The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-09 00:00:00

LOBB OP TAB DUNDBA WHALING 6111 i
WHALING

Yesterday the mate of this vessel arrive l le
Dundee, and reported that she bad bus loot in C•in16,,,..
land Gulf on the 16th July last. The Wildfire WILi
despatched to the Greenland seal fishing like the ot‘,
vonele, but left Dundee early this Year for t,,
purpose of prosecuting the whale flaking at DlVrill
The vessel had her fan broken in 72 N., awl hvii,
return to Hoisteinburgh to have it replaced. This iyr a.
been been done she proceeded to Cumberland Golf. g.'
there got among some heavy ice. The ship was wr,r,
times struck, but on the 16th of July she sustained
damage to her stern. It wee found that the 1„1
been so much injured that it would be impossib..).4
continue the voyage. Captain Henderson at
made for Lovely Island, which he bed
grantee* difficulty in reaching—the pumps 14,
been kept going from the time of the aocident. A‘
Lovely the stores were removed from the s..
and she was abandoned. The crew, which conscei
about fifty hands, were about six weeks on the
Thirty-du of than, with the mate, have beau hr,„.*,
home in the Dania brig Constance, while the rere„,' •
Mews, with Captain Henderson, will be shipped is
of the other Danish ships. At the time of the unf,rt
mishap the Wildfire wee clew. She was an Aco,i
built used and was tranidormed into a mew
Blse wee a very good vessel and was worth "meal tie.,
sands of pounds. Her lose will be met by insurum,..
belonged to the Tay Whale Fishing Company.

2713 3.1.11218L8Y EXPLOSION.

THEM MORE DEATHS.
(sr vazaffluni.) _

BARNSLEY, Far,'
Throe more deaths, as anticipated, occurr.„i

manna--making eleven in all. The three death.,
Mr. Nor:* the proprietor; Mr. Bywater, the ma:
and Evans, the ammetaat. Two more are RA ez
survive.

ALLBORD ATTBMPTBD ARSON I:PA I •
CILLAR MANUFACTURER.

At the Manchester city police court ve.-• •
Mr. Oliver Ellis. spinner and manufacturer,
bilkcoata, near Wakefield, was charged with has.,
tt to fire a warehouse in Menchestur eu -
September
last. Detective-inispector Shandle.y
preheaded the prisoner on Wednesday night •
coats, under a warrant charging him with her.:
tempted to set fire to the warehouse of Mr. T. E. M ,
Chorlton-street, Manchester, on the rth •.:
month, and further with having threatened te sl..
boy who was in charge of the warehouse
to make any alarm. After he had read the
to him, the prisoner said he was at Mr. Melial,•,
house on the night in question, his object testae t -• ,
away some goods, but that so far as settin,j t:. ;
place or threatening the boy's life was )0.••77.
bad no mach intentions. When inf.:n.l it. •-. s.
first given at the police-office, he
went to Mr. Mullan's warehouse, and on ezalue, •
premises found that the ends of several pieces 07 •
been burned, as well as the covering with 10711•. h •*.
was lapped. He afterwards went to Wakefield
of the prisoner, but found that he had not reeve
Manchester.
Mancheeter. Having received instructions V. •
inquiries regarding the prisoner, he again went t •
coats last Tuesday, taking the boy who wa,
of the warehouse with him. The boy at onee
Mr. Ellis as being the man who was at his mast.
house on the morning of the I.7th of Septemb-r
further said that when the prisoner came to the •.4" s'
he produced a revolver, and said, " New. if 7 .
the slightest alarm, I will blow your bri.i.•
Witness asked the prisoner if he had a : •
in his possession, and he replied that
one, which he kept for the protection of his eve
but that Le never had it in Manchester at al:. 1:
possession of the revs...Ter (produced), and F
tell the bench that it was similar to the one h••
hand when be came to the warehouse. Ti,•
concluded by asking for a remand for a w
Cobbett, who appeared for the prisoner, je.e•
application, and the prisoner was remanded f - -
days, but admitted to bail, himself in loseii. 1 . •
sureties in 500 f. each. Two gentlemen from Y
who tendered themselves as sureties, were accept, .

MR. BANDMANN AND " THE RIORTFUL
Mr. D. E. Bandmann writes to the Times to defer.

self from the strictures of an amateur

who has accused him of imitating Mr. F.
and of mispronunciation of certain wor.i•
hie rendering of the character of Vivyan at
Lyceum Theatre. In reply to the first accusati
declares that he has only been Mr. Fechter act one.
that he studiously refrained from seeing him t'
might not be accused of •` giving back
fleeted light," or imitating any of Mr.
excellencies. If there are any characteristics in

between them, they are to be attributed to their
German origin and to the cireunittance that b... 4.11 : . •
much of the knowledge of their art

continental schools and model.. With n!..4.
the charge of mispronunciation, the critic himr.i s•
to be troubled with a defect either of memory er
for the examples he gives are words which Mr. 13 : A
declare' were not used at all by him, an.l.
fore, could not have been wrongly pry.:
Neverthelms he admits that, being a
and never having studied the English

till very recently: it is quite possible thst
not pronounce every word with the accent of a
who has enjoyed the training of Eton and Osi

he says he is a hard-working student, and hi .4 .• • -
" I wish your correspondent were as careful i•
anxious, then he would not have misquote'
all the way through in a 'cried of misquetati
are as unjust to Lord Lytton as they are dein :. •
the value of your correspondent's criticism"

The Leeds Mercury mentions an odd i:.
in the ceremony of the induction of the new • •
Leeds yesterday. After the procession hsd
slowly round the church and the keys had

him, the Mgr went into the church alone, cl ••:

door behind him. In • ft.rond or two he tonal

to the bell rope, and gave some loud tab. Thor
legend that the years during which a vicar rert
Leeds are numbered by the tolls he gives as he
self in. "U that be so," says our contemporey.
inhabitants may be assured that the Rev. Canon 11
ford will labour amongst them for many a loud

Mr. G. W. Martin announce* the collar
went of the ninth Denson of the Nationsl Choral So

Wednesday next, at Dietel:1;1117 on which
Sterudale Bennett's cantata, •• The Woman of Paul 1. •
Mendelmohn's motets for female voice's, and •
Walpurgis Night •• will be rehearsed.
The Hon. and Rev. 11. E. J. "toward, Dv.v.
Lichfield, died at his residence at Bonington, $l.
shire, yesterday morning at four o'clock. The dece.i-
clergyman was also prebend and sueeentor of y, •
rector of Douington, Shropshire, and Tat shall, Stako
afire.

DEATH or AY ES-M.P.—We regret to =now
the death of Mr. J. Lanigan, J.l'., an esteemed and
popular gentleman. who repreeented the borouz
C -Isabel for a long period in the imperial parliament.
sad event took place in Dublin. on Wednesday
from dimes of the heart.—frermam's Journal.

. _
THE VISIT OF THU AMERCAN MINISTY.: '•
LivensooL.—The tauguet to be given by the .i.r.t : • :
Chamber of Commerce to the lion. Heronly J. --
has expanded into an event of national inq'o
It has already been stated that Lord S 7- .''
will be one of the guests, and we now and.. - • i
that the Bight lion. William Ewart tiladet,, '
aixeptod en invitation to be peveent. The to '
who are moat likely to play a prominent part in •• ',"
ling the future relations of this country with the I '....'
States will thus join in paying a compliment to et • .., •-•
American envoy, and the fact is eignithant of th..
there is on all inlet that feelings of amity and i;•••‘'..'
should prevail between the two great nations 01
Angle-Saxon race. The ering will of ..- •,''
be thoroughly neutral fa character. Ant ~
Thl
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these who have accepted in are Moors. ll ,••••• •
and Drays*, the members for the borough; the ll %
Egerton. and Mr. C. Timer, members for South 1.,
shire; Mr. Land, M. P. for Birkenhead; the Mayor of I ,
pool •• the Bishop of Chester; the chairman of the •
Ward: the president of the Meneheeter t`h.. •
of Commerce; the prisident of the Cotton s
nem' Association; and a number of other g
men representing different aisseeiations. lint. •
were given to the Earl of Derby and the Earl of s,
but both were compelled to decline. I'ho tis,.• •
will take place on the t.hal instant, at the law A••••'. ';
tiun Rome, Cook-street. Mr. Reverdy Johnsen 0, :
arrive in Liverpool on the 21st instant, and duns,: •••
brief stay here will be the guest of Mr. A. H. lk,*.•:, ",
Richmond hill, the 'eidetic* of Sir William Brown. 11.
Pmentation of the &MMs by the Ors=ou will ''•'
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