The Express.
London, England, 1856-12-16 00:00:00

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ANOTIII3I ORM ROBBERY ON • lIAILWAT.
Lau mutat Miermstisa wee resolved at Mv venom City sad
metropolitan pea* eistkas that a leather boa, metalling •
met camber et watebes, had hoes seeks en the Cole-
mks sad Lomlawfany Railway ; fortaaahly they were all
morreed with re makses asms, Meteor, Gomm " sad
ibibwilsg ass the numbers of some, so that if they are
Mimed kr sib la She Uaited Hiagdesa the guilty parties
MI Mead s geed shame of beteg appreheaded. Aransget
taken was a gold duple: enamelled dial, No.
lgw; No. 27,636, ditto, gold dial; No. 27,716, gold
iswie Wass, repeater, saasesll.4 dial ; ailgold borizootal
repeats., amussiled dials, Nos. 23 823, 19,674, 23,987,
29,10111, 19,074,umd 28,661; Nos. 29,146, gold horizontal
repeater, pad dial; 29.147, ditto, ditto; 39,274, ditto;
2,980, gold Inez sad geld dial; 29,1101, ditto, ditto; 29,602,
ditto; 20 60$111
aunts ; 28,976, ditto; 28,606, ditto sod ea
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s , valuable 32 valblo gold horizontals,
with mane diah, numbered 24.366, 29.121, 28.664,
28.880, 28.092, 29.339, 28.899, 28 969, 28,603, 29,692,
29.1112, 28,783, 28 724, 29.694, 29.650, 29,118, 28 318,
19,700, 29,383, 29,172, 29,890, 29,890, 29,387, 29.334,
28,122, 27,142, 29,388, 28,964, 28.690, 28,661, 29,673,
and 29,670. Also 144 gold borawatals, with gold dials,
uumben varying from 24,367 to 3,000; 10 silver horizontal
watches (butane), were des labia away, the Milli having
eauulled dials; ad 12 silver hot-aeon's. with ooeu feud
enamelled dials, Luathered 19,290, 20.266, 8,916, 10,106,
18 879, 10,440, 10,478, 12,037, 12,043, 11,287, 12,066, and
12,067. Also four ditto, ditto, silver dine, numbered
10,190, 10,469, 29,616, 29,618 ; and fear oiler levee, open-
taped omamollod dials, aamborod 11,100, 11,101, 11,103,
11 107 A reward of 1001. is offered to any person who
Mall give math lafermatios se shall lead to the appreheasios
of the nifty parties sad Tanury of the property.
BURGLARY AT • BILVIRIMITIeIf. CARDIFF,
Das. 18.—At about 3 o'slosit this saoraing the polies gave
the alum to Mr. Bpiridloa, silvemmith sad watohmakor,
that hile shop had inn brokies into, and on aersetinatio;il
be framl that gold sad silver watches, together with die-
maSidarntoage, lad bun earriod off, whisk he sati-
nets& as the yaks if 8004. It appean that pollee-sergeent
Gallas was parsing the atop, sad had hie attaatios
an:sated by Ineidag come little sons of a autpleloss cha-
racter withlw He hasteued to the station, which was shoat
• headred end twat y yards off, to obtain the essistuee of
a constablo, end ahie mars aroused Mr. Bpiridios, bat by
that time the thieves had dissampod with their booty. Oa
saasainiag the shop It appeased that an entrant% bad
hose effettod ham the adjoining shop, steepled by
Mr. Thomas, seedemen, a bolo having as made through
the belch pastitiew-well which divided the two shops. Ths
back premises of both Mr. flpiridiee and Mr. Thomas abut
es the boundary wall of the grenade attached to the Mar-
' gals of Bata's moldiness, Cardiff Castle, and it is thought
tbe thieves nut have "sound Iwo the castle meads, as the
beck door of It,. Thomas's house was open, bet the frost
door was festned whim Mr. Theism sane down. Mr.
Solana and an Janata of Mr. Thomas's beam had hsard
sale kink Boise darns; the RIM, bat it was so isdietiset
that &nth*, of thus had say idea It proeseded from an,
pretabs& It IL evident the thieves were disturbed, and
quitted the premier fa baste, as a pert of their pleader was
=dose to the wall Interne the two shops. This
anises have bees apprehended ea suspicion, use
of them bobs Mown so a Mfeevotleave envie, ad the
Win was the sus *be was tried at the remit whiter
melees. mad so 111.4, se the %dingiest *la him dad a
ticket44-leavo mamma Smith, ohm Doept .kr burglary
at Mr. Mosses, silveranith, Swung.

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Tae DWI Ch21211111011M.--We the*
to mkt that this severead gentles's' who la tarwad
bee paelgais for Vt. last Wes lean, woo took spesiblese a
a IMO* slue fres whisk be has a,t nreweeeed, ad
saga SIAM apprelteasteas aro eats/Weed. Pawn wore
asps& ap at the eathedni bath la the mislay ea/ raw
lag amiss of Sudsy. Teo unread swim= Is iamb
easpeated la taw idty sad aelgttbeesbeed, sad bit Is wool
be a seem el great rove. to those who bays bad the
04491111 of hiasquiataser, or to othen who Iwo had rem-
sea la Matra his aftbility at eajoy kapitallalsa—
Ankh 941P041.

Last night a apaalal misting of the Royal Geogre-
MBoAty was he'd, for the purpose of proseradag Dr.
ailgrams with the gold nodal on di. term lime from
hie Abram meek The sradety's rooms wane IMPIP6I4 Is
Grams with perms both embus to see the Alstiegnisited
traveller sad to hear *ems swami of the straw Ira& sad
MiTamidst which he sprat the last Datum years of his
he °messy present igeradvi Mr. Imitegehere, the
Secretary for the Colonies; General Pea, GUMMI Pollock,
Lieutenant O'Reilly, Dr. Rae, Dr. Rim, Era R. Rawliasoe,
Colossi Everest, the Earl of Iftiramsbury, Mr. Rodgrain,
Mr. libinaird, M.P., Mr. Seymour, M.P. • Dr. Berth, the
Abram traveller; the Portuguese Aabiseedor, Consul
Bread*, Prolamin. Owen, Colonel Emile' Mr. Oswald,
Captain 'Verdes, Mr. Gordan Cumming, Mr. Crawford,
Mr. Tits, M.P., dc. Mn. Lftiagstoge mad several other
ladies were also present.
Dr. Livingstone on his entering the piece of meeting,
was loudly cheered. As might be expested, his Los is
searadentily tamed, bat is act quite so Whetted as me
west Inn se 1806 a raddeme and exposure ender
• aura Me esemeramme la placid, but fraternised ;
mil eye at time liseelms great vivacity. Rio meat is
eery mast that of a fcceigaw, but he spoke with consider.
ehie Nee, was aisrar at a lose for a word, and his Moles of
weposeira, Omega semethaes rough, was generally pip
besseque sad fell of asemiag.
RA R. I. hlgnonisox, who, as President of the
Resisty, occupied the chair, said that the so-
Wray was specially called together that evening to
welcome Dr. Livingstone on his return from Africa to his
settee country after as absence of 16 years—(cherar)—der-
lag which period, whilst he endeavoured to spread the
blessings of Christianity in Africa, he had made geographi-
cal discoveries of so meek merit that he had obtained from
the society the Victoria, or pewee's, gold medal. (Chem.)
When that homer legs awarded him la 1866, the Earl of
Illessere, ia Mutes to Dr. Liviagstooe, spoke of the fact
that he, the matesaded sad mmaisted zramioaary, left his
mark oa sepsis whisk ware provionaly a blank. And
what mast sew be their esteem for Dr. Lielagstose when
they knew tint he was to »tura to ths vest regions which
Is at dpmed to their kaowledp ? (Cheers.) Raving
velhoraille the mate Men by Dr. Livingstone, the president
observed that patting together all ate various journeys, Dr.
1.1 weld not have travelled less than 11,000 miles
of Ahiesr greemd. (Chem.) AM alter having struggled
with imp &Morales 14 the foualaset risk of his
life, sad memos amigos, obstacles, he at length
emerged from the 'slimier, sad altar having been 'Goateed
glib great kladases by our one allisii the Portuguese, he
retraced his steps sad reached the other side of that last
esatlacat. By doing so he kept his plighted word to the i
poor natives who stood by hint. (Oboe's.)
The Passuram them called on Dr. L1'114146..6 to Wee,
sad is pveleatkag hien with the gold medal said—lt is now
my pleasing duty to primal to you this, our founder's
medal, as a testimony of our regard sad esteem. I rejoins to ,
era this room occupied by sash a anmerons ememblage of
sad seamy disaishod persona. I rejoin,
mss IlLier It
kI s meting is attended by the representatives of
erase seam t and I especially rejoice to tee hare the repro-
imitative of that Italica whose government and subjects la
the Mast regime of Africa have treated you as a ,
heather, sad without whose aid may of the most i
important 'mita of your journey could never have brae
achieved. (Rear, hear.) Glad mat the hearse be of all
here 'whoa they me armed yea your old maestro is Africa, 1
Coleasl Steele, Mr. Oswald, sad Captain Virden, sad so
may of oar ma Mime Me have pettleipated is yaw
Mous. I memeteseeladie MEM& timahlag yea meet sin-
eerily la beteg runeemied by ma who sou certainly the
best juiciest year merle; whoa I see la this rem so amp
dietined African travellers, cad mesa* them that
sialaest traveller, Dr. Barth,who alms reached Traibuctoo,
sad returned from it. I congratulate you en Wag sin-
reeMed by sash meal on the omission of messatieg you
with this testimay of their esteem. (Cheers.)
Dr. LIVINGS/ONi, in niply, said—l have velem so little
la my ewe taigas for the lest 16 years, sad hays lived so
mush amain foreiggen, that you mat egoism the Leper-
intim of my language an the present eccesisra (Rear,
!sera) I beg to return you, Mr. Presides% ladies, sad
gandeetee, my warmest thaake for the distlaguldisil Imam
yea lave show seamed ea me, sad ales for the kind cad
MISIMMMIng exprrastons with which the gift of the gold
modal al the Royal Geographical Society has been anioni-
pasha. As a Craistian missionary, I only did my duty la
attemptingelviur up parts of northern intertropical Africa
to the rya of Christendom, and greatly gratified I
MI he latemet which you and others have ee-
=lls time objea. I take It se • pled
ke pest aegis nos and countryantry may yeget
besemme pert of the general eommuaity of amides.
Mem* The English people and government have dose
mem ties say other for Central Afros In the *ay of sup
=tine Wade which is the blight of commerce sad
ialimegares with the madras. May I hope that the
pa* 1 Wee iliplaed he the ialsofra may be shut, sad
UM la addllisa le She of the slave trade fresh
Meets mop be Velle the internal "usurers
of the woratey. la this way ad sad speed of Christianity
sea as Nader mem of our cruisers la the suppres-
sion Mee stave teed. pima/mat. I comsat pretend to a
Mee DM of triumph. • man Easy boast when he is pet-
tleg se Wanew but I am only putties ea mime.
(Craws.) And while I feel deeply grateful for the high
opinion you have flamed of me I asanot bet feel that you
Bsi i i . rate me above my sad fora that my future may act
ease seep the of the presses. I see sassy
here—Cofteiel NOM) Varden, sad Mr. Oswald, for
entente—Who have effected all that I have don*.
You are not is meat of capable agents, and I am only too
thankful that they left somethrag for me to do ia Africa. I
1 thaak you for this andel, sad I hops it will go dews to my
family as a heirloom worth kespiag. (Cheers )
Mr. LABOOCW/111 *SO MUNI. and Sir R. Rewintecnt
seceasted, a vote of thesis is the Portuguese government
sad nbjests la Africa, toe die talistanc• readered by then
to Dr. Lieragstem.
The Pommel/BSI AMBASSADOR returned thanks.
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The PIOIITART Miss read some letters descriptive of Dr.
Leninism's travels, which 'stewed Into minute partisalan
of Ms veriose itosstries traversed by him.
In 'Annus to a mill from the President, and is reply to
vstlou quetioss,
Dr. Ismororrolts added sissy interesting ens eau
details of biajousey. Ile said that the interior of Africa
&banned is fibrous suntan's. of • strong tiaras like ilea.
Cissoas and sarsaparilla wen abandant, Lodi,* grew M
penults ; bees' was, coal, iron, and gold were also
&beads:et. The ishabitaste of the nutria were kiln,
especially the nue.. In C.atral Africa the Inman had
the upper bud. They fed the men. The wife was obliged
to supply bet mother-is law with firewood. A man who
bed file wins, butt g retuned boom risked sontethiag of
No. 1. No. 1 nftrnd him to No. 2. No. 2 desired him to
go to the on be loved beet. He was bushed shoot from
one to the other till be became quite earegml, but
all be mould do wee to go inn the toy of • tree
rod etl aloud, " I thosalit 1 had got fire wives, but I find
1 ban got five witches " If • woman beat her husband,
she was pawned in thin way: both were taken to the
market plus, and the wife war compelled to take the hoe-
bead home wa her bask, amidst the neon of the people.
Oa those causions the women generally cried oat, "
it bile again ." As he appronhed the coo fines of civilisation
be head the people lees Mad. The abundance of large
game is Afrlea was prodigious, and there were RIM large
fern remain of salamis. He met speaks of the satelope
la Africa which bad sever bees deminhitd.

Mr. liquazat @eked whether the fact of the WOlOllll
bane, the lam did not imply that the women were
obliged to work la the Heidi whilst the men were idle ?

fo. I timid nu!, wows, sad cMil•

doss, always tegethu is Ms Adds. The country is omit
fertile, sad is may places Otte mop 4 I.:paned, mother is
growing, and a third is sons at the amen t.me.
Captals VAIDIN observed, that though his friend Dr.
Liviagstoes hod spoken is the highest terms of African
ladies, he omitted all mention of one lady who dispeased
the most sabossded hoepitalty to all Airiest. travellers.
Professor Owss thought that 1)r. Livicgstone's die-
vomits surpassed all expectstios. He felt deeply interested
M his remarks on the animals of Afros, and hoped that
some specimens of the fossils ha alluded to would reach this
oonstru.

Mr. Goinox Comm, addressed a few words to the
meeting, sad spoke in the wannest terms of the kindness
he experienced from Dr. Liviasiston• when engaged in hie
hunting expeditious in South Africa.
Dr. Livinorfonn haying stated that some of the moan.
tains of Attica mese covered with a white stone, a specimen
of which lay on the table
The Pauli:mit? °honied that it would perhaps be found
that the mountains of the moon, which the isietioaaries
desisribed so being covered with snow, ware only oosered
' with this white stone, which, unchr a tropical sun, would
sparkle like mow.
The proesediap, whisk mimed to excite great interest,
then terminated.

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desaaant. lad hired, teat la the year err Marra rat the
dog tan reallmalllll,9l2l
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lar—Oß Illefraftr siaralre. Omt Ormearaer Mr.
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nib am tar are seer, rift la lariat spar ef reeellerel a
parr eara ler.Maltere abaralr al K lireerAlrr lIMIMMIONM
earn* la dr emesyststurama—asio by ea redirevaidere
=rlhe aria Milawa. Irrildarassr
oma. ma as. Molam.ber. rue Tem; br A. lam%
CiaMmilmeks frotiarple Sigma; sad S. Kw, larbo.

• A meeting of the Lew Amendment Society was
held yesterday evening at No. 3, Waterloo-place ; Mr. M.D.
lids ht the chair.
After the seaffrmatlon of the minutes of the preceding
I muting,
The Securest (Mr. Hastings) read the following
letter which he had remind from Lord Brougham :
" Brougham, Dec. 13, 1856.
"My dear Hastiega,—l trust that the society will aol
fail to consider, together with the measures Mathis tO
Mercaattle Law (previous to the conference), also those
which appear now to press themselves on OCT attention re-
lads, to the Criminal Law. The absolute necessity is now
admitted on all heads of removing from our law the very
' discreditable peculiarity which distinguishes it, of treating
the most criminal breach of trust es no offence, but only •
pound of claim to • creditor against his debtor. After the
moues' which I have so often given, teeth in the Bosse
of Lords and in the society, of the meat scandalous rob-
bery—that never would have been perpetrated bad the
law given the offence its proper name and ereadign punish-
mut—and altar the proofs which oar committee fiend of
the groat frequency of such mimes, I can have no doubt
that the bill will be framed which shall introduce dab in-
period emeedmeat of the law ; accompanied, ma it 'bead
eseteleis be, by • provision enabling all trustees to receive
paymentlies their trouble, unless when they accept this =be
upon ether terms. There are other subjects connected with
oar criminal jurisprudence which may fitly and safely be
considered at the prompt time. An improvement was
made is the law of libel some years ego, by permitting the
truth of the matter to be given in evidence on prosecutions
ender certain restriatioes. The bill which I brought into
the Holies of Commons, in 1816, gave this permission to the
defendant in all seem, whether of pub= libel or of private.
It was very carefully prepared u to its details, with the
rateable assistance of Mr. Tindal (afterwards Chief Justice).
The feeling generally entertained in its favour was strong,
and I believe nothing prevented it being carried except the
frequency of prosecutions by es officio information as that
time, which the bill would have put down. These formed
oa the one tide the great argument in favour of the mea-
sure, but this raised equally strong objections on the other,
sad thus the controversy assumed a ,party character, and
the bill was lost. When, in 1830, I again introduced it,
state prosecutions for libel had entirely teemed; hut being
immediately after removed to the House of Lords, the
measures 'for establishing local courts, and for improving
the proceedings is benkruptcy, seemed= all ethers' and I
did not proceed with the libel bill. Lord Campbell, some
yule after, undertook the consideration of this important
subject, and having referred it to • committee
of the Lords, the present act was paned, which
=fortunately is confined to the cue of private
libel. This restrietios I was extremely sorry to
dad resolved the high sanction of Lord Denimaa's
apprevaL It la one of the very few subjects on which I had
the seledistmes to differ with him ; but certainly the nom
whisk he pve did not shake my opinion. Indeed, the
piemdmila se prove the truth seems more questionable is
the ease derivate than in that of state prosecutions ; and I
well Isedlset that is 1816 some, who were the most measly
disposed M give this parsalsaloa, when public libel is pro-
meted, bedpost doubts If it should be extended to Unease
of plods dram That was not my view' however, and I
:tallMe partial alteration lately effected as beneficial,
iseeetweetly as deserving the support of friends to law
imeeffelsent, sad as likely to end in the more complete =s-
pumoni el ear proesdare.
" It me be s quoilleo whether the time Is not come for •
MINIM whisk shell embeses the whole law of libel, slander,
sad disdr maim, for there are several other matters of im-
mense esoeseted with It, beside that to which my present
remarks have been waned. Bat in one respect it must be
allowed, that the times are favourable to a full and snore-
jadieed consideration of these questions, all state prose/s-
-tems having
_for many years ceased, and no party feelings
Wag at all likely to Interfere with the discussion.
" Believe me, dte.,
" H. Biouorsoc."
Mr. F. Has than read a paper, by himself, "Oa the
seams of freeing the country from dangerous criminals."
Re submitted, for the consideration of the accesty, the
following reselations
1. That the existence of the present frequent highway
robberies and burglaries, coupled with the feet that the
great body of the people of this country are honest end
peaceable, argues great imperfections in our criminal law or
to its admialeratioe, or is both.
2. That, even is cases where there is no moral doubt of •
man's guilt, and of his being an habitual criminal, it is now
often the ears that, for want of the ischaioal =ideate re-
quired by the law, the culprit remains at large, to the
great danger of the lives sad property of her blelestre
subjests.
3. That it is highly desirable that every legal obstacle,
whisk, while it is likely to afford • screen for the guilty, is
not necessary for the protection of the innocent, should be
. .

4. That it is highly desirable alas that *very habitual
offender, especially when convicted of a serious aims,
should be (optioned far such a period as will, la all
likelihood, saline to effect his complete reformation ; and
that w►en there is no reasonable prospect of reformation ke
should be isenfisod for life.

6. That se an important step towerde the attaiantent of
this °Nest It I. the opinion of We moiety that the 4th
mann of the 16th and 17th Viet., e. 99, laying dews •
male for entenitsting imprisonment for maw p irtation.
abould forthwith he repealed, and terms cf imprisonment
adopted Lamed, folly equal to those of transportation;
uthjoet always, as in the can of transportation, to She
mitigating power of the crown.
Atter rose discussion it was resolved that the pars
which lad berm reed should he received and referred to the
Criminal Lew Coalmine*, to consider and report open.
The meeting adjourned tin Monday, the 12th January.