The New York Herald Newspaper, October 2, 1859, Page 1

‘ ——————$ + WHOLE NO. 8427. ee ons YORK: SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 2, 1859. ARRIVAL OF THE HUNGARIAN, FOUR DAYS LATER FROM EUROPE. Phe Prize Fight Between Sayres and Brettle. The Champion the Winner. ‘he Verdict in the Case of the Great Bastern Hxplosion. The British Press and the San Juan Trouble. STATE OF THE MARKETS, &e., &e., &e. Farrier Port, Oct, 1, 1859, ‘The serew ip Hungarian, from Liverpool at ono @elock on rnoon of the 2st ult,, passed this point atabout three o'clock this morning, and her mails and paseengers will bo duo at Quebec at a late hour to- night. ‘The political as well as the general nows is meagre and quite unimportant. ‘The Manchester Guardian and London Fost both speak severely of General Harney’s conduct at San Juan island, and threaten terrible things unless the government of the ‘United States disavows his action. reat activity prevailed m preparing for the Chinese expedition. After several days’ suspension, tho Zurich Conference resumed its sittings on the 10th. - Prince Metternich, the Austrian Ambassador, had re- turned to Paris, and held a conference with Count Wa- yowski. ‘The King of Sardinia left Turin on the 19th on a tour to Pavia, Cremona, Lod, &. A ministerial crisis in Naples is reported. ‘The rumor was contradicted that additional Austrian ‘*oops have been sent toltaly. ‘The Pope’s health was entirely re-ettabliched, \A conspiracy had been detected to assassinate the Sul- ta of Turkey, and several parties were under arrest, ‘The Coroner’s investigation into the canses af the cx- ‘P¥sion on board the Great Eastern had been concluded. ‘Tae evidence was very conflicting as to who had the re- eypariblo charge of the engines, Scott Russell and the head engineer both denying the charge. The verdict was *‘acci@bntal death.” ‘The prize Sight between Tom Sayers, the Champion of England, and Bob Brettle, had resulted in the victory of theChampion. The time was twenty-three minutes. ‘The British government has contracted for the laying of arubmarine telegraph cable from Falmouth to Gibral- tar. These was no improvement in French commercial affairs. The crops had fallen off greatly from last year’s Gigures. Caleutta advices to August 27 had been receiyed in England by telegraph from Aden. There is no news of importance. ‘Tha Liverpool cotton market wat dull and slightly low- er, tii decline in inferior qualities being one-eighth of a penny. Sales of the three days 18,000 baleg, ‘The Liverpool breadstufls market was quiet but firm, and prices slightly higher. ‘The provision market was steady. Consols closed at noon of the Qist at 95% a 95%, for money and 95% for account, ‘The steamship Fulton was appointed to leave South- ampton the same afternoon for New York. ‘Tho steamship America, from Boston via Halifax, ar- rived at Liverpool at 4:20 A.M. of the 18th, and the screw steamer Etna, from New York, reached Liverpool at 1:30P. M. of the same day. The screw steamship Indian, from Quebec, arrived at Liverpoo} at 11 A. M. of the 20th, and the City of Washing- ton, from New York, reached Queenstown at midnight of the 20th, Our Berlin Correspondence. Berusy, Sept. 14, 1859, Napolem’s Reading of the Villafranca Treaty as Given in the Momiteur—It is not Understood—Wonderful Effects of His Political Prestige—Agitatin for German Unity Makes Little Headway—Von Humboldt’s Portrail~Fine Arts and Law, de. ‘The Sphynx bas proposed a new enigma, and all Eu- rope is anxiously endeavoring to solve it. Roma locula est—the Moniteur hae spoken, and, as usual, the oracle is 80 dark and ambiguous as to give rise to the most contra- dictory interpretations. Upon the Bourse, which had just been hugging itself with the pacific prospects held out by ‘4 Buropean Congress, this exposé of the last phasis of Na- poleonie policy came like a clap of thunder from a cloud- lena sky, and, rushing from one oxtremo to the other, thoy already Sehold a new war, not looming in the distance, but close at hand, and France and Austria, arcades ambo, united in a holy loaguo against tho principle of Revolution as personifizd by England and Prussia, The panic on *Change is almost equal to that producel by the famous Jet of January oration of the French Emperor, and Aus- trian securities especiaily, which had gone up to a ridiculous height since the treaty of Villafranca, are quite unsaleable, although the unfortunate holders would be willing to dispose of them at any price. ‘Tho public in general were hardly less startled by this unox- pected manifestation; the immense majority, who are favorable to the cause of liberty, feelalarm and the harsh and angry tone assumed by the French official organ in reference to the patriotic aspirations of the Kalian nation, and only in the reactionary camp a shout of ‘triumph Js raised at the accession of so powerful an auxili- tury to the banners of despotign. It is certainly @ curious illustration of the state at which the Old World hne arrived, in the middle of the nineteenth century, that a word uttered on the banks of the & Seine should suffice to spread consternation {rom one extremity of Europe to the other, and to drive courts and cabinets, the press and the people, to their wit’s end in the task of decyphering its actual meaning. As far as I can learn, the Prussian Jiplomatisis take a more hopeful view of the case than thatentertained by the money market; they aro of opinion that the bark of the Monileur is worse than its dite, and that, instead of presaging a close alliance with Austria, it is realty intended as a polite hint to that Powor that the engagements entered into with hor at Villafranca cannot be carried ont to the extent originally contemplat ed. The donibur scolds the Italians for thoir perverso- Rese in rejecting the benefits in store for them, and de- Clares their conduct to be most reprehensible, but finishes with the cousolatory assurance that, ac ordiag to mutual agreement, the restoration of the expelled princes is not to be attempted by cempnisory means. Groat stross is Jaid on this statement, now for the first time offtcially confirmed ; and as the people of Central Italy porsistin their refusal to receive their former masters a Vamiable, itia stil! thonght that a Congress will ultimately be resorted to as the only way of settling the difficulty; nay, this last move of Napolcon’s is even looked upon as a manouvre to in duce Anstria to waive her objections to such an expedient, which were chiefly founded on the isolation to which she would bo reduced at a meeting of Powers inimical to her, and from which she would bo relieved by the friendly attitude of France. ‘This reasoning may possibly be correct; but even if a Congress should be resolved upon, it is more than doubtful whoth it would be able to unravel the Gordian knot 80 cnuningty ted by the tWo Emperors, Nothing short of force will make the Cabinet of Vienna acknowledge the jadepen- dence of Coutral Italy, or its union with Sardinia; nothing er } marke of this © pale cust of thoug! short of force will prevail upon the inhabitants to submit Yo thelr ancient oppreasors. Tho former none of the great Powers would assume the responsibility of recommending; France, not to mention Englund aud Russa, is bound to resist the latter; how, therefore, is diplomacy (o escape from such @ dilemma?’ It may be urged that, if the other Powers recognise the union of the Prinoipatition with Sardinia, and guarantee the new king- dom against foreign invasion, it is immaterial whether ‘Austria approves of tt or uot, a8 she Would never venture to attack it in the face of all Rurope; but this ts assuming that the Powers really desire sueh & move, which I need uot #ay is quite problematical, eepeciall tho oue whose consent is most important—France. Tuseans offered the crown of Ftruria to Jerome Napoleon, insteag of Victor Emanue), the Monitcur might hav? found their behavior less inexcusable; bur it is evident that tho great man at the Tuileries thinks be hus done quite onough for little Piedmont in the way of aggrandizement, and does not wish her to become too strong, lest she might foe! ia clined to dispense with his disinterested assistanoy, Ib fact, the only intelligible explanation of his potioy is tv eannoas thet by keeping the Italians. constantly on the qui vixe, dietracted by the fears of foreign intervention wad the intrigues of prieets and Codinié at home, he hopes w wear oul their spirit and enthusiasm, antil, tired of suspense, they accept a Napoleouio dynasty as their last chance of salvation, It is not unlikely that this projent may succed; but if it does it will most cortainly leat to further complications, and produce results on which the: successftischemer will have no reason to cougratuia self. Itwill complete the breach with Eugiaud, wi deen gradualiy preparing siuce the close of the Russi war, and the first yerm will be laid of a coalition which may be as fatal to the Third Napolvon as its prototype was wo the Firat. The German question has not made much hoadway of Jato, but although its progress is as slow and mothodieal as the character of the people among whom st origi nates, the re-aetionist party are in a state of great alarm, and visions of revolution, red republicaniam, and God kbows what, rise up before their territivd opt! Cabinets of Hunover, Munich and Dresden, have addressed anote to Prussia inquiring how far the movement is sase- tioned by this government, and whether it intends to ad: here to its engagements as a member of the Fuderal Union, or to countenance the agitation commencoil by the malcontents for the reform of that time-honc tu tion. ‘The absence of the Prince Regent has served as an excuse for deferring an angwer to this note, and it is Loped that by his return Ministers will have suiamoned up 8 cient resolution to grapple with a subject th of which they cannot. bat be fully aware of, Scbieuitz, who is the only energetic man in the Gabinet, would desire nothing better than for Prossia to place her self at the lead of the movement; but Ihave already mentioned that his tenure of offlee is very unc sand hi colleagues, though mostly honorable men and go. are too much addicted to the temporising systens w has been the bane of this country for tho last hal! tury, and by which 80 many golden opportunities b already boon lost. The reply of the Minister of (he rior t6 an address of the citizens of Stttin, whic alluded to ia a former commun ’ $ purp ak fur as cam be gathered from tue maze of words envelopes It, is not very encouraging w the Meanwhile, ioectingk aro being held almost daily, soin times in one town, sometimes in unother, to discuss tie measures necessary fur the promotion of German uuity, and to express their approval of the principles | down at the Conference of Eisenach. Here, the re-clection of M. Kubuc, who had vacaty his in the Second Chamber on his acceptaues of office under government, was taken advant to catl a meeting of the clectors, and to pass reco lutions requesting the depntive of ‘the capital to bring forward a motion on the subject immé opening of the Legisiature. The two pola! sisted upon in all these assemblies are the L leadership of Prussia in Germany, and the instit Central Parliament; but it is not stated how t are to be altained without offering som tho thirty odd petty sovereigns, who ar sively jeal to of their privileges; indeed, the spect is invariably professed for them, talked of but moral guasion, It alas ty whethor tho suaviter in modo will angwer in this Tam rather afraid that a slight addition of the fu wil! be found indispensable re At any rate, as the Prussian Chambers will certainly occupy themaelves with the ques tion which is now agitating all Germany forward to some interesting dobates at tho gersion, which commences in November. The portrait of Alexander Von Humbolitt, p: Professor Schrader, of this city, for an American am: has given rise to a laweuit brought against anus the owner of another Lil sof Humboldt, a rich chant of the name of Jacobs, who has had a fall leu picture of the great man painted by $ tince, for which the latter received 3,000'thaters. Tt was agreed by painter was pot to copy thie picture, nor to cause a copy of the same to be made, or to be multiplied in any man ner, so that it might remain unigue inity kind, Au agro ment in writing was drawn ap op the Mth of Februker last, Professor Schrader binding himself in & nenaivy equal to the price of the portrait, which he was to pay ov: Tncoba in case of his violating the agreem: The Professor having now completed @ second full length picture of Humboldt, M. Jacobs sued hi for breach of contract, and the proceedings came on be- foro tho Civil Court of Berlin. M. Sohrarler denied having acted contrary to agrocmont; he maintained! tiat the s° cond picture Was nova copy of that belonging to Jacobs. which represented the naturalist as large as fifo standing in a saloon, in full dress, with the ribbon of the Black Eagle acroes his breast, engaged in animated con versation. The second, on the coutrary, was much smaller, and represented Humboldt sitting ou 4 rock, wi hig sketch book and crayons in hit band, his head be down in a meditative mood, aud the Corditleras, thes of his scientific investigations, in the backgronnd. This Wak quite a new, distinct and independent work, differing in character and ssion from that belonging to the plaintiff, and hayayg nothing in common with it, except that they both exMblted the great man who formed the subject of them. The evidence went to corroborate the objections of the defendant, competent jndges giving their opinion that the portrait intended for Amorica, besides other differences, as we!) us ite emailer dimensions, was distinguished from the former in composition, in the arrangement, and even in the manuer of executi 1 ranked below it in every respect. The conception of Jacobs’ picture was far more grand and universal, and it would therefore always retain itg value aga prodaction of art in comparison with the second. It is understood that jn consequence of this opinion the plaintiff has withdrawn is suit. may look proaching The Battle of Peku. EXPERIENCES OF AN ENGLISH NAVAL OFFICER. ‘The following is an extract trom a latter of the senior Lieutenant of her Majesty’s ship Hightlyer, written tw bis lather, Capiain T. H. Purvis, R. Num Tine Masesty’s sip Hiauriver, Jane 28, 1859. Title thought, iny dear father, when T began this let ter what a tale of woe Ishould have to tell. It appears the Chinese would have nothing to say to our Moni it was determined to attack their forts and force th: sage of the river. Alas for the result. The guub Nimrod and Cormorant went in to attack about 2:40 ». M on the 25th, accompaniad somo distauce out by a hired (French) kind of tomporary serew gunboat and the Coro mundel. The forts both sides of the river were im- mensely strong, splendidiy constructed by Russia: from Pekin, and wads of Russians fighting the gun: It took eight gnuboaw til) 6:30 P.M. to silonce tho forts, and then they had got them completely under. At 7 P.M. all the marines from Canton (about 400 odd), 100 sappers, the marines and small-arm mon of the squadron were landed on amud flat at dead low water, close under the heaviest fort (their guns all 68 and 42 pounders.) I had the command of the bi strong, ough, having to replenish the guuboats out of them, they only Janded about 40 strong. We had to tramp up this mnd fiat, a long quarter of a mile, np to, and in some places over our knees ip soft, sticky mud. T should think it took us twenty minutes. under a most marderoi fire of round shot, rifle, gingalls, matchlocks, rockets, a rows, Xc., to get to the first ditch. 1 en were hewn down by dozens. They (the Chinese) had hud all their guns, and the firing wasaccurate. The scabug ladders could Bearcely he moved. There we stood, within about vig yards, being “potted like erows,’’ al! our ammunition Wot, waiting for scaling ladders to cross a second dited, which wo had vitimately to swim, and thea could not get ihe scaling ladders up. The mon Were dead heat, and ammunision ail wet. The mep and officers were down murderonsly getting Ww the lahlers 1 was one of four to get across the 8eco%d ditch, up to my sodidars in mud and water. Alas? it waa no good, thoy were to strong for us; we covrd not get mn and hat to retront. 1 got a blow ou my eg, on an old woud not healed, when landed, that chawed mo up.” Thanks to one of oar brave fellows of my small arm men I got off, iaviag to swim to a boat, the ecoundrels keeping up a most mur derous fire, ‘fwa round shots went through th: my beat, killing the boatkecper, and smashing th immeintely after flve more went sles throug’: her, molishing her “chop-chop.”? [lost my knapsac sack, water bottle, water proot cout, chaage oi e., and a little silk ensign I intended to have the walls of the fort. Our loge is awful, Tu have fonr killed, three missing, and 1 think ab wounded, some ‘minus legs an? some ut! others badly and less badly wounde:! The Pope Invokes the Aid [Translated from the Rome (Sept. 1) corr i Independance Beige for the New Yor: ‘ardine of Spa aes roperty. This question, ts y it may be, se to be as the a e solution for Spain. The political compheaiov midst of which the Holy Seqdndp itso now, reign to that result. The Ike de Gramont h mitted to the Ponts government ing for thoir object the acknow least partly, of the faite daccompis. Romogna, and having in the meantime notified it that France w mporal power of 1h not, by force of arms, restore the h froed thomeelves fron Pope in the provinces which hay the anthority of the Holy See, the 3 disposed to iy voke the holp of §} It is ¢ it, bat T campos youch for it, that the Conrt of Madrid eomised to inter fere, if not materially at east morally, and it is this pro. se which it js said bag determined Cardinal Antone!!! to part from the obstinacy which he showed until now in the question of liquidating ths mortgare, The position of the Romagna is siniar to that of th Duchy of Parma. If the Dukes of Tuscany and Modona have reason t ‘ind support in Vienna on ‘account of their common pa rentage with the House of Austria, the Dachess of Parma or atleast her son, the Duke Robert, is Ina’ of Spar Queen Maria Christina has strongly taken in ha cause of the young orphan at the Conrt of with more success than at St. Cloud. When the diplomatic resources will have failed, it is hoped at the Vatican, if the fuits accomplis in tho Romagna and in the Duehy of Parma Wiamph over Ue ancieat pub- he rights, that the Cathoile Queen par excellence, donna Teabetia 1, will bo allowed w intertere, Ido not assert that Uhis interference will take pincer, nor that it will be suceemstul; but rumor says 80; Que tt is aided tat it is on gecount of secretengagements to that effect whieh the Court of Spain bus mwie, dat the Pope at last assented to the sale of the Chureh property on such terms ad will be rooetved in Madrid with great satistuctivia Curious Statistics of France. (Urapslated irom the Parkes Presse, August 20, for the New Yous Hekar.} ‘The yonerai report of the crimina) yourts la France bas ‘i to the Emperor by the Lord Keepor of the Great Beal, Minister of Justion, Me Delange. Thy points should particularily atuwet public alten! H bution of infractions ol the law. jeration of prosecu- Hiows avd the confirmation of the suppression of erime. Considerable reduction, says the Minister, ia the aut ber of charwes, aud of the aceused delivered at the assizes, for proventive be evotinaation has been portions, diinunition ju the a jon, and of which, isu, Joss becestary—in fipe, i aumbor of acyuittals is These genera) resuite bavlug been drawa, it belongs to anithmene to prove them, and itis, i» short, that which i8 now aboutto be done. ‘Thus im 1897, the number of con. wadiolory accusations submpited to the Court of Assia was 4,308; that is 180 tess tuan in 1856, and 319 jens than in 3865, of which there was thea » diminution OF 727 over the year TBM, yours thi @reduction of 1126, or Dive por cunt, per as th WAS } 1504, linder the ipiluence Of the oxcorsively high price of pr 8, & progressive disninution bas taken place from 1658 {0 1867, and the total for the last year, 1807, de- Seended to @ much lower figure than had bren reckoned stuce 1826. ‘These figures are remarkable, sure that freedom is spreadug, and crime dimivishing. Tet, thea, commerce, industry and agriculture donrish, aud infractions of the jaw will disappear with the wauls they give birth to. But there are crimes which by their muitiptication soem. DUL to boar wihvese aguinst aelioration of life, aro rapes aud Seductions, which havo always boen on the increase since 1691. For pubiic morality this fact is sw ane pituble, Crimes of frendulent baokruptey have nearly doubled from 18) to 1857, which should’ be atiributed without doubtte Jopem« nt given t commerce and industry, Dot stilt this tends to prove that the unoral level of com- loty is lowered and enorvated. ‘The great fre- nds is nol ofa nature w ud everywhere, that which it the soul of business Ttcauses them in Kone other but tried eaterpriges, of death, which decreased to 46 in 185%, in- : 57; at in turn, Sonlences to hard labor which were in 1830, 248, have fallen to 205. A it be necessary, in conclusion, to say that is contirmation of the suppression of which the rich it would say, the jury shows of tho bunefit of extenuating vir- 1 CABOB. » imperial clemency has comm: f 26 condemned to death, the other cuted ‘They prove in.» mea- 1 tho sentencas, have been e: portion of women among the crimivais judged flit (200 to 1,6" eal is What which stats the circumstance 1" aber of these increased in portion—about 41,642, then, r of gravity ng Giminution of the total number of the accused aud condemacd during the year, From 1851 © 1867 the number of second offer hed y 46 por cont. Besnles, says the report, a augmentation must be attributed to the ab the tribunals often show to ayphestious ns Centrates, more opeouted and condemped anew during years which follow their tiberation sutestible progression merita notice. 80,000 in 1854, been of very. shd 13 respect,” saya the the limits of the por compromise the owing the juries and iets man the necersary el Tthink Tecan affirm, morevver, heing belied by any statistical revels: sclos rywhere, that in no nal ptigecution Concilintes: i nity in. tn mt goverment owes to viction, {the fesr of i from 184! no 1856 ion is observed year 1857 cf appeals reforr the war Provnt un 157 79 appowin in Ta correctionit bat i matter, slinainuti Teport monstrates peal is g isdictions wee reckon tartal in Pra believe that Ge darmg the year 1867. serve Movement in civilize Important Scheme of Internal Improvo- ment in Rassia. [Translated from the Paris 1 mt The Bussian ment ha pian this project, the upon ine g question p: that it merits The Canpin the eanfines of longs to dependent is more thar a, Sitratod 8 s0nthera et Torkigtan, or In + population of which and which counts Wve and those of th Despite thes? precious product ent countries which border on the Caspian sufficient meana of expor lation only when interna) sea communicates with the Black S t by this with-the Mo iterranean, To ar at this resnit a canal must be <builr, fing from the Don to the Volga. The first of t iver isa in the couptry of Toulactomrd Pils into the Ses of Agef at its ext ity, after a cor pearly nine hundred es, the second rises in t) try of ‘Twer and fallssinwo the oxtramity of the Sea of Azo!, noar Astrakhan, vonty mouths, atter aconrsaor nearly nineicen hundred miles. ‘These two rivers ap: proach each other ata disiance of about thirty-fye miles, neur a place } Tearitein, and it is there, aeoording to er proje t the canu) should be cxtablished. Such, in its cusembie, is the conception of the means by which thia plan would Do realigod, the dea of woich Hay existed for many oopturies. This idea does ney galong ty Veter the Groat, an is too genoraily Sena¥od) tt batongs to Mohammed Soko, Grana ViTior bf the Sintan Salina Hf. who reigned frore 1586 to 1474. Sokol was the Colbert of Turkey, apli he did agreMt noraber of Chings, the in. tention and eset of which, ld haye ben to make Constantinople oy We, Asiaand Mica. The canai was commenced ia 9; $000 fanissariag and wiers were em- syed two years ou it, § mstances, wouts tke too long to ented its on, bnt the titea wae not Doon they had b pumerate, pi rmad ant has n rthe Great, whose vast genius omb: comprehonded the importance of the ean ip the idew ad att ques 1, anit ite f the Grand Vigier of Seiim’if, We ght wat mature’ by him, and what realization. The goverment of Rus- ting at this momout thy immortal pluie of the canes pre’ eta, whieh is of that great prince, have again taken ap the id canal, Tels a project worthy of the progre te 4 sv of the age ut thoy are tar . The most serious are 1, 1 the situation itsatf of the Cusptan Sea, w its greatest extent from north to south « len riy 760 miles, and is nears 106 feet below the level of the Black Sea. They cousist ite realization from being iusurr ug bas been wrougly in th nature of the of Azot, in the slight which is to be fouad at hts extrome pertion, called the Gulf of the Dou, in the slight depth of this river, the mouth of which becomes sacd at certain periods of the year, and inter gation. Dering the war iu the er the Fre i the orders of Admiral Brunt, ex /rographic paint of vicw, Ww" uit is, Chat, to wrtive at a ei whch has been proposed for ra uniting the Rlace see to The Caspian, it Would be neces ®t -y not only te coustrvet the canal joining the Don ty the Volga, but aise canalize these two rivers along a part of their course. These beatiful works are worthy of the age and of the government which proposes to undertake tiem, realizaiion of Prussian Citizens Stealing Away to America. (Hamburg (Sept. 12,) correspondence of London Post} Jn the accounts which aro kept of the births aad deaths in Prussia, and in which the greatest exactness Ja ob- served, it appears that at the late consns there were 32,07° ‘sons Who were unaccounted for, and itis of cones: suspected that the difference arises from tho nnmbor of young men who have ciadestinely left the country daring ihe last three years to avoid the military © to wich they would otherwise have been exposed, or from th uumber of persons who have jn the same period emigra te! to other lads without baving obtained that permission whieh the lnw reqvires ; and it is not improbable that tie 5 for tho New | } ters and maintains all the frauchises And nghte af the HERALD. PRICE TWO CENTS. deficiency may, to a certain extent, have arisen from both causes, for of late years many young men have beca brought before the ‘courts for having, during the Jost year,evaded their share of military duty ; and it Was.woll known, also, that the number of irregular emi. grants has latterly very greatly increased, ‘or is it to be expected thit it should be otberwixe, when etnigration is Carried on upon so large a scale as is now the case at Beemon, where it is almost impossibte to make all who wish to embark undergo the minute scruti- y that would be required, as will at once be admitted when it is kuown that, during last week, the emigrants from that port alone amounted to upwards of 2,600, of whem €46 emberked in the steamer New York for the United States, which thus, with her crew and engineers, had upwards of 800 souls ‘on board, besides a large mail and more thay 600 tons of goods; and although this may be considered little when compared with the great doings thet are anticipated in England from the Great Eastern, itis nevertheless far beyond anything that was ever ex pected tobave bean accomplished from any of the port of Northern Germany, The Elopement of Dr. Humphreys from England—Return of the Lady. Foi the Cheltenham Exaniner.} ‘We understand that the married lady who accor ied Dr, Humphreys in Ms flight trom Cheltenham, has during the past Week” returned to Liverpoot, an asylum having been secured for her ,, her friends, Tho position and prospects of the doctor himself are, it is rumored, as bad ax bis werst enemieg could desire. He ig uuavie to ob- taiv any kind of employment suitable to his abilities, the report of bis evil deeds having everywhere preceded him. To such @ state bas the disappointment brought, him, that it is rumored when the lady iu quest took her departure she left him ‘drunk’ and asteep!”’ We have been placed, within the last few days, in communication with a itieman who has lately arrived th this country from Prince Edward’s Telavd, where he has reeided for the lastthirty. Bat He informe us that he knew Dr. Humphreys well when he was located at Charlome’s Town, and that kis antecedents are anything but satisfactory. Our iuformant states that he was well ecqnainted with Mrs. Humphreys, both be- fore and afer her lp ae with the doctor. It may be @ satisfaction te those in Cheltenham wh have evinced 80, ouch sympathy with Mrs. Humphreys, to know, as our informant assures ug, that her parents and herself were much respected on ‘ the Island”—that her father was a gentleman of high respectability—and that the only fault alleged against herself was her marrying, against her friends’ cousent, a man who was then considered, and bh now proved himself to be, every way unworthy of her The Sarvey of British Golumbia. (From the Liverpool Times, Sept art A dotachinent of the Royal Engineers, consisting of one hieutonant, one sergeant, a quartermaster, and commissary and twetve non-scTamissioned officers and men, are ox- peeted to embark at Southampton on or about the td proximo, for British Columbia, via Panama, to join the Boundary Surveyig Expedition, under Colonel J. 8. Hawkins, R. F., her Majesty's Commissioner. [Thig off- cer is vow on’ bia way to Europe conveying special despatches from Governor Douglass.—Ed. Hxrato.} The non-commissioned officers and men who are now beiag ec- jected will consist of Topographical Surveyor Hill and other dranghtsmen, photographers, mechanics, &c.. Their working pay avd allowances will be on a very liberal seale. The expedition for the survey of the boundary be- tween the Uuited Slates and British America, along the 49th parallel of latilude, which sailed in April, 1858, is making rapid progress in marking out on the ground the vasputed boundary, and with the exception of one casualty by death, ai! enjoy excellent health, THE WEST WASHINGTON MARKET CONTROVERSY, Summing Up oftou meal and Charge of the Judge—Verdict of the Jury in favor of the State—§47,360 Dumages against the City. SUPREME COURT. Before Hon. Judge Potter. Oct L—The State a» ret. Jimes P. taylor and Owen W. Brennan vs. the Mayor et al.—This morning, at ten o’elock, the Court opened, and the jury having all assembled, the irlal of the case was proceeded with. At eleven o'clock ex-Judge Dean began to sum up on tho part of the defence. fo commenced by alluding to ‘the importance of the case under deliberation—one of the most important perbups that had ever been considered in acourtof justice. This wag an action for ejectment from premises within tite eity of New York. question that the city bad Mled if he premises in dispute for the purposes ef the heatth us gonimerce of the locality. In an action of this character the plaintiffs must make out their title and their right to pos- session at the time of the commencement of the suit. No such’ might had heon shown on the part of either of the plaintitis by any evidence in this cause. Tho plauintifis relied mainly upou musty old maps and surveys from churches and offices. There was no accuracy in these surveys, for there was no certainty respecting the starting point. The premises in diepate, he contended were hot outside the 400 feet beyond low water mark gtanted in the Montgomery charter to the city. ‘The city was entitled to 400 foot from Bastaver’s rivulet to Castle Garden, ju a straight line drawn between the two points; bu. the difttoulty was to find the starting point, which was noi muicated. The city of New York, besides the four hun- | dred fect beyoud iow water mark, was entitled to all rents, protite, &e., ef wh piers, slips, &. These were | awarded to the city io perpetuity by the Montgomery ; charter. This power vested iu the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonaity of New York. To regulate ferries, lease them, ) &c., was recognised always, and confirmed by all subse. | quent acts both of the Coloutal and State Legislatures, : Charver of 1867 expressly confirme all previous char- ty of New ¥ fo the pre at the time w as ‘The preseriptive right of the city in dispute as far back our forefathers were dealing with we dwelt within forte—in fact. as far back uimost said, when Hendrick Hudson waters. Without this right by pro- isos of the city, as connectod with its would valvelegs. » tides and aliuvium ake Not an imperium in imperio, but a city around ceting tae lease from the Land Commission- @) or and Brentan, the counsel asserted it was inusmuch as the lands bad no improvements on in within the meaviug of the statute, and because they appropriated to an immediate’ use, namely, for 2. i pes, Taylor and Brenuan, were : aut iand, aud for that reason ud im conclusion, their lease snaatmmeh as only the city could lease lands 8, und the State had no right whatever Folerribg to the question of damages, a ver shouki be Drought against the city, counsel coneiuded lus address by an eloquent to the jury in behalf of the city, which be said was ‘or importance to the State than the State was to seriptir vom wo a city ers to 3 Imonds followed on behalf of the Stato. Many of the pomts urged by te counse} on the othor side, he suid, bod nothing to do With the case, as regards the jury, Bot Were qu s ontirely for the Court to determiiie. Effos ad Daén made to prejudice the jury w the dangers to commerce, tax- iu this case; but he believed the erly disregard sich allusions, and do their Say and faithfa Tt was a matter of surprise ag the city being walled in by the tet While the answer to it was s0 3 paving knowledge of law or There was about us much possibiity of such a wing as there was of tie sky falling. No such ever come to pass, The case was a very sim- e Tt was an action to establish the right of property in question. Atl unappropriated ar, he claimed, belonged to . England years ago, the Revolution of 1668, w the rule was finaliy ostablish ed thatthe lands under water belonged to the people and ii to the king, Ai title to land in this country was ori- ginaily derived from the people. Down to 1686 thure was be title vested in the eity to laud beyond low water mark In 1730 four Londred feet beyond low water mark was gratted the city by the Montgomery charter. The qu ton, then, Was Wheiher the uses in dispute were yong this mark. By the todimony for the plaintitfs and GWeleudants ii vas proved that these promises were be- ‘oud that mark, and a) he maps showed that the four undred fect did n ‘ beyoud West street. In the treative of Judge He sihided 10 in the course of the trial, it Was stated thal (10'0 was uo strest constructed ex- actly within the limite of the graats is argument iaa vi lug of tho statut» claimed by the of the granis of pat an’ oifeetaal UefenGants, be si an below tow wa Qnietis on that pc meni. ‘Tho San it was beyond | ine, Judge :sion to the eonidonce a verdict in accord. Ramones ho folt in tha ge anes with the dudge Patter nest clt f tho dittionlti pmencement ol by stipnlay He alluled to the case at AS wit bad boon dis- tween Hie coanse! on both sides, Be then explained jury the nature of the action, andatated that ho ¥ sll ciently daseharge the duties on bin py cc chimseif in his en: 1 the pollts Upon WhidHthe councel bad requested him to in- struct dhe jury, He eonsidered dhie triad aw incipient step lo enable this aetion to proceed through tho legal courte, where avy errors he mieht make would be fally poetitied by the highor tribensis that would teviow them. Hy wretore Warned the ¥ that they shovid be booad by § rulings of the law, whether right or wrong, and aftor- re wards ample fustice could be done tha parties who might sufter, The Judye then proceeded to 'g6 favorably on the following points of m handed to him by Mr. Evarte, counsel for the plainti 1. That the crown of Great Britain, aud their successors in roverciguty, now the people of the State of New York, have been and are the owners of ail land under navigadie waters, whether below low water mark, or betwean high and low water mark, and thas tf the jury believe that the premises in question, withta forty years before the com. Tnencement of this sult, have been covered by the ebb and flow of the tide of the Hudson river, the plainuifs are en- titled to a verdict on the question of title, unlews the de- tendante show affirmatively @ grant feorm the crawa of England or the people of the State covering the premises in question, and thatthe burden is on the defendauts to show such grante, 2. That the graut to the Corporation of the city of New York by the Montgomery charter conveys & right of pro- perty in the goil extending into the North river to the dis- tance of 400 fect beyond the tine of low water mark ag it existed at the date of that charter, and that fu order to maintain @ title in the defendants ae ie of the premises in question, the jury must be that they fail within the distance of 400 feet beyond waid line of law water Mark. = f the city's grant Dy the Moatgomery charter, ue Jury of the city’s grant Montgomery * 7 are to consider the ancient maps end grant which have beeu given in evidence, the icat conduct of the city govertment in laying out the permanent exterior etreet on the Hudson river, cailed West street, and the public action of the city iu recognition of the title of the State, 4. Theres no evidence in the cake to show that the de- fendants have acquired title to the promises, or to any Part of the sume, by accretion trom the sea, inasmuch as ital from the defendants’ evidence that such accre- tions were never developed so a8 to form land above high water. ° 5. If the jury find that the premises, or any part there- of, were not embraced within the aforesaid grant of four hundred feet, the city has acquired no title thereto or right to pousess or use the same by reason of having filled in premises not so imeluded, for the purpose of afloramg deeper water along the line of bulkhaads or piers to be eonstracted thereupon than was to be found alongside the butkhead forming the exterior westerly line of West street. The Judge next teck up the following points submitted by the Corporation Counsel, which he charged as desig- nated after the various propositions:— 1. That if the jury tind that the presont bulkhead of tho premises in question is within four hundred fect beyond low water mark, as it pow is, then the title to the lands 16 in the city. So charged, defendants aesuming the low water mark of 1730 and the present day ta be identical. 2. That the city, under its ancient chartors, owning four hundred feet of the soil beyond Jow water mark, bad a right to build out in the river to that extent, and erect its bulkheads on such extension line, apd that such bulk heads, in respect of accretion, occupy the same relation to such grants aud to the sovereign power as if they formed natural shore. So charged as to the first branch of the proposition as 10 the Recond, charged the law as heretofore set in the proporition of the plaintiffs, 8 "that as a matter of law the Corporation was entitled, as riparian owner, to ull thé land gained from the river by gradual accretion, and that if the jury believe that the bot- tom or foundation of the land which has been filied in was gained by such accretion, the title to them in their present form is ip the city. . Charged true as regarded all iands 400 feet from low waler mark. : 4. That if the jury believe that che land was gained by insensible accretion, caused by the build of piers into the river, itis stil} within the law applicable to accretion and riparian owners if the building of piers was a law- ful ond authorized act. Declined to Cord the whole proposition. 5. That such building was both lawful and authorizad, whether the piers extended westorly of the 400 fest of 801} beyoud tow water mark granted by the Montgomery charter, or whether they are within such 400 fect. Declined to charge. 6. That the defendants having a right by law to build piers and Lig sc the main land at their dis- cretion outside 400 feet, if the jury believe that before thofilling in complained of by the ‘plainti{, piers aud bridges had been erected, extending from the main land out into the river in front of West street, between Dey ana Vesey, and had never been destroyed, the plaintiffs are in noevent entitled to recover such property as such piers and bridges covered. Declined to charge. 7. That as matter of law it was the intention of the royal grants to make the city of New York riparian owners of al} the lands around the Yatand ot Manhattan embraced ‘within the limits of the grant. Bectined to charge. 8. That as matter of law the four hundred fect beyond low Water mark named in tic subsequent legislative evactments, give the city ‘York the right to all the soil, as owners in feet, tho mits of a four himdred fect beyond low water inark, wherever in all time low water mark might be es- tablished. Declined to charge. 9. Even if the title to the land is in the State, both classes of plaintiffs cannot recover. If Taylorand Brennan wore entitied to the possession, of the State could not at the same time be entitled to the posscesiou or the same premises, and in any event the defendants are entitled to a verdict as against the State. So charged. ‘The Judge farther, at great length, charged, az a mat- ter of law, that the State were owners in fee of all lands under tide water not granted away to other parties. The leading question of fact to determine, he Said, was the Jow water mark at the time of the grant in tho Montgo- mery charter. The next question of fact was whether the premises in question extended further west than four hun. Gred feet from that low water mark. If the west side of West street was considered by the jury the extreme limit of the four hundred feet, then the f seg of beyond that mark belonged to the State. Both people of the State and Bretnan and Taylor could not recover, ag action for ejectment was a possessory action. Either one or the other should be entitied to reoover, aud not both. But Brennan and Taylor had a valid lease; and if the peo. ple had, at the time the lease was executed, a right title to the laude, then Hrennan and Taylor were entitled, not te ion, for their lease had expired, but to the rents and profits of the year for which they had a lease. The following questions of fact were for the jury to find out: first, the line of low water mark at the tine of the Montgomery charter in 1730; gecond, whether the premises in question were outside the line of 400 feet beyond that low water mark; and third, if the promises, or any portion of the same, wera west Of the line of 400 feet beyond the low water mark of the period referred te, how much was the value of the pre- mises for the year Included between April, 1858, and April, 1859. ‘After come argument between the counsel, the jury re- tired at a quarter to three o'clock to deliberate on a’ ver- dict. About an hour thereafter they returned, and Mr, Rarnom, the foreman, handed in the verdict, which was adverse to the city’s claim. The jury found that the low water mark in 1730 was 48 feet west of the westerly side of West street; that all the premises boyond 48 feet west of the westerly side of Wost street were out- side that low water mark, and that the value of the premises for the year beginning April, 1858, and ending April, 1859, was $47,260. Ti is understood that an appeal from this decision will be made by the defendants’ counse). jand forth Kings County Politics. REPUBLICAN NOMINATIONS FOR COUNTY OFFICERS. ‘The Republican County Convention met at No, 9 Court street yesterday afternoon, and organized by selecting Charles Jones, of the Ninth ward, Chairman; Wm. L. Hab- dell, of the Twelfth Ward, and George N. Stearns, of the Seventeenth Ward, Secretaries. ‘The chair appointed Colonel Jesse C. Smith and Alder. man Jenkins tellers, whereupon an informal ballot was taken for District Attorney. The next and first formal ballot resulted in the uominatfon of Mr. John Wiuslow, by the following vote:— Whole number of votes. Jobn Winslow, Richard C. Underbiil.. County Jupex.—The shows the foliowing result :— Whole number of votes..... Wm. H, Gale Chas. J. Jack Martin L. Townsend. Scattering........ se seve + +9 As soon as the vote was announced, Mr. Alonzo H. Gale, of the Tenth ward, moved that the nomination for County Judge be unanimously conferred upon Mr, Wil- liam H. Gale, which was carried. Covnty Treasvrer.—On motion of A. B. Hodges, Alder- man Papie! Manjer, of the Fifteenth ward, was nominated for County Treasurer by acclamation. SUPERINTENDENTS OF YHR PooR.—Henry E. Ripley, of the Thirteenth ward, and Bernardus 1. Ryder, of Gravesend, were nominated for Superintendents of the Poor. CorowgRs.—Georgo J. Kibby, of New Utrecht, and Nel- son L. North, of the Fastern district, were nominated for Coroners. Justices or mm Prace.—Benjamin S. Morehouse was neminated for Justice of the Third district; Chauncey L. Perry for Justice of the Fourth district, and Anthony Walter for Justice of the Fifth district Jusnce oF THe CovkT OF Sessiovs.—Samuel 8. Stryker, of Gravesend, was nominated for Justice of the Court of Sessions. ; ‘The Convention, having concluded the business’ before them, adjourned with cheers for the ticket. The Case of Little Ella Burns Settled. SUPREME COURT--SPECIAL TERM. Before Hon. Judge Davies. Oct. 1.—In the Matter of the Habeas Corpus of Elia Bune alias Whitten.—This case, which has occupied the Court for several days and created considerable interest, has resulted in an amicable manner before the Judge had time to render his decision, The parties agreed that she should be placed at a boarding school, under the gaardian- ship of two persons, Mr. Ashmead suggested that the child shoudl not be taken out of the jurisdiction of this State; that na be avs should be appointed; (vat she should take her fa- vere name, and becsied Ela Burns Whitten, and that che should not be exhibited iy publio without an order trom a Justice of the Supreme Court. ‘The Comt then named Mrs. Borns and J. S. Thayer, Feq., a such gnardians, avd expressed his gratification at he arrangement. He was confident that Mrs. Burns had treated the cbiid with care and affection. He will draw up the regular order to be entered on Monday. THE LATE EXPLOSION AT THE GIRARD HOUSE. Coroner's Inves i gation—Interestng ‘Tos timony of Engineers and Machinistae , Verdict of the Jury—An Important Re- commendation. The inquest in the cave of Johu O'Connor, who was Kil- ed by the late boiler explosion at the Girard House, corner ‘of Chambers street aud West Broadway, was hekt yextar~ ay by Coroner O'Keefe. The jary assombied at the hovel at ten o’clock, and immediately thereafter the oxa:mina- ion of witnesses was prooeoted with, a8 follows:—~ Jerome J. Underhill, boiler maker, deposed a3 follows: — Thave examined the fragments of the exploded boiler carefully, and am of opinion that the explosion wok place. from lack of water, the most practiced engineer mixht. have met with similar accident; the boiler was a safe one, and perfect in every respect, as far as I could judge from an examination, Richard Doane tesutied as fuliows:—I reside at No, 20 Fast Broadway; ]am @ boiler maker by profession, aut Proprictor of an establishment on Gouverneur strest; Lam. of opinion tha: the cause of the explosion was a lack o. water in the boiler; the boiler could agt explode if carcy ing one hundred pounds of steam unides in consequence of the lack of water; 1 saw no imperfections in the boiler by which the explosion woud have been likely to occur; the boiler was sutticiently etroug for the purpose for whic it was used; it might have been used eight or ning years with perfect safety if properly aweuded w; I consider a eleem gauge safer than & #alely valve, and leas liable lo aceident, but &@ boiler should Have both; ia my opinion, the explosion was the result of negivet, Jobh Murphy, boil r maker, of No. 12 Lewis street, cor-- roborated the lestimony of the previous witness in all that. he had teatified to. Henry Hoitman deposed that he waa in the empioy- mont of Messrg. Phinney & Cv.; the boiler was *made by” ‘UB; it was put up about three years ago; it was six horse power; we have repaired it ones or twice for waking; the duller had a sleam gauge and safety valve; it had uo water gauge; the boiler Was capable of arr from seventy-five to ninety pounds of steam; it would have. been safe to carry one hundred or one hundred and fifty pounds; boilers of that kind usually last from seven to nine years; on steamboats and locomotives it is ugual to- have water gauges, but on land boilers it is not usual to. bave them; the boiler in question bad gaugo cooks, aa. wellas steam cocks and safety valve; | cxamined tho boiler this morning, and found it im a8 good condition as. boilers peually are after three or four years wear; | am of opinion thatthe expiosion took place in consequence of a jack of water om the boiler; if there is sufficient water in a. beier an explosion is pext to impossible; when invers. find the boiler foaming they o8ually withdraw Me fire; it isuneafe to mtroduce cold water while the bofer is in that condition; tho proprietor of this bouse sept to us some five weeks ugo and requested us to ex- amine it; we did so, and found it ail right as far as we could ascertain; there were some slight repairs made a short time previous to our exanfination; the acckient must Dave occurred either through Want of water or the in~ woduction of cold water when the water in the boiler was, low; the best engineers are often deceived as to the con- dition of the water in the bolier, especially when foaming takes place. James H. Stephens, of the Novelty Works, was then ex- amined, as follows:—I am foreman of uke Novelty Workay Texamined the boiler down stairs, and am of opinion that the explosion was caused by the main poomvere of steam, and pot from any luck Of water; if there had been a scarcity of Water the furnace are would have become weakened aid exploded first; I wok out a piece of the boiler, and found that in somo places the iron was not more than the eighth of an inch thick; I could discover no burned spots; at the arch there ‘was a sight depression, but Ido not tumk it was of re- cent formation, I should think the boiler when new was capable of carrying 100 pounds of steam, but-nu more; 2 goed boiler—oue like the one in questiou—onght to last twelve years; it is net right to brick upa bviler, as it rests the outside parts of the piates and weakens the iron; im this case Jam of opinion that the sides of the boiler ave way first; every boiler should be examined by | EFdraulie pressure once 4 year at least; if they were examined every six months it would be so mach the bet- ter; asafety valve aud steam gauge is ail that is re~ quired to show the pressure of steara. John R. Walker, foreman of the Morgan Iron Works, deposed as tollowa:—I have examined the boiler in quos- tion; at the time it was built it was capable of by atin 4 106 pounds of steam, but at present it would net be abio to resist a pressure of more than 5¢ or 75 pounds; that portion ot the boiler which was bricked up was cousider- ably rested and eaten away; I cnderstana that there was. aconnection between the botier that exploded and an- other one; such being the case, [am of opinion that the water inthe locomotive boiler’ became iow, and steam: rushing into it from the other boiler, gas was Created and the explosion followed; hydraulic pressure is, the proper meané of testing a boiler; I showid not think it was safe to carry more than 60 pounds of steam on the boiler; ‘Want cf water, and the presence of steam from the upright. boiler, in my opinion, caused the explosion, David D. Acker, of 182 Chambers street, deposed as follows:—I knew’ John Collins, the engineer; he was in my employ some six months, he was a sober, steady man, and always attended to his res he came well re- commended by Mr. J. H. Davis, his iT employer. John R. Surburg deposed that he was proprietor of the. Jobneon House, in Chambers street; John Collins, the en- gincer, was in my employ for about tiree months; he ‘War a competent man; took care of the boiler and: seemed to know all about the apparatus about the: house; I discharged him on account of his bad temper and. years with the pelp: Inever saw him under the in- fluence of liquor until after he had left my employ, James H. Tabor deposed—I am proprietor of the Ex- change Hotel; Collius was sever in my employ; I de aot know him at all; he may have been emyloyed there pre- vious to my taking the ise. William H. McElroy, sworn, says:—I reside at No, 173. Hudson street; 1 kuow Jon Collins, the enginver; Ihave known bin Tor nearly four years; he was porter in the Girard when first knew him; he was engineer at the Franklin House in 1887; I was superintendent of the hotel thea; he was engineer during my stay there, which’ was two years; I thought @ great deal of him; he was a good aud competent engineer, and underswod hig business weil; he was notin the habit of drinking; I never"knew him w- drink but once; on that occasion he received a friend from the Old Country aud absented himself from the hotel for a he used to be a fireman in the Girard House, and two years after I knew him to be an engincer at tho Franklin House. George W. Bluke sworn, says:—I reside at 189 Madison street; I manufacture steam beating apparatus at No. 71 Gold street; I furnished the boiler that exploded; it was six horse power, and was warranted when it was built to carry 160 Ibs. of steam; 1 have examined the tragments. this morning, and give it as my opinion that the explosion. wns caused by lack of water im the boiler; some four months ago I called here and found 80 lbs. of steam ou; 1 looked at the gauge, and remarked tothe engineer that I did not think it was necessary to keep up the steam go high; he replied that it got high and low according as he was called away to different parts of the house; the safety valve was fixed at 100 Ibe; 1 was not acquainted with the: engineer: an apprenticeship of two months would be sufficient for any man of ordinary judgment to take charge of the boiler in question, Daniel Solopetor sworn, says:—I live at No. 24 Twelfth street; I am im the employ D. & 3. Teets, yng eed a was employed on Thi in cor y with di in putting in some brass cocks in the boiler; deceased wold. the engincer to turn off the water; we worked until twenty’ minutes aller four o'clock the next morning; deceased said he would remain in the hotel unt daylight, and he lay down to sleep; after Onishing the job the water: was turned on again, and when the engineer started his fire: the water in the upright boiler was up to the third cock; the engineer drank some gin that ; he went out and brought in about a pint of gin, and we all took some of it; we only drank once, but the engineer drank twice to my knowledge; deceased upget the bottie containing the ein but 1 do not know whether any of the liquor was api or not; the engineer had a wood fire on in the locomotive: boiler when I started to go home; deceased waa then asleep, and I awoke him and asked him to accompany me; he declined to do so, saying he would wait until seven o'clock and get his breakfast; it was then ten minutes after five o'clock, and the engineer was up and attending: to bis business. Joseph B. Wiggins, superintendent of the Girard House, deposed that Collins, the engineer, was in their employ since August last; I was particular in making inquiries as to his character for errs and found that he was all right; he had no business in any other part of the hotel than the engine and boiler room, and was never called away to different parte of the house. ‘The Coroner and jury here adjourned the case to the New York Hospital, for the’ pur of taking the deposition ot the wounded engineer, w! gave his testimony ag fol- lows:— John Collins being duly sworn, depoges and says:—I was. employed as engincer at the Girard Houso; on the morning of the explosion there were thirty-eight or thirty-nine pounds of steam ou; I turned the second gauge cock ard found water; the plumbers left off work about four o'clock; I never left the engine room at any time for the purpose of performing any work about the hotel; I had no liquor in the engine room that night; the night previous to the explosion the boiler faked have had seventy-five pounds of ou both boilers; aiter I builta fire, 1 examined the waste cock and alf right; I never considered the boiler that exploded as gafe as the upright one; Ihave been employed as asgist- ant evgincer at sea for ten years; I cannot account for the explosion. Thaw "A. Gatlagh, M. D., belug sworn, says—That ho bas made an external examination on the body of de- erased; I found a fracture of the skull and fracture of both lemurs; there were extensive burns and scalds of the bead, trunk, upper and lower extremities; the above. injuries were, in my opinion, sufficient to cause death. ‘The case was here submitted to the jury, who, after de- liberating for nearly two hours, brought in the following ‘VERIVCT, ‘That John O'Connor came to his death by the explosion of a steam boiler in the Girard House on the morning of September 80, 1859, the explosion being caused by the engineer not having a sufficient quantity of water in said ler. jury would recommend that the au- proper thorities pass an ordinance making it obligatory on the vee of al! persons using a stationary or land engine to jave the boilers inspected at least opce a year by a com. petent person appointed for that purpose, JURORS. Emmet R. Smith, Jobn D. Wandell, John H. Condit, O. Tay) Henry 8. Van Riper, Henry J, ‘Taylor, D. J. Mille,