The Express.
London, England, 1866-12-24 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING DECEIII3ER 24 1866.
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en POUGHTON AND THE RECENT COLLIERY FATAL GAS EXPLOSION. LAW INTELLIGENCE. from Hobert', Leadellhall-marhee, to Mr- Smith,.. at MONEY MARKET.—(THIS DAY.)
0.--- EXPLOSIONS. • --.—. Chichester. It was countersigned " Wm. -4,----
rell cal. --e--
In one Shortly before 6 o'clock on Saturday evening an (THIS DAY.) receiver, Bricklayers' Arms Station." Wirt)nweirse'dirna 011/1 0432,001.
A„ Friday afternoon a
tmeeting wax held held in the explosion of a very
_serious character happened in one of see the goods or the waggons in which the prisoner alleged
LO esti.
0 next, co;310, pencefract,
offo he_purpoee of
on behalf the sufferers fromthe cote
a the densely populated there hfares in the neighbou -
Lee organising
hood of Luther-lane, Holbougm, which has resulted M the --0--- that he had brought them to the station. The prieener The Stock Exchange is closed to-day, by order 3
Iffiraent ~.r.teciiist4eeesElceions at Barnsley and in Staffordshire. Th death of three , and serious injury to several JUDGES' CHAMBERS. represented himself as Mr. Boberta's carman, and said that of the committee, and we have, therefore, no buai- sha
it was all right-he had delivered the goods, and as soon as ~... . pocks
.1.
shares. Exi
tiget od ......--• f Pontefract, who had convened the meeting others. The expTri.4laahap ed in a narrow thorough- THE 0113 V. EVANS.-CHARGE OF ATTEYPTED WEEDER he received the money he left the station. In the co nem ...,, report In a
ores the • reLTia, end briefly stated the object for which they had fare known as Summer's !freer. Byn-street-hill, lying be- or • GAMEKEEPER. of the day the order was discovered to be a forgery, and The demand for money is moderate, and the
a tween Little Bath-street and Back-hill, in which several me An application was made to Mr. Justice Mellor on the witness believed that the signature, " Wm. Dunne,"sas in supply large. The rate for choice paper is 3} to
1 11 M. rseemble•
The R Df. Bruer (Vicar of Pontefract) moved the had been employed for some days previously, under the Pare of the defendant Eva= to admit him to bail on a the priaoner's handwriting, and that the name, " W .e -,
of the coo expressing the heartfelt and deepest sem- Chartered Gas Company, in las= down a woe main in charge of attempting to murder a gamekeeper named F,dwards," saa also in his handwriting. 3a per cent., but most of the transactiona are at the
iris Towt
e to say
~. of the mettle; with the families of those who, to the the centre of the roadway. The .0 e',gaged is ja George, in a poaching affair. An affidavit was produced Mr. Wm. Dunne, receiver of •rods at the Bricklayers' Latter figure.
; time
Prlor of about 500, had recently perished by the awful aid, left off work on Saturday at about 2 o'clock 'and at
°""• ezplosions at Barnsley and in Staffordshire, and a (planer to 6 o'clock the inbitants were etch by a arid a copy of the deposition& The prisoner was corn- Arms station of the London, Brighton, and South Coast
The Council of India will receive tenders on the
Witted te take his trial at Radnor at the Spring Assizes, Railway, said it was his duty,when he received goods on
rime"
1865, eft=re that a fund should be raised in Pontefract and loud explosion, and soon after two of the bowies in and unless he was bailed he would remain several months which there charges, to cowitersign the claim and send tad prox. for hilt on India to the extent of 1111
cu
„„,rh• bourkood for relieving the wants of the bereaved the thoroughfare, Noe. 4 and 5, fell with a crash. The in cenfieement• it for payment to the cashier's office. Witness never saw the
nee ori
."--• .of the deceased miners. (Applause.) ruins at onco became ignited, and the greatest excitement The solicitor making the application acid the charge primoner on Tuesday last, neither did he receive 200 raw 350,0001, of which not more than
.150,000/. will
ttimatee , N was very gbul that that meeting of the was created, the shrieks of the unfortunate persons who
herd Heron
was denied, and it could be shown that the risoner was • hides for transmission to Chichester, and the signature be drawn on the government of Bomney.
nor leer . ,
not important inhabitants of Pontefract had been called had fallen with the houses being heard by. those around. respectable young man, and was stated top be a preacher across the order, " Mr. Dunne," wee not in his hand- At the meeting of the proprietors of the London
-advised mother. Be was not made aware of the meeting that The first thing done wss to send for the engines, a number at a Baptist chapel. It was not likely that he would writing. Witness knew the pi isoner, but he never sutho- nay,
...?" know ~„--1, ehice at Barnsley in the early part of the week, or he of which soon arrived, and the fire was not long in being have been engaged in •• poaching affair. His lord- rued him or any one else to up his name to the document and Greenwich Rail • to be held on the Bth
r there. - rhoul-- Ilhave thought. it
hehis duty to-be there, and not hay- extinguished. The houe No. 4 was at the time of the ship would see by the depositions that only the produced. prom., a dividend of 1/. is. 6d. per cent. or Se. Gd.
~. bow present nt it, !as glad to join his sympathies occurrence occupted by. Luigi Brazini., an Italian, who it gamekeeper identified him. There were three other The prisoner denied having preeented the order or re- per share, clear of income tax, for the half-year, IT
9)IL T.....itoi his neighbours in regard to this great callaamity. was stated let out portions of it to his countrymen, some men it stated, and one witness said it a ceiving the money, but as there were other charges of a
35 much It bad very well been said that that disaster had some- of whom were street musicians, but in consequence of the moony ht night, area the otherd witness affirmed
would rzbleedjcitvehant It similar nstere against him, .
until . will be recommended. tl
The magistrate him Friday next. A dividend at the rate of 6 per cent. per annum e
trial
ft says : , dung almost national about ti. It had aroused a consider- explosion happening at so early an hour in the evening
. siki feeling even in the most distant parts of the country, most of his lodgers were from home. The other house w.O to
.his cloudy.
nuts oen the eiZhetern question.vee It wu a Bail was refused. has been declared on the paid-up capital stock of
!event de. but at the same time he could not help feeling that the tenanted by Joseph Balls, a pipe manufacturer. Two in- serious charge,
.and it would be most serious to keep • re- r
•••-•'-""-'-=-_
es of the thy and interest connected with the disaster mates of the house No. 4, namely Luigi Seartici, aged 62, spectable man in prizon so long. Two of the magistratestthe Commercial Bank of Canada.
oil arillw
!prebend. oto belong to those northern parts of England where and Mrs. Susan Grego, aged 63, fell with the house, the were. in favour of bad, and they recommended the present WEATHER REPORT.-(THIS DAY.) The sixth ordinary meeting of the Westminster I
c years of AI were familiar with the process of mining, and latter from the lint and the former from the second door, alt 9°B:--...--- Brewery Company is called for the 3rd of January,
tae
something of the circumstances upon which the and also
115 phew of the occupier named Pietro Brazini, a Mellor 'd he would tsummons for
mitr..dustiee. ear
to grant a MONDAY, DECEMBER 24, 8 A.M.
Ere venue, tif, of colliers depended. It was not many years ago boy ageyears. At the same time Mrs. Domenico Villa, acl torso to it thetesrisonder.t when a dividend will be declared.
:he world . aye the working of such pita se that to which their • married woman, aged 30 ; William Cole, a labourer ; and besurarson wtlLiae lira'rl of ilre p 1 w
zosaido. it would not ,P. Extreme. t Bea,
ft T.' w. leo „---,---s• W. '&1 to The following are the returns of the Irish Banks
eks
F; he cone attention was now drawn WU censidered to he &mom- another labourer, named Joseph Ince, fell with opposedl 1 12 F. D. 1119. of 11114013 for the four IvengthelBthDeC
new taxes noisd with so much danger, on amount of the fiery the house. The whole of these, after some delay, ____ ,____ - - ---- -- -
acid plan arerscter of the coal, to use the technical expression, that with the exception of the boy Pietro Bruin', COURT OF BANKRUPTCY. Nairn 30.04 48 4S.W. 2 8 S.S.W. !c. - 1
it was not thought possible to work them with anything were soon got out of the ruins, snd at (Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.) Aberdesa 80.06 46 W.S.W. I 1 W.S.W. 'bl - . 1
' the mast Leith '30.19 47 B.W. ,1 5 W./I.W. cm 1- i 1
lite security to life. But science had here applied once removed, some to St. Bartholomew's Hoepital and IN RE W. BIRD. .2 S' ,r• 6' tour weeks ending u stave
3•6 , W. •oct - , 2
1 ability of ose of her mod wonderful and useful inventions, others to the Royal Free Hospital. After the lire had This was a renewed application on behalf of the bank- nrcirrawde• • **113,42 8. _ >•s.!. ''ll'l
\l.l 'i.., Average circulation during
pree
•- - !
shnort simultaneously discovered by Mr, Stephenson and been extinguished the search amoopt the ruins was COD' rupt, who lately carried on the business of a public-house aaa solo 56 8. .4•41 W. co 0.05. 2 t 2,2 i-----------
' Sir llomPhreY Davy, by which an instrument was now tinned, an at about midnight the body of the poor lad broker and surveyor, in the New Kent-road. The debts cape Gam.... - - -i - . -1-1 • • . -
-mary for
produced which could give light with almost perfect semi- Pietro Brazini waa discovered, he being quite dead. The are nearly 5,000/., and substantially there are no assets. Dverpool 30.31 48' S. , 1 3 ,
sr. o
0-08 2 upwards.' 25 : Total.
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28 in sup. nitaT That was to say, seem!ity might be consideredperfect body was removed to the dead-house of the pariah, where The application was opposed on behalf of Messrs. Alford sot heed ... 3018 49 S.S.W. 12 4 . .R..W.
oor I : 1 1.5 and 1 side!
*I I k I X I Z
I reports, so as it WU scum by absolute prudence on the it now remains, awaiting the ooroner's inquest. Inquiry sod co., carriage builders, and Mr. Pope, a licensed l'e___•nssne•• •• • r„.„1 41 „5„.. ~! 1, ''. 1
4R S F Ito i - 4 The Bank of Ireland .... 3,733,428 1,681,400, 1,050,775 .2,646,175
.:ystem of Perron the workmen. Sredey all know how difficult it was last night elicited tbe fact that two of the sufferers who ~.... sun. Lorlent 30.32 37 B.S.W. ;1 I 3 N.& fro I- I 2 The Provincial Bank of
victualler, detaining creditors. The claim of M "r"" " ***** ".'" 4"*" .'' - • " 1 1
ry year g io Nellie this prudence on the part of • very large bode
.of were taken to the Royal Free Hollpital died yeaterdae. Alford and Co. accrued in respect of the him 'b. a Elocheron... sole 37 E. •3I 4 . N.& .ofl - 2 Ireland
meroindwhenthey thought how small &mistake, how trivial one of them named William Cole, a labourer, seed 48, re- brougham, which the bankrupt used in his business. One plymoutb ... 30 35 48 7- ,0 1 E.O. Z. mf 0.03 1 The Belfast Banking Com- I
rile of the
m accident, might have been the cause. of the whole of ceived a most severe fracture of the nose and skull ; and thel 1
~.i for the year's hire was paid, but when nearly another year's Weymouth .. 30.38 44 E S.E. 3 i 3E. or I - ft jr,o
_er.
_ftnking 1131,611 169,b93 ses,r4 5:4.368
lkis tremendous calemity, they were led into a contempla. other, Mrs, Domenico Villa. Cole was., we were informed, hire wee due the bankrupt pledged the brougham Portsmouth.. 30.36 43 B.3:_E. !3 • 2 N.E.
. cm
.7., 2_ •1154.:001:2.1,2 D 'l43 139,4011 3.16,038.1 47:,,49.1
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report is . uon of the disproportion of small causes to great events, standing at the door of the house No. 4at the time of for 50/. which, it was alleged, sustained consider- London ti- • • :50. g:1 NW,, W. 1;25 w •'.,7 *A, pro u:r 1 The l'lawt"e;Bankiug Cow-
• _... ..1-.•mk ..eite their wonder et the processes the explosion, and he at once rushed upstairs to save some able damage whilst deposited at the Bedford sefibli nii: 5047 44 W.&W. •i I 2 .W. W.
c.- . i racy
- --- --e ,- • ......m4Akm • lsot noon reaching the landing he was Pantechnicon: _
,The bankrupt upon being sued by Messrs. ShiAds - 3 The National Bank _ _ O-.1.1t1.._ 623.9:4, az:2w 1.1,.z.173
- -.;.,.. ~rie on to trial. by which Helder - - - ' - -
-
---.---:------- - _ AVERAGE AMOUNT UP COIN MELD DURING TOUR WF.212.3
370,180 AS ABOVE..
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_,

Shortly before 6 o'clock on Saturday evening en
explosion of a very serious character happened in one of
the densely populated thoroughfares in the neighbour-
hood of Leather-lane, Holborn, which has resulted in the
death of three , and serious injury to several
others. The exproLashappened in a narrow thorough-
fare known as Summer's-street, Eyre-street-hill, lying be-
tween Little Bathatreet and Beck-bill, in which several men
had been employed for some days previously, under the
Chartered Gas Company, in laying down a pa main in
the centre of the roadway. The men so engaged, it is
said, left off work on Saturday at about 2 o'clock and at
a quarter to 6 o'clock the inhabitants were startled by a
loud explosion, and soon after two of the houses in
the thoroughfare, Noa. 4 and 5, fell with • crash. The
ruins at once became ignited, and the greatest excitement
was created, the shrieks of the unfortunate persons who
had fallen with the houses being heard by, those around.
The first thing done was to send for the engines, a number
of which soon arrived, and the fire was not long in being
extinguished. The house No. 4 was at the time of the
occurrence occupied by Luigi Brezini, an Italian, who it
was stated let out portions of it to his countrymen, some
of whom were street musicians, but in consequence of the
explosion happening at so early an hour in the evening
most of his lodgers were from home. The other house was
tenanted by Joseph Balls, a pipe manufacturer. Two in-
mates of the house No. 4, namely Luigi Scartici, aged 62,
and Mrs. Susan Grego, aged 63, fell with the house, the
latter from the first and the former from the second door,
and also • nephew of the occupier, named Pietro Brawini, •
boy aged 15 years. At the same time Mrs. Domenic& Villa,
a married woman, aged 30 ; William Cole, • labourer ; and
another labourer, named Joseph Ince, fell with
the house. The whole of these, after some delay,
with the exception of the boy Pietro Bruin',
were soon got out of the ruins, and at
once removed, some to St. Bartholomew's Hospital and
others to the Royal Free Hospital. After the lire had
been extinguished the search amongst the ruins was
lad
con-
tinued, and at about midnight the body of the poor
Pietro Brazini was discovered, he being quite dead. There
e
body was removed to the dead-house of the parish, wh
it now remains, awaiting the coroner's inquest. Inquiry
last night elicited the fact that two of the sufferers who
were taken to the Royal Free Hospital died yesterday.
One of them named William Cole, a labourer, aged 48, re-
ceived a most severe fracture of the nose and skull ; and the
other, Mrs. Domenic& Villa. Cole was, we were informed,
standing at the door of the house No. 4 at the time of
the explosion, and he at once rushed upstairs to save some
of the inmates ; but upon reaching the landing he was
carried with the falling house, and, as stated, severely in-
jured. He has left a wife and five young children. The
poor woman Villa was severely burned about the
cony. The other Buffet:el at the Royal Free Hospisevetarel
sJoseph Ince, a labourer, who is suffering from
injuries to the spine. He lies in • critical condition.
Every attention was paid to their case by Mr. H. H.
Fsgge, the house surgeon. At St. Bartholomew's Hos-
pital, Mr. R. V. Moore, the house surgeon, has under his
care two sufferers, namely, Luigi Scartim, aged 62, and
Susan Grego, aged 63. The latter has received a com-
pound fracture of the left leg, a fracture of the right foot,
and two severe scalp wounds, and is much shaken. She
lice in a dangerous condition. It is stated that she was
standing on the landing on the first floor of one of the
houses at the time of the explosion, and her son, a
young man aged about 23, was attempting to save her,
when she fell through the flooring into the ruins. The
son then took • younger brother in his arms and made
his escape with him through the back part of the house
and over the house tops. 'The Italian Scartici,
wound and several con-
this hospital, has received a scalp
tusions, and is much shaken.

on Friday afternoon a meeting was held in the
Pontefract, for the purpose of organising a
°DW on behalf of the sufferers from the late col-
°-.altolosions at Barnsley and in Staffordshire. The
pry Pontefract, who bad convened the meeting
r ,
ptai-o and d, briefly stated the object for which they had
gialabled.
le Re. Dr. Biscay (Vicar of Pontefract) moved the
he
resolution, expressing the heartfelt and deepest sym-
thy of the neetisl4 with the families of those who, to the
Pa 6ac of about , had recently perished by the awful
stun
opuinrplosions at Barnsley and. in Staffordshire, and
that a fund should be raised in Pontefract and
airairhood for relieving the wants of the bereaved
;„jWass of the deceased miners. (Applause.)
Lced BOUGHTON was very gbul that that meeting of the
ora important inhabitants of Pontefract had been called
Sher. He was not made aware of the meeting that
toe •
, woe place at Barnsley in the early pert of the week, or he
mould have thought it his duty to be there, and not hay-
• ;„. boo present at it, he was glad to join his sympathies
ong with his neighbours in regard to this great calamity.
It had very well been said that that disaster had some-
along almost national about it. It bad aroused a consider-
ago *beg even in the most distant parts of the country,
but at the same time he could not help feeling that the
gysis sympathy those terest connected with the disaster
oat belong to northern parts of England where
an were familiar with the process of mining, and
guew something of the circumstances upon which the
gi• of colliers depended. It was not many years ago
ware the working of such pita es that to which their
assist was now drawn was considered to he &mom-
onaild with so much danger, on account of the fiery
rriaracter of the coal, to use the technical expression, that
it was not thought possible to work them with anything
au security to life. But science had here applied
one of her most wonderful and useful inventions,
sewn simultaneously discovered by Mr. Stephenson and
Sir Humphrey Davy, by which an instrument was now
produced which could give light with almost perfect sececui
That say, =t accomit/ 5.3
by absoluteht
pntdence on the
part the workmen. he all know bow difficult it was
to secure this prudence on the part of a very large body of
em, end when they thought how small s mistake, how trivial
accident, might have been the cauas of the whole of
, Os tremendous calamity, they were led lute a contempla-
ban of the disproportion of small causes to great events,
nth as might almost excite their wonder bathe processes
af providence in this world. It might ppen—it pro-
bably . bad happened—that one of the workmen, striking
his pick inadvertently aginnst the wire of his lamp, and
thus producing an almost invisible, at least an unnotice-
able aperture, might have been the cause of this tremen-
icon calamity. At the same time there seemed littledourgebt
that the miners engaged in this pit bad come upon a la
seumulation of noxious vapour, probably secreted in
some chamber underground for unknown ages of time.
The effect of this vapour coming in contact with the
Same of one single lamp would have been sufficient
ao ignite a large poi tion of the mine and to produce
a sous vapour of such intensity as to
destroysdes life at
eau a it cdsted in the pit. h thus a
amble calamity—a calamity to those who were destroyed
by the explosion, and a calamity to those who were killed
by the vapour. They might hope, indeed it was—if the
pie could be used in connection with such a calamity—a
matter for congratulation that there had been very little
human suffering on the part of those who were killed. A
certain number of those rescued had been wounded by fire,
and were at the present time in great misery ;
some of
them, especially. the younger portion of them, had died.
It vas difficult in a calamity of this kind to elicit any ex-
pression which at all came up to what all felt, and to what
ill were conscious of in the matter. It bad been said very
appropriately that some lesser calamity, some smaller
comforts of life, were better subjects for poetryof, for
rhetoric, and for oratory than thi
nature. Words totally failed them ; their ordinary ex-
of sympathy seemed lost and wasted on the
extent of this great sorrow. They were inclined to leave
the gnat disaster itself, and rather let their minds dwell
upon . particular incidents which touched them with a
peculiar effect, and excited within them feelings of
admiration at the heroism that had been
topdislayed. (Hear,
hear.) The heroism which'they were led admire on the
present occasion was remarkable for the entire simplicity
with which it was performed. No man seemed to have
come forward with any ostentation ; all was done quietly
and bravely ; and it might be said that from Mr. t
and
Dymood,
the proprietor of the noire, down to the very lowes
poorest, probably the most drunken workman, eveery man
seemed to have done his best. (Applaus.) f
those who volunteered to go down some of them were
end
men whose characters were of a very desperate
depraved nature, men whom the world cared little about,
men who themselves cared very little or nothing for public
opinion, yet these men had ventured themselves at so great
a risk with entire simplicity, and the difficulty was not to
procure men, but to prevent more going down than were
wanted. (Hear, hear, and applause.) He did not think
Mr. he could say more with regard to the accident itself.
Mr. Dymond had written to him that morning, stating
that the engineers were still sitting discussing the subject,
and that no satisfactory result had been obtained as to the
probable cause of the disaster. gut aid there
was neglected
seem any
reason for believing that any pn
which would have mitigated its severity. He visited
the Oaks pit two days ago; instead of the noisy, confused
scene of labour, there was nothing visible but some few
men working hard at filling up with earth those shafts
down which the unhappy men had descended. The gene-
ral silence and gloom which overhung the place was per-
haps more solemn than Hear.) b the expression of any
amount of sympathy. (Hear.) Just below there was a
little yaw with rows of houses such as colliers inhabited,
and in the whole of which there was only to be found
cue single woman who had not lost some one who was
near and dear to her. That single woman, when he saw
her, was engaged in attending at the bedside of a pooredi mall
who had been burnt absolutely all over, but whom mca
skill promised to keep alive. The whole of the rest of the
women in that village were either fatherless, husbandless,
o. brotherleas, and the whole of the children were either
orphans or had lost some one in the relation of guardian.
The extent of the disaster, however, did not end there ; it
bad spread over many other villages, and besides incud-
ing a large mass of the working classes, had carried
d soing.
r-
row into many homes of a higher social stan
(Hear, bear.) He was afraid that they could not hope
that for the future calamities of this kind could be alto-
gether avoided. They knew how widely the system of
mining for coal was extending in this country. With that ex-
tension there would be always some cases of imprudence. and
there would be always some mines opened the working of
which was peculiarly dangerous. So long as the present
intense competition existed new mines would be opened,
and it must be remembered that the community were
practical gainers by that competition, the price of coal
being considerably reduced. There had been a gnat dis-
cussion going on as to whether, not in their time, notren in
's
their children's time, probably not in their grandchild
time, but in a time which might almost be calculated, the
supply of coal in this country might be considered so
seriously diminished as to affect the national wealth and
proeperity • and, therefore, if there was some littleal stop
put to this severe competition in producing co, he
did not know that great harm could be done. But where
men were wanted, they would always be found ready
to inn risks of this description, and therefore he was
afraid that they could not hope to be entirely free from
the recurrence of disasters of this kind. They must con-
sider that the charity they were called on to exercise
for
on
occasions like the present was a sort of rate they paid
the comparative facility soul cheapness with which they
procured this most valuable domestic material. When
they were sitting by their own Bresides, surrounded with
domestic comfort, they would almost feel a little warmer
than they did before, if they had done their duty by assist-
ing towards the relief of the distress caused by this great
calamity. (Applause.) He had great pleasure in stating
that Sir John ltamsden, whilst expressing his regret that
be could not be present at the meeting, desired him to
put his name down for 100/. towards the fund. (Ap-
plause.)
The resolution was unanimously adopted, and a com-
mittee was appointed to distribute the fund—the mayor
agreeing to act as treasurer.
A vote of thanks to his worship for presiding brought the
meeting to a close.

IN RE W. BIRD.
This was a renewed application on behalf of the bank-
rupt, who lately carried on the business of a public-house
broker and surveyor, in the New Kent-mad. The debts
are nearly 5,0001., and substantially there are no assets.
The application was opposed on behalf of Messrs. Alford
and Co., carriage builders, and Mr. Pope, a licensed
victualler, detaining creditors. The claim of Messrs.
Alton' and Co. accrued in respect of the hire of a
brougham, which the bankrupt used in his business. One
year's hire was paid, but when nearly another year's
hire was due the bankrupt pledged the brougham
for 50/. which, it was alleged, sustained consider-
able damage whilst deposited at the Bedford
Pantechnicon. The bankrupt upon being sued by Meer
ch
s.
Alford defended the action nearly up to trial, by whi
much additional expense was incurred. The complaint of
Mr. Pope was that the bankrupt having been employed as
broker in the " change "of the Red Lion public-house in
the Strand had, after deducting his charges, retained the
balance of the deposit, nearly 501., instead of pay-
ing over the same to Mr. Pope. Mr. Pope was
persuaded to take an acceptance for the amount,
but it was dishonoured at maturity and legal
proceedings had to be taken for recovery of the
amount. On behalf of both the detaining creditors, it Ws
contended that the bankrupt had been guilty of a speci
of fraud.
After hearing Mr. Lucas who supported and who men-
tioned that the bankrupt had been already one month in
prison,
The Commissioner said that although the bankrupt
might possibly escape if indicted criminally, that was no
re..son why this court should interfere on his behalf. His
conduct h..d been of a very gross description, and no benefit
could possibly accrue to the creditors by the bankrupt
being released. Abankrupt who chimed the assistance of the
court ought to come before it with clean hands, and that
not being the case here, the application would be

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REMARKS.
In the north and west of the British isles bar.ineters are un-
steady. and in the south they hare frdlen slightly. Thete. winds
are chiefly southerly and westerly, light to modera In
Englaud and Ireland the sky Is over...sat, with fog and rain in
places. Temperature has risen considerably on the north coast
of Scotland.

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The Bank et Ireland
The Provincial Bank of Ireland
The Belfast &inking Company
The Northern Banking Company.
The hater Banking Company
The National Bank

HEALTH OF THE BISHOPS.—Three of the bishops
were unable to hold their ordinations yesterday on account
of ill health, namely, the Bishop of London. for whom
Bishop Anderson officiated ; the Bishop of Exeter, for
whom the Bishop of Newfoundland acted ; and the Bishop
of Hereford, whose duties were discharged by. the Bishop
of Worcester. The Bishop of Bath and Wells is recovering
from his late serious illness.
DEATH OF THE HON. H. SUDDEN.—The death
is announced of the lion. Henry Stirlen, eldest son of Lord
St. Leonards. The deceased, wee was burn in ISII, was
educated at Eton and Harrow, after which he proceeded
to St. Alban Hall, Oxford, there he took his B.A.
degree in 1834 when he was fourth class in mathematics.
He was called to the bar by the Hon. Society of Lincol
inn in 1837, and was made Registrar of the Court of
Chancery in Ireland in 1846, during the time Lord St.
Leonard/ was Lord Chancellor of Ireland. lie was married
in 1844 to the daughter of Lieutenant-Colonel Cookson, of
Neasham-hall, Durham.
EXETER-HALL.—The Messiah will be performed
this evening by the National Choral Society, condu
ctcted by
Mr. G. W. Martin. The solo parts will be Miss
Louisa Tyne, Miss Franklein, Mr. Kedge, and Mr. Santley.
CHRISTMAS DAY.—The Very Rec. the Dean of
Westminster (Dr. Stanley) will preach in rosierWestmter
Abbey on the morning of Christmas Day. Divine s
will commence at 10 o'clock.
"THE WILD MEN OF JESSO."—A correspon-
dence has taken place between the Aboriginr a Protection
Society and Mr. Walpole, the Home Secretary,in reference
to an exhibition now travelling the proinces of so-called
" wild men of Jesse." Rep
nature of the brutalising
nature of this exhibition have been made to the society,
and their interference has been repeatedly invited. They
have done what they could in the matter, but hitherto
without any practical result. It has been their chief obiect
to ascertain, by verbal communication with the uu.or-
tunate creatures themselves, whether they were detained
against their will ; but although they employed a highly
intelligent Japanese gentleman, he was unable to under-
stand them, or to make himself understood. It is, how-
ever, the society thinks, impossible to believe that these
wild men —of whose Asiatic engin, at all events,
there can be no doubt would willingly. permit
themselves to be confined in a den like
dure the wretchedness wild
of
be lets, and voluntarily en
perpetual imprisonment behind iron bars, if they had the
alternative of personal freedom, or of restoration to their
own country fairly presented to them. They sugg est
the Home Secretary that it is legitimately within his pro-
s nce to put an end to an exhibition which is felt by all
who have witnessed it to be • grave public scandal. In
reply Mr. Walpole states that the matter has been in-
quired iuto ; and that there appears to be good reason for
supposing that the public are deceived as to these supposed
savages, and that the Aborigines Protection Society, if it
should make further researches, will probably find that
there is not in reality any such restraint put upon these so-
called " wild men" as they apprehend to be the cam.
THE SOILED Dove CASE.—This case, which has
gated created souch excitement in turf circles, was investi-
at a viagneral meeting of the Jockey Club, held at
Messrs. path
folio on Friday last. After hearing the
evidence, the followiug decision was arrived at : • The
stewards of the Jockey Club, at the instance of the
stewanli at Warwick, having made the neceseary inquiries
respecting Soiled Dove, and having had her examined, are
of opinion that she is now a three year old, instead of a
two year old, as represented. The stewards of the Jockey
Club further decide that according to Rule 17 she is
qualified for all races which she has won during the past
season. The stewards will make further inquiries in
order,
.if
_p9ssible, to discover the author of the fraud.
(Signed) W. G. CRAVEN, H. J. ROCS, BEAUFoRT."
THE HOP TRADE IN EAST KENT.—On Saturday
two important meetings were held in Canterburyin refer-
ence to the hop trade in East Kent. One was a meeting
of planters, held in the Royal Fountain Hotel, at which
Sir Brook Bridges, M.P., propcsed " That a committee be
forced to draw up a report with the view of putting an
rm
end to the unsatisfactory mode of conducting the sale
of hops which prevails at present." Mr. Robert Lake,
of Milton Chapel, seconded the motion. Mr. Thomas
Kingsnorth thought that if one-half the cultivators
would agree the work would be accomplished.
ere The
at the
whole
affair was a gigantic juggle—the growers w
mercy of the agent, the factor, and the customer,
hat and
hap-
be-
tween them they were swindled that was really w
pened. Mr. Kingsnorth then spoke at
csoe inme length on the
propriety of establishing a mart a on Canterbury as
the best cure for the evil, as it would have the effect of
bringing the grower and the consumer face to f
ace, tace and of
thus establishing a good understanding betwhem.
Mr. T. Carter and Mr. Dombrain addressed the meeting,
after which the motion was put and carried unanimously.
A second resolution, nominating a committee, with power
to add to their number, was then passed. and the meeting
separated. The second meeting. was held at the Common-
hall, for the purpose of promoting the establishment of a
hop mart under the auspices of the corporation, the
mayor presiding. Mr. Hamilton (of the Inland Revenue-
office) detailed the mode of procedure adopted in Wor-
cester, where such a mart had been instituted. The motion
was unanimously carried, as was also the appointment of a
committee to assist the corporation, and to confer with
the hop-growers on the subject.
STAFFORDSHIRE.—A meeting of owners andlord-
oc-
cupiers of land, convened by the Ear
l of Lichfield,
lieutenant of the county, was held at the Shireid -he all, Sta
thf-
ford, on Saturday, for the purpose of considering
propriety of establishing a Chamber of
G.icuriltnre fore
Staffordshire. The Earl of Harrowby, K., AgrLord Hather-
ton, Viscount Bandon, Mr. Pell, chairman of the Central
Chamber of Commerce, several landowners, and e
was a number
of tenant farmers, were present. A ap-
pointed to draw up rules and to consider the terms on
which the proposed local chamber might be represented
in the Central Chamber of Agriculture in London. Both
Lord Lichfield and Lord Harrowby took exception to
small fanners' clubs being represented at the Central
Chamber on the same terms as county
tations
chambers, and Mr.
Pell promised to submit to that bodyany represen
the committee might make on that point.
THIRST.—There is no harm in drinking whole-
some fluids to allay the thirst produced by perspiration. 11
The water of the blood has been thrown off during the
violent muscular efforts, to relieve the circulation on; after
the work is over, the blood is deficient in its water, and
thirst is the consequence. If the atmospheie be moist, this
water may be re-absorbed by the skin. and if we get into a
warm bath, our thirst will soon be quenched in this way
but if the air be hot and dry, and we do not immerse our
akin in water, we must take it into the cirulation by the
stomach, and it is mere cruelty to animals to withhold it.
The latter method should not be adopted, however, till the
rowing or running is ended. The sudden pouring in upon
the stomach of a quantity of cold water will not benefit
respiratory efforts, if they are to be made shortly after.
To allay thirst, it is important that the fluids be appro-
priate • for many, as beer, will surely increaae it, as will
sweet 'fruit or ices, however grateful to the month they
may be. It is often found that the frequent drinking even of
water will increase thirst, and that a pebble held in the
mouth, Is
something chewed to stimulate the salivary
organs, more efficacious,—Coraltill Magazine for
January.
Mr. Kimmel is as active as ever in the supply of
novelties for Christmas presents, the designs for his
scent eases, toilet sets, fans, showing a pleasant and
exuberant fancy.

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THE POLICE COURTS.

(THIS DAY.)

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
DANGENOUB ASSAULT BY AN AUCTIONEER.
John Acton, 29, Great Queen-street, Drury-lane, auc-
tioneer, was charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with, assaulting
Mr. Henry John Capon, beerhouse keeper, of No. 25,
Noel-street, Wardourstreet, and also with breaking a
pane of glass, of the value of 2/. 10s.
Mr. Capon said—On the' Ist of December the prisoner
came to my house and asked for half a pint of
porter. I served him, and he laid down a sove-
reign. I told him that I bad no change, and
he drank the beer and left and afterwards came back
and paid me. At 9 o'clock the same night the prisoner
came again with a friend, and the friend called for apint
of spiced beer, and asked for it to be boiling, but onp
being supplied to him he villa not drink it, and the pri-
soner, after abusing me, threw the beer into my face, scald-
ing me, and nearly blinding me, and he then threw a pot at
me, and he took up a second, and threw it with suc I
no
h vio-
lence at me that if I had not stooped to avoid it
doubt would have been killed, the measure being douhled
up, and a door it came in contact with having an indents,
tion. The prisoner then broke a pane of glass of the
value of 505., and when be got outside challenged me to
come out and see what he would do. While my wife was
gone for a constable the prisoner's friend got him away,
and I applied for a warrant and had him app she
I ded.ard
A witness said—While getting my supper beer he
the prisoner make use of bad language to Mr. Capon, and
saw him then throw the hot beer in his face ; he threw
afterwards the pot at him, and then broke the window.
Mrs. Elizabeth Capon, wife of the complainant, saidced
The prisoner's friend asked for a pint of very hot sp i
beer, and paid for it, end because it was too hot the pri-
soner called her husband a thief," a and saidhe , "then
throw this into your face,
threw the beer into her husband's face, and then
two measures. She went round the counter for the purpose
of going for a constable, her husband being blinded at the
time, and the prisoner then dashed his fiat through the
window, and made off. There had been a grievance ex-
isting before between her husband and the prisoner, but
that had been forgotten.
The prisoner—l told the complainant that
tit had t was shabby
of him not to change the sovereign, and that a great
mind to throw the beer at him, and be said, " Do it," and
I did so, and he then threw a pot at me, and I threw one
at him. I don't recollect how the window was broker..
Mr. Tyrwhitt said the prisoner had some former malice
against the complainant, and because the complainant did
not change his sovereign his bad spirit had revived again.
It was a bad assault, and the prisoner might have killed
the complainant. He should commit the prisoner
for
for s
he
weeks for the assault and order him to pay 2i. rm. the
ps
damage and 2s. tine or another mouth. That perha
would have the effect, of teaching the prisoner that lie
must not be so cruel to people.
WORSHIP-STREET.

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.• _ _ _
THE CIIIII,TMAA EVE.
Mr. Newton was engaged for a lung time after taking
his seat on the bench in bearing applications for assistance
from the poor-box, and disposing of charges against the
incapably drunk and the drunk and disorderly ; the
greater number of the applicants were relieved,
proper inquiries having been made into each separate
case, and most of the offenders being transg,ressurs of
Saturday last, locked in durance vile during the Sabbath
and manifestly' fearful of being in prison on Christmas-
day, attempted all sorts of excuses for their mith isbehaviour.
In moat instances they were discharged, w the cau-
tion, " Don't come here again." One dirty-looking
fellow was sent to prison for 14 days, for assaulting
two sisters in the public streets, under the privi-
leges of the mistletoe in the first instance, and
then because resistance was offered striking one of the
girls with such violence that she fell,and fainted. Another
fellow was charged with cheating the unwary by doing the
three card trick on a stool, placed in the highway of Iffle-
end. Great difficulty was experienced in getting at this
sharper,in consequence of the numberof confederatesabout
him who gave the office immediately on the appearance of
the police, when the candle was instantly extinguished. A
" plain clothes man," however, at length got near to see
some man lose a sovereign, and took the fellow into cus-
tody.
Mr. Newton sent him to prison for seven days.
WESTMINSTER.
IMPRISONMENT OF INNOCENT PERSONA.
Three young women of creditable appearance. one of
whom had an infant in her arms, were placed before Mr.
Selfe in the names of Civic, O'Hara, and Bullard.
Sergeant Purchase, of the B division, stepped forward
and said—fhese persons have been charged wrongly and
are innocent.*
Mr. Selfe--Where is the prosecutor!
Sergeant Purchase--Ile has not come here. These women
were charged with felony, and locked up on Saturday
night ;but the property alleged to have been stolen was
never lost.
Mr. Selfe—Then there was no felony committed.
Sergeant Purchase--None. The prosecutor charged these
women with stealing a silver watch from his person,
and they were taken into custody and detained,
hut
yesterday afternoon I received a message
the prosecutor informing me that he had found
his missing watch in a drawer in his own room ;
in fact,
set
that he had not had it out with him on Saturday.
When
I hrd tis, and saw the watch, I immediately the
women free on their own recognisances to appear here to-
day.
The accused were discharged.
SOUTHWAICE.
FORGERY AND FRAUD [PON A RAILWAY COMPANY.
tody
Jana Ben carman, was brought tip in aus
charged with obtaining the suns of 11. 4a. and other
moneys from James Bickerton, by means of forged orders,
thereby defrauding the London, Brighton, and South
Coast Railway Company.
It appeared from the evidence of James B
station ofickertthon Loa-
he wan assistant cashier at the goods e
don, Brighton, and South Coast Railway,
in Bricklheir ay
em-
ers'
Arms. lie knew the prisoner as having been t
ploy as carrier about two years ago. On Tuesday after-
noon last the prisoner came into his office, and
handed him an order to pay him the sum of
I/. 4s.
•He said he had brought two hundred
wet bides for transmiasion to Chichester and
that the SUM on the order was the champs thereon.
ness examined the order, and believing it to be genuine,
he paid him the 11.4.. The order set forth 200 raw bides

LORD Sr. LEONARDS.—We are authorised to
contradict the announcement of the death of Lord St.
Leman's, which appeared in the evening papers on Satur-
day, having been published in the Dublin Evening Mail.
The noble and learned lord is in possession of his usual
health at his residence, Boyle Farm, near Thames Ditton.
It was his eldest son, the Hun. Henry Sugden, who died
on Thursday at Staple-house, Nantwicb, Cheshire*.
The Bilhop of Illinois, at the request of the
Bishop of London, v. at preach and celebrate the Holy
Communion, on Christmas-day, in the Chapel Royal,
Whitehall. We believe that this is the first time an
American bishop has been invited to undertake this duty.
We are glad to announce (says the Sunday Gazette)
that her Majesty has made arrangements by which suitable
apartments in Kensington Palace will be pros idea for the
permanent residence of her Royal Highness the Princess
Karl Adelaide and the l'rince de Tech.
STEAK POWER ON HIGHLAND ROADS.—MeSSTS.
Richard Cornion and Co., shipowners azidwood merchan
ofts,
Aberdeen, are determined to make the experiment
bringing the produce of a large extent of the overgrown
forekt of Invercauld, of which they had become purchasers,
to the railway by means of steam along the turnpike.
Securing a fine 10-horse power traction engine, they:corn-
Inencol their experiment on Monday, and have contiziue:d
it everyday since, and the result is decided success. Within
half an hour of starting, the engine, which has been very
aPpropriately named the Forester, ascended the hill-road
of Cmigendarroch, an ascent of lin 16, with a burden of
about ten tons, with the utmost ease at a rate of 27s miles
per hour. On the level road the journey of 15 miles Wall
made at a speed of from four to five miles per boar, not
• hitch occurring the whole way. It is a fact that until
now this firm could import timber all the way from Ame-
rica attest cost as to carriage than they could bring! it from
Braemar. The Forester, it is calculated, will easily draw
loads of 25 to :10 tons at a time.

The half monthly settlement in shares and foreign
stocks will begin on Wednesday next (" Continua-
tion day") and end on Friday.
With reference to the Ottoman General Five per
Cent. Debt, the Imperial Ottoman Bank have given
notice to the holders of bonds who intend to receive
in Europe the current half-yearly interest, that
they will have to declare such intention at the
agencies of the Imperial Ottoman Bank in London
or Paris, or at its correspondents in Frankfort and
Amsterdam, between the 25th inst. and the 3rd of
January inclusive. The official notification will be
found in another column.
About 106,000/. in gold was sent into the Bank
ou Saturday, while 10,0001. was withdrawn for
Egypt. The amount purchased since the date of
the last return is as much as 421,0001.
In the Rolls Chambers on Saturday, Mr. Church,
the chief clerk, gave his decision with reference to
the application for snaking a call of 401. per share on
the shareholders of Barned's Banking Company
(Limited). According to the liquidators, the
probable yield of the call would be 500,0001. ;
the liabilities of the bank are 1,800,0001. ; and the
nominal assets t 170,000/. ; but the chief clerk de-
clared his belief that the value of these asse.s
must be reduced by a sum of not less than
300,0001. " The result is," he remarks, " that,
during the eight months of its trading,
the bank incurred losses to tlie extent
of at least 1,600,000/. ; that is to say,
at the rate of 200,0001. a month." The chief
clerk said he did not think he should be exercising
proper caution and care if he were to make the
call before the list of creditors is brought in. He
II accordingly decided to let the sununons stand over,
and to let the liquidators bring in the list of cre-
ditors at the earliest possible moment. This deci-
sion not meeting the views of the solicitor to the
official liquidators, it was arranged that the ques-
tion shall come before the judge himself on the
first Saturday after term.
The fortieth report of the directors of the East
Incl;an Railway Company, to be submitted at the
half-yearly meeting on the 31st inst., states the
gross traffic earnings for the half-year ended the
30th Junl at 1,067,5421., against 821,6761. in the
corresponding half-year, and the net earnings at
626,2181., ascompared with 474,0831. The board
express their gratification utbeing enabled to recom-
mend the payment in January of a dividend for
the six months ending the 31st instant in addition
to the guaranteed interest at the rate of one-half
per cent. per annum, free of income tax. Thesum ba-
lance to be carried forward is 10,000 rs. A
of 9,1661. is carried to the credit of a reserve fund
for bad and doubtful debts.
A call of 21. is to be paid on the 181. inconverti-
ble Five per Cent. preference shares of the Mid-
land Railway Company by the 15th Jan.
A sixth call is to be paid on the shares of the
Netherlands India Railway Company by the 10th
January, when the half-yearly guaranteed interest
will be payable to the shareholders.
An extraordinary general meeting of the Atlanedtic
Royal Mail Steam Navigation Company (Limit" )
LS called by the liquidator for the 24th Jan.,
to
consider an account which will be submitted to the
meeting, showing the manner in which the wind-
ing up of the affairs of the company has been con-
ducted and the property of the company disposed

of."
The receipts of the Grand Trunk Railway of
Canada fur the week ending the Ist inst. were
29,117'. sterling, being 2,e 151. leas than in the
corresponding week of last year.
The Great Western of Canada Railway traffic
return for the week ending Dec. 7 shows a decrease
of 2,-194!., compared with the corresponding period
of 1865.
Creditors of the Dartford Creek Paper Mill Com-
pany (Limited) are required to send the particulars
of their claims to Mr. Frederick Maynard, the
liquidator, by the 2nd Jan.
Creditors of the Freehold Land and Brick-making
Company (Limited) are required to send the parti-
culars of their claims to Mr. George Scott, the
official liquidator, by the 18th January, the Btcatinh
February having been appointed for adjudicating
upon them.
The Great Luxembourg Company announce that
a list of the obligations drawn at Brussels on the
6th inst. for reimbursement may be obtaine d from
heat on application.

SATIIIDAT EVEITNG.
Consols which closed yesterday at
m 95 to 90, ex
at div. ,
for the 10th January, opened this orning the
same quotation, and closed at S 9 to /. For money
the last price was 89:: to 2. The official business
report, is as follows :—Three per Cent. Consols,
for money, 892, 90, 892, 90; ditto, for account,
891 ; Three per Cents. Reduced,
Three per Cents., 89, 81, 9/. India Five per Cent.
Stock, 1072, 2, 2 ; ditto Bonds, 255. prem.
The India Five per Cent. stock was steady at the
late improvement.
Exchequer Bills were firm at ss. to 105. prem.
The foreign stock market was rather firm. Bra-
zilian Bonds were inquired for, and improved 1 per
cent. Portuguese also advanced 2, and Spanish
Passive and Turkish of 1865, / ; Spanish Certifi-
cates were slightly better. Turkish of 1858 and
Italian of 1861, however, declined 1 and / perl, ce
1/
nt.
respectively. Russian scrip was steady at to
prem.
Bank shares were firm. The only movements
were a rise of 1/. in Colonial, and 10s. in Chartedecline red
of India, Australia, and China, and a of
11. in National.
There were fewer transactions in the shares of
the financial companies, and prices closed about
the same as yesterday, being as follows
:—lnter-
national Financial, 2i to 2 dis. •, General Credit,
1$ to 14 dis. ; London Financial, 17 to 16 die. ;
and Credit Fonder of England, 4t to 41 dia.