The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-27 00:00:00

Or Court.

BALMORAL, Sire. 24.
Her Majesty drove yestcrdey in the open ear-
rig*, amorapitaied by the Mamma Bekaa.
Priam Albert went out deer-stalking.
TM Right Hue. Sir John l'Altinaton arrived at Balmoral
peeterday, and will remain in attendant* upon her Me.
14•17.

Prince Hermann of Ilohenlohe arrived at Clarence
House, St. James's, at an early hour on Saturday morning
front Ostend. His Same Highness left town at ten o'clock
for Abergeleie, on a visit to the Duchess of Kent.
A deputation, consisting of Dr. Dourley and Mr. Moira
Maclean, had as interview with Mr. Emeretary Walpole
oa Saturday, at the Home-office.
His Kseellency the Americus Minister and Mrs. Abbott
Lawrence, and Colonel and Miss Lawrence, have left
Castle Howard for Arundel, on a visit ts the Duke and
Duchess of Norfolk.
Despatches were sent from the Colonid.ofice on Satiar
day evening for tato Governor of thbroltaf.

A WOMAN BIIOT BY TIER SUITOR.
A crime was perpetrated on Friday evening at
Newport, which, it is (eared, will terminate in the death of
the unfortunate victim—a middle-aged woman, named
Etheridge, who was shot at by her suitor, named Samuel
Greening, formerly the guard of a coach, sad latterly the
assistant of Min Etheridge's blind father, who keeps a
public house and large market garden, a short distance
hum the town of Newport.
Weenie:r had long paid his addresses to ll's, Etheridge,
who is his cousin, sod, being a rendent iu the same house,
frequently gave her occasion to remonstrate with him on
his dinipauit habit., he being • member of a baud, from
whose performanees he frequently came home drunk. She
refused, it is stated, to be married to him on the ground of
these habits. These would appear to have caused a lit of
jealousy, under the effects of which he again resorted to
drink. For two or three days last week he is stated to hare
been intoxicated. A continuous quarrel between himself
and Mine E.heridge was the result. Or, the day previously
to the shucking occurrence, be was observed examining a
pistol, which Miss Etheridge kept by her, in consequence
of the garden being w.uni times visited by plunderers, whom
she (being a daring woman) would have shot at,had any come
within reacts ads, house. Greening was seen trying a eap on
the pistol, and pretending to tire up the chimney. The pistol
was afterwards found to be miming from the place where it
was usually kept. On the evening in question Greening, still
under the effects of intuit:alien and jealousy, was again
quarrelling with his sweetheart, and for a moment or two
was missed from the room where bliss Etheridge and ma
' assistant gardener were seated at a table. On Greening 's
return he walked up and down the room again, still bicker-
ing with his cousin ; when suddenly he rushed up to where
she was sitting, presented a pistol at her. and fired. The
unfortunate woman's shrieks, as she fell down, awoke her
father, who had retired to rest; and when assistance was
procured, she was taken up insensible, bleeding profusely
from the mouth, ear, sad cheek, on the left aide of the
face, the contents of the pistol, which were supposed to be
shots or hard wadding, having entered just below the left
ear, fractured the left jaw, and smashed soma of the teeth,
pawing afterwards through the mouth. She was at once
conveyed to bed, and Mr. Woollett, surgeon, one of the
borough magistrates, was called from Newport. Greening
still remained about the house, in a half-drunken, sullen
humour, till he was apprehended by the borough police, and
lodged in the station.bouso cell.
lhe prisoner has since stated that he was not aware the
pistol was loaded, though this does not agree with the fact
of his snapping sud trying it in the chimney on the previous
day. He ia also stated to have told his victim that if she
did not have him, but married soother, it should be no
good to her—he would prevent her happiness.
Tho wounded woman, when consciousness was in some
measure restored, in the coarse of the night frequently en-
pressed a desire to see Greening, and appeared to feel
deeply from the consideration that he would have to suffer
in prison for what he had done. Both her father and her.
self, it was thought, were more desirous that Greening
should not be taken into custody than otherwise ; and it
was not imputed that either the father or the assistant
gardener, the latter being en eye-witness of the whole trans.
action, would further the ends of justice, if they could avoid
it, by giving evideaste against the prisoner.
On Saturday the prier was brought to the bar at the
police-office, before the Rev. T. Pope sad Mr. Morgan,
M.P., county magistrates. Evidence was taken to esta-
blish the charge of wilfully shooting ; hat the case was ad-
jammed is order to obtain the evidence of the wounded
ROOM.

DEATH OF A CHILD IRON ALLEGED STARVATION.
—Os Friday. Mr. G. S. Drat bold an inquest at the Fox
and Frew& date. Cierkrowell-rmees, ma Mirka Hubbard,
aged Hose mentba, an ill, gitinials shill. Wessell to have
bass Gana is death ; the body was • bog et been. Cha-
har *sae* issened's grandmother, said that deceased
did loot Tundsy, is kis mother's arms, at erlesees's reed
amen Ilbswart's-plas.. He bad a eeegb, sad was fret-
ful sad posy hem the birth. The msther esilthel bin five
wale, roan she task • sitwatlus, wed ine Ideate be nursed
by a wens named ISylvalew, uudcat fthodwirU. Last
July bsatsr hit the del will wimus, twin that she
Haaptsa4seek, sod WOK ipa her n•turn,
sill Bet witless, Ind set ses• her data. Whets
shebseeshe bark the child be was vary M. awl Thee witness
tads be. es Mr. Gill. }orb elm add that ha
nand bed. est medicine. She him as sew sod anew-
soft The bran was also twice tried with brie. bat ke ref used
ft, mei ernes* phi* away. Sarah Hubbard, the aunt, and
arra H inether,gave areilarierimeay declaring
that &mesa led Mew neglested lewd stssesd. 11r.13d1, cur-
sors, yen the skid being brieitt le prensunerd him
esinsted sad sari* and resennendsd alma a wet-auras
should be psi. 'flee nether mid be weld sot take the
boss* Sr opus ftis grebe melba memo to give him the
bees* be waked medley. lb made spat ssertna mini-
m** The body tram enesisiled, and the sac mesh wholly
anipey. The sugar irretelb ea re bantrigh, bet the body
was warty bloodier. Deolieenulted to.. wont et food,
whisk in his °parr kr bail net met some tins prier to death.
Iffit. Money, the anssarmiag War, in PM did all in his
=te AM get Sylvester, whose real arm was Betsy An-
Her ballad, who gave her a badinage, said that
eM iihneend and an* end deceased. Te jury expressed
their bean se etenemest of diumend. sad bagged an ad-
s etas isapeet. soil that an opportunity might be
le make the really guty parties amenable to j notice.
The warmar fully concurred in the soggestioe, and accord-
is* sapwood the lenseet.
FIFTEEN ilmais Mn.D IN • TillOttedND
Hoe na.—Janre Jena, the yeses Ye whie under-
took te wham this teat at the ftipowileee, Mao-
shores, emAileted his teak on Saturday essesini, at ten
Vika. The firewspepere bed stated that the hark would
net be eingisled till 11 Ails*, and the public did not
\ seta Is Such fats the pans mesh sued that hour &p-
-het Jesse wee so he* and vigorous that he
walked the extra hour, and sided a mile ands half
to the 1,510 which he had undertake,. His pulsation was
declared by his se , at the close, to be about 90, and he
was full of ' spirits. This six weeks' feat has been
managed with comparative semi and at • far less expendi-
hee of physical streagth the& 'Jones himself calculated
upon when he entered epos the task. His feet wore at
the outset very tender, and this threatened at sae time
to cause his abandonment of the task. list an interval
of several dap of do weather, combined with
skilful toratineet, restored his feet to a state of
proper toughness for their work; and, except on very wet
ays, be kr sines felt little or no Im:coverless' in this
respect. He has continued to eahibit the same drowsiness
between midnight and early morning, and throughout this
has been the meet difficult period of the day with his
watcher is rousing him. The six weeks have been to him
alternate periods of walking or sleeping, without laterals-
sloe as he has never stood still except when in the act of
droving or undressing, on ac. cunt of the strong propensity I
to sleep when the body spa at all quiescent. A large con-
courts of per has thronged the gardens daring the last
(alright, and as the task has been approaching a termini-
ties, the interest is his success lea increased. On its suc-
cessful termination, he receives 1001., the stake bargained
for by die pedestrian. After three several sleeps, of an
hour sad a half, two hours, and three hoses, Jones was to
commence at Oa in the evening of Salads,, to walk 100
quarter miles in 100 successive quarter haosieliell(boald
he accomplish), he would bring to a somMuidim at eerie
o'clock on Sunday evening! He will by this father offirt
the buddy exhaustion under whisk he must be
proms
for 25 hours—his +whole reward he whisk would
be the proceeds of the admission to the "mks hese the
commencement to the termination of this messed pedestrian
journey.
THE CASE OF THE SIsTERSSHARFLEV.-00 Satur-
day a petty sr anion was holden at the board room of Mary-
lebone workhouse, before Mr. Tropp, county magistrate, to
wreath the state of mind of the Misses Julia and Harriett
Sharyley, the unfortunate ladies who attempted to starve
themselves to death consequent on their being reduced to
the most abject want. The ladies hail been sambaed pro-
fessiossally by Mr. Obri, of Liason-grove, surgeon, but who
expressed a strong cunvietton that, although upon some
points they were extremely obstinate in opinion and strong-
minded women, they were not insane; and he, therefore,
could not certify. Mr. Squirt% the chief summit of the
o.firriviry, held quite a different opinioe.—The hisses
Sharpie y were brought before the magistrate, and, on being
interrogated, stated in the meet reasonable manner that
they reneged public charity because there was a proper
channel from which they were entitled to relief as • right.
They both declared that, when they were reduced to their
very last resource. they, themselves, asked Mrs. Turner,
their landlady, to apply to the workhouse for relief.—The
magistrate p'ain's', refused to sign the usual form for
their removal to • lunatic asylum, awl they will now re-
main in Marylcbone workhouse, and be pared to their own
par.sh, Winder, in due course.
THE ANNEAL WORCF.FIER Hog HlNNett.—This
pleasant rs'unam of the plan:ero and merchants of the Wor-
cester district was held on Saturday last, at the Hop-
market Hotel. Dori ,g the evening the easterner, practice
of "setting the duty" was made by eighteen of those pre-
sent, when it appeared, by the secretary's list, that there
were-2 for 13,000 to 13,500; 0 far 13,500 to 14,000; 3 for
11,000 to 14,500; 6 for 14,500 to 15,0,0; 4 fur 15,000 to
to 14,500; 3 fur 15,5(10 to 18,0.10. The forgoing gives an
average of about 11,7691. as the duty for the Worcester dis-
trict for 1162. This part of the busier' being performed,
the eumpany sou ai parated, after baring spent a very so-
ciable and agreeable evening.— Worcestsr J 01,7141.

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING,

LORD J. RUSSELL AND LORD PANMURE

AT PERTH.
At Perth, an Friday, a public dinner was given to
Lord Penman, at which Lord John ltuasell was • guest.
The Lord Provost occupied the chair. The health of Lord
Panniers having been given,
Lord PANKVII,S, in returning thanks, took a review of
his career mile. Fox ht 'Ille—• simple member of parlia-
ment out of odlee—from his first step to be Under Secretary
of State, to his last step as cabinet minister; and took the
opportunity of saying publicly, that, under te favour of his
Sovereign, he owed these honoen to the electors of Perth,
and to his noble friend Lord John Russell. Ile then seas
Rimed—lt is not ha me to advert to tha circumstantial
which have led to a change of government. All I OM •If
is, that we resigned the Mikes which we held with es jot-
social pain. because we found we could not retain ISM
with personal honour. Our successors followed Mi LtalS
oilier, ant we looked, the country looked, and the Homo •
0101131.1R1 looked, for some declaration of policy an the
part of the leader of thi new governinent, or of him wise
represents it in the Rouse of Commons. But, hitherto,
gentlemen, we have looked in vain. No taunts have
been powerful 'cough to extricate, no yuestii cis have bees
skilfully enough devised to inform in as to the policy es
which the new government is to be conducted. Judge
them from the put, they are of one colour; judge them
from the peewit, lu! they change; judge them for the
future, lu. they are blank. (Laughter.) It is impoedble
for any one, at this moment, to advise us on what pine-
' pies Lori Derby's government means to act upon after they
stand before the country, ant therefore it is impossible that
the liberal party or any other party, can devise Roy system
either of attack or defence, seeing they cannot by say
IMMO attain a knowledge of the enemy's position. But,
them in that state in which, as a public 111411, 1
shoal be sorry to And mysi If, I may say, as an individsal,
that then is one system of tactics wlikti the liberal party
will, I trust, pursue, and that is, vino* amongst them-
selvm—(cheers)—for on this we may all rely, that if
say government i, to exist which is inimical to the
liberties of the people, and the progress of that policy
which the people have hitherto countenanced, it CMS
only exist in tho dismission of its opponents; and let
me tell you, that that is one of the surest cards which a
government will very often find it convenient to play.
(Ilear, hear.) I have alluded now to the g I polity on
which I have hitherto been engaged, Intl cannot pass over
or omit some things which the country are sometimes opt to
forget, In judging of the public men of the day. It is its.
possible, in this free country, to expect that any man, who
he be a minister of the crown or a pubic man in any
ether position, will always command the popular opinion
of the day; but, in jugging of public men, I would say that
particular instances are not to be too harshly judged of as
specimen, of the whole. It is hut fair to look back ea the
general tenor of the man's public life; and so, with regard
to parties; and I am sure that, if the career of that party
of which my noble friend is the great leader be looked into
from first to last, for years past Is, fore he or any of us were
born, we shall find that the great liberties of this country
were due to that party which he now leads ; and
that they were contended for in tho wont of times,
when even the people themselves, for whose liberties
they struggled, were cold or indifferent, or were taught
to run them down. (Cheers.) With the Reform BiU
many Reformers arose, and under it many will still rise to
the administration of public affairs—the more the better ;

but still, it Is hardly I 'think fair that the great perform-
ances of the old should be passed over and forgotten ; and
I hope the public gratitude will give to those who so na-
turally merit it the full meed to which they are entitled.
The Lord Provost his alluded to the benefits conferred on
the country alter the passing of the Reform Bill. lie alluded
to-day, in the council, to municipal reform, and to what
abuses were swept away when that measure was prosecuted
in this country. He did not allude to the variety of taxes
which were repealed front 1830 to 1111. Ho did not allude to
the burdens on the people which have been alleviated in the
criminal law of this country, risking its code less sanguinary,
and its enactment loss none. Ile slid not allude to the ame-
lioration which had taken place in the civil law, bringing it,
as the common phrase is, to the poor man's door, sim-
plifying its form and cheapening its price. He did not
allude to the tun oppressive on the people which been
been repealed. I may refer to one of them the repeal 111
which, scarcely twos years past, we owe to my noble Ideal.
I mean the iniquitous window tax. (Cheers.) These an
bowfin which are not to be lightly forgotten. And you
may rely on this, that, let the liberal party seek where they
phin• for leaders, there are no soldiers to take the field as
line that have been accustomed to lead forward armies to
They know the tactics to be guided by and the
to stand upon ; their houour is unimpeached, their
sisisiency is unquestioned, and they deserve the cooifi-
dem of the country rather than those who ma present
thesselires so younger and mere raw recruits. There an,
oentlemen, yet 'luny retinae to be achieved. The Referee
Bill was but the stone set in motion ; it never can stand
still. There may be seasons of progress ; that progress may
sometimes be faster, and sometimes it may be slower; but
progresa this country must end will ; and, as people become
more intelligent and capable of governing thenutves, the
fmachhe must be extended and privileges must be held out
to them which theu do not at present enjoy. I hope I shall
live to see the day when we shell have • far larger
retinue: Woo of the franchise than at present. I hope
to live to see the day when • bound religions and secular
education shall spread far and wide amongst the people ;
and I hope to see the day when this country will take as
high standing fur the enjoyment of its liberty, and for the
intelligence of its people, as any country can do on the face
of the earth. In the enjoyment of liberty at present, I be-
lieve, she stands first ; let her also aim to stand as the best
educated and most enlightened people of the world. To
achieve these objects, gentlemen, shall be my utmost en-
deavour , and In wbataoever sphere or station I am placed
my whole energies shall always be devoted to the benefit of
the country at large, and in my own locality, as • landlord.
to see to the comforts and attend to the interests, both ea.
and and secular, of those who live around me. (Olden)
Lord Penman concluded by proposing the health et the
Lord Provost and magistrates. (Loud applause.)
Th. LAID PIoTOIT returned thanks.

The LORDPROVOST neat proposed " the health of
Lard John Russell, and esteem to the cause of civil and
religious liberty all over the world."
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, who, on risiug to acknowledge
the compliment. was received with the most enthusiastic
applause, said—My Lord Provost and Gentlemen—l feel
that, strictly speaking, I could only appear here as a sup-
porter of my noble friend, Lord Panmure, to whom you
have so justly given this testimony of your approbation;
but having been admitted to-day a burgess of the city of
Perth, and having the freedom given me in a boa of
oak, composed of part of the dwelling of the Fair Maid
of this city—(laughter)—l feel that; perhaps!, I may
have a farther claim to intrude on you than I should
otherwise have possessed. (Cheers and laughter.) Let
sne, in the first place, before I speak to that noble cause
with which you have done me the honour to connect
my name, say a few words on the subject of my
noble friend whom I came here to-day to join you in
humerus'. (Hear, hear.) He has recounted to you
most truly that on the formation of Lord Melbourne',
Administration, when I held the Home-office, Lord Mel-
bourne having desired me to name a person whom I should
wish to assist me as under secretary, I named my noble
friend. I did to at that time, not having much personal
acquaintance with hies, but being struck with the remark •
able abhity of the speeches he had made in the country. I
mast say that my discernment in that respect was not at
fault, because during the whole time that I was at the
Home-office, and since, when I had to conduct in a higher
station the affairs of this country, I have derived the
greatest advantage from the judgment, the intelligence, the
prudence, and the ability of my noble friend. (Cheers.)
Gentlemen, I could not have been contented with these
qualities had I not been also satisfied from what intimate
knowledge that I had had of him, that be is impressed
with the maxim of that great man to whom he has referred,
and from whom he has derived hie name—" that that which
is morally wrong never can be politically right." (Cheers.)
While, therefore, we were pursuing the same end by'
the same means, we were both of us convinced that
while that end should be for the public benefit, the means
should be always honest and honourable. (Cheers.) Having
said this much with respect to my political connexion with
and my friendship for my noble friend, I will venture to
address some remarks to you with respect to that cause of
civil and religious liberty all over the world which you
have this day done me the honour to connect with my name.
But on speaking upon this subject, lam sorry that on the
continent of Lurope, whether we look to France, to Ger
many, or to Italy, we have little cause to congratulate our-
selves upon the progress of civil and religious liberty. We
shall find that the attempt which was made in 1148 to
introduce wild license in p'acc of sober liberty, ha,
tended, lanced of fixing, or extending freedom, to confirm
the claims of authority, and to make men rush with wil-
lingness, nay, with enthusiasm and vehemence, into the
arms of despotism. (" Hear," and cheers.) We think, how-
ever, we have some swum to congratulate ourselves that in
the pursuit of civil and religious liberty we have pursued a
more usher course, because, while if any one will enume-
rate the advantage. which bare been gained to that great
cause in this country during the last twenty or thirty
years, he will find them immense in numbers and precious
in value—(cheers)—and I fur one cannot my that at soy
one moment authority bar been really endangered or the
i constitution rashly overturned. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, in '
I connection with this subject I must mention, however, en
alarm which has lately—l was going to say excited, but it
isnot an alarm which has really been excited, bat en alarm
which has been attempted to be excited—with respect to
the advances of democracy. It seem, to me that those who
are at present having the conduct of public affairs, being
somewhat embarrassed as Mamie measures which my noble
friend sale truly RTC kept in profound secrecy, have rather
endeavoured to divert public, attention from what may be
their shortcoming, or dubieties en these subjects, by en-
deavouring to create a panic that wo are at present sub-
jeet to a fearful approach of a wild unbridled democracy.
(Laughter and cheer.) I hold, myself, that that alarm is
totally groundlto a (liter, hear.) Perhaps, how-
ever, my authority a ill not be considered great
on that subject, because part of the alarm was
that I had abandoned my opinions that I had
adopted some other opinions. No one said exac'ly
what they were, but they were supposed to be very alarm-
ing and highly deusocratieal—(laughter)—that I was shout
to introduce measures which should have the effect at some
future time of shaking the stability of that constitution
which I venerate as much as any man in this United King-
dom. (Cheers.) Well, I need not asp on that subject that
this rumour was totally unfounded-01C it hail no circum-
stance on which it rested—that no opiutin of mine that I
had given in public made me subject to that insinuation.
Whether this was a charge or whether it was an obser-
vation—(laughter)—that made mo subject at all to the