship's permission to use his name
in bringing the subject before the House of Commons.
The Lord Chief Justice—Ylls, certainly. The whole

system requires revision.
ROCHE V. MIDLAND RAILWAY COMPANY.
This TM sir action to recover compensation in damages
for alleged permanent injuries throughthe negligence of the
defendants' servants. The defendants pleaded not guilty.
Mr. Coleridge, Q.C., and Mr. C. Pollock were counsel
for the plaintiff ; Mr. Bovill, Q.C., and Mr. A. Wills were
counsel for the defendants.
Mr. Coleridge, in stating the plaintiff's case, said he was
a restorer and cleaner of pictures, and also a purchaser of
pictures, carrying on business at Ashby de la Zouch. It
unfortunately happenedthat when the slaughter of part-
ridges, pheasants, and grouse was going on, there
was also a slaughter of her Majesty's subjects going on by
excursion tains. He had no wish to impute any parti-
cular blame to the defendants, but there could be no
doubt that excursion trains were overweighted, and
the traffic could not be during those periods re-
gulated with that certainty as the ordinary traffic. On
the 15th of August the plaintiff was on his return journey
from London to Ashby, and when near Wellingborough
Station a collision took place, whereby the plaintiff was
seriously injured- He fell senseless on the floor of the
carriage, and, after some delay, he was removed to the
station, but he was unable to obtain any refreshment or
assistance for some time, but ultimately he was conveyed
to Leicester, and he did not reach his home until the fol-
lowing day. The plaintiff was suffering from a very vio-
lent shock to the nervous system. He was confined for
six weeks to his bed immediately after the accident. The
learned counsel made some very strong remarks upon
the conduct of some of the medical officers of rail-
way companies who were sent to examine sufferers.
It WM right they should have access to the per-
sons injured, to ascertain what injuries they had
sustained., but it washighly reprehensible, when
visiting thaw persons on a bed of sickness, that they
should endeavour to negotiate terms of compromise, and
extract from persons when in such a condition terms which
otherwise would never be obtained. In this case the com-
pany's medical officer and the station master had greatly
gone beyond their line of duty, and had endeavoured to
force a settlement by the plaintiff which was not creditable
to them nor to the company, if they were aware of what was
to be done. The plaintiff had also been subject to a species
of espionage by the company's police officers. He believed
the defendants intended to set up that the plaintiff was
man of intemperate habits, and that his sufferings were
aggravated by injuries which he had previously received in
a public-house, but he hoped to be able to show there was
no foundation for the imputation.
The plaintiff and other witnesses were called in support
of the above statement.
Mr. Bovill, on the part of the defendants, complained of
the unjustifiable attack that had been made upon the
medical officer of the company, and that a defence should
havebeen suggested which the defendants bad never enter-
tained. An exaggerated claim for damages had been put
forward by the plaintiff which the company felt bound to
resist. Since the claim the company had made in-
quiriee, and unless the persons perjured themselves he
should be able to show that the plaintiffs so far from being
the strong healthy man he was described when he came up
to London before the accident, complained to several of
the passengers that he was suffering from pains in the back
which prevented him from stooping ; pains in the back of
the head and an inability to use his arm. After the acci-
dent the plaintiff was able to drink brandy and water, and
said he " should remain there all night and make the com-
pany pay for it." He also had his arm bound up by one of
the passengers as if it were injured, and said to one of
them that he should like to give him 5/. for his out eye.
Several witnesses who were in the same carriage with the
plaintiff having been examined,
The Lord Chief Justice said he could not too strongly
denounce attempts at compromise when a man was on a
sick bed, the victim of an irreparable and incurable dis-
ease, and more especially so when a medical man abused
the opportunity afforded him in endeavouring to make
terms with a patient in favour of the company. He hoped
for the future such a coune would be discontinued. It
was to be regretted that Dr. Lowe had allowed Mr. Har-
rison to accompany him, but he did not think there was
much to complain of in Dr. Lowe.
The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff, damages
850/.

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CRICKET.

S VIM V. 017011 D rwmasur.—This match was com-
menced on Thursday at Kenntngton-oval, and Laminated on
Saturday in favour of Surrey, with four wickets to fall. Subjoined
is the score:—Surrey, Ist innings. 243; End innimp, six wickets
down, 104 , total, 347.0xf0rd, Ist innings, 129. 2nd Innings, Eld.;
total, 343.

Sittibtritto *ntrittgttut.
Urrivraerrr or Lowoorc—The following are
lites of seadidates who puled the respective exersiesiioas

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D.Sc. Miami/canon, Braise& W.—Charles Graham,
trnivenity Colleg. Breach V. —Alexander Morrison
Thomson, privets study ; William Marshall Watts, Owens
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M.A. EXAMNATION.—Branch L—Charles Henry Phil-
lips, private study. Branch IL—Richard Wor (gold
medal), private study. B•aneli llL—Alfd. Hy. Foister
Border Bold medal), private study ; Joseph Rodin Car.
penter, Manchester New and University Conine, obtained
number of marks qualifying for gold medal ; *ras James
Carey, University College ; Charles Btabbert Spring
Hill Colley ; John Routledp Wolstenholme, Spring. Hill
College ; Rev. Frederick Leonard, LL.B.. Baptist,
and University Colleges ; Rev. James Greenwood, Baptist,
Chilwell College; George Alexander Christie, New College.

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE.

The prizes and certificates were delivered to the
successful students in the Faculty of Arta ands IMI at the
University College, London, on Saturday. Dean of
Witarmuusrea presided, and amongst those present were
Lord Brougham Mr. Bright, M.P., Sir John Bowing, Sir
Francis Goldsmid, Professors Williamson, Kiernan, Key,
Seeley, and De Morgan. Professor de Morgan, the
Dean of the College, read a report of the pro-
eeedings of the Faculty of Arts and Laws during
the past session. It congratulated the friends of
the college on its condition ard proepects, and stated
that every department showed an improvement in the
number of students over last Pension, which, it was called
to mind, was also an improvement on the previous year.
The number of students in the Faculty of Arts and Laws,
at the date of the report, was 242, of whom 120 were
new. The junior school bad greatly increased, and not
a single breach of discipline had been officially brought
before the committee of professors. It bad been reported
thrt the south wing of the college for the use of the
school had been half built. This was, unfortunately, not
tree. What must have given rise to the rumour was the
fact that one of the members of the council had given
1,0001., which was to form the nucleus of the necessary
funds, and which it was hoped would act as an impetus
to others to go and do some thieg likewise. The same
gentleman, Mr. Sharpe, bad alio given 2001. in support of
the evening schools.
The Dean of Worn/norm then distributed the prises
and certificates to the students of the several classes, and
afterwards addressed the assemblage.
Lord BROUGHAM, who on rising was greeted with a vast
amount of enthugiann, said he was sure he was expressing
what was in the mind of every person present, when, on
behalf of them, the college and himself, be thanked the
very rev. dean for what he had done for them that day.
Thedean had notalone attended and distributed prizes,but
he had also delivered an excellent, a most interesting, and a
most valuable address. He (Lord Brougham) did not know
whether the advice and recommendations to young men
or the defence of the college were most conspicuous in
the address. He had to thank the dean for that advice,
and also for his defence of a college, in opening which no
ides of rivalry with, or disinclination towards, the old
universities was entertained. The college was founded
mainly for the purpose of enabling parents to have chil-
dren under their own roof whilst receiving a university
education. Instead of there being any degree of disin-
clination towards the great body, of whom his very rev.
friend was such an ornament, instead of any disinclina-
tion towards Oxford and Cambridge being entertained,
the honours of these great universities were sought after
and ,
many of the students of thin college had r eceived
them. Nor had they any jealousy whatever of King's
College. In fact, it would be unnatural if they enter-
tained such a feeling, because King's College was a
child of theirs. As for the University of London, be
would not say a word against it, and it was not
necessary that he should say a word in its praise ; but be
ought to add when the presidency of the London Uni-
versity was offered—was praised upon him by the go-
vernment, he refused, not from any disinclination to the
university itself, but from a feeling that to accept the
office would be incoin tible with his presidency of this
college. He had .. ce become the president of the
Edinburgh University, and still held the post, but that
university was 400 miles away, and it WU impossible that
there could be the slightest collision between it and this
college.
The vote of thanks having been agreed to with acclama-
tion, the Dean of Westminister briefly acknowledged the
compliment, and the company dispersed.