The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-11 00:00:00

brads= it would 16,14-1 beim ore—.
las amil•01 ur:a as es 'mem(
too bogie. raw wards ef
tr., which the seelemation o ite amnion
".:es fourth time, raised you. (Hear, her
nr, as many of us are, of
past, mti
many an eventful day and night within
have maintained the 'privileges, the o
and the honour of the bone% tt is a
granulation and ilistificatios to 11/ that,
the exactions which ita ratio have r.

upon lon, you have found
woddnieb. . prepay
a•\• %VS. ...span illinEbel Meer.
hear.) Sir, lam sure I only speak the general feeling
when I say that, as far as depends on the house over
h you have been called upon to preside, the same per-
sonal respect sod regard, the same loyal and cheerful
deference to the authority with which the constitution
and your position invest you. the same reedy sup-
port to your vindication of the privileges re.
this house, will be es readily accorded la
future as I believe ti •
von in the -- nave the.
, • (Hear, hear.) In your -position, sir,
Brat among a" commoners of ftgland —first amomt th
commoners of this nation. and entitled by your office to
speak for them in the parliament easembled—l may,
perhaps. express the impression that you may find weight
added to your words, as well as lustre to the seat which
you occupy, by the fact that in this parliament you pet-
side over an assembly which in a wider sense than ever is
composed of the representatives of the people. (Cheers.)
That health and comfort, and all prosperity may be
around you in the seat which yeti occupy, lightening the
severity of your labours, and inspiring tlwgdieeJserge with
vigour, is the fervent and earnest aspiration of ns all.
(Own e.) I beg to move that the have hoop now aillinen.
The motion was agreed to, and the se aomdmgly
adjourned at 20 minutes to 3 o'clock till to-morrow (this
day.

21e jury foUnd the prisoner Oaty. He WM esstested
to 40 yearsprual servitiide. The rumor to to
quite surprised at the severity of themetenre.

THE POLIOII COURTS.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
Mr. Om Dry, the proprietor of Gregory's Hotel, Noe. 61
and 62, Rupert-stn et, we. summoned before Mr. Knox
for permitting drunkenness and disorderly conduct in his
house contrary to the tenour of his license.
Mr. Poland appeared for the defence.
The evidence of the police was to the effect that on
Sunday morning about three o'clock they. heard a great
noise in the defendant's house, and on gaining admission
found three or four perform in the room with glasses before
them. The waiter on being spoken to told the persons to
go to bed. The persons got up, and three staggered away
as if partially into: noted.
Mr. Poland said Gregory's Hotel was well known as •
most respectable place for the accommodation of persons
from the country. It had been established for fifty years,
and no complaint bad been made against it until very re-
cently, when thecae@ wee dismissed He was afraid that
the present summons was owing to 'the previous
He would prove beyond question that the persons found
by the police in the coffee-room were lodgers.
A waiter named Wood, who said he had been five years
in his present situation, said when the police came in ho
told them that the gentlemen in the coffee-mom had Just
come from a !sporting match, and were talking shout the
event in a rather excited manner. He told them in the
presence of the nolicathey had better retire to their rooms,
and they lighted their candles and went to bed. He re-
quieted the police to go with the parties and satisfy them-
rely, they were lodgers.
Mr. Knox said even bad the case been made out, be
should have been the last to put • stigma on a house so
long established and so well conducted. There could be
no reasonable doubt that the person. in the coffee-room
were lodgers, and if he were called upon to fine every one
who talked • tittle too loud, and took • little too much in
their hotels, he should have more than enough to do. The
summons muit be dismissed.
SOUTHWARK.
Jars Jones, a well-dreesed and smart-looking man, was
placed at the bar for final examination, charged with being
concerned with others in breaking and entenng the dwell-
ing house of Frederick George Lewin, at 4, Lombanlian-
villas, Saint Mary's-road, Peckham, and stealing there-
from a gold watch and chain worth 20 guineas. an iron
fire-proof safe, two silver gravy spoons, and other articles
of plate.
Mr. Partridge committed the prisoner for trial.

THE COLLIERY EXPLOSION WEAR WIGAN.

WIOAN, THURSDAY.

The inquest on the bodies of the 02 persons
killed by the explosioe of fire damp at the ltindley-
grin u Colliery on the 21th ult. was resumed this morning
at the Vietoria Inn, before Mr. C. E. britfield„ district
con DIT. The principal feature of the day's proceedings
was the examination of Mr. (.ergs (Jellify, the manager
of the Ince Mall Coal mid Cannel Company, who
was down the mine immediately after the ex-
ph:slim. In the course of his evidence he said —We
'redid Ilcesley's place, and found marked evidence of
burning in both roof and coal. In Isherwood's place we
found the evidence of tire still more apparent. The con-
elusit n we came to was that we believed the tire had been
more intense at this point than any other. We foun
behind some bratticing m Isherwood s place, which had
lain recently fixed, an exploded powder tut, drilling gear,
and some "tallies." The barrel of the powder can was
burst, and the bottom which was blown out was found.
'the opinion which he and those who accompanied him
concurred in from the appearance of the tin was that the
powder bad been fired from within. iWe next made
our way to Sergeant's place, where we found evi-
dence of tire. The stopings, generally speaking,
were found blown northward, giving conclusive
evidence that the explosion must have been either
from powder or gas, or both combined. lam under the
impressers that the powder which has been exploded
has played a powerful girt in the explosion. On the
opposite side of the brattico to that upon which the pow-
der-can was found, and close to the coal wall, there were
the remains of a burnt Coil of fuse. There were portions
of spoil found upon each sided the rails. One pesos, nearly
opposite the powder bottle, suggested to my mind a con-
nexion between the fuse and powder. The outside of the
bottle doss not premet the discoloration I should have
expected had it been only subjected to the explosion of gas.
The bottle would hold about 2lbs. of powder. In a dry
mine like Ilindley-grem ' if an explosion of 31ba. or tlbs
gunpowder occurred, theeffects would be serious in them-
selves. In addition to this there would b e a great deal
of coal dust raised by the explosion, which would rapidly
fire, and after damp would be produced in • considerable
quantity. Whilst he: was not prepared to say that gun-
powder had caused the whole of the disaster, yet he be-
lieved it had contributed largely to it. lie bad heard a
great deal of the theory as to the state of the atmosphere
and of the necessity of attending to the mediation of the
barometer. Now it occurred to him thst these explodons,
and their effects, were not thoroughly ur.derdood. it gene-
rally surprised one very much to find that • very small
quantity of gaa—very few cubic feet—upset the whole of
the pit workings and killed some mores of men. The
management of a colliery in a case of this kind were
placed in a singular position. The principal witnesses—
thore who probably would have known most of the occur-
rence—were not able to tell the tale. In this instance,
however, fie thought they had a right to infer that a few
minutes before the explosion the men in the down brow
rifle were all in their respective places., and that the air
was as good and sweet as it had been before, and that
everything was rate. They must, therefore, lu,ok fur a
disturbing rause. That disturbing eali,e might be the
explosion of the powder ; but the fads they li.el were so
few and vague, not having any one from the dip-silo to
tell, that they must assume. The inquiry was proceeding
whin our parcel loft.

Mr. George Virtue, the proprietor of the Art
Journal, and an old inhabitant of Ivy-lane, St.
died suddenly pvteiday.
WAR DEPAIL'ISIENT LAND AT SIIF.ERNMS.
One of the large,t meetings ever held in Sheerness took
plate in the Co-operatii e-Itall, upwards of 7UO persons
being present, for the allotment of the twelve-acre piece
of land sold by the War-office to the United Land Com-
pany (Limit ea).
tiI:EBLX MFMORIAL OF ColiDEN.—The Brighton
Berald states that a retired agriculturist is setting up a
memorial of Cobden on his own land, about a tulle from
Midhurst as it is approached from Chichester. The memo-
rial is an obelisk of sandstone, about 10 feet high._

INUNDATIONB IN NOTTNI-NOTTINGAiI, TIll:R4-
DAT.—The (*pious rains that have fallen during the past
fortnight in the Midland counties have caused the Trent
to overflow its banks, and large tracts of land on both
•ides of the river are submerged in water.

HINGI'LAIt VEItHWr. At the Sheffield sessions
on Monday, George Wilson, file-cutter, was &lege" with
stealing a silver-plated cup, la, banker's receipts for
1601., and 401., from the Queen's Hotel. At the
close of the trial the jury deliberated for an hour, and
then. signifying that they had agreed, they were askod
by the clerk of the court: Do you find the prisoner guilty
or not guilty ? The Foreman : We find the prionor
guilty, but we recommend him to mercy, because
we deem the evidence unsatisftwtory with le ;ant
to possession. (Loud laughter.) The Chairman —lf you
think that you must acquit him. Prisoner's COUII6OI
The decision of the jury is tantamount to a verdict of
atsjuittal, and I claim the discharge of the prisoner.
A rile, (with a look of astonishment at the foreartu)—
That is nut the verdict of the jury. (Renewed laughter.)
The Foreman (confidently) : It was the decision of the
jury. (Laughter and hisses.) *lle Chairman: Consider
your verdict again? gentlemen. The jury reoonsidered
their decision, and in a few moments they turned to the
clerk of the court, who asked : Do you find the prisoner
guilty or not guilty ? The Foreman : Guilty (after a
pause), and we recommend him to mercy. Detective
Inspector Battersby, in answer to the court, said : The
prisoner is a well-known receiver of stolen
in property.
The Louse he kept, the Ten Bells, was the resort of all the
travelling thieves the country. The Chairman On the
jury): Do you still continue to recommend the
_prisoner
to mercy after what you have heard The Foreman
(timidly) : No. (A laugh.) The prisoner wan committed
to prises for 18 months.
DBA•111 OF A CIIHNIST nisouon INHALING
CHLOROTOBIL—Yesterday afternoon Mr. W. Carter held
asinqnest at the Mom and Groom Tavern, Wahreeth-
road, Toaebing the death of Kr. A. John Roberts aged
31 Mr. John Jones, assistant to Moms Faulkner
and ababosn, elowande, cd 241, Walwortbeeed, said that
on Sunday last the deposes' returned hems. He was
manager to Use Arm He west up to bed, sad ohootly after-
wards wee band bad. He wools_ idgh whin he re-
tired to rest. He bed hem in the MKS= chloroforms
fer the ("deadening nobs is be bee. Kr. Oriql.
urgeon, that the decried wee ids nephew. When
he was called in to see the &weasel, he bung Ida&
with his bee ea the pillow. There was alb
invadaailaed Nouarrotaithembc.xllizis - empty
of 4., .c. 47 mrri !hat death Bost-

a 17370 zirrawctuircra.

ILIEMOSEITSY lIMPLISCHASEB.—TwassaLv.
be Wed dere eaang Inimeliery vas wades the sr gilsse
Le membets of the Albemisole le 'ilium the wet
essamta.e Lusted by the kens, Mr. Wegner; andantes
semi arrestar, the stemplaane loos not so rage as
ref the preview Amps, mer wee the
. The weather wee samba is
ins rome
, bet them predated bat mud and ere
fa • walk orer. Meseesimmet rem mage—
to ykehese Ilamdlorp, end &kb at hob* Xr.
at 01 Indlt -by whoa( tb Handieep freagl►
from ftoge Mr. Ditiom them won • etedle air et/ MI
eil4Maest.-the Mont cap. with. Otheile. and sm. J -
Smith 31•"
one Meer of wham At ueose
nor the mat hurdle nee, whisk wen Imo be 1144•61411. Owing
to the latter's fading in a stergierchigek mod liemeriasera 413
musing to grief, Haukalisw did-the ers • gond turn W win-
ning easily. Backers were out of it ha the concluding event --a
let rate, wisbh tell to Warlike, whiliet • great pot in Fair-
fax. l'articalma of the sport are
A 6TILPIACIIASIN laAlgUlCir 017 11.71—... el* with so added;
viewer to be sold for IN was. Two tales.
Mn lannsford's Menviehanm, pedigree u
(Mr ddwardal
nknown, aged
1h
Mr. W. Moure's Mairkeltaw, ageisod, 41b (Capt. Barked I
Leotetd e ran.
Mr. Buller weighed for Chaser, and the number was hoisted,
but the bane did not get to the pelt in time to start.
Betting : 7 to 4 on Moonbeam% and 4to 1 wit Uawbhaw.
Leotard made ?day till reaching the watirn-jump, when he was
the load beyond
he •teed itoe Leotard ran against avourite and wpon, inin:ed Colonel Ithox's
right knee severely. The bone took no further part In the. ram.
Meerschaum made the remainder of the running, and, owing to
Ilawkshaw's tdoainC about three-quarters of a mile from home,
won by distance. wiener was not sold.
Ten'UaIDICAP Etramonerisaa of Minors. each, 10 ft. sad 8
only it deelered, with no added ; patine= riders; wieners
extra. miles and a belt. Ile subs.)
Mr. T. v. livegaa's Brick, by Ilyieg Deitchsesaible.—Thresess. I
Duke
Mt Mb Thomas)
of Hamilton's abate, aged, list illb (Kr. FAiwadh.) 2
Lawrinee and the Dandy akin ran.
Betting t Ito lon Brick, 6 to Carat the Dandy, and 10 to 1
eget Lawrence, who led at a slow pace, followed by Dandy.
Bonite with the favourite lying in the rear for half • mile, when
Lawrence ran wide, and &nits took the lead. taking the next
firm with Dandy at his girths, but law:epos soon rearmed to
the front, though be was repmeed by Binge at the tap of the
hill, and the pair alternately led untd • mile from home. when
Malta took a derided lead, and Lawrence retiring left Brick in
third pleat. Three-quasars of • male from home Dandy was
beaten and the race became • match between Smite and the
favourite, the latter of whom waited on kis opponent till the last
fence, where he mine away, and wee In • mater by four length..
The other two did not eacer the post
TVS Herr err, value 70 sous. ; weight for age, with certain
11110111111ree. One mile and • half.
Mr. Dition'sothello, by Famaieto—Maid of Merton. 6 yrs,
Its 4 i Lag (Mr. Edwards) 1
Mr. Wickham's Cawleyl do, list (1160) . (Own r)
Mr C. Nageade Aarifers,ll yrs, list 71b (car Tat alb
(1160) (Owner 3
Bettis, : to 4cm 217 also ran.
.112 to 1 arit coder, and 10 to
" bar two." (larder made play, with Othello ta dine attendance
for • mile, when Aurifera and Chifman , who had been lying
heady, dropped away, aad Othello wailed upon Cowdor 1W within
• quartet, of a auk• from home, when he mace away and won in a
ranter by ten lengths, which distance divided the second and
third. (tritium did not pass the post. 'The winner was bought in
for 110 guineas.
• Ili aura lts. r ;Handicap), of 3 sues. each, with 30 added.
One mile and • half ; over no. hurdle...
Mr. dizon's Chippenbain, by Knight of Avenel—lndy
Modes, list 2.1 b
Mr. Mt • *. Wnalman, tust 211. .
Betting do to Senn Cl.ippenharn, who had the ram to himself
all tie way; Wood:nen throwing his joeliey at the tint light of
hunl4 w.
To a WELTER err, value 100 sovs., by anbecripti.n of lo ants.
each, h ft, weight (wage. Two nub. and a
ter C. Nugent'. Ada, by Landson—Blight, 4 yr., list 71b
tear. let rib) .
Tier lien,., s It.. ,Uandirep', of to seem. orb. with 31
added; limners extra; gent kme n riders. One mile .sod a half;
• feur Mud's&
Mr. iteevea's Roder( Maid, by Rorer'—Maid of Trite, 4 yr.„
ltd . . ... . .('apt. Ibirford, 1
Mr. Inaon's Chippeithenn, 5 yrs, Int 31b in. ex)
(Mr. llolono 2
Mr. Dixon's Othellot 6 yrs, 114 1011, (Mr. Edwards) 3

Fus-ien- drhapiv

Petting : 6 to imet -
Rorie, Maid, 7 to 4 apt Fltr-Ivan, 4 to 1
apt Othello, 6to I mpg Chippenham, awl to to 1 a enemas.
}ids-lean made play with a slight lead of Roving MinaL Cupp. a-
Lem, and Othello, Chance bringing up the mar for about two
hundri d yards, when ahe slipped up awl fell, getting away rider-
km. Ibe others ran am mentioned above till within a qutrter
of a mile from borne, when Roving Maid joined Fitz-Ivan, and
the pair ran together alight!! in sidearm of Chippeatham, Othello,
who refused a couple of fences in aucessaion, following a him
way in the war. At the Bait jump Fatz-lvan came down a
eropper, and Mr. Thomas war iieserel.shakes. The rare was
then I. ft to the favourite and , tbe latter of whom
sustained on may defeat by • and • half. Othello oo a
bad third, and am of the others pawed the peat.
A litisincar STEart.licn•olt of 30 mots; smith-men rider';
profereionals extra. Two miles.
Mr. W. Monts Hawkshaw, by Oenuns (If Vergy —Nom,
mahal (h bL aged, Old Kb ..... . _ Mr.Boalsordi, I
Mr. Danes Woodbury Hill, aged, lit 4lb . lOwneed
The following also ran :—ltovtny Maid, Meat"ittbattra, Acrobat.
Betting ; 6 to 4 opt Roving Maid, and 6 tot mat Meerschaum.
Acrobat made the tunmog till waking the bead at the stand,
when he ran wide, and the lead was taken by Meetschaum, who
was followed by Woodbury Hill, Roving Maid, and Hawloinew
for the next quarter of • mile, when Roving Maid retuned and fell
into the ditch. Acrobat fell a couple of femora further on, and
Meerschaum falling three quarters of a mile front borne the me
ma left to Hawkahaw and Woodbury Hill, the forme of whom
bad always the beet of it, and won by eight Murtha. Nothing
doe ward the poet.
Tim W Hammer. of 10 errs. each, with 20 added ;
gesdlemen riders. T.I.C. ~41 furlong!)
Major Pemberton's Warlike, by Weatherbit—Hernine of
Luck:now, I yrs, Kist 10112 !Cul. Pemberton) 1
Mr. R. Herbert's Rampart, 3 Tra, list (Mir W. Call) 2
Capt. Maelitirs Fairfax, 3 yrs, Old 91b (Mr. P. Wickham) 3
Fits-Ivan aim ran.
Betting :6to 4 on Fairfax, 3to 1 apt Wadikc to I aret
Rampart, and 6to 1 agst Fits-Ivan. Fairfax made the running
for half the distance, when be gave way to Warlike and Rampart,
who ran a good race borne, Warlike winning eleverly by half a
length ; a leogth divided the second and third, and a like dia-
. tame the third and fourth.

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p.ialaraly tar
itirzterli:dinahowith her father.
.a
htteu j:tysal &POI
Wen as the again bareo go lame *lt but etta, as es the
umbers has sew, mhos& Ile thou cent a Mom of hie ThenZl
hear.) UI, wife twistable whowasin staelt-yard dose by. At a .sme
enta in which during seas the rider left the house treats Mame% he rushed the mum •
thin these walls upon wife, and inflicted three very dangerous wounds et •
order, the *grey, io her a:claineing, an b. did eo, "That is a 'nigher it inamrs
matte of dap sow. for ." prisoner than ran away, but was spare" !Melia,. I
mt, hen the maf day.. The mines, aernfding to the ""
rl,,""_,•,_bil,
seamanly i medics' evidence, wee in fast danger of losing her life tb:"NtaLk
• Nue mere to for ems cronaderabie efterWardit but Ultimata', 31:i144.a.s.„barg..eitiLemci
repro.
affixisbleg. ilfutf„ • I fwumro_,,,,, laying rummed ad.
thr gesefal raellug I mu a"M Her • Smile 11,"'

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• mast "that the deemed killed himelt by Rim&
vulture."
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