The Express.
London, England, 1868-05-15 00:00:00

COLONEL STUART KNOX, M.P.

Is the admirable operetta founded on Bo r and
Co.c, the part of the landlady, Mrs. Borst se, is
suppressed, and its place supplied by an irrepres-1
sible military gentleman called Knox, who at '
every emergency sings the chorus " Rataplat."
The complaints, the grievances, the troubles, the
loves, the hates, and the embarrassments of the
two heroes are perpetually interrupted by a mar-
tial figure who, without intelligence to understand
or sympathy to divine the situation, chimes in
with his eternal " Rataplan," as if it were a
panacea. His delightful self-consciousness and
profound belief in his own importance
make this interpolated character as amusing
as either the journeyman hatter or his rival,
and when the Pend staff played at the
Adelphi, " Ksox's" interruptions were the delight
of a crowded house. Can it be possible that the
designer of this character was impertinent enough
to have the honourable and gallant member for
Dungannon in his eye 4 The coincidences between
the two are remarkable. Colonel STS: ART Ktrox's
" Rataplan " is made up of the forms and
ceremonies of the House ; and is not
musical ; but in other particulars be plays
the part of his prototype to the letter. I
In season and out of season, at grave constitu-
tional crises, and when the occasion is too trivial
for remark, when the House is absorbed in fierce
party conflict, and when it is good-humouredly
anxious to get its business done, the figure of
Colonel STUART KNOX is to the fore. With a
Rataplan to the SPEAKER, and another to the
Orange members, he bravely puts himself up to be
crushed by Mr. GLADSTONE or pounded by Mr.
BRIGHT. The three thousand and odd inhabitants
of Dungannon must have a mournful satisfaction
in the knowledge that their fleeting representative
still treads upon the legislative coat, and that
their little borough is emphatically dying
game. Its guerilla chieftain exceeded himself
last night. As there was no obsolete
loath he could ask to be read, no
constitutional custom he could object to,
no form of the House he could endeavour to
use ; and as vexatious and irrelevant interruption
is part of his Parliamentary nature, he read ex-
tracts from a speech made by Mr. WHITESIDE in
18.;6, and declared them to have been delivered
by Mr. GLADSTONE in 1835. This proceeding
occurred apropos of the Suspensory Bill, but it
would have been equally appropriate had another
subject been before the House. It gave Colonel
iKsox, who must have been hoaxed by some ,me,
•an opportunity of committing himself, of in-
terrupting, and of being laughed at and put
down, and was thus in strict accordance with pre-
cedent and routine.

IT will be seen that the oompromise which we
stated yesterday would be proposed on the subject
of the Boundary Bill was, last night, agreed to
by the Government, and that, accordingly,
no trial of strength took place. There ap-
pears meanwhile to be an intention on the Govern-
ment side of the house to waste the time and
block up the business. Nearly two hours were
lost in ridiculous oommenta and motions
on the introduction of the Suspensory
Bill. The intention is to prevent the mea-
sure from passing the Commons ; but the effect, by
delaying other bills, must be to greatly increase the
difficulties of a dissolution in the autumn. On the
Liberal benches there is a unanimous desire to
proceed speedily with the business.

LORD RODIN.—The health of thin nobleman in
rapidly improving. Several days last week his lordship
took carriage exercise through Dundalk and the neigh-
bourhood.—Newry Telegraph.
THE LATe Sin PIETER FAIRRAIRN. —Yesterday
• fine full-length statue of the kte Sir Peter Fairbekn,
the father of the present Mayor of Leeds, was displayed
in that town. The statue, which was obtained by a
voluntary subscription, is the work of Mr. Noble, the
sculptor. It is an exoellest likeness, and has been erected
on • suitable site in Caledewharroad, not very far from the
Town-hall, in a westerly direction. The statue was un-
covered by Alderman Newsy, the chairman of the oom.'
mittee, who delivered a bf address on the mosaics, as
did also Alderman Kahan, Yr. W. Fairbeim, of Man-
chester, Mr. Firth, J P., the present Mayor of Leeds, and
ether gentlemen. The statue, when is in bronze, mounted
on a polished granite pedestal, has cost 1,0001., and bean
the following inscription Sir Peter fralrhairn, Bark.
M.yor of Leeds, 1857 and 1858. This statute wan erected
by public subscription by his fellow-towsinnee."

She deurt.

WINDSOR autos sus 14.
The Quoit, accompanied by Nitta:tea Louise,
Princess antries, and Prises Leayobk id attended by
the ladles and gentlemen in waiting, 4cred at this-Death
at 5 o'clock last evening from Buckingham Palace.'
Her Majesty drove out this atendag, amempaaied by
Prince.. Beatrice.
Priam. Louise oleo drover out.
The Hon. Mrs. William Grey had the honour of *mom-
panying her royal highness.
The Queen held a council to-day at halipast 2 o'clock,
at which were present the Lord President, the Duke of
Buckingham and Ohandos, the Bari of Bradford, and the
Duke of Beaufort.

Previous to the council the Duke of Marlborough and
the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos had audiences of
the Queen.
The Marquis of Salisbury arrived at the Castle and wu
introduced to the Queen by the Lord Chamberlain to
deliver up the insignia of the Order of the Garter worn by
his father the late Marquis of Salisbury.
The Earl of Rosebery also arrived and was introduced to
her Majesty by the Lord Chamberlaio, to deliver up the
insignia of the Order os the Thistle worn by his grand-
father, the late Earl of Rosobery.
After the council the Dube of Marlborough was intro-
duced to the Queen by the Lord Chamberlain—Sir Charke
Young (Garter King at Arms) being present—and her
Majesty invested the Duke of Marlborough with the
Itiband and Badge of the Order of the Garter.
The Duke of Athol* was also introduced by the Lord
Chamberlain—Sir John Richardsce (Secretary of the
Order of the Thistle) being apresent—and her Majesty
invested the Duke of Athole with the insignia of the
Order of the Thistle.
Vice-Chancellor Giffard and Mr. Julies Hunan were
introduced by the Lord Chamberlain and severally had the
honour of knighthood conferred upon thew by her Majesty.

The Queen afterwards held a court to receive an asidre-sa
from the Prelates of Ireland, relative to the established
church in Ireland, and also an address from the Corpor►-
tion of the City of Dublin upon she recent attempt upon
the life of the Duke of Edinburgh.
The Duke of Buckingham and Chandos was in attend-
ance upon her Majesty during the presentation of the ad-
dresses.

The prelates from Ireland, headed by the Archbishops
of Armagh and Dublin, and accompanied by the Arch-
bishops of Canterbury and York, and the Bishops of Lou-
don, Orford, and Carlisle, were introduced by the Lord
Chamberlain, and presented their address to her Majesty.
Her Majesty received the address, and returned a
gracious answer.

The deputation from the corporation of the City of
Dublin, headed by thetLord Mayor, was then,introduced by
the Lord Chamberlain, and his lordship presented the ad-
dress of the corporation.
Her Majesty received the address, and returned a
gracious answer.

The Lord Mayor of Dublin wee then presented to her
Majesty by the Lord Chamberlain, and received the
honour of knighthood.
After which his lordship presented the mover and
seconder of the address to her Majesty.
The deputation then retired.
A guard of honour of the Coldstream Guards, with the
band of the regiment, was mounted in the quadrangle of
the Castle.

The Prinoess of Wales drove out yesterday, attended by
the Countess of Macclesfield.
In the evening the Prince and Princess of Wales went
to the Royal Italian Opera, Covent-garden.
The Countess of Macclesfield has suoceeded the If on.
Mrs. Stoner as Lady-in-Waiting to the Princess of Wales.
The Town Clerk of Tynenieuth had an interview with
the Right Hon. Stephen Cave, at the office of the Board
of Trade. on Tuesday, on the subject of the County Courts
Admiralty Jurisdiction Bill.

The Mayor of Tynemouth and the Town Clerk, with Ur.
R. Bruce Bell, C.E., transacted business at the office of the
Bead of Trade on Tuesday last, on the subject of a loan
from the Public Works Commissioners for the proposed
Tynemouth Quay and Improvements.
A deputation, introduced by Sir John Ogilvy, and
oonaiating of the Earl of Strathmore, the Earl of Camper-
down, the Hon. Charles Carnegie, M.P., Sir Robert
Anstruther, M.P., and others, had an interview with the
Duke of Richmond at the office of the Board of Trade on
Wednesday, upon the subject of an improvement of the
lighting of the River Tay.

Their Rnyal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess
d'Aumale had a dinner party at Orleans House, Twicken-
ham, on Wednesday, when among the company were the
Earl and Countess de Grey, Frances Comities' Waldegrave
and the Right Hon. Chichester Fortescue, M.P., the Earl
and Countess of Kimberley, Lord and Lady Duitsrin, Mr.
John Bright, M.P., &c.

The Marquis and Marchioness of Donegal re-
ceived at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at their resi-
dence in Grosvenor-square, Maria Marchioness of Ailes-
bury, the Earl and Countess of Tankerville, the Earl and
Countess of Cork, the Earl and Countess of Listowel, Earl
Cowper, the Earl of Sefton, Lord and Lady Proby, Lady
George Paget, Right Hon. Sir Henry Storks, Colonel the
Hon. J. Macdonald, Dr. Quin, &c.

The Right Hon. Sir Stafford Northcote, Bart.,
M.P., and Lady Northcote entertained Lord and Lady
Robert Montagu, Sir Frederick Currie, Mr. and Mrs-
Thomson Hankey, Mr. and Mrs.Weguelin, Mr. and Hon. Mrs.
T. Talbot, Mr. and Mrs. Pole Carew, Mr. and Mrs. Baring
Young, Mr. G.' Hardy, Mr. Ferrer, Mr. Heatbcote, &0.,
at dinner, on Wednesday evening, at their residence in
Harley-street. Later in the evening her ladyship bad an
assembly, which was both numerously and fashionably
attended.

Sir Henry and Lady Cotterell entertained Vis-
count Smiley, Viscount Barrington, M.P., and Vis-
countess Barrington, Lord and Lady AveLuid, Lord and
Lady Alexander Lennox, Lady Molesworth, Sir Edward
and Lady Phillimore, Sir Robert Brownrigg, Colonel the
Hon. James and Hrs. Macdonald, Colonel Lasoelles, Col
and Hon. Mrs. Dudley Carleton, Colonel and Mrs. Mar-
shall, &c., at dinner last evening, at their residence in Bel-
grave-square.

Sir James and Lady Matheson entertained a
select party at dinner last evening, at their residence in
Cleveland-row, St. Tames's.

The Hon. Mrs. Raahleigh gave her first ball last
night at the family residence in Hill-street, Berkeley-
square. A very numerous company responded to the in-
vitation.

Bishops-Waltham Church has been restored at
an expense of 1,0001. Some fine old oak rafters have been
exposed to view by the restoration which have been con.
coaled by lath and plaster for 200 years.
Mr. Corrance intends on the sth of June to
move a select committee to consider the present incidence
and principle of local rating, sad report thereon.

Mr. John Peel intends on reading the order of
the day for going into committee on the Representation of
the People (Scotland) Bill, in the event of Mr. Beater's re-
solution being unsuccessful, to move to add to the amend-
ment of Sir Rainald Knightley " sad whose population
shall not, since the census, have increased one-fourth."
__ _ __ . _

Mr. Candlish, on Civil Service Estimates, will
move, " That an humble address be presented to her
Majesty praying that sbe will be graciously pleased to
direct that a statue of Oliver Cromwell be placed in her
Palace at Westminster."

Prince Metternich has left Vienna for his cha-
teau at Johannisberg. Re will return to Paris on Friday
or Saturday. after which it will be known what resolu-
tions have been determined on at Vienna respecting the
journey of the Emperor snd• Empress of Austria to
France.

The Emperor and Empress of Ramis are shortly
expected at Kissingen.

The Queen of Prussia is at Baden, where her
Mijeoty will rosin about a month.

DEATH Or VICE-ADMIRAL J. J. STOTTORD.—
The death is announced of Vice-Admiral Jeans John
Stopford, on the 12th inst., after a lingering Ulnae. The
deemed admiral was son of the LW Admiral the Hen. Sir
Robert litopford, 0.0.8. and brother of Vice-Admiral
Robert Fenshawe ittopeord. He entered the navy in 1829,
and obtained his first occondadon in °Acker, 1847, and
served for some time as 6ag lieutenant to his father, air
Robert litopford, when commander-ththief in the Medi-
terranean. He was advanced to the rank of a commander
in February. 1840, and made captain in May, 1841 ; rear
admiral. June 4,, 1861 ; vies-admiral, April 2, 1866 ; and
the ethos been plowed on the retired list.

1840)gir r 4

.FOIfEIGN NEWS.

CHIB DAY.)

(111.71 TILZOLIA1111.)
BA VARIIA.
MUNICH, HAT 14.
Mr. Bancroft, the American Minister, left
Munich yesterday evening. He is expected back
in a fortnight to commence negotiations for the
adhesion of Bavaria to the treaty between the
United States and the North German Confedera-
-1 tion relative to the rights of naturalised citizens.

(IT ♦TLimTta monAre THROUGH YR. astems's kozetcrr.)

AMERICA.

ADMISSION OF SOUTHERN STATES TO
CONGRESS.
WASHINGTON, MAT 14.
The House of Representatives passed to-day by
a strict party vote—all the Republican members
voting for the measure—a bill admitting North
and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, and
Luusiana, to representation in Congress, on the
conditions of their having ratified the constitu-
tional amendment, and of never depriving of the
suffrage those persons who are now entitled to
vote.

OUR PARIS LETTER.

(PROP OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.)

PARIS, THURSDAY EVRAHNO.

M. Thiers made his great protectionist speech
yesterday. It is impossible to analyse it within
the space of a letter. As usual he goes into
everything ab evo ; and he claimed the attention
of the house not only on account of his age and
experience and the great positions he has filled in
the State, but also because he has passed several
months in studying the figures which he marshalled
on this occasion. He referred with pride to
the protectionist speech he made in 1850
when the National Assembly, M.ltouher included,
was on his side. He contended that all his pro-
phecies of the evils of free trade had been fulfilled.
The apparent prosperity of a few years ago was
only owing to the American war, which, by stop-
ping the supplies of cotton, enabled large holders
in France to work up their stocks at a profit. He
described the present system as regards agriculture
as " ruin to growers in time of abundance, and
ruin to consumers in time of scarcity." He went
in with all the seriousness of an old English
maintainer of the corn laws for a tariff which would
always maintain corn at a " reasonable " price.
Protection, he said, had kept corn at from 18fr.
to 28fr. the hectolitre, whereas free trade had seen
fluctuations between 14fr. and 36fr. He insinuated
rather than affirmed that with his principles the
four-pound loaf would always cost about 11
sous instead of varying between 10 and 24 sous.
He alleged that English shipping had taken
the bread out of the mouth of French
shipping from Dunkirk to Bordeaux. He thought
it " frightful " that a French grocer at Paris or
Nantes who saw some commodity advertised cheap
in an English paper, should be able to telegraph
to England and get the commodity sent to him.
A provincial journal reports that General de
Failly, who is at present in command of the
ChAlons camp, made a speech to the troops on
May 2, in which he said :
lam proud and happy to be called upon to command
you. We have met here, not in a camp of pleasure, bus a
camp of work. I need may no more to show you that we
shall begin our labours without loss of time. We shall
leave aside instruction of detail, and begin at once those
line evolutions which are required in war. Improved arms
having superinduced a change in tactics, we shall modify
not one manoeuvres, but their application to the new arma-
ments. War being • possible thing. our practice here
must be serious, simple, and consecutive.

The most determined optimists cannot deny the
gravity of this language. It is certainly something
much more than the ordinary exhortation of a general
recommending attention to drill. The antithetical
expression at the beginning excludes the idea that
every camp is meant for work. Many hitherto
have been what General de Failly calls pleasure or
play camps, but this is to be something very
different. Who can wonder—when such language
from one of the most favoured generals in France
coincides with the various symptoms, which, in
spite of official lenitives and ambiguous mani-
festoes such as those of Orleans, produce con-
tinuous alarm—that the rumour that war will come
between the wheat and the wine harvest should
meet with many believers

The Opinion Nationale has received a telegram
stating that the French occupation of Rome is
about to be " renewed." It will be remembered
that the French army of occupation, after being
greatly reduced, had withdrawn to Civita Vecchia.
Rumours have been circulated of late that it was
coming home, the French government hoping to
bring the Pope and Victor Emmanuel to agree not
to a treaty of peace and friendship, but to what
has been called a modus vivendi. The news
of the Opinion Nationale has a totally dif-
ferent complexion. It says that General Du-
mont, in command at Civita Vecchia, has
telegraphed to the Pro-Minister of Arms to get the
large barracks in the Certoaa monastery ready for
French troops, and that large quantities of war
materiel are constantly being landed at Civita
Vecchia by French troops. " What," inquires the
Opinion Nationale, " is this mystery ? "

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has issued in-
vitations fora dinner for Saturday, the 23rd inst., to cele-
brate her Majesty's birthday.
The First Lord of the Admiralty held a levee
yesterday afternoon at the Admiralty, Whitehall when
the following oniony attended :—Admiral Sir W. J. Hope
Johnstone, Captain R. Elliot, Captain T. J. Young, V.C.,
Captain L. J. Moore, Captain F. Campbell, Captain T.
Stuart, Captain J. B. Dickson, Captain H. R. Wratielaw,
Captain W. Pitman, R.bf. A , Captain W. A. R. Pearee,
Captain Thos. !Unmans, Commander R. Napier, Com-
mander T. S. Gooch, Commander C. Montherp, Com-
mander T. P. Doughty, Commander W. Howarth,
Commander C. B. Theebeld Commander W. A. Smyth,
Commander R. Roche, Commander R. Pitman, Com-
mander A. Morrell, Commander F. Newman, Lieutenant
8. G. Price, Deputyllnspector-General of, Hospitals W.
IL Smart, C. 8., and Rev. W. H. Holman.
THR ABYSSINIAN EXPEDITION. ALEXANDRIA
MAT 14.—The British authorities have advertised for salel
at Anaseley, in a few weeks, a number of steam tags,
camels, railway plant, and other materials belonging to
the Abyssinian rapedition.—Reater's Telegram.
VISITATION OF THE CLZROY OP THE CITY OP
LOIDOIL—The Venerable William H. Hale, M.A., Arch-
! deacon of London, held a visitation yesterday of the
cl tithe City of London, and perishes adjacent, at
a spnlchro's Church, Seow-hill. There was a large
attendance of clergy. The Archdeacon, in his charge,
spoke of the vest number of important matters which had
arisen during the past year. He said his charge this year
might not inaptly be termed " An Remy on the Union of
Church and State,"and he quoted extensively from acts
of parliament to show how the faith now held by the
church became the national religion, and sbuftly urged
that for the safety both of church and state, the royal
supremacy should remain intact.
JUNIOR ATHINALTIE CLUD.—At the annual
general meeting of this dub on Theadayrthe chairman
announced that the offer to parasite Mn. Here's house in
Piccadilly had been accepted by that lady, and that the
members would probably enter into posessios next July.
The Junior Athenaeum was founded in 1864, its original
committee comprising the names of several well-known
members of the Athenaeum and other older clubs, with Mr.
Geerge IL Wright, LELA., as secretary. In its new end
splendid home. the Junior Athenaeum pumices to have a
vigorous growth, being of all West-end clubs the furthest
west.

THE CI I A RIT
The fifteenth report of theCharityConunissione„
for England and Wales was published this morning.
The amount of stock in the public and other fund4tr,„.
(erred to the official trustees daring the year Pi
344,617 f. lfts. 2d. ; and the total amour held by the...
the close of the year was 3,020,3951. 13e. Id., distributp.j
over 4,489 accounts.
In their last report the commissioners expressed sa
opinioa that the jurisdiction conferred upon the court of
Chancery and county courts, simple and inexpensive aq it
is, had increa., d the security and improved the r 0...
meat of charitable endowments, and this iniprovemenn.
was attended with corresponding results. The expeei,,,,
of last year, while confirming that conviction, has
convinced the commissioners that some modification
the low is desirable.
In the case of any charity whose gross yearly in-oa,l
does not amount to 501, the jurisdiction of the c,,tirt tog
now he tffectually invoked by the Attorney•Gener.d.
any tastess or recipients of the charity, tr by at,
of as inhabitants of the local ty in which the futiii
are administer, I ; but if the income amount t),
or exceed tO/., the jurisdiction can oily be
to by a majority of the t note or actual ada„,
trators, to the , tension of the Attorney•Gener I „
the other parties ; and the commissioners think that
discretion to limit the application of the law " is ao• c,.
veniently entrusted to private persona." Th.. incur..
nience of this restriction is the more Apd..reot
is considered that in most cases requir.rg
vention of the commissioners the trustee, who ar,
c tpahle t f rotting their juris fiction in motion, u..,y
persots most int-rested in excluding it. It is 4
tf the extended litigation to which endowed
been subjeoted, that costlysuits have been ,
authorised persona, at little risk to theniselve,,
which their own judgment alone has been exert!,
suits have been disastrous to many foundations. Ti...
was, however, toe great extent remedied by th,. ;,„...
Trusts Act of 18:0, and the commissioners now
a still further improvement, that claims to opp
be submitted to the judgment of the Attorn, .;,..
all cases, excepting those which have been
the board itself.

With a view to the more complete utlh,,t,,e •
table endowments the commissioners sug,;• -t
relaxation of the law by which found•l, ~1,• • ••
attach to their endowments perpetual tract. •
even in the interests of society, open to tn•l::.

THE llitt3H CH
:i;.•
that the statement made by the on ••::!
with respect to the expected report of the I xi•
goners on the Irish church is premature. T. !i,': •
the report has not yet been made or officially .!
We learn by telegraph that the dumb
two meetings at Carlisle yesterday, the .elini,ion : •
was by ticket. At the afternoon meeting etitiona r,
houses of parliament and an address t•• the ua, •
adopted. At the night meeting the proce..iii, a, re
stormy character, and resolutions were put. he U,l.
' Carlisle was in the chair,
TELEGRAPHIC SERVDT OF the rt.,.•
examination for appointments to the Indian teieer,;:.
service, held in London, under professor Sir
Thomson, the following gentlemen passed sati,factori:,
the order annexed ;- Messrs. Ayrton, l'aiveisity or ,•
gow ; Maclean, HAI tley Institution, Southampton ;
Trinity College, Dublin ; Boyd, Hartley
Southampton; iorig.lon, ditto, and Landon, ••
Messrs. Ayrton, Maclean, and Smyth having 1,13.1e41
tinguished examination were each awarded an exhibit
of 501. to allow of their prosecuting their studies (tint.;
THE HERO OF MAGDALA.— '` \ V hat are
ga'en to Jae wi Sir Hobert the noo, for a' bin gran' '.•
in Abyssinia?" "Troth, John, I canna jilt say ; a.' •
they'll mak' him a peer." "A peer! bout, :nun •
canna dae that," "An' what for no? Sure the
can mak' ony ane a lord r' " Alt, wool a wot
but if she war to mak' him a' the lords that mei' w .;..•
he'd be nae-peer there a vacancy fer 1,-sr
pendent in the Hospital for Incurables ?—\\,
N"rthern Whig.

WILLS AND BEQUESTS.—The will or •
confirmation, of the Right lion. Julia, Dowager c •..
of Glasgow, was sealed in her Majesty's Court of 1•
in London under 5,000/. personalty ; that of th.•
Hon. Sir George Clerk, Bart., under ;5,04),. ;
of Henry Ilouldsworth, Esq , under 400,000/. Th. v.
General Sir George Augustus NVetherall. •
K.H., Colonel of the 14th Regiment, and ,••.,
of the Royal Military College, was pro,
the London Court under 3,000/. The so..
John Davy, M. l)., F. RS., late of
How, near Ambleside, Westmorland, was pro, _
the Registry at Carlisle on the 2nd ult., by 11,
Davy, the relict and tole executrix. Tee •
sworn under 14,000/. The will is dated Marel:
and the testator died January 24 last, at the a.:
78. He held the appointment of inapect.o
of army hospitals, having entered the medic,.
partment of the army in 1815. He het ..
Flanders, France, Ceylon, and the Mediterranean..• ;
and the West Indies. He has bequeathed to Lk so:
interest in his estates, real and personal, subject : •
payment of two annuities, to near relatives, ottill,r,!:l
260/. per annum ; and after the decease of hia
estates will devolve to his son and daughter ,u
specific proportions. The watch which was Ls ..•
brother's, Sir Humplary Davy, Bart., he lea, es to
Archibald, according to promise. The ail. er •
which formerly belonged to Sir Ifumpbry be le3o, • t•
wife, and afterwards to be held by his daughter
loom. He also leaves to his daughter the present. 'f .
and silver which were made by the Enipero. of •
his brother, and the snuffbox from the Suit.s.. 'll4 .
may take out the diamonds front the latter to u.e as
ments of dress. The service of plate formerly twine: nz• •
Humphry, in accordance with his wishes, after d.. d,.•
of testator's wife, or earlier, if the thinks pester. is s •
given to the Royal Society ; and a medal. 0.101 tr 0....
said service of plate, in to be given annually for ti..
subject on chemistry. The will of Mr. Jallies
of Knutsford, was proved in the registry it Chester at :..-
7th ult. by his brother, John Teare, and John 1'..1 v i•.
of Preston. The personalty was sworn under
will is dated November last, and the testator died
16. There are legacies to hit said brother and
nieces, Margaret and Ellen. The eXPCIVOT, 0, • •
set apart a sum of 100/. for a prize et.)
teetotalism, to consist of 10 chapters,
out by the estator in his will ; and to publish tf.,
prize essay, together with his, the testator'el..ct are.
same subject; the profits that may wise theiefrou..
User with the residue of his estate, be leaves to his Ia.::
John Teare, and his nieces, Ellen and Ann 15. on •
will of William Danger, formerly of Turanville '
Scone, New South Wales, but late of Cheltenhem•
cestershire, was proved, in London, under
sonal.y in England. The testator has left the full +'=
charitable bequests:—To the Sydney Destitute 11111:j.• •
Asylum, the Sydney Infirmary, end the Sydney
Asylum, each 500/. The Scone Hospital,
Hospital, and Royal Lifeboat Institution, each •
St. Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney ; Maitland Hospital. -'
School, Cornwall Bodmin's Dispensary, and Cheltec.. •,
General Dispensary, each 100/. To the Vicar of St. • t
600./., to expend the interest for the benefit of the .
and deserving poor of that parish ; and from an) cu t
residue remaining from his estate to pay to the K,
Mercy, St. Winnow, near Lostwithiel, Cornwall. '
Royal Albert Hospital, Devonport, 100 f. ' • De% unport
Institution. 100 f. ; and the Wesleyan Mislionary
104:IL—Mai/rated London Noes.
A CUelous FEAST. —A singular feast.
fact, a feast of radishes, oaten cake and butter, with st,
qmalaioere,tea customary
wianasd thegi,venson
t T
of
affuesdaaithr.ve
In the olden time i 1 v e'
duty of the Kendal corporation to open the M.:c.h-r,
fair by reading the King's charter, and for this p-1-'"„
that body used to
,proceed to the old po.t tout :1
state, the mayor and his municipal colleagues co 4
hat, robes, and bearing the silver mace and otr,r
thohlthtlelia,pinthrigmianoedfn oi
bffivaci:sh.rifirenvinlanteabortairei!e:vnPeiiedvdtaeltediaoritnbblyhat::tlfheafSeea tuos.4er o:
guests walked round the grounds and thence Tt!.../4,
to Kendal. Of course, this was merely a cooplimest.,,
recognition of the Kendal dignitaries, and as such tr
been regarded ever since. Now, however, the
become more general ; for, in addition to the esistx;
poration, as many of the male portion of the public asn..,`,
te be present are admitted, and ample proviaiou
inacooggeordingthmly.epAru
the
lefiOcopeznwes, sorempereofsenthtesy:.;
tables were laid out in the garden', and upon ths
pyramids of oaten cake and patties of butter, tet.;::,
with a whole crop of radishes and sandry CADS
or
ale. There was the greatest liberality me
and the newts ate and drank with eeidetl
fort
One important feature of the feast is the compalsorl
entitled " drinking the constable." This is en ":::;,1
through which all strangers are required to rV,,,,
for that reason is not generally admired by the 1%6
fethliTraukelvegTh'sethuareoiusikardahforfireloneitail, isz.sesial"l7ciatedlarg,
begraiedbYs.i°tibier;:zi
dark-brown liquor called " 112011000, be
toing itP,,,1'0./."
made front burnt malt, and this is given
who is required to 'tend upon one leg and dri? fs•
man forfeits a sM.llg. Of worse, much is
feature, and the contortions and evident &Sire of r 2,,
i;" diAlkinnalkeecl,":l;wbe.i:::isdiZlspeeedtlonPrcil:thoreaswabetwhilvl:::::funthli—A"":ol"enie.ib:lei:lD:::'`i!
peculiar
sdlisownAfr
to.te_trrihtithnote:eat
etheerewuwzreeceavariingoutos a cone:

SECOND EDITION.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(refore the Judge Ordinary.)
wittrni: r. WIIITTI.t.
Tbia part heard case was again resumed, and was still
progressing when uur report left.

COURT OF ADMIRALTY.
(Ilefore the Hight Hon. Sir R. Phillicuore.)
THE 4:KLAT I:I4TLILM $I EA11,:111.,

This was as applic,,tion on the part of the Great
Eastern Steamship Company (Limited). The vessel was
under arrest in several suits at Liverpool. The court had
referred to the Registrar (Mr. Rothey), assisted by pier.
chants, the claims of between 300 and 400 seamen, who
had been discharged from the vessel on the scheme for
running the vessel to and from New York during the Pane
Exhibition turning oat a failure. The Registrar had made
his report in favour of the men, and the company appealed
to the court from his decision.
Mr. C. P. ltutt appe trod for the Great ship Company
In objection to the Registrar's report.
The Solicitor-General, Mr. Vernon Lushington, Mr.
R. G. Williams, and Mr. James Aspinall, appeared for the
sailors.
Mr. Butt contended that the report wes erroneous, and
ought not to be col:thrilled, because it awarded to the sea-
men damage for breach of contract, and the ilculation of
the damages was based on a misapprehension. Further,
that the report awarded aunts of money for which the
company was released ; that the report negatived the
rights of the men to ten days double pay, and that the sums
awarded were excessive. In March, leo7, the ship being
at Liverpool, her master, Sir James Anderson.hired a crew.
The men were engaged for a term, but discharged before
the time, on the arrival of the ship at Liver-
pool. It was admitted that the men had, been
wrongfully dismissed, hut it was contended that
the men were bound to seek employment and
could not be awarded the whole amount because they
thought proper to remain idle, and to wander about the
streets of Liverpool creating sympathy. mid exciting pre-
judice against the company, after they had proposed
terms of arrangement which some of the sailors had
accepted.
The decision in this case (which is still proceeding) will
affect about ;;.30 seamen.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Acting-Commissioner Hsi.litt.)
_ summoNs BY .t LIMIT/.0 COMPANY.

A trader-debtor summons hal been taken out by the
Greatbridge Iron and Steel Company (Limited), of Tipton,
Staffordshire, against a debtor, from whom they claimed

Mr. Doria, for the debtor, took the objection that the
particulars of demand ought to have the corporate se►l of
the company affixed to them and be signed by two of the
directors ; also, that proof should be givtia that Mr.
Woodhouse, the secretary, was the duly authorised agent
of the company. In support of this view he cited the
ca., of Calthrop and Greenhill, decided by the Lord
Ch. atelier. . . . .

Mr. Brough, in support of the summons, urged that the
signature of the secretary to the particular. was enough.
and that his authority was sufficiently verified. The cues
cited referred to petitions for adjudication where greater
strirtorss was required.
His Honour said he did not think it necessary, in the
case of a claim, or summons, that the particulars of de-
mtud should have the seal of the company. The great
point was whether the claim had been sufficiently brought
to the knowledge of the defendant, and he thought this
had been done.
It being orated that the defendant was not in attend-
Mr. Brough asked that the fact might be endorsed on
th sun mons, as his nonappearance would constitute an
act of lt.a.kruptcy in eight days from service of the sum-
mons. .

,r.ler acconlingly.
RC TtlOllA, FITZMAURICE BURKE.

The bankrupt, who was an officer in the Derbyshire mili-
tia. and ..on of the late General Burke, recently passed
through thi. court. It appeared that he had an interest to
the extent of Bet. a year under the will of his late father,
but thin interest had been assigned, while the bankrupt
waa in priaon, to a Mr. Benjamin Franklin, of Dublin.
Mr. 'trough, who represented the assignee'', now applied
for authority to issue to the court in Dublin to summon
and ex 'mine Mr. Franklin. The applc►tion was granted.
(Before Mr. Registrar Pepys.)
IN 1.1 THOMAS RAWLINGS.

The bmkrupt Wall described as a broker, of Palmerston-
Inti Wing", ltroad•street. This was a prison adjudication.
The hankryt, on examination before the Registrar, stated
tka dealt in i:on ; his chief business had been ex-
porting iron to Ametic.,. His debts were about 8,0001.
Hi 1,1 property. but he had a claim of 10,0001. against
the 10.1i311.1:iouthern Itailway Company (U.S.) for money
due to Lim und..r an a/raiment. This was the first sitting,
and the usual formalities were gone through.

POLICE COURTS.-(THIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.

CAFTUR& OF SMASHIRS.

J..„ lir 'len and John Boyers, who said they had no
hted residence, were placed at the bar before Alderman
Lusk. M. l'., charged with passing bad money.
John l'itt, cheesemonger, of No. 5, Farringdon-road,
sa,d that on Monday, the 4th inst., the prisoner Rogers
came to him about noon, and bought two penny-
• ,tth of cheese, for which he gave a shilling,
Nn I received 'the change. Shortly afterwards
Brown came in and had • small quantity of bacon, in
proent for which he gave a shilling and
left. Ile put both the shillings into the till,
and when he had left, a police-constable came in to
know what money the prisoners had given him.
II looked in the till and found only two shillings and a
°orin there, and the two shillings were bad. Yesterday
Brown came in again for two pennyworth of cheese, and
hdered another bad shilling. They all appear to have
been made in the sante mould. He gave Brown into
cu.tody and Rogers was apprehended near the Smithfield
Ft.tloll.house.

The pnioners were remanded for the attendance of the
Kilt solicitor.

-1: PROSECUTION OF EX-GOVERNOR

EYRE.

BOW.STREJIT POLICE COURT.

tt 1:ow-street police court, Mr. Eyre, Ex-
•o* eruor of Jamaica, appeared to answer the
~,,,ourned summons charging him, first, with
having issued an illegal and oppressive proclamation
and caused divers illegal acts to be done under
:he same ; and, secondly, with having unlawfully
caused the arrest, imprisonment, and flogging of divers
persons who resided within the island of Jamaica, under
and by virtue of a certain illegal proclamation of martial
law, which had been theretofore issued by him.
:sir H. I'. Collier and Mr. Horne Payne, instructed by
Messrs. Sheen and ltoecoe, conducted the prosecution ;
and Mr. Gifford, Q.C., and Mr. Palmer, instructed by
Kr. Rose, appeared for the defence.
:Sir It. P. Collier addressed the court at some length, re-
capitulating the facts of the case as narrated on previous
occasions, after which
Mr. Dunning, the shorthand writer, was called to prove
his notes of the evidence of Mr. Eyre before the commission
on Jan. 31, 1865, which were published in the blue-book.
The evidence was read over from the blue-book by Mr.
Horne Payne.
[The case was proceeding when our report left.l

THE FATAL PISTOL ACCIDENT To AN

UNDERURADUATI AT OXFORD.

(xi trizonew.)
(ram ow' owx coansrorrunfr.)
OXFORD, FRIDAY MORNING.

inquest will be held this afternoon, at
4 i clock, in the Music-hall, Holywell, respecting the fatal
zwci.lent which happened yesterday to Mr. Berne.
Ic has transpired that the deceased was accidentally shot
bosom friend, Mr. Alexander M. Gordon, while in
_at on the river.

Gordon is suffering from intense mental excitement
- by the misadventure.

m the 28th ultimo was the anniversary of the
1-)tag the foundation stone of Salisbury Cathedral. It
was 'oil on the 28th of April , 1220, 648 years ago.
Till,: MURPHY DISTUABANCiti AT BURY.—At the
bury petty session, yesterday, William Henry Mils.
, ottb. an assistant ' to the lecturer Murphy, was
listhberhawatig, aonpral*Vvaeridnaytheue woundede7XdLncashire
blutia. The evidence showed that during the excitement
• the neighbourhood of Murphy's tent the prisoner
r-1at..1 out, drew a sword and brandished it, and struck
th.' prosecutor on the right ear and shoulder, inflicting
two slight wounds. He subsequently struck a policeman
u.t:i the 3word and pierced his coat, and also cut the
to4i: of a second militiaman. He was committed for trial
at the Manchester aasizes, and an application that he
"";lit l'e admitted to bail was refused. Two other per-
iou4 were fined for throwing stones at Murphy and his
Party in Tuesday night. There was no disturbance in the
town hut night, a fact attributed to the absence of militia.
10t0...La took a prominent part in the disturbances on
W"AtiktaY ht.—Maar/tater Guardian.

SHOCKINU aI..TREATMENT OP A ITIFS.

INQI:MT.---(THIS DAY.)

An inquiry was held he Mr. Humphreys, co-
roner, at the Duke of Cambridge Tavern, Felix-street.
Hackney-road, last evening, relative to the death of Mrs.
Hurint Sisney, aged 25 years.
The deceased was the wife of a tradesman, who sold his
business for the sum of 440/., and latterly dealt in hops.
Mr. John Sisuey, 11, Minerva-street, Hackney-road, hop-
seller, said that the deceased was his wife. On Wednes-
day week she was taken in labour, and he went at 9
in the morning to Dr. Latham for his assistance. The
doctor said be was going elsewhere, but would see de-
ceased as NOD as he could. Witness then went away, and
admits that he spent nearly the whole of the day in the
Two Mariners public-house, but then it was knows where
be was. He was sent fur at II o'clock at night, when his
wife was dying, and he went at once. He consideted
that she bail sufficient food, although people said that
she had not. _ _

Richard Andrew., the father of the decease.], said that
four months agu she was taken away, so that he was not
able to discover her whereabouts until a few days before
her death. He then found her in a most destitute state.
On Wednesday week he went to find the husband, and saw
him in a public house, in liquor. He told him that his wife
was dying, and took him to her room. The breath wasleavin.g
her, but Stsney threw up his hands and cried " Oh, she is
worth 20 dead ones, I will drive to the Derby before she
dies." She died in five minutes. The witne.s gave some
shocking detail. of the treatment of the deceased by her
hughantl.

Caroline Crombie, landlady of the Simeys, said that the
deceased bad not sufficient to eat, and she was often in
fainting state, and used to cry for want of food. Her little
(laughter, who was only .i years of age, also cried
from the same cause. When the deceased asked her hue-
band for anything, he would swear at her. She did not
get meat more than once a week. Her husband, who was
•ever without u.oney, used to come home nearly every
morning at 2or 3 o'clock. He was not out on business.
Deceased used to cry and tell witness that she need not
suffer at all only for her husband's conduct, for he could
earn 10s, before breakfast. There was no food for her the
day the child was born. Witness and the doctor gave her
some nourishment.
Mrs. Andrews said that deceased had taken her hus-
band twice before the magistrate for his brutal ill-treat-
ment, but she would not prosecute him.
Mr. .W. Lathan', M.R.C.S., said that the deceased
died from heinorrhsge from natural causes, but the treat-
ment to which she had been subjected would of course
depress the system and render it less able to bear up
under the loss of blood. The child was bora dead.
_

The jury expressed great indignation at the conduct of
the husband, and at his indifference while giving evidence.
The Coroner having summed up,
The jury found " That the deceased died from hemorr-
hage in childbirth, and that the evidence taken in the
Case proved that the conduct of the deceased's husband
was most brutal."

The Coroner severely censured Sisney, who appeared to
think that he was a very Mused man.

LATEST SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

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DONCASTER MEETING-(THIS DAY.)

CLUMBER STAKES.
Zaleika walked over.
BETTING•ROOM STAKES.

Laze .
Clarionatte

2 ran.
SCURRY STAKES. Five lotions U 2 yards.
Out-maid-Outer, Nike, Beauty, Ulphus, Dutch Admiral,
Haymaker, Greenhorn, Skysail, General Sherman, Pero,
and Buckenham's dam I are here.

CHESTERFIELD HANDICAP. One mile

esputan, Kidderminster, Ainaley, Medina, Cornet,
Russian Bear, and Percussion are here.
HANDICAP HURDLE RACK. Two miles and a half.
Nothing More, Troubadour, and Advertisement here.

SALISBURY MEETING.--(THIS DAY.)