The Express.
London, England, 1860-12-21 00:00:00

ma BONN TRIAL.

BONN, Dec. 17, 3 P.N.
Our trial terminated to-day at 2 o'clock, and we
attend court on Monde next to hear the sentence, though,
indeed, that bag already been passed, only Monday next is
fixed for the Anal decision, after reference to Berlin.
Every one in England will be glad to learn that a highly
respectable lady of Cologne, named Wplf Heydin, gave
evidence in court to-day entirely exculpating Captain
Macdonald. She states that she got into the same
compartment before Mrs. Yarrow ; that Cap-
tain politely motioned her to a seat disengaged ;
then came Mn. Barrow, when Captain Macdonald gently
placed his band, or fingers of one hand, on Mrs. Parrow's
shoulder, zeiriming to her in a polite manner that the sear
were already taken. Mrs. Farrow was not to be deterred,
bat entered the carnage. Mr. Barrow, close behind, seeing
Captain Macdonald plain his band oa his wife's shoulder,
gave him abuse, and called the railway official, and said the
liagiiakmao had insulted his wife, and he would not ride in
the same image with him ; whereupon Hoffman, the rail-
way director, told him (Macdonald) to turn out and go into
another compartment ; and, on Ilaciloualirs refusing to obey
help was called, and three men and the director Hoffman
bundled him out with force, and the result we all know.
Soon after this the names of all the passengers were
taken down by the railway officer, Mrs. lleydin's among
the number. In the course of the journey to Cologne Mr.
Barrow asked his wife if that Englishman had insulted her.
She said " No." Mr. Yarrow, moreover, advised Mn.
Heydin to get her name scratched out ; that it was of no
use, and would save her trouble. This she did, and that
is the reason ass for her not appearing before at Mae-
doeald's triaL .onald's imprisonment is this proved
to have been entirely nuituit, and they cannot carry into
effect any punishment against us.
The judges and all the law officers have exhibited towards
us during the trial the greatest politears, kindlier, sod
forbearance.

The French government have determined, in
ardor to give more animation to the magnifoeut Boulevard
Sebastopol, that a theatre shall he built on tho square of
the Conservatoire des Arts et Metiers. There are already
two new theatres on the Place de Chktelot, and the new
theatre will make the third in that neighbourhood. The
object of building so many new theatres in the same
quarter is to attract some of the superabundant population
from the other boulevards, and give them an induoement
to settle in the new quarter.

An artist in Paris Las made a discovery which
will effect a complete revolution in the manufacture of
cabinet work. lie has found a means of rendering any de-
scription of wood so soft that it will receive an impression
either of the most varied sculpture or the most delimits
claming. The wood is then hardened to the consistency of
metal, while the impressions remain perfect. The artist
has already completed some splendid sculptured articles,
each as picture (mum, inkstands, chaste, and liquor-stands.
With the introduction of this new art, it is expected that
articles of household furniture will be considerably reduced
in price.

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THE SOURCES or THE NILI.—The Royal 000-
graphical Society propose raising a subscription of 2,000 f.,
for sending an expedition, under Mr. Petherick (her Ma-
jesty's consul at Kluirtbm), up the Nile, to explore its
sources, and to aid that of Capt. Speke, already dispatched
by way of Zansibar for the same direction. The society
gives 106 f., the Foreign-office 100 t., Lord Ashburton and
Miss Burdett Coutes each contributed 50f. An appeal le
made to scientific men arid others, and already 666 f. has
been secured. Should the required sum be quickly raised,
Mr. Petherick undertakes to reach Goodokoro in November
next ; he will then explore till March, 1862, and, after the
rainy reason, start afresh, and continue his travels till the
end of 1863 or the beginning of 1864.
FEARFUL AeCIDENT.--SHLELDR, THURSDAT.—A
most fearful accident occurred yesterday on the Blyth
awl Tyne Railway. The train for Shields and Percy
Main left Morpeth at five minute' past 2 in the afternoon,
and reached the Choppington station at fourteen minutes
pest that hour. At the romneut that it was starting from
the latter station a stout, middle-aged roan came mining
up. He Betted hold of a handle of our of the carriage doors,
but the steps beiug slippery, he was hurled backward ou to
the platform, the wheels of the train Latching his feet. He
was dragged oe to the hue, when the train pared over him,
causing instant death. Me was fearfully mangled. The
deceased turns out to be a Mr. Tullocb, a traveller tot a
Scotch distillery. He formerly kept the Star and Garter
Inn, in North Shields. On the previous night a special train
which was coming from Sunderland to NewcasUe ran into
a luggage train very shortly altar pacing Brickley Whins
station. The latter train was knocked off the true by tire
force of the concussion. The occupants of the special train
—many of them being ladies—were of course a pod deal
alarmed, but, fortunately, not one of them was hurt.

UNITED STATES AND CANADA.

In the United States Senate, on the sth, Mr.
Powell, of Kentucky, moved that so much of the
President's message as relates to the dementia
troubles of the country be referred to a select com-
mittee. The motion was laid over under the rule.
Mr. Green, of Missouri, introduced a resolution
for the establishment of an armed police in the
border slave and free states, for the maintenance of
general peaoe, the prevention of invasion of one
State by the citizens of another, and for the efficient
execution of the Fugitive Slave Law. Mr. Hale,
of New Hampshire, then opened the debate on the
impending crisis in the affairs of the country, and
was followed by Messrs. Iverson L of Georgia;
Wield', of Texas ; Saulsbury, of Delaware, and
others.

In the Senate, on the 6th, Mr. Powell, of Ken-
tucky, introduced a resolution providing for the
appointment of a select committee on so much of
the President's message as relates to the distracted
state of the country, and that said committee be
instructed to inquire whether any additional legis-
lation than already within the sphere of federal au.
thority and duty will be necessary for the protec-
tion and security of the property of the United
States, and, if so, to report by bills ; and that the
said committee be also instructed to consider and
report whether it is deemed expedient to propose
an amendment or amendments to the constitution
of the United States, so as to insure a prompt
and full protection to the rights and property of
citizens of every state and territory, and to ensure
the equal rights of the citizens aforesaid under the
federal constitution.

In the House the Speaker announced the special
committee of one from each state, as provided for
by the resolution, to deliberate upon the existing
condition of the country. Mr. Coriom, of Ohio, is
the chairman of the committee. When the reading
of the list of names; was concluded, Mr. Hawkins,
the only representative from Florida, asked to be
excused from serving on the committee. Mr. John
Cochrane, in an eloquent and patriotic speech, ap-
pealed to Mr. Hawkins to reconsider his determina-
tion. Before action was taken on the request of
Mr. Hawkins, the hones adjourned to the 10th.
The House Committee on the State of the Union
' consists of 16 republicans, 14 democrats, and 3
southern opposition.
A Washington telegram of the 7th says that a
better feeling prevailed at the capital on that day.
Messrs. Hawkins, of Florida, and Boyce, of South
Carolina, were the only members of the house who
sought to be excused from serving on the special
committee on the "state of the Union," and the
indications were that their requests would not be
granted.

The President had explicitly expressed his deter-
mination to send no more troops to the forts near
Charleston. He said everything would be done on
his part to avoid collision.
An able leader in the Washington National
Inteltigencer proposes a convention of the slava-hold-
ing states to consult upon the impending dangers
and the remedy. The southern conservatives re•
gard this as the last hope for preventing the imme-
diate secession of four states.

Charleston merchants were labouring under the
impression that the foreign consuls there will grant
clearances which will be valid for foreign trade
until the custom-house of the new government is
established.

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The Georgia Senate had rejected the bill calling
for a convention of the Southern Staten.

A resolution was pending in the Georgia legisla-
ture requesting the representatives of that state in
Congress to propose to Congress to appoint com-
missioners on the part of the North and South, to
provide for a peaceable dissolution of the Union
and an equitable distribution of the public property
between the two sections. _ _ _

As an instance of the manner in which English
sentiment is misrepresented in America, we quote
the following telegram from the Richmond (Vir-
ginia) correspondent of the New York Tribune :
" I learn from a well-known English capitalist,
just arrived here, that every Englishman whom he
had conversed with on the subject of disunion was
in ecatacies over the impending ruin which over-
hangs the Union, and they hoped to God it would
eventually occur."
The advises from British Columbia are to No-
vember 10. Since the 4th of November, 115,000
dollars in gold bad been received at Victoria from
the Fraser River mines.
There was a serious riot at the Victoria Theatre,
Nov. 3, growing out of long existing prejudices of
negroes against the whites. The negro population
emigrated to British Columbia from California, to
improve their social position, which they claim to
have done, and to be equal in all things to any other
race. The whites demurred, and the management
of the theatre provided seats for its coloured
patrons in a separate part of the house. On
the night in question the negroes concerted a plan
to take possession of the reserved sesta. Two
negroes first forced admittance to the parquette.
The whites attempted to expel them. The actors
on the stage jumped into the parquette to assist in
the fight. The ladies took refuge behind the
smiles. A party of negroes, armed with clubs,
came to the rescue of their fellows. A number of
whites were knocked down and kicked by the
negroes. Lighted camphine lamps were thrown
about, bursting and setting the theatre on fire.
The negroes got possession, and drove out the
whites, and were in turn repulsed. Some of the
negroes had firearms. The principal rioters were
arrested, and order was restored by the police.
One hundred negroes were engaged in the riot.
Another attack on the theatre was planned for
November 10, the day the steamer left. A large
police force would be on hand.