The Express.
London, England, 1866-11-16 00:00:00

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alle Prise by tho mail steanan sailing every Reamisigh
litrisad Ft guineas, awarding,. to the aoomemodatice.
pumps Maeda a MR supply of soaked
for Canada and the United States booted e:as
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Nov. 1, 1906.

rpo IMPORTERS, Shippers, Steam Shipping
I companies, and Consignees o Foreign Goods, by steamers
* ftlierweis into the Port of London.—Tbe prorietors of
POI Trade Wharf, Retail, and Upper Free Trade %bee, Dow-
. pock, Upper Thameretreet, OFFlift FACILITLYB to e
geet—lurtber information may be obtained on application,th by
WV Or In person, to li CLAY and Co., wharengers and ware-
Wee kilepern—Odices, 83, Upper Tbames-street.

HiNDARD ROSPA SPECIMEN CONIFERS, CLIMBING
RANTS, FRUIT TREES, LAURELS, DUTCH BULB 9, doAII
R. J. C. STEVENS will SELL by AUCTION,
at his Great Rooms, 38, King-street, Covent intrden, TO-
ORROW, November 17, at half-past 12 precisely, an nn-
wally one collection of SPECIMEN CuNIFEP.S, 40 lots of first.
die pandlinl ro-es, variegated and ornamental climbing plants,
Waal dwarf and pyramid fruit trees, • great variety of hardy
skate, and an importation from Holland of double and single
lye:Whs. tulips, crotuses, narcissus, Whims, ranunculus, and
Oa hula &c.-0e view the morning of sale, and catalogues
tad

KINAHAN'S LL WHISKY.
DUBLIN EX ITIBITION, 1866.
TIM celebrated old IRISH WHISKY gained the DUBLIN
aim NEDAL.-it is pure. mild, mellow, delleious, and very
Mamma Sold In bottles, Se tld. each, at the retW houses in
lemma. by the agents In the principal towns In England ; or
skylark at p
ly reat Windnull-street, London, W. Obeerve the
MI red, pink el, and cork branded .• Kinnhan's LL Witleky."

lIILOATERS.—TweIve, 28.6 d. ; Twenty-five, 4s. ;
JJ Fifty, tis One Ilundred, as. ; Flee Ilundred, 30a. ; One
floasint, 50s. No charge for collage to London. Cash on de-
lver,. Counti orders pahl in advance. Forwarded by FRF.DIL.
IaRNBY, ash purveyor, Great Yarmouth.

OSBORNE'S STILTON is THE Cheese.

SAUCE`—LE A and
SAU PERRIN 13'
ORCERSIICE.
Tbis delklous condiment. pronounced by
" THE ONLY GOOD SAUCE."
le prepared solely by LEA and rigaRINS.
pablie are repeethally cautioned against armadas' hats.
Soca and should see that Lea and Perrino names are on wrapper,
Oki, bottle, and stopper.
ANK for LEA and PERRINIr SAUCE.
Sold wholesale and for export by the Proprietors, Worcester
Emma. cgoSsE and BLACK Mews. BARCLAY and
lONS, London, &c., and by grocers and oilmen univenally.

OARPETS.—Best Brussels 3s. 6d. per yard
'kJ usual price ss. &I.' Many patterns to select from. Tapes-
by, Kidderminster, Dutch, felts, blankets, aheetings, and door
dvtlis, equally cheap. Also cli,noo%orth furniture being offered
st very reduced prices, to make room fur extensive alterations,
it WM. WAINB3, 131 to i fil, Newington Butts, S.

THE SHILLING CANDLES of the SEASON.
ROCK SPERM, transparent as pandfine. MARBLE SPERM,
Rite, bard. and smooth as alabaster. Both names copyright.
Sole Manufacturers, .1. C. and J. FIELD.
To be had in all sizes, of all dealers, at One Shilling per lb.

OVERCOATS fur the present Season.—The
NEW WINTER OVERetiATS, ut best materials, are kept
hand and male to onkr, at
11Ald I LTDS and KIMPTOICS,
Tailors and usercoat Makers,
106, STRAND, opposite RxeterdtalL

HARRIS'S CRYSTAL SPECTACLES of welL
kuo ii excellence can only be had at 52, Great Russell-
Sate., opposite the British Must tun Gates. The very best steel
Rime Crystal Spec:b.:les. I:cs unpl lt,s —THOMAS HARRIS and
EON CAUTION the "pnblie against 'persons using their name.
Ltablished 17:tn. No trio ellcrs or agents.

TONIC BITTERS.
WATERS' QUININE WINE,
The most palatable and wholeumie bitter In existence.
AN EFFICIEE'I"roNIC,
An unequalled stimuli:hie, and a gentlu stimulant.
Ibld by grocers, Italian uarehou6enten, wine merchants, con-
fectioners, and others, at 30s. a dozen.
Nl:tnutacturfU by
WATERS and W I LLI
!, Martini '-lane, tannon.street, London.
Wholesale Agents, E. Lewis and Co., Worcester.

LAITUE.—The LETTUCE contains an active
principle, the Latncine, which possesses all the soothing
rogation of npiutn without its dangers.—Mr. 0. JOZ.F.AU, French
aletulst. 49, Haymarket, prepares a Syrup and a Pate of Laltue
*lettuce, highly recommended by the Medical Prof esaion for
colds asthma, bronchitis, and all clicq affections. Syrup, 2s. tkL;
?se, Is. lid. and 2 Sd. Pate, by post, Is. Sid and is. rol,

. ova MOLL 001116POIDINT.)
Its is now just possible to form an idea on ap-
ro/4mq the Exhibition works from the Pont
ot the effect that will be produced to the
visitor in April next. The banks of the river to
the west and to the east of the bridge are covered
with workmen. To the east_ will be all the
hydraulic machinery, and hence the water will be
supplied to the park ; to the west, a great covered
wooden landing stage approaches completion. On
the west of the main entrance, the broad and lofty
front of the International Club appears. Topped,
with the tricolor, the roof is being rapidly
covered in and the outline of the bazaars that are to
pe'about the base of the building is now clearly de-
fined. M. Pierre Petit, the photographer to the
Imperial commission, has just photographed the
designs of M. E. Chevalier, after which the club
is building. The exterior has a light and hand-
some appearance, and over the main entrance
tlicre is a design that appears to resemble very
citieely4he group of France protecting Art and In-
thrlstry,'which dominates the main entrance to the
PalaisdirlndustrieintheChampsElyMes. Thedub
adthorities have at length issued a full programme
ortheighitentions ; and an explanation of the end
tliMilllferial commission had in view, when
it Consented to extend its protection over them.
The object, we are told, is to bring the manu-
facturers of all nations together, "in order to faci-
litate the realisation of that great unity, the
foundation of which has been laid by the recent
commercial treaty." The vast central hall, or Salle
des Pas-perdus, is to be a universal exchange of
commercial ideas. Here " the practical men of
every country are to discourse on commerce and
initiate new branches of trade." On all sides
writing desks will be arranged, where agreements
will be drawn up, or where suggestions may be put
down in black-and-white. Men of business may
each have their private letter-boxes. Information
of every conceivable description relating to the
Exhibition will be kept ready to the member's
hands. A private telegraph service held in commu-
nication with the more important Stock Exchanges
of Europe, will keep the members informed on the
prices of the day, at the earliest possible
hour ; and will enable them to communi-
cate from their club with the moat dis-
tant parts of the continent ; nay, from
his dub-hall by the banks of the Seine, the Ameri-
can citizen will be able to speak to his agent at
New York. The great club-hall is to be the ex-
change of the merchandise of the world—a model
exchange, where business transactions will be car-
ried on in sight of the very products which create
them." In addition, all the ordinary conveniences
of a first-class club are promised. The qualifications
for admission are reasonable enough. " All ex-
hibitors will have the right to be admitted to sub-
scribe as members of the club ; persons who do
not exhibit will also be admitted, provided they are
presented by two exhibitors, or by their diplomatic
agents, or consuls in Paris."
The club executive will act as intermediary agent
between members and the Exhibition authorities.
The club committee undertake to arrange the stalls
of their members and to watch over them. They
will buy and sell, and appoint new foreign agents.
They undertake to find lodgings for members. They
will effect insurances and take out patents. A
bank is to be established in the club, where mem-
bers can open current accounts. These are the
more important advantages which the " Interna-
tional Club of the Champ de Mars" has to offer to
foreiThergners.
e are dozens of happy enthusiasts who are
dreaming that next year will bring them an
immense fortune. One man is to reach his
Eldorado through the manufacture of glass cases ;
while another is to become rich by laying in an ex-
traordinary store of hams for the millions of
foreigners. But not only in Paris does the golden
dream prevail. I hear that Mr. Bass is brewing a
pale ale that is to be nicely suited to the taste of
the foreigner as well as the Englishman, and that
is to be called the Exhibition Pale Ale. Every
person who has a project in hand, or an idea need-
ing ventilation, turns to the Champ de Mars. The
last development of the mania is a petition from
a certain number of Parisian ladies of distinction
to the Imperial commissioners, praying for the con-
cession of apace in the park, where they may hold
a permanent bazaar in favour of the victims of the
late inundations. The object in view is a worthy
one. But is an international exhibition exactly
the place for carrying it out? The park is much
over-crowded already. Now that the buildings
planned about it are mostly in a forward state,
there appears to be danger of its becoming mere
rows of buildings, with patches of trees and flowers
intervening. Some of the buildings are of great
extent, the Egyptian temple and dependencies,
over which the flag of the Viceroy of Egypt is
planted, for example. To the left of the main en-
trance the great edifice for the exhibition of
ecclesiastical ornaments, the highly ornate Impe-
rial reception rooms, a lofty light-house and loftier
chimneys, almost fill up the space. The patches of
green between are narrow and insignificant. The
rise and fall of the land has been managed with
great artistic skill, especially where the park dips
to the basin on the east ; but still the buildings
overwhelm the park, at least in this direction ; and
there is certainly no room for a bazaar.
The emblazonment of the arms of various na-
tions and towns and cities on the outer pillars of
the Exhibition building gives the gaiety to its
appearance which it much wanted. The great hall
which is to lead from the main entrance to the
central court is now progressing at a rapid rate ;
and the fine proportions of this main feature of the
Exhibition are now faintly realizable to the
spectator's eye. The glazing and flooring are
progressing in downright earnest, and broad
finished galleries stretch on all aides, ready to the
exhibitor's hand. With such rapidity, indeed, is
every part of the plan now advancing, that the
authorities feel confident of being easily ready for
the appointed opening day. The amount of work
that has been done during the last two months is
extraordinary. The railway station, the river
!landing stages, the club, the long eastern gallery
I for the exhibition of railway material, and bread-
making, and the immense remise for carriages,
have been run up as if by enchantment. Every
day there is perceptible progress.
Of the catalogue controversy much has been said
and written since I despatched my last letter. But
neither the writing nor the speaking has been of
a highly satisfactory character. I can get not the
least clue to any plans for the preparation of an
official English catalogue. The English Royal
Commissioners will, of course, be at liberty to
publish and distribute within the building a
catalogue of the contents of the English section of the
building ; but I have reason to believe that only
a few days ago the manner of publishing the
English catalogue had not been decided upon. It
is a heavy speculation, and I am afraid that the
price of concessions for official exhibition cats-
logues has gone down in our market. They have
not been found, I suspect, mines of wealth. The
mistake has been, in the matter of catalogues,
always on the part of exhibition authorities.
They have been too grasping. They have im-
posed conditions and have exacted prices which
have not left a fair margin of profit to the con-
tractors. I am afraid M. Dentu has paid too
dearly for his monopoly, but I cannot understand
how the recent note in the Mortiteur can serve
him. Is it fair to condemn individual enterprise
as the note in question condemned it t The mean-
ing of the words in the lifoniteur has be
een
not be
ene-
rally misunderstood. Why should ther
any number of independent guides to the Exhibition
of 1867 1 The Imperial commissioners are lords
absolute over all that lies within the Exhibition
bounds. The English as well as the French

public understand perfectly that only those
catalogues or descriptive guides which the com-
missioners favour can be sold within the build-
ing or the park. They are not likely to be
duped by independent speculators in handbooks,
and there is no reason therefore why they should
be asked not to give such independent speculations
their support. In 1861, 1855, and lastly in
1862, independent descriptive guides that proved
of great use to the mass of visitors were issued.
The most notorious instance of the use of private
enterprise in supplying the shortcomings of Exhibi-
tion authorities is that to which I have directed
the attention of your readers in a previous letter
In 1855, the French authorities issued no English
official catalogue whatever. The want of such a
catalogue was severely felt. There are thousands
of commercial Englishmen who cannot read the
French language : there were many more in 1855
than there are now. Certainly a faithful transla-
tion of the French official catalogue would not
have been of very great service, since this catalogue
remained a puzzle to most Frenchmen. Late in
the Exhibition season some private individuals
speculated in an English descriptive guide, which
had to be hastily thrown together. Surely, then, it
is neither prudent, nor grateful to endeavour to
stamp out private enterprise by a wholesale
official condemnation of it. We shall ail rejoice
and be thankful for a good English catalogue from
the hands of M. Dentu next April. We shall be
glad, I apprehend, to learn next November that
he has made a profitable speculation in Exhibition
catalogues. But should his catalogues prove im-
perfect, and should private independent speculators
produce descriptive guides of more value to visitors
than his official publications, in spite of the warn-
ing of the Mottireur the independent writers and
compilers will prevail over his. They will not be
able to sell within the Exhibition boundary • but
the opportunities for sale without the boundary will
be plentiful enough. It is a pity that this contro-
versy between official catalogue makers and unoffi-
cial guide compilers should have been raised, and
especially that it should have been embittered by
the harsh Moniteur note ; for it cannot possibly
serve the interests of the proprietor of the official
catalogue on the one hand, nor, on the other,
can it influence the judgment of the public in the
long run.
It is curious to remark the various ways in which
the idea of giving great prizes "in favour of the
persons, localities, or establishments which, by a
special organization or special institutions, have
developed a spirit of harmony among all those co-
operating in the same work, and have provided for
the material, moral, and intellectual well-being of
the workman "—it is curious, I repeat, to remark
the various ways in which this proposition has
been received and commented on. Ten prizes of
4001. each, and a grand prize of 4,0001., are tempt-
ing to utopian designers. The idea has been very
generally attributed to the Emperor. His Majesty
may be even a competitor, since 1 rind him inscribed
as an exhibitor, I think of the 10th group. On
the ono hand, the International Congress of
Working Men recently held at Geneva is
supposed to have " inspired" the idea ; and on the
other hand, it is maintained that it is the natural
crown of the Exhibition edifice. I am decidedly
inclined to the conclusion that this last plan, which
has emanated from the Imperial Commissioners'
offices, has grown naturally out of that part
of the Exhibition plan which gives so large and
honourable a place to labour in the forthcoming
Exhibition. It has a very Napoleonic look about
it. It is bold. It is essentially French. It is in
harmony with the imperial policy. It is an ex-
pression of most sympathetic concern for the well-
being of the toiling millions. It is just the kind of
idea in which the French mind (which has ever a
strong bend towards social Utopias, and has made
many daring experiments in quest of them) would
revel in. While French competitors will dream of
brotherhoods, and contrive many forms of amiable
social life, free from the care of want and
the degradation of vice, the English mind will
enter the competition bristling with statistics
and almost ashamed of the least sentiment. By
accident I have just lit upon the Euri/irdr Mee/emir
for November. Touching upon these prizes, the
Mechanic says :—" Two things the competition will
do—it will enable a great many folks to blow their
own trumpets, and it will let in a flood of light on the
management of a great many works and partner-
ships of labour concerning which but very little is
now known. And it is in this last aspect of the
affair that good will be done." The writer then
advises " a general furbishing up of all our gigantic
factories, and all our co-operative societies, more
particularly such places as the Messrs. Greening's,
the United Tailors', &c. ; for they may all enter
for the race with their statistics jockeyed by
the respective managers ; and who knows but
one may win the four thousand pounds for
our side of the Channel." The list of
schemes for the greatest happiness of the
greatest numbers will be an exceedingly curious
one. Some good will be done, by putting
together in direct contrast the ideas of various
races on the subject of labour and wages, and
capital, popular education, the maintenance of
the poor, savings, systems of trade, &c. Some
useful wisdom may be filtered out of the mass of
schemes ; and, in any case, the moral effect of such
a contest—a contest in quest of Christian kind-
ness, of the good of the whole family of man—will
remain after next year ; and a link will be esta-
blished among the benevolent minds of many
nations.
It is no longer a joke. The witlings of the
petite preset must cease their banter. There is to
be a line of conveyance through the air to the
Exhibition. The talk about a chemist de fer aerien
is quite serious. It is to stretch from Paris to St.
Cloud, dropping travellers, I presume, at the Pont
de ]'Alma. The inventor is M. Seguin ; and the
engineer who is to realise M. Seguin s invention is
M. Giffard, the known inventor of a tubular boiler.
Moreover, the plain of Ilillancourt has been rented
for the display of balloons, among which M.
Nadar'a Gt;aut is to figure.
The literary world of France is also to have its
i share of the glory of 1867, in the shape of a won-
derful book on Paris which is preparing under the
auspices of Victor liugo's publishers. The variou
features of the capital are to be treated by the fore-
most writers of the day. George Sand, for instance,
is said to have undertaken the promenades of
Paris ; Hugo is to write the preface, albeit he
would hardly know his Paris now. You may judge
how tierce the contest for lod,,ings is becoming
already, by the fact that nearly all the rooms in the
Grand Hotel arc retained fur the Exhibition sea-
son. The Count of nders has hired a wing fur
himself and suite. Arakne Houssaye—no inhabi-
tant of a French Grub-street—has let his little
hotel to a Peruvian family, from next April till
the close of the season, for 3(1,000 francs. Among
the curiosities announced as on their way to the
Champ de Mars, are oyster shells, fished in the
Indian Ocean, that are one metre in length, and
weigh 200 lbs. Mr. Rule, of Maiden-lane, should
send his to the competition.

THE ROYAL MAIL STEAMSHIP ATEATO.—SOUTH-
AMPTON, T111:11i1)Alr EVENING.—The Royal Mail steam-
ship Atrato remains at the MotherbaWiblink.
the After the
ship arrived there on Tuesday Dr. n, medi
superintendent of quarantine, had the crew, over 50 in num-
ber, including the convalescents and the doctor of the ship,
who had suffered from an attack of yellow fever, removed
to the quarantine hulk Menelaus. A boy named Tiller was
taken ill yesterday on boardthe Menelaus, and to-day symp-
toms of yellow fever have developed themselves. This boy
had a slight attack on the 3rd inst., and was certified as
cured the course of two or three days. It is impossible to
say with any degree of precision what further quarantine
restrictions it may now be deemed necessary to impose
upon the passengers and crew of the Atrato until the
orders of the Lords of the Privy Council are received
here. With the exception above-mentioned, all are doing
well on board the Menelaus, and the passengers an
in the A.trato continue in the best state of health.d others

We are requested by the Jamaica Committee to
publish the following correspondence which has pared be-
tween Messrs. Sheen and Broca, their solicitors, and Mr. •
Coleridge, with reference to the retainer which was
accepted by the latter gentleman from the committee, but
objected to by Mr. Bose. The ibst letter was addressed
by Mears. Sheen and Roscoe to Mr. Coleridge :
8, Bedford-row, Nov. 2.
Dear Sir,—ln reference to the objection which has berm
taken by Mr,licsie to the retainer which we have left with
you on behalf of the Jamaica Committee, we, of course, _
have no ',Shin take any opinion or decision exceit your own ;
and in reference to it we venture to submit that the
Jamaica Committee, Si is well known from its advertise.
'neut. and other printed papers, resists of Messrs. J. B.
Mill, M.P., P. A. Taylor, M.P., treasurer, F. W. Cholera,
hon. secretary, and others ; and that if they are incapable
of retaining counsel, it must, of course, be upon grounds ,
equally applicable to all other voluntary societies.
As a matter of fact, such societies have been constantly

in the habit of tendering retainers, which have been as r
constantly accepted and acted upon by counsel for many
years. Some months ago Mr. E. James, Q.C. M.P., and
bin Pitsjames Stephen accepted retainers on behalf of the
Jamaica Committee. It is, perhaps, not altogether imam-
terial that in this particular case, after we had left the
Wainer at your chambers, a correspondence ensiled in
reference to it which resulted in a note from yourself, •
intimating that you accepted the retainer.
As a matter of reason it is frequently quite as ill3=
to a voluntary association to retain the services of •
as to a corporate body or an individual. It is nnneosie
sary to do more than refer to the litigation which has of
late years been becoming more and more frequent and im-
portant, cannoned with provisional committees for the
formation of joint-stock companies. In Chancery', indeed, '
voluntary associations are every day parties to litigation,
as they are also as individual members in the courts of
common law. We happen at the present moment to be
engaged in acme of considerable importance in Chancery,
in which the Bishop of Natal is plaintiff, while the detail-
, dents are the council of the Colonial Bishopric Fund, a
voluntary body without any incorporation or legal status
to distinguish it from the Jamaica Committee.
If the objection is good it is good against all volun-
tary associations, and this would, in fact, outlaw all
societies for the promotion of literature, science, and the •
fine arts, and all clubs, and all the numerous societies
which are formed for the express purpose .1 enforcing cer-
tain branches of the law, such as the Society for the Sup-
pression of Vice, for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animal,
the Society for the Protection of Women, Am
Should you deem it advisable that the question shall be
submitted to the Attorney-General, we shall be glad if
you will kindly lay before him this letter as what we
have to say on the subject.—We are, dear sir, yours faith-
fully, (Signed) SHACK and Beacon.
To this letter Mr. Coleridge replied as follows :
Westminster Hall, Nov. 3.
Dear Sirs,—l consider your retainer binding, and, for
my own part, think there is nothing at all in Mr. Rose's
objection. I shall take no steps in the matter, but if I
em told by the Attorney-General that I am bound as a,
matter of professional rule to act fur Mr. Byre, of course I
must do so. I can hardly conceive be will tell me so, and
I shall not myself ask him any questions. Why, under
the circumstances, it is thought the least worth while on
either side to contest the matter I cannot understand ;
but that is no concern of mine.— Believe me to be, your
faithful servant,
(Signed) J. D. COLFRIDGE.
On learning the decision of the Attorney-General, Mr.
Sheen wrote the following letter to Mr. Coleridge :
Nov. 10.
Dear Sir,—The Attorney-General has stated it to be hie
opinion that the retainer of Mr. 1:ose does, and that the
retainer of my firm does not, prevail. 1 took the liberty
of requesting the Attanney-Oeueral to let me know the
grounds of his opinion, but he declined to do so, saying
that such a course was not usual.
If you consider yourself bound by this opinion I must of
course submit, but I respectfully protest, on behalf of mr
clients, that they ought not uon unexplained and team-
cal grounds, to lose the benefit of a retainer which ha.
been given and accepted in good filth. I have always
understood that the relations between counsel and client
were founded, not upon any law of contract,
but upon an honourable understanding, and that
the etiquette of the bar, which I presume regulates
the practice as to retainers, was designed only to protect
counsel from conduct unbecoming gentlemen. If I am
right in this, I venture to submit that the retainer which
was given in the case by my firm forms an honourable
understanding which cannot he upset by the offer of a
retainer which is substautially that of another com-
mittee, who have already requested you in vain to lend
I then, the support of your name. If any retainer is to be
upset ou account of ally peculiarity in its wording, then
in the name of the profession I protest against the in-
troduction or the maintenance of unpublished technical
rules upon is subject in which they are unnecessary
and for which they are unfitted. If my retainer is to he
upset on the ground that stall a body as the Jamaica
Committee is unable in any form to retain counsel,
then in the name of the general public I protest absinst
a doctrine which rests upon no intelligible grounds,
which if enforced universally would practically outlw
vast numbers of associations formed to promote the best
interests of society, and which is in fact violated by the
everyday practice of the leaders of the profession.-1 mu,
dear sir, yours faithfully, •
(Signed)
Mr. Coleridge replied as follows
The Atbennum, Nov. 12.
Dear Sir,—l regret the decision at which the Attorney-
General bas arrived, but you will remember I told you
some time ago that, whatever his decision, I should feel
myself bound by it, whether I agreed with it or not. I
must adhere to that determination. I cannot set myself
agair.st the authority of the head of the bar, in a matter
as to which be is the recognised judge. I hope you will
see, as plainly as I do, that it is rurally of extremely little
consequence.—Believe me to be your faithful servant,
(Signed) J. D. Cott:name.

WILLIAM SHAEN.

?dears. Sham and Roscoe.

IRISH MILITIA AND MR. EVRE.--TIIC following
is published in the Belfast ;wipers :—" The Eyre IJefence
and Aid Fund, London, Nov. le. - Sir,—. In acknowledging
the receipt of your letter of the Bth inst., giving cover to a
cheque for 241. lls. subscribed by the orlicers, Jneiro:nulls-
stoned officers, and men of the Royal Down Rifle Regiment
of Militia to this fund, I am directed by the committee to
request that you will be good enough to convey to the
regiment its very sincere thanks and sppreciation of the
motives which induced them to contribute so handsomely
towards the defence of Mr. Erre. Your letter I shall
Lave great pleasure in transmitting to him. It will be a
source of much comfort to hint in his troubles to find so
many noble men rallying round him to protect him from
the cowardly and un.Englivb proecedinge of the so-called
Jamaica Committee.—lrelieve me very faithfully yours,
Wien:roe iit.llE, hon. sitcretary.—Captain G. Conyngham
Stuart."
GUN ACCIDENT TO MR. PY.ASE, P.—A lament-
able accident occurred to Mr. J. W. Pease, one of the par-
lianientai y member% for South Durham, on Tuesday afser-
noon last. The lion. member, who was on a visit at
Whitley Hall, in the West Riding at Yorkshire, the
residence of Mr. E. A. Leathern, was out hear
h
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party of gentlemen shooting in the grounds
the hall. Mr. l'ease was a little in advance of
the rest of the party when a pheasant rose, at which
Mr. Tew (of the hire of Jlessr.. I.euthant, Tew,and Co.,
banker., Wakefield), when the bird was just getting on the
wing, fired, and a considetable portion of the shot with
which the gun was charged hit Mr. Pease instead of the
bird. The Lou. gentleman was Lit in the thighs, the
lower part of the body, and in the left arm. We need
hardly add that the sail accident excited great alarm, and
prompt means were adopted to render relief to the suf-
ferer. Mr. Marsden, a surgeon. was immediately ob-
tained, and Mr. reuse was removed to Whitley liall. The
injury which the hon. gentleman Las received appears not
to he of a very serious character, auil the report yesterday
as to his condition was that he was going on favourably.
BEATING A HORSE WITH A Gus.—On Wednes-
day afternoon last Dr. tiny, the coroner for the Doncaster
district of the West Riding, held an inquest at Awkley,avil-
lage three miles to the south of Doncaster, to inquire into
the cause of the death of John Wastnedge, aged 18 years,
who met with injuries which resulted in his death from a
beating a horse with a loaded gun. Thin
his
had
loaded gun ink is possession a day or two exo, and was
close to
gimpwood when he noticed a fellow-servant
ploughin in a field. lie went up and appears to have as-
sisted to attach a third hone to tic plough. To starc it
he struck it with the stock end of the gun, and in doing
so the gun went off, and the contents struck his right
arm, shattered it very much, and at the same time set
fire to his clothes. Firth, the servant who was ploughing,
at once removed him to the house of his master, Mr. Little.
wood, of Hempel°, and subliequently he was removed to
his father's house at Awkley, where be died. The jury
returned a verdict that the deceased met with his death
from injuries caused by a gunshot wound. The Coroner,
at the close of the inquiry, made some pertinent remark'
upon the fatal cases that have recently occurred in York-
shire from the incautious use of firearms.
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