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TETE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1868.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPT. 5, 1868.

After a lengthened inquiry the jury at Abergele
have unanimously returned a verdict of man-
slaughter against the two breaksmen, who were
concerned in the shunting of the goods train at the
Llauddulas Station ; at the same time they "strongly
censure" the conduct of the Landdulas station-
master for gross dereliction of duty in the non• ob-
servance of a rule of the Company, which requires
that " all goods trains must be shunted at stations
or sideways at least ten minutes before a passenger
train is due." They also record their opinion that
the unfortunate persons met their death by suffo-
cation who were killed on the sad occasion, and
tender their perfect sympathy with the relatives
and friends of the sufferers by the " frightful
catastrophe." We believe that this verdict will
meet with the approval of the public, and
satisfy the requirements of the case, so far
as such investigation ever can. Unfortunately, the
evil is irremediable, and it is impossible to do any-
thing in the sad business, but to take carp that
such a mischance shall not occur again. Regret
for the lost, and sympathy with the survivors who
mourn their fate, are fully felt by all who know
of the affair, but the active measures to bo taken
refer to the safety of passengers in general, and the
management of railways throughout the kingdom.
The conclusion to which the jury have come is a
perfectly just one, and their recommendations are
also good, and should meet with attention from all
those they refer to. They advise that a longer
tune should be given to a " pick-up" train to go
through the process of " shunting" trains for a
passenger train to pass, especially on an incline
like that at Llanddulas, and that during
the process of shunting the points should
be opened into a siding behind the
break-van, thereby preventing runaway trucks
from travelling down inclines or main lines. It
will afford a feeling of general relief to find that
the jury believe that the doors of the carriages were
not locked on the platform side of the Irish down
mail on the day in question ; but it is to be hoped
the railway companies will conform to the gene-
rally expressed wish on this subject, and give orders
that the custom of locking carriage doors be given
up altogether. It is always desirable to avoid any-
thing which can under adverse circumstances con-
duce to serious evil, and it is well known that much
mischief can ensue from this practice. While there
was doubtless no greater act of carelessness com-
mitted by the breaksmen than often passes un-
noticed, it is most important that due notice be
taken of it; but it would be well if the ser-
vants of the railway companies in general pro-
fited by the misfottune at Abergele by be-
coming more attentive in the performance of their
task. The slightest inattention and indifference
may cause death to many and diread misery far
and wide, yet how seldom is this truth reg xrded as
it should be. At least let us hope that we have
not gone through this painful affair for nothing,
and that the results of the inquiries and researches
that have taken placc will be to inaugurate a better
system altogether in respect to the Management of
goods trains, and the too rapid succession of pas-

senger

Mr. REVEnDY JoHNsoN appears to be reaping
golden opinions from all men at4Sheff►eld, and two
addresses have been presented to him from the
Mayor and Town Council, and from the Master
Warden and others of the Company of Cutlers.
To these the Minister returned appropriate
answers, but they were read by Mr. ABBOTT, that
being a more convenient arrangement. In the re-
ply to the Mayor, the American Minister alluded to
the admirable manner in which his predecessor had
conducted affairs under very difficult circumstances,
and expressed an earnest desire to emulate him in
his efforts to promote peace, and secure the good-
will from the people of this country which had at-
tended him in his efforts. The answer to the Cut-
lers' Company was much longer, and entered more
fully into the position of affairs than the preceding
one had done. The address had expressed a hope
that peace might flourish between the two coun-
tries, and thus each might be enabled to fulfil its
mission of extending civilization through the world.
Mr. JOHNSON intimated his perfect concurrence with
the sentiments expressed on the subject, and said
that difference of opinion must exist between nations
as well as between men, but the mode of settling
them by the sword was unsuitable. Finally, nego-
tiations and the aid of an unprejudiced arbitrator
can always be resorted to, and will generally be
found efficacious without proceeding to more violent
extremities. From all this he draws the satisfac-
tory conclusion that any awkwardness that may
exist between the two countries can easily be put
straight by the good sense and good feeling which
prevail. National honour is well appreciated by
the two countries, and neither England nor America
would ask from each other to grant terms that were
not consistent with dignity and high standing.
Coming fresh from the country he repre-
sents, the American Minister can speak with
confidence as to the many causes of sympathy
which prevail to cement the bond of
union between the Anglo-Saxon races that are
divided by the Atlantic, and he enumerated many,
from the character of our Sovereign to the works
of our artiz ins, which are to be found in almost
every American household. " Sheffield is as well
known in New York and Baltimore as in London
or Liverpool." Mr. ROEBUCK in his speech the night
before last made some allusions to the state of things
existing in the United States in consequence of the
mixed population it received from other lands ; and
Mr. REVERDY JOHNSON remarks upon this, and in
some degree sought to qualify the strictures of his
friend. Ile could not be altogether silent on the
subject, be said, more especially as the hon. member
was called upon to bear witness to the accuracy
of his statements. In all places, London, Sheffield,
and elsewhere, specimens of degraded humanity
were to be found ; but, adds Mr. JOHNSON, " these
do not affect injuriously the general cha-
racter of the people of the locality, but
generally the result of ignorance is never
ti model for virtue and intelligence." It may

be said in regard to this matter that the United
States have more than their share of individuals of
" shady character," and it is a mistake to allow
them so many opportunities of doing mischief.
But the less restricted nature of the Constitution

which gives them facilities is at the same time
a better check upon them than any we could
place upon them in this country, as where there are
fewer ruled to observe there must be less chance of

infringing them. Mr. JOHNSON concluded his ad-
mirable remarks by alluding to the spread of edu-
cation in America, and so happy are its results that
not only in the large, cities but in the hamlets even,
the best works of English literature are to be found,
and are valued even as they are among ourselves.
This expression of interest to all people from the
representative of the United States Government
cannot fail to be interesting, and indeed it points
to results of the happiest kind.

The arrival of the China from New York on the
27th bring us news of varied character. We do not
hear much about the great election struggle, but
there is a good deal respecting the disturbed con-
dition of the Southern States. Whether the
Radicals have really tried to foster the angry feelings
between blacks and whites, or whether the extreme
partiality with which they have arranged
the registration courts has irritated the white
men, and rendered the negrocs presumptuous, is
matter for conjecture. At any rate it is unfortu-
nately too certain that a very disturbed state of
feeling exists Southwards, and that there is ground
for some uneasiness respecting its manifestations.
It has been suggested that the Radical party in the
North are making the most of the reports which
reach them from the Southern States, in order to
obtain an excuse for restoring the supremacy of the
sword, and thus retaining their political ascend-
ancy. It is believed in some quarters that the Ra-
dicals court an outbreak in the South before the
elections, in order that the disturbed States may be
put under martial law, when they will employ the
soldiers to keep Democratic voters from the polls.
But, supposing them to be guilty of such delibe-
rate wickedness, since something more than
mere political ascendancy is involved, it is by no
means certain in the present state of affairs that the
soldiers would be so employed. The district com-
manders are no longer what they were—some of the
more violent are altogether removed ; others are
transferred to different departments; others, again,
have learned wisdom from the signs of the
times. A few would like to obtain notoriety
by illegal oppression of the Souther❑ whites,
and even if they were reckless on the mattter, they
would be controlled by their superiors. Until the
Presidential contest is over Mr. JOHNNON is the
constitutional head of the army, and Mr. JOHNSON
will tolerate nothing like armed oppression. Then,
again, the Secretary of War is most
.unlikely to
permit a renewal of the arbitrary conduct which
disgraced too many of the military commanders in
the early days of military occupation of the South.
The bias of Congress has been very strongly shown
in their exclusion of three principal States of the
South from the Electoral College, on the plea of
their not being reconstructed according to the Con-
gressional mode ; but happily the House of Repre-
sentatives is no longer all-powerful. If THADDEUS
STEVENS had lived to witness the assembly of an-
other House he might have seen also the marked
decadence of that Radical majority which has
worked so much miichief on the American conti-

nent.

It is reported that the Democrats in Missouri,
Kentucky, and Tennessee are following the example
of their rivals, and are forming secret armed asso-
ciations. If this is true, they are no doubt actuated
by fear of the negroes, whose movements in some
quarters have excited considerable uneasiness.
In Louisiana, it is said, they are arming, while
the ci LiZ ns of Charleston are so alarmed
by the various threats that they have peti-
tioned the PRESIDENT to provide protection for the
city, as the civil authorities they affirm are power-
less to preserve order. The PRESIDENT has just
now no very easy task in answering the several
appeals made to him, and in discerning the bona
fide petitions of those who see no reason to appre-
hend social daii,vrs from the pretended fears of
alarmists who want to make political capital out of
a threatened disturbance. He has given orders for
the forcible expulsion of liciF tile Indians from Kansas,
a wise precaution in the present disturbed state
of affairs. We must hope that a little increased
vigilance on the part of the civil and military
authorities will be all that is necessary to preserve
Eublic order in the disturbed States. This is likely
to be the case if the influence of designing agitators
can be kept aloof, and if the moderation of feeling
which now certainly predominates in the majority
of the Northern States can have any effect upon
the Radicals of the South.

The summer months are not usually those in
which the dangers of a seafaring life are much
thought of by the dwellers on land, but neverthe-
less the catalogue of wrecks and disasters is never
absolutely blank. This year, notwithstanding the
exceptional fineness of the weather, our coasts have
been visited by some tremendous gales, which have
occasioned great loss of life. The fearful
railway catastrophe in North Wales, which
occurred almost simultaneously with the gale,
diverted public attention from the loss of life which
took place at sea, but nevertheless there was a long
list of casualties of various degrees during the past
month. It is fortunate that we have an institution
whose officers are always on the watch to en-
courage bravery, and to give directions for
cases of especial difficulty and urgency. The
National Lifeboat Institution never relaxes i's
•
vigi-
lance, but through the varying seasons keeps a
vigilant supervision over the whole of its elaborate
establishments. On Thursday a meeting of the
committee was held in the Adelphi, Sir E. PERROTT
in the chair, when rewards, amounting to £l6O,
were voted to the crews of the association's life-
boats for services rendered during the month of
August. That these rewards were not given for mere
empty displays is easily shown by a reference to
the official report. The libeboat at Tenby was
launched twice on the 22d ult., when the gale was
high, and succeeded in rescuing the crews of five
vessels. The Padstow lifeboat on the same day
brought off the crew of a French smack which had
struck on the Doomed Bar sand and became a total
wreck. Several other lifeboats were busy during
the same week, and rendered good service
round the coast from Eastbourne to Great
Yarmouth. But the rewards of the Society
are not confined to its own employes. Wherever
there is a case of gallant rescue from the sea its re-
cognition
is prompt and certain. Thus at Thurs-
day's meeting the silver medal of the institution
was voted to ROBERT ROE, Esq., of Lynmouth,
North Devon, and ten guineas to some boatmen
and others, who had assisted in saving some lives
from the ship home, of Bristol, which was wrecked
in Lynmouth Bay on 22d August. The payments
required on the various lifeboat establishments
amounted to more than £5OO ; but we are glad to
find the committee see no reason to relax their
efforts. No doubt the support which they have
already received and the growing reputation of their
fleet encourages them to rely with confidence
on the liberality of the public. They have an
advantage over many benevolent associations,
since they can point to results definitely
accomplished,which without their aid could not pos-
sibly have been achieved. If a sick man dies no
one can positively affirm that he woull have re-
covered with better treatment, but if a shipwrecked
mariner is rescued by a lifeboat when no other

vessel could venture out, we may safely claim
the life as saved by the agency of the
institution. It must be a source of deep
gratification to those kindly donors who gave the
funds for special lifeboats when the boats they ',lave
given prove the means of saving many lives. 'this
honourable pleasure awaits, we hope, the generous
givers of the Cromer and Cleethorpes lifeboats.
The cost of the whole establishment at
Cromer has been defrayed by Mr. B. CAB-
BELL, M.P., while the Cleethorpes boat was
presented by the Independent Order of Odd Fel-
lows, and is named the Manchester Unity. The
launch of this boat was the occasion of a grand
demonstration, more than 50,000 persons being
present. Notwithstanding the number of boats
already afloat there arc still some vacancies on our
coasts, and we are not surprised after the disaster
of the 22d to find that the necessity of stationing
a lifeboat at Lynmouth, North Devon, was
seriously discussed at the meeting on Thursday.
As a proof that the committee do not act lightly
we may mention that they have sent down an officer
to inspect the locality before deciding on the point.
Should it be found desirable to establish a station
we have no doubt some generous friends will come
forward to assist the undertaking.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

(REUTER'S TELEGRAMS.)

WIRESPONDENCE PROM PARIS.

il(rnot Ott OWN CORRESPONDENT.)
=`,,Ce PARIS, FRIDAY, Septenib-er 4.

M. Emile de Girardin must give his friends great cause
for anxiety. He has been the advocate of peace, and
more recently the prophet and the apostle of war. lie
has recently taken to advocating an immediate campaign
with Prussia for the "natural frontier" of France, and
has published maps and sensational articles to
shew the danger to which France is exposed so
long as the Rhine is not directly interposed between
the two countries. But the vagaries of his eccentric
pen have produced nothing so singular as the article
which appeared in the Liberte of yesterday. M. Girardin
grows more imprudent as he grows older ; but surely ho
might have remembered the very recent warning of M.
Rochefort and La Lanterne. He says the Emperor,
albeit the best - intentioned man in the world, does
not know what he is doing ! He smokes too much ;
and "to smoke is to dream awake." It is not the Empe-
rcr's fault that France is not great ; he desires her great-
ness, but the stupefaction of tobacco will not permit it.
The Emperor deserves all praise ; the blame rests only
with France. He possesses sweetness and goodness in the
highest degree ; "if he were not endowed with these
qualities we should have despotism and a tyrant,
whereas now we have only tyranny without a
tyrant." The Emperor dreams of greatness, and
because France appears great to him be persuades
himself that she is great. But it is all a delusion, which
is kept up by the intoxication of tobacco, " and the moment
it is dissipated France will become wholly free." The
entire article exceeds in disrespect the effusions of the
Lanterne. No cause can benefit by such writings :
measured by the narrowest rules of taste, it is unjus-
tifiable.
The news from the Var is more favourable to AL
Dufaure. His candidature is making unexpected progress.
lam told that he will probably gain several votes from
those electors who are neither Liberals nor bound by the
will of the authorities. M. Phillis, another Opposition
candidate, has not only given place to M. Dufaure, but
works actively in his favour, I hope the Opposition may
carry the election, for, apart from political differences, M.
Dufaure is au ablo ma., and will be a good representa-
tive.

At the recent diplomatic reception of the Minister of
Foreign Affairs, yesterday, M. Baudrillart was congra-
tulated on a peaceful article from his pen, which appeared
in the Constitutionnel in answer to the Opposition jour-
nals. As this article was immediately replied to, and
nobody's opinion appears in the least changed one
way or the other, its value is not evident. It is no index
to the policy of the Government, for though M. Baudril-
lart has been congratulated for writing in favour of peace,
M. de Cassagnac has been decorated for writing against it.
The Pays and the Constitutionnel keep up the see-saw.

The talk of a customs union between France and Bet-
gium has languished lately. It does not appear that the
project is new, for there is every reason to believe
that it was brought forward immediately after
the battle of Sadowa, at a Council of Ministers.
No prcgress was made, however ; and I do not think that
the project is in any respect more promising now.
The ingenuity of the authorities increases so rapidly, ana
is becoming so painfully acute, that there is much reason to
fear it will defeat its own purpose. Your readers will
remember that the Pays recently published a revolu-
tionary manifesto purporting to come from the Committee
of Paris. The Pays added some very disrespectful cen-
sure on Queen Victoria for allowing the revolutionists to
assemble in Leicester-square. This contemptible publica-
tion was not noticed by the authorities, but a poor tailor
has been fined £2B and sentenced to two months' impri-
sonment for reading aloud the self-same manifesto in a
wine-shop;?
The restaurateurs of Paris have decided that the price of
oysters shall not be altered this season. There is no hope
yet for you on the other side of the Channel.

It is difficult to learn the real state of Count Bismarck's
health. The official reports assert that there is no ground
for anxiety, but it is clear that the Premier is yet far from
convalescence. The accident—a fall from his horse
which he recently sustained, resulted in sharp pains
throughout the muscular system. These have not
yet been overcome ; and complete relaxation from
business has once more been prescribed. All the letters
which are addressed to the Premier remain unopened. He
must thus be accumulating a pile similar to that which
was always found on the table of Napoleon I. What a
re-opening there will be when the Count is readmitted to
business, provided always that he does not adopt Bona-
parte's expedient, and shuffle the mass of correspondence
like a pack of cards, choosing half a dozen missives at ran-
dom and leaving the rest to fate. Relaxation was previously
found the most difficult prescription for the Premier, and
it is hardly likely that it will prove more agreeable just
now.

The activity of French preparations on the north-east
frontier is not likely to result in a surprise to Prussia.
Whether peace be intended or not, both parties are repre-
sented as being equally prepared for war. The country all
around is one vast camp. Rhenish Prussia is covered
with troops, and all the fortresses are ready, or are being
made ready, for a state of siege. Luxemburg,, which
would very probably serve as the focus of a campaign, is
jealously guarded by the Prussians—at the distance pre-
scribed by the treaty of last year. At the first telegraphic
signal from Berlin, 40,000 men, says one authority, would
occupy the debateable ground, seize the city, and restore
its fortifications. As to French preparations, they are
matter of even greater notoriety.
A correspondent of the Times, writing from Athens, fur-
nishes some interesting and important facts relative to
the insurrection in Crete. The origin and motive power
of the insurrection is undoubtedly the Russian policy of
agitation. The struggle is hopeless, and has already
brought great calamities upon the island. One half of
Crete has been desolated, the Christian and Mussulman
Greeks of the island have been thrown into a state of
social anarchy and chronic hostility, and all respect for
law and legitimate authority, whether moral or political,
has been destroyed. The ambition of the Greeks has
prompted a revolt which they must have known could not
be successful, and their incapacity has left the Cretans to
shift for themselves. All who desired peace and prosperity
left the island. Since the commencement of the revolt
10,000 Greek Mussulmans and 50,000 Greek Christians
have emigrated. Crete is thus half depopulated, and has
besides sustained infinite injury to its material resources.
50,000 starving inhabitants now constitute the entire
population. The Times correspondent classes this revolt,
the agitation in Greece, and the miserable attempts at
insurrection on the banks of the Danube in the same cate-
gory ; they are prompted by Russia and Greece with the
object of breaking up the Ottoman Empire. There can
be no doubt that the writer is correct in his conclusion
that the result of this policy has been to diminish the
influence of Greece. Agitation abroad, whilst affairs at
home were in the most wretched condition, has reduced
the country below any State in Europe except Spain.
Mr. Murphy is determined to persevere with his little
joke, and has issued his address as a candidate for the
city of Manchester. In imitation of Mr. Johnston, of
Belfast, the Protestant martyr dates his address from a
prison. His politics are of the vaguest possible description,
and, so far as we can understand them, consist in an inten-
tion to enforce "an open bible" by Act of Parliament.
The most amusing part of the address is a denunciation of
" mob law." This, from the inciter of the riots at Binning-
, ham, Ashton, and a dozen other places, is very suggestive
of the Gracchi. Of course Mr. Murphy does not expect to
write M.P. after his name. He simply wants an oppor-
tunity for making fresh disturbance and gaining fresh
notoriety. In that view of the case his candidature may
prove no joke.
It is stated that the new editor of the Saturday Review
is to be Mr. Philip Harwood. This gentleman
is one of the many literary men who has done much
work in his day, but without being known by
name to the public. Many years ago, when Mr.
W. J. Fox, the Unitarian preacher and M.P., was
preaching to crowded congregations in Finsbury, Mr.
Harwood was his assistant. When Mr. Cook undertook
the editorship of the Morning Chronicle he associated Mr.
Harwood with him, and the coadjutorship was renewed
when the first-named gentleman became editor of the
Saturday Review. The London correspondent of the Elgin
Courant says : " When his chief conceived the idea of
creating a paper which should be devoid of the news
element, which is so costly, and to many so
cumbrous a feature in an ordinary paper, Mr.
Harwood accompanied him to the house in Southampton-
street, and he has ever since been as efficient a working
editor as Mr. Cook was a scheming, devising editor." The
ssme writer mentions a rumour to the effect that the \ Tarquis
of Salisbury, " disgusted at the compulsory ostracism from
the arena of debate in the House of Commons, had deter-
mined to console himself by taking the helm of the
Saturday Review, unscrewing it and twisting a few
scorpions around it, and belabouring the British public in
that peculiarly acid style of his which used to act on Mr.
Disraeli like vitriol on a bit of stone." It will be remem-
bered that the Marquis is brother-in-law to Mr.
Beresford Hope, who is chief proprietor of the Review.
A well-known but very dreary place of entertainment in
London will shortly disappear. The contents of the
Colosseum in Regent's Park have just been sold by auction.
The chief lot in the sale catalogue was the famous pano-
ramic view of London, from sketches taken from St.
Paul's, by Horner. It took four years to paint, covers
24,000 feet of canvas, and cost amino of money, and a Jew
had the outran eue 4032114.pnc0i to):Licl_Mor was
b9PAtini:

APPLICATION FOR A WARRANT
4GAINST "ICONOCLAST." .

At the:Manchester City Police-court, on Friday, Mr. W.
Bennet, on behalf of Mr. Smith, of Chorlton-upon-
Medlock, applied to Mr. Fowler for a warrant for the
apprehension of Mr. Charles Bradlaugh, otherwise "Icono-
clast," who had been announced to lecture in the Free-
trade Hall to-morrow (Sunday). Mr. Bennett stated that
Mr. Smith had every reason to fear that a breach of the
peace would take place, and asked Mr. Fowler to act as
the magistrates had done in the case of Murphy, and issue
a warrant. Mr. Fowler said the circumstances of the
case at present, were very different from those in Murphy's
case, and asked Mr. Bennet to look into the law on the
subject, and renew the application.

FATAL BLASTING EXPERIMENTS NEAR
W/Gil N.

An inquest has been held at Pemberton, near Wigan,
n the body of Mr. Thomas Barrass, who for some years
oast has been surveyor at the colleries of Messrs. Blundell
and Sons, Pemberton. If is death occurred on Wednesday
evening last, and resulted from injuries received by an ex-
plosion of dynamite, a new patent blasting powder. .A
short time ago the deceased was agent for the sale of nitro-
glycerine, and the large quantity of that material which
exploded at Newcastle a few months back was sent
through his hands, and recently he has become interested
iu the sale of dynamite, the principal ingredient in which
is nitro-glycerine, the strength of which, however, is so
much reduced that it cannot be exploded without violent
concussion. The material, which has been invented by
the celebrated chemist Nobel, possesses a power seven times
greater than that of gunpowder, and it is used in a similar
manner to blasting powder, with the difference thatit cannot
be exploded by a spark, but requires the use of the percussion
cap. A quantity of dynamite had been purchased by the
Wigan Coal and Iron Company, and Mr. Betley, analy-
tical chemist to the company, had charge of the opera-
tions in which the powder was used. On the 10th of
August Mr. Barrass, accompanied by two young men,
named Marsden and Grimshaw, went to the com-
pany's works in Ince, to witness the removal of
a large quantity of slag, supposed to weigh about forty
tons, from the bottom of one of the iron furnaces. Twenty
or thirty holes were drilled into the slag, and into
one of these ten ounces of dynamite were placed and
exploded, but without the desired result, so it was deter-
mined to recharge the same hole. Eight ounces had been
placed in it, and Mr. Betley was using the rammer when
the charge exploded with a loud report. Mr. Barrass was
standing immediately over the hole, and a portion of the
rammer, which had been splintered into several pieces,
struck him on the right arm, while a large quantity of grit
was blown into his eyes, so that he was for some days
3eprived of sight. Mr. Grimshaw was holding a bag con-
taining dynamite, and it was forced into the air and ignited
without doing much damage. Grimshaw, as well as Mr.
Betley, was slightly hurt, while Mr. Marsden escaped
without any injury whatever. Medical assistance
was promptly obtained for Mr. Barrass, and it was
for some time hoped that he would recover,
but eventually gangrene set in from the wound on
the arm, and after an exhausting illness, borne with much
fortitude, the sufferer expired on Wednesday evening. It
is supposed that the heat of the slag caused by the pre-
vious shot, together with the concussion caused by the
use of the rammer, exploded the dynamite, and
experiments since made seem to justify this mode of
accounting for the sad accident. The deceased was 42
years of age.

THE TVEATH.ER TABLE.-THIS DAY.