The Express.
London, England, 1868-10-28 00:00:00

XL OLADSTONS AND SIR STAFFORD
NORTIMITS.

We have been requested to publish the following
letter :

October 25.

My dear Mr. Gladstone —I see that in yonispeec ;at
Wigun 3ou ,aid, " liir Stuford Norttrote, 9a:rotary of
Irate for helot, was asked whether, under the ciream-
kiMlMl, be would resist the Cisestabliaiment of the Irish
(hutch: but he refutes to j. o to jai hament with a eelge
of ti at bird." This OW ne-rly av iteystble the contrary
uf what I have said and of what I have written on this
IL bjtct. Strue weeks ago I received a letter from a (ma-
stile( ut, asking me to pledge myself " never, under any
circumstances," to consent to the dienstablishment of the
chuch in Ireland. I replied that there was no "abject
urea which I felt mole strongly than this; bat
tl at I objeettd to give a general pledge of
the kind demanded upon any subject whatever.
Silweimently, when at!dressuig my constituents at Tor-
rington, I was asked whether I would resist the disestals-
tb hment of the Irish chetah ; I at once answered, " I
will." Then, remembering my correspondent's letter, I
added something to this elect :—" In saying that, I
don't intend to pledge myself as to what I may do at any
time and under any circumstances. I object to pledges of
that kind altogether." You will observe that, instead of
refusing to pledge myself "under the circumstances" (by
which I understand you to meanpreeent circumstances),
I distinctly did so; only reserving to myself liberty of
action hereafter under circumstance, which I cannot fore-
ere. I propose to semi this letter to tie newspapers.-1
remain, yours very faithfully,
Snare= H. Nortatocal.
The Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.

Her Majesty the Queen of Holland has forwarded
DM. to the treasurer of the Dover Sailors' Home, as ado
naive of the value of that charitable institution, lad of
the coincidence of a wrecked Dutch crew being landed at
Dover and received at the home at the same tune that her
Ma jeety landed.
LORD NAPIEB OP MAGDALA AT PORTOWOrTtf.
—Posrswovrw, TtnIODAT.—A grand banquet Was given
to Lord Napier of Magdala by the mayor this evening.
About 264.1 perscne were present, including Lord Henry
Lennox, Lord Henry Soott, the Hon. Mr. Cowper' If. P.,
Serjeant l3aseke Ml', Sir J. Simeon, and a host of
die-
tioguirbed naval and military officers. The Mayor pre-
Fidiel, and Lord Nll_ol' was enthusiastically received.
A PRINCE AT HARROW.—Tho Italian papers an-
nounce that Prince Thomas of Genoa, nephew of King
Victor Emmanuel, is about to be educated at Harrow.
The young prince is fourteen years of age.
WOOLWIc ft, OCT. 27.—A singular charge Will re-
cently brought against astaff sergeant of the Riding-house
mtabliilimeut, Royal Artillery, who has for years been
much respected in the service. He was ou his way to the
paled° to receive a medal and gratuity of Id!., when he
was stddenly arrested and taken to the guard-room on
a charge of breach' of duty by allowing the troop horses
under his charge to be ridden by civilians. He was tried
Ly court-maital, and reduced to the ranks, but was iai-
n.ediately oiler reinstated to be Fent to another station;
but it is stated that Lis medal and gratuity will not be
granted.
CoILISION IN THE IifENSEY.—A collision took
place yesterday between the Hipparthu% a steamer iron,
the In arils, and the Countess of Galloway. a Kircudbright
steamer, as the one was entming, and the other leavinz
the Money. The Hipparchus was but slightly danisged,
but the Countess of Galloway was so seriously injured
tlat she had to return to dock.

The Mordteur of yesterday contains the appoint-
ments of 42 commanders of battalions and six chefs
d'rAradreti in the National Mobile Guard of the Eastern
departments.
Tug lITALTH or Leanne.—lt appears from the
return issued by authority of the Registrar-General, that
in the week that ended on Saturday, 24th October, 4,2,1
blahs and 3,169 deaths were registered in Loudon and
in thnteen other large towns of the United Kingdom.
The annual rate of mortality was 26 pert 1,000 parsons
living. The annual rate of mortality last week was
24 per 1,000 in London, 28 in Edinburgh, and 2'2 in
Dublin 09 in Bristol, 21 in Birmingham, 30 in Liverpool,
32 in Manchester, 118 in Salford, 26 in Sheffield, 28 in
Bradford. 29 in Leeds, 28 in Hull, 26 in Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. and 31 in Glasgow. The rate in Vienna was 26
per I,COO during the week ending the 17th inst., and in
Berlin 34 per 1000 during the - &even days ending the
22nd instant. In London the births of 1,012 boys
and. 1,022 girls, in all 2,034 children, . were regis-
tered in the week. In the corresponding weeks of
ten years, 1868-87, the avenge number, -corrected for
increase of population, is 2,160. The deaths registered
in London timing tho week were 1.421. It was the forty-
thin d week of the year ; and the average number of
deaths for that week is, with a correction for increase of
pop uiat.c , 1,340. The deaths in the present returnturu exceed
r;1 SiSI the estimated atuocut. The deaths from zymotie
darates wt re 331, the corrected average number being
Zi2. Four deaths from small-pox, 19 from meados,
106 fit in. scarlatina, 10 f.ow diphtheria, 21 fem whoop-
ing-cough, 67 from fever, end 30 from diarrhese, were
registered. Five deaths faint tea:lntim' were emended in
the sub-disti let of Kensington-town, 3 in the sub-
district of thicket south. 3 in the sub-district of
(Adult noith-west, 6 in the sub-distriot of Chelsea
torili-eurt, 6 iu the Luh-ditmet of Itelgeave, 3 in the
ivt of Kentish-town, in the sub-district of west
London South, 6 in the tub-district of Mile-end Old Town
Fast, 3in the sub-district of Pow, 3in the sub-distinct of
ropier, 3 in the sub-distiiet of St. Peter Walsworth.' 3 in
the nib-district of Kennington tint part, and 31u the sub.
district of Woohrich Arwiud. Of the 67 deaths frank
fever, 19 are registered as typhus, 37 as typhoid or ga.tric
fever, and 11 simply as common continued fever. Two
deaths from fever wee recorded in the sub-district of St.
Mary Fedslinon, 2 in the sub-distriet of Kensington
Town, 2in the sub-district of Belgrave, 2in the sub-
district of Gray's-inn-lane, 12 in the sub-district of
Islington West (where the London Fever Hospi.
tal is situated); 2 in the sub-district of Hottest
New Town, 3 yyhhthe Green sub-district of Bethnal-green,
2 in the sub-district of St. Mary, and 2 ia this sub-
district of St. John, St. George-in-the-East, 2 in the
sub-district of Lintahouve, and 2 in the sub-district of
Clapham. One hundred ane ninety-two deaths occerred
from Oak's's, 120 from .bronollitis, and 77 from pneu-
monia. Diseases of the brain and nervous system proved
fatal to 148 persons, and 80 persons died fmra diseases of
the organs of circulation. The deaths of 8 infants from
syphilis, of 4 children from burns or scalds, of 6 persons
fresu drowning, of 3 infants and 1 adult from suffocation,
and of 6 ',coedits who committed suicide were registered.
The widow of a grengrocer, aged 84 years, died on the
11;t11 t htedwr in St. liartleidemew's Hospital, from inlurio•
vetoed by having been run over by • dray.

NOTICK—FIREWORKS.—Ortmt impetus is at this
teenoat ith tat to this br an++ of inattlefeetnre In .k of tiny
Venture and lard littrar's day. nesottao aro atm being
pre an 414 chappoda and Co. ites..4). Is
beuaneth nr• outa, apn,ls ao their
luridly la the pyinfoltab net.--fiLlearlionmehl

Fubj o • ned are hirer part killer; of this extraorcli-:
tar y Ihenomenon. The lark Erawioer says : —•' About
half-last one o'clock on Friday afteaoon a number of
gentlemen were following the houud c on the lands
Newtown, mar Clydaville, the residence of Captain Perry,
and about three miles from Mal'ow, in the hallyclonli
direction, when they were startled by a dull hollow
fing, rem mbl in g distant thunder, but met ctly distinct
iu sclome, and in its unmistakable 'Ode einem charactert
V. Life still speculating on this unusual round, and in
al out a minute after it had ceased, the ground eons
meted to exhibit every team of internal commotion.
and tl.e startled spectators ut another intent had the
singular fortune of feeling and witnessing that rarest of
patois' phenomena in this counby -uu earth pinks. Ac-
e:tette vary as to the character of the appearance. From
ono gentleman it has been learned that the shock wee
continuous for half a minute, and consisted of • slight
but s alertly palpable vibration, which would apparently
d'este the vertical direction of distai Lame. Another
meth ran present describes it as a gentle-over undulating
movement, intermittent, but lasting for half a minute
lleseintlowave passed Loin east to west, and immediatel
fiftieths creation some claps of thunder broke
he circumstance has awakened considerable interest in
this locality."
The Irtok Times has the following letter from Mallow,
dated October 24, eveningt--" Yesterday unusual in-
cidents occurred simultaneously .but at different places
near the town of Mallow. At about nos o'clock several
gentlemen of this town were hunting on foot with a
pack of beagles belonging to William Bourn% Beq.
the were in pursuit debar% and were running at a
quick rate on the lands ;of Newtown, within three
miles of the town. Mr. Bourne noticed that the ground
was shaking violently under his het, and he other
gentlemen who were with him also remarked that these
was a great heaving of the ground. Thunder at this
time pealed over their beads. About the very name
time Captain Perry and Mrs. Perry, who lived at
talkingC
vble, within one mile of the town of Mallow, were
in their parlour, and they were alarmed at bearing
their feet a low rumbling noise. Promptly they perceived
the walls of the room stirring , several articles in the
loom shaking, and two or three light articles in the room
fell down. Their children, who were playing in the
garden, ran in and told Captain Perry that the garden
was shaking."
The MaLow correspondent of the Cork Herold, writing
on Satin day night, payer—. I have already informed
you by telegram of the shocks of an earthquake which ware
'tit on Friday in this neighbourhood and the town of Kan.
tusk, arid I have now gathered full particulars of the re-
mai 1..b1e occurrence. I had a couversation this evening
wi.n cne of the men from the neighbourhood of Kanturk
who Lad felt the shock. Be is a very intelligent young
man, armed ruled Murphy, and he descr.bes it us Wows:
—EI uiphy and nine others were digging potatoes on the
Lids of Killeenlay, about two miles from the town of
Kantuik. About 1 o'clock, the rain having ceased, they
teemed work, having stopped in cousequenee of the wet-
ness cf the day. 'they were at work fur a short time,
when thee or tour of the men spoke oit t mether, and
itiquii edit the others had felt the great 'Lai:ingot the ground.
ku: pi y felt it, and says that the ground shook violently
not r lam, and that he saw it going up and down. The me.r
wee iurprieed, and suggested many explauations, suit
cue raid that it must be a bog abo..t two WICe daitant
Lem them which must have begun to move. and that the
ground they were on was following it; for it appears that
tore violent convulsion within the same leg, about 30
ears ago, (amid it to advance, and spread itself over the
adjoining lands. The shock was felt near Ba !plough,
within four miles of Mallow, and wear accompaniotl by loud
peals of thunder. It was distinctly peice.ved by Mr.
Ilmone, and several other gentlemen, who wero with him
hunting with his beagles.'
Another account says that the shock was felt in different
puts of the tract of country stretching from Mallow to.
wards Kanturk, and that the same idea of a volcanic
agency seized all those who felt it there can be no doubt.
The appeasances of its approach seemed to be similar to
there usually taken as forewarners in more serious erup-
tions, as, for instant% darkness of the sky, peculiar
bemulcusnesa of the air • succeeded by the long, low
rumbling sound in the earth, described by some as re.
eembling the sound of a train over a shaky bog, and br
others as not tuslike the birr of a threshing machine. The
only visible feature of the occurrence of the supposed
earthquake was the shaking of the walls of houses as it
they would fall, the creaking of furniture, and the noise of
jingling crockery. The shock lasted for some ?zit
. and by the indefinite distance of the sound
to be the result of some far-off convulsion,
although loud enough to denote its strength.
Several persons in the neighbourhood of Mallow
have given us the above account of the shock. Captain
Petry, of Clyde, some miles from Mallow, wit, seated
about half-t ant I o'clock on Friday in his arlour with
Mts. Perry. his wife, when he beard a noise such as de-
scracd, and immediately the walls seemed to shake as if
they would come down, and the furniture in the r arm
was knocked about in the greatest confusion. At the
rune time two of the children ran in Lom the garden,
ram they had been playing, and reported that they
Ilened a similar sound, accompanied with a visible heav-
ing of the ground. Much about the same hour Mr.
Foul ne, of Mallow, who had been out hunting at Drown-
don down. y. experienced a similar shock with similar appear.
tares, us did also his servant. A man thatching a house
in the neighbourhood of Captain ferry's has reported a
like occurrence.
Lir W. R. Wilde writes to the Freeman as follows
centiimation of the account given iu to-e:ay's Frrodiare of
a shock of earthquake haying been felt in the vicinity of
Mallow ca kriday last, the 23rd inst.. I th nk it may be of
interest to mood the following facts. I was at Mortara,
nc ar Cong, c n the bauks of Lough Con.b. in the county of
Mayo, during the past week. The vo tither had been
most severe and tempestuous, but there were occasional
Lours of bright smokes arid great In at. About unto
o'rlick ou Friday morning I of served the fo'lowin=er-
contcna. Toe lake assumed an intense purple
fir kid after a few minutes with patches of white, as the
waves. with scarce v any wiud, ro, e upon Resurface. 'Meshy
become r ne dense slate-colored mass of cloud that traversed
m west to c ast, between which and the water appeared
a bread belt of light, through which pound in detached
slanting masses columns of heavy rain. Cuing oat of
doors to view this state of things more accurately, my
attention was immediately attracted by a loud. rumbling,
ground noise, as if several carriage, were rolling down
the avenue, which caused me to turn a en ner to see who
was ceming. Not perceiving any animal. I remarked
upon the circumstance to the bystanders. Some said they
thought it was thunder, but one old workmau remarked,
•if it was thunder it was in underground.' The direction
I the noise, which evidently come from a diatanco, and
Frew louder as it paned under my feet, was nearly from
th to south, but I was not conscious of any movement
in the earth."

ettAinAm, Orr. 27.—The detachments of the
Royal Engineers, lit Royals, and 16th Regiment, to the
number of 210 men of all maks, with three officers, placed
under orders to proceed to India, are ordered to be held in
readiness to embark at about the middle of the ensuing
month, to join the service companies.
THE CHARGE 01,81100TM° AT Font
—At the Leicester adjourned borough sessions yesterday,
before lir. C. 0. Nerrewethi•r, Charles Mitchell, 16, boat-
man, was tharged with maliciously ii.ooting at Edwin
Frown, aged 12. on the let OctAder. It sill be remem-
beted that the children of the Weeleysn Sunday-school,
of whom the prosecutor was one, were playing in a field
adjoining the Leicester Canal, and that owe were innuing
Ho Intel% es I.y throwing atones into the %Mee, and ethers
Ly playing at " dick and drake," etiolating the water
it its nee, when Fisotier cane in a teat; which he W4l
eh cling. Ile went into the cabin. brought out a gun,
and took a:m at the children, but the charge did not go
off. lie however cocked the gun .a 81'00Ild time, and,
lining, the charge took effect in the face of the prosecutor,
cur sing revere injuries to his right eye. and also wounding
in various pelts of the body Arthur Bull (13), John She's
teu (ti), and Emma Food (8). For the 'Wets*, it war
to fled that the prisoner had no idea that the gun wis
add when be lied amongst the children. The jury
found tie prisoner guilty, and the learned Recorder. altar
giving him a revere reprimand, eenteues4, him to 11i1
months' Lard labour.
tkl'AVT.—Another scurry-lathm.ship arrived in
the Thames on Sunday last, and thread the crew were at
once conreted to the Dreadnought hospital ship. This
%ewel left itngland at the end of last year, and was not
thetefere y roviilid with certified lime or lemon juice, In
accordance with the proviaiona of the Duke of Mghmoturs
Art,

TUE 110111110 N 111111TORANTS.—Yestentay the
Great Western Railway landed 60 Mormons here, white
they take the Michigan Coital, ea twat for the valley of
pelt Lake. More than 6,000, of who= 3,600 passed
through Detroit, of therm fresh ocaverte to the Latter Day
Saints have gone trots European countries to Utah during
the pea searou, but the reeterdafe lot was the last for
The agent rays that durnig 1869 be brill import
10,000 or 12,1100 of thews people. It raid by thewwho
hare Peen the Minnows ad Ibis yeses isportstiese that
they ere .carrell as iutellipratzi cleanly in sppearsnot
se Ike ether inneigrants.—/ter t Port, Oat. N.
CRYSTAL PALMS.— 0113 f3IIILLING DAY. 4-•
Tungus, Oar. 27. Admisions sees* tiiBster
1,277; ditto on payment, 764 ; total vista's, AGM
DVNVILLE itittl Co. Belies , are the largest
hob!. tig at Whialti In the work mar
tunholed by the us...hoot protearaos Ia to es=
hurrlied In rooks end comet tortoni, Mot
api*t.ttoo W y,
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I.aineti er t.
Brootoot-bittMtio. ettohtl, SAttlos. W.C.--1

JOHN BRuODEICB BRACELZT&

FOHN BittILIDEN'S BROOCHES.

JOHN BROODEN'S NECKLACES.

JOHN BROODEN'S EARIUNGB.

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JOHN BROODS:TB CLABI3IC JEWELRY.

lARIS FIRST-CLASS SILVItIi WIDAL, 1867.

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Loden:lg.—Aid MASTER JONES'S BIRTHDAY.

CITTIEWB TRIMS, LONG-ACM
Laws.
TIM ?masa, st. T. TOMKIXB THE TROUBADOUR.
Kr. L. !smash ; Mum Montafue.—dad THE LANCASHIRE
LAM. Mamma IrnmedaargLos.fltsphssra Wpsdkara, Clap
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