The Express.
London, England, 1850-06-18 00:00:00

EXCURSION TO CHAISWORTH.

Yesterday, the Duke of Devonshire having kindly
permitted the house and grounds of Chatsworth to be opened
to the public, and the London and North Western Railway
Company having provided an "excursion train" for the
occasion, a email number o' ladies and gentlemen avail, d
themselves of the opportunity thus afforded them of seeing
this rasenikent and, princely estate. The weather was most
favourable, and the rain of the few preceding days having
sufficiently " laid the dust," there was every prospect of a
more agreeable journey than is oaten experienced by " parties
of pleasure." Moreover a very strong temptation had been
held out to holiday misers upon the score of economy, the
fare demanded for the entire day by first class carriage being
only 255.
Notwithstanding this the excursion train was not so eaten-
steely patronised as was anticipated, the number of passen-
gers being only 41. It would appear, however, that an ob-
stacle was presented by the bet of the train being announced
to leave London so early in six o'clock in the morning, a
aonsideration which, though it might be set at nought by
men of commercial enterprise, most necessarily weigh some.
what heavily with those whose labours through life consist
in the pursuit of pleasure. People who wool i not hesitate
to leave their beds at five in the morning to earn a few hun-
dred pounds might reasonably object to rising at that hour
for the purpose of spending a few shillings. Hence, per-
ham, the dissppointment which the London and North
Western Railway Company must have experienced when
they, found that the accommodation which their first clam
carriages afforded had been so little heeded, and that the
train which was intended to transport some hundreds of pas.
singers to the Duke of Devonshire's favourite seat, bad
not produced any more excitement than is generally
observed on the platform of the Easton station. As
mankind, however, is prune to he selfish, thaw who
were attracted by the temp'ation held out to them
not seem to regret that their numbers were
limited, and that the superb domain of Chatsworth was
not destined to be honoured by so rude and heterogeneous a
mass of people as may be seen at &shirttail on the occa-
sion of a.fete, or at Greenwich fair on Whit-Monday. Toe
accommodation afforded was such as to reflect great credit
upon the directors, and there were no " stoppages" except
for the ordinary purposes of railway travelling. At half-pest
11 o'clock the train arrived at Rowalcy (a distance of 160
miles from Loudon), where osissibews and other vehicles
were in readiness to convey the passengers to Chatsworth.
The beauties of Chatsworth have lung been the subject cl
deirript ion and observation, but it is not often that the public
at large have bad opportunities of witnessing them, more
especial) since the vast improvements which have bees
effected the present duke.
Arrie at the entrance to the ball, the visitors
were received by some of the officials belonging to his
grace's household, and is the course of the morning Xr.
Paxton proffered his services to those who appeared to
take particular interest in the ix:cruel beauties of the
scene. The company having been allowed to examine the
state apartments and picture galleries, were afterwards
conducted into the gardens, where tb• jets dean were in
fall play, and where every endeavour was made to render
the visit one of pleasure and instruction. All the more
blares ing objects which are to be seeu in the conservate•
rice, wera exposed to view, end icily specimen of flori-
culture with which the majerity of persona are not fainibr,
was meet fully and satisfactorily explained. The visitors,
one sod all, expressed themselves delighted with
the result of their trip, and the general impression
seemed to be that the " cheap excursion " of yesterday was
one of the most agreeable and profitable treats with which
the denisena or the metropolis have ever yet been favoured
through the liberality of railway directors. At six o'clock
D . se. the trails left It Ateley, for London, and arrived at the
Huston square station at half-past eleven—a journey having
been thus accomplished shish has probably not yet been
surpassed in the Wail of railway excursions.

Wearnaa.—Far tunnel day. the weather
has been cold and wet. A craidereble grittily of rain has
fallen throughout the we country, and the soil sang now
be thoroughly raked. The reergernee is, that the cope
are rising up with great rapidity. Yesterday we were glad
to note that the temperature bed greatly increased, end der-
mg the day, and especially at night, the atmosphere was
warm and pleasant. In a trip into the country at the end
of last wei h, we were glad to orate that huh the potato
and the grain esopo were looking well.—Wassrow North
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paymest of duty, were sever landed from the ship.
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required es the part oldie officers of Mr Mojesty's revenue
ter the proteeties of its 'streets. The others of the Lee-
dom Doak Company bow iavariably eo.operated with the
dors MON revenue 4 .11 their endeavors to that end, so
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at all Mrs given sad every facility sfforded that it was pew
situ for die repay to give. On the other bond, this som-
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horseshit' beard and We seespasy.
I am, air, your airiest servant.
C. Scorn, Rig Criers. J. D. PowLue.
[Sweater Illeltiosed la the &regain.)
London Docks, 11th March, 1610.
The ship Doke of York, reported as the 17th September
last, with a general cargo, imm Rio de Janeiro, among
which were the under-mentioned bilge of coffee, vie
AR 360 coasigned to /desire. A. Rad' and Co.
1111 37 „ „ Carey and Browne.
L 673 „ „ Schuster and Co.

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by the maim themselves o; their meats. The coffee was
landed is seta of ten bags each, on the 19:h sad 20th Sep-
tember, and, as usual, a labourer was employed to take tally
of the sets as they came to hand, who states that there is •
differsoce between the tide-waiter's tally and his, of ten
bags, the tosser making an excess of one set or ton bags
over the number. reported and entered; but as the tide-
waiter said he would plate the number in dispute under
stop, the company's tally-man (very sinjustifialgy) added to
his account a set. H. also metes, that the mate informed
him, that two of the 1,012 bags landed contalatd coffee col-
lected loose fr..m the bold during the stowage of the cargo.
When the toffee came to be worked in the warehouse,
it was ascertained that there were only two bags in
excess of the reported sad entered quantity, and these were
without marks, the contents of which, as usual, ware mind
and weighed with Use other sompiogs. It is notorious to
all proemial men, that tally accounts are not to be relied
upon. and no persons are better aware of this than the Cus-
toms' talkers therneelms. The attention of tamest is so
apt to be attracted by some circumstance or other during the
record, that, forpaing whether they have or have not made
a stroke as entry of a est, they either omit to note one or
maks one in ammo. In the present sta.e, the number of begs
weighed in the warehouse agreed with the quantity reported
end motored by the ship, and the supposition mat more came
on shore rests simply on the tide-waiter's tally. Now, them
is at the presses tame before me an accidental evidence of the
Ltd* flaklllo6 to be placed on such tallies; for by the Mary
Shepherd, which recently discharged in three decks, the
tide waiter made 6,218 bags of sugar landed, whareas 6,210
only were received into the warehouse snd weighed ; tvfer-
mice was made to am by the customs' landing surveyor eta.
timed here as to the taming bags, sad it wee not mail
searching inquiry, that we were enabled to disprove the
landing of them, by the fact that there was a dispute in Cal-
cutta as to the number shipped, and the captain had in hie
possession a letter from the shipper, testifying that eight
bags were left behind, except tor which, the custom', might
have attempted to charge the company with the duty upon
' them on the 'lath of a ude-waiter's tally.
T. CHANDLIS, Superintendent.
From the Customs to the Loudon Dock Company.
Custem-hdise, March 16, 1860.

Sir,—l have laid beton the maimissionen of manna your
letter of the 13th icetaut, incloskg a statement in regard to
a claim made upon the directors of the L-Adon Dock Com-
pany, foe payment of the duty on twelve bags of coffee
alleged to have been landed from the vessel Duke of York,
from Rio de Janeiro, in excess of the report land entry, on
the 17th September last; and with reference M that part of
your letter in which you state that the directors of the Dock
Company are at a loss to apprehend on what ground it is
that, without the slightest previous demand for explica-
tion or inquiry, a letter should be addressed to them by
the solicitor of einem., of the character in question
I am directed by this board to state, that they are most
willing to acknowledge that they have at eU times received
from the directors every information and facility which it
was in their power to give, upon any subject connected with
the business of this revenue, and that it would be, therefore,
tar from their desire to take any step likely to disturb that
good feeling which ham at all times subsisted between
this department and the directors of the company. 1 am
at the same time to state to you the facts of the case
in question, by which you will perceive, that the pro-
ceedings of this department on the occasion do not b air
the construction the directors appear to have given to them.
The tide-waiter who wee stationed on board the vessel the
Duke of York, from Rio de Janeiro, in September last, re-
ceived a landing order for 1,010 bags of coffee, and recorded
the, in virtue of that document, there had been landed
1,022 bags, being twelve in mum of the quantity centered,
and which account appears to have been acquiesces, in by the
person who kept the landing-check tally, sad by the parties
who received the bags into the warehouse on the part of the
Dock Company ; and the circumstance having been commu-
nicated to the board, they, on the 14th ultimo, directed their
officers at the Docks to call for the payment of the duty on
the twelve begs in excess—and in pursuance of that order, the
landing waiter (Mr. Bunting), reported that he celled upon
the superintesdent of the company, who gave him a ver•
bal answer, stating that the bags in luestion were never
landed, and that, cooarquently, the company could not pay
the duty; that on hie pressing the superintendent for a
written reply, he declined to give one; and that it was
under these circumstances, and in order to elicit some further
explanation, the solicitor of this department was directed to
Make the application referred to. lam to add, however,
that in oonsequence of the present communication from the
directors of the company, the board will instruct one of their
Surveyors-General to institute further inquiry into the sub-
jeet.—l am,Bir, your obedient servant,
J. D. Fowles, Efq &c. &c. C. Scovehh.
From the London Dock Company to the Customs.
London Dock Mouse, April 17. 1860.
Sir,—On the 13th ultimo I addressed you toe the purpose
of stating that this company had received a demand from the
solicitor of the customs for payment of the duty on 12 bags
of coffee, landed from the Duke of York, for which it was
sought to make this company responsible ; and in answer to
that demand I enclosed a full statement of the circumstances
attending the landing of this cargo, showing conclusively
that the 12 bags on which the payment of duty was claimed
from this company had not been landed from the ship.
lat the same time took leave, on behalf of this company,
to express the regret of the directors that so unusual a
course was taken as that of making a legal application
loth, company, instead of continuing the course which, up
to that time, had been invariably observed by the honour-
able board towards this company, of asking an explanation of
any circumstances which might seem to all for it, such ex-
planation haying, In all former cases, always been promptly
given by this company. In answer to this letter, the com-
pany wee informed that the honourable board were " most
willing to acknowledge that they have at all times received
from the directors every information and facility which it
was in their power to give, upon any subject connected with
the business of the tie, and that it would be, therefore,
far from their desire to take any step likely to
disturb that good feeling which has at all times subsisted
between this department and the directors of the company."
The said letter further stated, " that Mr. Bunting, the
landing-waiter, had called upon the superintendent of the
company, who game him a Isabel answer, stating that the
bags in question were landed, and that consequently
the company could not pay the duty ; that on his pressing
the superintendent for a written reply, he declined to give
one, and that it was under these circumstances, and in order
to elicit some further explanation, that the solicitor of the
dellirment was directed to make the application referred
to.' I beg to submit, that no officer of this company could
pies any other than a "verbal" answer to a verbal Inquiry.
It is, se this enrspany believes, out of the ordinary practice of
business, and might obviously lead to misconstruction, it, on
any occasion, a written answer were to be given loan legal',
which was not written, nor, I further submit. Is it apparent
why the further explanation required should nut have been