The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-06 00:00:00

111th ILEO2IOIII.

It is almost impossible to describe the excitement
which prevailed ha this city a Theseday. Mr. Otderidge
had, by his Wooziest speeches sod &deuced politioal
opinions, MAW • great deal of enthusiasm in the minds of
the gnat mass of the people, and a carrespooding amount of
indignation was ezpreesed at the eandidatam of Lard Comte-
nay, bemuse it was said be was • mistime of the county
aristooncy, whose influence was actively used in bie lord.
ship's favour. la additioe to the inter advantage the ear
anatives were mated, whilst on the Mbar bad mem Übe.
rale belched the views of the Liberatira Sonny would sot
vote for Mr. Coleridge, because the leaned gestlemse had
refused to pledge biscalf to so uneraditimal abolition of
church rates. The firm boar's pathog was in favour of
Yr. Coleridge, but suhemesotly Lord Cann es.y took the
lead, sod at • quarter post 11 o'clock he wee T 8 ahead.
After that, however, the majority for the edge lord
gradually rhisioished, until at last it dwindled dome to It
votes. We understaed that shout 138 votes were left an.
polled, the majority of wheat are said to be liberals. It
will be thus moo that had the liberals bees united they
would have had a victory. As it wee, the liberels declared
that bad it ant been far the mealy is which wee
mersised to favour of Lord Cranking they should have
the battle. The liberals, trhowever, regard
elefest u a triumph, inamraida as the eser;ervatives
bombed al being able to command • majority of tram 100
to SOO votes. The contest was • fair test of the relative
rareagra of parties, and the liberals feel that they have the
advaatage, which they have determised to snake the most
of at the next geseral election.
Previous to and after the declaration of the poll there
were great disturbances is Ora city. Some see, it is said,
throw • ginger-beer bottle from the Marlow of Lord
Courtemy's coeinsittee-room is High-street, which so
rammed the people is the streets that they smashed the
• windows. Ws understand that. Mr. Coleridge, who was at
a home opposite, appealed to the crowd to deem, which
they immediately did. Lord Courtesy, who was • good
deal bustled ore his way to the Guildhall, sad kept eat, by
some ma obliged to he protected the and
an hie nears from the Guildhall wee comby palled to go y •
Mak way.
The state of the poll was declared alreall as hour after the
aloes thereof by the sheriff, Mr. R. T. Heed. Lord econo-
my was accompanied by Ora Stafford Northeote, who has
bees most native on hie lordahip's behalf, sad • aseabwr of
other permits. Mr. Coleridge was sot proems, bat there
was • very large muster of the hon. and learned gentleman's
friends.

We regret to ray that is the 'Tocsin thou were most
aassersly dielsrbaoass is the streeta, sad the 'Wows el
several hewer wore saseebed by stases sad other similes.
Several country Win ealibitiag the esaarrvative seism at•
the windows of the Laudon Lea were obliged to withdraw
oa the repreesatatiase of the sabre.

Tess M ['ADIS Bad —The prisoner
Charles "trough, committed by the coroner for trial on the
amigo of marderieg Osage Walker, at Signal Hill, sear
GlieMartee, on Thursday week wits brooght before Mr.
Jamas Edwards, at Tvetall, os Thursday, for exansisMitm.
It baring become known that the privacy, was coming. the
approsehes to the Town-hall were crowded with
anxious to get a sight of the primmer who looked meek
better in health than he did on Saterday, and • Hilo lees
indifferent to his parities. Mr. Litchfield appeared for the
prommetiou. The evidence was the as as that takes by
the coroner on Saturday, with the addition supplied by
Yr. John Proctor, jam. of Audley, who raid be had knows
the deceased well. He was his uncle, sod 74 years of
age. Although the dreamed had been hying in • but at
Signal! Hill, he was the owner of a small boom at
Nemeande, had bees well to do, and had kept the Bissell
Hill Pares ; bat latterly he bad been reduced. Witness
saw the deceased os the Turley before his murder, when
he was at witness's mother's house, where he (witness)
lived. and was hearty and well. There had been a rumour
in the locality that about • mouth before the murder Ise
burrowed some money on hi property, but witness resld
not tell whether be had done so or not. It was thought by
acs parties that the deemed had messy secreted is his
but, and he (witness) bed been told to look after the hat,
and see if he could find any. The deoseeed was slimy, •
careful steady man. At timeless of the 111:1110iLik• of the
witaeress the primmer, who saris deduced to make any
statement, was committed (or trial at the au; amine for
the wilful murder of Walker.

A MIRY NARROW EgiCaTit.—As the Fentonville
train. on the Michigan Central Railway. wee on its way to
Detroit. sad within about • mile of Birmingham. the
engiesar noticed • child about two years of age sitting
acmes the rail apparently delighted with her position,
laughing and clapping beer heads in great glee at the
apprombing train. The breaks were immediately whistled
down and the *milss rosined, bat it wa, soon discovered
that the Main could net be stopped la time to premien
the dad being ran over. Beeisg this, John Adams, tug.
pvirers, got out os front of the elegies, and knowing
that he maid not grasp the child is time to lift her from
the ran before Use engin would be up* bar, he leant over,
and with great proems of mind and 'Madames of nerve
embed bar oat et bass's way es me side of the tract.
The tote was plopped, *ad the child taken up ashen and
delivered over to her meths,.

D;17111:61360 -15-F.:111 EY ♦ TOT. —A coroner's
inmetigatioa was held at Breademt last week rmpectiog
the death of a little girl eight years of age, reed filmdom,
who met with bee death eider very painful cirearostesoes.
It appears that a boy mimed Dolimaa was playing with ea
instrument knows as a " a wades tribe through
which an arrow is shot by mesas of a hand of isidiarubber,
what the elastic slipped tram batwing hie angers, the
arrow was discharged la the air, sad in its fall the iron
spike of muse three quarters of au tech long stash la the
head of the deceased. Another boy palled out the
sad the girl did sot mem to be sericiaely hiPared,
the week, however, she beeline sweat, sad died le about a
mew& slim the otwarnem, It appealed tree the pad
mortar examination that the arrow had penetrated through
the skull into the bade, wed thereby mimed as abeam to
fent, tram which des died. The Jury released a yardage
is aeserdence with the medical sad other evidecies, end the
easoser, at the request of the jury. esmiared the lad, w►o
14yeare old, for using such a dasigereas Lastrumout se a
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