The Express.
London, England, 1861-09-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 2, 1861.

out tLe roweim loth In this world and the
next, and mew the lee•on daily until it becomes indelibly
need on their minds, Watch over them daily, and set them
. goad esample, awl then you will be doing your duty u
yau,uta. A revonaiLle trust is coufided to you, and you
lan Jo your children good if you are really disposed to do
•o. In the whole courne of my experience as • magistnte I
.;,at ; ~,,, eim .oeetm.le th::n A father and
mother Minging their little son, of year* o tender ex youra,
to polirmeautt with the humiliating confession
that the% do not know wind to do or how to manage him.
The :.pplicatiou it a dequeefd one. Tat- him 11.11 C aid
glo yIAU duty.

awl called her a prortitute. She told him she was Dot, whoa
he struck her, sad she called out for sasistaaws. Mr. Fors-
man then -kite up Aiol sb.• stepper' aside, eel immerli-
at,ly after ti. tte nr,,,ectitor ...al he had been robbed of
his s.dch.
la answertu Mr. Comb,.
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The eoostsble aaid that lie undentood that the female
was a re.peetable y.ung Tmutn. She had never been in
trouble before.

Mr. Combo mid that he should discharzc her also, and in
doing so, added that she left that court without the least
slant upon her ch..no ter. He should advise the prose-
cutor to Le more pal Ocular iu gii iog persons into custody
for the future.

THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON RAILWAY
CATASTROPHE.

On inquiry at the Sumer. County Hospital,
Brighton, last evening our reporter was informed that the
sufferers by the late accident are progressing towards re•
covely. Seven persona at present remain under treatment.
William Arnold, gardener to Mr. Pegg, York Hotel,
bad both legs fractured, the right one ampu•
tated. He is doing well. (leurge Noble and Thomas
Noble, hawkers, who received scalp wounds and were
much shaken, will, it is hoped, be able to leave the
hospital in a few days. The same may be said of Thomas
Parker, bricklayer, of Brighton. He received a wound on
the forehead and several bruises. His wife was killed by
his side. Timothy Tester received severe bodily injuries,
but is rapidly improving. Elizabeth Westcott sustained
fractured leg, and her daughter was bruised and scalded.
The latter has left the hospital convalescent, and
the mother is doing well. The only other patient
is Elizabeth Edwing, a child of two years and
a-half old, the daughter of Mr. &living, of White Lion.
street, Norton-folgate. She was with her mother, who wag
returuiag to London from a short visit to Brighton. The
mother was killed, and the child could of course give no
account of herself. Both her legs were fractured, and she
bad al o sustained a fracture of the thigh, besides being
sodded. Next day Mr. Edwing came down from London
and identified his little girl. She is doing well. All these
patients are under the care of Mr. Furner, senior stupor'
to the County Haspital.
The Extramural Cemetery, where sixteen of the dead
have been interred, was yestenlay afternoon visited by a
great concourse of persons. Some of the relatives and
survivor, attired in the deepest mourning, visited the
graves of the deceased. The solemn event was iinpres-
lively alluded to yesterday in most of the churches and
chapels of the town.
Among the tragic incidents in humble life to which the
calamitous event gave birth the following may be men-
tioned. A young woman in service in London obtained her
mistress's permission to invite her father and mother to
spend the day with her at her mistress's house. Dinner
was provided, but the visitors Idled to arrive. The family
probably heard of the accident, for on Monday the daughter,
full of anxiety, came to Brighton to inquire whether her
father and mother were iu the train. She could hear
nothing about them until she arrived at her father's house, '
where she found the blinds closely drawn,and learnt, to her
horror, that both her parents were in the train with her
little brother, a child of eighteen months, and that all three
were killed by the accident. The unfortunate man and
wife have left nine children. He hail worked as a wine-
cooper for twenty-four years with Mr. Ellie, wine-merchant,
Ship street, Brighton.
The cermet and jury renew the examination of witnesses
this morning. Mr. Hawkins, the traffic manager of the
!snider' and Brighton Railway, will be the first witness
examined.

The Nileay company have already granted inch com-
pensation av the circumstances appeared to require in the
MI MO of passengers suffering frees minor aistealtios and
injuries.

THE CASE OP THE NAACO POLO EMIGRANT
SHIP.

A case of some public importation was beard
on Thursday, at the Liverpool Police.court, before Mr.
Rallies, in which Captain Johnson, the captain of the well-
known emigrant ship Marco Polo, was summoned for an
alleged infringement of the Pasi;engers Act (1855). Yr.
Vernon Lusbingtoo, barristerat-law, instructed by Messrs.
Lovindes and Co., appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Forsham for the defendant. The information was laid by
Captain Pnnr, the government emigration officer at Liver-
pool, and the alleged infringement consisted in the pay•
stingers of the ship, on the homeward voyage from Aus-
tralia, cut having been supplied with provisions in accord-
ance with the act of parliament.
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Mr. Lushington, in opening the case, said that the vessel
left Melbourne, bound for Liverpool, on the 19th Februaiy
last, and had on board anumber of passengers. Oo the 7th of
March the ship came into violent cuutact with au iceberg,
and in consequence of the injuries she sustained she hind to
put into a port of refuge, and she reached Valparaiso on the
2ml of May. She was detained there until the 22nd of
May, and after haviog taken in further ..sirgo she proceeded
un her voyage. He said it was alleged that on board the
Marco Polo on this particular voyage the proviaions were
bad--that the beef and pork were bad in quality, and that
the tea, sugar, butter, and suet fell short of what was re-
quirod—and complaints having been made to the emigrant
Akers in regard to this, he necessarily felt it to be his duty
to bring the matter before the court.

Al te;some ihscumiou between the legul gentlemen engaged
in the case as to the particular clause of the Passengers Act
applying to this case,
Mr. Matthew Brown was called, and in examination by
51r. Luohiogton said lam a doctor of medicine. 1 wax a
second cabin er on board the Marco Polo on the
voyage in question. There were, I believe, about 204 pan.
wagers. We left Valparaiso OD the 72nd of May on the
voyage home. We had an allowance of beef. It was very
bed ; it was almost always bad, and it stunk occasionally.
As to the pork, it was indifferent- The preserved
meat was also vely bed. We had no allowance of butter for
15 days. I had uo sugar supplied to me for 15 days ; and
during the whole voyage I bad no lump sugar, although I
°Detracted to receive it.

Cnesexaruined by Mr. Forshaw—l complained to the
captain. I wrote to him about the breach of the agreement
is respect to the sugar. I also complained to the purser in
a letter. (Laughter.) I have said that there was no substitute
for sugar ; there was molasses offered. Some ham was also
offered for butter. Could not say whether it was good.
Did not teate it. The pork was good in my cabin. On
the "general question" he might be said to represent the
other cabin passeugen in this matter. After they arrived
at Liverpool the passengers met at the Brunswick Hotel. I
was therm but I was not the chairman or orator. (Laughter.)
I did not make a speech, but I made observations. (Re-
Dewed laughter.) They agreed at the meeting to go alto-
gether and sae if they could not get redress. They went to
Mr. Belem, but I did not say that the others were a set of
rapacious fellows ; that they required a great amount, and
that if Mr. Baines would give me a reasonable sum to my-
self I would settle the matter. I niitlit have made a re-
mark to Mr. Baines, but did not say that. I did not my to
him that be should make an arrangement to satisfy me and
my wife. I did not sign the letter that was sent to the
owners. I did not do so because I did not admire its bom-
bast and general tone. (Laughter.)
William Smith, Edward Brown, John Sutherland, and
John Miller, who bad bees passengers on hoard the Marco
Polo, gave similar evidence as to the bad quality of the
provisions; lint they generally admitted that molasses hail
been offered in lieu of sugar, ham instead of butter, and
that toffee had been substituted in the place of tea.
Mr. Forshaw, in addressing the court for the defendant,
said that at the opening of the proceedings they had been
told that this case was one of very great importance; but
he thought that, after haring heard the evidence which had
been given a more trumpery case could not have been
Drought forward. He was of opinion that every-
thing had been done that could be done by the
owners and master of the vessel, under ordinary
circumstances, that was required of them by the act of
parliament, and that his bundle id grievances had
originated with the loquacious doctor, who was worse thso
any sea-lawyer, and wl.o took upon himself the duty of
being the agitator for the redress of the grievances of the
other passengers. After the vessel bad come in contact
with the iceberg they made for Valparaiso, where provisions
were ordered at houses of respectability, and for which full
prices had been paid, and if the provisions were bad the
captain had been duped by these parties. It was true that
they had fallen short of butter 011 the voyage, but that was
in consequence of the parties who supplied it at Valparaiso
giving deficient quantities, for when they got to sea they
found, when they opened the casks of butter, that one cask
had been placed within another, so that the quantity was
not stifileieut ; but they had had a substitute offered
for the tea, sugar, and butter ; and tins being so, be
did not think that, under all the eimemstinces of the
they ougbt to be convicted for an infringement of the act of
parliament. This case was brought there by the doctor and
others, in °Murto extort money from his clients; and he
hoped that after the evidence he should cell before the
court the case would Le dismissed. Mr. Forshaw then
called
James Hunt, the purser of the ship, who mid that lie
was purser on the voyage home, and it was his duty to
supeiniteed the provisions. He stated that uo complaint
had bees made to him about the beef and pork except once,
when a man brought a piece tl iit he said was not good,
and it was changed. He had never seen beef or pork
thrown overboard on account of its bad quality ; and when
they fell elect of bitter, ham was substituted. Mulaa.es
was substituted when they fell short of auger, and coffee
instead of tea.
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Mr. Rallies said that he was of opinion th►t there bail
been a violation of the act, but at the sume time it did nut
appear to bun to ben very bail case. because the deficiency
might have arisen from socideutal circumstances. lie
thought the emigration officers had done right in bringing
the mine before the court ; but at the name time be must
say that the owners of the ship had seldom ani shing bad
against their ships, and under all thecircumstances he would
indict a penalty of Y.
Another information was laid against Wrens James
Deines, Themes Miller Mackie, soil James Nichol Forbes,
as owners of the Marco Polo, for allowing spirits to he sold
on board that ship on the voyage home front Melbourne.
Several of the witnesses who were examined in the but 1946
slated that they had purchased spirits at the purser's window,
but with the exception of one of them they were unable to
say who supplied the drink—whether it was the purser or
seine one else ; and as Mr. Forshaw said that it was con-
trary to the express orders of the owners and captain that
the spirits were sold the ease was dismissed.

HAMPIITZAD Junenow.—A meeting of this com-
pany, whose line is worked by the London awl North Wes-
tern, was called for Saturday, at the Euston Station, but as
there was not a sufficient number of proprietors present the
meting was adjourned.
CZYNTAL PALACL HALT-A-CROWN DAY.
&USDA% AUGUST 31.—Admiseione On payment. 1,097;
ditto by as ticks* 1,439; total visitors, 2,536.