The Express.
London, England, 1863-01-10 00:00:00

THE RIGHT HON. T. K GIBBON, M.P.—Mr.
M. Gibson is expected to visit Ashton-under-Lyne &rim
next week, when he will address his constituents in that
on public affairs. The meeting is fixed for Wider
day, the 21st inst. . •

ifswicnomr DEATH or A VALsr.—An inquest
was held at Renton Monastery, on Thursday, before Mr.
Collis, on the body of George Norton, a young man 28 years
of age, who for some bad bees in the service of Major the
Hon. A. H. Anson, as valet. The story of the unfortunate
accident which resulted in hie death was narrated by Major
Asses himself, who =peered deeply affected while giving
his evidence. He saU—On Tuesday, the 9th of December.
I was shooting in the Renton covers, with Lord Lichfield,
Earl Vane, Mr. Woodroffe, and others. Deceased was my
valet. He was loading for me, and had a mooed gnu. Those
shooting were all in aline. We had gone down the cover about
sixty yards, when a rabbit got up before me, and doubled
back through the line of beaters. I fired at it when it had
got about fifteen yards from me. As soon se I fired, I saw
the deceased fall. He was behind some hazel bushes. He
was fifteen yards behind the beaters. He ought to have
been close to my ride. He has shot with me before in covers,
and he knew it was dangerous to stay behind. Major Anson
went on to my that deceased was found to have been shot in
the right leg. Medical assistance was obtained from Eccles-
hall, Stafford, and Birmumbern, but it was found necessary
to amputate the leg. Twenty-four hours after the operation
delirium attacked the poor fellow, and did not leers him till
his death, which took place on Monday last. Mr. W. Bras-
ford, gamekeper to Lord Lichfield, gave similar evidence.
Ho mad that when Major Anson fired be (Mr. Brailsford)
believed everybody was in line. He thought it almost
impossible for Major Amon, even had he bad his attention
fixed upon the spa, to have seen the deceased behind the
bush from the place where be was standing. The jury re-
turned a verdict in accordance with the fact, entirely
acquitting Major Anson from blaros.—Staffot drldre Adm.-
tiaer.

Tag LANs hiss Rows IN Cassrssma.D.—At
the Derbyshire Sessions on Thursday, Jame* Riley, • power-
ful Irishmen wee indicted for a violent smolt on Polies.
°mutable Else, at Chesterfield, on the 30th November last.
On the day in question (Sunday) • large mob of Irish, 300
in number, began parading the streets in Chesterfield, and
after amusing themselves thus for two or three hours, they
began • kind of faction fight, and the prosecutor interfered,
upon which he was knocked down by the prisoner with a
bar of iron, and after being severely beaten, rendered
almost insensible from loss of blood. Ultimately the police
were defeated, and the prosecutor and another policeman
so injured, that for some time they could sot perform their
duty. Else still had his head protected by stripe of plaster.
The prisoner was found guilty, and sentenced to twelve
calendar months' imprisonment.

DESPATCH OF THE BRAZIL AND RIVER PLATE
YAWL—The Royal Mail Company's steamship Oneida,
Captain Bevis, sailed from Southampton at 2.30 pm.,
=y, with the monthly mails for Lisbon, Cape Verdes,
buco, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Monte Video, Buenos
Ayres. die.. She took out 42 passengers and on freight
219,3471. in gold for the Brazilian ports ; 7,5001. in
liar silver for the Minister of Finance at Rio. English
iswellery, 1.9071. ; French jewellery, 3,7501. • and for
Litho°, 10.0001. in gold. The Oneida also took out on
freight a full cargo of French and English merchandise.

PLYMOUTH, JAN. 9.—Meesra. Money Wigram
and Son's ship Kent, 998 tons, Captain H. J. Clayton, left
here this morning for Melbourne, taking out about 100 pas-
sengers and a full general cargo. The ship Mary Shepherd,
905 tons. Captain Bridge, belonging to Messrs. Joseph Shep-
herd and Co., will leave to-morrow (Saturday) with about
HO government emigrants, a large proportion of whom are
from the west of England, and selected by MOWS. Wit.
00Ck1 and Dartoo, government emigration agents of this
port. The ship Augleses, Captain M. H. Smith, is on her
psassge from London, to emWk her passengers here on
Monday next for Melbourne. The steamship Peterhof,
from London for Matamoras, Mexico, with General cargo, is
expected bare to-night to take on board about 120 toss of
patent fuel.

The very remarkable escape of a workman is
reported from Blackburn. He slipped from the roof of a
house, when he had been at work, sod fell a height of'22
feet. Fortnately, his foot caught a projection from the
window end saved his fall, the wont consequences of it
Wien a broken arm.

A piecer in a cotton mill, named Wood, was
committed for trial from Stalybridge, yesterday. for •
violent assault on a catholic priest. He attacked the priest
with a hammer, and gave him • severe blow on the head.
Wood has before lase guilty of similar offences. It seems
he is a convert to protestantism, and as much in-feeling
ham been displayed toy im as he hes displayed to others.
It is said that he slightly crazy, but he told the
magistrates that he knew quite well what he was about.
In the Masonic Lodge, at Alexandria, U.S., is
preserved the knife that the mother of Washington pre-
sented to him to induce him to abandon his design of
entering the British navy.—dfiasouri Democrat.