The Express.
London, England, 1868-09-16 00:00:00

TILE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUM

The Augsburg Gazette of Rept. 13 contains the
following extract from a letter written by Dr. Hermann
Vogel, who accompanied the North German expedition to
Aden, as a photographer:
"At 4 o'clock, on the 18th of August, we left Aden.
where the expedition had established heal-quarters.
Nine-tenths of the sky was overcast, and we endeavoured
to feel as resigned as possible to our probable disappoint-
ment. Our object was to obtain as many photographs as
could be taken of the phenomena during the three minutes
they would last, and in order to do this we had practised
with our machine, like soldiers with tire-arms. Dr.
Frische was charged with the preparation of the plates,
Dr. Zenker with putting the slides into the machine, Dr.
Therle with drawing them out when they had been ex-
poeed a sufficient time, while my business was in the tent.
With this division of labour we found that it would be
possible to obtain six photographs in the three minutes.
As the important moment approached, to our
delight we saw, through a break in the clouds, the
disk of the sun partially covered by the moon. The
landscape around us assumed a strange hue, neither sun-
light nor moonlight—the chemical colour rays were ex-
ceedingly weak. As a test we exposed a plate in the
machine for 15 seconds, and obtained a good im • 'on
of the clouds; as the disk of the sun grew
smaller,
the
clouds opened out. The last minute before the total
eclipse arrived, Dr. Frische and I crept into our tent—
our work began. The first plate was experimentally ex-
posed five and ten seconds, in order to be sure of the right
time. Mahommed, our black servant, brought me the first
elide into the tent. I prepared the plate, and anxiously
watched to see what would appear. Just then my light
went out. I rushed out of the tent with the plate m my
hand, and came back with a small oil lamp, which, in
case of accidents, I had placed on • table outside.
Eagerly 'gazed on the plate—the dark,border of the sutiwas
surrounded on one side peculiarprauberancee, and on the
other was a remarkable horn. The phenomena were the
same in both picture.. My joy
it. The second &ad waset, but I had no
time to indulge in o' moment
afterwards, the third plate, were b t into the tent.
Dr. Zenker shouted to us that the sun was
Mg. The total eclipse was over. The UP twoe
plates only showed slight impressions of picture%
as they bad been spoilt by the clouds, whick while
they were exposed in the machine, bad closed in. The
three plates showed protuberances on the lower border.
We washed, fixed, and bickered our plates, and took
several copies of them on glass, which will be sent
separately to Europe in order to Insure their mato arrival.—

AN ONNUMB Phomtrrrou's ORIEVANCE.—From
18&l up to the peanut time it has been the custom that
the annual inspection of omnibuses by the polios authori-
ties, required by act of parliament previous to the renewal
of licenses, should be made in the yards of the proprietors
at a time arranged with the police for the purpcme. mix
year, however, a notice has issued by the Commis-
sioner of Police, requiring the vehicles to be rent for in-
spection to the polioe-stations on certain days and at cer-
tain hours during the present month. Compliance with,
this rule will, it is said, oemision great incenriunence to the
public and loss to the proprietors, and the latter have me-
morialised the Home Setrttary to duvet that the old cus-
tom be reverted to.

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Yesterday there was a private • ' of the
Western Extension of the Metropo Railway,
preparatory to the g et the line for public
traffic on the Ist of Oslo next. This extent/ion
Joins an important portion of that inner circle
which, when completed, wlll be so groat a boon to
the inhabitants of the metropolis. The line now
so soon to be made ivailatik for the public ad-
vantage leaves. the existing route of the Metro-
politan Railway at about twe hundred yards from
she Edgware-road nation, continuing its came
down Freed-street until opposite the Great Weetcrn
Hotel, where a comeaons • station has been
exceted. • When the arrangemeats are thoroughly
completed, a subwaywili hs termed from this na-
tion tirthat of the Oldstlfisetern, in that passen-
gers MeY 'he skis' tnifess:frona.eine to. the. other
withqut creennA the. snag. , Prom. what .is
termed-. the.. Paddington - station, • the line
Prereede to: I:kieen'i-ioad; Jitayearacer, whim]
the emend- ter/nines has Se'ers mine Min sta-
tion is netaraffy impeeta as ficalltiento a
large number of .parsonta fair the niffghithilmind
is densely populated on all sides At one mid
of the Queen's-roed is the Royal Oak Tavern,
which for the pirposes of traffic is to the west
what the Elephant and Castle is to the south,
and the Anti to the north. Leaving Beyewater,
the line proeefds.to Notting-Lill-Rate, where the
third station as alkietti end from theme the
district of Kensington is traversed until the fourth
elation is reached. This has been erected in the
High-street, almost immediately opposite to the
Vestry-hall. This-station will be the terminus of
the Metropolitan District Railway, which, it may
be remembered, will run from the Thames Em-
bankment, through Pimlico and Chelsea, to Ken-
eiagton. The Kensington High-street station
will be jointly used by both companies, each
heving borne a proportionate amount of the cost
incurred in the construction of it. Prom here the
Western Extension proceeds to Gloucester-road,
Brompton, where for the present it will termi-
nate. When complete however, it will continue
its course some half-mile further to Cromwell-
road, Brompton, the Metropolitan District and
Extension lines running parallel with each other
from Kensington High-street to the Cromwell-
road. It may be asked why four lines should
have been constructed between these two points,
when it might be thought that all the ordinary re-
quirements of traffic would be aooommodated by
the Western Extension, terminating at Kensington
High-street, which is the point to which the
District Railway runs. The directors, however,
are of opinion that the proper course has been
adopted by doubling the lines in this part, and the
public who are to reap the advantage have there-
fore no cause to complain. As we have already
stated the Western Extension will only at present
be open to Gloucester-road, there being a gap of
about half a mile of unfinished rails between there
and the Cromwell-road. It is expected that it
will take between three and four months to
complete this portion, and then there will be a
through run from Moorgate-street, via the Edg-
ware-road and Kensington, to Chelsea and West-
minster. The works of the Metropolitan District
Railway are being pushed on with all possible
speed, and the Ist of January is thought a likely
period for them to be ready for opening. From
the let of October to the beginning of the New
Year, therefore, the public will have to be content
with the railway facilities to Brompton, after
which the other important portion of the inner
circle may reasonably be expected to be ready for
their use. Having thus described the route which
the Western Extension takes between the Edg-
ware-road and the Gloucester-road, let us now say
a few words of the manner in which the under-
taking has been carried out, the difficulties which
have been surmounted, and the results which have
been accomplished. As an engineering work, it
will rank high amongst the great railway achieve-
nit nts of the present day. Its cost has certainly
been very great—considerably more than might at
first have been anticipated, but the enormous out-
lay appears to have been rendered necessary by
the works to be performed, and in order to tho-
roughly secure the object in view. The capital
originally raised for this western extension,
together with the eastern or Tower-hill extension,
was 1,900,0001. of ordinary stock, and one-third
of that amount in debentures. The whole of
this amount has, however, we believe, been ex-
pended ou the western portions alone, and addi-
tional capital is now being raised for carrying the
eastern extension into Moorgate-street. The com-
pany own a very large extent of surplus lands,
upon which they have raised by mortgage shares a
sum of (00,000 f., and this has been applied to the
general purposes of the undertaking. Up to the
present time the dividends on the extension capital
have not been a charge upon revenue, but have
been borne by the capital account, and in a late
act of parliament this plan of paying the divi-
dends out of capital until the works were completed,
and bringing in money, was sanctioned bythe legis-
lature. It was, in fact, with a view to aid the com-
pletion of the inner circle system, which the Metro-
politan, in allianpe with the Metropolitan District,
have agreed to carry into effect, that Parliament was
induced at all to sanction the pay/lir/it of divi-
dends out of capital instead of revenue. On the
completion of the works, the proprietors will, of
course, receive dividends out of the earnings, and
that a large traffic may be anticipated there can
be no doubt, considering the densely populated
and popular districts through which the line will
run. Everything to meet the public wants
appears to have been done. The stations arc
large and commodious, possessing every require-
ment. They are, in fact, perfect models of their
kind. The stations at Paddington, Queen's-road,
and Notting-hill-gate have a glass roof which
extends over a space of 30 foot, while that at
Gloucester-road is 84 feet, and the ono at Ken-
sington High-street, above 90. Iron girders cross
the roof at spaces of 22 feet, and the average
length of the arrival and departure platforms
below, is 308 feet, with the exception of
Kensington station, where they are 418 feet. This
station is the largest on the line, and some idea
may be formed of its immense proportions when
we state that its roof alone has a span of ten feet
more than the underground station at King's-
cross. The stations are all lofty, spacious, airy,
convenient, and pleasant in aspect, and every
possible species of room which the requirements
of the public may call for seem to have been pro-
vided. The entire length of the Western Extension,
from the point at which it branches off at Praed-
street until arriving at Gloucester-road, has been
laid out with solid steel rails, 851 b. to the yard,
being the strongest rails yet put on the permanent
way of any line in the United Kingdon. Some of
the cuttings have been very great, and the steepest
gradient is one in seventy, but the difficulties of
construction have, upon the whole, been overcome
in the most extraordinary manner. Streets
and houses have been " tunnelled " in the most
successful way, and as an instance of what the
engineering skill of our time can achieve, we may
state that at that portion of the line which passes
near the Weet London junction the subway was
made under a bridge over which 400 trains pass
daily, yet during the progress of the works there
was not the slightest interruption to the traffic.
In another case a house in Leinster-gardens has
been taken down, but in order not to offend the
tastes of those residing in this quarter by leaving
an unsightly blank in the midst, a high front wall
has been erected to the height of the adjoining
houses, and this will be made to look as if it was
a habitable dwelling, instead of being merely.
what it ia—a dead brick wall. The houses on each
side of this cutting are supported by large iron
girders, which pass from one side to the other, and

CoURT OF ALDF.RMEN.—A Court of Aldermen
was held yesterday at Guildhall, at which the Lord Mayor
presided. Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Stone brought up a
report of the state of the City_ gaols, by which it appeared
that there are at present in Newgate, 116; in the Debtor's
Prison, Whitecreasstreet, It ; and in the City Prison
Holloway, 347 prisoners. The Town Clerk, in the absents;
of the Rememberanrer, reported to the court that an Act
of Parliament had her a passed having reference to the
storing of petroleum and other intlarnable matter, with a
view to prevent mischief to the public arising therefrom.
It was proposed to refer this Act of Parliament to the
(leveret Purpeses Committee. The motion was agreed to
after a long discussion. and the court shortly afterwards
adjourned.
Jr(MLE Exert:m(llN TO VRTORIA-PARK.—On
Monday afternoon nearly 300 children, belonging to the
Rand of Hope and other juvenile associations connected
with the Golden-lane Mission, superintended by Mr. W.
.1. Unman, were conveyed by rail from Broad-street to
Victoria-park. where arrangements had been made for
enabling them to pass a pleasant holiday. The children
were the offspring principally of the numerous coder-
mongers and street traders inhabiting Golden-lane, and
many of them had never before seen a green field, their
generally pallid features revealing but too
_painfully the
baneful effects of deficient light and air. The excursion
tickets-2d. each—to and from Victoria-park, together
with a substantial tea, were provided free of cost to the
youngsters, who were thus enabled to enjoy themselves
to the utmost, no mishap occurring to mar the pleasures
of the day.
EXTRAORDINARY DEATH 01 ,t CHILD.—An
extraordinary and fatal accident occurred to a little boy
named George Woolley. five years of age, on Monday, at
the village of Chiliad], near Nottingham. It appears
that the little fellow was running to meet his father, who
is an agricultural labourer, with a toy windmill in his
mouth, when he stumbled and fell, the handle of the toy
being forced down his throat. His father lifted him up,
and took out the stick, but the wound bled so profusely
that the poor little fellow died soon afterwards.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT AT BRIGUTON.—A very
serious accident happened a few days since at 2, Regency-
Klll:are. where M. Pericles Zariti, a Greek gentleman, was
visiting some friends. 'While he was in the balcony the
woodwork forming the front of the structure suddenly gave
way in the centre, and the uniottunate entleman fell
headlong to the pavement. By the fall ho sustained a
severe lacerated wound at the top of the forehead, a wound
of the cheek, and abrasions of the skin over the arms and
legs, but fortunately no bones were broken, and he is now
iu a fair way of recovery.—Brightem Lratnipier.
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO A TRAPEZE PERFORMER.
—For some few weeks a company has been performing at
the Theatre Royal. Preston, the chief feature of attraction
being a perfonnance on the trapeze by a man who styles
himself "Mons. Clevoyn, the Monarch of the Air."
The trapeze is fixed in the roof of the theatre, and M.
Clevoyn reaches it by what is termed " the leap for life ;"
that is, he swings from the upper gallery, about 40 feet,
and cleverly places himself on the trapeze. On Monday
evening he bad executed his "leap for life," and was
performing a series of agile feats, when by some cause his
foot or hand *lipped, and he fell to the stage, a distance of
about 30 feet, immediately rolling over the footlights into
the orchestra. The accident created a great sensation,
and several people screamed with fright. A Mr. Henry
ispdea, who had been a spectator, hurried to the rescue,
and directly ascertained that the man's neck was put out
of joint. With the assistance of another man. Mr. Aapden
succeeded in drawing in the neck of the unfortunate
"Monarch of the Air." A quantity of cold water was
thrown upon his head, and eventually he came round.
It was also found that one of his hands was cut, and he
was burned by the footlights. He was afterwards eon-
veyed to his lodgings in a cab, where he remains in a very
shattered and injured condition.
A SCHOOLMASTER SENT TO Pamos.—A ease of
severity on the part of a schoolmaster met with very
summary treatment at the heads of the magistrates at the
Babeny Patty tiestions on Monday. The National eeheol-
master, Mr. James Pitalienry, was charged with tliallitir
fully beating a little orphan boy who had been plead out
at nurse by the guardians of the North Dublin Union.
The child bore evident marks of ill-treatment; and hie
persecutor was sentenced to one month's imprisonment,
without the option of paying a fine.—ffestostkre Nawa.
" ALL ilia YEAR tam."—lnßo the number of
AU fie Tear !lowa for the present week, Mr. Dinkier
announces a new penes of that journal, of which
volumes have now been published. ItoprovemeniMalla
type, paper, end sire of pegs are .promised. t The ag-
uouncesient is made that there aro to be ao tape special
Christman numbers. " The Fatty-Christmas Number b4lO

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LONDON,WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16.

" LIBERAL" CIIAMPIOX OP
ASCENDANCY.

Arc acceini.listed writer, who Las touched almost
every topic of literary, political, and theological
criticism, has lately, in the character of a Liberal,
raised a protest against the Liberal policy in Ireland.
If the letter which "W. It. 0." has addressed to the
Prm-rern Oezrttf were considered only in its pro-
Lshk effat upon members of the party to which
the writer still professes to belong, it might pass
without r.ctice. Lrgrenet.t it centains none ; it does
nes prc,fe.st c•.i.tain euy • and its assertions have
16,Ail a tlesie-ar.d. times refute.l. But "W. R. Cf.'s"
letter re.lly addressed to the Conservative pre-
judi:es wiiich it adopts And reinforces. Though
ree:, to fltr• P(.71-1,0/ G‘r:cfee, it was pro-
1. abli written to lie queted by the fitanderd, and
to be p..t forwerd es the views of a courageous
dieser.tient, v. 1:o p refers principles to party, and has
no ino!ive to essociate himself with a factious bid
for office. A short time since some scandal was cre-
aZed is Belgium by the discovery that the corre-
sperelent of a Paris jeernal, who had strenu-
reedy erlsioeated the annexation of Belgium to
Frere_e, was a Parisian in disguise. We do not
attribute: ar.y such snbterfuge to " W. R. 0."
Ile believes him:-elf to be a Liberal ; and, though
he facade to sereen all but his initials from the
ribliC, Pia to appear only as a " man of
" three lettere," yet his name and writings
are perfectly wall known. But it is time surely
that the nornenclatnro of party was revised, and
that the names which describe a man's political
connetion should be adopted with some reference
to preeetit realities rather than to old associations.
Pde do not dispute." W. R. o.'a" right to the title of
Liberal in that "truly liberal" sense in which
Mr. Cie aAELE affecbi the name. Ifs is quite as
much a Whig, we dare say, as the Duke of
PrItTrAP(T), or as Lord Firawrtern, who professes
to 11.. the rsomunent of the principles of 1688, or
ai. Lord Danny himself, who claims to have been
al ways faithful to tho principles of 1834. But
tivw. eminent and respectable persona see that the
Liberalism of a paid generation is the Cower-
vetian of the present ; and we are surprised that
" W.. R. 0." does not perceive it too. For some
y-'srs be bas trs-c in active opposition to the
o'doy of his party on nearly evr,ry great
queaeion that has engaged it. His views
on Reform are those of tho dissentient minority of
Lord DERIlfa cabinet. He sympathised with the
floathern slavehollers as he sympathises with
Protestant ascendancy in Ireland. Ocivernment
by minorities is the fundamental article cf
"SW. R. o.'s " creed ; and government by mino-
rities mesa, in the end, goverernent for mice -
rithst.

Nevertheles... wa do not see how our Tory friends
can accept " W. R. G.'a " alliance, for his Toryism.
on Church questions at least, has a different root•
from theirs. It is the Toryism of tbn type of
BarmfoullOlC6, Grimm. and Huns. The author
o: "Creed of Christendom," the lingiish
echo of OTlallnil and precursor of MINIM,
loolai at s clergyman much as a capitalist regards
a Trete Unionist. .Ho bolds "that the omen -
go trolled vaerrrfos of whattwar sett, or faith, or
"Oar& is, in virtue of his calling, and by
os Vu Of the Vary law of his