The Express.
London, England, 1868-11-18 00:00:00

BIRMINGHAM ELECTIOff.

Messrs. Bright, Dixon, and Wants have issued
the foliating note of th.tuks to the elector, of Birming-
ham:

" Gentlemen,— Your efforts have been crowned with
anemia, and you have won a great and memorable victory
fur the liberal cause. Notwithstanding the Minority
Clause,' which was intended to impair the force of the
majority of the oinstituency, you have returned three
literal representatives to the now parliament by a groat,
indeed, 11 an overwhelming majority of vote,. We
%LI at the Tory earliest opportunity to thank you for
the confidence you have placed in un and we feel very
pure that the whole liberal party of the kingdom will
thank you. We accept the honourable trod you have
oriranutted to us, deeply grateful to you for your eon&
denco and jour good opinion of us.
"Conimittce-room, November 17, 11188."

The Emprems Euginia's fele was announced on
Sunday morning at Compiiigne at break of day by ealvoev
of artilh ry. Mew was celebrated at the palace by the
ilit•hop of Adraa, Almoner to the Emperor, with the clergy
=4 the singers belonging to the chapel of the Tuileriei.
After service, at which all the guivde were
prevent, there was a reception, followed by a
review of the troops in front of the impv ad re 4-
due* then a drive in the forest, aetabe grand diuurr
al.a hell. Ile geed: of tbn firpt 1,11/71. 4 left flueepi!vm ye 4•
tet.'ey. and tho. Of the oerood will arrive on Wednee.
,'ay ircolarr. The lutist. of the 11yttl:11140 Theatre won mt
hen day tcrfte 4,111/13 thO Gels e. US!. INOU from their
i:pes loin&

LAW INTELLIGENOIL-(THIS DA.Y.)

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVOROA •
(Before Sir J. P. Wilde, Mr. Juotose Willer. sad Mr.
Judie* Obeeby.)
SUDAN P. MADAN UM DO 11DZINWL
Thu was or ioribaur a sett by doe beetroad fora direlnei
ro the ground ef bu wife's adultery with the 04.T0111311-
dent. Phi awe was tried fait mummer lo.ifere a jam
when the jury gave a verdict for the petitioner •W Mead
1,14:01. sewed the eesreopondent
Mr. ilayferd new nwireol, est the part of the eri-rerpea-
dent, that the wordlist sight be W wide, on the gonad
that it as spies' album
Cr. ors vas presiediag Wink our report lett.]

COURT OP BANKRUPTCY.
(Bohn Mr. Ommissimor Boom)
m VA JIILIVIP 1.10.

The bankrupthaised from was a commission merchant. of 51110-Iss%
arc
and residing inont debts of MU surren Piorenee-street, Islington.
dering Me applied to
be :,
vaned •t101.. ; good debts, 67f.; property re=
seconti, 1.
Mr. Althsdge for the able! assignee; Mr.
Marra so the bankrupt.
Mr. on behalf of the aesignee of • bank.
rupt sensed irmander, and asked that the bankrupt
Amid in ordered to Ale dements of hie traninotioas with
Friedlander and with • person named Zieler. who was
said Id he abroad, and also the usual good; nob. and es'
banns/ ainoume.
M. Aldridge painted out that the bankrupt's debit had
been antraeled during the present year, and•
auditor
who wee said to hold seeasity slimed tluita is
of being mused be had • clean of 1101. against the.
estate.

TIM bankrupt, in examinatirm stated that he kept se
ledger in in bovines&
Els Baneur—A merchant, and yet keep no ?edger t
The bankrupt explained Met be did nut suierstaal
amounts, and had not long been I. basinesi.
TheCormnialioner said Mat additional amounts must be
furnished. including special statements as to the bank-
rupt's tianractioas with Friedlander and Zeigler.
Adjourned accordingly.

MANSION-NOTTS&
SODOM ON LO1U) ILLTOZNI

George &with, defers-bed as a labourer, was e'Sarged an
remand with 'dealing a gold watch and chain, value
ti km the repeal of Mr. Jelin (Amore, a Bootab
reiding at Shepherd's-hush.
At the Ins: examination the prosecutor stated that be
was standing at the corner of boa,aonger-lane, Chimp-
ride, on Lord Mayor's thy, when the primmer snatched at
his watch and chain and ran away. Abort ten minutes
Altai was& he raw him in custody, and bleatifiel him aa
the per..en who had robbed him.
Vi Whim Dian, a soomenger, mid he was standing at the
oorncr of Old Jewry shoat 12 o'clock on the day in pies-.
tiow, and heard something fall at his feet. It was the
wabh and chain belonging to the prosecutor, and he im-
mediately banded it to an oat. ._
.•

Policn7constabis hfonajue said he saw the prisoner
running and caught him at the corner of Old Jewry. At
the same time the wateh and chain were pot into his
hands.

Alderman Wilson committed the pruionar for trial at
the Contra Criminal Court.

WANDSWORTH.
INTORTANT TO MIMI= MID elm= OP enorwerr.
A cam of some interest was heard before Mr. Ingham
upon as adjourned summons againd dlr. Joseph baud:
for building houses is the Bridge-road. Batters/, beyond
the line of frontage as determined by the superintendeat
architect of the Metropolitan Beard of Works.
It appeared that the defendant began building before
the line of frontage was determined, and afterwards com-
pletedhis houses. On proceedings being taken against
as he memorialised the Illeitan Board to allow
his bourns to stand, but they to make any order,
and the magistrate was now called upon to have them
demolished.

Two cases in point were cited. One was a case which
had been beard in the Court of Comma Pleas, and it
was reed in support of the defendant's objection. In
that OW the judges were of opinion that the decision of
the superintendent architect was not goal, and that the
magistrate bad power to miew it. The second case was
of later date, and was beard in the Court of Queen's
Bench. It was read by Kr. Corvallis, the clerk of the
local board, in support of the summons, and it was to
the effect that the judges hiCil that the decision of the
superintendent architect was binding upon the magis-
te. _ _

Ingham said his own opinion was that he was
bound by the decision of the superintendent architect,
and that he was called upon to determine whether the
buildings were beyond the line. He recommended the
defendant to apply again to the Metropolitan Board. He
did not think he ought to be punished in that serious way
by the destruction of a large quantity of yaluabie pro-
perty for having been obstinate.
The summons was then adjourned for a month to enable
the defendant to make the application, the magistrate
giving him permission to use his remarks.

M. Vitaliano, eon of Baron Perrone of Catan-
zaro, with a fanner and mason, named Pansa and Gaup,
hove just been captured by brigands at Sella, in the
province of Naples. The bandits, learning that the young
man was about to sleep at the farmer's hones on his
astute, went at night and knocked at the door, but the
introit.' refuted to open. On Ouzo going out early the
next morning, the men, who had been lying in ambush,
rushed in and secured M. Vitaliano, whom they carried
off, as wall as the two others to the wood of Gala:alone.
They have since demanded a sum of 30,000 ducats (4fr.
2k. each), threatening to kill the baron's eon if the
money be not paid. Troops have been sent in pursuit of
the band, but without success.

The Lombardia has the subjoined :—" A Neapo-
litan, peering himself off for the Marquis de V., • Preach-
man, has bean arrested near Como. He is suspected of
being the author of • threatening letter sent to Comet
Bariatynaki, in which the latter was enjoined to delimit
in a certain part of the grounds of the Villa &Me • snag
of 10,000 fr. In cam of refuel threats were held eat of
killing the Emma of Rwnia."
FATAL AOCTOIDIT.—On Monday afternoon, a
few minutes after the nomination of the candidates at the
hustings on Stepney-green, Mr. Beals went to a private
home near the- polling place, and appeared at a first-
floor window. There was • great rush towards
the spot, and new persons were thrown 'down.
Amcng them was Mr. Tensaw, • gas fitter, who
was palming along the footpath with a balked of tools
in his hand. One of Barclay and Perkins' dra was at
the time peeling down the road towards • and the
wheels pared over hie body and embed him in • frightful
manse,. He was ospreys(' by the polies to the London
Hospital, and lingered in great &rosy until yesterday
morning,. when he expired. Inspector Ole, of the I
division, who was withina few feet of the deceased when
he was forced under the dray, says that no blame what-
ever can be attached to the dray:near, and that several
other persons narrowly escaped.

- - -
Tux NEW Bianor or LneooLN.—The Van.
Christopher Wordsworth, D.D., Archdeacon of West-
minster, who will succeed to the bishopric of Lincoln, in
the room of Dr. Jackson, about to -become Bishop of
London, is the third son of the late Dr. Christopher
Wordsworth, many years master of Trinity College,
Cambridge, and ncl hew of the poet. He was born in
lbf.ft, and was educated at Winchester, whencs he pro.
(ceded to Trinity College, Cambridge, where he took his
B.A. degree in 1530, when ho was senior claaaic, and
14th ec (+time its the mathematical tripoe. He was
Clianeellor's English medallist 1827.28, Porson's prize-
man 11428, Browne's medallist 1827-28, Crayon's scholar
1b29. lie was orilained deacon 1114 1833, by Dr. Kaye,
Lisliop of Lincoln, and ,neat in 183.1 by Dr. Percy, Bishop
of Carlisle. Daring held a fellowship in Trinity Citicize,
Cambridge, and the public oratorship of the university,
he was elect, d in 1826 to the head mastership of narrow
School on the nomination of Dr. Langley, the late Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, to the newly-formed bishopric of
Ripon. In 1844 he ;ran nominated by Sir Hobert Peel, on
behaN of the clown, to a timoury residentiary in West-
minster Abbey, and on the resignation of Dr. Boutin.* in
1866 became archdeacon of Westntinster—an honoree,
distinction which is conferred on one of the canons. Ile
has also held, since 1450, the vicarage of Stanford-in-the
Vale, Berkshire, a living in the gift of the dean and
chapter of Westminster. The canonry is worth I,IIOW. •
year and residence, and the vicarage about 4004 The
bishop nominate is the author of a large number of cleri-
cal, historical, and theological works.

TUE ROWAN CAIIIOI.IO lIIRRARCTIY rf SOOT-
LAZED.— A communication from Rome, in the Monde, says:
—"A rumour is current that Pius IX. has the intention of
reconstituting the ecclesiastical hierarchy in Scotland, and
of creating, at the approaching Conti tort', two new car-
dinals in England. Mgrs. Manning and Ullathoene are
mentioned as the prowl. designated There is also mad
to ho a question of appointing a primato of Scotland in the
penon of the hey. Mi. liatterson."

ROI:81Na TUX VOTEILY.--At tht. Prettitlential elec-
tion, on the instant. the flontoerats of New Yu* sent
found the city, b.foro sunrise, huge hells mounted on
weirget..e la rouse their votui
EI.EI TION 11F.T.- -An Indium raper rnoOnli a
wager lectweon a lady and gentlemen 441 thu Preridt.nt;nl
ekeilf4o. If theist wax elected, the yontn4 seen wee to
1/131Ty tbs. 3ouna holy; if Seymour, 111, young lady was
to n:act I) the young g tnticulan.

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