biglam/hmd_newspapers huggingface dataset:
The Express.
London, England, 1868-02-12

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.

MARX-LANE.—(I'HDI DAY.)
Coastwise es well as by land carriage the arrivals of
borne-grown wheat were very moderate, but in somewhat
improved condition. There was very little animation in
demand for either red or white samples, at Monday's
decline in the quotations of le. to 3. per qr.
The quantity of foreign wheat on the stands wee tele.
rably good. In all descriptions the transactions were on a
limited scale, at the late reduction.
In floating cargoes of wheat sales progressed slowly on
former terms. Spring corn, afloat, being scarce, were arm
in value.
The supply of barley was small, nevertheless the de•
mend was oonfined to actual wants at late rates.
Malt moved off slowly, at previous currencies.
Oats, in consequence of their scarcity, were quite as
deer. The trade for them, however, ruled quiet.
Beans were in moderate request, on former terms.
For peas there was a fair inquiry at late rates.
Flour was dull at Monday's quotations.
Linseed, rapeseed, and most agricultural seeds A
hands to • moderate extent on former terms.rled
Cakes
ruled steady.
ABJLIVALS OF G
CAILVRAM,
AOL he..
T!IT
1L ON
DY WATER
ZIE.

WbosS. lerig. Mali.' Oats. I new.
gra. am. I gra. brig. elm
=tab andlicoichl 70 11010 1100 two
forsigia lB2O I 7370 .. I 70
Total 0340 I 9100_1 1020 ITO
London, England, 1868-02-12

HE\IAP.K

A slight Increase hi barometrical preemie bat taken place in
Scotland since yesterday morning, but no change of importance
In reported front other stations; this increase to the north,
however, remarked yesterday afternoon chanced during the
night. A fall is reported from bairn and Leith since
night. Pressures are generally high, but are decreasing.
At statloas on the Channel coast and in France the temperature
is lower ; whilst in the north, although there has been n.. mate-
rial change sines yesterday, lin still rather high. Light north-
westerly winds are prevalent on the Channel asset, but on our
north and west coasts their direction is (cora south-west to south-
east. From our western and south.westcrn coasts mist is re-
ported. The weather is Ins on our southeast coast.
London, England, 1868-02-12

THE LATE ATTEMPT TO MITREPER.

. 's clerk, was brought up on
ou the charge of discharging a loaded revolver at
•. t intterton with intent to murder him.
. .

..,r. Vizketts, solicitor, of Freilerick.street,
oiled the prisoner.
:Doming a certificate was read from Mr. Smiles,
• on to the House of Detention, which stated in
that since the prisoner's incarceratien a watch hail
pt upon him, and he appeared to be labouring
.r delusion. _ _ .

~-...-1117tt:nten, the wifo of the injured men, said she
:en her husbwud, and that be wee still unable to

prisoner WWI then remanded.
MARLBOROI7OH-STKICIT.
ROBBRAT ix BURLINGTOIIPAZCADL

.11,frg SmirTniiddle--age.a.;;;;Zolsi;bby appear•
'''. wee charged with the following robbery in the Buz-
14:Ton•arewie :

I.:urge Smith, constable of the Burlingten-arcade said
at a quarter to 10 that morning be saw the prisoner
I' are the arcade is a hurried manner, and directly
''`tor seeing one of Kr. Drew's young men coma
of the shop, be asked him If anything was wrong
.a.l he said he did not know. Thinkimt there was
`,a.ethiog wrong be went after the prieoner, seised
r. and turned her strand, and as be was doing so
dropped a silk handkerch and subsequently hs
cal seven more under her shawl. He then took her to

Tii;;;s far rold, assistant to Mr. James Drew, hosier, of
X.. 1,2, and 3, Burlington-arcade, identified the hand-
ovehiefe of his employer, and said they awe of the value
tid. each. He was in No. 3 shop, and sew the pvt.
toner in the act of leaving No. 1 shop, but did not miss
;eything at the moment.
The prisoner, who said she had no home, was committed
for trial.
London, England, 1868-02-12

Cabo an, Military.

PORTSMOUTH, Fen. 11.
This morning a court-mai till assembled on board
the tiag.shipVictory, to try Firet LicutenanteharkiLiater
Orley on the following charges Ist. That he on the
4th of November last did negligently perform his duty, in
that be allowed men belonging to the Wolverine to remain
too long in a coal lighter alongside the ship when the said
lighter was in danger of being swamped, whereby Henry
Raines, leading seaman, Connor O'Keefe, ordinary sea-
man, and N% awn Redden, ordinary WI wan, were
drowned. That be did on the oceiaion of a coal
lighter being alongside the said ship negligently perform
hie duty, in that be did not wake sufficient preparation to
secure the safety of the men of the said lighter, and did
not make sufficient endeavours to save the said men after
the meal liaise: was asraumed, whereby throe men
were drowsed. The court consisted el Sear
Warden, C.R. (president), captains P. Seymour, TB!!
Hancock, Chamberlain, Hood, Aplin, Rolland, Sir
Malcolm McGregor, Bart., and Goodenough. The pro-
ceedings are likely to last three days at least.
Lord Stanley and Count Bernstoff and suit°
crossed to Osborne in the Fire queen today from Stokes
Bay, on • visit to the Queen.

AR-OIFIC Y., Fie. 11. —The Secretary of State
for War has eppointed E. Pearl, Esq., to be visiting sur-
geon for Windsor, under " the Contagions Diseases Act,
1866."—Ga:etk.
ADMIRALTY, Fen. 8. —Thomas Royle, Esq., has
been this day promoted to the rank of paymaster in her
Majesty's fleet. Mr. Joseph Consolly bee this day been
promoted to the rank of acting engineer in her littjesty's
fleet, with seniority of ltlth Oct., 11367.—Gotear.
ADMIRALTY, Fan. 11. —APTOINTMIN TS. —Staff-
Connuiender John J. Brown to the Fiegard, for write at
Somerset-house. Midshipman George A. HuntingfOrd, to
the Victory. Chaplain the Rev. Edward L. Bowman. to
the Trafalgar. Staff-Surgeon Henry Piers, to the Wel-
leaky, additional, for Melville Hospital; and Andrew
Murray, to the Wellesley. Assistant-burg
Gr. Thomas
Browne, to the Royal Oak. Clerk Doveto V. Sttaidart,
to the Gladiator.
London, England, 1868-11-06

:OVEMBER

N NEB
DAY.)

1 iTJ

SPAIN.

The impartial. of Madrid, contains an article
entitled " Are the government afraidr' arida has
Coated conaiderphle sensation. It any.:
Ten the government are afraid ; end if they are net
afraid, he them peeve It. They might ham deemed reli-
gious freedom; and the Oortee, moogehiag the fa*
would have easetioned it. The goveranmat have not
done so: they are afraid. They might lame deemed the
tramforisatke of the tame, eo that the Godes world
have found the Gamow in order. They did not do so.
they were afraid.
The restrictions imposed on the right of meet-
ing, by the decree of Senor &gads, have not
been well received.
- - - -

_
Oa All Souls Day the religious solemnities in
memory of the dead partook of a political cha-
racter. The people visited the spots where the
political martyrs were killed, catafalques were
raised, sad " black MOM" celebrated.

(elMOVellt azom's mown.)
FRANCK.

PARA Nov. 6.

The Dreif of this morning states that a judicial
inquiry has been ordered into the popular de-
monstration on the graven of the revolutionists of
1848 and 1851, which took place on the 2nd inst.
at the cemetery of Montmartre, and likewise into
the subscription opened by the A veal? Nation/as
and the Boma in oonnexion with the said demon-
stration.

ROUMANIA.
BUOIIAMIST, Nov. 4.

Both Chambers are convoked for the 27th inst.
The National Guard at Bakers, which was dis-
bandixl for taking part in the persecutions of the
Jews last summer, has been re-establishod.

HERVIA.

BELGRADE. Nov. 4.

lho proceedings against the rest of the aolom-
'dices in the murder of Prince Michael close 1 yes-
terday. The Public Prosecutor urgel that various
dcgrtos of punishment should be inflicted upon
the accused persons, and pruned for sentence of
death to be Lamed on Waibtrovioh.
London, England, 1868-11-06

COURT OF EXCHEQUER,

Fittings in 13;nco.—(Before the Lord Chief Tiwc.c.
Barons Martin, Channel', and Pigott.)
TAHHALL V. RETITT AND OTHERS.
This was an action by Charles against three pet-
sena—Messrs. Rivett, who carry on the business of up-
Ihnlsttrers and furniture manufacturers in Crown-street,
Finsbury, and Mr. Rimbrir, an attorney—for having
malick,usly and without roammiable and probable grounds,
caused the plainta to be arrested on a capias, on the
miesentatiGu that he was about to leave the ooantrqy.
The trial took place before Baron Martin, at Qaildhallr
London, England, 1868-11-06

1111.DEle 171003,111.

The draft of a bill has been prepared by Preens:sr
Parley and Mr. Crompton which proposes to repeal the
j rat lit laws agalst combination and intimidation, and
to tubrlitute a law which defines intimidation to mean
actual or personal violence, which makes overt acts of
v.olecce the sole evidence of conspiracy, and which does
&way with the summary jurisdict on of magistrates and
directs that trades union offences shall be submitted,
the verdict of a jury. Such a bill, which is not nasal-
ccoucly approved of by the Vedas unionists, has not, rys
the /la, the slightest chance of being accepted by psrlia-
ssect. Nevertheless, trades' unions have a valid claim to
legislative protection.
London, England, 1868-11-06

DEAN STANLEY AND MR. MILL.

DEAN STANLEY'S letter to the Liberal com-
mittee for Westminster furnishes one more ex-
ample of the subtle sympathy existing between
men of philosophic mind. Temperate and logical
ae if it had been written by Mr. MILL instead of
on Lim, it shows conclusively why bis candidature
el oild be supported by all interested in upholding
it o character of the House of Commons. Par-

t'o .lur agreement in Mr. MILL'S opinions is not
necessary, urges Dean STANLBY ; and the sinc3rity
t f this view is enforced by his subeevent zu3ntion
of the Irish Church, a subject upon which as is
well known, these two thinkers are dingreel.
During the last election for Westminster, Dr.
Wezwem., opposed as he was to much of Mr.
MILL'a philosophy, took care to give puidie ex-
pn ssicn to his wish that he might bo returned to
the Ileum of Commons ; and Doen STANLEY'a
letter furnishes another proof of the deep interest
• which the Westminster contest is tezardei
by tho culture and intelleot of the natisa.
To elise the tone and enlarge the horizon
of our parliamentary debates ; to act with
a steady regard for the permanent welfare
of the community irrespective of mere watch-
words and temporary exigencies, are the qualities
Lich the Dean of WKSTMINSTEIL dooms of most
importance in a parliamentary representative, and
which he recognises as prominent characteristios
in Mr. MILL. The men of Westminster have here
• timely reminder of the national importance of
their undivided political action. A thinker of
Mr. Min.'s real greatness confers substantial
honour upon tho constituency he represents, while
gaining nothing save the knowledge that ho is
discharging conscientiously an onerous public duty.
The country looks to Westminster with an interes
which has uo precise parallel elsewhere ; and there
are few men of education, be their politics what
they may, but would admit that a House of Com-
mons without Mr. MILL would be deprived of an
element of thought and power as valuable ai it is
distinc`. Dean STAMM'S letter is the latest and
most interesting expression of an opinion which
is shared by the greatest minds, not of England
only, but of all lands in which our tongue is
spoken, or our philosophy known.
London, England, 1868-08-24

wa. inenerotez's nuen armor POLICY.

The unanimity of the liberal party upon the issue raised
by Mr. Gladstone's policy in the case of the Irish church
has (says the Star) been one of the moat remarkable of
the signs that have indicated beforehand the advent of a
more popular form of government than that middle-class
rule under which we have lived for six and thirty years.
The policy of Sir Roundell Palmer, however, exhibits a
notable exception to this unanimity, but the arguments
by which the hon. right gentleman justified his secession
from the liberal party and his own political allies, on
what is emphatically the test question of the day, appear
to the Star singularly thin and feeble.
London, England, 1868-08-24

A CAPITAL EXAMPLE.

Ix the retrospect of the commercial disasters of
the last two or three years it has often boon re-
marked that their history affords a painful de-
cadence of commercial honour ; and foreign
newspapers have occasionally written as though
the high character for probity, long the boast of
mercantile England, had been irrevocably lost.
That this was an exaggerated view of the matter
could never be doubted by those who were well
acquainted with their countrymen. The fine
gold might appear dimmed, but the metal was still
genuine. A pleasing illustration of this fact is now
afforded in a letter from Mr. JAMES STUART
WORTLEY, which will be found in another
column. During part of the speculative period
which culminated in such terrible mercantile losses
Mr. STUART WORTLEY held the post of Governor
of what appeared for a time one of the most pros-
perous comraercialundertakingseverlaimched. The
Credit Foncier Company was not merely rich in
itself, but, according to its Managing Director and
his colleagues, it had found the philosopher's
atone, by means of which multitudes
were to reap boundless wealth. One curious
and vicious blot in the arrangements for
this purpose was, that the Directors and their
chief, Mr. ALBERT GRANT, in whom his colleagues
placed unlimited confidence, should be paid
by commissions as well aa salaries ; and immense
sums were divided by them in consequence. At
length the truth was revealed, and it was dis-
covered that monstrous " profits" are not to be
bad without corresponding risks. The whole
fabric toppled down and left multitudes in the dust
of financial ruin. Under these circumstances,
an appeal was lately made by a contemporary
to the directors to disgorge commissions which
had not been fairly earned, and Mr. JAMES
STUART WORTLEY has responded to this appeal
by announcing his intention to make restitution
to the full extent of his commissions, viz.,
18,0001. With such a fact in view, who shall say
that commercial morality is extinct %
London, England, 1868-08-24

rWIGN NEW $1
(THIS DAY.):
THE WAR CRY.
. Prom ad parts of Europe (says the Afzenir
Naliessi of to-day), we reoeire rumours of war.
The German journals are full of reports of the
inspection of fortresses by the officers of the
Prussian staff. The Vienna journals comment on
the znestiltg*Mhfr. de Orangazont and Benedotti,
with the Emperor of the French, at Biarritz, and
one of•therts teadutiona of great im-
portance " will 'be &maned between there. •
The f4eraeontinuee ita war-dry as follows :

• awe:,:heiliik6s fa; p&oe of the old
fitunpeen @genii:chin.. Hew long eau this state of
thitip *Sahli@ r ROW -long will Fraaoe wawa* to Kg?.
main on the INN 'We with 900,000 uses in -arm% and
62,000,0001..0f-ssoney in the vaults of the Rue de In
Viilliet4

CONSPIRACY TO. ASSASSINATE M. DRAB.
The Wanderer of Poona dates theta coonspirscy
to murder M. Desk has been discovered at Peeth.
The parson who wee to commit the deed has been
arrested .and confined in the Hotel de Ville. A
list of the conspirators was found upon him, the
plan of execution, and a revolver.
There does not appear to be much, however, in
the reported conspiracy. .the oldest of the con-
spirators being only 15 yew of agek M.'Deak
himself, when ho heard of it, laughingly said, " If
it were true, I suppose I should haste to buy of my
tailor a safety shirt and inside waistcoat d la
Bismarck.•

(THIMON 1.1117110111 1010101 r.)
FRANCE.
PARIS. Acrour 24.

The Minister of Finance has addressed a report
to the Emperor concerning the final result of the
subscription to the new loan. Ho states that the
calculations put forth in his previous report
have not only been confirmed, but even surpassed.
The total amount subscribed represents a capital
of more than 15 milliards of francs. The subscrip-
tion not exceeding the minimum of five francs of
relates, reach the sum of 3,360,000 francs in
renter, more; than throe-fourths of which were
forthcoming afrom the provinces. The total amount
of money received by the Imperial Treasury in the
shape of deposits is ascertained to have been
665,009,725 frs. The basis of allotment will be fixed
at 2 franca 37 centimes for every handfed of francs
in rentee subscribed for. The whole amount of
renter which, according to the provisions of the
loan, could be discounted, is but 4,619,785 francs.
The minister proposes to increase this amount to
4,880,615, by adding to it 260,830 fr. of rentes.
This decision would have the advantage of treat-
ing all scrip of a smaller figure than one hundred
francs on an equal footing, and would render
the task of liquidation more expeditious.
The Minister concludes by pointing to the
above results as telling evidence of the
financial power of the country, and
says :—" These results do not prove our re-
sources to be inexhaustible; but they testify to
their immense expansiveness. Every good citizen

in - -
should rejoice to see this state of things the
most effectual means of guaranteeing the main-
tenance of peace and of rendering it a source of
prosperity."
London, England, 1868-08-24

rigid it i. 1614 viisirtai,ymesltormA.im sr. i A.vcitak
•
• •On Atte idirr afternoon Dr. Lear:4er had an
theneetea the CromadaMrend, at.i'imehts
Oil the lodged melidetammed• diary Aar Hiessefieidi etio
ched in.the indiemery. BL Pawns lilferhhoule. •
The Opreasr said the evidence showed thatiothe wait•
home of St. Panama the overcrowding had Men meal to
lOA fir the' wont districts of the neetrcOobel„
:had .shame ,felt that the wards MIMI 100
hill, but op previous occasions . they had; mot beep
measured, because we' neon bad been made that
arran4eramita mere being made to move the chili
dna into -the- smatry.. The accident the child niell
with Melt havebeem eight a its result+ if the Mild'a
imistitation had hem d. • nature to withthied diseme;
The child weedlike' bits the infirmay au amount of ill-
health, and not beams' of the fall, arid it was not till the
Thunday aftet the accident that the heal mischief was
perceived. Bupporiag Dr. Gibson had peseeired the injury
at Int it was mot likely he Gould ham awed deceased, on,
account of its Middy state from its first &dull/Moo to
house. The nourishmeat that hod been *applied showed
. there was no desire to,..naglen damesedyleut .the great,.
blot in the arrarigemmte was that within-twelve mondial
there had been 44 children in the ward at one time, and-
within a few weeks 34. r Even with the number
then a the ward the yfaee was overcrowded, us if there'
were but 20 or 21 dsiidz a in the ward it would not give
mush more than 300 cubic feet to each, whilst the lowest.
quantity tpecified in other same by the Privy 013=61 wee
400 or 560 cubes lest each. Ouch moremwding ought not
to occur main.
• The jury, Om yeturving a of '"'Accidental
death,". appended 14 UIIIIILIMIOII4 thawing the,
attention of the board of guardians to the overcrowding,'
soilrecommending that children unable to walk should
be lased b cribs, end mot im ocelistari beds.
It was statecttbst all children above seven rears of Ma'
had been taken to dwell on the day of the amident, thee
accounting for the diminished number in charge of the
deaf woman.
•
London, England, 1868-08-24

Arrival loth. week mate crept. I hot rear, SAS oaks, and
deli , 1,278 oinks. The arrival bat week eompe mks
from ; 10 auks frame Andras ;—total. 1,807 mks.

METROPOLITAN CATTLE MARKET
(THIS DAY.)

The supply of beasts is larger than on Mon-
day last, but the demand is very good and
prices are higher. Good sheep are very scarce
and command high rates ; there is indeed an ad-
vance in all descriptions. Trade is still dull for
lambs, and prices are only better in very few instances.
Good calves are rather dearer. Our foreign supply con-
sista of 2,297 beads, 1,130 sheep, and 66 calves. From
Scotland there are 69 beasts ; Ireland, 66 ; and 1,889 from
the Northern and Midland counties.
Perinea' of alb. a. d. s. d. Per aeome of Me. 1. d. s.
Ben &Gin Heralds. 5 4 6 6 BeetDekElf-brdesh 0 0 0 0
Beet Slrort-hcm ... 6 0 6 4 Beet Long-wools 5 0 5 4
Dee Secua. ds 3 8 4 8 Do., do., Shorn "' 0 0 0 0
Calond ve'
q
Pigs 3 4 5 8 Ives& memmdgrud. 4 4 4 8
8 8 6 0 Do. do. Shorn 0 0 0 0
Drat DmaltElf-bredm 5 4 5 8 lambs 4 4 6
75Beasts at 'market, 4,310 ; sheep and lambs, 30,850; came

BOROUGH HOP MARKET.—{THIS DAY.)
Messrs. Pattenden and Smith report there is a fair
supply of new samples at market, which meet a dull sale,
the quantity being generally very inferior.

COAL MARL ET.—(THIS DAY.)
Walls End Helton. 18s. 6d. ' • Walls End Tees, 18s. •
Walls End Russell Hetton, 16s. 6d. ; Walls End Original
Hartlel, 18s. 6d. ; Walls End Hough Ha, 18s. ,• ails
End Wharnellie,l6s. ; Wslls End Eden Main, 16s. 6d. ;
Walla End Godortb, 16s. ; Walls End Thornley, 17s. 3d.;
Walls End Pram 16a laisi 6d. ; New Belmont, 16s. 3d.;
Holywell, 16s. 6d. ; y 16s. 6d. ; Hastings Hartley,
16s. 9d.—Ships at market, ;at sea, 46.

Tux Una Cituicar Commussrox.—We (Times)
are informed that the report of the Church Commission
will be published within a fortnight. The voluminous
schedules are not yet quite ready. A oomminionee
attends each day at the Irish-office to revise them.
The brutal assaults of a woman named Wigmore,
in Hunter-street, upon her dying iusband, were inquired
into on Saturday. The coroner in summing up, laid that,
after hearing the medical evidenoe, a verdict of man-
slaughter could not be returned, as the violence of the wife
was not the actual cause of death, but the woman maid
be ptoeecuted afterwarda. The jury returned a verdict elf
Death from consumption, accelerated by brutal trait-
mart"
London, England, 1868-08-24

TIIE CATASTROPHE AT ♦BERGILB.

The Daily News remarks, that although the special ag-
gravation of this calamity Mee out of conditions beyond
the control of the company and its servants, it seems not
improbable that the immediate cause of the accident may
be found to lie within the ordinary rules of railway ma-
nagement. The chief, if not the only point, requiring tobe
cleared up is how the detached trucks came to be on the
down lino in the immediate path of the Irish mail
Upon thislpoint the statements vary, but the latest is that
at the moment when the trucks were detached the guard
was not in hie van, having left it to assist in shunting
the train. Before leaving the rear van for this purpose he
had unhappily, however, according to this account,
neglected to screw down the break ; and hence the acci-
dent. To prevent the recurrence of accidents of this
kind, the Daily News recommends the adoption of the
block system," used on some of the metropolitan lines,
by which no train is allowed to pass a station until the
master of the next station in front has signalled that the
way between them is Clear.
The Times observes that the circumstances, as far as
they have been narrated, would raise a presumption of
carelessness in the case even of an ordinary goods train ;
but it is incomprehensible at present that trucks contain-
ing casks of petroleum should have been left without a
guard at the top of an incline. Whether it proves that
the accident is due to the carelessness of one man, or
partly to that and partly to bed arrangements, the public
will, the Times thinks, demand from the railway com-
panies 110010 distinct guarantees against similar dangers in
the future.
London, England, 1868-08-24

ANARCHY' IN LONDON.

IT seems to be a growing fashion in London to
waylay and rob chance passengers in broad day-
light and in the open street. The number of
thieves captured bears such a small propor-
tion to the number of robberies committed
that the prospect of punishment ceases to be an
appreciable element in the aggregate of chances.
Nor are we at all sanguine as to the probability of
the metropolitan police system undergoing that
thorough reorganisation which can alone make it
adequate to the demands which the size of London
and the character of the population now make on it.
As long as Londoners go on complaining of every
separate inconvenience they have to suffer, instead
of concentrating their exertions on the one radical
evil from which all the others spring there is no
chance of things being better. Why are the citi-
zens of Manchester or Liverpool better cared for
than we are Simply because they have a govern-
ment, and we have none. The citizens of London,
using the term in its true sense, not in that
conventional application which restricts the name
to the inhabitants of a small district east of
Temple-bar, have only Parliament to turn to in
their troubles. Now Parliament only sits for half
the year, and while it is sitting it has the business
of the whole empire to see to. Is it likely that
each a body will have either time or thought to
spare during the session for the woes of a man who
fell among thieves during the recess ? It cannot
and ought not to have anything of the kind, and
it is quite justified in concluding that, so long as
Londoners do not demand self-government they
cannot be seriously dissatisfied with their posi-
tion. If the people who keep up a constant stream
of lettere complaining now of being robbed,
now of being cheated, now of being poisoned, now
of suffering some other inconvenience in pocket
or person, would combine to agitate for a muni-
cipal organisation which shall embrace the whole
of London and take under its charge all the
multiform objects now imperfectly provided for
by all kinds of subordinate bodies, we should have
some hope of London becoming the healthy, hand-
some, and generally habitable city which nature
designed it to be. Till people learn this lesson we
are cruel enough to hope that not one of the
vagaries they now complain of will be in the least
abated.
London, England, 1868-08-24

• DEPKIIRED JITDOICENT.

• • hconvictedl;l •
John hmit , who wee 4 sessions of stealing
watch from the person, was brought up to receive the
jiidgment of the court.
The prisoner had been remanded in order that Mr.
I.ockyer, the Session-bowie officer, might bring witnesses
t., prove his statement that the prisoner had been pre-
%Kandy convicted, and which at the trial the prisoner de-
nied. . . . .

Lockyer reminded the court of the circumstances,
and said ho was prepared to prove the convictions.
Joseph Smith, warder ut the House of Correction, proved
that the prisoner bad suffered four months' and 18 months'
:mprilionment.
Sentvice, two years, with bard labour.
t.tRINO ROBBERY TROW THS QBEAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.

(im. Williams, 38, described u a cook, was indicted for
!•,, Ming a portmanteau, a coat, and divers other articles,
ar 'Howdy of William Ooldamith. He was also
4 hargvii with stealing a box, a coat, and other articles the
ir rtgirsCharles Bening.
instroceed by Mom W
clock-lane, Cannon-street, prodocatedrbeeludfaillUkrigthe.
Northern Railway Company. The prisoner woe
o t defended.

11 appeared in the first charge that this was a prosecn-
s m instituted by the (heat Northern Railway for stealing
: box and its contents, the property of Charles Herring.
on the 6th August Mr. hkrring went totheGreat Northern
sullen at King's-cross, taking with him a deal
box eoutaining the things in question. He left
the boa a abort time in the waiting-roam while he
went to the refreidiment-room, and on his return missed
11,.• box. Subsequently ho was taken to the police station
• .1 identified his box.

William Thorogood, a detective officer in the employ of
i ;rest Northern Railway, eaw the prisoner, and sin-
, .104 lam watched to Fetter-lane, and took him into
,•. On his way to the station the prisoner gave up
•'•licates relating to the property stolen in the

_
Cooper addressed the court, and said, as these rob-
) ..e Here of frequent occurrence, the railway company
...,,ku.rmined to put a stop to them.
l'rvvi,e.m convictions having been proved against the
.'••
11 I . Svrjeant Cox sentenced the prisoner to seven years'
~.rvitude, and said the court would deal with the
or verity with robberies of this kind.
London, England, 1868-08-24

REGISTER LISTS.

Twit law which requires that the list of persons
eligible as voters should be affixed to church doors
was made, there can be no question, for purposes
of publicity. But the very object of the regula-
tion is nullified by the stupid habit which prevails
either of locking churchyard gates or the outer
gate opening into the church porch. The list, no
doubt, is duly posted on the doors, but as during
six days out of seven no one can approach near
enough to read it, it can scarcely be said that the
object of the law is attained. Indeed, we
have little doubt that an action brought against

the churchwiidens of a parish would prove be;
yond dispute the illegality of the praotioM I
It has been suggested by correspondents that the
register lists should ozbibiSsi at Ogg police
vtictitioa,- and the' proposal: appearc-imolotiable
enough, but it is not reasonable that voters and
parishioners should submit to ssesseless obstruc-
tion caused by pariah officials. Nrbynot lose the
Hata at the police-station and on the ()lurch door
also P At present our churches arc for the most
part useless during the greater portion of each
week instead of. .being *brown open is dlt wha:'
wish to enter them, whether for rest, for worship,
9r for 02904; kit v.:s lsvc,A, lead right of
&cosi Co our &hurok tlikorii, and this right it mily
be as well to maintain.

OUR CONVIMPOR4RIXEL
- • (HIB. DAY.) •
London, England, 1868-08-24

MOMS TAX kIifT7UXIL

The Times remarks upon the discrepancies in the
income tax Marna just published, which. are Referred
in Raturdayls Expreu, but attributes the great falling off
in the higher classes of incomes to the disastrous com-
mercial crises of last year. Altogether, however, the re-
turns are assuring, as indicative that the great pyramid
!mined by the classes who pay direct taxes to the state is
ever widening its base, and from its increasing extent and
solidity will be better able in the future than 'set it has
been in the past to hear the shocks of those financial crises
to which, of necessity, it ia, and always will remain liable.
London, England, 1868-02-15

i;tlW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF APPEAL.
(More the Lord Chancellor.)

KASAI 0. 11l 111T1OPOLITAN MAJiWAT CO:frary.

The arguments in this part heard case were continued
this morning, but up to the time of our going to press they
wire not concluded, and it is doubtful whether they will 63
terminated at the time the court rises.
London, England, 1868-02-15

(ETOTIIN 'IIILIOILANS.)

The Royal Mail steamship Russia, from New
York on the sth inst., arrived at Queenstown at
2.10 p.m. yesterday (February 14), with 24 cabin
passengers, and 368,780 dole. in specie. She
landed 100 sacks of mails, carrying on those for
Liverpool and Scotland, and proceeded for Liver-
' eol at 2.30 p.m. All well. She was detained at
New York till Thursday morning by a snowstorm.
The Russia made the passage in eight days and
three hours.

Mx the Munk.)
NEW YORK, FM 5.

The bill suspending the contraction of the cur-
rency became law yesterday, the President not
having signed or vetoed it within the ten days
allowed by the constitution for its consideration by
him.

A resolution has been referred to the Committee
for Foreign Affairs requesting the President to de-
mand the release of Nagle and other American
citizens arrested by the British authorities for
words spoken and actions done in this country ;
and should the release be refused, to oases diplo-
matic intercourse with Great Britain.

A memorial of the citizens of Pennsylvania has
been presented to the Senate, praying the removal
of Mr. Adams from the post of United States
Minister in London.

The correspondence furnished to the house by
the Secretary for War in response to the resolution
of inquiry has been published. It shows that
President Johnson on the 29th January ordered
General Grant to disobey the orders issued by Mr.
Stanton unless anther-Med by the executive.
General Grant replied that he should regard Mr.
Stanton's orders as authorised by the ex.ecutive
unless actually countermanded.
Numerals' free trade meetings lave been held in
Northern commercial cities.

Large and enthusiastic Fenian meetings have
been held at Cleveland and Buffalo.

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London, England, 1868-02-15

AMERICA.

(NT ATLANTIC TELKOIATIL)
NEW YORK, Fla. 14.
The Allan Company's steamship Nuvs Scotian
arrived out to-day.
Closing prices :—Gold, 1401. Sterling exchange
on London, 109}. 6-20 United States Ronde,
1882, 111} ; ditto, 1885, 1091 ; 10.40 Bonds, 105.
Illinois, 139 ; Erie, 75g. Cotton : Middling
Upland, 201. Petroloum,standard white, 24i.

WASHINGTON, Feu. 14.

The Reconstruction Committee have refused by
six against three votes to recommend the im-
peachment of President Johnson for opposing the
Tenure of Office Bill.
The new State constitution has been defeated in
Alabam►.
London, England, 1868-02-15

THE FRENCH PRESS BILL.

On Thursday the Corps Legislatif discussed
clause 14 of the bill which empowers the carrying
out of &decree for the suspension or suppression of
a journal, although it may have given notice of
appeal against such decree—the appeal to be tried
within three days.
M. Itiondel, a now liberal member, made an
excellent maiden speech in opposition to the
clause.
London, England, 1868-02-15

NORTH LONDON.

The report of the directors states that the traffics
returns for the past half-year as compered with the cor-
responding period of the previous year, show • total
increase of 16,4751. The increased receipt from passenger
traffic has, in • great measure, been derived from the new
stations opened at Old Ford and Haggerston ; but in
addition to this source, there is a general and satisfactory
increase in the receipts. The light decrease in merchandise
traffic is attributable to the fire, acme time back, at Hay-
den square station, which continued to affect the receipts
during a portion of the past half year. In mineral trailer
there's • decrease of 1,7491., attributable partly to di version
of theOreat Heathen coal traffic tothesouth of the Thames,
and partly to an errieptionelly large receipt from the
Midland Company in 18tH. Notwithstanding the largely
increased receipts from pursengers, the working expenses
are less by 4171. than these for the corresponding period
of 1:466, a result which must be considered as &aside*.
tory, particularly having regard to the large sums which
have, on this occasion, been set apart for the renewal of
rolling stock. The available balance, after payment of
interest on debentures, is 66,111171. 17s. fid., (tom which
the directors recommend the payment of a dividend, fee the
half-year, on the ordinary stock and share capital, at the
rate of sir per cent. per annum ; and at the rate of five
per cent. per annum on the preference stock ; leaving a
credit balance of 697 f. 17s. Bd. to be carried forward to
the current half-year.
London, England, 1868-08-12

TUE NEW ATLANTIC CABLE.

The Daily News says that the fact of the new cable
running from a French port to an island in the possession
of France, and that a concession from the Emperor's
government has been obtained, will interfere but slightly
with its English character. Its tariff is to be lower than
that of the Anglo-American Company, so that the latter
will be put on its mettle to conserve its custom, and the
natural result will be a considerable reduction in the
c oat of messages, to the advantage of the public.
London, England, 1868-08-12

ELECTION GOSSIP.

THE unprincipled virulence with which Mr.
CiLsmeroza is being wailed suggests that the
" No Popery" cry has not answered the expecta-
tions of the ingenious revivalist who put it forth.
The broad division between the two extreme sec-
tions of the Church prevents the unity necessary
for electioneering purposes, and it is
evidently thought more politic to heap
venomous abuse upon the Liberal leader
than to trust to the inflammatory circulars which
are being so extensively circulated among the
clergy. Meanwhile the intelligence from South
Lancashire is most favourable to Mr. Insoirrowes
chances of success. The Liberal element in Lord
DERBY'S county is far stronger than was sup-
posed; though in North Lancashire Colonel
WILSON PATTEN'S seat is considered safe, and the
real contest will be, it is said, between Lord
HARTINOTON and Mr. firsatinv. The few Liberals
who have deprecated Mr. GLAntrromx's selection of
his field of contest will be doubly gratified if
he succeeds ; and it is at least satisfactory
to know that the miserable personalities
showered upon him have had no effect upon his
personal reception by the electors. From Ireland,
too, the news is encouraging. The defeat of the
astutely divinedmessure respectingpollingdistricts
in the sister country will, it is rumoured, cost the
government at least three seats ; and though the
policy of contesting boroughs and counties, with
or without a prospect of success, is ardently
advocated by the clever tacticians who
pull the Tory strings, it is ' not always
easy to find candidates sufficiently disin-
terested to throw their time and money into
a losing cause. The borough of Finsbury, for ex-
ample, has no Conservative candidate before it, in
spite of the eloquent persuasions of party agents ;
and the further we see into the tone and character
of the elections the more clearly does it appear
that Mr. GLADSTONE has the confidence of the
great body of the people. The attempts so
strenuously and unscrupulously made to convert our
pulpits into canvassing booths have not hitherto
fulfilled the end they were designed to compass.
The petitions lying for signature in personages,
the appeals in church, the confusion of things api-
ritnd things temporal, the profane prayers
for electioneering success, are, we are willing to
believe, exceptional. That such things are pas-
sible at all is unfortunate for the people, and still
more =fortunate for the Church.
London, England, 1868-08-12

THE rARLIAMINTARY DEA!) LOCK TN UT:011f A.

Fr.aminiug the causes which have IA to the break-
down of the parliamentary system in Viet°, ii, thr
comes to the conclusion that the sooner the people of that
colony, if they will insist on having an Upper
confer uton it the same privilege in dealing with money
bills w the Assembly the better it will he for them. I re-
pendincies cannot afford collisions between the two
branches of their legislatures.
London, England, 1868-08-12

MR. POMPEII'S EXPOSITION.

The rmes commends Mr. Forster's spocch at Bradford
as a plain and vigorous exposition of the real issue to be
decided by the nation in November, and his speech de-
cidedly stiengthens the case for the disestablishment of
the Irish Church. The views of a candidate upon this
question not only funiish the test between a liberal and a
conservative, but the way inwhich they are enunciated and
developed is the best mode of distinguishing between rival
liberals. The man whose views en the Irish church are
thoroughly sound gives a pledge of economy, for the Irish
establishment is a symbol of wasted power; he approves
himself a friend of sound educational progress, for
the Irish establishment is the embolinu at of the errors
which infect our educational system and retard its develop-
ment; and he is a courageous reformer, for he does not
hesitate to assist in destroying an anomalous institatimi
however long-established or deep-rooted.
London, England, 1868-08-12

NEWTON WILSON and Co.'s SEWING
MACHINES.
PARIS EXHIBITION TWO PRIZE MEDALS.
NEW HANTS MACHINES.
mai:TEEN MAL CLEOPATRA.
HAND BOAS. AND PENELOPE.
The e rdy hand-mewing machines that have prise medals. The
American button-hole. eyelet-hole. overeeaming machine, for the
tint time the complete combination of a sewing and button-hole
machine. Makes lte batten-holes per hour. and changeos In •
minute to plain mewing. Dlortrated catalogues 4ee.-I‘4. High
Holborn: 144. Cheapside ; and 010. Regentstreet.
London, England, 1868-08-12

CHAFFED HAY.

TEE agricultmists who are already grumbling
over the prospeote of the winter will be at least
as much amused as surprised at the suggestion of
an ea-Australian sheep !sealer in this morning's
Time. Dead leaves have hitherto been considered

useful principally formannre, and to point poetical
analogies. It seems they are turned to a far more
practical purpose in Australia. Cattle and sheep
are fed upon them. According to Mr. W. J.
Bnowrrs, who writes from Bideford, North Devon
There =lst. a crop of fodder in England never used,
but which might be used to supplement the present short
supply. I allude to the leaves of the deciduous trees,
which, just previous to their general fall, might be
shaken and beaten down with sticks upon the ground
or sailelothe, dried, stacked, and need as winter food.
They might be steeled in the centre of a straw stack,
ea chaff is semettrass stacked. The reason that
suggests this to my mind is that for many
London, England, 1868-08-12

POLITICS AND THE HAIITTIT.

Whatever element of disorder may be introduced at
the coining elections by the despair of faction, none will
arise, the Daily Noes thinks, from the discontent or
despondency of an ill-fed people. There is every prospect
of a little more work and a little more beyond mere n.:ces-
series than the working classes have enjoyed for two
years past, and therefore so far as these classes are con-
cerned there is mason to anticipate a good deal of that
social peace, that political contentment, and that de:ire
for quiet crijc,ymant, which always characterise the
British people in prosperous tunes. The political
importance of a good harvest is obvious. The situ 4-
faction of having enough, the absenee of pre ,ing
anxiety or care, form an excellent pro-.aration for politics'
duties, and, under existing eircum,tanee:, there is more
reason to fiar lopt,lai apathy than popular passi,iii,
danger that the i.eople irmy be mishsl by ryi,i- n.l-
dre,s(d to them from el,cs-e. than that b.ey spa ell I be
excited by l assions sti:::::lated from below. Thanks t,
a Food Laivcst and a reviving bads cc the n lain I.
and the eneigette efforts of liberal state- sea slit tie
Jibe al pro-s otter r, Mr. liisradi and aries city
probably find the :Lew con bit ueneies less es y n: ii,-;
late, and the whole people less open In
than they have coned, nily Loja d.
London, England, 1868-08-12

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(FROM OCR OWN ColunsroNytTr.)
PARIS, TI.7)SDLY EVVIY 1.

- _
The attitude of the Bourse confirms the
sion of yesterday that the speech makes t, eh.m4,
in the situation. Nevertheless I think this mu,b
may be taken for granted that the Ealikitor
not make any warlike demonstration in ran' ta
August 15, which was at one time fated.
stated to be yet doubtful whether the review
the National Guard, announced for the lull, ca
not be put off till the day after the fit, i••••
Sunday, the 16th. General Hellinet, the Ca-
mandant of the National Guard, has gone to Fon-
tainebleau to-day to take his Majesty's pleamre
on the subject. I hear doubts expressel tho
evening whether there will be any review at all,
M. Pietri having reported that the state of public
feeling in Paris is very disloyal.
It is understood that on August 15 the cry oi
" ViveLa Lantern I" is likely to be very frequent'
The Eve/rental says that when 34 Pinard sub'
witted to the Emperor the list of decorations pro-
posed by the Minister of the Interior on the °e-
sion of August 15, his Majesty, with his ora
august hand, added the name of M. Pto!
de Cassagnac. Certainly this young wri"'
er
deserves the Legion of Honour well—in Fro
"'deserves
et Ca pee vole. He constantly writes in lit.'
tha:
most ultra-reactionary sense; constantly
the Emperor was ill-advised in writing the lette:
of January 19 ; applauds every arbitrary act
or
power, and counsels many other steps whiebpoicer
has not yet dared to take, and, like his father ju
the Corps Legislatif, constantly preadiel
The Caesagnacs pass for being personal agors.,. °1
•
the Emperor, to put forth feelers whirl'
Rouher is not willing to be responsible for 1
. 1i
will he a pertinent confirmation of this oP
ter'
irliuu I
Paul de Cassagnac should be garotted next
Say,

day.
M. Ernest Ber, the founder of the
of IN4 Cite-
lan, died this morning from the rupture as

aneurism.
At the Bourse Bente was extremely heavY.
fell 13c. for cash, and 20c. forsunt, donor 3t
70fr. 3c. and 70fr. 200. ; Italian fell 43c. ;
Mier, 3fr. 73c. ; and Credit Fonder, 2fr. 3N•
London, England, 1868-08-12

o I.

WOLVERHAMPTON MEETING.
(THIS DAY.)
MILLINGTON STASES.

Melody
Luna
Pei fume

.. 1

.. 2

.. 3

5 ran.
BOROUGH MEMBERS' PLATE. Hall a mile.
Venturer, Boagnetrhes and Susan are here.
NINTH STAMFORD BIENNIAL. Mile and a half.
Cotton is here.
HOLYOAKE STAKES. One mile and a quarter.
Lymington is here.

CUP. One mile and a quarter.
Lord Palmerston and Princess are here.
SHAKESPEARE STAKES. Three-quarters of a mile.
Salliet, Barnabo, Ambition, Gordian Knot, EcartE,
Slanderer, and Hunter are here.

STOCKTON MEETING.-(THIS DAY.)
CLEVELAND STAKES. T.Y.C.
Little Duke, Sunshade, Glens'mond, Etzwilliam,
Thoiwaldsen, La Charantonne, and Jeannie Deans are
here.

TOWN PLATE. Half a mile.
Attache, Lady Zetland, Masterman, and Holstein are
here.

TRADESMF.NS' HANDICAP. Two miles.
Strathoonan, Fortunio, The Dean, Reltub, Rap, Mies
Osborne, and Lady Zetland are here.

ELEVENTH BIENNIAL. One mile and a half.
Nymph is here.

HAILRY FOWLKIL STAKES. T.Y.C.

AttaelA, Dossidiain,La )[oases, Bessie Dixon, Master-
man, Prior, and Sleeping Maggie are here,

BErriNG IN LONDON.-(THIS DAY.)

2.30 P.Y.

The feature at the Victoria Club this morning
was the advance of Mandrake for the Great Ebor Han-
dicap to 10 to 1 ; after 1000 to 100 had been taken about
him, the price was not obtainable at last. His advance,
however, did not in any way affect Tabouret's
position, 6 to 1 being taken about the latter,
and the pair would have been backed, coupled,
at 4 to 1; 5 to 1 was The Spy's nominal price,
and 13 to 2 was wanted about Fercacques, but only 6 to
1 was offered. For the St. Leger 6to 4 was offered against
The Earl, and 100 to 6 against Green Sleeve, in each case
without leading to busineee. Closing prices:
London, England, 1868-08-12

THE I.IdPEROII NAPOLEON AT TIIOI-14.

Ihe Times asks why it should be eon.,ider.•d a
remarkable thing to hear the Emperor declare that nothing
to-day threatens the peace of Europe? In every country
the words will be dwelt upon as oracular, and people will
interpret them according to their own fancies or prepossei-
siona ; but the Timex willingly receive,: them in the pisi:i
and ordinary sense of the worls, and accepts the avuranee
that Clumpagne, and consequently the rest of Europe.
need not fear the calamities of war.
London, England, 1868-08-12

JEPTERSON DAVIBB RECEPTION AT LITEEPOOL.

The Herald thinks there is no reason to wonder at VIA
warm reception Mr. Davis has met with at Liverpool,
although there is much cause to rejoice at the quiet and
unostentatious character which the demonstrations of
respect and sympathy have assumed. Indeed, wherever
he may show himself among Englishmen, Mr. Davis is
sure to be welcomed with every mask of esteem and
admiration.
London, England, 1868-08-12

THE an-AL DIIHOP Of NATAL.

The Thyroid< observes that if the Archbishop of Can.
terbary should continue to sanction the stratagem by which
it is sought to set up Dr. Macrorie as Bishop of Natal, ho
must sanction a policy that would place the church in an-
tagonism to the law by which it holds its position in this
country. If it is true that the archbishop countenances
such a course, be must answer to the grave charge of deal-
ing a blow at the relations between church and state more
bold and more fatal than any of whirl' Mr. Miall has ever
yet dreamed.