The Express.
London, England, 1868-12-29 00:00:00

LIVIIB 84 YID 7101 f SHIPWIECII IN 1868.

The year which is now closing will long be
remembered se one of the stormiest on recordlt 11,
however, satisfactory to and that the year will oleo be
well remembered for the great exertions whisk have been
pat forth to save shipwrecked persons. It that
during the past twelve menthe the baste Royal
National Weltered Inelllntlen have been Miftumental in
serthg, during boiellseensweelbe, the Remo! 670 parsons,
the crews of distressed weals on the coasts of the
Wes, in addition to ft ealsele saved from &strut"
dog. During the same pried the Lifeboat Institution
goodsd rewards for saving Nees hp felting and other
beads; making a grand total dl SW Drew saved mainly
threogh its inetrantentslity. Is. the manse pined the
crews of the lifeboats of thligaltasset a very
large expose, bays either or put off
ja serplp to sigbala ar dishy% to ships
not eventually rei=ig their nereices. It allot
happened that en 00011dIONS the lifisboat mews had
incurred much risk and exposure threnglseet stormy days
and nights. The number of lives emit either by the
boats of the institution, or by special minions tor which
it has granted rewards since its formation, is 17,800, for
which service 90 gold medal., 792 Over medals, and
28,9061. in mak have been given as rewards. When we
remember that nearly every life saved by lifeboats has
beta rescued under perilous circumstances, it will at once
be seen what great benefit has been conferred by
the Lifeboat Institution—not only on the poor
men themselves and on their country, but also on
their wives and children, who would otherwise be
widows and orphans. Since the beginning of the present
year the institution has spent 18,81' on rt. 194 lifeboat
stations on the coasts of England, Scotland, and Ireland ;
and since its that establishment in 1824 it has expended

212,82 W. on its lifeboat stations. We would strone. y
urge on all who recognise the sacredness of numan life the
duty, and even the privilege, to help forward the lifeboat
work—a work which has hitherto been manifestly blessed
by Providence, and which has brought relief to nuny
thoui ands of men who, instead of being this very day
valuable members of the community, would have been
long ago engulphed in the raging waves of the tempest,
leaving, in many cases, widows and orphans to suffer not
only the misery of bereavement, but the pangs of desti-
tution.

FOAMING AFFRAY IN BERREHIRE.—The Berke
constabulary in the Reading Division are actively en-
gaged in endeavouring to discover the whereabouts of
eight poachers who have made a desperate attack upon
four gamekeepers in the employ of Mr. Benyon, M.P.
It seems that at en early hour on Sunday morning the
gamekeepers were watching in Mr. Benyon's woods at
Mortimer, near Reading, when they encountered a gang
of eight poachers. A very severe struggle ensue in
which one of the keepers was seriously injured, and it was
reported in Beading yesterday that the man had died, but
be is still alive. Every one of the poachers snooped, and
u yet they have eluded the vigilance of the police, who
are acting under the immediate instructions of Colonel
Blan4, the Chief Coestabhs, and hope' are entertained
that the delinquents will soon be hour& to justice.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO • RAILWAY EMU= DRIVER.
—The Lando Martyry reports another illustration of the
dung r of lee4rzall
lway carnage. a train is in
mot o An named in attempting to
get off • train at leery
before it stopped. fell down
between the carriages and the platform, and the wheels
M. 71 over him, nearly searing the limbs from the
The unfortunate man was removed to the Leeds
infirmary, where bodied en Sunday.
HORRIBLA D=ATA.—On the morning of Christ-
maa-day, about 4 o'clock, Polies-adaose Hodßen. of
Malley, saw a light in the Mickletown part of Meth-
ley, and on proceeding thither be found that a
large barn in the occupancy of Mr. Joseph
Taylor, belonging to the Earl of llexborough,
was on Are. When people began to
The
it was
rumoured that four men were inside. The fire was so
large, and the smoke so dense, that people dared not
venture in. On forcing the doors two men, named
Macklefield and Chambers, both colliers, rushed out.
Another, named Robinson, was with difficulty rescued
by llodgron, and was dragged art in • burning date.
but another, called Stephen...on, could not be rescued, and
be was burnt to a cinder. Hie age is about twenty.
There man bad been thinking, and rumour mar they
ware, after leaving the public-house, treated by • farmer
with dry spas its, then put into the barn and locked in. It
apj ems Ihely that they struck • light for their piper,
and thus set the place on fire. Robinson is badly burnt,
and Hodgson, the policeman, got his hands burnt also.
The barn is • complete wreck, and about four-and-a-half
acres of beans were destroyed.
FATAL ACCIDENT TO ONE OF THE QUINN'S
GAIIDEMERS, —On Saturday last Edward Neighbour,
employed in the royal gardens at Windsor, • at tho
Royal Infirmary, from an extraordinary accident he met
with whilst collecting leaves in Windsor Gnat-park.
After loading his cart he hung his fork up in • tree, in
order that the deer might not be injured by running
against ikdruing hisabeenoe. After taking the leaves and
unloading them in the royal gardens at Fromm*, he
returned to the park for another load, and on
under the tree in which be had hung hie fork, it fella%
the branches, and one of the prongs pierced his hand in
the thick part of the thumb. The unfortunate man, who
was 70 years of age, took but little notice of the &oxidant
at first, but in the night thee pain became' so intense that
he attempted to jump out of :his bedroom window, but
was prevented doing so by his wife. Medical &Madame
being called in, be was ordered to be taken to the Royal
Infirmary in the nightlwherer, notwithstanding the prompt
measures that were adopted, mortification set in, and
death put an end to the poor fellows sufficing&
ATTEMPTS AT DISTURBANCES IN BIRMINGHAM.—
On Saturday night, and again on Sunday, a large num-
ber of thieves and depredators of every description
assembled in Park-street (the scene of the Murphyite
riots), Oliver-street, and neighbouring localities; their
object was evidently a disturbance, with seam rag'
plunder; the preliminary movements and skirmishes of
these rainmakers indicated an attack upon the Irish, but
the polies were up in force, end being ea this occasion
prompt, they managed to disperse the mobs. Two of the
ringleaders, named Ilwashrook, were brought up before
the marrirtrates at Birmingham yesterday, and sentenced
such to two months' imprisonment.

T.l .FOUNIUTIONS OP DULWICH COLLBO2.
Last night $ crowded imeettng of the inhabi-
tants of hmsirell wee held at the Bossodale Arms,
West Dulwich, " to take into caosidendica the enormous
outlay of the governors of Dulwich College on the new
beilp, sad the shisadag increase of the ea,thilito
B
by which the parithieners of SR Lake's, St.
Bilertates. Southwark sad Camberwell will be
privet of all interest In the foundations." The chair
was °coupled by Mr. 01111, one of the of the
Chairman, ia
sell= The
preent theme dthe Atnegwas 16,7Z7dfrom
SA etas there cue to be deducted, say 4,000 f. forpeesions
uaderthersew ethane ; arid SAN. fee eleemosynary relief,
**that 9,1150 L Tres /Afar educatisemipurposee ; besides, all
the of NsWhig wee well limed. In the face
of tMt faß,baMlomth the arty of Loudon schools bad only
a thadowaseal of WOOL • year, • most excellent education
wee provided for lel. a year, while in Dulwich, with •
large endowment annually isoreming, it was stated that
it was esessary to charge 12f. to ill. a heed for boys,
indeed of 6i., as at present. If the parishioners were
saddled with that, so be it ; but hie own begeneon wee
that the premplise ems a rather =yarn acs. r. Goodell,
in • dud resolution, remarked that tlees...tee
master 'lr"'""at-L7
ilt t_ is
much as that of lie‘tiesill immter of the City of Loudon
Christ's Ifrespita;tae Vberterhouse, and Westminster
schools. Dulwich MeV, lb bared, would follow in the
woke of Ifferrow,• Begley,- ass, sad the Charterboase,
which were Intended for the effeoatinn of a far lower
,stratum of society than was at present found in those esta-
blishments. If the p e ent system were allowed to con-
tinue, Dulwich would Income a great aristocratic school,
to which no middle-ohms man could send his boy. The
first step was taken in that direction. He begged to
move—". That we, the inhabitants of the hamlet of Dul-
wich, being deeply interested in the development of the
college as an educational establishment for the youth of
this neighbourhood, have learned with the utmost
aidonialuoust and regret that the governors propose to
double the capitation fees ; and this meeting most
earnestly protests against such a serious and unjustifiable
tax being levied upon the residents of this district, and
desires to express its opinion that such proposed increase
is entirely uncalled for."
Mr. Aurora. seconded the resolution, which was passed
unanimously.
Mr. Anent moved, and Mr. EDMUNDS seconded, a reso-
lution to the effect that a committee should be appointed
to confer with the governors of the soilage.
The resolution wee carried, and the meeting stood ad-
journed.

THE NEW LABOUR LAW.

TO TSUI =nos OP TES EXPZIAL
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8111,—*11 you afford MO 'paw to call atten-
tion, through your columns, to the great alteration
which most be made in the hours of labour after the
31st inst. After that day the Saturday half-holiday
will be compulsory as regards children, young permit/a,
and women. in all factories, workshops, and Maass in
which any manual labour ii performed. With the sleep-
tion of a very few trades, and of those cues in which the
Secretary of State has authorised rake the substitution
of ince tor half-holiday instead of Saturday, or that the
hours of work may be taken between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m.,
or between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., their labour must cease
on Saturdays at 2 p.m. The anidant and sub-inspectors
of my district and myself are sazioul to give every infor-
mation, and we rely upon the oontinuance of that cordial
co-operation which we have hitherto expenenoed from
every one to give effect to the new regulations, which
are thoroughly appreciated wherever their blessings have
reschel—l am, to., ALEX. REDGRAVE,
Her Majesty's Inspector of Factories.
Factory Inqsectoes Ma, 10, Whitehall, Dec. 28.

THE REPRESENTATION OF NOITENOHAM.—Mr.
C. Seely, jun, writing to the local papers, thus refers to
Sir Robert Clifton's charge that be had intimidated
Chloral Wright bite reeignlng his seat for 14
—" Sfr,—l do not reply to Bir Robert Clifton's
end letters because I deny his right to question me—.lr
thinks by sill bluster he can i nfluence me in any way, be
is much . As he has pledged himself to brmgthe
matter before the House of Commons, I look forward to
his doing so with much satisfaction.—l am, sir, your
obedient Fervent, Crusts. Sixty, jun.—Broolchill, Dec.
16,
THE REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH DERBYSHIRE.
—Acceding to the Aottiejoissi Express, • third candidate
for South Derbyshire is said to have come into the field—
Mr. Clays, of Long Eaton, 111111 an independent.
THE GREHHOCE ELECTION PETITIoN.—We learn
by telegraph that yesterday in the court in Edinburgh
for the consideration of election petitions, the note pre-
sented by Mr. Grieve, member of parliament for Greenock,
asking the dismissal of the petition against him, was
refused.
FORMATION OF A LIBERAL ASSOCIATION IN
Frrrrarex.—A general meeticg of Mr.. Boyd Kinnear's
supporters was held within the ball at Ladybank ou
Saturday. "to consider a programme for forming a
Liberal Association to enable local committees to have
organised communication with each other and with the
general committee." There was a good attend ince, and
Mr. Alexander Bethune of Blebo was called to the chair.
After some introductory remarks by the chairman, it wise,
on the motion of Mr. David Beveridge, of ltumdewan,
seconded by ex-Bailie Low, of Burntisland. resolved to
form a Liberal Association for the county of life. The
objects and rules of the a aocufion were drawn up and
decided upon.
THE LATE OXFORD CITY ELECTION.—The
Secretary of State for War, the Right Hon. E. Cardwell,
M.P., has issued the following address to his constituents
on his re-election for the city of Oxford :—" To the Free-
men and Electors of the City of Oxford. Gentlemen,—
Once more I thank you for the honour you have done me
by returning me again se your representative in the
House of Coatrooms. I will endeavour by the faithful
dischaep of duty to evince my grateful sense of your re-
peated kindness, and have the honour to be, gentlemen,
your most obedient and faithful servant, Kowa= Caro-
WM. 74, Patainguare, December, MS."
FATALITIES DURING THE CHRIFFILAS HOLl-
MTS.—Yesterday Dr. Innksaese held twelve inquests in
his district, most of the deaths being the result of holiday
excesses. At the Caw Amp,
_Crowndale-read.
Pancras, on the and beim milled together on oight
bodies, the coronet isenerked epee the
number of deaths alai[ *past two or the:tetrad=
said he had alremag held iierente on six children who
were fantasised in the limb en BoWng-day. If they
could only ormseet solsrlety and the holidays togeth
the unusual number of deethe would be avoids& He
was going to hold an iqut in the evening in • ease in
which he feared it would out that mute* had. been

committed through drnaltenneee. A ease of infant suf-
focation yederday came before Yr. Bedford, the West-
minster coroner, in St. Martin's Vestry-hall, Charing-
CMS. Catherine Molloy, the mother of the deceased, stud
the name of her child was Mary Ann, and eh* was six
weeks old. Witness's husband, who had been dis-
charged from the Canadian Rifles on • pension,. was
thin in behind, witness, with two children, sharing a
kitchen with another woman, at No. 4, Exchange-court.
On Christmas Eve some friend dropped in, when they
had some drink. At 8 o'clock witness laid down the de-
ceased asleep lathe bed beside the other child. Witnesi,
having had more drink than she ought, went to bed at 9
o'clock, and did not wake till 4 in the morning, when she
found her child dead. She immediately called assistance,
and thin went for a doctor. Mr. Buckle, aur mon, de-
posed to being called to the deceased, and found: the bud
Leen dead two or three hours. The post mortem exa-
mination showed that the child bad been well nourished,
that there were no marks of violence, and that death was
calved by suffocation. The jury returned a verdict of
Suffocation in bed, but how such suffocation was caned
there was net sufficient evidence to show." They, how-
ever, expo-lied a strong feeling on the conduct of the
mother of the child. Another fatal occurrence took
place on Christmas Eve. In New Gravel-lane, Shadwell,
two men, who bad always been on
_good term, disagreed
on some trifling matter, when a sou l% tookplace, and one
of them fell from a platform sixteen feet In height, and
was killed immediately.
Tux SICK IN ST. PANCRAS WoninOtres.—A
jury empannelled at the College Areasoznastarday, to in-
quire into the death of Mary Ana • estersed •
verdict of death from aseideatial comes, bat ruts heard
from the night nurse, who is a peeps., that she had to
attend to 348 cases, sod that she did sot kart el the illness
of deceased for three hours after her attack, desired to
call the attention of the Poor-law Board to the deficient
nursing of the infirm and aged at St. Pancras Workhouse,
and "prayed that inquiries as to the deficiency may be
forthwith made."

Dec. 28.—Azeonrrinarre.—Cap-
tens W. A. R. Pearm, to the ftmont, vice Ingram,
whom period of service has mpir4 and Edward Her.
dim, to the Juno, Tice Prone; Lieutenants Harry F. H.
Hallett and Fredk. W. Bayly Jones, to the Emellen4 for
study.
CRYSTAL PAL/42.--CW' SUILLIWO DAY.
"MIA; Duo. 21.—Ailinkeiana by season tickets,
2,143; ditto on payment. 12,1144. 'rota Melton. 14,997.

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Wittiest—On the tame night the prisoner had enlisted
my mother picked up the stopper of my rifle and asked me
what it was. When I told her the asked me how it came
there, and said the prisoner bad had it down. He said he
had Lad it down twice. It Lad been in the other corner
over the cupboard. My mother mid she gave the stopper to
Camilell and told him to pot it iu its pi oper place. I speke
to him shout his being to foolish at to enlist, and said.
" George, lam surprised at you. If you were • man hard
up, and not as you are—being a man who has got a bit of
money, and if you 'merit got it you can get it—l can't un-
derstand why.you did iL" He said, "I wit go back home
now as I left.' To which I replied, •• How is that ? What have
you done i" He then said. *. You won't know now, but you
will know in time." I then said to him, •• What is all
this? I've done nothing to cause you to go and enlist.
You're having be n unfortunate is nothing. You can't ex-
pect to get on all at once." He ths n said, " It islet
that. Yon know, Jim, that I was engaged to • girl to get
married to her next summer, and I've been out, when we
met two friends and got drinking. We took a little drop too
much and got hold of two girls." I should say he had
some very odd ideas meeting his sweetheart in heaven.
The Coroner—But did heblame the deceased for having
met these girls?
Witness—Oh, not at all. He further said. " I hare dose
one foolish thing in going with that girl; the enlisting
is the second ; but I don't know what the third may be."
I asked hen what he meant. to which he replied, "It
don't concern you at all." His conduct totem* the de-
ceased did not change after this, nor to any other person.
Alexander Wonerepoon was then called, and repeated
his evidence as given at the Clerkenwell police-wart.
The Coroner said he proposed to write to the Ilene
Secretary, so that the accused aught be brought
before them. He always thought that if a near
was accused be ought to have an opportunity s
hearing what wee said against him. (le lalF—
'• Hear, bear.") He (the coroner), therefore, to
adjourn the' nquiry after taking the medico' He
(Dr. Lankester) did not know whatview Mr. Bresemight
take of the matter, but he (the coroner) would irk the quer-
tion. The j cry would remember that in themes elllffeller
the Home Secretary of that day allowed the anneed to be
taken before Mr. HnmArey, and it was not until Mr-
Gathorne Hardy took otßoe that accused pigeon were
denied the right to which he (Dr. Lernester) thought
they were entitled. (The Jury—" Hear, hear; oertainl2
Mr. Joseph Riokaby Donald,weathen ez
and stated the cause of death to have been frees the
upper part of the plug of a rifle which was embedad
in the brain. There was no sign of a bullet having paned
through the head, though one sous found on the sad
there was an indentation on the piirtition wall of ouch a
character as a bullet shot Dom a ride would cause.
James Moir, being
.recalled. mist that he was a member
of the St. George's Mee. He never left his rifle loaded,
nor bad any one in the house but himself any rifle cart-
ndges. The prisoner was a member of a rifle corps in
Scotland. The lamp at which the prisoner said he in-
tended to fire was not injured in any way.
31,c Coroner paid there were many points which the jury
would have to consider. How came it to peas the stopper
was in the rifle—what effect the stopper being in the ride
would have upon the direction of the bullet —had the pri-
soner time, during the minute and a half he was absent,
to load the rifle—and many other points of the deepest
importance. In the hope that the preseut Home Secretary
would allow the accused to he present at the next stage,
he (Dr. I.ankester) should adjourn.
Inspector Odell said the prisoner stood remanded to Fri-
day at 12 o'clock.
The Coroner *aid the inquest would stand adjourned to
such time as would admit of the prisoner being before his
(the coroner's) court, if the Home Secretory was so
injected, and (added the learned coroner), I can hardly
think there will be any difference between one of her
Majesty's courts and any other.
nil jury fully assented, and the inquest was adjourned.

SHOCKING SUICIDE OF A LADY.—A shocking
suicide was committed by • lady in Sheffield on Christmas
Eve. The socouchement of Yrs. Julia Davis, wife of Hr.
Benjamin Davis, residing in Havelock-terrace Broom-
spring-lane, took place in September haat, sad cure that
time she has been very The wahrtmata
lady entertained the idea that she rrievenit;
idesd.lk
the Holy Ghost, and that her salvation wee
Frequently abs retired to bar room and preyed fee fen
given/4e which had the effect of soothing and calasieg bee
mind. Her condition was the subject of solicitude maim
her friends; but until within the led fertnight dagger
wee sot apprehended, and her husband had reason te
hops would soon exhibit bee ammetonsed chew-
Fourteen days since, however, a piece et
cord was found in her dress pocket, and whets gear
boned as to the purpose to which she intended to ap-
propriate it, she said she had procured it with the inten-
tion of hanging herself. Upon this Mr. Davis aommuni-
rated with the family physician, but the result was that
it was not deemed advisable to place any restraint upon
the invalid. The nurse and servant were instructed hy
Mr. Davis to be unremitting in their attention, and shove
all things not to do anything calculated to foster the feel-
ing of melancholy which Mrs. Davis had manifested. On
Thursday Hr. Davis received • hamper of Christmas
cheer born friends in Wiltshire, and, strange to say, its
arrival was anything but agreeable to his wife. Herewith
were very much depreeeed, but after n time she rallied,
and in the evening was demonstratively lively. She
played and joked with the children, and divided amongst
them • portion of the contents of the hamper.
Mr. Davis was absent from home on business between
eight end nine o'clock, and almost immediately alter he
left the house his wife's manner suddenly changed. She
desired the nurse to put the children to rest, and at the
same time intimated that she would he down herself fur
a short time. Mr. Davis returned within the hour and
ascertained that his wife had retired to bed. Ile pee-
ceeded to her chamber, and on opening the door, agauut
which • chair bad been placed, was horritled by the %s-
-pilling eight which met his view. Mut Dona was ex-
tended upon the bed, her head hanging over the side, and
her threat cut almost from oar to ear. The bed clothes
and carpets were saturated with blood. The unfortunate
lady was quite dead. The weapon with which the wound
had been indicted was lying near. It was an ordinary
carving knife. Mr. Davis is left with • family of ex
children. the eldest of whom is only thirteen years,. of age.
ThE ALLEGED ATTILNFT To SHOOT AN NNOlNN-
narvien.—A statement was published a week or tee dais
ago that • pistol-shot had been tired from ere of the
windows of a train from London to Holyhead at an
engine-driver of • passing train, and some persons were
ready enough to ascribe the act to a Fenian. A writer ist
the Emily Mail, however, mentions, in connexion
with this assertion, that • young friend of his, tea years
old, came by that train, and amused himself on sateby
snapping off caps
.at peering trains and other objectsat
interest. On leaving school for the Christmas holidays be
had been presented with • toy-gun guiltless of powder
and allot, but fitted with a penman= look for cape. Ilia
not • deadly weapon, he rays, when examined
but it can make • noise and at a distance looks fonni.
THE REPORTED DN.ATII OP WILLLLN CARUS-
Tox.—We are glad to learn that the report of Hr. Cade-
ton's death was unfounded. Mr. Carleton, although in •
mined state, it is hoped may yet be spared for some
time.—

The irregularity in the quality of tee. ea ueltally
sold is. mum ct pa.ral complaint; that is evoid.ei parellialimy
IliarabseieetPlk Ypure. entgemsl7 BUMF. see varYllbetbi.
vain in prim. 5.14 in packets by 2Alli r4ontw—eonfrofinnen &a
London, and &cads* as., in every town.—(A4vertiartamit.]


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HAYMARKET.

Tin Irwin, A HERO UP ROMANCE. Maim Hookskins,
Fothern,lndiums Ads ernodash, Clipper te.—
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FICR.

TRI2iCESS'S.

Tun Evtimo, THE BiIiFET7LAkTER DARE : A TALE
Or LONDON LIFE. Mr. Vining, Mows. W. lAry, Dominick
Munn. Harcourt, Bkon•, As. ; Mimes Bunett and Bo.e
Leclarty—And MASTER JONSErS BIRTHDAY.

QrEp."B THEATIE. LOTTO-ACRE.

Tula Ersigi;o—ai.
p. beef. H. bw wig. L bT iq b, J. Clayton. and C. Wrndhaen
MOOD Bodim and Mcetwear.—After which THE GNOME
KlNG.—M.ama J. L. T,ele, Dimwit and Stephens; Yaw. H.
Bodice H. Carman. nantiri. Adams, and Everard.—Caockitiag
with A RACE ME A DINICHS. Hz. Clayton.