The Express.
London, England, 1867-04-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 5, 1867.

NEWS ()I' or.. Livi_vasToyg.

Information has been received at the Admiralty
respecting Dr. Livingstone which tends to confirm the
statement of his death.

GREAT STRIKE OP ENGLISH NAVVIES.

(THIS DAY.)

EXPECTED RIOT BETWEEN THE ENGLISH AND

BEIA;L4NS.

This morning at 8 o'clock the whole of the Eng-
lish navvies at work at the Midland Railway at Somers.
town and St. Pancras Church-yard left their employ, the
ostensible reason being that about 100 Belgian navvies had
been introduced by Messrs. Waring, the contractors fur
that portion of that line. It may be stated that the
foreigners work for much lower wages than those; paid
to the English labourers, and this last year caused great
disturbances near Caterham and Horsham between the
two parties. Many of the Belgians now introduced, it is
stated, took part in these affrays, and have been brought to
town from those places, some of them having been brought
on Monday night last, and commenced working on Tuesday.
Immediat•lly the men, about 400 in number, who came
out with their shovels and picks, held a monster meeting
in the ground that is intended for the Midland station.
A chairman was elected, and several persons spoke, and it
was proposed and carried with a loud and ringing cheer,
that all the men should be fetched off the works, and not
again resume work until the Belgians hail been discharged.
Pickets were sent up the line, numbering about 150, to
inform the men at Agar-town and elsewhere of what had
occurred, and to fetch the gangs off the works.
Fears being enter tained that the navvies would proceed
to attack the Belgians, information was given to Inspector
Frazer, of the Y Division, who at once sent out a body of
men under Sergeants Cooke, Parry, and Arden, but for-
tunately their aid was not required, as with the exception
of the foreman of the Belgians being warned that he had
better leave the works that was all that was done.

The navvies are still holding meetings in groups, and the
police are patrolling the neighbourhood, and fears are en-
tertained that after a large meeting that is to be held this
afternoon a riot will take place between the English and
Belgian navvies.

A Paris correspondent writes :—" The noble art
of self-defence, not being included in the programme of
the Exhibition—much to the disgust of the P.R., no
doubt—the representatives of the London boxing frater-
nity, who came over to Paris a short time ago, have in-
stalled themselves in the Champs Elysees, where they
nightly astonish the Parisian gandins. Lee Bore Anglaise is
getting very popular with the 'gay' portion of the French
capital, the gloves being far better suited to their non-
muscular tendencies than naked maulers.' They can't
see the fun of black eyes and broken noses, and are quite
blind to the beauty of a fair stand-up fight. The ' talent
of the performers,' however (to use sporting phraseology),
is not ' first chop,' and this fact, combined with the high
prices of admission, does not augur well for their success
in a monetary point of view. I must not forget to say
that in addition to proving

Their ii.ntrines orthodox,
By ' counter-hitting' blows and knacks,
these gentlemen announce in English on their placards—
' Boxing every day, excepting Sundays.'"
M. Junin tells us in the Nhatx that the first
attempt at a Universal Exhibition was made uncle: Nero,
more than IS centuries ago, and which is thus alluded to
by Seneca, in one of his letters : —" I was present the other
day at the solemn exhibition of the riches of Rome, where
I saw marvellous chefs d'avvre; there were also exquisite
cloths, hangings, and costumes, which bad come from even
beyond the limits of the Rowan frontiers, &c."

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In illustration of the perfect condition to which
the working of the Atlantic cable has been brought it is
mentioned that recently, in the business of three entire
days, during which messages were transmitted containing
24,440 letters (or 48,880 letters when doubled for repeti-
tion), the repetitions showed a mistake of only one letter,
consisting in the substitution of Pattiesou for Patteson.

THE PRINCE OF WALES' HARRIERS.-WINDSOR,
THVBSDAY.—To-day the Prince of Wales hunted with his
peck of harriers, it being the last day of the season. His
royal highness &rived at the Slough station shortly before
twelve o'clock, attended by Colonel Kingscote, and was
met by the Hon. Major-General A. N. Hood, the Master of
the Pack; thence the prince was conveyed in the Queen's
shooting break to Mr. Aldridge's farm at Cippenham,
about two miles from the station, where he was met by
the largest assemblage of the season, including a goodly
number of elegantly-dressed ladies in earriages, to witness
the turn out. The prince on alighting took luncheon at
Mr. Aldridge's house. At a quarter-past twelve o'clock
his royal highness proceeded with the harriers to one of
Mr. Aldru4e's fields by the side of the railway,
where • fallow deer "The Rake," brought especially
for the occasion from Swinley Paddock, was uncarted, and
after twenty minutes' law the bounds were laid on, and
the numerous field left at a racing speed towards Farnham,
and skirted Burnham Beeches, close by the Yew Tree,
thence away to Hedgerly, and dodged about the wood for
some time. After getting away he got into Bulstrood
Park, where he remained some time. On leaving the park
he doubled back to Hedgerly, thence through Wilton Park
to Chalfont, and was taken at Mr. Salter's farm, Chalfont
St. Peter's, after a good run of two hours and three-
quarters. It has been for some years customary at the
finish of the season to turn out a fallow deer to ensure •
good day's sport. Two deer were brought to the ground
on this occasion—one remained at Mr. Botham'a, Salt-
hill, but was not required. The Prince of Wales, before
leaving for town, expressed himself highly delighted at so
brilliant • close of the season of these harriers.

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DISGRACEFUL CHARGE AGAINST A MEDICAL MAR.
—At the Epping Petty Sessions, yesterday, Mr. Charles
Saunders, a surgeon, residing at Chigwell, was charged b
Mrs. Harrison, the wife of the station-muter at Clugwell-
road, with having perpetrated a felonious assault on her.
Mr. Sleigh appeared for the prosecution, and Mr. Ribton
for the defendant. The proseentrix, a very good-looking
woman, about 25 years of ege, swore positively to the
commis ion of the offence on the 12th of March. Dr.
Saunders, she said, who had been attending her for •
disease of the lungs, came into her bedroom on that day,
threw her on the bed, and committed the capital offence.
She acid she told Mrs. Saunders of it the same day, and
also her own husband, and several female friends. Her
statement was made at great length; but on cress-exami-
nation she declined to say where she was married, and re-
fused to answer the question whether she did not earn
her living while residing at Peterborough by receiving the
visits of gentlemen. She admitted she knew a girl called
" Irish Car," but declined answering whether she lived
with her at Peterborough. Mr. Sleigh here said—
I do not think that any counsel instructed in such a case
would be entitled to any credit who would proceed with
the ease on the testimony of a witness who refuses to
answer questions put to her seriously affecting her credit,
and I shall therefore at once withdraw from the prosecu-
tion. After some observations from Mr. Ilibton, Mr.
Sleigh continued—l have no hesitation in saying that you
ought to discharge Dr. Saunders, after the way in which
the prosecutrix has given her evidence and conducted her-
mit this day. I need hardly say that Mr. Brown, the
gentleman by whom I was instructed, was impressed with
the truth of this woman's statement, or he would never
have acted as her solicitor. The Chairman—The course
you have taken, Mr. Sleigh, is highly creditable to you.
After the way in which the prosecutrix has conducted
herself no one can believe her testimony. Dr. Saunders,
we entirely acquit you, and you leave the court with an
unstained character. These remarks of the worthy chair-
man were received with loud and continued cheering, and
many persons rushed up to Dr. Saunders to shake hands
with him and congratulate him upon the result. He was
also cheered on quitting the court, and when he left the
town on his return home. The excitement in the usually
quiet town of Epping was continued to an advanced period
in the afternoon.

ALARMING Ratt.way Acanycr. —Yesterday con-
siderable excitement was occasioned among the passengers
of a down train on the Greenwich line of railway, owing
to the driver of the engine running rapidly through the
Motion, and the engine coming into violent collision with
the vindl forming the terminus. The effect of the collision
was felt throughout the train, hut fortunately neither the
engine nor any of the carriages left the metals. Assistance
was promptly at hand, when five passengers in a third
class carriage next the engine were found to be more or less
injured—one woman receiving a rather severe cut over the
eye, having been thrown from her seat. They were all
attended to by a medical man, and were afterwards con-
veyed to their homes. The driver of the engine has hitherto
been employed on the North Kent line ; but such was the
rate at which be proceeded through the station that the
guards were unable to apply the breaks sufficient to avert
the accident. Fortunately the wall of the terminus is of
great thickness, otherwise the calamity would have proved
more disastrous.
VERDICT AGAINST A RAILWAY COMPANY.—Mr.
A. J. Ray, one of the partners of Messrs. Bell, Rennie,
and Co., Leith, was injured in a collision on the North-
Eastern Railway, • few miles south of Berwick, on the
29th of April last, while travelling south by the night
mail, and Lord Kinloch and a jury, on Tuesday and Wed-
nesday, ,were engaged in trying his action against the
North British Railway (with whom he had contracted for
the journey to Newcastle), "or others for whom they
were responsible," for 1,0001. damages. After • minute
analysis of the evidence by Lord Kinloch on Wedneeds
the jury, after a short absence, returned a verdict for the
pursuer, with damages 500/.—Somataa.