The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-24 00:00:00

THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE MAIL.

PLYMOUTH, Sap" 22.
The Union Company's steamship Celt, from the
Cape, hasarrived here
.
Her dates are—Table Bay, 20th August ; St.
Helena, 28th ; Ascension, Ist i3eptembor ; 84,
Madeira, nth.
She brings 60 passengers, including Surveyor-
General Bell, Staff-Surgeon Major and Mrs.
Powell, and Mr. and Mrs. John Paterson.

Se►eral led mace of suicide had occurred in the Cape
colony : Mr. Henry Borgmann, • merchant at Allem!
North, one of the referees of the Frontier Commercial and
Agricultural Branch Bank, obtained access to the banking-
house, which adjoined his residence, and after business
hours abstracted from the sate about 45,0001. Of this
40,0001. was in bills,l,lool. in gold,and the rest notes. On
the police discovering that he had perpetratedthe robbery,
end being about to take him into custody, he retired
to his bedroom, ostensibly to change his coat, and there
shot himself dead. His estate is said to be hopelessly in.
solvent, principally from his having speculated beyond his
means, through which he was unable to take up • quan-
tity of his paper, which was in the bank and
spproaching maturity. Mr. A. J. Zeederberg, •
wealthy corn factor, carrying on business in
Cape Town, committed suicide by killing himself
with • knife, near his country house at Mowbray. His
mind bad been a good deal utast by • stormy meeting of
shareholders of the Cape Commercial Bank, of which he
was one of the directors, which had been held • few clays
previously. Captain Stephan, late of the schooner Jon.
quille, which was wrecked in Hondeklip Bay, six days
after the wreck walked to the end of the jetty there, and
having fastened one end of a rope to hie waist, and
the other to the woodwork of the jetty, jumped
into the water and drowned himself. He wrote • letter
to his father informing him whet he was about to do. The
loss of the schooner bad rendered him insane. The legisla-
ture of Natal had passed a measure with the view of es-
tablishing • reciprocity treaty between that colony and
the Cape Colony, by which the trade between them was to
be free and their produce mutually exempt from customs
duties. In the event of such an arrangement
being entered into, it was expected that the whole
supply of sugar for the Cape colony would be drawn
from Natal. In the Natal colony ecclesiastical matters
were quiet. Dean Green had returned from Cape Town.
Two series of services were held as heretofore in the
cathedral. Bishop Colenso was systematically developing
his theological views in the sermons which he was regu-
larly preaching. The colonial secretary bad formally stated
in the Legislative Council that the government bad received
no instructions from England to recognise Bishop Colenso.
The Bishop of Cape Town was making every preparation
to resist the law-suit brought against him to show cause
why the title deeds of the cathedral should not be made
over to Dr. Colenso.

Her Majesty's ship Challenger arrived in Simon's Bay
on July 31, from Rio, and left August 5, for
Australia. Icarus left Simon's Bay July 12 for
China. Swallow arrived in Simon's Bay from
Batavia, left on July 21 for Spithead. Rapid
was left in Simon's Bay. Valorous left Algoa
Bay July 24, for St. Helena. Pearl arrived in
Simon's Bay Aug. 20, from China. The United State
frigate Junata, Capt. J. J. Alury, was lying at St. Helena,
bound to Brasil. At Ascension were the Flora, Jaseur
and Pioneer. The Bristol having broken down was de.
'patched on Aug. 28 to England for repairs, accompanied
by the Leander, from the Pacific.
The Union Company's steamship Saxon arrived out
July 26, and the Roman Aug. 12. The Diamond Com-
pany's steamship Raffraria arrived out Aug. 5.

Pt BLIC LIBRARIES TOR THE PEOPLE.—One of
the last acts passed in the late session was to amend the
law relating to the formation of public libraries in England
and Scotland. Some alterations have been made which
will facilitate this object, especially as by one of the
provisions, where a library or museum has or may be
established, a library or museum may be established in
connexion with it under this act. The Town Improvement
Clauses Act 1847, is not to apply to boroughs ; and it is
provided that the expenses of carrying the Public Libraries
Act into force in boroughs are to paid out of the borough
fund. In boroughs a meeting is to be called at the request
of the town council, or of 10 rate-payers. Another im-
provement is, that the parishes adjoining boroughs may
unite to adopt the act. Instead of "two-thirds" at •
meeting agreeing to adopt the act, • majority of " more
than one-half " will be sufficient. Tho act may now be
adopted, no matter the amount of population. The act is
to be construed as one with the Public Libraries Act of
1855, and if adopted would raise the character of our
working population.

- -
Tux Frame Ilse's/ans.—We have good reasons
for anticipating that the revenue returns for the quarter
which will terminate next Sunday, will show an increase
of more than half a million as compared with those of the
corresponding quarter of 1865. The fact is eminently
satisfactory, foe though our present rate of taxation is
nearly the same as it was last year, some of the income-
tax collected in the quarter referred to was upon the
higher rate of duty in existence up to April of that
year. No doubt the coming returns will show a dimi-
nution under this head, but it will not be as large as
we might have expected. The item of stamps, of
course, will be affected by the state of commercial
affairs, and under this head we shall also find a falling
off. But, as we may gather from the Board of Trade
returns, the customs will exhibit • substantial increase,
probably not far short of a Quarter of a million. The
excise, not yet affected by the bad harvest, will also, no
doubt, show en increased yield, quite neutralising the fall-
ing off in the income tax. The item of miscellaneous will,
too, be much more than usually prolific, and, as we have
said, the net increase will be substantially in excess of
half • million. The state of the accounts for the half-year
and year can scarcely he expected to be so favourable in
proportion, as the) are affected by the reductions of taxa-
tion made in April, 1865, which, it will be recollected, Mr.
Gladstone expected would have a material effect upon the
yield of the present aa well as of the last financial year.—
Sunday Gazette.
CHARGE or FzNILNISM AND ROBBERY or Go-
vsasserrr Sroluis ix LIVERPOOL.—Great interest was
evinced at the Liverpool Police-court, on Saturday last, in
consequence of the examination of four men, named
Michael O'Brien, William Careharles Campbell, and
Patrick Healey. The formal charge made against them
was that of not accounting for certain property which had
been found in their possession. This charge, however,
was only made for the purpose of obtaining • remand to •
graver one of being Fenian, and of having stolen arms
from the government stores. It appeared that the Liver-
pool detectives got of some information which
induced them to eep watch on a cellar in College-
lane. On Friday afternoon • cart was observed to be
loaded by the prisoners with fire canes taken
from a warehouse in College-lane. The cart, as
soon as the eases were placed in it, was driven off to
Grosvenor-street, off Scotland-road, followed by the detec-
tive officers. As soon as it was stopped, the for pri-
soners, and another man, not vet in custody, came up,
when they were taken into custody. The five cases, on being
examined, were found to contain 47 muskets, bayonets, do.,
and 30 tin eases of phosphorus. The prisoners refused to
give any account whatever as to whom the property
belonged, or to whom it was intended to be delivered. The,
muskets, bore the government brand, and were
identified as a portion of • lot that had been stolen from
the head-quarters of the London Irish Volunteers, and from
the Tower. At the request of Mr. Cobb, who appeared
for the prisoners, a remand of seven days was granted by
the magistrate. Two of the prisoners Carey and Camp-
bell, have already suffered incarceration in Mountjoy
prison, Dublin.
I CRYSTAL PALACI. •-•- Haas-A-CROWN DAT.
ISATURDAY,S fissr. 22. Admissions on payment, 663 ;
I by moan tickets, 2,719; total Altars, 3,382,

ENTRY OF TEM PRUSSIAN TROOPS INTO
BERLIN.

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BKELIN, Sin. 20.

When the sim rose this morning, it shed its rays
for the first time on a forest of flagstaffs'and an
ocean of flags that appear to have sprung up as if
by magic during the night, and are now displayed
from the roofs, the windows, and the balconies of,
I believe, every house in the city, for the enthu-
siasm that prevails is universal. It has been often
remarked already that the Prussian colours, being
black and white, present in themselves anything
but a gay appearance, and no amount of ingenuity
displayed in the combination can relieve them from
the decided. lugubrious look of mourning, or at
least half-mourning, they wear. And indeed
Prussia has cause to weep at the loss of the
many brave hearts that beat no more, and
the still greater number of wounded and
maimed for We. According to an official
statement, rather ostentatiously just published
in the Steals-Anzeiger, of the total losses on both
sides, as well as the guns, "Sandaled', and other
trophies, the particulars are thus given :-1. Num-
ber of missing and captured : Prussia and her
allies, 4 officers and 1,692 rank and file. Austria
and her allies: a. Non-wounded prisoners of war,
528 officers and, 35,932 rank and file. b. Under
treatment in Prussian military hospitals, 411 offi-
cers and 13,935 rank and file wounded captives ;
total, 939 officers and 49,867 rank and Me ; alto-
gether, 50,806 men. 2. Number of killed and
wounded : Prussian losses : Killed in action, 164
officers and 2,573 men ; died of their wounds,
148 officers and 5,454 men ; wounded, and either
recovered or doing well, 562 officers and 14,630
men ; total, 864. officers and 22,657 men ; grand
total of killed and wounded, 23,526 men. Austrian
loses not yet made up, but Vienna journals con-
tain a list of 2,465 officers of the infantry and
cavalry (in addition to the above losses by capture)
amongst whom were 135 staff officers. 3. Losses of
cannon and standards : Prussia, nil; Austria and
her allies, 486 guns and 31 standards and regi-
mental flags.
At a very early hour the city was teeming with
life and bustle ; the workmen of the great Berlin
manufactories having had places reserved for them
on the Linden Promenade, met in holiday costume
at the establishments of their employers, and
marched to the appointed locality in procession of
four abreast, headed by a band of music, and dis-
playing flags and banners, with, in many cases,
models of the objects manufactured, and the tools
employed by them for the purpose. These bands
of working men numbered 19,000, and were posted

on one side of the linden Promenade, whilst on
the other the different guilds or trade corporations
took up their position, leaving the centre
free for the passage of the troops. These
guilds had also collected at different places of
rendezvous, and marched likewise in procession
to the Linden, with music, flags, banners, and
models. Among the most imposing and con-
spicuous guilds in the procession were the follow-
ing :—The butchers, the soap-boilers, the painters,
the' bookbinders, the coppersmiths, the saddlers,
the glovers, the carpenters, the tailors, the tin-
workers, the boatbuilders, the masons, and the
clothworkers ; the whole number of guilds in the
procession being 51, who took precedence by draw-
ing lots, and the number of men that marched to

the rendezvous being fully equal to the working
men of the great manufactories above mentioned.
At half-past 10 a.m. the King, accompanied by
the Crown Prince, Prince Friedrich Carl, and
several other members of the royal family, rode
out of the Brandenburg Gate, and found the
regiments destined to enter the city to-day,
between twenty-five and thirty thousand men—
the rest will make their entrance to-morrow—
drawn up on the ground assigned them in the pro-
gramme, and quite ready to receive him, which
they did by long and loud cheering. His Majesty,
after inspecting them, placed himself at their head,
and led them in person into the city through the
same gate. In a tribune close to the gate were
the members of the municipal corporation, and
when the King approached it, the Burgomaster
presented him with an address of congratulation
on the successful termination of the war, and the
happy return of the victorious army. The next
tribune the King had to pass was filled with a
galaxy of young ladies, the elite of the beauty of
I Berlin, one of whom presented the King with a
wreath of laurel, tied with broad white
satin ribbon, trimmed with gold, which
his Majesty received with evident signs of
satisfaction, and, as a proof of how highly
he valued the gift, he gallantly attached it
to his person, and wore it through the whole suc-
ceeding part of the pageant. I may here mention
that when it was first proposed to appoint a depu-
tation of the young ladies of Berlin, it found ge-

neral favour at once. On former occasions of a
similar nature, the ladies were elected either for
their rank or else the sotsialstanding of theirfathers,
and it muss be confessed they were not conspicuous
for their beauty. It was, therefore, resolved by the
committee of management to select the deputation
entirely for their beauty, and without any reference
to their rank or social standing. But now an un-
foreseen difficulty arose, and that was to find

a man bold enough to undertake to play the
part of Paris, and decide the conflicting merits of
the beauty of each young lady. The office was
in vain offered to many gentlemen supposed to
possess consummate taste on the subject of female
beauty, but declined by them in succession, as no
one was willing to load himself with the responsi-
bility of making such invidbus distinctions, and
stirring np a hornet's nest—sit venia verbo—about
his ears, from which there could be no escape.
Under these circumstances the proposal, though
considered by all as a sound one, was on the point
of being laid aside as impracticable, when some
learned Theban luckily hit upon the happy expe-
dient of appointing a committee of three, who
would then divide the responsibility between them,
so that any one member, if complaints were
made of his want of impartiality in select-
ing Miss A. B. and rejecting Miss C. D.,
could with some semblance of plausibility repel the
insinuation and maintain that he had been out-
voted. It was at first proposed to appoint twenty-
five of these beauties, but such an outcry was made
that the committee of management were fain to give
way and consent to an extension of the number,
which was then fixed at fifty, and so it remained.
But as soon as it was bruited about that the only
qualification for a membership of the deputation
was beauty, the committee were deluged with let-
ters from those who considered themselves eligible,
enclosing their portraits in proof of their claims, and

it became oettoini, no sinealse kaltayn to decide,

even oonscientiotialy and impartially, between the
respective claims and merits of 1,780 young ladies,
that being the number of applications said to have
been received by the committee. It was further
elsoided that these fifty beauties should be dressed
uniformly in plain white without any ornaments,
on the principle that 10 woman unadorned 's
adorned the most," and thee they have become to
In Called the "white virgins." For the benefit of
young lady readers I am enabled to give them a
espy of the order regulating their costume on this
eassaion of welcoming royalty, and subjecting them-
selves to criticism from a potentate who enjoys the
amputation of being himself the best judge of beauty
in Berlin. It runs as fellows :—" Low dresses of
white muslin with short sleeves, white muslin
petticoats, white satin shoes, a knot of white
ribbons on the left shoulder ; round the waist a
girdle of gold, and in the heir • wreath of green
lames. The only ornament allowed, earrings, to
the exclusion of rings, brooches, and necklaces."
All persons who wished to see the pageant pass
ware supposed to be in their places by nine o'clock
a.m., for at that 'Mar all the approachliii to the
Linden were cut off by the police, and many, no
doubt, who had paid unconscionable prices for seats,
were disappointed at being shut out, and having to
try in another part of the line. Fortunately for
your correspondent he was in one of the tribunes
' aloes to the Brandenburg Gate, saw the Burgo-
master present the corporation address to the King,
and the "white virgins" crown him with their
wreath of laurel leaves ; and then by a sudden exit
and a rapid drive in a dusky through the
Behren Straw, which runs parallel to the Linden,
was able to enter the best tribune by an outer
door, and saw the troops defile before the King
immediately in front of the tribune.
At half-peat eleven o'clock three open royal
equipages of dark chocolate colour, with six horses
each, drew up at the foot of the tribune. They
contained the Queen Augusta and the Queen
Dowager, as well as the Crown Princess and the
royal children. This tribune was erected just or
posit. the head guard-house and Royal Arsenal'
and on the open ground between the King's palace
and that of the Crown Prince.

About noon the King, attended by a numerous
suite, cantered up the front, and after paying hisde-
-mire to the illustrious ladies seatedin the carriages,
took his station near them, thus allowing nearly
the whole breadth of the square for the troops to
march past, which the infantry did in companies
three deep, the cavalry in squadrons, and the
artillery in double lines ; the troops which took
part in the pageant of to-day being chiefly the
different regiments of the division of the Guards,
the line regiments following to-morrow. When
the signal was given to march past the King, the
troops were headed by tho venerable Field-Marshal
Count von Wrangel, a veteran of eighty years of
age, who earned his spurs in the former French
war, under Blucher, commanded the Prussians in
the first Schleswig-Holstein war in 1849-1850, and
the first part of the late war with Denmark, in-
cluding the redoubts on the heights of Duppel.
This old soldier appears to, be a general favourite of
the inhabitants of Berlin, by whom he is ge-
nerally known under the appellation of " Father
Wrangel." Yesterday I met him in the street,
closely accompanied by a motley group of the un-
washed workmen and gamins, all loudly cheering
him, and the greeting accorded him to-day when
riding up to the King at the head of the Guards
was equally gratifying and vociferous.
The first corps that marched past the King was
the Ist Regiment of Foot Guards,in the same uni-
forms they had worn in the campaign, where they
were in most of the battles in Bohemia, and
suffered great losses, which, as they have not
yet been filled up, showed very reduced ranks. After
them were carried the flags and standards cap-
tured by the army in the different actions with
the Austrians. These elicited great cheering from
the assembled multitudes, as did also two little
boys of 13 and 14 years of age, who had followed
the regiment through the whole of the war, and
now, by the King's special orders, are incorporated
in the regiment, with the usual pay and emoluments.
As the different regiments marched past, the King
frequently beckoned one or two officers and privates
to him, and shook them warmly by the hand, with
a few words of thanks and encouragement, which
always called forth shouts of applause from the
surrounding civilians. Then the Grand Duke
of Mecklenburg came up at the head of
hie contingent, shook hands with the King,
and remained by his side whilst his troops
passed on. These Mecklenburg troops had left
their helmets at home, and gone through the cam-
paign in their undress or foraging cape. Then
came a troop of about 150 men belonging to all
divisions and nearly all regiments ; they had been
slightly wounded, and were about to join their re-
spective corps.
Prince Albrecht, jun., of Prussia, now leads on
the Garde du Corps and the Guard Cuirassiers,
with uniforms that were originally white, but after
going through the hardships of the campaign, and
bivooacting in the mud for many nights, it is
difficult to say of what colour they were
when new. These are followed by one of the crack
regiments in the Prussian army the Guard
Hussars—with red jackets and blue trowsers. Then
come representatives of other light cavalry regi-
ments, most of them cut to pieces, and consisting
now of scarcely a squadron of each—light blue,
green, brown, red, and dark blue hussars. Then
oomes the Guard Artillery with their beautiful
rifled bronze field pieces. This regiment is pre-
ceded by a goat, a general favourite of the soldiers,
and reminding one of a similar animal at the head
of one of our English regiments—if I mistake not
it was the 23rd Welsh Fusiliers. Then more
infantry of the Guard, cavalry and artillery, each
regiment followed by the Meanditres in a sort of
regimental uniform, the doctors and military sur-
geons, &c.
The King was mounted on a beautiful black
Arabian, and was looking remarkably well and in
excellent spirits, as was also the drown Prince.
Amidst the hest of general officers on the ground,
Irecognised General von Moltke, the head of the
staff; and the generals of division von Voigt-
' Rbeets, von Melbe, von Boon (the Minister for
War), and the Prince of Hohenzollern. The
weather could not have been more favourable ; not
a cloud obscured the rays of the sun, winch were
tempered by a gentle zephyr.

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drama.

DBI7BY LANZ.

Drury Leo opened for the sewn on Illstarday
eight, under the Management of Mr. F. ChatteMn, with
Shaliespeare's tragedy of Xing Jake and th sit of
Errors, in which the Brothers Webb appeared two
Bromic*. Haag AM was revived at this house odor the
joint management of Messrs. Chatterton and Falconer on
Baturday, November 4, 1864, and the tnevery, ftners, and
grouping of characters in that revival are stay retains&
Twoimportant alterations, however, have beams& in the
oast. Mr. Barry Sullivan, just returned to gneaild after
several years' absence in Amaral* replaces Mr. Madmen
as Falconbridge, and Mrs. Hermann Venn is sahrtituied
for Min Atkinson as Constance. Xing John is, of coarse,
performed as before by Mr. Phelps, and Prince Arthur has
again a sliver diminutive representative in Marne Percy
Roselle.

Mr. Phelps's King John, as we have said be/m, is one
of his best Shakespearian impersonations. The craft,
terror, and remorse of the character are all powerfully
delineated. The famous scene with Hubert is di/lone of his
most affective passages, remarkable for its wilitlety and elo-
entaanary• power. Master Percy Olhe only en-
durable infant prodigy we have ever seen, is won-
derfully elms and intelligent as Prince Arthur.
-Mn. Hamann Veda% • Cchstence 11.- Wrought,
womanly performinoe, in which the poetry at the auJ3=
is respected ; and Mr. Sullivan's Falconbridge is an excel.
lent portisit of the fiery bastard. Mr. Sullivan was warmly
received, and his talent appears to have mellowed in the
colonise.

The play is produced with peat wade completeness, the
chief features being Mr. Beverley's representations of
Northampton Castle, and the buttoned twwpeF Anglers.,
The glittering mail of the warriors, and the priestly robes
of Cardinal Pandulph and his followers, ere as effective ae
ever. The cannon of the play performed is thi acting
version, in which many allowable liberties are taken with
the text. I

The Comedy of Errors, which follows the nerdy, intro-
duces the• Brothers Webb- as the two Drounos, and the
rensarkelple resenablanee between then two eat& still pro-
' duces the same sensational effect as it did nearly three
years ago at the Princess's Theatre, where they made their
first appearance together in this comedy. Their per-
formance is as spirited as ever, but it may fairly be doubted
whether two Shakespearian plays in one evening is not too
much like a sarfeit of legitimate drama.
The seams at this house being fairly opened, it may not
be out of pleas to quota the promises given by the menage-
ment. Mina Helen Penni has been engaged for twelve
representations, commencing Monday, Nov. 19, during
which she will perform Imogen, Rosalind, Beatrice, Julia
in the Hunchback, and Pauline in the Lady of Lyows.
Two actors new to London, Mr. Talbot, a tragedian, and
Mr. Powris, a Scotch comedian, will make their appear-
ance in the course of the seems ; a new version of Faust,
by Mr. Bugle Bernard, will be produced, in which Mr.
Phelps will play Mephistopheles ; the musical eagagemente
comprise Madame Jenny Bauer, Miss Poole, Miss Rebuts
Isaacs, Mr. Henri Drayton, and Mr. W. Harrison, and
there is some talk of ballad operas, in which Mr. Sims
Beeves will appear.

Atmastaaa. —A new nautical ballet luta been
produced at this Thrifts of Varieties, called The Alhambra
Blue Jaekde, which is an agreeable variation from the old
oonventional ballet, and is remarkable for one of those
realistic scenes which are now the fashion at all the
theatres. Mr. Caleott has constructed and painted the
deck of a man•of.war with the sea in the distanoe, and it
is on the deck of this ship that the dunces, chiefly horn-
pipes, take place. The business of the scene is very life.
like, and half ths young ladies, dressed as sailors, are se
active as real tars in ascending and descending the rigging.
Mr. Rivkin's band, now iaereased to AO, is ate of the
greatest attractions of the Alhambra.

RAILWAY AOcinniarr.—An accident of a Serious
nature, but which fortunately involved little personal
injury, occurred on Friday on the Torbay branch of the
South Devon Railway. The Torquay Gas Company,
whose works are situated midway between the Torquay
and Prignton railway stations, have recently effected ex-
tensive alterations in their premises, and amongst other
improvements have constructed a siding, branching off
from the main line, for the purpose of receiving the coals
consumed at their works, which come by rail from Dart-
mouth. Yesterday morning, when the 9.53 passenger train
from Kingswear was off Frigate'', ono of the workmen,
named Andrews, was at work at the points at the junction
of the siding with the ordinal', line. To facilitate the
job about which he was engaged Andrews had closed
the points, but on hearing the whistle of the train in the,
distance he hastened to open them. A difficulty presented
instill, however, that was not anticipated. A bar of iron
connected with the mash; hail by some unaccountable
means shifted from its proper place, and prevented the
points from opening. Before he had time to remove the
obstruction, the train had reached the signal post, not two
'hundred yards' distance from him. Perceiving 'het all was
not right, the driver, Charles Marsh, thoughtfully and
promptly reversed the engine and blew the break whistle.
The speed of the train was thus considerably reduced, but
there was still sufficient impetus to carry the train on
to the siding, which from the fact of it not having been
properly balasted, and that it had never rooeived so
heavy • weight before, gave way, and the whole
train was jolted off the line, a greaser pars
of the off side of the engine being iried in the earth.
At a distance of about a hundred yards from the abane of
the accident, and at the end of the siding, there is a steep
embankment, over which the tram—Lad it pared a few
yards further on to the siding—must have been carried
into the road beneath. The driver and stoker, William
lierswell, anticipating such a catastrophe, held them-
selves in readiness to leap from the engine before reaching
the brinkof the embankment. Fortunately the passengers,
who were more numerous than usual, a large number of
persons having conic overnight from the Channel Islands
by the steamer Eclair, sustained no injuries except •
severe jolting, and were conveyed from the scene of the
accident bye train from Torquay. One of them jumped
from the carriage in which lie was travelling. on finding
that the train was off the line, and he was cut in the face.
Singularly enough, he was ou his way to Totnes to see one
of his cousins who had been very seriously injured by an
accident on the line near Totnes, that morning. The
damage to the plant in not extensive. The engine, the
Meteor, was badly although not irreparably injured, but
the carriages, four in number, and the luggage van escaped
with little damage. The employes of the Torque* and
Prignton stations, usisrd by a budy of men from Nowtm,
were soon Nally engeged in removing the debris and.
hoisting the engine, which appeared to be firmly imbedded
in the soil. There being no engine below the ease of the
occurrence the traffic from Torquay to Dartmouth was
entirely suspended until the afternoon.— Western Morning
Neer.
LLNOOLNSIIIKZ RAns.—Mr. John Henry Cass-
well, of Laughton, was honoured with gentlemen .from
all parts of England, on Monday, the loth of Septeeriar,
the day appointed for the sale of his long-woolled Omar.
ling rams. The following are some of the figures given :
—No. 10, Mr. Stavely, 221. 10s. ; No. 14, Mr. Garner, 271.;
No. 16, Mr. Parr, Ell. • No. 17, Mr. Tom Creswell, 471. ;
No. 22, Mr. Wilder., 801. ; No. Et, Mr. T. R. Caswell,
221. • No. 24, Mr. Wallace, 241. ; No. 25, Mr. Angell, 201. ;
No. Itt, Mr. J. Smith, fal. ; No. 33, Mr. King, 331. ; No.
39, Mr. Smith, 22/. ; No. 40, for Lord Zethind, 271.; No.
41, Mr. Eve, 221. 10a. • No. 42, Mr. Buyer, IW. 10s. • No.
53, Mr. Tom Caswell, 201. • No. 65, L Sanitb;2ol. ;
No. 66, Mr. A. Tomlinson, 261. Three prices fully juatify
the high estimation in which this dock has been held for
upwards of 70 years. The first 50 averaged 1111. bri and
the 100 shearlings realised the sum of 1,3741. 10a. Mr.
Caswell also exhibited some extraordinary fine ewes,
which girthed no less than six fat.
Dzsgssz IN Sinamr.—A supplement to the London
Gazette of Friday eontaine an order in council, prohibiting
the removal of any sheep or lambs to or from the district
lying to the eastward of • line passing with • north and
south direction through the eastern extremity of the
cement works in the borough of Harwich, in Ewa, and
terminated by the waters of the river Stour and Mill Bay,
and applying to the district so defined all she regulations
of the Act for the Prevention of Contagious or Infectious
Diseases among Sheep, Cattle, and other Animals. The
order in council recites that the sheep pox, or varlola ovine,
mw swag swag the sheep in that art ad &sex the
b of which is defined as above.
Tun ROYAL COMMISSION ON RAILWAYS.--We
understand that, so far as the taking of evidence is eon-
eased, the labours of the Royal Commission on Railways
are at an end. The Royal Commissioners are sow
preparing their report which will be submitted to
i ellpint
meat shortly alter its meeting. The evidence gives
ramped* the Irish railways was printed WPM months
; that embus the English railways will, with the
documents and statistical returns which have boss fur-
nished by the railway companies, make an ereesdingly
bulky blue book.—Biseinny ben.

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