The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-12 00:00:00

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ins ho bikes the Lad Mayor, aa
Yea. 4841newarkleuerloi =Mt estryiag on his Imbed
at No. il, was sesamoned se lid
bistenes of the Illesetres el the teelealase aed Wide
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le ibis
mat ,eat ingiteds d a dadeerees sio wit, ors Nam
oitt:af ether nitw and ogee open el aphid of dam
Uri me d their womb dated the Pen,
waft Idasenre al sod psis Rios the ma-
w that emidnel aim, or without thing sodas to the
mob, or *mtrewade el the mid dip of the dangerous na-
ture al thetre.
Mr. Tddel Athipaisia. bilnesisd by Mews. I 2.11•3
Simseelos. sad Wahrory._trdidiees ID MIK,
le supped el the eempleld 1 Ile. N soboil
Umediuse. sieeniedi al WWI Otis
XL Alitheen. le lbw Mee, had the
homer re the made to Apgar ea behalf of the
Itaispahr Odintal Edam Ifidgation 9om piny, a
cempay, as his beildp ems aware, that was Inc=matt
by seed alder, qui Ilie change spinet the
who wee it immited le Ile Oily of Leedom. eel •
men if as vow
,imisaiseipeetabilitiode Oat
bees rei
rtetif se cl • air net of oohs-
mod denuemee legenilents on hoed
one ear= d . He woad mqr in the
aged that illemeny wore le Mew: iples in
the meller dee a desire to eedb:o4, and
beat o awe semen
=2lslll.thaT. the
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easnoremeices might bare oteat..liety hil thee
ddy lii the labile isle Mem as ailimeede bat to Militute
the peened pesee~d amekin Weldms. ked te show
thee ibey me' e sed an Mit m ledja Melt power to
prevent them ditekews eiiiseeilid Mall hie bow* cie.
caned at sie, p, lek saanyledere. hem rese=
sada. wee lOW aset eL
reed the ]l9th sedites et the Merchmitillasa= Act,
which enacts thee ear pored who !mil some say
explosive or dingemen malsoial to be who
m bard of
any duel, without tiblinsUisserldnamtle Mem of the
same upon the is Me melee or
owners of the reed el le Were of the malielele se sent
on board, should be Melia le Hip pares,dlOM He mid
his lordship was mime Mat. Ohs mesh el the sempsey
mild on the eth estillth of nth audit flea lisiihemp-
ice for Alexestiria and Maid mil NI the 11th rah=
bir het four mess were shipped emegit the
hoer on tread the Pen, to be diereyei to Singapore b.;
theme* lied gelled m the eh 4 Odder. These pseud"
mem meelbei Idial the word "ghee sod the letter & in
• pad see Se least wrilia was thd
their WOO at all of a deagerme Moods
the illiaffidiall OM was magi beton the
could
arommi2e= a- re pediages were de-
scribed "
dia#ll94
or " iserea• Ha should
be able to show ffiethm*, Mid the deleedone wee wildly
well aware of the eastisnit d these pethiges, sad he
must at the mom due ebeerve, dee in ardor to
prevent any padbiltly Larson, Wag i
ot the law, a nodes, ... „Ii rariZ
vile= wdeZanctlPerdialirgeafiriiamselings Tars 4
a deagerous chinder by oey the elimpaseee Meek
without 'Pelee node, el the Al* 411114/4/14, Med also
that any person who did so would mad Mind( Haim to
a penalty of 1001. The loomed ommei Ibis watt he to
state that the four padre,, were eine emu is lloutheeep•
ton and were 'hipped on board the Pma, aid but for en
accident they mieht have been idea ea the to the
imminent danger of the vessel sad all on beard. t fad-
natrly, however, hemmed that me of the packages leaked,
and the peculiar omen that unanated from it at once in-
vited attention, and they were all removed on shoes and
opened, and it tuned out that two of them detained a
Lip quantity Si spirits of our. and spied at ether. Mr.
Adinson then expiated the highly infiannadie and de-
vour mature of those arthise, mad mid that the ether
would boll at a :mare of 70, or that of a warm recap,
sad If it bid been aim the e .selne-mota it would had
very probably e end be need hardly observe that the
comequeme to the vessel and pegeegen on board of bee
might Moe hese of the mod character. Heeler
theme drammesnees he meld the empsay felt that their duty
tow pules loft them so shinsative but to institute the
Ma did out bow what answer would
Crr i .venTrtbdeatfiedaat, bat it appeared to him that a
clearer case meld sot _ pod* be immeived. sad that his
lordship wed feel it Ids duty to 001111114 sod thus let te go
forth to the pal& that this legionent ad of parliament
wredd sot be allowed to Noma a deed War.
Mr. Middens. Whew
_slay 'Mines was adduced, sub-
mitted that the sounsions had failed, humerace as, upon the
cue for the compleinants, it was admitted that notice had
bees given that the paelegue in question coolained " &path.-
..idle wares."
Mr. Tindal Atkinese said that what me required by the
act of parliament was that Bailee should be gives this the
articles were of a dangerous kind.
The Loed Mayor ovemuled the objeetioe, and decided
that the esee should proceed.
Mr. Edward °dhoti deemed that he was second officer on
booed the Pers, me of the Pseinsular sad Oriental deem
Madepetre Company's meek. She was about to mail for
Alexaadais sad Maltapookupe es the 4thd of the present month, mei
be remembeed our
_liag bras& an board ce
the Ited ei Octof ber, end fie Idgulified s wine that ores
hdett dab court as one of throe peobigi
( a
in gaieties entsfeed a laden stone joie
and thel=gsthet came from it was mad powerful, end
/Nested the eyes and breathing of every we `court.)
The waner went oar to state that he observed a Wimp
from one of the packages in the afternoon of the led el
October and he smelt a powerful odour d spirit. He re-
ported the circumstance, and on the following morning all
the packages were takes m shore, sad they were found to
contain the articles mended in the semaces.
By Mr. tibia's's—lie omit the Meer be referred to
shied bemedistely the podium came an bond. Ile law
that the dine Jarmo broken Whin the mange was opened,
but be did eel bow bow it became looked
Mr. 17. likeekitad, the chief clerk in the height drab
meat at liendemptoo, =Armed the evideme of the home
whams.

Mr. Charlie ifTellinglea Howell denied that he wail
flearebry to the Punialar and Oriental Steam Navigation
Carpmay, and hens preen wbeu two out of thethree mum
rebind to were rend ht the pressor of Mr. Stewart,
.nad he saw that era metainad the artiolas that were the
Vlof the penal etimpleina. Mr. Stewart admitted
had ship thin.
shippug nelaratioa reran; to the goods wee then
put b. The packages were described as eontainiag "spo•
thwart's' wares."
Dr. Hoary Letho:;the embent professor of thamistry
to the London aud medical Aker to the City of
London, was tram cell as a witless to peeve the da
chamber of the articles in question, adle gavera"
iivi.
deuce in his usual clear and able manner. He said that the
article known as sweet "pieta of nitre, which war or of the
ingredients contained in the package, was osespard of one
part of volatile ether and four of hypauitror ether, sad it
formal a pm:opened of an extremely volatile diameter_ ,
and one iihich it was impossible to freer. It would boil
at a temperature of 70 deg., which he believed was below
the temperature of the hold of • ship in • warm climate. If
there was a leakage of the vocal crated such a com-
pound from any muse, the rapper attainfrom it, when
mixed with atmospheric air, would form a highly explosive
and dangerous compound, sod If any person inhaled it It
would produce a similar effect to that of chloroform. Its
inflamm•bility would also be excessive. (Dr. Letheby her
produced a bottle about two aches high, at the bottom of
which there was a small quantity of the ether, and by apply.
lag alighted luaifermatch to the ark of the bottle the liquid
at the bottom instantly burr into flan.) lie. Letheby
went on to expkin that the compound was so explosive and
Inflammable tnt it was not necessary to apply flame now
direly to it to rare it to tie, but it wouW *mute by •
fame at a very considemble distance. He also used that ow
Oka a( other mixed with atmospheric air would prone.
no lase ran 12,000 pare of • most laftworeable
sea r 110.14 dorm_ The other article, aulphurio=
was of anther character to toe cost he had desserag, en
Ink he raid, that perhaps the first was a little more vola-
tile.- Dr. Leary ooncluded his riders le dating QM
from his saientiflc knowledge of the ratan in gran he
should ea) that it was highly dangerous' to piece them on
board a ship without taking proper precautions to have
them safely secured.
Crusa-exanweed—Pure ether would boil at a tamperer
a 70, and it woulii have the same iliparily• porn M ft
was artier as bang water word have at a tragralate
of 212. If the temperature of the hold of the veer waa
SO, it would seat penetrate to the contents of the package
and the vessels centraing the ether.
Mr. Gilboa was re-salleil, sad he stated that dsriag the
voyage to Alexandria the temperature on deck was fr•
quietly as high as 96 or 97 degrees.
In rawer to • quasar put by Mr. Nicholson, the when
said he believed they had some ether among the medical
store that were on board the vessel.
Dr. Lratieby said them wss no danger in having ether cm
herd, provided it was in a proper phase el security. The
dryer son from such au article being sent on board a
reel without letting the muter know what it wee, and
asnerauently no precautions were taken for the proverb'
aciterants.
The awoke of the goods In queeru mumbled to the de.
Inanat by Mena Deer, Whfunto, sad Co., whonala
"hen* from whom they were °Wined, was then put in,
le show that he was @ware what articles were supplied.
Nicholson then briefly addressed his lordaMp for the
areadant, who, he said, had not the @lightest idea that in
the coarse be bed takes he was ding an this! to °antra.
venison of the law. The fact was, he sa4 a tread of Kr.
Stewart, a surgeon in India, had written to him to send
certain articles to him, sad be supplies' him with two Us*
and these lista were sent to Messrs. M•Maido and Co., and
they provided the goods Miner to in those leis and packed
them, and Mr. Stewart then shipped them without
the slightest idea that be was doing anything wren. He
should satisfy hi. lordship that the goon were packed ia
the ordinary way, and that they ware believed to be per-
teary arrears, and under ordinary circumstances the jar con.
taiabg the ether could not ham bees broken or the con•
rata have escaped. He did not at all oomplein on the
Pat of Ihr. Stewart of the cruse that led been taken by
the eaapen, bet be 'rafted that whoa lk. had pryer
the fain he whisk be had ealled his lordships attention, he
ward be of rine that the MO Ed net WSW within the