The Express.
London, England, 1867-10-09 00:00:00

EPISCOPAL CHARUES.

Dr. Jenne, Bishop of Peterborough, commenced.
his primaiit:sitation yesterday afternoon in his eathedral
church. The cathedral body met the bishop at the west
front about noon, and a procession was formed which
advanced up the nave singing the psalm, " I was glad
when they said unto me, we will go into the Reuss of the
Lord." After the wen :ce for the day, the bishop and his
chaplains, with the dean and chapter, the &angelica and
archdeacons of the diocese, repaired to chain provided for
them it:thin the communion rails, the dolly and members
of the cathedral body, the parochial clergy and church.
wardens remaining as upon their first entering the choir.
The Bishop of Ripon met the clergy of Leeds dia•
trict in the Leeds parish church on Monday. There
was a large attendance of clergy, and in the nave of the
church there was a goodly sprinkling of the general public.

GMAT FIRE AT DUNDEE.

DUNDEE, TIMMY EV1311210.

A great Sre broke out to-night at Stephens and
Sons' and Brown and Bimpeon's ship-bnikLing yards,
Dundee• Three ships on the stocks were burnt. The loss
is estimated at 6,000/. The owners are insured. Tre-
mendous excitement prevails in the town. The military
have been called out, and the ships in the port have been
unmeored to save them from the flames, se the fire is still
burning, and a good braise Is blowing.

THE

LONDON.

It appears from the return issued by authority
of the Registrar-General, that in the week that ended on
Saturday Let 4,084 births and 2,684 deaths were re-
giatered in Loridon and in twelve other large towns of the
United Kingdom. The annual rate of mortality was
23 per 1,000 persons living. The annual rate of mor-
tality hat week was 20 per 1,000 in London, 26 in Bdin-
burgh, and 22 in Dublin ; 19 in Bristol, 26 in Birmingham,
26 in Liverpool, 29 in Manchester, 28 in Salford, 20 in
Sheffield, 29 in Leeds, 27 in Hull, 29 in Newcastle-upon-
Tyne, and 24 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 23 per
1,000 during the week ending the 28th ult., when the
mean temperature was 0.3 deg. Fahrenheit lower than in
the same week in London, where the rate was 20. The
2,262 deaths returned last week in the ten large English
towns, including London, showed a decrease of 169 upon
those of the previous week ; and the deaths from diarrheas,
which in the three previous weeks had been 577, 436,
and 336, further declined last week to 222,
which, however, is still above the average for
this time of year, more especially when the recent
remarkably low temperatures be taken into consideration.
The annual death-rate from this disease during last week,
which was little more than one per 1,000 in London, Liver-
pool, and Bristol, was 4 in Shefield, and 5 in Manchester
and Salford, Birmingham, and Leads. In London the
births of 1,074 boys and 963 girls, in all 2,057 children,
were registered in the week. In the corresponding weeks
, of ten years 1857.66 the average number, corrected for
increase of population, is 1,967. The deaths registered
in London during the week were 1,182. It was the
fortieth week of the year; and the average number of
deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase
of population, 1,266. The deaths in the prment return
are lees by 84 than the estimated number. Under
the influence of a lower temperature the mortality from
die/Than and cholera has decreased. Last week the
deaths of 68 children and 10 adults from diarrhoea, and the
deaths of 5 children from cholera or choleraic diarrhoea were
reit:stored. The greatest number of deaths from diarrhoea
during the present year occurred in the week which ended
31st August, when 226 persons were con:ed off by the
disease ; in the four following weeks the numbers were
198 203, 114, 108. The greatest number of deaths from
cholera occurred in the week which ended 14th September,
when 25 fatal cases were registered ; in the two following
weeks the numbers were 12 and 15. Last week 11 deaths
from diarrhea* occurred in the west, 9 in the north, 10 in
the central, 24 in the east, and 24 in the south districts.
In the corresponding week of last year the deaths from
diarrhora were 69, and from cholera 182. Eleven deaths
from small-pox, 12 from measles, 30 from scarlatina, and
42 from typhus were registered last week. The deaths of
seven persons who wets killed by hones or carriages in the
street, wen registered.

THR Coma AT Ituanux..—The Queen attended
divine service in the church of Crathie on Sunday last.
Her Majesty was accompanied by their Royal Highnesses
Prince and Primo.' Christian, Princess Louise and Prince
Leopold ; and attended by the ladies and gentlemen of the
court, including the Marchioness of Ely (Lady-in-Waiting),
the Hon. Mrs. Gordon, the Hon. Harriet Phipps, Sir
Thomas and Lady Biddulph, Sir Stafford Northcote,
Colonel Ponsonby. dm The Abergeldie pew was occu-
pied by his Excellency Monsieur and Madame Van de
Weyer and family. The Rev. Malcolm Taylor preached
from Luke R., I, the last clause of the verse, " There was
no room for them in the inn." The attendance was not
so large as it bas been for some weeks past, most of the
strangers having now left Baader and Bummer.
THZ LAIR SIR THOMAS TROUBRIDOZ.—The
mortal remains of this distinguished baronet were re-
mo -ed from the family mansion at Queen's-gate, South
Kensington, yesterday morning, for interment at Kennel-
green Cemetery. It was expected the deceased would
have been boned with military honours, but owing to
the wishes of the family the ceremony was strictly private
there only being present several relatives and personal
friends of the lamented deceased.

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Tae SANITARY CONDITION OF THE CITY. —At
the meeting of the City Commissioners of Sewers, held at
the Guildhall, yesterday Dr. Letheby, the Medical
Officer of Health, presented returns relating to 553 houses
that had been inspected during the past week, and sub-
mitted lists of 58 places which required rushers. imrove-
went* The inspector of shipping had inspected 38 ships,
and found them all in good sanitary condition. The
markets and slaughter-houses bad been duly inspected,
and the commissioners' officers had condemed 2,40916 a of
meat as unfit for human food. It consisted of 13 sheep, 25
pigs, 2 calves, 10 quarters of beef, and 4 joints of
meat ; 1,69C1b5. of it were diseased, 2371ba. were
putt:d, and 47416 e. were from animals that had died from
occident or disease, all of which had been destroyed in the
usual manner. Last week there were 46 births and 32
deaths registered in the City. The quarterly returns were
much below the average (411 for the corresponding week
of the last 10 years. Thirteen of the deaths were among
childless of less than five years of age, and seven were
among persona at GO sad upwards. The chief causes of
death were as follows—Phthisis, 4 ; mesenteric &seam,
4 ; bronchitis, 5 ; pneumonia, 2 ; continued fever, 1 ;
scarlet fever, 3 ; and croup, 1 • besides 3 from dim rhom.
Them returns, the repast stated, indicated a satisfactory
state of health. _

SomirrY or Eflontianti.—At the first meeting
of the members for the session 1867.68, bold on Monday
evening last, the president, Mr. W. H. Le Feurre, alluded
to the question of the Inoorpomtion of the society by
registration under the Companies Act, 1862, and stated
that the matter would be fully considered at • special
meeting of the council to be held at the offices of the
society on Friday, the Ilth inst. A paper was read by
Mr. Swing hfrtheson " On the Quality of Iron as at Pre-
sent." A dilemma= took place on Mr. Vaughan Pendred's
p .per on water tube boilers (read on the 6th of May last).
The two following gentlemen were balloted for sad duly
elected as members, viz., Mr. William James Caldwell and
Mr. Charles Jones. The names of eighteen candidates for
election at the next ballot were announced.

A VOLUNTEER MARKER SHOT.—OR Saturday,
daring the practice of some members of the Blaakbeen
Rifle Volunteers, at the Audley range, an old man, nsinti
Peter Haworth, was accidentally shot by Private Titley.
He had acted as a marker fcr- some t'lne, and the accident
appears to have been the result of negligence on his own
pmt. He sl-ould have carried the " danger flog" in his
hand whilst going from his hut to clean the target : but
instead of doing so, it would seem that he hurriedly stuck
the signal in the ground, and while his back was turned
it was blown down by the wind, and the firing continued
as usual. There is • considerable fall in the ground
between the hut and the target, and as the firing was at
the 600 yards range, the poor fellow was not seen till
after the shut had been tired. Immedia.aly afterwards
he was observed to throw rp his bands, and after running
• short distance, fell on roe ground, when it was dime.
vered that the bullet had gone throogh his left thigh.
THE CAITLE PLAGUE IN NORFOLK. —The Norfolk
CALI, Plagre Association held a anal meeting at Norwich
on Saturday, Mr. C. S. Reed, M.P., preeldiwt. The sub-
committee reported that the asioint received from sub.
sm:ptioos had been 7,5041.; from rates, 18,0881- ; and from
interest, 461/. ; making a total of 26,053/. The amount of
compensation paid fo- 4,006 cattle had been 20,3681. ; and
the woraing expenses, including the oast of expea:ments,
had been I,24ll.—making the total outlay 21,609(. Of
the balance of 4,4441., it was proposed that 4,0001. should
be invested in Consols, in the name of three trustees, in
order that in the event of the reappearance of the rirder-
pest in Norfolk, ttere might be a fund available for the
relief of sufferers. The .eport was adopted, and the
proceedings awed with a cordial vote of thanks to the
chairman.
PLOUGHING Msrenas.—ln spite of the hardness
of the ground caused by the excessively dry weather
several matches have taken place during the past week at
Wish,* St. Mary, Pangbourne, Torrington St. Clement's,
and Langrick. The All England prises ware won by the
ploughman sent by Mews. Ramming and Sims. At Pang.
bourne the ploughs were tested by • dynamometer, when
it was found that the one used by Messrs. Ranaome's man
(Barker) ems much lighter is dntaght thea say other
piough ia the add.

(TWOPENCE

PAPAL EXPLOSION ON THE aroma
LONDON RAILWAY.

Yesterday afternoon Dr. Lankeater held an
inquest relative to the death of John Platt, who last hie
life by the explosion which took piece et the Highbury
coal depot of the North London Railway at an early hour
on Monday morning. Mr. Cooper solicitor, attended in
I the interest of the North London Railway Company.
ADMr the jury had viewed the body and visited the scene
of the explosion, Elizabeth Platt, the wife of the deceased,
gave eiidimnes of ideatineation. She stated that he ake
40 yeas of age. George Cooke, • coal porter employed by
Meade. Les and Co., cad merthanto, in whose occupation
the cod depot was at the thee dlb accident, was next
examined, and deposed to having found the body of the
deceased in the debris. In reply to the coroner, he said he
was not aware that the deceased had ever over-weighted
the valve, but he had heard him say that it wee not at all
unlikely that the engine would bunt as it was an old one.
He had also heard the deceased my that the boiler leaked.
that it had been examined and condemned, and that a new
one was required. Thomas Soother, who was employed
to put the trucks of coal on the eradle-lift, which was
worked by the engine, rested that the explosion weaned
immediately after the thirteenth truck had been rained.
He was entering the en6;ne-house at the time, and
was thrown on his hands and knees among the bricks
in which the engine was fixed. He had never heard the
deceased say that there was a flaw is the boiler. Dr.
Cribb, being examined, elated that them were several
lacerated wound, on the body of the deceased, end that
death resulted from rupture of the heart. At the request
of the coroner, John Scott, rmeW foreman of the
North London Railway Company's loomedve works at
Bow, came forward and gave evidence as to the state of the
boiler at the time of the explosion, He stated that the
engine was plated at the earl depot twelve years age. He
saw it six or eight months before the explosion, and it
was then in proper working order. He had examined it
ninon Platt's death, end found that • part of the iron at
the bottom was thinner than the remainder, but be could
not account for the circumstance. They could nos examine
the underside of the boiler without removing the
brickwork in which it was imbedded. Humphrey
Lamb, a boiler-maker in the employ of the North London
Railway, was next examined. He Aged that he examined
the interior of the boiler three menthe:is and found ao
flaw in it. He had not tested the , because sta-
tionary engines were not tested. The Coroner 'eked, did
they allow the engines to work till they bust? The wit-
nem replied in the negative, adding that with stationery
engines the first evidence of a defect was leakage in the
tube. He had not received any complaint from Platt as
to the state of the engine in question. John Young, an
employe on the North London Railway, stated that al-
though the ordinaly preemie of the engine was 501 be. to
the inch, he bad sees the deceased working it at 751 be.,
the valve being weighted by two bricks and a piece of iron.
He cautioned him, and reported his conduct at Bow. He
heard the deceased imbeequently say that he could safely
work the mike at • preesme of 100lbe. to the inch. The
Coroner said he would adjourn the inquiry, and write to
the Home Secretary, to ask that • government inspector
should be mint to examine the boiler. The inquiry was
asoordingly adjourned for • week.

Tim Taut, or Ins MANCHWITER Fsitwrs.—
A special commission has been issued, under the
seal of the Duchy of Lancaster, for the trial of per-
sons charged with having taken part in the late
macre of prisoners at Manchester. Two of her
Majesty's puisne judges will proceed to Manchester
for that purpose, and will probably commence their
sittings on the 28th instant.
FATAL AOCIDZICT AT FlNLloo.—Yesterday at
noon a lamentable accident whesebT two men lost their
lives, and one other was seriously injured, happened at
the Grosvenor Wharf, Pimlico, which place is in the oc-
cupation of Mews. Fabbriocitti, Garrard' marble mer-
chants. Three men were at work upon the construction
technically termed a " traveller," removing a huge block
of marble. Tim " traveller" is a powerful engine which
rune on rails laid over an elevated framework, so that any
heavy weight being raised from the ground by the grapnel
chains depending from the engine can be moved with it as
suspended along the high framework to or from the land-
ing stage, ker. The " traveller "in question was about 28
feet from the ground. Two men, named severally James
Lambert and James Bright, with one other, were working
the engine to raise • heavy mans of unable, when the
framework gave way and they were all precipitated to the
ground. Bright and Lambert fell beneath the huge broken
timbers and the ruins of the traveller ; both of them were
terribly mutilated, but neither of them was dead. Their
fallow-workmen at the wharf soon extricated them from
their painful position. Bright was taken on a stretcher to
Westminster Hospital, when he was directly admitted by
Mr. C. Winckworth, the house surgeon. Dr. Holthouse
deemed it neomeary that both the sufferer's arms should
be amputated. Bright expired under the operation from
exhaustion. Lambert was removed to Bt. George's Hos-
pital, where he died soon after admission. The other man
had one arm badly injured and was much bruised, but he
is now out of danger.

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT BIAILEITZ.—A private
letter from • lady at Biarritz thus speaks of the accident
which occurred to the Empress on the 4th at Soooa, close
to St. Jean de Luz :—" The Empress, who is err, fond of
excursions on the water, embarked at Biarritz on the 4th,
with the Prince Imperial, a naval officer, a pilot, a crew'
and two gentlemen attached, I believe, to the court.
All went on very well at first in the daytime, but as
it grew late the wind rose and there was a heavy surf
on the shore. The pilot, who was a Basque, and
knew the coast well, made • suggestion to the
officer, which, it is said, he took no notice of.
It was 7 o'clock and quite dark, and the admiral
doubtless did not fully take into account the position
they were in. The Empress, the Prince, and all were oa
board the government steamer Chamois. When they ap-
proached St. Jean de Luz they wished to land, as they
were to return to the Villa Eugenie in carriages which
were in waiting for them. For that purpose they got into
one of the ship's boats, but the boat dashed against a rock
end was near upsetting. At that moment the pilot threw
himself into the water to push off the boat, but the un-
fortunate man was crushed between the boat and the rook.
It is said that the Empress, seeing the danger they were
in, cried out to pay no attention to her, but to save the
Prince. The Prinoe, too, saw the danger and wanted to
throw himself into the water and swim ashore. In spite of
the efforts of the poor pilot, the boat struck repeatedly
against the rock and filled with water. This took plus
quite close to the shore, but it win pitch dark, and all
were in danger of being drowned. The Emperor, who
had remained at Biarritz, wee very uneasy at their long
absence, caused signals to be made, and had lights up along
the coast from Biarritz to St. Jean de Luz, to prevent ac-
cidents, and all Biarritz was in movement. It appears
the Empress, when the party landed, would not mop •
moment to change her own dress nor that of the Prin.',
she was so agitated. She entered the carriage and drove
to the villa dripping wet. Some fears are entertained
from the consequences of this accident to the Prince Im-
perial. Yesterday and to-day the whole town is in a state
of excitement. Nothing else is talked of. It is said that
the attempt to double the little cape of Soma, instead of
taking another direction, was the cause of the accident,
Everyone feels the greatest sympathy for the poor pilot.
He was greatly esteemed, and was one of the finest men as
wallas the meet skilful pilots on the coast."
A Mourn") FUMIGATION.—Under the powerful
influence of cholera much heroism, some meanness and
cowardice, and—everything having its comic side—a cer-
tain amount of facetiousness, more or less in good taste,
have been exhibited. Thus, a humourist and practical joker,
residing stAardorf in Thome* informed his neighbours
cue day last week that he intended not only to visit Zurich,
but to bring back the cholera with hint, for the special
purpose of infecting his friends. The humourist went
somewhere by train—perhaps not to Zurich at all—but,
wherever he went, his neighbours during his absence com-
plained of him to the Syndic, and on his return he found
that functionary waiting to street him. The jocular tra-
veller was taken to the atoraderesigehaiu fumigated ac-
cording to his deserts, put into a room where the whole
furniture consisted of a sack of straw in lieu of a bed, and
kept there for several days.—Letter from Lucerne.
BOARD OF TRADE, WHITEHALL, OCT. 4.—The
Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of Privy
Council for Trade have received from the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs • copy of a despatch from her
Majesty's chargé d'affaires at Lima, reporting that a new
law of that republic establishes that on the lit January
next no other other coin will be received at the public
offices in Peru but national coin, and in this money all
payments are to be made. Hitherto Bolivian coin, which
had currency in Peru, has been admitted in all public seta-
blialiment-. The government is also to withdraw from
circulation all money rot decimal, and this is to he con-
verted into decimal currency. The national gold coin is to
have no official value, but will be received et government
o hoes, and paid out of them according to the current
price.—Ca--Rte.
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LIFEBOAT SERVICES.—During the storms
Of the present year the National Lifeboat institution has
eoutribetee to the saving of 763 lives from various iihipvrrexks
Mid 29 vessels from destruction. The Institution also expended
41.33.at0 in the same period on Its Lifeboat Establishments, in
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