The Express.
London, England, 1859-01-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 5, 18b9.

IFean thinks he would do just what he says—tine • '
man for disrespect to an eeeleeissticel ordinance.
But for such purposes we should want back the
Ecclesiastical Courts, and with them the theory that
we are all members of the Church. Even presid-
ing in such a tribunal the Dean might hesitate be-
fore carrying out his resolve. At all times, and in
all countries, but especially in England, feasting
has been a national mode of expressing joy, and it
would be rather hard to accept the tribute of a feast in
honour of a Church annivsrsary, and to punish a little
excess. But suppose the offender pleaded that he had
got drunk, not as a Christian, but as a mere member
of civil society ? We apprehend that in that case he
must be dealt with as now according to common police
law, and the Very Reverend speaker must know per-
fectly well that the fines inflicted on drunkard, by
our magistrates are not the punishments of spiritual
or moral offences, bat of breaches of social order.
The drunkard violates the respect he owes to himself
as created in the image of his Nlisker ; and as the
Christian Scriptures teach us, defiles the temple in
which the Divinity has deigned to dwell; but of
such sin our laws can take no cognizance.
The attempt to make them do so was tried once in
England, and failed. To coral:lst evil from the reli-
gions side, we rely on other and more efficacious
means and influences—we have school, and churchts,
and the numberless organisations through which the
benevolent and pious act, either directly or through
public opinion, on society. These are worth more
than a thousand penalties inscribed in the statute-
book.

But Dean Chose had something to say of the
amusements of the people. " There was something
" (he said) to his mind perfectly painful in the news-
" paper, of that morning—something calculated to
" strike the heart of the Christian, and send us all
" on our knees to pray to GOD to avert the judg-
ments we deserved." The morning refsrred to
was the morrow of Boxing-day ; and what tilled the
good Dean with horror was the page containing the
notices of the pantomimes, of which be says: " The
" London newspapers devated whole columns and
" pages to descriptions of the special temptations
" and wickedness of the theatres." We do not
quarrel with the Dean because he has a strong
opinion of theatrical amusements; as an honest
opinion we respect it, and at the proper time
might examine it. But we have a right to require
the Very Reverend speaker to keep within the do-
main of fact. The assertion we have just quoted is
untrue, although vouched for by a Dean. The
columns of the London newspapers of Ike. 2S were
not devoted to a display of the "special wicked-
" ceases" of the theatre-i. The grotesque, the ludi-
crous, the absurd were there in abundance, but we
say with confidence that Dean CLOSE will look in
vain for the wickedness of which he so confidently
speaks. The Dean probably has his own theories on
which he justifies his injurious assertion ; but speak-
ing from the basis of English morality, and English
common sense, we say emphatically that it is altoge-
ther untrue.

The Dean regards theatric►l amusements from a too
professional point of view. Speaking of the lament-
able accident at the Victoria Theatre, when fifteen
persona were killed, be remembers that the per-
formance was so popular that they were obliged to
have two performances in one day, and straightway
he exclaims, "Oh that we could see the time
" when we would be obliged to have double err-
" vices on religious subjects !" Religions and non-
religious amusements are thus represented as an-
tagoeistic—one must destroy the other. This
is a superficial theory not justified by experi-
ence. There will always be religious service", be-
mese the religions sentiment is implanted deeply
and ineradicably in our nature; and there will always
be drama, because the love of scenic representation
has the same root. The persistent repudiation of
this fact has excluded the theatre from the healthy
operation of that religious opinion which has im-
proved the character of other scenes of social resort :
but it has not checked the love of dramatic enter-
tainments. Even in families and circles which
never furnish visitors to a theatre, amusements of
that class are becoming prevalent under the name of
proverbs and acting charsd.• ; and the popularity of
the entertainments which hay.• of late become so com-
mon in our large town?, and at which a succession of
characters are represented by a single performer,
is in part the result of a compromise between
the desire of going to a theatre and the supposed
duty of staying away. It is vain to suppose that
mankind will be schooled out of a pusaion which is
universal in its diffusion, and which per se is morally
indifferent. If our spiritual censors better under-
stood
our common nature and their own mission, they
would, while warring against vice, acknowledge the
legitimacy of all that is truly human, and instead of
vainly endeavouring to destroy, would seek to en-
large and purity, our popular amusements.

EXPRESS FROM PAR'S.

MOM 001 OWN COMISPONDIXT.)
PARIS, TIMIDAY BYLNING.

The opinion which I expressed yesterday, that
the Paerie's assumed " authorisation to believe°
that there was no foundation for the sinister reports
of the day was altogether unauthorised, turns out
to be jubtified by the fact. The Moraileur, which
would have spoken had not the news been true, is
silent. The Conathutionnel publishes the following
paragraph,w hich—nitt withstand in g the rebuffs which
that journal has been from time to time compelled
to suffer by the oflizial repetition of the inane
phrase " The Moniteur is the only government
journal"—is I am quite sure this time an authorita-
tive communication :

At the reception of the diplomatic body et the Tuileries on
New Yeees-day, the limpezor addressed to Baron de Hub-
ner, the Austrian ambassador, some words which, when
tvenmented on by the publk„ produced a certain emotion.
We ore enabled to give, textually, the language made use of
by his Majesty :—"1 regret that our relation. with your
government are not so friendly as formerly, but I beg you to
tell the Emperor that my perronal sentiments towards bim
are not changed." (91.tzed) I. BONIFAI E.

I hear that the expressions actually used by the
Emperor were even stronger than those now de-
liberately consigned to print. As it is, however,
the Conatitutiunael admits the substance of Lie
report which caused the panic at the Bourse yester-
day. Nevertheless it is very possible that to-morrow
it may be said in official quarters that
the C'entlitutionnel has been misunderstood ;
that the Emperor only spoke with the
openness belonging to his frank nature of
a known fact, meant only to express an honest
regret at the coldness of existing relations between
France and Austria, but was far from intending to
convey the impression that they were likely to
become worse. A hint has been already thrown out
that the differences alluded to relate to the Princi-
palities, and not in any way to Italy. It is abun-
dantiy clear, however, that whatever turn the affair
may ultimately take, the intention of the French
government for the moment is to allow the public to
connect the speech to M. de Hubner with the uneasy
feeling in Italy. Otherwise the eemi•official para-
graph would have been worded in terms more ex-
plicit and more reassuring for the Bourse.
Toe Petric makes a very lame attempt to explain
its misleading paragraph of yesterday. After
quoting the Consalutionnel it says :
Them words, c,mmented upon at the Bourse yesterday,
produced s certain emotion which was not without influence
••
upon the fonds. As ft invariably Lappma, they were do--
toned, exaggerated, and the inferences drawn certainly want
beyond their real meaning. Public opinion will to-dry
appi *date the expteseiors used more accurately,
and will lee that they only notice ofticmlly a
elate of things already known, sod that they con-
ciliate most admirably the sentiment of national dignity with
a high mum of propriety. Everybody knew that our relit-
'ions with Austria were "not so good as they had been."
What is Important is that the Emperor should have thought
tit to notice the fact on suet • ccretwonioua occasion. but
them who see in the.. woe& the prospect of a rupture aro
mistakes, "in our opinion." We can only see in them a
regret inspired by the moderation of the policy of Franc;
and a reserve commanded by her honour.

I hear that M. de Hjibner's private secretary hcs
been despatched to Vienna.
A Vienna letter of December 30eays:

To prevent say ea-rot:moue suppositions respecting the
precautions token by Austria in consequenoe of the
movement In Berrie, the Austrian cabinet has given espies
rivions to Count Walawski ea to the attitude which Austria
intends to assume with regard to fiery* and as to the ob-
ject in placing a corps of observation on the frontier between
fimalin and Werechetz. Austria having decided to abstain
from all intervention, and these military measures being in-
tended solely to cover her own frontiers, the declaration
M. de Hubner must have removed all doubt as to the inten-
tions of the Austrian cabinet.

The Bourse, finding its worst suspicions confirmed
by the C'onstitutiannel, was very much depressed
indeed. The Bente, for account, sustained the
further heavy fall of 50c., closing at 71fr. 80c. For
cash the fall was but 15c., the last price being
71fr. 90c. Mobilier fell 26fr. 25e. The railway
market was more affected than yesterday. Orleans
fell 23fr. ; Northern, 15fr.; Southern, 10fr. ; Lyons,
6fr. 25c.; Eastern, 7fr. 60c.; and Western, Mr.
M. Emile de Oirardin has accepted, without
salary, the post of manager of the unfortunate Napo-
leon Docks, which he hopes to resuscitate. lie pro.
poses to buy the old shares of 123 fr., which have
lately been fetching only 40fr. in the market, at 651 r.
tor money, or to give shares in the newsy-organised
company at the rate of 80fr.

DENMARK.

HAMBURG, MONDAY.

M. Levelzan has opened the Diet of vHolstriu in
the name of the King, with a speech of a very con-
ciliatory character. Baron Scheele-Pleven has been
elec'ed President of the Diet, and M. Bei:lecke
Vice-President.

THE PENINSULAR MAILS.

(ET SLIECTILIC AND INTENNATIONAL TELEORAPR.)
(TROX OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

SOUTHAMPTON, WEDNESDAY.

The Tagna has arrived with the Peninsular mail
and four packages of specie. Among the passengers
are General Willis and family.
Tho dotes of the Tagus are Gibraltar, December
27 ; Cadiz, 28; Oporto, 31 ; Vigo, January 1.
Lisbon exchanges.—Bill, 331 ; money, WI.

A telegraphic despatch from Belgrade announces
that Priam, Alexander left on ilundey fur Vienna with hie
" Ex-Commissioner" Yeh is still in Calcutta. He
ram:wt. receive soy visitors, and endeavours to believe, and
impetra others with the belief, that he is of a race wore in-
tellectual, and far Baperior in every cony to those around
The Jarasche Courant contains a detailed ac-
count of the last voyage of the Netherlands Cowmi.si•mer
to the Japanese court at Jeddo. For the firer time the
couunimioner was received by the Emperor of Jspan in
person. Ilia Majesty, who was seated upon a mnpoilioent
elms, condescended to whitens a few remarks to the envoy

without the interpoeition of an interpreter. His N.j.sty
speaks Dutch with a punt accent." The JoritArAeCoorant
adds that Dutch has been tor some time the Isatruagn of the
court, of the somas, and of the diplomstirts of Japan, and
that Dutch literature is held in high esteem.

" Lueknow, in the 'pave of biX month.," writes the
correspondent of the Tina S," as been nvonstructed by destruc-
tion. I never beheld such a great and such a beneficial change
to charm the eys and every morn which inn be allotted by rx-
ternal objects. The biatory of our tat uure cannel be corn-
priced In • motel:ice. The improveuivata nl Peri,, duo m the
vignrous administration sad military exigencies of the Em-
',war, are sot comparable to the vimt alterative made at
Liteknow by the simple pewee. of Westing and turtling
whole quarters of decrepit ruiserabls homes, °patting nut
avend streets, and ascrvering the Widely palacni which went
blocked up formerly by cilwcare neighbourhoods. The only
new enustructinn, however, ie In ire character eigniftinnt end
rumple's. The city is held by • band of embrasured parapet,
and armed forte, the magnificent pnii.cts of Sir Itobert
Napier, are now realieed, or in the coulee of being so."
The Bombay paper. state that Mr. Vdtrard
Miicrsedy, eon of the eminent iragediao, parpneee giviog a
short eerie., of poetical and draomdic readinaa at lineelicy,
when be said.., and also cf including in Ilk of atter-
lainments the five Christoom stories by Charles Dickman

ITALY.

THE AGITATION AT MILAN.

A private letter of the 30th ultimo from Milan
says:—" Here the agitation is increasing, notwith-
standing the recent measures with which the Aus-
trian government has endeavoured to mitigate the
severity of the new regulations on the subject of
conscription. The quarrels between the people and
the soldiers on account of the cigars are corvinual.
On Sunday, the 26th, there was a serious affray at
the Comasina Oste, and some workmen were arrested,
but rescued by their companions. On the following
Tuesday cries were uttered of ' Death to the Aus-
trians,' in the hearing of rorne officers. It is per-
fectly clear that the soldiers have orders to keep
quiet and not directly thwart the people, for other-
wise in the present state of things sanguinary scenes
must have ensued."

The writer adds that civil commissioners have
been appointed in the different quarters of the city
to try summarily any persons accused of disturbing
the public p,ar c.

The Archduke Maximilian, who until recently
appeared but very seldom in public, and when he
accompanied the Archduchess took the most secluded
routes, has now changed his tactics. He goes to the
theatre every evening, exhibits himself in the most
frequented thoroughfares, and invariably by himself.
The Archduke no longer permits those whom he
invites to anent themselves upon any plea; and
there is the example of Prince Porcia to show what
fate awaits those that dare to say no. His Imperial
Highness wishes that his—(what shall I call them?)
—tamiliars—those, in short, who during the last
few years have gone to court—should show them-
selves opeoly and commit themselves to partisan-
ship. But who are they, after all? Why, certain
clerical gentry who batten on the Concordat, and a
mere handful of nondescripts, who have suffered
themselves to be vanquished by the vanity of going
to court or by the dread of being marked men. As
for those who act from mere motives of vanity,
they have no disposition to repeat the ceremony ;
and as for those who are swayed by fear,
they have now a wholesome dread of public
opinion, the manifestations of this latter
power being anything but ambiguous. As
there are two sorts of fear at work, which will
have most weight? In the meantime the participa-
tion by the masses in the agitation lends peculiar
gravity to the situation. The refined and intel-
lectual classes comprehend perfectly that at this
precise moment any attempt against the Austrians
would be sadly injurious to the national cause and
would gladden the hearts of their enemies. But the
popular classes ignore these reasonings, and in their
thoughtlessness it may chance some day that they
may throw off all restraint. Only the eztreme revo-
lutionary party would be desirous of this, who think
perhaps they might regain the ascend racy they
have bug lost, in the contusion so sure to arise. It
is not legitimate warfare they desire, since this
would be the triumph of the principle identified with
order and independence.

The Oat Deutsche Post of Viennagnotesaletter from
Nice, stating on what it thinks good authority that
the Russian government having applied to the King
of Naples for permission to establish a coal depot at
Brindisi, the latter has peremptorily refused his
consent. The letter attributes the following words
to the King of the Two Sicilies, addressed to the
Russian minister at Naples, who had been reminding
his Majesty of the friendly relations which have
always subsisted between the courts of St. Peters-
burg and Naples: "My veneration and friendship,"
said the King, " for the Emperor Alexander is as
sincere ss that which I felt for the Emperor
Nicholas, but as to policy the case is different. I
cannot explain to myself the tendencies of a govern-
ment which courts Piedmont, and also offers to join
hands with Naples. Thtse two things cannot sub-
sist together. A station at Villafranca and a station
at Brindisi are quite incompatible am regards the
principle which they are supposed to represent."

DIBCOVIRY OF 4 "GOLD PARCEL."

The Borrendong correspondent of the Syelsey
Herald gives the following account of the finding
of the 1201 b. parcel of gold:

Nov. 6.—On Monday evening, Ist inst. a steady winking
party, coneisting of Meters. Johnson (twit:), Travers, and T.
Grecian, owning a claim on the eamu line, but about 150
yards from " Hopping Tom's" noted rich spot, had the gad
fortune, at a depth of 35 feet, to come upon a mans of gold
quartz of iron pyrites and mundic, which yielded, upon being
pounded with a hammer, the enormous amount of 120Ibs.
weight of gold. This is, I believe, the largest quantity
that has ever been found in one spot on the
Western diggings, and the discovery of it has infused
fresh spirit into dome parties in the immediate vitinity,
who have been getting but little for enure time past.
Language would fail to pourtray the intense excitement of
this mdttstrieue party upon their sudden acceeeion of wealth.
It occupied them several hours to separate tbe gold and par-
tially clean it, and on Tuesday morning they bad a two-quart
" billy" full of coarse gold, for which they were subsequently
offered 5,0001. by a gold buyer, but refused te take it, pre.
forting to forward it to the Mint, accompanied by themselves,
next escort. The returns from the Mint respecting the
result of assaying end melting will be anxiously looked for
by all parties. At other party on the same line of reef have
excavated to the depth of 1.50 fret, end hitherto have scarcely
met with the colour et gold; yet, such is their belief in an
ultimate " find," that n..t one wan of the party would tette
a thousand pounds fur his share of the claim. I'.S.—The
Macquarie River being bank high Semi the reason the news
was delayed, as no one could cross.
A letter from Mr. 11. H. Kilter mentions the above facts,
and farther states that another party got 90 ounces. The
escort bringing this large quantity of gold will arrive to-
morrow, and will be additionally protected by two armed
policemen.
DIGOEItie EMPLOYMENT Ft ND.—Out of 1,350 applica-
tions to participate in the bent tit, of this fund, the com-
mittee have derpatehed 1,092 persons from Sydney to the
various gold fields of New South Wales. Each won in sup-
plied with ratio. on the journey, end one reek's raCons
after arrival at bin declination. Of the number flan* tent (of
whom, at least, 1,000 may be said to 110 practical diggers),
500 have gone to the Western diggings, 24.9 to the Clyde
river for Praidwold, 112 In the Pe. I note, 130 to Fairfield,
on the Clarence river, and 52 to Adelong.

61"..Y.D47 IVE.ViNG Al A NEW YORE THEATRE.

(From the Ara 1 0,1 Trgune, Dec. 11.)

Throughout the whole of lost week it was gene-
rally understood by announcement that Mr. A. If. Purdy,
proprietor ot the National Theatre, in Chatham-street, bad
off.red its use for the purpose of divine nervier, on Sunday
evenings. The Itev. E. D. Rte.'s, D.D., of the Stanton-street
baptist church, wan announced to preach the opening ser-
mon, and the adtiii.sion was emphaticstlly steed to be free,
and elm public were invihd to attend. Accordingly, at alie!nt
7 o'clock p.m., on Sunday, the theatre we. completely hit, d
with what certainly appeared to be an audience which would
serve the purpose of estatliabing a bold, though not very
grand contrast with the very feehionable congregation
which was assembled at the Academy of Music.
' Free adiniasicu was an invitation to enter the National
Theatre which the regular pairome of that institution were
PECendinglY sexton to accept. The pit no, tilled to 14-or-
flowing with boys, and as ninny more ticcii:aed places in the
drelen, family, and upper circles. There won a sprinkling of
respectably dressed pennant. not a few ot whom seemed to
! enjoy the fun which was being made by the boys. A. our
reporter entered the first thing which hu heard was au gra-
! tuitoun whittling of a number of boys. Some were, betting
upon the aide ot the stage Irum which tio " ;Armen" would
make his .IN/enrollee. One boy naked another, in a very
loud voice, why lie had no shirt, which question rteeived
the moot peremptory response,"Burton up, will you r.
Another buy uptraided his neighbour for having a dirty
ehirt. Still another demanded "that sixpence" which be
loaned 13411 on .S.,turelav night. Another, "Hi, Jae k,
come over here, will you ?' responded to by " Hallo, Jim,
make room."

.....
Shortly before the entrance of the preacher, load whistling
and beating of fret ...mid to exp..ws anxiety for the opening
of the exerclies. A number of the boys who exhibited great
restlessness wen kept on check by several polite officers who
were distributed over the pot. The isingregstion ceodsled
mainly of neweLoye, sbne-blacks, perk-loungers, shoulder-
lettere, piek•pcekcts, bullies, together with Mr. A. 11. Puray,
Leh and a number of reepertable Christians, who bad to
occupy such wars no they could procure, re;:ardlees of their
prtattoity to certain rather repulsive:loiiking individual..
The pruscentum boxes were tilled with ladies and gentle.

At ball-past seven o'clock the Rev. Dr. Eliseo:, ac-
companied I.y a number of friends, entered upon the
stake from the north side. lie was meted by the
loud plaudits of the multitude. A substantial hurrah F
a multiplicity of hi : his I and repeated requests of beta Lff
constituted the warm reception of the 'nibbler.

Dr. Hiscon stood up, and staid the commotion which pre-
veiled showed that he woe shout to epeak, and fora moment
profound silence gave him en opportunity in be heard, when
he sold .—My friend., in the name ot Jesus Onto', the
eternal Son of God, our Saviour and everlasting friend, I
Come to *peak to you to night. I come to tell of Jeans, of
what be boa done fur us all. Three may be strange thine.
bt epesk from thin page end strange sound,. to bear withal
them. walls, but be trusted in God 'tat strange as they might
be, it would not be M vain. He read the hymn com-
mencing :
"Come Holy Spirit, Heavenly Dove."

which wee sung by a choir of gentlemen from the Stanton-
Street Swint Churve, wbo were on the Stage, many of the
congregation uniting. AP the ringing IRlLPwanounced,e num-
ber of the tor shouted, .• Let UR have it." After ninging,
p trt of the lath chapter of John was wad and brit tly ex-
plained. At its conclusion, the boys cheered lust.fy. At
thin Point. Captain Woliiog, of the detective police, rose end
addrensed the boye, desiring them to show the ladies end me-
th-wen who were present that they could hehave ins plata of
Divine service as tech 1411 boy. in any other part of toe • ity.
Thin wae received by a otatiewhot •utolut4l attempt to ether.
Dr. Waco: then preoched from the following text
"Toffs io a tai. lent pa, tog and worthy of all acceptation,
that Christ Jesus came Into the world to save sinners."-
1 Tiumtby, chapter i, verse zee.
The R',v. Doctor t lien proceeded to deliver a brief and well
adapted 'moon. premieing that there had been great eayie.oe
'Tread out on the page of hiatory, bat mvor and tovetet.• had
there been rotated. great a truth—so peat a soweg, iss
this. He called their attention to—The statement keel t. He
asked bow often non had been reon to come down nom their
high rotate, their palaces and their 'unwise, and seerilioing
all, beennne poor, 10 order to elevate. and comfort, and cheer
the poor and disconsolate; yet JetwaCtirist had done thin. let.
Chriot came into the world. 2nd. He came to save ',inner..
Before entering upon the consideration of the ...cowl pert of
the ant jeer, the choir sung another verse, which was followed
by deafening applause, and the rev dotter proceeded to hie
neat topic—lts fnithfulneert. The word faithful was de-
fined, and tho followoig sub-bead. of thieourto dwelt upio
—l. It lea saying which is gate to be believed. 2. It is
worthy to be believed. 3. It is needed. The tint t. ad of
discourse was that thin saving wee worthy of all neeeptation,
breallAC, heat, it is deRiULL'd for all ; second, adopt. d Loan ;
.d third, needed by all. He thou concluded ny a brief
appeal to all present to take Feed to the idler of advation, and
wohout delay to accept it with all its ti.rtuo and it,, evott•ortn.
A verse was sung, .• Hear, 0 eit.ner, metry hail., you."
Proper woo then off red, in the oat,: of which the proprie-
tor the actor,, and the frequent patron, of the theatre were
drily remembered. The choir •Ull; It hymn conotieucing,
i• All hail the power of Jeou's metes" Dr. ifincox an-
nounced service for next Sunday eve Line, pronouns -d the
benediction, sod the tumultuous audience dispersed. Captain
De Camp ordered the officers to be et the doors and Nee that
the boye left the pl.'s qui, tly, which had the ileeised
It was certainly a labour of hive which Dr. Mine:... per-
formed but evemine, for no man could have spoken under
more discouraging circumstances.

TIIE NORTHERN REFORM UNION.—Thp annual
meeting of the tnenibere of the Northern Retorts Unu•n woe
held at New...site on Monday night ; Mr. Thome Wilke in
the chair. The annual report Wn., nand, 101.0.11 that thin
union, which hid been eptahliphed only one year. had
opened COMlllUbit,tli .08 with every town nod 110loginUA dis-
trict (rein the 'tees to the Tweed. Upwards f public
ineetiren hod ben bold in connexion with it, or ell ..f which
resolutions in tevour of the hallo and manhood eufrage had
been carricd. It woo intended et fret to tontine the labours of
the union to that localiq culup.eel).; bur it 1.0. n to 011110
monifeet that if orh'r die•rcie did not act Rho the work
would be comparatively of lirtle nee. With the view, iliere.
fore, of atirnulering other place* to ',Millar ....fon. deputation..
were Pent, in Sep•rtu'.er twit, to the you'll of R.•otland, to
leineon, end to the chief towns in Lancashire, Yorkshire,
end the Midland Counties, to confer with refirniere in than
places, and to urre them to orgoniee reform eepocietionp in
their reepective tl,trietn. Mr. Jos. C,..1 en, jun., the tee:L-
imn, of the union• rood the Room:int se,teoent for the year,
from which it crp'.rr•l ,t 34, tine income hell ocen 314/. 40. 81.1.,
and the expend. ot.. :Mt. Id.. 4d., leaving..i behwee in hand
of tt Us. 41d. Tle• r. eon wee adopted. nod the conned for
the ensuing year si-pointed ; and after nddreseee from Mr.
J. Cowen, nod other centlrtnen, the prrevedinge terminated.
PARLIAMENT MY REPRESENT ITION. The Don-
carter Town Coutled, at their meeting on &Outdo!, 111111ni-
ninuoly nitreed to present a memorial to the Earl of Derby,
• the Firer Lord of the Treerury, rem-eventing the claims
of Ihincaeler to a direct renrceentation in parliament; and
the Afejor, Aldermen Sir 'eau Motley. and the Town Clerk
were appiiinted a do potation to convey the wiehes of the
council to hie lord.hip. A public meeting of the iritualatenta
of the town, held a tew deye previously, unanimoriely re-
solved upon promoting to the Premier • pimilar document,
signed by the Mayor on behalf of the meeting.
REPREsENTATION OF LINCOLN.--Mr. J. Hinde
Palmer, s barrioer, .on•io-law of the Right. Hon. C. Teo-
nieon IYRyneourt, many year. member for the Metropolitan
borough of Laulhet!., in accourscad as a candidate for the
city of Lincoln, on the liberal interest, at the next general
eltviou.

lIEPRESENTATION KINCARDINESIIIRE.—A
movement Is on the emit by yobith the preornt nonnly
member—General Arbut,t.•ut—retie. P. and either Sir Thomas
Gladstone of Fasque, or Sir John Fwbes of Fettercsire, will
aucosed him. Too, ihreo gerol.mio of liberal ptincipira
sro spoken of Is ready to mond should an opening occur.—
Arbroath Odic.

XTBAUADIA R Y CHAROE.

THROWING AN INFANT OUT OF WINDOW
UNDER THE ALLEGED INFLUENCE OF A

DREAM.

Yesterday the Marylcbone Police-court wig
crowded to t tau in consequence of a report which had Loco
circulated that a woman was in custody for killitg her child
by throwing it from a lirig•tlior window into the etrcet.
The rumour with regard to the murder happily turned Lut to
be untrue, but ft will be seen from the subjoined evidence
that it visa a providential eircumatante that the lives of il.res
children wero not seer:hoed by their moths while acting
under the alleged influence of a dream.
At two o'clock the prisoner, Esther Griggs, was pl iced
at the bar before Mr. Broughton.
Mr. Lewis, of Ely-place, appeared for her; and Nlr.
Tubbs, relieving overseer of DI arylebone, attended on the
part of the board of guardians of the pariah to watch the
care.

The prisoner, who evidently felt the serious ii•uetion is
which she was placed, wee rested during the proceedings.

The first witnees celled w,ul

Sergeant Siuuonds, 20 I), who said—At half-past one
o'clock this morning, while un duty in Easbetreet, Man-
chester-square, I heard a female voice exclaim, " Oa, my
children; save my children:" I went to the hone No. 71,
from whence the cries proceeded, and the landlord opened
tee door. 1 went upstaire, teccomp soled by two other on.
stables, end while making our way to the firststl)or front
room, I heard the smashing of glans. I knocked at the door,
which I found wee fastened, and raid, "Open it, the police
are here." The prisoner, who was in her night-dress, tape
on exclaiming, •• Save my children; " find at length, after
itumbling over something, let me and 1,1 brother °Metre in,
When we entered we found the room in toted darkness, and
it wea only by the old of our 1 micros that we could dietia-
guish anything in the room. On the bed there wan a child
live }eat a old, and another, three years of are, by her side.
Everything la the place was in gnat confusion. She kept
crying out, Where's my bib). P Have they caught it:
meat boo° thrown it out of window." The baby wind wive
beta thrown out as I was going upaleirs ; for, bet xe getting
into the room I heard something 1011. I left a constable in
charge of the prisoner, and I ascertained that the child,
which bad hem thrown from the fa inlow, had been taken to
the infirmary of Marylelxine workhouse. She told me that
she had Leen dreaming that her little boy bad raid that the
himse wee on tire, and that what ehe had dune wan with the
view of preventing her children from Lying burnt to death. I
have no doubt (witted witm es) that it I and the other con.
eighle had not gone to the room all three of the children
would have been flung out into the street.
Mr. Broughton—How long do pas auppose the cry of
" Oh, save my children I" COatiLtatl
i Wlataaaa-1 should think neatly five minutes. (IL eon-
' timuition, be said he went to ha, Hat ley-strcet, worse the
hmband lives in the perm- of a gewiculan, and gave him
information of what had occurred. The injured infant aces
only 18 months old )
by Mr. Lewis—From the excited elate in which the pri.
eon, woo, I did nut at the time 1,1;0 her into custody. She
went to the MIL entry along well her husband to eve now the
child wee going ou, and what hurt it Lad austained. I heti
underetwel that the surgeon bud cold it was a specii• of
nighquare which the prisoner wee Ish.,uting under when the
act was ruminated. The window La; not Loin thrown op.
The child was throat through • paste of glass+, the trig-
:heist, of which fell into the street.

Humphreys, 18011—I beard the breaking of glees, and
elite ut,tt I motioned to bra bundle ores Out of the NVIC,OI4
and on taking it up 1 Munn ii to he a bindle infant. 1 him
was blood running from ito temple, and it was merasibte,
I took it to the intirniary.

Pollard, 33 U-1 heard loud meet of " Oh, save my
children," and when I was in her room she said, "Ilea
anybody caught my baby, L.a.ey 1" One of the little buys,
three years old, and who was rhoptng to his trotter, had
blood upon Lis clothe.. He had upon use breast seism marks
which appeared to have been cao..Nl Ly cute from Flans.
rho sergoant left me to take hate oil Ito prisoner while ha
went for her husband. She told toe rho had no wish to
hurt auy of Ler children, end that it was all through a
dream.

Mr. Henry Tyrrwhitt Smith, surgeon at the Marylebethe
infirmary, was next celled, and atm that when the infant
wee brought to him, roan after one in the morning, he
found upon taamining it that it wivi notreriug from come.-
knit of the brann. It wad quite invensible and dividtdly is
danger now. The parietal hone is broken, and death noght
miens In the event of an effusion ni blood on the br.in.

Ly Mr. Lusene-1 cannot eay that I hove not heard of ea
inmanee where parties have committed acts to which a dream
had impelled them.
Mr. sAtwis submitted to the magistrate that there bad been
no attempt to murder the inf nt. The primmer bed *lnky'
evinced a kindly feeling towards leer children, ar.d he (tad
learned gentleman) hoped than. the non: borate would Meow
the busluend to have Ler under tab cute dining the tempo-
rary remand which of course weiull rein place. The drown
under which the act was cedutoittt 1 chewed that she had not
at the time any conscionent re. of whet she was doing.
Mr. Tubb. said that he did not attend en the capacity Of a
prosecutor, Out be appeared no behalf of the board d
vuardians, and be put it to the niegistrate whether them
world be any °Net:none, under the eite.tunstatioee, to slim
the privoner to be bailed, her ..ualand imuag sectutty toe tut
reappe.rance.
Mr. Broughton considered th:et it would be a most dia.
genius doctrine to lay down to ray that Imeau, a pasoa
was dreamiti:. whilst committing au t Hence that they were
not culpable for their acts. A wow-in, on these mounds.
might get tap in the middle of the night and cut her hes-
beuid's throat, and when brought up for the otlence taut
round and ray that she bed U. thn uct whilst under the
ittlionce of a dream. He (•he worthy magistrate) eon.
Mitered the case to tee one of a aereona nature, and in the
' event of death coning en inquest a fluid be held on the
body. lie could not to of tubtoc Lail in eo serious a
inns, bat would remand the prisoner sell 'lneaday next, and
during her preeent excited elate rte would Le taken care of in
the intirmary.
The prisoner wee then removed to the cella by Angled, the
;ceder, sobbing meet bitterly.

THE ACCIDENT AT THE POLYTECHNIC

INSTITUTION.

As may will be imagined the circumstance
of such an ocrairrencc a. the above taking place
at an institution devoted to rcientific purposes
naturally created a strong letting of anxiety on the
part of the director,, who, ac-Leh a view to ascertain
the whole circuutatatmee connoted with it 3 eaterday
held a meeting, at which dm f..ll.rwing official report
was preatmed tr..... The tuanager tette to report that lad
night, Jan. 3. et shout Itch-parr fro, moat providentially
atter nearly the whole of the lill•lOnco Lad retired, a very serf
our SCCIdt us occurred by the Lolling in of a portion of the math
rade of the spiral atone staireme Icarting front the et.trance to
the upper theatre. The tumour, ix deeply disrrea.rl to state
that about twenty pereone, who were it...conchae the PIM.
more at the time, wrre Mors or lees rerioualy injured, all of
whom who were willing to recant, rt to the Lo.pital were
promptly conveyed thither. The umneger touch regrets to
add that one little girl bus since died. rug are retaining in
the hospital, three of whom aro repeated to be not out of
danger, though progreseeng fat-cur:o4y. The malinger
telt it is duty to sSIO-sr, trorrpital, the board's
-slob that any t stn. r'ion or cemf.et required by the
sulferrra ehould be instantly ret.di,rc.l Chem at the charge
of the ilirectora of the ro'ytirebnirt Institution, and
anxiously await% the direction of the tamed se to any fur.
tber steps to doe adopted on the fruiterers' behalf. The
manager further reports that every means were immediately
employed on rho recurrence of the accident for the relief of
the auderere. Tno police, under Mr. Superintendent limbers,
were instantly called in to snake a rigid search bearish
the darts of the fallen staircase to nmertain that there were
no more triclinia by any possibility lost right of in this deplor-
able catastrophe."
The directors expressed their approval of what bad ben
done, and gave orders for every attention to le grid to the
eutterere. Mr. Thrimpemi, the etirbimet. and Mr. Taupe%
the builder, being in attendance, ilk rr, grniten.eo received
lostruetiOOK for Ow hooo4listo rr,.nr•t,on of tbn ensirsaSe SO
peon as it shall have been viewed I.y it, coroner's jury, which
is expected to sit in the corm..., of tu-day or to-mo,eow on the
body of the child already deed.
Had the occurrence taken place a few minutes earlier the
loon of late would probegy have Keen far greater. Upwards
of bflO people hod pawed down tie staircase in a clam
and courpact ours, and three oh-. r• niained were same 40 or
50 persons, who, being at the innermost point of the theatre.
had not been atrle to rearb the place of egrees with that
rapidity their prettecesenre bad done. In coneermencc of this,
most fortunately, when the upper or middle et eireese gave way.
there Mks not a sMpf le peraonreumioieg on the fight beneath.
Many very narrow escapes are recorded. but ertiongst the more
prominent is that of a gentletasu connected with the inatitu•
lion. who happened to be rat the very top of the etaireme
when the &evident occurred. Ile fr.!! with the stone work to
the bottom of the well, and was en .lightlF hurt that he was
one of the fires to set to work rendering assistance to the leas
fortunate periodic.

1)EATII OF SIIERIFF STEELE of, GIAStiOW.—•
We regret to onnounoe taut Mr so.eritt Steele died at his
residence, Blytheswoo.l••ittare, yesterday (Mon-
day) moraine. Ile was st to tee and entirely re-
elgned to his approsebiog end. Few weu litre more popular
in their sphere. Ili. legal se.loirettients were considered of a
superior order, and he enj.e.i ;,
4d great ,t4sairmod employ-
went. Ho leaves two daughters.— Goorost.
SINGULAR 1/FATIt OF v ItF.Y n.—A few data
ago, Mr. Hard. Sutton, near Pets tiro b.., snout with a favorite
greyhound, when the dry started a hoe, and made after its
The hare ran under some Iron feuritt•-: au I made its way into
the lawn. and the doe; in stteniating to follow nom with great
violence against a pisee of the wire of the fence. The point
entered P.r above the eye sal ins•arttly.
(H.7OITING MATCH tint ijro..—A match at quoits
for Tlf. a aid, Cillll. 1.1! en Ssturduy at NI orsball's grounds,
Leven-street, Edinburgh, between kl'Gregor, the English
ihatopion, at siehtsen yards, and I; est te, the Scottish
4 tistupion, at the Scottish dietan.w. /:-.:tit,g at shirting : 6
to 4 in favour of the Eugli.hro :to result, however,
was—Gilleepte, til ; ll'Gregor, 21.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF HANKRUP ICY.
(Before Mr. Commir.oloner Goalbws.)
u. Itts ti".us ..”101404.-11:11tilaNT

, Honour pie judgment In Ulla case, 'which has
wetly been &fore the curt of late. After
song all the circumatencin in an eloberate address
hours, his Honour cants to the conclusion that he
*holly refuse the c—rtifl•stre Consicleritie that the
t ostrupt. had streety uzol,rgone suinzient punishment in
the grey of imprionatti ;at. snub. I h.., oae.est of the assigner,
. (mated protect{ et until forth, renter.

Mr Lusktater appeared for ay. ; Mr. Elenali• for
tunkrupt Drynlston: and M. ( .f the Ina of Har-
i,. sad Lewis) for the bickrupt Gort!oa.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

(THIS DAY.)

01.1) COURT.

(13e(ure Mr. Baron Martin and Mr. Justice Wilke.)
INV FINN lr OLLVENWI. 11.

lu•Aord R,per, Agee 29, • rwipectable-100 king wan, ws
ied•ted nitlinotutly wal frluaiomly rowing tire to his
drrelliag-houme, Elintipeth Wriertall being illtrelll at the

In other counts of the indictment the prix tete wu etarged
with t- tonnattng the earn, art with intent to &leant! the
Kest Fire-011,e.

Serjeant Perry was ape. " dly retained with Mr. Gitierd
and Mr. l'elead to condo. tha proseewino. Crjetnt 134-
laatine, taro specially retained, wi:l2 Mr. li.,bins,n and Mr.
Reddy, appeared for the
This .le., which hal er.eid °ear for two or three radar,
IVY specially tined fur Ible 01.016 f, and it appeared to d-
ote a good deal of interest.

The prirceter pleaded not guilty to ee,h eltumt of the
ladicitornt.

Swiwgit PATTY, on opening the ease fI. the prosecution,
said it was oat of • very arrows chers,v, so/ the fits he
ehoold bees to Ley htfore the jury would require
their moot natant. considers:Wu. its then proceeded to
give • brio( narrative of the facts of the charge. '
The prisoner, be carried on th• business •
of • note .losar at Itoral-bili, i tractor:eh, and at the time the
fire occurred, Wm wile, who 11,1 oily been d. livve:d two days
Mre, sad two children and s ...ant were to the house.
The Ere I.k Owe n the Loth' of the 12.4 Septetotsr, and
it appeared that the pßlitleee weer; hon.! to the struned
is • very aloft time, and the too Whitten, unhappily,
hot their 11,. In Int" coed trestioo. Tto I,lollll,tAntre, et
cower, creek '1 a painful ever-A-a in 'ha neetbirourhood,
sad although the woe' pr's vary returned N t'irit virdiet,
)ft •0 twiny sitspicYßlA finteltt•ttan,.. twin-omit In the OW.
ed the /11,111.1-7, that the rAttn of the district felt it tt.rir
duty to ~be up the serer, and the molt wee that
the ptuaser wee anituttitel nista the plasma charge.
It a:p....1 th it the priors, clod au insursore with the
Kest Uth-e, at Christ..., 1,57, f w Me sum of 3.111, fur one
twit. end pa it the Ternoutuil treaty-four rttinitore, and the
folitieusg were ate'rti to be the r.v•tinalances which had lid
to the pro- tit mares •zein4 the ptieLetet. It entail d
test rules• few ttays after the tire the psi- I
etcar sm• in a 'lshii upon the Fireortfite fir 290 f ,
and to as be come woe pent in • hid of articles which he re-
presented had been deetroyel ha the fire, and amounted
r Jet so that ow.. The evidence went to show that apart
arm) of t tweeartalt • hail how ptwtiol by the ;Intoner abortly
Mt re the fire, and voeu actually to etietence at the
thee the daine we. NI As for them re Laving LlllO
alstoroyed la the fire. The iebrr Mete relied upon in support
of Ike proarcutios were that Wei before the lire occurred
the prison, had dire ttr.l a huge gnaw: y of strew to be
paned he • part of the preen.. where such an snide was
not tiettsay deported, awl the tire b creed with sot b extra-
. 'dupery rspiday that in 1,. than three quern. of an hour
the low. was attine.fly potted, and it was with
very greet difficulty that tiv• rite end be haw
were awed. The poemet wee proved to s ore hen the hot
person who we. up on the tor'', or the lire and according to
the °pawn cf the antigen sad nth' r warts aequarated with
s..th wore(., the firs broke out et the plea when the strew
tad bees desealted, and it also appeared that in the day before
the fire he seat b. servant to pan he. fivetainny worth
el typal:Me, which be and he erair•l for the purpose of
eleearng fortitture, and on the Yrlday before the tire he par-
e hr.ei • quarto of • 1.1 el *nom, whieta was placed under
the eviler emus. Rows totter were Isere stated, aad
twee then rooted in ..,pons of the proe. Aims.
lit is said that there ere between forty cod fifty Irritans.
le be eassweedon bsSall of the polareution, and it is expected
that the tnal sill occupy at low. two days.)