The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-20 00:00:00

LEEDS, TUESDAY,
The Prince of Wales, with a select party, left
Templeneweam about half-past 11 o'c• tia-dey,
and drove slowly towards Leeds,: Inteirepersed
with carriages and cabs, primitive nibbles
and horses rough from the moon were drawn
op along the sides of the road, with asto-
nishing loads of holiday folks, beaming
with good humour, and attacking at fre-
quent intervals the bursting baskets that nursed'
their provender. The escort of the Yerkshirel
Hussars glittering very bravely in their blue and
silver colts, and the scarlet jackets of Mr. Ingram's.
outriders and postilions, flitted by there like a play-
scene, and for the moment interrupted the homelyl
talk and appetite. When the hindmost carriage had
passed through the cloud diciest, • jogging pro-1
cession of carte followed-to me the sigln of Ler..
The mayor and corporation robed in theme:mil
chamber at ten o'clock mad drove off to York-1
road, where the berouo ends. On their way they
were cheered of course, but the unusual sounds
of hissing were also !want in the neighbourhood of
Marsh-lane, where large numbers of Irish Bye. It
is said that the prompt manures taken last
•
rear by • the authorities to prevent a pro-1
Tatted Fenian funeral preeenLEADS, TOZSDAY on, was the rea- The ball given by the Mayor was one of the most
so insignificant that it hardly deserves notice. A NIGHT.
son of this strange demonstration, but it was
Ibrilliant that has taken place in the north of &g-
-horde or two of thieves came to Leeds on Saturday land. The Prince of Wales entered the room
and Sunday, and thornily*? yesterday placarded the about twelve o'clock, and dancing was at once,
town to put the citizens on their guard ' • and n de- I begun. Amongst those who accepted invitations
teethe who knew their sways thought they wen sa were Sir George and Lady Aneyiege, Air. W. B.
likely to be at the bottom of the mischief as. say- I Desungst, MF. and Lady Margaret Beau_
body. Whoever they wan, they had .the P. ,
tinont Sir Frank and Lady Crossley, Earl
sense to devote their lungs.to plemanter tads wCin
the Prince came by subesqtenflt. mayor abg and Qoanteestle Grey and Ripon, the Earl of 'Let-
his party waited near the arc at the boroargiti land, Sir Henry Edwards, Bait , M.P., and Lady
boundary to receive, thOdistingtidhed visitors. Thel Edwards, Lord and Lady Feversham, Earl and
crowds here were of the poorest dames, and theYi Countess Fitzwilliam and the Ladies Fitzwilliam,
hardly knew which to enjoy reest,—tbse hot mite' the lien. Mr. ands C. Fox, Major-General Sir
which was making their faces to shine, or the un-. John Garvock, Viscount Hamilton, Lord Claud
formsof the oorporation, themilitary, widths police.:John Hamilton, Lady M. A. Ingleby, Duke
By and bye, a troop of the Royal Horse Artillery and Duchess of St. Albans, Duke of Devon-
came on at the gallop, wheeled rapidly into &neigh- . shire, the Honourable C. L. Wood, Lord
bouring field, limbered up in double quick time, Houghton, Earl and Countess Grosvenor, the
and stood ready to fire, a royal salute just as the Hon. 0. Dunoombe, M.P. Lady C. and the Misses
advance guard appeared from nimplienevrearn. The Dancombe, the Countess of Scarborough, Lord
inhabitants of the villages of Whitkirk end Halton, Cheiterfiold, Lord Downes, Lord Petersham, the
like those of Woodlesford last night, came ont Misses Ingram, Hon. H. L. Wood, Major Tees-
strong in numbers, in miricellaneous decorating/ dale, General Knollys Lord and Lady Halifax
and in handkerchief waving ;old- shouting, for they and Km Wood, Lord: Mayor and Lady
not only "supported" a oomph, of 'slight arehes, Mayoress of York, the Lord Mayor and Lady
but outstripped the government in taking pos- i Mayoress of London, Earl and Coantess of kiex
session of the electric telegraph wires, and fee. borough, Hon. Mr. D. Murray, Lord and Lady
tooned them with flowers and evergreens. ' 'ferries, and the two Mite Maxwells; Viscount
Soon after nooa the Prince end. the Mayor met and Viscountess Pollington, Sir L. M. Pilkington
at the York-road-arch, and a, prooesaion was forth- and Lady Pilkington, Hon. and Rev. P. Y. Sava°
with marshalled. The honor, were small and bare and Miss Smile General Sir C. T. von Strom-
and the people betweeit them and the barricades bey, Colonel ff. Straubenzee, Mr. and Mrs.
poor, and often ill-favoured. They lighted np just Neynee Ingram.
• trifle when the Prince bowed his aoknowledg-
ments of their welcome; but one might be pardoned
for fancying the effort unnatural. The previous
hissing caused some of the worthy citizens to appre-
hend a disturbance of the royal progrmui ; but there'
was no token of anything bait approbation. Gather-
ings of Sunday school children added their shrill
hurrahs. The heart of the town was, next, entered,
and the further and of Kirkgate began to show
ales of dense crowding that continued to the end
of -the journey.
The Prince had been expected at half-past 12,
and arrived at ten minutes past 1. In their
anxiety to secure seats not a few had been in the
building at 11 o'clock, and the interval afforded a
good opportunity for the exercise of patience. Once
there was ii. false alarm, but at length the guns on
the moor and the echo of the cheering without
caused all to start to their feet and look towards
the entrance. Mr. Hafld, who had a picked York-
shire choir of 200, and hie own tine band. gave the
tap for attention, and after slowly marching along
• corridor which could be seen through the ferns
and ivy, the procession entered at the end of the
hall, while the band struck up the National
Anthem.

The National Anthem was rang by the choir,
when the Prince had taken his sent on the dais.
After the performance the Mayor of Leeds advanced,
and an address was read and presented.
His Royal Highness, in the deliberate and clear
style he has acquired during the bust two ox three
years, read his reply :
My Mayor, Aldermen, and Gentkusen,—l think you
for the kind welcome you have offered me. Representing
on this occasion her Majesty the Queen, who has been
pleased to intimate to me her desire that I should
preside for her at tho opening of the noble building
which does so much honour to Leeds, lam thankful for
the opportunity afforded me of becoming personally
better acquainted with your town slid its inhabitants,.
It will be most agreeable to me to repeat to the Queen
the assurances you have given me of your loy►lty and
affection towards her, and of the grateful recollection you
retain of the visit of herself and my late lamented father
to open your Town-hall. It will be not lees satis-
factory to her Majesty to hear o the progress in
prosperity which one of the most important towns in her
dominions has made Since that event. It has been a matter
of the deepest regret to the Princess of Weiss that she
has been unable to be present with me on this day. She
had anticipated the highest enjoyment from the visit, and
you may believe that her disappointment is propor-
tionately greet. (Cheery.)

The Prince, in his reply to the executive com-
mittee, said :

Is dirtying the wishes of the Queen, it 12441 been very
gratifying to me to attend here this day in order to Man.
pirate the opening of a building erected for such purposes
as those you have set forth. The account you have
given of the origin and progress of the work, its *ten-
sion and development to other uses than those originally
contemplated, cannot have been listened to without a
feeling of honest pride in the heart of every inhabitant
of Leeds ; while on the part of every stranger present
this feeling must be ripened into admiration at that
liberal munificence which provides at the same time
for the relief of suffering humanity and for the
rational enjoyment of the humblest classes. In contribut-
ing from her own collection towards one of these benefi-
cent objects, her Majesty has set an ez.imple which I in
common with others have hastened to follow, and I feel
convinced that the eihibition of these works of art this
brought together, especially when the exhibition is such es
there walls bear testimony to, cannot WI to produce the
happiest results In the cultivation and elevation of the
r tastes of the people. I have to return my grateful thanks
for the sentiments contained in this address towards the
Princess of Wales. It was her most MIAOWe desire to
accompany me *Leeds, and the disappointment you are
good enough to 4:press at her inability to do so I can
*sure you is not greater than her own. (Prolonged
charm )
The Bishop of Ripon read a prayer composed for
the pccasion, and the choir sung Mendelssohn's
AB men, all things praise the Lord." The
Prince then started through the galleries on a tour
of inspection, and his train was limited to officials
connected with the exhibition, and the guests
front Templenewsam. Amongst them we may
mention the Duke of Devonshire, Duke and
Duphess of St. Albans, Earl Grosvenor and Lady
Constance Grosvenor, Lord and Countem,Fitz-
william Earl of Dudley, Earl of Chesterfield,
Earl of Scarborough, Lord and Viscountess Halifax,
Lord Houghton, Lord Feversham, Lord Grantley,
Lord IL Cavendish, M.P., Viscount .Nevill,
Viscount Down°, Viscount Galway, Yiscount
Petersham, Sir L. Pilkington, Bart., Sir F. Cross-
ley, Bart. M.P., Mr. Baines. M.P. Mr. Bee-
croft, M.P. Viscount Milton 'M.P., Colonel Hon.
0. Dunoom,e, M.P. ; Mr, Millbank, M.P.; the
Bishop of Ripon, Rev. (Anon Atlay (bishop-desig-
nate of Heseford), Professor Lewis, Colonel TOW

Yesterday evening Mr. T. W. Retcliff, coroner
for the Liberties of the Tower, held en inquest at the
Court-house, Artillery-ground, near Norton Folgete, rels- •
tive to the alleged murderof Mrs. Emma Grossinith, aged •
• 415 year,.
The deceased was the victim of a murderous outrage per-
petmted on her by her husband's shopman, Alexander
Arthur M.ickey, on the morning of Friday the Bth lust
MacmlrpmeaLsoooded, and has continued hitherto to elude ,
the I
r. George Grossmith, 11, Artillery-passage, Itishosei- •
gate-street, said that he was an eatlngthouse keeper. '
The body viewed by the jury was that of his wife. On
last Friday week he went out in the morning at about
9 sicisials, leaving her in good health. He returned a*
10 o'clock, and found that an attempt had been made on •
her life. Dr. Jackson would not allow him to see his.
He had let: in the house, alone with deceased, Alexander
Arthur Mackay, who was an assistant in the shop. That
yocr.s man Lad, on the Monday preview., spoiled about
10.. worth of goods, and witness told him that there was
nothing he abominated so much as a chest. He had put
a quantity of potatoes in some place to hide them, so that
he would not have the trouble of peeling them, and they
got spoiled. Mrs. Gressmith told Mackay, "I am glad
your master has found you out. You have
cheated me enough." On the Wednesday after
the Monday witness had to go into the City
to pay a bill, and witness observed that Mackay dropped
something he wes cleaning, and listened attentively while
Mrs. Gromen.ith was speaking of where the money was
kept. Witness went away, but hurried back, not liking
Mackay') appearance. 1, pore entering the shop be KM
Mackay sitting down with a knife is hie hand. He jumped
up, looking us white as a sheer, and ern into the yard,
where he bolted himself into the closet. The same even-
ing he came to witness and borrowed 2a. The nex timers-
ing Mrs. Grommith said to witness that she could not ws
derstand Mackay, he was so motleys. His appearance was
wild and uneasy. she spoke to Mackay about it. and he
said something about his friends. He used to sleep in the
home.. On the Friday morning witness's son saw bins
practising on apiece of meat with a chopper. lie was so
strange and :11-tempered looking on that morning that
. witness reprimanded him about quarrelling with the chil-
dren. Mackay was 19 years of age. Deceased toki wit-
ness that she had no quarrel with Mackay on the Friday
morning.
The police at this stage produced an iron bar, some four
feet in length, encrusted with blood, and with a quantity
of hair adhering to it ; also a chopper, the handle of an
iron pot, and a roller, all stained with blood.
I Mr. Grosamith identified the articles as his property.
He added that on the Wednesday evening, when he went
out to pay a hill, he returned in 26 minutes, instead of
remaining out as he would have does in the ordinary
course. Witness was convinced that if he had not re-
turned unexpectedly, the murder would have been com-
mitted that evening. Mackay had no work that required
him to Lave a knife in his hands. On the Friday morning
Mrs. arommith sent Mackay out to sell some hoses in the
neighbourhood, and he brought back the money, Is, 2J.
Mrs. Mary Sandeford, a widow, deposed that she re-
sided at 1.1. Artillery-passage, two doers from Mrs. I hem
smith's. Between 9 and 10 o'clock on the Bth inst, her
servant came running down stairs and said that there was
, some one mooning, and that she knew Mrs. Grossmith's
voice. Witness went into the eating-house and called to
I Mrs. Gromesith, but there was no answer. She therefore
walked towards the kitchen, when the servant sums
opened the • door. He first looked op through
the glass panels of the door. When he opened the doer
witness eaw the deceased's legs and a quantity of blood.
She said to the servant, " Oh, John, you hare done thie."
He answered quite coolly, " No, ma'am, I have not." elm
said, " Where is Mr. Groemnith r end he said, "He is
round the corner, and I will fetch him." She told himtd
fetch him instantly, and he went away, but he *ever .1
came back. The deceasedsras lying ou her back ins pool r
of blood. Witness sent foe Dr. Jackson at once. Mackay'. -
face bore marks either from splashes of blood or }Fora
scratches. the did not observe whether his clothes were
torn. There was nothing amiss in the shop everything
was ready for business.
Mary Stephens said that she lived at the chapel in t
Artillery-street, jest behind Mrs. Grosamith's premises.
On the morning of the Bth inst., about half-past nine
o'clock, she heard &great crash mei( a quantity of earth. .1
enware had been broken. She distinctly heard a voice say
three times, " Oh, don't." It was very like Mrs. Oros-
smith's voice. It was certainly a female's voice. She
went to the window andssw no one, and there was nothlet
suspicious to be seen. Soon afterwards she heard of the
attempted murder at the eating -house.
At this stems the coroner adjourned the case for the ;
attendance of additional witnesses.
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THE EXPORT COAL TRADE OF GREAT BRITAIthi.—
From @Satiatioaa published ia Liverpool yesterday we dad
that daring the mouth of April lust the tots) ticoorte of
coal from the several porta of the United Kingdoms
•monsted to 033,515 tons, an increase over March et
isoxt box, and over April of 1867 of 148,961 tone. The .
exports for the four months ending April reached ,
2,8-62,936 tons, showing an increase, as compared with the
eorrreponding period of the previous year, of 306,636 tons. --
The exports dories the past month were as follows
Liverpool, 49,433 teas ; Northers porta, 427,462 Moss
Yorkshire porta, 47,212 tons ; London, 4,965 tons ; Mama
ports, 300,467 toss ; Baba ports, 104,276 tons. The • 1
experts ooastwise from the Mersey daring April mese
3,367 tons, against 7,096 tons in April, 1867.
Tux Taws AND Barrm.—A good set of teeth '
ever howls favourable impositions, while their mese:ration te
of the utmost importance to *very Individual, both es rqprds
the general hostth by the proper mastication of food, and the
mialocteest possession of pure and sweet, breath. Amend the •
redeem preparations offered for the teeth and gum we could
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