The Express.
London, England, 1866-02-23 00:00:00

TEE FZNIAN CONSPIRACY.

A CONSTABLE SHOT.
ARRESTS OF SOLDIERS.

A telegram from Limerick states that as a
man named Geary, cousin to Head Centre Geary,
of Cork, who camped to America, and for whose
capture a reward of 3001. was offered, was eland*
in the street yesterday, a head oceirtable addreesing him
said, " You are my prisoner." Geary replied. "If I ams
take that.' and shot him twice with a revolver in the
shoulder and body. Geary escaped. The oonatable is not
expected to live.
A soldier of the 3rd Buffs, quartered at Limerick, bar
been lodged in gaol, charged with Feniiusisin.
Saunders's News Letter annouseee that three of the
principals coneeraed in the murderous onslaught on the

mnstabulary nt Oels, it Tipperary, have been arrested.
Among them le the soldier who, it is alleged,
was drilling Fenian' in Ryan's house. He is a priv►te of
the lit battalion IGth Regiment, named James Dillon,
and was on furlough in Cashel. The regimental number
on the uniform of the soldier correspond' with the num-
ber of a military forage cap found in the home.
At a ocurt-martial held at Cork yesterday evidence was

,iven that Sergeant Derrah, of the 2nd Regiment, wee a
sworn Fenian, and that he was told by the Head Centre
that all commanders in garrison were to be destroyed when
the rising took place, and that all soldiers not joining in
the rising were to be destroyed. The trial was again
adjourned.
It is reported from Cashel that four men, armed, entered
the house of a farmer, John Ryan, who is also poor-rate
collector, while he and his family were absent. They pre-
sented a pistol at the servant, broke open boxes, and de-
parted with all the money (121.) and some arms.
Seven men ware taken in Skibbereen yesterday for dig-
log on last Sunday night.
Eight persona, including some respectable shopkeeper',
were arrested in Carrick-on-Sosir on Tuesday.
A number of officers of the American war frigate Conan-
deigns, now in Cork Harbour, paraded the streets on Thurs-
day, and were every where,followad by an immense crowd.
The Coldstream Guards and the 86th arrived yesterday
morning.
Late last night the police arrested in a public-house at
Dublin eighteen persons, including twelve soldiers belonging
to the 60th Rides, 61st Regiment, and the sth Dragoons.
Four of the civilians were armed with revolvers, and two
are "Centres."
A detachment of the Bth Regiment assisted in the arrest.
Great excitement prevails.
The Evening /revises says the capture of Stephens is
now spoken of, as if some clue had been received and the
rewards offered were doing their work.
Four Irishmen, from England, discharged yesterday at
Dublin for want of evidence, were immediately re-arrested
and sent to prison sods the saspeasion of the Habeas
Corpus Act.

ACCIDENT ON THE NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
WAX-DETENTION OF THE MAIM

A rumour wan current this morning of a serious
accident having occurred on the above line near Preston.
Wo have since endeavoured to ascertain particulars,
but the information on the subject is vague. It seems
that the train leaving Easton-square at 5 p.m. yesterday
proceeded to Rugby in safety, where it arrived at
the time Lied, and where passengers booked for the
Trent Valley changed into the local train. The portion
of the train destined for Preston then left, and when it bed
travelled to within a short distanos of that station it
ran into an engine attached to a goods train.
Two or three cases of personal injury are reported.
The only intimation of the aocideat received at the
Boston terminus up to 12 o'clo2k to-day is the fol-
lowing telegram from the divisional traffic superinten-
dent, whose offices are at Liverpool :—" North portion
of the 5 down yesterday came into collision near
Riuton, with a disabled engine. Two passengers slightly
injured." The mails from Scotland and the north were
much delayed, owing to the accident—the train conveying
them arriving in London nearly three hours behind time.

SHOCKING DEATHS
BY FIBO7 TWO CHILDEER
S.

INQUEST.-(THIS DAY.).

This morning Mr. Humphreys, Middlesex coroner,
held an inquiry at the London Hospital touching the death,
from fire, of an infant named John Page.
Mary Ann Page, wife of a porter living at 3, Princes-
square, St. Gooree's.io-the-East, said that ou Tuesday
sussing, at 9 o'clock, she undrimeed the deceased and
her other child, five years of age, to put them to bed ; but
instead of doing so, she placed them on the floor before the
fire, and sat down and fell asleep. She was awoke an hour
after by loud knocking at the door, and found the &mewed
on fire.
John Page said that he returned from his work at 10
o'clock and knocked for a long time without obtaining ad-
mittance. Ha could hear the child screaming inside. At
length his wife opened the door with the child in flames in
her arms. He snatched it from her and raa to a surgeon.
The burns were so severe that death resulted oext day.
His wife was he said " sober enough," but she slept rather
heavily.
The Coroner having summed up,
The Jury returned a verdict that the deceased child was
burnt to death accidentally, but that there was great cegli-
gence on the part of the mother.
Mr. Payne, coroner, held an inquiry at Guy's Hospital,
relative to the death by fire of Adelaide Lydia Askie, aged
six years.
The deceased was the daughter of Mr. John Agit), an
engineer, residing at No. 4, Wellington-street, Slaekfnan-
road. Last Sunday, while she was in a room with her
little brother, a boy aged 3 years, the latter lighted a
piece of paper at the fire, sod dropped it on her frock.
Her clothes blazed up at once, and before her 'creams
brought her mother to her assistance she had received
extensive and fatal injuries. She died on Tuesday in Guy's
HospitaL
The jury returned a verdict of "Accidental death by
fire.*

LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY.
(THIS DAY.)

The half-yearly meeting of the proprietors was
held at noon at Easton Station; Mr. PJCIILIID Moon in the
chair.
The Steam= (Mr. Stephen Reay) baring rind the
minutes of the last meeting, which were coofirmed, and
the report, which was published some time ago, bating
been taken as rend,
The CHAIMILN moved the adoption of the report and
account/. He said the only useatisfactory feature of the
accounts was the hicreme in the charges for goods and for
compensation. As regarded the former, the company had
been put by the government to great additional expense foe
the cattle traffic. Generally speaking, the accounts were
satisfactory, and be hoped the dividend was also satisfac-
tory. Personally he and his colleagues thought it would
have been better to divide only 7 per cent., but they
deferred to the °pluton of many large proprietor,. The
rise in the dividend during the last font yeses was larger
than anyone could have expected ; there was no other great
company whose dividend had increased so much during
that period. They bad, however, come almost to the
limit of economy in working ; the rates were going down ;
and the public was continually demanding improved accom-
modation. To this must be added the advanced cat of
wages and the enhanced price of money. Under
all the circumstances he repeated that it might have
been well to adhere to 7 'per cent. In the
past half-year noel and iron had risen in value, and he
saw no reason to hope fora reduction in those articles. He
hoped that whilst they might continue to look forward
hopefully the proprietors would not suppose that 7 per cent.
meant 10 per cent., or 10 per cent 15. Efforts were
being made to keep down the capital account, which had
unavoilably increased by 3,500,0001- in the last four year' ;
but the board could not promise that no addition would be
necessary to work the inc easing traffic. It was the fashion
to say that the capital account must be stopped ; but though
that doctrine was right when dividends were falling, it
did not apply to the ease of rising dividends. Doting the
last half year. he might add, 52 miles of steel rails had been
laid down, sad of these 32 miles were charged to capital
amount and 20 terminus.
A Elnammointa wished to know what was the effect of
the agreement between the companies whose lines eon-
verged at Carlisle.
The Coalinga mid the agreement was before the courts,
and therefore he could express no opinion. The board were
anxious that the question should be settled.
After some discussion, the report was adopted, and a di-
vidend at the rate of 7* per ant. per annum declared.

CALIFOINU RAISINS.—We have been shown.,
says the Sonora (Oaliforois) Herold, some California cured
raisins tram the vieeyard of Mr. A. Wilde., of Shaw's Flat,
Kano varieties of which are superior to any impo
raisins that we have over seen in the state. We were
particularly pleased with those made from the White
Muscat of Alexandria. They look and taste like the very
best specimens of Malaga grown There was also a
specimen of raisins made from the large pink Rhine grapes
that grow in snob enormous cinders in oar vineyards ;
not so good, perhaps. as the whit* Minos* but • very
superior article nevertheless—much better, in fad, than a
large proportion of foreign raisins.

LAw INTELLIGENCX
(THIS DAY.)

EQUITY COURT.
(Before Vbe-Chanesilor Sir it. T. Kbakaat
lICILGIT/T SILICA OOMPANY.--OMPAndi aer•
The company wee registered in 1864, bet tam
of the mosey market the Prom °ter. had % •
tab place the shame. Fire out of the sem polio,
Wood the articles of amonatios now podia:nod els
for • winding-up order, and of the two Wins aksZ,
bankrupt and the other dead. The. only roma his iwia.7
to the court wer that one of the petitioners had .„4,17.5
self responsible for a lease of the Kilgetty jnae,rty, air
was oonsidsred that he should hold it for by ewa kyle
Kr. Kerslake rep:minted the petitioner%
His Honour thought It • pity that this. mathsaa" ."
sot mettle their differenose without the mpeise of la aTal'
cation to the court, but as they Gould mot epos bis
make the cedar as preyed.

az Loarma inecurr cosecs%
Mr. W. Pearson supported a petition to matins vela
an order of the court the winning-up which Ind
been resolved on by the oosupeay midis ths—Z
The cenipany was established to the yaw 16
and the capital was fixed at Mau,
very small portion of that amount was taken ago, 161 61
resolution in December, 1865, the saucers OM sedussgili
wound up. Two gentlemen who were appoistodya_
had been carrying on the voluntary wincing up. hi-7T
of the creditors were suing the campauy in arks 10=1
an undue preference for thew clad It was )
prayed the windiug-up might go on undue the intosztthMci
of the court.
The order was granted.
at LOIDON DMA /ICBM COVZT.
In this case also the court was petitioned, mid** od
of 1862, for a winding-up order. The emensey iith.
tared is 1860, sutler the. act of 1856, and maid Wine
sinew for six years, but it we. unsumeedul, lad mamas
were passed unanimously by the shareholders is films •
the voluntary winding lip. The object of thole**
to which the li9uidators consented, was to enema di
voluntary wisidueg up, under the supcnicos of the opt
Kr. w„tiaks supported the prayer, ad the wiz II
granted.

VUTNOI /1•92008 mean.
A gelading.up order was alio panted in the mid
oompany, with a reference to chambers for Magellan.
of the official liquidator.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH,
After Term NW Prins flititinp at Gaililiall.—
Lord Chief Juntas and Special June.))
m'cAthox e. BQTOa.
This was an notice for libel against the Sportutegeft
The defendant pleaded not guilty sad a justification "
Mr. D. Seymour, Q.C., and soother were congeal fies.
plaintiff ; Mr. Temple, Q.C., and Mr. Mandan
for the defendant. wetland
The plaintiff is the printer and proprietor of a •
publicatioa known as Tattersall's Tina; and am
connected with Mr. Shipley, when he was the pep:
the Sporting Ga..vda The plaintiff also comes satin
ea a commission agent in connexion with spots*
under the name of James Hopkins, and the conseases
under which this anion was brought arose itheinth
betting transactions conducted by the plaintiff belt g
Thompson, of Sunderland, commencing in Nay, /IX,
plaintiff had asked for an apology bat the Wahl*
dined. The libel appeared in the Sporttat Lifi
1865. Under the head of notice to orreosedeati *
peered the following, Victor.—Yon have cernaljne
the worst of it in your dealings with James Hoping
Tattersalrs Tissue. If you couctry people will sedum
to such rank what ate you expect in
drop your money f If you would wily Nei pa
coin to the old and proved comminks ism
you would never have to make such canna
you do. We candidly tell you we do not believe UM WM
James Hopkins has the remotest intention of minim
your winnings." That was folmeel up by a Issinth
same paper, to which the plaintiff was othinly Inn
and called a rotten unprincipled scoganni,
that the plaintiff, who was coansend win a
obscure journal, had sucoesded in ding apb
man of Newcastle (meaning, it was and, Mr.Thceepeßt
Sunderland) out of 1001. in hard "cub, but that math
nal prosecution was intended in that quartet," mask,
the delinquent to enjoy the pleanue of coatemplatimith
meantime the piece performed at the Princess's
make himself familiar with the prison Booboo in /Thrirg
Too Late to Mend. (Laughter.) Thompson, is milli
subsequent letters, in alias non to his berg eafortna
charged the plaintiff with having raised him
The plaintiff was called—l am the proptista If Ilea
salts Tissue and I execute oomtaissiom is ths in
of James Hopkins. I bad adopted that mina
months before I commenced the cocatabsim gem%►
cause I wished to keep Tatter 4111.8 Tissue &inset thee
other business. In May, 1865, I monved a letter frank
Thompson, of Sunderland. On the Aaron Is
calved a letter from Mr. Thompson to put al 100/ OBS
&steer if he was sure to ran for the En Liar. Is
osived that sum from Mr. Thompson, awl It in We
aladlatenr. I gent him • voucher to it I ahem*
went to Sunderland and paid Ir. Thumps' I
visit. It was on the 15th of Auglatyr. Thome
asked me to make two beta—one for 501. ea Rap* n
one for 501. on Ely, provided I could get Ito 1 tad ti
the horses were sure to start. I sou to make the bake
the post at Stockton Races. I told him Regalia Wens
ran, sad that if Ely did run certainly 2 to 1 could sit
got. He spoke of Excelsior, stable complain is BMA
and that if they did ;et run Regoli
be that they thought Excelsior could win. 1
Thompson withal me to advance the man I
Regalia and Ely. I told him certainly not I *mid
him that as the Gladiateur bet was not likely lo owed
for some time, if he were very anxious to Minn I
Stockton, I would cancel the Gladiatear bet, sad that
relieve the money. He assented to it, sad moan
seed the voucher on to Stockton or Loam, snail
fulfilled. I was to back Excelsior. if he on, iota*
ifasnß•gdimexd2t :bee ;640"gdriOdarmihilewtragibenRegaliaessitretot
rasa",
was not likal) M
telegraphed the fact to Yr. Thompson mg *1
bed backed Excelsior. Regalia did not ra.
did, but lost ; coming in third.l tried mpi an
on Ely ; but, instead of being 2 to 1 nen* *
were stolo on him. I took 500 to 50 oa Bander&
Mr. Thompson, and L telegraphed it to him. hafts
best of my judgment from what I heard am ths
ilanderilla was placed. (A long coolgegnamo
place between the plaintiff and Mr. Thompson mg*.
and also between their solicitors, relative to that belt')
In croes-examination by Mr. Temple, ploithlf
first took an intermit in February, 1865. Ims
printer of the Sporting Oazdte. Mr. Elliott, Wl,O Air'
Tattersall's Tissue parted with it to mew &bolt. fire
mouths after. I did not ask WllllOll4 ""u!,....,
terseat's Tissue. 1 thought it was a good ems to in
the public that it vie a racing piper, gOd
it wan Meson Tatters.ll'. pablimtion The ;Ir..
contains the latest racing intelligence. It is tot thig22
Tattersall's. The object in chiming nil lia* 'W.
was because I did not wish to jumble op ml
lousiness with it. It is natal with perms to gals,
names to whom communications are to be
sddnstl
know plenty of commission agents who any og Pr_n
under a feigned name. I cannot think of mt..,
believe it as a common prattles. Os IN .17
August Thompson gave me Mantle** 01,,T1S
on Giadiatear, and that he would have o. ineva.7. _
put on more. I den's think the how had ram 016_1
public estimation by the 15th. I don't diet I gin
meeting Mr. Thompson at Sunderland prvawt
Stockton races. Mr. redder, who is coon is. A__*•___"7,.
assumed the name of not Delon Pr
letters he urged that I was to let It be koo
.17r
derland that he wee engaged in betting
cause it was generally considered a 'yet Iga
and fraud. Mr. Thompson or Mr. Pedder fits*
Exeelsior in the interview at Sunderland. TM riff";
arrived st by us was that Excelsior liksly.ttro;
stable companion is generally a gaolhose, gal m
time' arranged for him to win. h. adridlt
The Lord
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with a
that I told hCr aNht .a animal
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that
tu: sc'
altgh
zendena irrelh generally
° a w dhorse is
c'n
Plaintiff—
and relemed the money. I took his
betted 200 to 100 against the horst
I bad taken the bet for him, and .
it was with some other person. 1
me, and I told him, and that was
cancel the bet. I never received 7
Regalia and Ely with a porton'
I seer bet a secret." On 31st jn/j
Thompson's favoar,loo4 of it was
I made a bet for him on Gauge
with whom I made it. I h
I simply make a memortindt
the ticket I receive. I have a bool
make for others, but I don't make
when I want to recover money. 7. _
by me for Mr. Thompson on R60461'131
cover him.
Mr. Temple—How were you
hone won ?
Plaintiff—Men in betting circles
[The came was proceeding wt

COURT OF COMM(
filttinp at Nisi Prins in London.-
Bylas sad a Common
PULYAS O. wen.
This was an action to recover &mare
meat.
Mr. Kelly smeared for thiplaistv
for the defendant.
The plaintiff bad been a solicitcr
takes oat his esetlicate, and had
He bad besa employed in ref/
debtsfer the defsmdant, and cue a
'Man payment of 51. This woo tbi
hill principal, who, however, did
stones ; and this forerffinbsees s
difficulty. The plaintiff was in
Moor-lane, police-steakm, where,
of the defindsat, he was charged

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