The Express.
London, England, 1867-05-10 00:00:00

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(MON 0011 OWN

PARIS, TFIU/U+DAY Es-m%

The prevalent impression concerning the
the Conference is even better than yesterday.
Petrie undertakes to say that the question
the "guarantee" will be got over without dih,
and the Prase, who boasts of a particular!)
informed" correspondent, says the only
why the plenipotentiaries referred to their go'
manta was to inform them of the happy and
expected event of the " unanimous" acceptance
Lord Stanley's proposition on a first reading.
consequently that they had no occasion to pr,-4'
any of the schemes which had been suggested'
them in case of need. The governments hare. '•
alleged, completely approved, by telegraph.

unanimous resolution of the plenipotentiaries,
consequently nothing now remains but to dray
the peace protocols.
While all this cheering news comes with'
derful unanimity from London, I cannot help-
marking that those provincial journals which
their principles from the prefects and their I
articles from the Havas agency are doing
utmost to stir up a warlike feeling. M. Pall,
Caasagnac makes a daily collection of these an'
in the Pays, and glorifies them as a Par'
counterpoise to the white-livered doctrines a
"peace league," patronised by the T..inp, act
Alsatian manufacturers. He assures us— oi
requires a great deal of assurance indeed t..
credibility to the assertion—that the brave
honest French peasants, who have the
traits of Napoleon I. and Napoleon Ili
their hovels, are closely watching the
ceedings of the Conference, and that the!•
peasants aforesaid, will accept no conditions • '
do not give the fullest satisfaction to the 114
and interests of France. M. Paul de Cow",
concludes his summing up of these articles, 04'
in a certain sense are no doubt very importan:-
the rather Hibernian promise that if the
tiorui of peace shall be " acceptable he
satisfied " with them ; but if not he will say
Emperor, " Sire, get on horseback and Frano'-'
follow you."
The talk of the war party about court ,• •
war, although certain, may poeaibl
fora couple of months or so. What the rl^'
hear of is a renunciation of aggressive desig,'
the part of France.

The Bourse was extremely firm. Rente
45c. for caah and 37 }c. for account, closinz
68fr. 80c. and 681 r. 70c. Credit Foncier row =1:
50c., Italian 85c., the Northern Railway I lir. :!-•:
Lyons Bfr. 75c., Eastern 7fr. 50c., and We'''
Mr. Credit Mobilier did not participitate
general rise either yesterday or to-day, owing t'
belief that government has entirely withdritio'
patronage from that establishment, and that it
never recover its former influential poaition.
A debate of some importance is expected In t'

S. it .....im•rrow. A pt•tition presented by aM.
N':tll••n •Irnounces a forthcoming meeting of
Rome as one intended to promote prin-
ciplu. hostile to the maxims and liberties of the
rhurrh if France. Procureur-General Delangle,
the r.p••rtrr of the committee on the petition,
into 1, it i 3 said, to move that it be referred to
the Minister of Juatiex• and Public Worship as
ri Or.; of consideration. It is probable that
s.•w•. of the prelates who sit in the illustrious
sill speak on the occasion.

.1i .!...pos of prelates, theJotwnal de Beaune save :
T 1.... 11 is been a sort of reconciliation between the
kiseina. lit and the superior clergy shine the affairs of
Erin• have appeared to take a turn favourable to the
t.lapoial power. The news that Mgr. Dupanloup had
d:nrd will, M. Baroche caused some surprise, but it was
true. It i, even said that the Bishop of Orleans non,-
phm..ut•-.I the Minister of Public Worship on the recent
rpisolal appointments. Let us hope that the Christian
humility of N. Dupanloup will offer no impediment if the
...,,,vernment should one of these days ask a car-
dir_.'•s :,at fur I .

le de Girardin announces that he will
apis :i! to the Court of Cessation against the judg-
ment of the Correctional Appeal Court, which
yesti-nlay confirmed the second fine of 5,000 fr.
wile:nil Nam him for his writing in the Lawrie.
Although the law deprives a writer of that gua-
rantee for a fair trial which is given to " the
niilenict":. and the amassiii" by publicity, M. de
Giranlift publicly thanks his counsel, M. Allou,
t!..- able way in which he sustained the legal
pant now to be carried to the Court of Caaaation,
that :he right of " discussion and censure" of the
acts of vveniment granted by the statute under
whie'l the indictment was framed, is inconsistent
with his condemnation for " exciting to hatred
and volitenipt" of that government which he is
1:1011.,. entitled to bli

THI. 1 WIDE AT THE INTERNATIONAL HOTLL.

INQUViT.-(THIS DAY.)

f.,renor.n, at 11 o'clock, Mr. Win. Payne,
the City coroner, held an inquiry at Guy's Hospital, touch-
ing the death of Mr. Joseph Statham, aged 36 years, who
was found dying in a room in the International Terminus
Hotel, under circumstances of a very singular character.
Mr. E. Statham. New Buford-street, Nottingham, said
that the deceased was his brother. He was a licensed vic-
tualler, and he lived at New Buford. Witness hist saw
him alive on Sunday last. He had not been laid up
with any affection lately. Witness had noticed for the
last few weeks that the deceased had been in
• very low desponding state. Witness asked him
if he was in difficulties; but he had not satisfied wit.
ness that be was. He was in the habit of speaking very
little. lie was a temperate man, and he was married.
1t itness. did not know whether be had committed suicide.
Mr. A. Gearing, manager and secretary of the Inter-
national Hotel, London-bridge, said that on last Tuesday
evening the deceased called at the hotel and applied for a
beilrouru. and before going to rest he asked to be called at
9 o'clock ou the following morning. The next morn-
ing at a quarter to 9 o'clock witness heard " hard
breathing," and be told the porter to place a ladder
against the window of the deceased's room and ascertain
whether he was alive or dead. The porter ascended the
ladder. and observed through the window three bottles
labelled poison. Witness then sent for Dr. Jervois, and
in that gentleman's presence the room door was broken
open. The deceased was then dead, and he was carried
to the hospital. On the table there was an envelope,
with " Jones Statham, New Buford," written upon it.
The brother stated that it was in the deceased's hand-
writing. In his pocket was 8/. Is. 2d. in money.
James Albert Chester, head porter at the hotel, said
that the deceased applied to him for the bedroom. Before
he went to bed he asked for a glass of brandy and water.
Witness found the deceased lying on his bed the next
morning. Three bottles, labelled " Laudanum—Poison,"
were on the table. The deceased was dead. One of the
bottles was marked "94. St. John-street-road." There
was nothing unusual in the deceased's manner on the
Tuesday night.
Mr. Henry Greenlee'', house-surgeon at the hospital,
said that he had made a postmortem examination of the
deceased's body. Decomposition had so rapidly eat in.
that the post-mortem examination showed no material
signs. There was no smell of poison.
Mr. Gearing irecalled) said that the deceased had vo-
mited.

Hr. Greenway said that vomiting would cause signs of
poison to be removed. There was no sign in the brain to
account for death. The taking of laudanum would act
upon the brain. All signs of congestion arising from lauda-
num poisoning would be removed by decomposition.
Taking into consideration all the circumstances attending
the deceased's death they were all consistent with lauda-
num poisoning.
Kr. Statham said that he was not aware that the de-
emed was in the habit of taking laudanum. There was
DO disagreement at home with his family. The deceased
had no business in London, and his sudden departure cur.
prised his family.
The l,ottles labelled "Poison" were put in in evidence.
It appeared that each of the three bottles had been bought
at a different shop.
A juror said that deceased had evidently mixed the
eoutente of laudanum bottles together before he drank
the poison.
The jury, after a long consultation, returned a verdict,
"That the deceased destroyed his own life whilst in a
state of temporary insanity."

FEARFUL COLLIERY ACCIDENT.—THREE MEN
XILLED.--On Wednesday an explosion occurred at the
Outwood Colliery, Wrigley, belonging to Messrs. Fletcher
and Sons, and resulted in the death of three miners,
named Benjamin Davenport, Richard Howarth, and Robert
Seddon. There are three pits at thin place belonging to
Messrs. Fletcher, and the one in which the explosion oc-
curred is 3:0 yards deep, in the part known as the four-
feet mine, on the west level, about 800 yards from the
month of the pit. The men went to work about 6 o'clock
On Wednesday morning, after the workings bed been duly
examined, when they were found entirely free from gas.
Immediately before the time of leaving work in the after-
noon. • " shot " was fired close to a " fault," and it is imp-
pmed the shot liberated • quantity of foul air at a fault
In the seam, for immediately an explosion took place.
Several men attempted to go t• the point of the explosion,
bat were driven back by the after-damp ; but the under.
looker and firemen eventually succeeded in reaching the
spot, and there found the men dead. It is believed they
were suffocated by the after-damp.
RUNAWAY GIRLS )'ROM A CONVENT.—AbOUL 10
o'clock on Wednesday night, six young ladies called at the
Sheffield police court, and made inquiry where they could
get lodgings for the night. The inquiries of the inspector
on duty elicited a very singular tale. Five of them had
run away that day from Gleesop Convent, where they were
being educated, and the sixth was the sister of one of the
others, and had escaped from the Sheffield Convent and
joined them on their calling to see her. The five from
Glossop had walked the whole 25 miles to Sheffield. They
complained of the" grumbling. and rebukes" they bad to
bear from the convent authorities, but made no specific
charge. Three of the young ladies said they were daughters
of Mr. Macdonald, chief constable of Wakefield. After
testing, and having refreshment at the police station, the
Arty were sent, under the escort of a constable, to the
Mel field Convent.

“IPEIRS INEM•ONED FOR FORTUNE-TELLING.—
During the past fortnight a tribe of gipsies hove been en-
camped in a field behind the Griffin Inn, Lower Brough.
ten. The encampment consists of about a dozen tents and
covered vehicles, inhabited by a colony of some sixty
and hoarded round to a height of seven or eight
feet. They have there, and at a previous location on the
high ground behind the Grove Inn, Bury New-mad, been
visited by thousands of people, at a charge of 3,1. admission,
while the WMIIIII have practised their artsof fortune-telling.
For some days priorto NYeilnesday it was announced that on
that ,la y a gala would be held, the admission to which
would he sixpence. The result was a very large attend-
ance. A number of policemen in plain clothes entered the
Place, and finding seven of the women in the act of telling
ortun, and receiving money, took them into custody.
They were conveyed to the Salford Town-hall in cabs, for
which the gipay king paid, his royal consort being one of
primners. As they were in a gala costume of gay and
lin!fiant colours, their arrival at the Town-hall reused some
sen. itioa. Yesterday morning they were brought before
Mr. TrAford, when the court was crowded to excess. Mr.
Cottingham appeared to defend the prisoners. The queen,
I Portly matron of forty, but who looked younger, was
ant I.laced in the dock, with one of her children in
!a, arm.. She bad on a blue silk dress, and wore a
nrevldaimmed Leghorn bat. The principal witness
against her wawa domestic servant named M'Derinott, who
"laud that she was at the gala, and was accosted by the
prisoner, who offered to tell her fortune for a shilling.
frin.e.is paid the money, and received in return the
arvirelce of coming wealth. The prisoner then said she
caldd till no more for the money, and asked for more, lint
enay.‘ refused. The next prisoner WWI Lorania Boswell,
a Yni, n 4 Woman, against whom similar evidence was riven.
Mr i,.,tionl then asked Mr. Marshall, deputy chief coo-
n-N... if lie *as of opinion that two convictions would be
no • I It, .mo•I upon his replying in the affirmative, the re-
-64mi,, tite were released. The two above named were
surnamed for seven days each.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

Sittings in Ihineo.—(Before the Lord Chief Baron and
Barons Martin, Bramwell, and Pigott.)
suns r. MAD!.

The Solicitor-General brought his reply on the part of
the plaintiff to a close at a quarter past 12 o'clock, and on
his concluding,
The laird Chief Baron said—Mr. Solicitor, we will give
this case the best consideration which we can, and will
deliver our Judgment at the earliest possible period, but I
need hardly say that it will not be delivered, at all events,
before the commencement of the ensuing term.
Judgment postponed.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN RE NIR RANDALL HOWLAND ROBERTS.

This was an adjourned sitting for examination and dis-
charge under the first bankruptcy of Sir Randall Howland
Roberts, who was formerly a paymaster in the army. He
was before the court the other day at a sitting for exami-
nation and discharge under a second bankruptcy, when an
adjournment sine die was directed in order that he might
first get rid of the present bankruptcy.
Mr. Rrough appeared for the assignees ; Mr. R. Griffitha
for a creditor ; and Mr. Lawrance for the bankrupt.
It was stated that the bankrupt had not complied with
a former order of the court directing him to account for
certain articles of jewellery, pictures, and three valuable
guns, and an adjournment side die was suggested as the
proper course under the circumstances. It was submitted
that the bankrupt was absolutely in default, as he had not
even amended his cash account, although ordered to do
so ; and it was also asked that he should pay the coats of
the adjournment.
Mr. Lawrance, for the bankrupt, said that he had been
under a misapprehension with regard to the order of the
court, as he wax waiting for the assignees to deliver requi-
sitions which they had not delivered, although leave had
been given them to do so.
After some discussion,
His Honour granted as adjournment to a day certain at
the bankrupt's expense.

THE POLICE COURTS.
(THII3 DAY.)