The Express.
London, England, 1864-10-10 00:00:00

SOUTH WAB.K.

This morning Mr. John Harrell, the barrister
appointed to revise the list of voters for the borough of
Southwark, held a court for that purpose in the Board-room
of the Bermondsey parochial offices, Russell-street, Bee.
mondsey.
The number of claims and objections in the borough
follows :—St. Mary, Botherhitits, 2 claims, no objections ;
St. Miry Magdalen, 4 claims, 1 objection ; Christchurch.
neither claims nor objections ; St. GeorgmtheMartyr,
claims ; St. Olave, nil ; St. John, 2 claims ; St. Saviour,
7 claims ; St. Thomas, nil—total, 58 claims, 1 objection.
In St. Mary Magdalen one objection was sustained; in
Mary Rotherhlthe one claim was disallowed ; in St. John's
the claims were struck out. and in the other parishes most
of the claims were admitted.
The proceedings were devoid of public intermit.

A fatal accident occurred at Alder•hott during
the fleld-day operations in the presence of the Doke of
Cambridge last week. A man named George Jackson, a
private belonging to the Royal Dragoons, was thrown from
his horse, and unstained such severe injuries that he expired
• few days afterwards, and was buried on Friday with the
usual military honours.

Professor Anderson makes a very fair offer to tile
Davenport fraternity. He mys :—" I offer them the use of
St. James's Hall, illuminated as it it daring my own per-
formances, for any night they may select, if they can then
and there perform—l care not by what means—the tricks
(I mean no offence in the word) they now do wider the
cover of darkness, and, aa I believe, with the asaistance of
confedeeates (else wherefore the darkness 7), I will not only
acknowledge their right to take any name or assume any
attributes they think proper, but I will pay the sum of one
hundred pounds into the hands of the Lord Mayor for cha-
ritable purposes. I than offer them as opportunity of shelf.
fying the public that they do pommies such attributes as war-
rant them in assuming the supernatural agency they are
laying claim to. Of course, should this challenge be sc.
copied, I reuse-we to myself the right of explaining any
natural means or appliances by which the tricks are per•
formed."

A correspondent writes to tts :—" At the Hamp-
shire markets last week the chief talk among the farmers
was about the agricultural apes her of Yr. Disraeli. His
proposal to breed Cotswold with Down sheep was noire/.
sally disapproved of. The former ia a very large animal,
and the latter is a very small one, and no practical farmer
would mature on violating obvious physiological rules by
breeding one with the other. In lambing season the small
ewe and large lamb would perish, and the right how
member for Bucks would find, if he tried his plan, that
when the time came for his flock to be doubled he would
have nothing left alive but his solitary Cotswold ram."
FUNERAL OF A VETEBAN JOULNALIST.—(THLS
Dar.) —This morning at 10 o'clock, the remains of emetics .
Andrew Toffees, one of the principal shareholders of, and
for many years resident manager of, the Globe nempaper,
were removed from the office of that journal for interment in
Kermd-green Cemetery. The captain, who was 76 jean old,
was formerly an officer in the army, and was brother of the
°slanted writer on political economy, Colonel Tames,
F. R. S.

LIFEBOAT ENORAVLNO. —The illustrated Lan-
do* Neu intends to publish with the number for the lbtai
inst. • large coloured engraving from no engird and epeeist
thawing in water colours, by Edward Duncan, Fr., member
of the Society of Painters in Water Colones, the subject
being "The Lifeboat off Tyarsouth Bar."
Tits LATE MR. Grms-Pvturs, BL P.—A strunel_
window to the memory of the late Mr. GileePollar,
for Hertfordshire, is to be placed in the parish church of
Standee, Hertfordshire. As the subscriptioo was I
than was required for the purpose. the surplus is to be
T
voted to the enlargement of the Highror Church Schools.
OPENING or FARNWORTH-PARL. —The young
Earl of Ellasener• and Sir James P. Hay-Shattlewortie, the
high sheriff of the county, have (says the Manchester
Courier) aceopted the invitation of the Faraworth kcal
board to be present at the opening of the public park on
Wednesday, the 12th tint. Mr. Cobden, M.P., states that
he has so frequently to decline attending meetings on public
occasions, that he should give very serious offence to friend,
should be attend oo this occasion. He is under medical
injunctions to avoid public assemblies, the only exceptions
being • meeting once a year with his coostituenta and
attendance in the Hour of Commons. The Lord Bishop
of Manchester u expected to be present, and will offer up
the dedicatory prayer. Mr. Gladstone is expected to
arrive in Bolton from the rah on Tuesday afternoon, the
11th beet., and bra consented to receive an address from the
C° tion of the borough.
7°fAilAL AOCIDENTS ON THE MIDLAND RAILWAY.—
On Friday morning last a fatal accident occurred at the
Soeinton Crossing of the Midland Railway, near Notting.
ham. A few minutes past 11 o'clock • train left Notting-
ham for Lincoln. and wheel about 50 yards from the wood
gate-Douse (about half • mile from the tows) the engine-
driver saw a man come through • little gate an the line as
it to an.. The driver blew the whistle several times,
but the man paid so attention and walked on. The tram
was stopped as quickly as possible, but not in time to pro-
vost na incident. The buffer-plank knocked him down,
_and
the whole of the train went over him, mutilating his body
in • frightful manner. When taken up he was quite dee&
Deceased was so old man, 74 years of age, named James
Blair. An inquest was held on Friday night, and a verdict
of " Aocidentel death" returned. An accident, which
proved instantaaeorely fatal, occurred about 11 o'clock on
Friday night, at the Duddliera Mill oressiag en the Midland
Railway, between Btreregbam and Maltby. A sawyer,
named John Franklin, employed at Memo. Clayton's works
at Batley, was in the sot of armor tb• lice, when an
=se-
zhiob had bass engaged in shunting some mangos,
ly rushed by the ercosing, and the fore part of the
engine striking him unawares, be was knocked down and
killed on the spot. The body of the orfortuate men was
ntfettl mangled, his legs and the lower part of the
being severed from the trunk.
EXTRAORDINARY DEFALCATIONS OF THE SEMI.—
TART or • BUILDING Socurrr.--Sonse menthe ago Mr.
James Duerr, for many years the secretary of the
Bagley, Shipley, and Morton years
Benefit Build*
Society, saddirly disappeared ; and at a meeting of the
members of the society held the other evening at Stucky
(Mr. Freres Betterfield in the chair), to report the resale
of an itiverigatim of the affairs of the society, it was
reported by Mr. J. Todd and Mr. Aadersoe, who bad
carefully examined all the books and made a 'took
searat, kr., that it can be clearly shown that the eau
mans sum of 1.8001. had been abstracted or misappro-
priated by the late secretary. Mosey entrusted to him
to pay into the society be had retailer. Hs had alai
collared rents unknown to the committee, and bad
various other nefarious practices defrauded the society and
members of this sower of money, appropriating it to his
ova are. Owing to the great progress made by the society
of late yeses, however, the stock account showed it to be
is a much better position than bad been anticipated ; sad
the committee of management were is hopes that, uedier•
more careful supervision, past misfortunes may be retrieved
and a wider measure of usefulness achieved. The meeting
was addressed by various gentlemen. Courses opinion as
to the best MUM to be pursued in the present erisis was also
reed. Considerable discussion arose on several points. A
committee was appointed to revise the rules, with • view to
=t similar frauds in future. For =my ran Mr.
rt largely enjoyed the confidence red good opinion of
hie fellow-loweetnen of Bieeley.—Meachareer Exeriner.
GlOOllB 017TRAOR ON INFANT CHILDREN AT RUN-
CORN. —At the Baron liew.eoure on Friday, before Mr.,
Whiteway and Mr. Thomas Johnsen, Thomas Josses'
laborer, of Penningtosee.row, Remora, • widower, about
28 years old, without childrse, was brought up in custody
charged with resulting Mary Burr., aged seven years,
Elisabeth Rowe, aged eight yams, Mary Ellen
Boyle, aged eight years, Sarah Bowdon, aged seven real
and are months, and Sarah Frances Jesse, his oleos. sEGE
six years sod Moe soothe, sad importing to them a loath.
same disease. Inspector Watson redacted the prosecution.
The details of the evidence, which were gives is as delicate
a menthe, as possible, were of the moot revolting and die.
•rag shaneter, rad utterly mitt tor pablisatioo. Mr.
physician and surgeoa, of Romani. gave eraser
as to the redition of the firstaiuned four children, and Mr.
Oarrathen, surges, of Haltom, spoke as to the 'audition of
the Weer one, • most pierant•lrking sod istarestiag
child. which bad to be conveyed to sad from the court is •
Trier. The primmer was committed to take his trial on
the whole five Ames at the eosin Mann at Chester. Is
addition ho the ahem, the primmer hod also asesalted is
similar manner two other ides* one aged two yearn and
Mae Eleathe sad the ether In. years.