The Express.
London, England, 1868-01-31 00:00:00

OIIS OON'

(THIS DAY.)

cossenitcw. netsurf.
The remarkable meeting which hen just been held
at Liverpool to deliberate en the question of commercial
morality forme the subject of comment in most of the
morning papers. That the transactions of the money
market should be so unusually limited as they are at the
present time, is due, observes the Times,
to the fact
that commercial credit hes been destroyed by com-
mercial immorality. So completely has it been broken,
that it is not to be obtained even for enterprises of good
promise, and the extraordinary duration of the alarm
shows the depth of the bepresalon produced. For the
present commercial immorality is most effectually dis-
couraged by the conditions of the money market. Capital
in abundance at one per sent, and yet unobtainable, is a
very impressive phenomenon, and one which should ope-
rate powerfully in the improvement of commercial credit.
Against the 1111101111.0106 of the danger when credulity re-
turns a good bankruptcy law would be a desirable provi-
sion, but the common sense of the public, the vigilance of
the mercantile profession, and the influence of opinion
will probably be more effectual than any legislation in
promoting commercial morality and sup-
permanently pporting commercial credit.
The Daily Noes awaits, with interest end sympathy,
the practical proposals which the Liverpool merchants and
lawyers may bring before us for dealing with the mischiefs
they have so candidly denounced. Most, if not all of
these remedies will be found to centre in a due adjust-
ment of the law of bankruptcy. As things are, all con-
ceivable temptations sit raised, in the expense, risk, and
complication of the proceeding, to induce the injured to
condone rather than punish the criminal conduct from
which they suffer. A code to define simply and clearly
what constitutes delinquency, and a public officer charged
to see that neither fear nor favour impedes its strict en-
forcement, are necessities which day by day become more
clearly imperative.
The Telegraph pleads for leniency towards those who
have honestly been rendered insolvent, and indignantly
protests against the proposition of one of the speakers at
the Liverpool meeting—to make bankruptcy a disgraceful
crime. It f avours the example of Georgia, which has abolished
every kind of imprisonment forgo tual debt, and thinks it
obvious that, did credit possess other defence than pm-
dence--except, of course, against fraud or malvereation—
it would shrink within the exact limits of safe trade.
The Slat says that the trading life of Liverpool has of
late been a wonderfully fast and flashy sort of existence.
A spurious sort of business has sprung up and flourished
there, glittering, audacious, vulgar, and alluring as the
Paris derni-monde. The American war, the cotton famine,
the blockade-running, lately quickened to a febrile condi-
tion the hot pulse of this kind of trade. All or nothing—
all staked upon a cast—seemed to be the principle and the
policy of the new class of mock merchant priaces, whose
deeds and fortunes astonished and scandalised the
Gladetones, and Browns, and llathbones, and other famous
and honoured representatives of commercial LiverpooL
The best of bankruptcy laws could hardly protect against
delusion and disaster a community so ready to set up
brazen idols and adore them. It cannot be doubted that
in several recent eases the evil was directly due to the
want of anything like a healthy, manly, public opinion in
Liverpool.

MILNER Glll,o:i'4 SPEECH.
Treating of Mr. Gibson's speech, for the meet part in a
tone of banter, the Times ventures to assign • reason
for the favour with which • large portion of the
upper classes of England regarded the Confederate cause.
What the public opinion of this country, it says, was at
issue with, not for the first time seven or eight years ago,
but for many years back, was a singularly selfish, aggres-
sive, and provocative policy, of whirl the Northern States
and their population were supposed to be the leaders and
authors. Whatever it was, whether tariffs, or frontiers,
or the interpretation of treaties, or fishery rights, or any
other question, we knew, as we hail known for all this
century, that even if American governments should be
disposed to treat us with fairness, the mass of the people
would not ; and that, well as we wished America, it was
practically hardly possible to avoid desiring that she
might be somehow brought to equality of pretensions and
tone.
The Herald is tempted to oak whether it was not
Mr. M. Gibson who was a member of the government
which is answerable for tho Alabama difficulty, which is
the fount and origin of all the evil. It was the liberal
ministry of Lord Russell who brought upon us this diffi-
culty, who tried their hand at a solution and failed
egregiously. It was the same liberal ministry which is
responsible for the whole policy pursued by England
towards America during the civil war. Nothing was done
by us as a nation, or could be done, of which the Americans
could reasonably complain, which was not done by the
government of which Mr. Milner Gibson was a member.

in the

At the Council held yesterday by the Queen at Osborne I
there were present the Duke of Marlborough (Lord Pre-
sident), the Earl of Bradford (Lord Chamberlain), Lord
John Manners, and the Right Hon. Stephen Cave. Mr.
Help, was Clerk of the Council.
Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-
Despatches
from the Governor-General of Canada and the Go-
vernor of the Bahamas. Despatches were sent to the
Governor-General of Canada.

The Duke and Duchess of Northumberland have
arrived in Paris on their way to Rome.
The Earl of Wicklow, who has been passing the
winter at Brighton, returns to his residence in Cavendish•
square for the meeting of parliament.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone and Mrs.
Gladstone and family leave Hawarden Castle on the 13th
proximo for town, for the season.
The Right Hon. Edward Cardwell, M.P., and
Mrs. Cardwell will arrive at their residence in Eaton-
square about the 13th of the ensuing month.

AND THZ

Legisi the
f wnillowg
- Corps Legislatif
Bill, announced
iperor's , 1867. One cannot
complain that the deputies have not had time to meditate
on the subject. We may hope that the debate will be
interesting and instructive. All the speakers will, no
doubt, be thoroughly acquainted with a question which
they have had it in their power to study for
twelve months and ten days. But as for ourselves it is
just the moment when, in consequence of the judgment
of the 25th January, we must moss the frontier, and
occupy our columns with what is going on in Vienna, St.
Petersburg, and Berlin. By a lucky chance the Haves
Agellry communicates the following telegram :—" The
har' German Garatte says : ' It is possible that several
journals may find in the speech delivered yesterday in the
French Senate by the Minister of War a new pretext
for alarm. In oar opinion Marshal Niel only invite
from his special position as a French officer.'" We
should be glad (continues the Dibars) to examine
whether the Prussian organ is right or wrong, but
whilst the journals of all Europe have the right to analyse
and pronounce judgments on the debates of the French
Chambers, French newspapers cannot reply without ex-
posing themselves to fines of from I,ooofr. to 5,000 fr. If,
perchance, the North German Ga:etta, to prove ita state-
ment, thought fit to quote textually two pasasges from
the speech of the Minister of War, the French journal
which should merely transcribe this article with its quo-
tations would unquestionably be condemned to I,ooofr.
fine at least, because it was a textual quotation of two pas-
sages of a speech delivered in the Corps Legislatif that
caused the condemnation of one of the ten journals re-
cently prosecuted. It would be well, perhaps, therefore,
to offer a new amendment on the Press Bill in these
terms :—" The French press have the right of pub-
lishing analyses and even quoting passages from speeches
mule in the Senate and Corps Legislatif which shall have
become the subject of discussion in foreign journals."

THE DIFFICULTIES OF DUALISM.
An amusing incident has occurred in the Hunga-
rian chamber which shows that dualism, like unity,
is not without its difficulties. The incident is thus
reported in the North Eastern Correspondeurc:
The Austrian budget had to be presented to the Trine-
Leith= delegation, and it was indispensable that in laying
it on the table it should be done in the Hungarian lan-
guage. But the Imperial Chancellor of the Exchequer,
Herr yen Belie, does not know a word of Magyar. To get
out of the difficulty he undertook the serious task of
learning by heart the few words which be had
to pronounce. He acquitted himself admirably.
The Hungarian deputies were as delighted as they were
surprised when they heard him speak ; and, believing him
to games • competent if not • full knowledge of their
language, they got round him, complimented him upon his
fluency and accuracy of pronunciation, but, unfortunately,
asked several questions in the Hungarian language. The
minister smiled, nodded, muttered something indistinctly,
. but made for the door as soon as he could, and du-
. peared.

(lISCTER.S TCLEG FUNS.)
SPAIN.

MADRID. Jai. 30.

The Prussian Minister has been accredited to the
Queen as representative of the North German
Confederation.
In the Budget just laid before the Cortes the go-
vernment has asked for authorisation to improve
the position of tho railway companies.

PORTUGAL.
LISBON, JAN. 31.
The King and Queen, with a numerous suite,
have gone to Villa Vicoaa on a hunting excursion.

EXPRESS FROM PARIS.

THE CLERKENWELL OUTRAGE.

THE ADJOURNED INQUEST.—(THIS DAY.)
This morning the adjourned inquiry relative to
the death of Martha Thompson and Humphrey Even`'
two of the victims of the Fenian outrage in Clerkenwell,
was rammed* Dr. Lumber and a St. Pancras jury at
the Vestry-hall, St. Pancras.
The Coroner, in opening the proceedings, said that
under ordinary circumstances he should have applied to
the Rome Secretary for power to bring before the jury th,.
prisoner and informer Mullany, to give evidence. Mr.
Hardy, however, believed it was not legal to allow rersont
who were accused of crime to be taken before coroner.'
juries, though previous home secretaries had allowed it to
be done, but as Mr. Hardy had been educated in the law no
doubt he had good reasons for refusing to adopt the COMM
pursued by his predecessor. As, however, the general pies.
tion as to the bringing of prisoners beforecoroners wit leo,
being agitated and discussed, and would probably 1.
brought before parliament, be would not further dime.,
the matter, except to say that he had no doubt as to tit.
propriety of bringing prisoners before coroners' juri.es ; f.,,
if a jury could see the prisoner at the time of the inquiry
they would often form a very different estimate ~f
the evidence against an accused person. On th
other band, a great injustice was frequently done to ~c•
cused persons by the prevention of their appeara I .
fore the coroner's jury. The coroner then proceeded t .
remark upon the additional light which had been
throw'.
upon the details of the outrage, by the several adjourn.
manta of the present inquiry. He had good reason b.,
believing that important evidence would ise
now he:::
still forth.
coming if, after such evidence as they would
they thought proper to adjourn again.
Charles Mosely,aboy still an inmate of St. Bartholomew',
Hospital, was then ailed, and repeated the evidence he
had given at Bow-street, asserting that the prison,
Barrett fired the fuse.
A Juror—How did you pick him out at BOW-street
Witnees—lie was amongst others.
Inspector Potter—The man Barrett was put amow....
20 persons taken promiscuously from the streets and
boy picked him out from them.
Witneee—l saw him after that at ?Milbank and point.
him out.
Henry Bird, dairyman, was then produced, and sore:
that Barrett fired the barrel. At first, he said, lie bid:
out O'Neill, thinking he .7 AS the man who applied :t.
fuse, but soon after he turned Barrett round and rec....
nised him.
Mrs. Smithey', landlady of the Bell beer-house, C.0p...
rationdane, having repeated the evidence given by her • .
previous occasions,
The Coroner said it was now for the jury to coui:d.
whetberthey would again farther adjourn, or whether tii•
would at once deliver a verdict upon the evidence Isla.
bad been given. If they chose to adjourn for a fortnLi •.
it was possible that they would have before them the ,
Mullany, who, having become a witness for 'he croa-1
would no doubt by that time be liberated, and could ;.
brought before them as a witness.
A juror mid be thought it WAS their duty to djourt.
since such important evidence was promised them.
Another juror said he thought the jury should lot
separate without expressing their opiuion that tie lb.—
Secretary was placing obstacles in the way of the • •• •
factory progress of the coroner's inquiry.
The Coroner said be would not use the word "olnt • •
and he did ,ot wish any interpretation of that kind to t
upon his words. if the jury should be of opinion th,,t
law relating to the production of witnesses and
before coroners' juries was at fault they should rah, .
press a desire to go to parliament for a reform than to ..
fault with the doings of the Home Secretary, f,.r ts
no doubt. Mr. Oathorne Manly had certain cogert t• •
Inspector Thompson alibi the man Malang 11 .1 1 • ' 1
yet liberated, nor had he been freed from criminal
tion. He was at first charged with treason.felm.y
sequently with murder. Now, the charge of meta.
withdrawn, but that of trenson-felony still butt; ot, r h
head. It wan at present by no means certain tart
would be at liberty in a fortnight, though he '-
was intended eventually to rot hint free.
The Foreman said he thought they had 1..1
quite sufficient evidence to enable them to give a ~
as to the cause of the deaths. There could ho no .1,•
whatever as to that cause, and he could not err,
what wastobegained by any further ad journ uncut.
if a majority of the jury were in favour of such -:,
jounsment he would not stend in the way of it.
Several jurors agreed with the foreman.
A juror—Has the approver Vaughen seen the
Vaughan. on being called, replied-4 have not yet v.. u
the man who styles himself Barrett, or Jackson. If 1 • w
him Imight know his face, though I don't know the
Inspector Thompson said that Vaughan should •••e
Barrett, and if the jury adjourned to a future day. th,y
could then ask him if he knew him.
The jury then expressed a desire to retire and cond.l r
the propriety of a further adjournmeut. They accoo..4y
retired, and on returning into court in a few minutes,
The Foreman said the jury bad decided by a tfiljort,
of their number to adjourn. and they stronely wished • .
have before them on the neat occasion the man Mullity.
his apprentice, and also the approver Vaughan.
A juror asked ii the witness Young, who was exarnir,
on a previous occasion, had seen Barrett.
Inspector Thompson said he had, and had recti;Jr.
him.
Elizabeth Crawley. of St. Jemes'e-walk, wa er
s ra11..1.
and asked if she had identified any of the men in cli•e.dr.
as being those she saw in Corporetiondane on the daj
the explosion. She replied that she had not.
Bird the dairyman, was again called. He sail tl t
since he was here last he had seen a truck which v..,
much resembled that in which the barrel was conve.,, • i
Corporation-lane on the day of the explosion.
The inquiry was then adjourned for three weel.s.

Leave was granted at Dublin yesterday to , .b-
-stitute service of writ of summons and plaint ou the 111.4
publishers in the libel action against the Pan.,,ion I;
The judges of the Court of Queen's Bench were
divided on the application of Mr. Pigott, of the
I.
to have the indictment, if any, found againgt him tto
commission removed into the Court of Queen's Bench. 'll+
trial will therefore take place at the commission.
Strange as it may seem, all the London
are chosen from young, able seamen, and nearly all 1.30
served in men of war.
Mr. Graham, surgeon to the Holloway
writing to a contemporary, says :—" Your reporter so -.0
to be astonished that a man in such a state as Lyor • 3,1
should die at all. Were lie to see several other •
fifty-one prisoner' sent to Holloway for begging, he :31,1
a
rather wonder that any one of them went out ahve ; in-
deed, on looking to our statistic., the entail
deaths in proportion to the large amount of inmates siv,..!:•
leg from illness would surprise him. Last year the
I average population in the prison was 333, and thou:fa:be
number of sick amounted to 7,043, there was hut cle
death, and that from pulmonary consumption."
The Masonic brotherhood of 1'6064h:1011a -r•
I about to build a granite structure 250 feet long by 1"
feet wide, with a tower 300 feet in height. It will cm
nearly 1,000,000 dollars.
Both England and France have garrisons in est:
Japanue port of Yokohama, within 20 miles of della
the capital. Each garrison has the flag of its uMos
floating above its quarters.
SPECIAL CONSTADLES.—It appears from .3
official return just published that the total number2^:l
of
special constables in Great Britain reported up to the
inst. was 113,674 ; those in the City and
met
viag sOl
ropolitant
tricts numbering 52,974. The organization ha
been completed, or nearly so, the temporary office inWa'
'Wilton Barracks will be closed at the end of the pi esett
month. It is considered that few questions are likely ta
arise which cannot be met by a reference to the pri11,34
'Detractions and summary of the acts of parliamentalruill
circulated. Any further copies of the foregoing or other
printed papers which have been issued may be obtmiel
upon application, for the metropolis, to the Commissioner
of Police, Scotland-yard; for the City, to the COOlll,iP
goner of City Police, Old Jewry ; and for country Mama
places, either on application to the Queen's Printer,
Harding street, 8.C., or to the Hoinemffice, \Whitehall.
THE 31ETROPOLITAN BOARD AND ITS HE, 01
Lon/I.—Last eight, a crowded public meeting ofd rate
payers of St. Pancras, convened by the vestry,
at the Vestry-hall, Camden-town, for the purpose of proagainst the alleged. and uncoostitutioo
testing
racoutlinirs of the Metra
_taa Board of Works, in ham
at a meeting held with cUesd doors resolved to borrow
sum of 3500001. over and above the sum authorise)
parliament Resolutions in sooordAnce with the obje4
of the muting were adopted. Mr. Harvey Lewis, X?
was precept, sad one of the speakers. He said thatppul ak!n'
twelve months ago they attended a meeting in o
to the proposed fourpeany rate. The opposition was tb
thought almost hopeless, but the courage which the
payers of St. Pancras displayed and inspired in OM
proved sueoesofill. He was himself a ratepayer,
viewed with alarm the incrusted taxation of the wen
polio. He did not think the people of the metropolis ils
should be called upon to pay for tile metropolitan Julys,'
meats, but oansidered they should be paid for by t
nation at large. There were a great many working poi
in the metrol•
is who, in consesuense of the in
taxation, could scarcely keep their heads above water,
still every additional pinny only tended to rink 31'
still lower. If parliament, whose debates affected'
only he psoplo of this cumin but of other nations, cc
maker their proceedings public, it was idle to say that
borrowing of • sum of 330,0001. by such a body as the 1
tropolitan Board should be conducted in secret.
If
board wished to retain the oonfidence of the rateral
they mud not repeat the iniatake they had made.

_Alt._
SS,
t; •
.f. I
IeVITENI
11 MKRWAI7F-11 Y G JANI
v.PO ' -
s, -.witiffsu ;.
... ....c.. tomomnalmim
°3l3° ' AI. 30. THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
The Queen drove out yesterday, sesempanied PRESS.
by Prime's Christian and Princess Loutse. : t
, ..... . • The Joimbo/ des Debate refers, in .
Her Majesty went out this morning with moose.
kelcl Louise. terms, to the debate on the Prs
tvial, Sines Monday lost Prince Leopold has bean sealed to under diacumion in the Corps Legial
the his room by Beyer. indispositio His royal highness b On the 29th of January, 1868, the
pneY better to-day, and is progressing very satisfeetorify. entered upon the discussion on taw Press
in the Emperor's letter of January 18,188