The Express.
London, England, 1868-03-19 00:00:00

FATAL FIGHT BETWEEN 241:788IILMANS

AND CHRISTIANS.

A letter from Ragusa says :

Fresh disturbances have broken out in Albania. The
Musulmano of Vuoinge have shacked the Christians of
fiukrill ; after casting down their cross, they provoked
them to the combat. The struggle was obstinate, and
many ware killed or wounded on both sides. The Chris-
tians, vanquished by reason of their inferior numbers,
took refuge at ChM, in the Montenegrin territory ; their
village was committed to the games. It appears that
they sought to withdraw themselves from the authority
of the Mudir and refused to pay taxes ; and that several
chiefs of the Mountain put forward the same pretension.
The Musulmano seised that circumstance as • pretext
for satiating their religious animosities. The Governor
Ismail has instituted • severe inquiry and deprived the
Nadir of Vusinge, Aly-Bey, of his post. He has also
made arrangements to forestall the vengeance sad re-
prisals of the ether Christian tribes.

RU6SULN PERSECUTION OF THE POLES.
The Wiest of St. Petersburg gives the following
picture of the landowners in Lithuania :
The Polish nobility is dying out. Five years of st►te of
siege and maturely prepared measures, and the patriotic
efforts of our reformers, have destroyed, to speak the
usual language of general journals, the pernicious illfilloo44l
of the Ltin•Polish propaganda, have overthrown
/Uhlaehto•Papists, and have restored to Remain the western
provinces, her inheritance for ages past. The odious
Polish language, which the Corrrier de Wilma de-
earthed not long bask as the hissing of the ser-
pent, no longer sullies the government offices or the
public places. The mass of the people, who bad for
several centuries suffered under the yoke of the Polish
nobler, am at length delivered, and returning gradually
within the pale of the orthodox church. All the exam-
'centers of rotten Polish civilisation are henceforth torn
out one by one, and from the history of the western pro-
vinces has been eff►ced the 400 years of their
union with the Polish republic. The time is aprosoli-
ing in which thews populations will have only I
yam traditions of those four centuries. The
Rumianising of the country is progressing. Polish pro-
prietorehip received a detainee Meer by the ukase of the
22nd December, 186.5. The local journals are filled with
advertisements of the forced salsa of Polish estates, and
the new Russian proprietors are taking possession of
the lands. There still remain, it is true, a consider-
ale number of Polish landowners in the western dig-
Mats, bat what will be the fate of their pro
perty ? Reduced in extent by the committees instituted
for the affairs of the peasantry, diaorganieed by the system
of partition, and the servitude to which they are subject,
end burdened with heavy taxes, they cannot long remain
in Polish hands.

A letter from Beret, in Moldavia, to the Lemberg
Journal, Gaya :

A telegram has just been addressed front Bucharest to
the anthorities of several towns in this country orderbig
them to send, without delay, all the Poles beyond the
frontiers of the Principalities. The commissioners of

polies have in consequence summoned to the sub-pre-
fectures all individuals of that nation residing in
the towns, and placed them under anent. At
the end of a few hours, however, they were set
at liberty, but with an injunction to quit the country
within a fortnight, if they did not wish to be expelled by
the polies. This muumuu has been applied t• all Poise
without distinction ; not only to emigrants, but also to
those who bad some to Moldavia with Austrian passports,
and resided that. for ten or twelve years.
Another letter from Botonchany, to the same
jonrnal, two days later, confirms this intelligence
in the following terms :

The Moldavian authorities at WUlimy end in the
neighbourhood commeseed their perm:guilds of the Poles
the day before mew*, sad the @sm. measures are now
announced in several other towns. The Rottman midge*
Peiping to fear an insurrection sad an Invasion oriented
by Prince Masa, but in realty yielding to the intimations
of Russia, have determined to send by degrees all the Poles
out of the Principalities. At Ythaleny, a little town on
the frontier of the Bukowine, throe polities' refugees and
three other Poles, who had inhabited Ifebiavis for many
years, after having left Oasis to pin a livelihood by
labour, have been expelled in a brutal mew

THZ " SUMMONS " TO PRESIDENT
JOHNSON.
The following is a ropy of the numinous served
upon President Johnson, by the sergeant-s$ arms
of the Senate :

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United States to Aadrow JobaNCO, Priddist of thendlod

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exhibit to the Senna ankles of inspeesiumal Nand
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ins:—{Hen follow the arlieir}—ead demand that
Ton, the said Aadrew histlloll dada be pat to
avower the nowations as sot forth in end
articles, and that each proseedinp, examinatiene,
Mali, lad jedgosenta, might be thereon* had ea an
agreeable to law and Justin Yea, the rid Andrew
Johann, an, therefore hereby enneened to be ,
and appear beton the Bach. el the United Stator of
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then end there to answer to the said ankles of lawma-
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TRX RIOTS IN NEW YORK.--

The New York Yrthune tithe 6th has the followin2
account of the riot width, as anneaseed by blooms, too;
plies the previous day among the emigrants on Ward' Island, and which, bat for the prompt interference of : large body of the police, would have resulted serionaly • " noes mimed in it were the Irish and OerMan
strangers residing there. The island is under the cents"!
of the emigrant oommisaioners, whereon they afford she!.
ter to newly-arrived emigrants, unacquainted in this cont.
try, and unable to obtain employment. A fund has imu,
established by taxing shipowner" a per tentage on the
passage-money of each of the emigrants. , superin,
tendent, end others in his employ, attend to their
wants in furnishing them with food and lodginz
Owing to the low prizes of labour, equmi
upon the general stagnation of business, the num consber of emigrants repairing to the island has increased to elm*
2,000 within the last six months. Of those about two-
thirds are Irish ; the remainder German. The inherent
hatred which has always existed between these clay,
seems to have fomented a 'mouldering emuity which
yesterday found vent in open warfare. Early this stinter a difficulty occurred between a German and an Irial
in which the latter received a stab, which, honeys., re:
salted in no serious injury. This event further intec„i.
fled the feeling of hatred between the Celts and Teutons
which was still more increased a few days ago by another
difficulty between two of the ringleaders of the rape,
tive parties, in which a number of Irishmen tame to the
rescue of their fellow-countryman, and inflicted severe
punishment upon his opponent. As late as Wednesd,s,
an Irishman and a German encountered each other, and
the former asked the latter for a drink of water which be
canted in a cup. On being refused he attacked the 4:er-
man, ands saline ensued, during which the Irishman was
thoroughly worsted. The result of these skirmishes led to
a determination on both sides to teat the physical strew;;;,
of their opponents in a free fight. At about ti o'clock ) ia-
terdey morning the Germans formed a lime to oppoiic at
expected attack from the Irish, who bad determined to
make short work of the affair. The Irishmen obtained a
green veil, which they secured to a pole, and charged upon
the Teutonic works, ;when an indiscriminate fight en-
sued. The Irishmen broke open the tool-house, and, aeiz.
ing every available implement, rallied to the basement of
the main building, whither the Germans had retreated for
protection. They broke open the improvised barricade,
and, barring up the entrance to preclude interference,
fought with desperate will. The life of one of the eltike
was saved by the courage of the late Superintendent Ler.
gen'e son, who protected him with a pistol against 11, in.
twisted mob. In the warning, Acting Sup...hi-Ai:
John H. liink endeavoured to maintain order among the
emigrants, bat being unable to do so, he sent to the
Twelfth Precinct for assistance. This wee responded to by
the return of a squad of nine policemen, this being all the
forth that Captain Bennett could muster. Despatching
these to the island, he telegraphed to headquarters for a
force of 100 more. On reaching the island they name.
diately charged upon the rioters, where they had collected
in the basement, and speedily pacified their warlike in.
stints with their uplifted clubs, and scattered them over
the island. Detachments from the Seventh, Tenth,
Eleventh, Seventeenth, Eighteenth. Nineteenth, Te,ntr.
first, Twenty-third and Twenty-ninth Precincts bean to
arrive, who, under command of Capts. Bennett, Hutchins,
and Jameson, took charge of the island. The rioters were
speedily captured and identified, and were placed in eels
of the hospital, where sixty are now imprisoned. At half.
past 6 o'clock J. McArthur, a detective of considerthic es.
perienoe, arrived, and set about ferreting out the icaakr in
the movement. One Brennan, known on the island se
the " Barracks Lounger," together with Franz Rudolph
Hiner, were lodged in the cells on suspicion. At noon
Inspector Walling arrived, at which time quiet had boa
comparatively restored. The wounded, numbering alma
14, were conveyed to the hospital. Their name., with
wounds sustained, are as follows :—Antonius Harman,
scalp ; Landry M. Meyer, scalp ; Carl H. sad).
bert, compound fracture of the ulna ; Chula
Mahler, scalp ; Heinrick Burke, scalp ; Augustus
Schell, scalp and contusion ; Frederick Lai;
fracture of head ; Ulrich Brobart, scalp ; Pattick
Conlon, gunshot wound; Patrick Doyle, gunshot wound;
Abram Jennings, gunshot wound on scalp ; Frederick
Spiegel, scalp; Matthew Brink, scalp; Franz Ward, sc.lp.
Detachments from the 12th and 29th Precincts, nuniberivg
32 men, remained ea the island last night under command
of Captain Bennett, to quell any attempt to renew the
conflict; the emigrants being intensely excited, and, is
spite of their injuries, seem bent uron fighting it out at
the first opportunity. About 700 men participated in the
riot, and, as a number of the emigrants are missing, it is
believed that they are either slain or hiding about the
island."

On the following day 27 of the ringleaders were brought
before Judge Kelly, at the Fifty-seventh-street Court-
house. Twenty of them were sent to the Penitentiary fot
• month each, two of them for three months, a•d the
other three were discharged. Sixty-five others of the
rioters were sent off the island to find shelter where they
could get it.

The Earl and Countess of Bradford left toss
yesterday for Milton-park, Peterborough, on a visit to the
Hon. George and Mrs. Fitzwilliam.

Viscount and Viscountess Barrington received at
dinner yesterday evening, at their residence in Cavendish.
square, the Duchess of Marlborough and Lady Cornelia
Churchill, the Earl of Malmesbury, the Earl of Morley,
Lord Methuen, Lady Wenlock and Hon. Miss Las
Hon. Bdward F. Leveson Gower, M.P., Colonel Taylor,
M.P., Mr. Christopher Sykes, M.P., &c.
Lady Holmesdale will have assemblies at
Coventry House, Piccadilly, on Saturday, the 41st and
28th hut.

THE BISHOP OF WINCHESTER.—The report from
Farnham yesterday was :—" The Bishop progresses more
and more favourably. There is a marked improvement ts
his lordship's condition every day. He now inquire' die
all the members of his family, is interested in everything,
is mock stronger, and more and more himself."

Mr Diaaeli has acknowledged, through Mr.
Montagu Cony, the receipt of the petition for the repeal
of the Party Processions Act, adopted at a meeting in 1;e1•
fast, and promised to give it his " attentive consideration."
It is stated (says the Times) that a now company
for the investment of capital in all the principal dividend.
paying foreign securities is about to be brought forwent,
so as to enable persons to employ money in this manner
without incurring the entire risk incidental to soy out
particular stook.
The directors of the North British Railway
Company have ascertained that there is a surplus in their
accounts for the half.year ending the 31st Janaarl sak.
dent to admit of a dividend on all their preference stab,
and of 4g per cent. on the Edinburgh and Glasgow Fire
per Cent. Prete:ems Stock No 3; but, in present circuit•
stances, they announce that it will be necessary to with,
division of profits by deferred warrants.
Tac " MAIIULAID " CLASll.—This morning W.S
published the draft et an agreement mitered into between
the British and Spanish governments to refer the long•
pending "Mermaid" claim to the decision of a mired
commission. The claim is made upon the Spanish govern•
mint cm behalf of the owners of the British *charmer
"Mermaid," of Dartmouth, for compensation for the lea
of that nisei. widish is alleged by the owners to have beet
sunk by a shot fired from the batteries of Ceuta, on the
16th October, 1564. The commission was, or is, to be c"'
posed of four persons, two to be named by each genre'
meat, and the commissioners themselves name an arhitn•
ter, at umpire, in case of any disputed point arising be•
tween them. Should the decision be in favour of the
alainsents, the sum demanded is to be paid within 90 dart
after the dais of such decision. The agreement was signed
at Madrid on the 4th March.

The English excursionists who left Boutharuptva
the early part of last month, arrived at Jerusalem, fres
Egypt, on the 2nd inst. They formed a brp equestrian
body u they entered the holy city cm bombed, Witt
their inenated driven= sad 'Madame They were
seempeabed by sumpter mules carrying baggage and
egi for laisampinent. The excursionists were lad
Iff Mika Gaga the projector of the excursion. Ttrf
ansemped eat take daring their journey from Jaffe
haJeneihea. Their efteampnleat equipage enrwered ad•
adrailp. The teats are impervious to the weather, the
de*, iphaftweate are geed, and Dthe mob and Pte'
meows the emaratonlete sumptuous dinners. A bad
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LAW INTEWGIENCE.-(rHIS DAY.)

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Were the Judge Ordinary.)
sum V. emre pyD own= (alai).

The evidence for the petitioner was remised.
Ann Louth, servant to Mrs. Smith, stated that one
night in April or May, 1866, her master bad coonden to
attend a patient at a distance and did not return
till the next day. That night Mrs. Smith went at two or
three times. At about 11 o'clock she called the boy in,
scolded him for being out so late, and sent him to bed.
Then she fetched up • bottle of brandy, poured out •
glum, and fetched Mr. Chawner into the house. Mr.
Chawner drank the brandy, and went with the respondent
jao the drawing-room. Only heard whispering
after that ; and after listening for Bye or ten
minutes, witness went to bed. On another
occasion, the respondent went out late, and witness
locked the door, for she thought it proper that Mr. Smith
should know that his wife was out. She, however, got
Into the house spin through the surgery window. She
used to take drink up into the storeroom. Had found •
dozen empty bottles there twice.
Ey a juror—Mr. Smith's little girl went toothed in the
morning. but in the afternoon she was allowed to stray
about the village as she liked.
Cross-examined—Was not discharged. Left because
there was too much work for one servant.

There being no witnesses for the defence,
Sir Robert Collier proceeded to sum up the evidence,
which he urged was qiute adequate to the perfect substan-
tiation of the charge against the respondents.
[The cue was proceeding when our report left.]
COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Bakst Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
IN al [ODOM.

The bankrupt w ie; c ; tof Wapping.
City-road, and elsewhere. He came before the court with
liabilities of 15,8411 f. ; assets not stated. He attributes his
bankruptcy to the failure of certain coprolite beds in
Cambridgeshire, which be had taken and contracted to
supply the material at a certain price, which he was un-
able to do. This was the sitting for examination and dis-
charge.
Mr. Reed, for the bankrupt, stated that the accounts
were in course of preparation by Messrs. Hart Brothers ;
but owing to the imperfect nature of the books, they
would not be able to tile them for two months. An ad-
journment was therefore asked.
Mr. R. Griffiths, for the assignees, consented, and
'Wed that additional accounts would be required.
An adjournment for three months wee ordered.
- - - - - -

(Before Mr. Commissioner Winslow.)
IN LC PRO, SETT% AND CRAMPTON.
The bankrupts are the well-known contractors of Great
Camp-street, Westminster, whose case has recently been
frequently before the court in connection with the ex-
traordinary claim set up against the estate by
the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway
Company. This was an adjourned sitting for
e‘annestion and discharge. At the last Kitting on the
17th January very voluminous recounts were filed by
Messrs. Coleman and Co. showing a" aggregate liability of
the two firms of Peal and Betts end Peto, Betts, and
Crampton, of 1,462,0001. ; and • few days ago the amount
of assets in hand had reached 80,0001. ,• but so long as
the monster claim of the London, Chatham. and Dover
Railway Company of about 6,660,0001. remains
undecided, the aorta are tied up and any idea of a divi-
dend is out of question. The bankruptcy occurred on the
:;th July last.
Mr. Denton appeared for the assignees ; Mr. Linklater
for the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company;
Mr. Chidley appeared for Messrs. Mount and Fielding,
who claim to be creditors for 30,000/. • Mr. Manna for the
General Credit Company, whose claim is 160,0001. ; and
Mr. Lammas for the bankrupts.
Mr. Denton said it had been arranged that the last 1
.atnination should stand over until next Wednesday,
when there was to be a further examination of Sir Morton
IN to in reference to the claim of the railway company,
and the question would then arise as to the further
adjournment of the last examination. The counts proposed
bad the approval not only of Mr. Linklater, ea represent-
ing the railway company, but of Mr. Lawrence on behalf of
the bankrupts.
The Commissioner—l have no objection to that, perhaps
it will be the better way. I don't know whether we shall
have arrived at such • stage in the inquiry on Wednesday
next as will enable us to terminate it, and to deal with
the question of lest examination.
Mr. Linklater said that on Wednesday next they might
be able to determine whether it was the best mums to con-
tinue adjourning the last examination to the same days as
the inquiry into the proof was adjourned, or to take a
longer adjournment at once—say for two months. It was
not only the convenience of the bankrupts that had to be
considered, but that of numerous other persons who were
brought down to the court by seeing that a sitting was
appointed fey last examination and discharge.
Mr. Lawrence said he had rather that the matter should
stand over generally.
Mr. Chidley asked that the proof of Messrs. Mount and
Fielding might now be admitted. It had been four times
before the court, and his clients had been put to great in-
convenience. The claim arose out of a concession for a
Russian railway.
Mr. Denton wished the proof to stand over till next
Wednesday,the claim to be submitted in the meantime to
the manager of the estate.
Mr. Chidley protested against further delay, as his client
bad engagements abroad.
Mr. Denton said their affidavits might now be taken, and
he dared say he should be in a position to admit the proof
on Wednesday next.
Mr. Chidley stated that the claim arose out of a
Chanoery suit, in which an order had been made for the
payment of 40,0001.
Ilia Honour said the proof would be admitted as a
claim, to be turned into a proof on Wednesday next, if
cause were not shown to the contrary.
Mr. Denton objected to a proof tendered by Mr. Wag-
staff on a promissory note, for 3,8001. on the ground that
he would obtain a doable proof against two of the estates.
It appeared that the note had been given by Pate
and Betts to Mr. Betts, the consideration being the in-
terest on 240,0001. due to Mr. Brawls executors; and the
holder of the note sought to prove against the joint estate
of Pete and Betts, and the separate estate of Mr. Bette.
After a short examination of Sir M. Peal and Mr. Betts,
the proof was ordered to stand over for further conekle •
ration.

The sitting was then adjourned till Wednesday next.
Mr. Bishop, the manager of the estates rid that several
prsors had been sent in which the assignees could not
whuit ; but as the partial were not in attendance to
t‘spport them, they would necessarily stand over.