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LONDON, THURSDAY, OCT. 21, 1869.

On Monday afternoon two meetings were held at
Paris—one of them at M. JULES PAYEE'S residence
by the leading Deputies of the Left, that is, by the
chiefs of the Opposition in the Corps Legislatif ;
the other at Clichy by the out of door supporters (?)
of the Opposition. The contrast presented to view
by those two assemblages was sufficiently remarkable.
That which took place at M. PAYEE'S was so orderly
—that which took place at Clichy was so exactly the
reverse. All the Paris members were at the former,
saving only M. THIERS, who is known to be still
absent in the south of France. Four provincial De-
puties alone were iu attendance at the Clichy gathering,
but they were just exactly four too many, everything
considered. Than the decision arrived at by the
Leaders of the Opposition, under the guidance of the
temperate but resolute councils of M. JULES FAVRE,
nothing could possibly be more plain-spoken, more
unflinching, or more thoroughly uncomprom!sirg.
Whereas in regard to the whole of the proceedings of
the Democratic rabble, collected in the place of as-
sembly in Clichy, it may be said, with equal precision
and accuracy, that nothing could well have been at
once more uproarious or more utterly disgraceful.
After announcing that the Deputies of the Left
will not repair to the Chambers on the 26th
instant, that is, on Friday next, the docu-
ment, which is signed by twenty of the most
notable names among the Chiefs of the Opposition,
declares distinctly in behalf of the whole of the De-
puties of the Left :•—" We have resolved to wait for
the actual opening of the next Session. Then we
shall call the Executive to account for this new in-
sult to the nation. [This insult—having reference,
evidently to a prior-sentence in the document, run-
ning as follows :—" That Constitution which the
Government thinks fit to undo with its own hands,
we have been obliged to submit to, and we ought
not to attempt to restore it by taking up its defence."]
Then we shall show by the very experiment which
has been made during the last three months
that the personal power, while pretending to
give way in presence of the public reprobation,
has never ceased to act and speak in the
character of a master. Then we shall pursue on the
ground of universal suffrage and national sovereignty
—the only one that can henceforth subsist—the
work of Democratic and Radical Reform, the flag of
which has been placed by the people in our hands."
The names signed to this document—which is like
a throwing down of the gauntlet before the lists are
opened—are sufficiently important to be specified
here, as they are given at the close of it alphabeti-
cally, They are those of Messeurs BANCEL, BETH-
If ONT, DESSEAUX, DORIAN, ESQUIROS, JULES
FAVRE, JULES FERRY, GAMBETTA, GREVY,
GARNIER-PAGES, GUTOT-MONTPAYROUX, DE
JOUVENCEL, LARRIEU, LE CESNE MA GRIN,
ORDINAIRE, E. PELLETAN, E. PICARD, JULES
SIONON, and TACHARD. Contrasting wonderfully with
the cool determination manifested thus by the De-
puties of the Left in the presence of the serried forces
of the Imperial Government, the meeting which took
place simultaneously at Clichy was one characterised
throughout by the most dire incoherence, extrava-
gance, and fatuity. The very summonses addressed
by its promoters to the chiefs of the Opposition, com-
manding their attendance in the most peremptory
and insulting language, was of itself nothing less
than a public outrage. Two only of those
leading members of the Gauche were guilty of
the Gaucherie of actually sending their apologies
for their non littendance ! Those two being
M. PICARD and M. GAMBETTA. M. GARNIER PAGES
disdained to make any acknowledgment whatever of
so insolent a communication. M. JULES PAYEE,
bearding not the lion in his den, but the cur in his
kennel, wrote laconically in reply—" Gentlemen,—l
am not used to receive, still less to obey, summonses
couched in such terms as that you have sent me.
You will, therefore, not be surprised if I do not
keep the appointment you give me. (Signed)
JULES FAVRE." The reading of this disdainful
reply was the signal for a roar of execrations, yells,
groans, and hisses,prolonged:and tumultuous. The four
obsequious deputies who were there meekly in attend-
ance obtained the welcome they richly merited:
They were received in profound silence by an as
semblage not very far short of one thousand
persons, who were crammed together in one apart-
ment barely constructed to contain one quarter of the
number. One of them, M. PELLETAN, on twice en-
deavouring to ascend the rostrum for the purpose of
addressing the uproarious demonstration, was denied
a hearing, by a choral hubbub, the time of which was
marked throughout by the clanging of the bell allotted
to the chairman, simply for the purpose of sustaining

rather than of suppressing the turmoil of the meet-
ing over which he presided. Happily for the inte-
rests of the great party of the Opposition thioughout
France, the councils of the Left will be guided in
the Corps Legislatif by more serene and temperate
judgments than those of the brawling Democrats
who brought disgrace upon Monday's gathering at
Clichy.

To the South Derbyshire coroner must be accorded
the merit of having conducted one of the most
remarkable enquiries on record. The duty of finding
fault with judicial proceedings—even so primitive a
procedure as a coroner's inquest—is painful and deli-
cate ; but when the jury themselves publicly com-
plain it is high time for investigation. The disclosures
made respecting the inquest on the railway accident
near Long Eaton, on the Midland line, leave no doubt
that the investigation was entirely one-sided and un-
satisfactory. The occurrence which gave rise to this
strange judicial comedy will be still fresh in the
public mind. On Saturday a long excursion
train left Nottingham for Leicester at thirty-
five minutes past eleven in the evening.
Half-past eleven was the hour regularly fixed
for the despatch of the ordinary mail train ; but
this latter did not start until twenty minutes to
twelve—that is, just five minutes after the slow and
heavily-weighted special had gone on before it. The
driver of the mail tells us that he ran cautiously,
knowing what was before him. But though he
restrained the speed of his engine to twenty
miles an hour, he gained so rapidly on the
excursion train that, in a very brief space, the
interval of five minutes—if it ever was five—
was reduced to two. The excursion train crept
slowly on until it approached Long Eaton Junction,
when two sets of fog signals assured the driver that
danger was ahead. In fact, the traffic on the line
had been involved—by what means it remains for the
Midland Company to chew—in, extraordinary con-
fusion. Foremost of all, and nearest Long Eaton,
was a broken down luggage train. Next came
a second excursion train, which had wandered
from Burton that night, and had been brought to a
stand by the broken-down collection of luggage vans.
Third was the original and doetaed excursion train,
which had pulled up in obedience to the fog signals.
List was the swift mail. The driver of this fourth
train kept his time punctually, waited as long as he
could for the special to get forward, then ran on, and
was informed that the excursion train was just in
front. The mail slackened, but not in time. There
was a dense fog at the time, and the driver and guard
were unable to see the block ahead until within ten
or twelve yards. The crash came, and the lives of
the excursionists were sacrificed to the error and
negligence of the railway authorities. The very fact
that these four trains were brought, so to speak, "all
in a heap" seemed sufficient proof that the arrangements
had been defective. And not only was the traffic in
this strange complexitv, but the arrangement was the
most dangerous that could have been selected. The
luggage train, the slowest of the four, was first ; the
mail, the swiftest, was last. There was no possibi-
lity under the circumstances for,the unhappy special
from Nottingham to escape ; for if the driver had
disregarded the fog-signals, and had run on, he would
have destroyed the Burton train; whereas by remaining,
the unfortunate people in his own charge suffered.
Surely both the system, or want of system,
starting the trains, and the conduct of the mail
driver, in going forward after he had been informed
of the confusion ahead of him, demanded an inquiry.
And how did the South Derbyshire coroner con-
duct the much-needed investigation ? Various
sinister reports of this remarkable inquest have
leaked out day by day since the accident ; but, at
last, "An Indignant Juryman " has published a
concise account of the whole affair. The inquiry pro-
ceeded until the relatives of the deceased and various
railway servants—drivers and guards—had been
heard, but no independent testimony whatever had
been given respecting the cause of the disaster.
Yet at this point the Coroner thought there
was sufficient evidence upon, which to form a
decision, and proceeded to'` sinn up. One juror
desired to learn how the higgage-train had broken
down, and how the excursion train from Burton had
managed to get between the goods' and the
special trains; but no testimony on these im-
portant points was called. Another thought the
pointsman at Long Eaton Junction ought
to be summoned, but the coroner " consi-
dered there was sufficient evidence without"
Then—strange to relate—Mr. ALLPORT, the general
manager of the company, delivered a neat and
to x
impressive
excess
address
jury, attributing the acci-
dent essof
cautionte on the part of the officials.
"They could not blame men for being exceedingly
cautious; but still his opinion was that excessive caution
had caused the disaster." Surely,44. Ilir.
ALLPORT
did not appear as a witness he ought not to have been
thejury like a special pleader,
needful, he might, at least, have
po er rimf ihtitse d
opinionto add rwe a
ss s
given his reasons. Who displayed " excessive
caution's on that fatal Saturday night no one, save
Mr. ALLPORT, has been able to discover. When the
coroner had finished his summing up, the jury re-
tired to consider their verdict. They could not agree.
Two-thirds were for the decision of "Accidental
Death," but the remainder, including " An Indignant
Juryman," wished to call Dore evidence. One man
was heard, and still, no result could be obtained.
The coroner informed them that he " could stay
no longer ;" if they did not agree they must be
locked up for the night. Even this delicate intima-
tion did not content the obstinate men who deemed
an adjournment necessary to elucidate the facts;
and at length the worthy South Derbyshire seeker
after truth stated that it only needed two-thirds of
the eighteen jurors to establish a valid decision.
" This had the desired effect, for while some of us.
were still deliberating one of the jury informed the
foreman that twelve of them were agreed for 'Acci-
dental Death.' The foreman at once declared the
verdict, and to our surprise was signing, with other
jurors, the necessary papers before we were
aware of the verdict having been given."
Surely a " coroner's 'quest " of this kind
ought not to be allowed to defeat the ends of justice.
Without in any way prejudicing the issue of a full
inquiry, there can be no hesitatim in affirming that a
full inquiry was sorely needed, and' that the coroner's
inquest has not supplied the want. Why should not
the result of the Government inquiry on Saturday be
made known ?

THE Archbishop of YORK'S appeal to the clergy to
lend their assistance in the cause of temperance has
already produced good fruit. More than one eminent
clergyman of the Established Church has been
stimulated by the well-timed exhortation at the Liver-
pool Congress. The Bishop of ELY has just brought
the importance of this work before the notice of his
clergy ; and Dr. TEMPLE is to be-reckoned amongst
the latest acquisitions to the ranks of the United
Kingdom Alliance. He is not a complete convert.
The Bishop-Designate of Exeter is not a total
abstainer, nor can he at present
give unqualified ad-
herence to the aims and programme of the Alliance.
But a prelate who, like Dr. TEMPLE, does not drink
any intoxicating drink more than once a month
can be in no way impressed with the merits
of alcoholic liquors. And the right rev. doctor is
fully alive to the unlimited evil wrought by what is
unfortunately, but truly, described as " the national
vice." The mission of the Association for the sup-
pression of the liquor traffic is quite exten-
sive enough to admit the co-operation of all
such as these. There will be a day, doubtless,
when the uncompromising and the best doctrine will
prevail ; but until the minds of men are brought
round there must be toleration. He who still ho.,a,
that there ought to be means of obtaining
intoxicating liquors if a man choose to get
them; but perceives the evil of unrestrained
traffic and unlimited temptation,, and is ready
to assist in imposing restrictions, is an ally well
worth having. There need be no fear of the ulti-
mate result. The aid of Dr. TEMPLE is of
especial value as one of the first leading advocates
the Alliance has gained from the Church. Men of most
sects and parties have joined the movement, but the
Establishment has hitherto held aloof. Her powerful
adhexence ought to decide the battle,

TEE ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN DE-
7VOUNCIE G THE HOUSE OF LORDS,

Tho Archbishop of Dublin on Tuesday delivered his visi-
tation address. Referring to the Church Disestablishment
Act, ho said that they could not but regret that the House of
Lords (although morefor their own sake than for the Church)
dial not from the first declare their inability to do anything
ffectual in our Lehalf. Had they avowed from the beginning
that they were but as the porcelain jar, and the House of
Commons the iron vessel, and that a collision between the
two must, at any sacrifice, be avoided, ono might have re-
aretted that their real power was not more commensurate
with that which the theory of the Constitution assigned
to them, but none could have been so unreasonable as
to find fault with the weak for owning themselves
such. It was a pity they promised so much and performed
SO little. It excited a painful surprise to ace the manner in
wleich the House of Lords gave way, amid the mutual con-
7ratulations of its members, and as though they were ac-
complishing a feat the most glorious, everybody extolling
everybody else, the consciousness of loving extricated
itself from a posi:ioe of embarrassment rousing in it a
delight intense enough to swallow up every thought
of the poor Irish Church at the expense of which
this extrication has been effected. "As I live over
again," said his grace, "that memorable night, I feel that it
is not wo who have lost and suffered the most." He "was
bold to prophesy that the struggle on the Irish Church Dill
will be the very last in which the House of Lords will ever
venture even to appear to cross or thwart the will of the
House of Commons in any mittor of high national signi-
ficance."

THE BISHOP OF ROCHTSTER ON THE
POWER OF THE CLERGYM.EJ.V.

The Bishop of Rochester (Dr. Claughton) address-
ing his clergy at his Cathedral on Tuesday, said :—"We,
constantly viewing the work in which we are engaged
from our own standpoint, as ministers, are sometimes
apt to forget what our people have a right
to expect from us. The words of the Apostle
Paul ought to be in our thoughts continually—' Ourselves
your servants for Christ's sake.' I think we are apt to
strain the Apostle's injunction to them to obey us,
and to forget his frequent remindings to us that
we serve them ? They have the fullest right to ex-
pect from us that our ministrations to them shall be
such as they are well prepared to receive ; nothing thrust
upon them unawares. If they have grown up with a
certain form of service, that should not be changed sud-
denly, nor without full explanation ; nor without their
consent duly asked Lid sought. Some in every con-
gregation have little taste and relish for a higher ser-
vice than that which has become familiar to them by
long use. Some may bo ready to stumble at the first
cause of offence. What if they stumble to their fall ?
What if a weak brother perish ? Can our zeal to effect
ever so desirable alterations in the manner of worship be
weighed in the balance against such an offence? I think
not. I speak with no leaning for or against any party,
Such offences are caused by men of all parties through in-
considerateness,"

TEE ROYAL COMMISSION AT BEVERLEY.

The Beverley election inquiry, which has already
attained sufficient notoriety by the character of the evi-
dence elicited, gave rise, on the thirtieth day of the pro-
ceedings, to an extraordinary scene in court. The repre-
sentatives of Sir Henry Edwards objected to the
Commissioners as not being a legally constituted
court. The Commissioners, on the other hand,
objected to hear the counsel, as Sir Henry
had no locus standi. This interchange of amenities
between Commissioners and counsel, each disputing
the other's legal position, went on for a considerable time.
The Commissioners, it will be remembered, refused to
examine Sir Henry Edwards upon oath, and accordingly
when Serjeant Sleigh and two other barristers, accompanied
by Sir Henry, entered the court, they were questioned as to
the capacity in which they appeared. Having stated that
they represented Sir Henry, the Commissioners denied
their right to appear. "If the Commissioners will bear
with me for a few minutes," exclaimed Serjeant
Sleigh, I cannot help thinking they will feel-"
" Never mind what you think they will feel," cried
a pitiless Commissioner; "Have you any authority to show
that Sir Henry Edwards has any locus standi in this court,
we having refused to hear him ?" Presently, however, Mr.
Sleigh had his revenge, and in most courtly phraseology
he intimated to the Commissioners that the Commission
was defunct on the 27th of September, and that if he had
no locus standi, they had no existence or legal vitality
whatever, The Commissioners, who, whatever their figu-
rative degree of vitality, appeared to have plenty of actual
energy remaining, disputed this assertion very strenuously,
and as they found it difficult to silence their legal executioner,
they proceeded to give positive proof of their powers by
ordering his removal from the court. Here, however, a
little difficulty arose. The Chief Constable became
troubled in his mind at the confusion of authorities,
and between a non-existent court and a barrister without
locus stantli grew apprehensive that by obeying the orders
of these intangible perscns he would become personally in-
volved in seine disobedience to more definitely-consti-
tuted authorities. " I should like to know," he said,
pitifully, " whether the Ccmmissioners will hold me from
harm if I touch Mr. Sleigh." Naturally an astute practitioner
like Mr. Serjeant Sleigh was quick to perceive his advantage,
and he cried, "If any one removes me he does it entirely
at his own peril ; I am herons one of her Majesty's counsel.'
Mr. Cox, finding the refractory counsel was not to be over-
awed, tried mild remonstrance. " Mr. Serjeant Sleigh,
think what an example you are setting." The appeal was
in vain. Mr. Sleigh thought he was doing quite right, as
he was going to point out to the Commissioners that they
had no legal vitality. This renewal of the affront
aroused the flagging energies of the Commis-
sioners, and the superintendent of police was
ordered to remove Serjeant Sleigh, but that worthy
official, overawed by the silk gown, very decidedly declined
to act. Upon this arose another perplexity in this unsub-
stantial court. Was the superintendent of police an officer
cf the court? naked the Mayor. The Chief Constable,
whose faith in everyone's official position was evidently
rudely shaken, said he had no formal appointment. The
Commissioners upon this gave way, and adjourned the
court for deliberation. No sooner had they retired than a
passage of arms occurred between Mr. Hind and Serjeant
Sleigh, the former declaring that Mr. Edwards had perse-
cuted him for ten years, and £l,OOO had already
been spent on the inquiry. The Mayor interfered, and
the confusion grew a little worse confounded than ever.
When the Commissioners returned they had come to the
decision that the legal gentlemen had no locus standi.
Serjeant Sleigh, thinking apparently he had gone far
enough, retired under protest with his friends, and the
inquiry proceeded, the evidence of Mr. Daniel Keane,
brother of Mr. David Keane, Q.C., being taken.

EARLY WINTER.—On Wednesday morning ic6
was gathered from some of the Hampstead ponds, for sale
to various fishmongers.

The death is announced at Paris of Mr. J. R.
Walsh, the Master of the Rolls Court in Ireland, from an
attack of diarrhcea. He was returning from a tour in

A Chinese thus describes a trial 'in the English.
Law Courts:—" One man is quite silent, another talks all
the time, and twelve wise men condemn the man who has
not said a word."

THE END OF nu,: LONG VACATION.—Neat
Saturday is the last day of the long vacation at common
law. Chancery has the privilege of extending its recess
till the Friday following, the 29th inst.

The Prince of -Wales has expressed to the Mayor
of Chester the satisfaction he derived from the complete-
ness of the arrangements on the occasion of his recent visit
to that city, and has forwarded 50 guineas for distribution
in charitable purposes.

Although familiarity may not always breed con-
tempt, yet it often begets indifference. I saw an instance
of this the other day, when my friend Peter Paul Pictor,
R.A., was walking with the Dean of -, round the Close.
Pictor was looking at the effects of light and shade prnw
duced by the grand mass of the old cathedral, and said to
his companion, " flow well the cathedral looks to-day!"
" Who is looking well to-day ?" asked the Dean, who is
somewhat deaf. "The cathedral," replied Pictor. "Oh
yes," observed the Dean, " I dare3ay it does ; but, to tell
you the truth, I don't often notice it. But then Solt ttfe h
painter." And you (thought Pictor, though he did not say
so) are only the dean.

PRAYED. FOR TIM NEW BM:EOM—Iris Grace the
Archbishop of YorVitas recommended the following term
of prayer fo;..private and domestic use in the dioceses of
York P;I(T1 arlisle, for those who are about to become
I:.ishops of the numerous sees now vaeatt
God, giver of all good things, who by Thy Holy Spirit
hast appointed divers orders of ministers in Tb:l-
- regard Thy sT,-;,int'llicii.v.-neroinatea to the
work and ministly of -a
Bishop; and so replenish them
with the trii-th of Thy doctrine, and adorn them with
innoceliCy of life, that, both by word and deed, they may
faithfully serve Thee in this office to the glory of Thy
name, and the edifying and well governing of Thy Church ;
that so, faithfully fulfilling their course, they may, at the
last day, receive the crown of righteousness laid up by the
Lord, the righteous judge, who liveth and reigaet,h, ono
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