The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-27 00:00:00

AQUATICS ABROAD.

A party of gentlemen, ruetubere of the London
and Kingston Rowing Clubs, Late lately returned from a
rowing expedition abroad, ellich,undertaken.as it was is the
first " outs igged" four which has beau upon foreign waters,
will be nitereating to susses of our reader..
Mr. Stratteu, Mr. Kee, Mr. Yensbertos, Mr. Coventry,
Mr. Bacon, and Mr. Steward met at Strasbourg on the 6th
of September, and their boat, which was built by Messenger,
of Teddiugton, was conveyed by some of the crew on
the Rotterdam sod Rhine steamers to Maunheim, and
thence by rail to Strasbourg. At Strasbourg she was safely
le embed in the Marne Canal on the morning of the ith, and
the brat day's journey was made in tier to Saverne, ou the
Vosges mountaina, over which the weal is carried by mediae
of lucks, numbering t$ in the ascent. On the following
dal, towards the summit of the range, the crew arrived at
the remarkable tunnel, two miles ands half in length,which
is pierced for the passage of the canal waters. Here, tiling
their tow-line and lantern to the bows of their Lout, the
crew towed her in ilerkueas at u run which occupied them
21 sairutem,fted late in the evening they arrived at the small
village of Ileming, where they put up for the night,and, the
pi °visions in the place proving limited, come jars of
preserved meats which Lad been brought (tuna England to
provide opined such emergencies came into requi . n for
the first time. Fanellie was reached on the following day,
Newsy about noon on the 10th, and Frouard that night,
where, in a small wooden building, the crew made shift as
well as they were able. On the 11th, priming through the
three lucks connecting the Manse Canal with the river
Meurthe, they quitted the former, and two miles' rowing
brought them to the junction of the Meurthe with the
Moselle. The waters of the Moselle proved lower than bad
been expected; no rain Lad fallen for some time, and at grit
it seemed doubtful whether even as outrigger would out
draw more water than the shallows would permit. For-
tunately,
however, slid by narrowly watching the course of
the stream from point to point, upon only two occasions did
the crew run aground, and then without injury, although
the rapids more than once curried them into dangerous
proximity to suukeu rocks. barring, however, these little
dinntrimeno, the course of the Nautilus (for the boat had
been christened with all ceremony) wee uuchNuered by soy li
disaster, and the "log" of one of the crew proceeds to give
the following further Dotes of their cruise :—Upon the eves-
hag of the day un which they had leased through Nancy
they rowed to An; passed through the garrison town of Mete on the following day; reached KiMigainsker, where,
two of the crew had to sleep opou the door of their inn ;
and a long day's rowing on the 13th of 43 miles brought
them to Triers On the following day, devoting a .hurt
hour before breakfast to the town of Travois, the crew of
the Nautilus strived at Neurnageo, and, starting for Tier-
bach on the morning of the Ihth, experienced a day's rough
weather ; it rattled, indeed, so heavily at intervals that some
• of the crew fouod it more comfortable to row in " buff " than
to he encumbered with wet &Noel shirts. At Trarbecb,
indeed at Neurnagen, the crew found good secomutoriation,
and at neither place did it prove aeoessery to " toss up" for
beds and preserved meat. Leaving Trarbach on the 16th,
sod slopping midway toes:end the Castle of Marieuberg on
the right bank of the river, the crew reached Cochem that
evening, and on the lith arrived at Coblente, at the Junc-
tion of the Moselle with the Rhiue, where, having ploughed
with her little keel some 420 miles of water mime she had
left Strasbourg, the crew reluctantly furled the flag of the

Nautilus. Time however did Dot, it appears, permit some
of the crew to prosecute the adventure upon the Rhine, and
it only remains to notice one circumstance which, although
in itself trilling, has at the present moment some little
signincance.
Everywhere on French ground the Englishmen met with
the greatest courtesy and kindness from the French officials.
The engineer•iu-chier of the Marne Canal readily granted
permission for the manage of the boat upon the canal ; the
loek.keepers appeared to take a personal interest in the suc-
cessor the expedition, would take no remuneration for their
service*, and no duties were charged by the French authori-
ties either upon the boat or its provisions. The Prueeisaa
viewed the matter in a different light ; duties were charged
upon the boat., upon the preserved meals, and upon a few
pounds of tea ; obstacles were unnecessarily thrown in the
way of the crew, rad the impressions left upon them have
wnsequently been es unfavourable as could have been
wished Timm

THR FATAL COLLISION IN THE THAMES OPP
TRITE.-YERDICT OF THE JURY.

Laat night Mr. C. J. Carttar held an adjourned
inquiry at the Crown Tavern, Erith, into the circumstances
attending the collision which took place in the river between
the Ipswich steam-vessel Mete. and the brig Bertha, of
Guernsey, by which the lives of Mr. Allan Doyley Dunn and
Amelia, by wife, of Southampton.street, Bloomsbury, were
!wt.

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Mr. Beseew, instructed by Mr. G. Fry, solicitor, of
:reeowiels, appeared on behalf of the owners of the Metis,
the Woolwich Ma
-paoket Company ; Mr. Cooper for the
owner~ briSie Mt. Gower to watch the prootodiogt

Serena pilots, well acquainted with the navigation of the
river, were examined, with a view to prove that the
blame of the collision was attributable to the steamer.
The Coroner occupied about one hour in presenting the
ease to the jury, wbo, after a long consultation, and much
divison of opinion, at a quarter past ten o'clock returned
the following verdict :.—" That the deceased were drowned
in the Thames by a collision between the Metis steamer
and the Bertha brig that the accident arose from the want
of a proper look.oot on the part of the steamer, and that
neglect, although not amounting to criminality, is attri-
butable to Henry Form, captain of the Metis." The coroner
was also instructed to request the Board of Trade to insti-
tute an inquiry into the whole ease.

NEW EDUCATIONAL MINI:TR—At a full meeting
of the chapter of the natal deanery of Bradford, held on
Wednesday, in the parish church vestry, the Rev. Dr.
Burnet, rural dean, in the chair, the following resolutions
were passed unanimously :- -1. That this chapter hereby
expresses its strong disapproval of the new minute of the
Committee of Council of Education. 2. That the chair-
MIA he requested to forward a copy of this resolution to
the President and Vice.Preeident of the Committee of
Council. A standing committee was appointed to com-
municate with the managers of church schools. The
clergy of the deanery are resolved to otter the most stre-
nuous opposition to the minute.
THE BRIDE-LANZ BZTTINO NCIMANCE.—At a
meeting of the vestry of St. Bride's, Fleet-street, Mr. A.
Smith, the clerk, read a report from the committee on the
butting lat1111401:11, which stated that immediately alter their
appointment, in April last, they had antinterview with Mr.
Harvey, the police commissioner, who fully admitted the
existence of the nuisance, but regretted that the powers
vested in the police were not sufficient to suppress the evil,
mmisiog however to place extra policemen on duty at
Bride-lane to mitigate Me nuisance as much as possible.
They then sought the assistance of the City Solicitor, who
having obtained powers from the Court of Aldermen, in.
'United proceedings against five individual who were coesi-
doted the most prominent amongst the betting hatifees of
Bride-lane. These proceedings were energetically followed
up, and a conviction obtained, which has had the desired
effect of setting the question at rest and freeing the district
freg a nuisance adder which it had been long suffering.
The report concluded by congratulating the parishioners on
the signal success which had attended the committee's
labours. Mr. Baker moved the reception and adoption of
the report, with the thanks of the vestry to the com-
mittee for their exertions. Mr. Brown seconded the too.
Hon. which was carried unanimously.
WATER CHARDES IN LtvgarooL—The owners of
offices fa the town of Liverpool met yesterday, to consider
the charges for water imposed in accordance with an inter-
pretation recently given to the act by the Court of Queen.
Bench. Mr. W. Brown presided, and after several illus.
tratioes had been given of the exorbitant nature of the
elvges, it was resolved to take measures to secure •
levisaola of the suss.

A TRADmANAN 111 ARCED WITH PERI URT.—At
the Weston-ruper.slare town-hall, on Wednesday last,
Thomas Lewis, of the Claremont Hotel Tap, was charged
with wilful and corrupt perjury. The accused seemed to
have been apprehended when attending An inspection of
the Weston Artillery Compaq, of which lie is a member,
for when placed at the bar be was habitat in his regimen-
tals. The offence was alleged to have been committed io
an affidavit in an answer to • writ from the U. urt of
Common Pleas, in reference toe bill transaction. The pri-
souer was remanded, but was admitted to hail, the magis-
trates' fining the recogniaances in 21:301. for the prisoner, and
two sureties in 100 f. each.—Western Deily Prue.
A SOLICITOR FOUND DROWN RD. —I...HAt week the
body of Mr. Brookes, solicitor, an old and respected resi-
dent of Tewkesbury, and father of Dr. Brookes, late of
this town, was found in the Severn. The deceased, who
was upwards of sixty years of age, left home on Tuesday
evening, and though • search was outdo for him during the
night, nothing was beard of him until next day, when, on
the lock near the quay being opened to admit of the pas-
age of a boat or barge, • hat was discovered floating in
the water. The water was then dragged, and the body
discovered just outside the lock gates. At the inquest •
verdict of "round drowned" was returned, there being
no reason to suppose that the deceased had committed
suicide.—C7ttlfenhain E.rautiner.

THE iItPRAYATEART IARLEI6II.—VERDICT OF
MANnLauuiPlEß.—Yesterday, Mr. 1)udlow held an inquest
on the body of a labourer, named Reynolds, otherwise
Bennett, whose death had remelted from violence inflicted
upon him by a number of Irish bop-pickers, during a dis-
turbance which took place in that village on the previous
Saturday night. It transpired that the deceased had nut
taken any prominent part in the quarrel at the inn, but that
the Irishmen had been chiefly incensed against a man named
Reader. They had threatened to kill him, sod fearing that
they would carry their threats into execution, he bad got
away home immediately after the public-house was cleared.
Finding that they had thus missed the object of their vim-
geanee, some six or seven of the Irishmen fell upon Rey-
sok* who was • companion of Deader, and 'exulted him
lin the manner already described. The opinion of Mr.
Eltokoe, the rurgeon called in, was that the death hail
resulted front the shock to the nervous system, rather than
from any actual injuries. The jury returned a verdict
of " Manslaughter" against two of the Irishmen, named
Timothy Sullivan and Chards M'Carthy, both of London.
The two men, with two others, had been taken before the
county magistrates on Tuesday, and all four *thud remanded
till Tuesday next.
ATTEMPT Ti) MURDER A WIPE. —At the olnegow
Circuit Court ou Wednesday, before the Lord Justiee-Clerk,
Lachlan lil'Lean, • spirit-dealer, Greenock, was tried for
attempting to murder his wife in June last. It appeared
from the evidence that the prisoner had been indulging in
drink for some days, and that while iu a state of excitement
lie 1.1 fired a pistol at his wife, intlictiug serious injuries
on her face and head. M'Lean pleaded guilty to assault
at common law, without intent, but his plea was not
accepted, and a number of witnesses were examined.
The prisoner's wife, in the course of her evidence,
said 'My husband was usually a sober-living
roan. I am aware he received au injury in his
head in America, by • boiler-plate falling upon it,
and I knew a change on his temper when he got drink.
This occurred some year* ago. He was always kind when
in sobriety, and I do not wish him to be punished more than
he has got, as I am well now. I thought his mind was
affected at the time be was drinking, as 1 know he would
not hurt a hair of my bead. Now, my lord, and gentlemen
of the jury, I beg for mercy ; I hope you will be as • lenetive'
as you eau to him." Dr. Auld and Dr. Wallace were of
opinion that the woman was in a dangerous state, and re-
commended her to be removed to the infirmary. About a
mouth afterwards she was out of danger, but her face would
be considerably deformed from the effects of the wound.
The prisoner's declaration was then read. He stated that
be had purchased the pistol for the purpose of shooting
rabbits while in the Highlands, during Greenock fair ; that
he had fired it at his wife's bead for the purpose of frighten-
ing her, and thereby anise her to desist from abusing him,
but with no intention of injuring her person. Mr. Shand
addressed the jury for the prosecution, and, while adhering
to the charge under the statute, he restricted the pains of
law, so that, in the event of their returning a verdict of
guilty, his lordship would be able to impose any punish-
meet be might deem fitting, instead of sentence of death,
which was provided for by the statute. Mr. Muir then
addressed the jury for the panel, after which the Lord Jus-
tice-Clerk summed up. The jury, without retiring, re-
turned a verdict finding the prisoner guilty as libelled. The
Lord JusticaClerk than sentenced the prisoner to fifteen
years' penal servitude.— Scotsman.
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