The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-09 00:00:00

Siedgenude Switzerland. We declared ourselves ready Fo.
grant the liberty of the prisoners, in cue the liberation of the
carton of Neufehatel Lem every foreign tie should be so-
koreledged, thus putting en end to a Mats of thihp which
had every day showed itself to be more zed moreuntanable.
We declared ourselves ready to mist half-way any negotia-
ties that should be calculated to bring about the %Aspen-
lace of Neekhatel. That we might not wound, men to
the 'BOW degree, the arreceptibilitiee of the armee party,
we declared, besides, our stadium to take into considastice
the proposals of sordisties made by other powers. The
course talon in thane long negetiationshas been correctly and
Mr explained to tor imeage to d* Velma Amenably; and
'me Swim people :11, as "npartial lastory likeeias will do
hereafter, give us their testimony that we have refused no
MOMS is OUT erleavenre b *log the dispute Wan advanta-
geous and pacific meat. •
All three efforts which Mace err good-will sad loyalty
have hitherto failed, owing to the demand made kr the pre-
liminary and unconditional liberation of the priensere—a de-
mand to which we meld act submit wither* hotailiating
Switzerland and bemiring her honour.
When our situation beams more difikult, and our adver-
sary prepared to support his protemicese by faros of arms, it
appeared to as that it we time to appeal to the representa-
tive' of the nation, sod leant from then whether the Federal
Council bad or had not acted in sorordanoe with the magma
opinion.

On the 30th of Desimba the Federal Amenably unsal-
meanly paeaed the Ibuos 'leg resolutions
" AK. 1. In order to @Sect a pail& solution of the Neuf-
chatel goestiou, the Federal Coed will continua to
do its pert, ea it ham hitherto data for the adoption of
all or say means compatible with the honour and dignity of
Switaerbad, and such se may be fitting for procuring the
neognition of the %dependence of Neufchatel from every
foreign tie. _ _

"irt. Z. The relliteey lintel ordered by the Federal
Council, and Mewls the tabor Leanne it ham Mks, ere
approved.
" The Federal Council Is empowered to provide for ell
ulterimarrensements deemed necteaery for the adonis of
the country to the but entrezatty, In cue an honourable and
pacific solution cannot be obtained.

" An unlimited credit is opened to defray the expenses
"Art 3. The Federal Council is authorised to negotiate
and conclude dedritively, on account of the Confederation,
the necessary loons,
. .

" Art. 4. The Federal Council is commissioned to make
these propositions known through the proper channels to
the cantons and the Swim people."
In order to be reedy far all conlisigencice, a eommander-
in-chief or all the toms has been appointed this very day, in
the person of Oenend William Henry Dufour, and the
duties of chief of the staff have been confided to Colonel
Henry Freiberose, a member of the Federal Connell.
It is thus that we find °unarm perhaps on the eve of
most important events, on the threshold of most serious
trials, which may betel oar country. All hope of a pacific
solution, indeed, has not disappeared; we shall endeavour,
even now, to do our part for the maintenance of pram, when-
ever there shall be found for the attainment of that object
course not prejudicial to our honour. In this wham mo-
ment we give amoranco to the Swiss people, to the whole
universe, to the Supreme Being, that wo are disposed, even
now, in all loyalty, to concur in anything that can ensure
pace; and that we shall not have recourse to extreme mea-
sures, unless the hand of conciliation that we offer should bo

If, which God fo;bid, this aim should occur, we appeal to
Too, faithful, dear, and generous Swiss people. We have re-
caked from our Lathes, who rest in God, as an inviolable in-
heritance, a free and happy fatherland. It is a sacred dory
fur us to transmit to our domeadants this glorious inheritance
intact, end in all its primitiro purity. It is in the days of
trial that one learn moat intimately to know the vela* of
these pamcsaions which they are trying to wrest from us. It
has been given to ore deer country to Mijoy both peace and
happiness fora long aeries of years without 'herniae. Nay
God not permit this SOSSOII of trial to find us off our guard,
but find us, on the contrary, watchful as a people meetly of
thetegreat blessings
And here it is with lively joy that we acknowledge that the:
Swim people boa worthily endured this time of trial. Thom
days appear to have corn back which form the moat brilliant
part of our great history, when avey one can with his whole
soul congratulate himself that he baking, to the Swim notice.
It is with an unanimity never before, in such a degree, se-
pegiseced, that the governments sad the dtkens are deposit-
ing on the sacred sitar of their tottery the whole cf their
property. No sacrifice appears too onerous now that the
cams is to uphold the notional indepanderne and premswe from
ruin the soil of our aativekad. No age, no else, no family
wishes to kg behind. The youth desires to gee the dangers
of the full grown man; the old men to serve as an ex-
ample to youth. All, all show their walleyes joy-
fully to make the arniflose which eireassenose ro-
ger*. All peeks vanish, all dimensions dimmest.
The !cob of all are tend towards that made sad
elevated object of which we have spoken. Well, lot ma hold
be the belief that the days of or- worthy SCas Confedera-
tion are not yet numbered. Let us continua stanch in the
belief that the God of our ferns, If we have =adorn in
his, will not abandon ne. Let on be steadfast in the faith,
that the Almighty, who ha placed oar country in the centre
of Europe to be the fortress of . freedom, will know how to
keep it inviolate. Let us keep fire in our belief that the
Almighty will show himself strong in behalf of the week,
and that he will bring us forth from the premed darkroom,
and lead us Into light.

May the rams] eatitesisen and devotedness, which are
increasing and have elm held of the rates nation, prove to
be of seed empty. May we sae therein a pledge that oar
awe to save the comb, will bo crowned with • Messing
from leaven.

Federal Miles! We have already food oureelme under
the mormity of rolling oM, underarms, a pert at the army,
for the protection at our rommeed froatbre, sad the men
whom we summoned ham haitmed with the grate* eager-
are to plea themselves at the dipole' at the csantry and
its authorities. No mortal yet knows whether the decisive
Misr hos strife, at the mead of which the country win
have to collect all her eldldrea aroma the stain-
leas hanger, make the white arm or a red pound;
bat what we know is, that the whole samy will
sumer se me men the on st their country. Beaten,
then, federal soldiers, with dam emblems ha Ood, and with
glad protege. Basta hither!
Nay God and his angels escort yea! Observe etrkt dir
Mynas everywhere; theorkilly obey your chk6 ; never for-
put that *Mama is the guarantee of victory! Be humane,
eves when you Bad yourselves confronting the enemy;
*mem he all times sod plaoas that conduct which is beam-
keg la a km and Clarkeisa army. In Welting your dray,
he met messy about the terms venue at yourselves or 6mi-
; year pateibl country will take cote of that; she looks
woe k se a debt ot homer, whkle, under any circometeares,
she will be Bombs pay.
_ _ _

Fedend Ilialdke;l 'Your aeaatry, the world, has Its era
dud epos yea. Yea will take care to mho the hope that
is pieced ha you; yea Ida show by your sots that you deserve
well to be, called the Boas of your gnat ancestors; you opt
strive to lerich our =dud Unruly Cali =other d Me most
slalom papa. Blass the Federal away I Bless thee, also
our beloved fatherlutd, wad =you thou still be, .m thou hut
bas far ages, the aulaa et a the and happy people,
awl. people, filth el mad dear, easy God be with you all.
la the sues of the Swiss Federal Council,
The Presided of the Culederation, Foutaxon.
7lae Claudio, of the Cuadandica, &mum.
Buz,. J. 3, 1867.

The Journal de St. Peteraboarg of the let says,
Prime Gatitayne, Monier of the Ceremonies of the Impe-
rial Court, and attachi to the Ministry of Foreign Affair% is
named Envoy Extraordinary, and Minister Plenipotentiary
to the court of her llbjcsty the Queen of Spain."
. .

A letter tram Vienna- in the Atiisbwry Gazette,
says: "Fiedd-lfambel Radetaky, en his retirement, will
have a pasha of lio,ooofr The Emperor has urines him
• very 'marine Moder en the meek., sad hes mated his
the VW. Rads as • neidestre."

Bintimah• Straretstp.—A gang of five burglars
• reeehed to try their hand at the house alt. Übseti,
an advocate et Platte (Piedmont), Me con-
°sited few the purpose; but one et=gbeing sod-
denly abed, it would mem, with gashes et conacienee,
went and Melba the whole plot to the advocate. The
R. meth* upon the tutonastias, meat a
tteNt earthseers Kassa themselves ia the
and then quietly awaked hi. Ykiters. They
mane emedy to their that); the old gentleman
received them with due deference, and requested
them to step into another room with him, vase he would
giro them more than they expected. This being the coasted signal, signal, the whiners mods their appear-
ance ; but one et the *thieves with great
of mind put out the light', and a =act:
conflict eosin d in the dark, which ended in the capture
of two of the thieve., the other two escaping, though severely
wounded. Two of the carbineers were also wooded, and
N. Überii received a seven coatasioa.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

(nom ors OLIN OORIMIYONDIII4T)
PARIS, THORNDAY EVGYING.

The Metropolitan Chapter of Paris decided yester-
day that the funeral of the Archbishop of Paris shall
take place on the 10th (Saturday) instead of the 13th,
which was the day at first proposed. A programme
of the ceremony has been issued. The cort4s will
leave the archiepiscopal palace (which is the last
house at the end of the Rue do Orenello abutting
upon the Place des Invalides), at half-past eight in
the morning, and proceed along the Rue de Ore-
nelle, the Rue de Bourgoync, the Place du Palais
Bourbon, the Quays, the Pont Neuf, and the Quai
des Orfevrm, to the cathedral of Notre Dame. After
a funeral mass and the five absolutions prescribed by
the Pontificate, the canons, and prebends, titular
and honorary, and the cures will leave the choir
I(which is to be entirely reserved to the clergy) and
range themselves about the body to throw holy
water upon it. The body will remain lying
in state till three o'clock. At that hour the
vespers for the dead will be chanted, and
the corpse will be lowered into the vault
of the Archbishops of Paris. The great bell of
Notre Dame and the bells of all the other churches
of the parish will be tolled at seven o'clock in the
evening before the funeral, at seven in the morning
of the day of tho funeral, again at the moment of
the body being placed in the coffin, and afterwards
at the absolution, about noon, and at four at the mo-
ment of the burial. The entrance to the Ca-
thedral will be entirely free, it having been
resolved to issue no tickets of admission, but
places will be reserved for the family of
the deceased, and for the constituted bodies.
In all probability the murderer Verger will be tried
at the maims of the Court of the Seine in the latter
part of this month. The report of M. Salle (the
Procureur-Oeneral substitute) will, it is thought, be
presented to the chamber of accusation to-morrow,
and it is not likely that any delay will take place in
that branch of the court.

The Bourse to-day opened without an;mstion, and
bu,iness was duller than it has been for some days.
Some anxietywas felt about the Bank returns, which
arc not expected to be good. There was no tele-
graphic despatch with the price of Consols, in con-
sequence of the continued interruption of telegraphic

communication with London. The Route fluctuated
but little, owing to the small amount of business
done. It closed at 67fr. 10c. (yesterday's price) for
cash, and fell 15e. for account, closing at 67fr. 30c.
Credit Mobilicr fluctuated a good deal, and ulti-
mately fell 17fr. 50c., after having been some 10fr.
still lower. The railways were exceedingly heavy.
Mediterranean fell 20fr. ; Orleans, 12fr. 60c.;
Lyons, 10fr. ; Southern, 10fr. ; Orand Cen.rr I,
7fr. 60c.; and most of the other lines about sfr.
News has arrived that the Roland, with the Per-
sian ambassador (Fcrukh Khan) on board, was in
the Sicilian waters on Jan. 6. The Roland, after
taking in coal at Messina, was to continue her mute
to Marseilles, where she may bo expected on Satur-
day next, unless the heavy weather which has for
some time prevailed in the Mediterranean should
retard her passage.
The Journal de Rennes says that a large cavalry
lamp will be formed in the department of thellle-et-
. Nilaine next spring, and that a military commission
Ii already making surveys to select the ground.
I understand that the Count de Chambord has
written to M. Pajot, a retired diplomatist, a let-
_
.Ser

of condolence on the death of M. de Salvandy.
The letter says that M. de Salvandy was one of the
first to present his homage to the Count de Cham-
bord as the head of the two branches of the house
of Bourbon, and bears witness that he had la-
boured assiduously to effect a reconciliation," so im-
portant for the future of France." This letter has
made a considerable sensation among the fusionists.

THE LATE

IP OF PARIS.

An immense crowd went yesterday—far greater
than the day More—to the archbishop's pawn in the Base
de ()melte St. Germain. It was found Deareary to open
the doors leading into the Chapene Ardente et au earlier hour
than had been at fet flied. Several low mammies were mid
In the rending, after which the public were admitted, end
continued to pass Omagh the rooms the whole day. Some
thousands of pew= muet have been unable to obtain

In MO, Verger, who was then sixteen years of ago, was
placed in the ecclesiastical seminary of St. Nicholas, at Oen-
; it was these that ho committed the robbery which has
drawly been mentioned. This robbery, which wan of 601 r.,
ho now denies Inv4ig coveritted, and ho mya that he was
expelled term the seirimay, not for the theft, but fur having
i% his /ramie° the works of Racine and Molten, which he
had precluded out of a sent of money (SW) given btru by
the Marris do Rochefort to buy books for study and devo-
tion. He states also that at Oent"y he obtained the Stet
prim for good conduct and religious knowledge.
441:'.ar Irving. the earinati, Verger succeeded iv re-
establid,rog his character etOiciently to obtain employment
as secretary to a priest. This priest enabled him to take the
minor °Weis, then to be ordained deacon, and afterwards
priest. Shortly after, Verger was apppinted curd of the
perish of Cluerchm (Seine-et-Maroe), but he had frequent
altinceeiona with his parishioners about bill fees, sad
used to say, " Those fellows, instead of paying Me in money,
would prefer to pay me by • good beating!" At
length the *rabbles between Wm end his flock
10/0 to NIA • height that he was summoned be-
fore the Procarenr Imperil at Fontaine4Aeau, end
Irsa afterwards removed from the parish. He was then sent
se fret curate to Joanne, but he soon got into quarrels with
the cure, end the latter got rid of him. Verger was then
appointed curd of Bailly Canon, but be mould not Hoe quietly
there. He made repeated attempts to obtain an appointment
in the diocese of Pails, but did not succeed. He, in conse-
quence, went to London, and was admitted by Cardinal
Wiseman to the number of the Preach miens whom he
employs. It was on him veto• lons London that be was
appointed to St. Germain I' Auxemois, as already Mated.
Tho Biehop of Orleans has addressed a pastoral letter to
his tiny, eaPileing prayers kw the repose of the see' of the
lets Archbishop of Paris. The follotring pump is found
in the document

" When such MONS are committed men ask themselves
with Sear and trembling Karat chastisements will not fall on.
the earth, should it not bedsit by penitence to emit the blow
which impends from the terrible wrath of the Almighty ?
Paris! Paris l Must it be then that in this interminable
series of our calamities the ancient see of your pontiffs is con-
stantly to be inundated, not only by the moat of their brow,
but by their blood ? Oh, Providence, whet then is thy
secret P Is it: the glory of the confessors end mutyre that
thou intended to again protest es a shining somple to thy
church, or is it the elect of thy irritated justice who aro to
fell before our eyes, the innocent victims of our iniquities ?"
Thocurt", of St. Etienne-du-Mont, in the name et the duly
of that port h, has allnuomt a Ittter to the Vicar-General of
l'atia, requesting as a favour that as the melancholy death of
the archbiehop took place In their church,they may be allowed
to watch cosstantly over his remains. The used, in further
Nippon of the request, states that in oomemience of the
church of St. Etistne-do-Mont being for the pet cloned,
the clergy of that parish have less duties to occupy their
attention. The request has ban acceded to.

ITALY.

The Emperor and Empress of Austria left Venice
for Padua on the 3rd.

The Duke of Modena luis issued a decree, grant-
ing a full pardon to several political prisoners, and
reducing the punishments of others.
A letter from Parma, of the 31st ult., in the Cor-
riere Mercantile, says:—" Yoitcriay the Chamber
of Accusations pronounced sentence in the case
of the political prisoners. Eleven were acquitted

and fourteen retained for trial, including three who
have turned what is called Queen's evidence. Not-
withstanding the acquittal of the eleven, they have
all been retained in prison and turned over to the
police department, to deal with them as it may think
tit. It is positively stated that the Austrians are to
quit in February, that most of the prisoners sent to
Mantua are to be pardoned, and the remnincicr con-
veyed hither to undergo the rest of ter
punishment."

THE TWO SICILIES.
(non ova. own CORRESPONDENT.)
NAPLES, lox. I
Recent accounts from Montesarchio represent
Poerio as ill in bed from fistula, and the
other prisoners suffering more or less from
the dampness of the place. You will remem-
ber the statements that were sent you in the begin.,
Ding of the last year, and which apply equally well
to this. They have now entered upon another year
of suffering, and are contented yet to suffer, rather
than acknowledge themselves guilty, whilst they feel
themselves persecuted and innocent. It has been
the custom to speak of the Neapolitans as possessed
of little firmness or courage, and it may be that
their national character has suffered much from the
effects of bad government ; but all must acknow-
ledge that when men suffer as these do, rather than
dishonour themselves, there must exist something
great in the minds at least of these individuals, and
the firmness of such men is of unfavourable augury
for the government which is bent on persecution.
I am sorry to think that at the present moment
everything seems to indicate such a :Er.
Besides the measures of which I have already e rn,
I understand that D. Achille Itoesica, President of
the Grand Civil Court, has been sent, is commis.
*lone d'intendente, to Basilicata; and B. Leonardo
Morelli, formerly of the Grand Criminal Court, ander
the same character, to Calabria lilteriore Seconds.
The office is a perfectly new one, and its duties are
to survey and report on the state of the province. Of
course, all these measures prove what has long been
stated and as often denied, that discontent and dio.
organisation exist to a great extent, and that the
government, enable to deny or conceal it, resorts to
repression end severity; expels the provincials from
the city, thus blighting the prospects of many a
young man who has come up to study and
take his degree ; sends cheular letters en.
joining strict surveillance the army, and
institutes a police commission to receive official
reports and decide upon them. Ent has any one
concession to public opinion been made ? Has any
enlightened measure for the improvement of the
public administration, or the development of the na
netted resources, been propesed P Not one. Another
year has pawed away, and the country is in a far
worse state than it was at the commencement.

BRIGANDS AT • RAILWAY STATION.—AS the
omnibus which conveys pueengere to the Sensual. and
Gavi Ralimy (Piedmont) was on the 28th ult. turning a
mem One pig didance from the station, it wee suddenly
'MINI by gibbon, who forced the passengers to give um
all aryl& lame lima, one parting with 600 f. in gold.
Hasler meile Ilk wpm, they proceeded to a nook at •
sheatileme fries the raid, where they thought themodoll
scary tor din& Ss body. Hue they were, however, di.
coma by teneemblessm which threw them into such can.
stenotkiathet. Mtn* the slightest attempt at resistance,
though ley was well mod, they took to flight. The ears
blame proof them, and overtook two, with whom. they
comma alarm& of life and death. Ono of the rating
le get out hi. stiletto, with which he dealt his an.
a blow, which might have proved fatal had not the
shack fintunately stuck to the weapon; neverthelem the
carbimer wm staggered by the violence of the blow, and let
go hi hold, so that his Opener escaped. The other thief
was empowered and manacled ; in hie pocket they found •
confeateet good conduct, signed by the Syndic of P
for a passport to Prance. The others bad not been :all=
up to latest mount.
EXPLOSION OF A PORTABLE OAS CARRIAGE,.
The Parte papers describe a curious accident. One of the
largo vehicles employed to convoy portable gee stopped at an
early hour on Sunday morning at the Crifil do Pane, in ths
Rue itarebution, and delivered a eupply. The man In
charge of the vehicle; in order to artoertnut the quantity
given, imprudently placed a lighted candle ao neer to the
vessel placed on the cart that the gm in the pipe which 0011!.
=unionise with the menet caught be. Two snow
de-SW, who happened to be near, with great pro.
Renee of mind ,diately caused the vehicle to ls•
removed to the open space at the entrance of the Rue
Branbourg, so ato isolate it • and when thie was done
the harass were &Maimed. A few seconds lotars
column of dame shot up to • prodniotui height, higher
than the roofs of the houses ; then a trotneudous explosion
took place; and, lastly, a mass of Cameo burst forth. The
explosion was so violent that it caused the homes on both
siM to reek as in an earthquake, and it broke nearly all the
*Odom The houses to a considerable distance (about 30
yards) were also shaken, though of course in • leas degree.
A portion of the vehicle was by the explosion thrown with
great Mimes into • wine-Mop, and broke in great part of
the Gant. The vehicle was entirely coneum .4 but fortn.
notify no we was Wood. The amount of damage done to
the homes Y ealmasted at not less than 20,000 f. The met.
dent wasted as extraordinary eencation in the neighbour.
hood, and mod sash loge crowds to collect that a detach-
ment of &Mary had to be employed to preserve order.
CARDINAL WISEMAN IN NOTTINGHAM.—This
Roman Catholic prelate and "prince of the church," paid, on
Sunday last, • quiet visit to 7!,ottingbain, where he was for-
merly stationed, and to which, we understand, he is strongly
attached, upholding it as one of the finest towns in Englaa
He preached in the mooing in the cathedral of St.
Barnabas, Derby-road. The intetior ma, of coo me, densely
fined, stnngen being admitted by purchase tickets.
High Mao was performed, and the yarrow altar amine
conducted by the bishop (we Lelkve it is Siegal to my
" flattop of Nottingham.") The cardinal, previous to
the service of theme, moved on in proceasion to the pulpit
, in the centre of the aisle, wearing his red cardinars,hats
and a sorplias over his scarlet garment. and teasele.
Without adopting any text he centrum& his address
at ones by a review of the 'theme of Christianity no
communed with the philosophic oaken that had pre-
ceded it, showing that from the highest Platonism to the
lowest Epkoreaniam (taking up the rehear, and now, we
think, exploded notion that the doctrines of Epicurus
ware essentially sensual and material), he endeavoured
to show that they had not been able to draw any great
dietinctien between what was good and what was the
greatest good, or what was evil, and what was the
greatest evil, or even to diverge greatly from each other.
Pointing out the difference in this respect, as re-
garded Christianity, he devoted the roan drift of his able
and. lengthened discourse of the inquiry. se a people and •
p we benefited by is principles? The mind
h:sba:ldently a very bad opinion of our national
doting the last throe hundred years ; and he dwelt
rawlyon the crimes of Rcdpath, &c., as instances of the
effects of secular without religious education, which last he
demanded for the purpose of imparting honesty of p'
and happiness of mind. The cardinal was not
for any maid object, bat merely on occasion of a ...it; but
• oollostion was made at the offertory. —Notting/ ism Review.
DEATH OF SIR EDMUND FILNEIL BART., M.P.—.
This gentlemen, one of the representatives of the weasels
Division of the county of Kent, died at his rent, Eaat Sutton.
pleas, mar Maidstone, yeeterday (Thurslay) morning, about
8 o'clock. For many months Nut he had turn in a declining
state of health' and in the curly portion of hoot spring ans
nom& his intention of retiring from public life at the close
of the present parliament. Sir Edmund was the feyness*.
ties of an ancient Kentish R.mily which has hold large pees
sessions and mach& molder** influence in the comfy
for the lad three hundred years. Ho was the ion of Cspta
Filmer, and nephew and kfir-at-law of the Rev. Sir John
Film, Bart., whose title end property ho inherited. His
mother wee the widow of Sir W. Geary, Bait., and mother
also of the present Sir W. Geary; and two of her eons, eons
eminently, inherited the highest rank of curamoners. The
late Sir Edmund Flamer was been in 1800; and in 1831 mu.
Tied Mho Helen Moms, daughter of D.ldunros, Esq., of Quo
bec, Canada. Hs succeeded has uncle in the baronetcy in
1834, and in Merril, 1838, on the mignation in his *mar
of has half-brother, Sir W. Geary, But.—who had been
elected In emptied= with Mr. T. Law Hodge. at the ge-
noral election in 1837—be was returned M.P. for West Kent,
which he continued to m till the time of his death.
Sir Edmund is mmeed4 is the baronetcy by his eldest gone
who attained his majority in 1845. In polities the lib
biropet was a conservative. As Sir Edam] scene time sae
announced his intention of retiring ken public life at the
close of this present ponies:Dent, there ate already two eon
dilates In the Geld for the reprementation of West Kant—.
neimity, Mr. C. Wykshao Martin, of Leads Castle, over
Maid tons, and Sir Walter B. RittlolL
FUNERAL OF ME. JOHN IhtlTTOte.—The metal
remain& of Mr. Britton were yesterday interred at Norwood
Cemetery. Several literary gentlemen were present, in case
to pay a last tribute of respect to an old end much-vehof
friend.
Tug Loss Of THE VIOLET.—An inquest was held
at Ramsgate, on Wednesday, on the bodice of three man
found at sea, lashed to a lifebuoy, near to the wreck of the
Violet. The deceased were identified u Nathaniel Harmon
and Simnel Sharp, and another, all three stokers on board
the Violet. Jams Hogbrin, master of the Ramon° lifes
boat which went to the wreck, prosiest the finding of the three
bodies (lashed to the My. They were taken into the boat
and broedhe to Baseagate. Captain Luke Smithett stated
that he did not know bow many mongers wore on board,
but he had heard that three out of four declined to come by
her from Ostend in consequence of the hod weather. The
Pry returned • verdict of "Found drowned."