The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-20 00:00:00

THE CAPE MAIL

RETURN OF
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THE LIVING
IO STONE SEARCH
PEDITN.

The steamer Celt arrived at Plymouth yesterday
afternoon, with mails from Algoa Bay to the 15th I
December ; Table Bay, the 19th ; St. Helena, the
27th ; and Ascension, the 31st.
The Celt brings 21 passengers, including Mr.
Young, Captain Faulkner, and Mr. Reid, of the
Livingstone Search Expedition. Mr. Buckley was
left behind ill with fever at Capetown.
The members of the expedition are satisfied that
Dr. Livingstone was not murdered, as the Johanna
men reported. Ho did not take the route expected
from the Ruvuma River, at about 11 deg. south,
along the north coast of Lake Nyassa, in from'
36 deg. to 34 deg. east ; but from the Ruvuma went
south, round the south end of Lake Nyiussa, going
as far as 14.28 deg. south. Thence he proceeded
to the north-west, and was left pursuing
that route, either with the view of exploring the
west coast of Lake Nyassa, an thus ascertaining:
how far it extends north, and then to proceed on to i
Lake Tanganyika, or he had gone direct for Tan-
ganyika and thence down the Nile home.
Mataka, Makata, Marenga, and Maksurs, men-S
tioned by the Johanna men, were found on the
southern route instead of the northern. The expe-
dition followed Dr. Livingstone up to within a few
miles of whore it was reported ho was murdered,
and there found that the doctor and his " boys"
were ferried over a marshy lake by Mareuga, but the
Johanna men under Mama made a detour round
the lake, and returned next day to Marenga, say- I
ing they had deserted Livingstone, and should re- I
turn to the coast, because he was leading them intol
a country where they would be murdered by the
Merit.. The expedition also had interviews with
the native porters who had carried Livingstone's
luggage five days' journey further, to Pasombe.
Fever still prevailed at Capetown, but was de-
dining. The Saxon arrived out Dec. 13. No mails
have been received from NataL

OAPTUILL or A/Weans FlirLair In LONDON.—
ArtitsrY ro SHOOT rim Potieu—On Saturday night the
neighbourhood of Bedford-square,Bloomsbary, was thrown
lido a state of excitement in consequence of the report of
tramme, and cries of " Stop thief," " A Fenian," tuz Po-
liebeermient Chown, 6E, and Poliesconstable Chamber.
him, 163, had received information, in consequence if
Wash they placed themselves in Bedford-square, and at
about half-past eight o'clock a gentlemanly-looking man
mane along. Chown stepped him, and asked him where he
HAM, to which he replied, " In College-street," and as
Ctiorn was about to fertilise question trim, he turned sud-
denly upon the officer, tripped him up, and ran away. The
saws pursued him mwarde Telnentiamesourtereed,
rung when withietwentyyards of him the man turnedround
mid fired &revolver atOlown, who felt the ball whizzing by
linear,but sustained twining. He then turned to the other
=and fired at him, but with the name result. The
en dill pursued the would-be murderer round the
!comm. irftng last " Stop thief," when a oceiceman mind
him, and at the same moment the odfter (Chamberlain)
same up and knocked him down. Ache was faille( he
AIMof chamber of itto remitter, titbit bed the
AIM of singeing Chenakedeinlebsisormilcimiminfltim
ematiseash band. It afterwards transpired that the ballet
!rpm that ehaniber of the revolver bad been slopped
m its flight from the barrel by a pin =
aathe wood work with the barreL Chown
to get therevolver (which is about 12 or 14
tong, and of American make) away from him, and
villain, butt-end of it struck him on the head. A crowd
' Men selected, and the prisoner was conveyed to the leilice.
I•l4ien in Clark's.buildings, Broad-street, and
ile.tof the cells. Extra policemen were
ly put on duty at and about the station,
a7kiey were provided with cutlanees and revolvers.
Tiligrieoner who gave the name of Clancy, is a gentle-
mmiy-looking man, with light beard, and mem&
=and whiskers, and is said to beu=
like Groves, the man who was a
with the murder of BPDonnell, the bandsman. A person
reeegnMsd the prisoner as &compositor working in Lesicins.
When he was taken before the acting-inspector he mid be
bad had " a good hit," and expressed his regret that be
had net succeeded in his diabolical attempt to murder.
After seeing him eddy housed Sergeant Chown went is
the boas' in College-street where the prisoner had bees
=, and searched his rooms. Several papers
were a.-
which, it is said, leave no doubt that the prieener
is an American, and had served in the Federal army. •
great quantity of ammunition, revolvers, bullets, bullet-
moulds, lead, cartridges, canisters of gunpowder, and •
dagger were elm discovered.
TER CLERKENITILL OUTRAGIL—IMPORTANT CAP-
TERI IN SCOTLAND.—EarIy on Tuesday last Mislead
&raft andJanies O'Neil, having hoe found an the pubs
roadby the polioe,whe were attracted by the monde( pis*
firing, were apprehended and taken next day Ulm Bans
Andaman at the Central Polies-court, in Glargew, when a
special warrant was granted fee their detention, there
being reason to believe that they were Fenian.. The Lon-
don authorities having oommunicated with Inspector Wil.
Unreel, four detectives arrived at Glasgow, on Friday,
and Barrett and O'Neil were identified as having been eion.
meted with the Fenian movement in Landoll, and in per-
limier Barratt, as the individual who bad set fire to the
fuse attached to the laurel of gunpowder which caused the
explosion at the ClerkenweU prison. The prisoners wan
ironed and given in charge to the London ofteers, who TO-
moved them from prison, and the party left en Warder I
moruing for London. Barrett and O'Neil have been red-
dent in Glasgow fur a year or two until about tour months
ago. Barrett was employed as limper, while O'Neil bad
at Ofill time been engaged both in the of of the Cale-'
denies and Glasgow and South Western itellways.
Utterly, however, he had been canvassing foe orders, or
hawking in the tea trade.
AFeretaX PLACARD POSTED AT THE MANSION-
-1101111/1.-011 Saturday afternoon, between 2 and 3 o'clock,
a Fenian placard or proclamation was posted
'ln front of the Mansion-house, and within a
few of several of the City police, who are
lin bly on duty in front of the Mansion-bones.
It was not until • crowd which assembled to read this ex-
, tdipiarY effusion hod caused a stoppage by blocking up
timment that the attention of the pollee wen ealled
to it. The document consisted of a slip of paper, on the
upper portion of which was a very fairly executed pen-and-
ink sketch of the Irish harp surrounded by shamrocks.
' Over this were the figures ISGS, and on either side " 1. R."
lin capitals, and underneath, pertly in ordinary writing
and partly in capital letters very well written, the fel-
flowing:
I The Irishmen of America are united !
Irishmen of 'England follow their example!
Unite, forward ye tearless eons of Ireland!
Stand for the Old rotudry .
Oh that to England nailed Ireland should be,
Preserve her green flag of liberty.
Immediately underneath this a second separate slip of'.
paper had been pasted, with the words also written, but in
capital letters, nearly an inch high :
God save the Green'
Several of the readers of this effusion turned it into ridi-
cule, and others attempted to pull it down, but it was not
until the arrival of the constable that it was removed. At
this juncture Mr. Sewell, of the Lord Mayor's-office, came
upon the scene, and having been shown the paper, which
had just been removed. be directed the officer to place it
in the blade of Colonel Fraser, the chief superintendent of
the City police.
ANTI-FENIAN DEMONSTRATION IN WARRINGTON.
—Yesterday (Sunday) morning, a numerously attended
meeting of the Roman catholic inhabitants of Warrington,
both English and Irish, was held in the Old Idusie-hall,
Bewsey-street, for the purpose of disclaiming any " con-
nexion or sympathy with the Fenian, or their wicked
designs," and of showing that they were as loyal as any
other class of her Majesty's subjects. Tho Rev. J. P.
Hdll, Roman catholic priest, presided. The meeting was
one of the largest gatherings of catholics ever held in the
town of Warrington fee any purpose.

The gentian= who is investigating the distress
at the Beat-end of London for oar contemporary, the

Bperratoe, writes :
101 a tear Ness repliwe 410041aRge—tir—wsii., _
tailed at the shipbuilding yaed of Mara. Green, and
after stating my business to Ur. Green (whose name,
at my request, I am permitted to um), I asked him
to favour me with his 'vision as to the causes of
the depression in the shipwrights' trade Mr. Green re-
plied very nearly in the following terms ;—" The depres-
sion is not confined to the Thames, or even to the United
Kingdom, but is felt more or less ell over the continent
and in America. There may have bees less of it in the
northern part of the kingdom than here, but that, in my
opinion, is owing to the fact that in a time of general
depression of • trade • very little thing will turn the soale,
and it is possible that the turn was given in favour of the
north by the somewhat lower rate of wages there at
the time. This, however, is • Milling circumstance,
scarcely bearing on the general question. Ido not ascribe
anything of the plesent state of trade to the nieu, and iu-
justice is done to them by any statement to the contrary.
We have always found our men treat us fairly. They are,
of course, averse to having their wages reduced ; but when
we have met them, and pointed out the facts of a case, we
have never had to complain that we have not been re-
sponded to reasonably. I will give you an instance to
show you that the men are misrepresented by those who
as that they refuse to work for lower than union wages.
We lately resolved to lay down a vessel for ourselves, and
take our chance of loss with her, it the men would meet
us with • ressonible [eduction of wages, as their contribu-
tion the general risk. We undertook this for the
simple purpose of providiage work, and if it
entailed lose it was merely giving in labour
instead of relief. We called the men together, and stated
the matter to them, and they took time to consult their
fellow workmen of tie uniou. 'When they retu'ned to
us it was to accept the offer, with the fall consent of the
union, and the vessel is now going on, tha men working
at ie. 6d. a day inetead of 75." I said, " Tien you do not
in any way ascribe the present distressed state of the trade
to strikes !" Mr. Gm= repliedinaM "I do
not; the causes are IIIIIIIIUOUSI, and not easy to determine,
but the men are not to blame." Now, this is the opinion
of • gentleman whose family has been long and honourably
connected with the shipbuilding trade on the Thames, and
whose yard is at present, gemmed with what it has
been, almost like • city of the , the unemployed men
wiindering about in it as if they bad no object in life, end
the employed ones only serving to show by the cuutnue
what a dismal blight has fallen on • amble trade.

Mr. C. Buxton, M.P., lectured at Cromer, on
Friday night, on the pan year. He sketched the leading
political, social, and physical incidents of IW, dwelling
particularly on the progress of events in Franc", Italy,
Germany, Russia, and the United States. No one, lie
thought, could have failed to see that there had been an
accelerated rate of intellectual advance, and that nations
were by degrees attaining to a larger and wiser tone of
thought. The darkness of stupidity seemed to be slowly
lifting from Europe. At home, he considered that the
national mind eras being more and more lid te insist that
goversineest should be at ease by the peephs end fee the
people, and that they should no longer be like children
under the care—however wise end good—of others. Upon
the whole, although Isli7 had been &year of disappointment
and depression, he believed that England was still making
' her way forward to a yet higher and happier career.
SCIINTIFIC Ern:CATION IN LI% AltrooL.—Mr.
Bernhard Samuelson, MP., attended a private conference
on this subject at the Free Public Library and Museum,
Liverpool, on Saturday ; Mr. Fitton in the chair. The
question of the dearebility of increasing the facilities for
scientific education in large towns was freely discussed,
and it was generally admitted that, so far as the high
schools of Liverpool were concerned, scientific education
would receive much more favour if the same university
rewards attended its cultivation as were now obtainable
by pursuing classical and mathematical studies.
CHRISTMAS BENEFACTIONS TO I'OON CLERGY-
NRN.—The Governors of the Corporation of the Sons of the
Clergy held their third meeting this season on Saturday
lest, at li
the annual
No. 2, Rioumebury-plam, W.C., to
distribute the annual income co certain funds for the
benefit of poor curates and other clergymen, and their
widows and families. The governors attending ware the
three treasurers, Mr. Alderman Copeland the Rev. Dr.
Vivian, end Mr. Pownall, the Revs. W.. 1. Crichton and
Daniel Moore, and Canons Jennings and Meleill, and
Masers. G. C. Capper, J. It. Kenyon, tt.C., J. W. Thrupp,
Thos. Tilson, J. Some, J. E. Johnson, it Baggalley, and
C. Hodgson. The total sum given away was 2,8041., viz.,
to 106 clergymen, 1,4731. ; to 43 widows and !aged angle
daughters, VOL ; and to 10 orphans or other children of
clergymen, for education or =tete, km, 1,0311. In May
next the governors will fill up the vacancies which have
occurred daring the past year in their lists of widow and
daughter pensioners, numbering in all 712, and in June
will be distributed the midsummer benefactions
for clergymen with not less than three chil-
dren. The governors meet, however, monthly for
the consideration of special and urgent caws.
The funds are administered without reference to locality,
personal influence, or party views in the church. The
only pante to which the governors direct their attention
are the personal worth and ueuessity of the applicants ;
and when these are established, assistance is given tempo-
rarily or permanently *wording to the age, income, number
of children, and other circumstances of each ease. The
corporation received its charter from Charles 11., and dur-
ing the long interval which has since elapsed has become
possessed of considerable funds, entrusted to its Charge by
benevolent persons in sueosesive generations who have
witnessed the privations of the poorer clergy ; but it is
obvious in the present times, when the numer of =ruin
and scantily-endowed benefices is rapidly increasing, the
number of applications for assistance from the corporation
most also greatly increase, and unless the funds of the
society are proportionately augmented, they must soon be-
come very inadequate to meet the pressing demands made
upon them by one of the moat neonate= and ill-paid
claims of the community.
Ruttovar. or Cnatirlit-Hourin SaroOt.—Thenale
and =wafer of the present wawa-boom of Charter-house
having recently been effected by the governors to the
Masters and Wardens of the Merchant Taylors' Company,
the work of demolition and transformation of this ancient
foundation has already commenced. The Loge square
grase-plot, called the " Under-Green," from its being the
exclusive property of the " linden," bounded by Wilder
neeerow and Goawall-street, has a hoarding extending the
entire length of the playground and enclosing a large
portion of the land, as the sits of two blocks of buildings
intended for dwelling-bosses and shops fronting the above
thoroughfares. The " llpper•Green," where the cricket
nantelete IMO west to be played, is likewise doomed to
undone great changes sad altsnitisne, previous to the
transfecence of Merchant Tellers' a 06001 to the locality.

On Saturday bet the Registrar of the Chelms-
ford County Court held • itttog for she examination of
debtors then detained in the Ibex County Gaol, when
amongst thaws who presented themselves for examinatimi
;ratir own petitions te he adjudicated banksuptin was
Griggs, the Font women who, at the beginning
of bat year, was the victim el what sees the popularly
known as the Buckhnrat-hill tragedy. The builtrupt is
only 18 years of age. The warrant explained that she was
detained in custody te satisfy a claim by the crown of 401.,
the amount of recognisance' entered into by her to appear
and prosecute her would-be assassin, and she was arrested
'• by order of the Barons of the Queen's lixolieqner be-
cause she did not appear
.at the Central Criminal Court
to prefer • bill of indictment, and prosecute the
law with effect against Frederick Alexander Watkins,
for felony, as she was bound to do by her recog-
nisance." The Registrar, after expressing a doubt
as to his ability to deal with the ease, proceeded
to put some questions to the debtor which she answered to
the following effect, the leading circumstances being no
doubt, in the recollection of our readers :—She stated no
her father is by trade a well sinker, at BuckhunitAW, and
be is poor in worldly circumstances. She has no sisters,
but ham one brother, and until she was 16 years of agagee she
was io the habit of going to school with tolerable
She will not be in Flan of age natal the 3rd of April next,
but when she was 16 years of age, she made the &imagina-
-1 tance of Fredrick Alamein:tar Watkins, and was engaged to
be seateleci

OrMiloolllgrermunersurvor sew mum; sans ow wwww
regularly to see her after that time. When the child was
about three months old be milled upon her one evening,
and they went out for a wall( together. In the course of
their ramble they had a dispute, and be stabbed her with
a dagger in 13 places, leaving her for dead on the ground.
In the last wound which he inflicted he left the dagger
sticking, and she was told but for that circumstance she
must have bled to death. After Watkins had left her
she returned to consciousness, and wade her way for a few
yards in the direction of home, but was unable to proceed
far. There were two calves in the field where the attempted
murder was committed, and they followed her to the place
where she fell the second time. When she fell down the
two calves lay down one on each side of her, and their
warmth kept heat in her, or she must have dud from tke
cold of the night and loss of blood. She •am tumid in that
condition on toe following morning. The reason why she
did not appear to prosecute was because she thought that,
without her evidewe Watkins would not be convicted,
although she had deposed to the facts when it was sup-
posed she was dying. She had promised in a letter written
to Watkins after his arrest that she would remain with
his parents until he was set at liberty, and
then they would be married. She was not
afraid to marry him after what he haul done to her. She
could not tell why he had acted so cruelly to her, for she
had never refused to marry him, or giv.ii him cause for
jealousy. She was with his father, who is a jeweller in
London, at the time of the trial, awl she went abroad, but
weld not say where she went to. Watkins was convicted
of attempting to murder her, and sentenced to 20 years'
penal servitude. Sbe had never been a trader, nor had she
carried on any business of any kind, having lived with her
father all her life until this occurred. The Registrar said
that as she was not a trailer, he could not deal with the
petition at present, and sa far as be was concerned she
would have to remain iu gaol until March neat, but she
, would wane before him as the February sitting, and he
would then see what could be done for her.

SINGULAR AcCIDENT IN THE HUNTINO FIELD.
—A singular accident happeued to Mr. Richard Hereford,
of Suf ton Court, a well-known and popular member of
the Herefordshire Hunt, while out with the hounds on
Thursday. Mr. Hereford was Minis through a gateway,
when, in pealing a lad nu a puny, the bridle of the latter
caught hi one of Mr. Hereford's stirrup-leathern. Mr.
Hereford's horse plunged and reared in sii violent a almo-
ner as to break the stirrup-leather, and Mr. Hereford was
thrown, the horse trampling upon him as it broke away.
Mr. Hereford was removed to Sutton Court as speedily es
possible, and on it was found that, in addition
to several cuts and bruises, One of his ribs was fractured.
In reply to the latest inquiries made, Mr. I lereford was
reported to be progressing favourably. The boy who was
the innocent cause of the accident managed to keep his
seat on the pony, and though placed for some women's in
® perilous position by the rearing of the horse, he finally
eacped without injury.
THE WRECK 01 TUE FAERIL Qt* KEN. —TIIO
decision of the court of( inquiry era given by Mr. Ratites
en fiaturday at the Lffeipoot court. He said i—" In this
case the court feels bound to pronouuee the master in
default. The loss of the ship may be ascribed to the same
causes which have led to so many wrecks of vessels out-
ward bound from this port on the mast of lrebuid. The
master stood in towards the land for seven hours, and took
no
cast of the lead. Had he done so an hour before the
ship struck—a precaution which the question of the mate
might well have suggested to him—he would have been
warned of approaching danger, an.l a careful reference to
the chart would have confirmed him in this conclusion.
Under these circumstances the judgment of the court is
that the certificate of Mr. Joseph Pearson be and hereby is
suspended fur twelve calendar months from this date,
January lath, 1868."
SI:iirEiTTRD MUTINY AND Mt• twee. —The ship
Woodstock, of Hull, was reported wrecked about three
weeks since at Manche &Epic ; that ei,,lit or nine men
were drowned, including the captain and two mates ; and
that the remainder had saved themselves on tome timber,
bet were badly frozen. From the following letter it will be
oleo that the captain's body has been recovered, and that
Mall probability a oral murder has been committed. The
sermon will, of course be detained and examined, in
order, if possible, to elicit some information regarding
this unfortunate affair. It is very evident that a mutiny
hail broken out, and that the ship was lost in consequence.
" Fox River, Dec. 16, lti67. Wm. Hyman,
Hound Cream : Dear Bir,—This is to inform you that our
man and boat from the wreck Wuod.took have brought
four wrecked seamen, including the chief mirviving officer.
They ere much in want of medical midst:wee, end lam
sanding Mitliel Dupre to request you will write a note to
1)r. Moody townie immediately, if possible. All their hands
and some of their feet are very badly frozen. There still
remain two at the place where they were wrecked, one of
whom will attempt to come down in about tee or twelve
daysmime say it will iv some time yet before he can
be moved. I wish you could come up yourself. It a=
when cue body of um caption was found ho had his
out, and it is supposed that he hail a great deal of money
about his person. Try and come and see whet is to be done
with those men, or write immediatel. Write also for the
doctor at once. In haste, yours, June int Sr. Ogoix."
The Woodstock was a Hull ship, belonging to Messrs. John
Hilton and U.., of High-street. Hull, and was commanded
by Ca loin Caswell.
with a cargo caSho bilanderufro;in Quebec
~,i.gjvewforOs.
..aintaba SAILOIL—A rather romantic incident
has scoured on beard the Flying Venus, now in the bar.
hour of Bombay. The captain shipped a young fellow at
Liverpool, under the name of Thomas Brown' as a seaman,
sad atter serving for a considerable time on bosrd the ship
it was only yesterday discovered that he was a woman.
She stated that she left her home at Aberdeen at fourteen
yea* of ago through the ill-treatment of a stepmother,
sad having procured boy's clothing west to sea. She con-
trived to preserve the secret of her sex for five years, and
pmforosed the duty of a seaman remarkably well, taking
her torn at the wheel, going aloft to furl royals, and was
quit, m „,‘,.rt in the nicer details of the profession. The
captain (Mr. Litter), on becoming acquainted with the
tart of his having a woman on board, was perforce com-
pelled to part with her, and moordingly he took her to the
acting onset magistrate, on Dec. 1.1, at the Fort Polioe-
court, to ask his advice. -At the suggestion of his worship,
with the kind consent of Mr. Bickers, the city missionary,
she was banded over to that gentleman, who offered to
look after her until she could be provided with pump
home, or some employment suited to her sex should be ob-
tained. The captain seemed rather loath to part with the
daughter of Neptune. He gave her an excellent charm-
ter. and mid that she was of • quiet, retiring disposition,
and at the same time was one of the smartest
hands in the ship. The poor girl was very mach
chagrined at the discovery of her sex, and
seemed very mach abashed when questioned as to her
past history. Itisotelrosed to get up a subscription for
r
her. It is not to make a heroine of the young
women, but, overlooking the peculiar eccentricity which
has brought her before the public, it is undeniable that she
has exhibited great pluck, spirit, endurance, independence,
self-desist, and sel,-restraint for • long period of time, and
under-very !Iliac circumstances. On this account.anst
that she is fax from home and from friends, it is proposed
to bad her • moderato wardrobe, and such a puree as will
give her the chance of • new career in honour, having re-
mid to her capabilities arid station in life.—Tines of
Dee. 28.
Tim Fareit AT TERLING.—Since Mr. Ifavtland'a
report there have bees four more deaths. On. man, aged
50, died en Thursday, the 10th. The intensity of the dis-
miss is greatly on the [Screams, the attacks assuming a
more violent chamber. Nurses seance be obtained at an
price. The drains at Tooling- place have been opened and
cleaned out, and are to be refold in the spring. One of
the medical gentlemen, Mr. Dimon, in attendance en the
poor at Trivileg, saw 130 eases six Sunday week. Three of
the worst wells have at last bees fitted up New wells
have been ordered to be dog. The able-bodied OWN are
those who are now principally attacked. The fever has
taken entire held of this ill-fated viWge ; and, as • proof
of its keel there sea be traced no evidence of Its
having spree& eat of the pariah. The parish authorities
appear to be sernese in earryieg eat Mr. sug-
gestions.
Boarrs.th sox Duman& or TICE CHWT, VICTORIA-
PAIE.—The number of patients relieved at this institution
tlexing last week was 1,201, of which 305 were new cases.

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