The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 22, 1852.

PROVLNCIAL EXPLOITS OF A LONDON

SHARPER.

A young fellow, described as being about 23 to 24 years
of age, of low stature, dressed in a suit of black, over which
he wears • grey coloured overcoat, has lately emerged
from the ntstropolie, where it is supposed ha has been
"mbonlod," and has been trying his luck in the provinces,
a few of whom adventures we will briefly describe.
Towards the middle of last moth be made his appearance
at Meldstese, la Kent, where, atm introducing Wassail to
soma pswims, and bleatias of Ids respectaish ousehio
awns he Distorts/wry, be., be hired • pony of
/L Osedwia M ge to lanieem ea busters, sad to re-
am tY same sight, bat basal of Epees to
Leak" he resealed to Oilleghmen, tube smother di-
resift, when be dheseel of the pew& saddle, and
beiAls, and Mensped with the Fele*. No more
woe beard ef him and the 6th of the must mew* when
he .is. he egerreaee in a new eisseeirtie to est his poet In
a rather semi -some. On that day be hizediseed himeelf at
the Zug. Mies to • Leaden beelese, who wan en his way
of • gewdemeets easels at Milton Nell, in
es Ow soffit et no lees • passemas Ms Sir
John Mei. emmisi by lir his le sari' the same
eels to mite s_ istemeive yeeshem Arrived in Hahn*
AM be wee letosiosed by lie bear to W. Dew, the au-
timer, wM emeeimewded them both to mast comfortable
et the Feleme imajlistsem Nut dater has arrival
mad= mak at lagneld, a few mites off, where
he wwispesehmee wesseatimg in Wee to 2078. representing
himmillbsse Is be es of Lord Cespbek to whom
the Me wee Meshed Mrs. After weed isetnal at-
tempt@ to Mid* some valuable harpies emit drew the
mew he hit with some 275. la M= of which be
had wassomisil in Milks a poor u e se, eiserbagVot
o searosy, and retuned Se hie mwel is
mg AO& It gainer an early hoer es the =Ten-
lay be wee et and paid peel to
Meek ware, whisk he peetwesteti to be esteem* awnless to
pmsliess, bat which wee die the isteleges kg sale
a the Miseries day. • oesespewelei ele, he
Mimi the groom to put ea the saddle wed bride sad
i
being bee est, so as he weld sameine bee and
try Pit. firfti her slightly Mu he pretended
he wail is to the blacksmith's sail bare her shoe
eland and Debra in a few Wants& This was la
the wnk* Between six and emus Vete& he the eveniag
hew hismdews Graham, herb( that the blew bad rode
away with the man, gustionmi Os poem, awl bend it to
be to feet. 111espesintemiewh with weelhee Mese, ist-
wiediately vasON peek et the readied
fdliew sal
Wei dot elabloadare TI alb, s ken the gleeslet-
whims be dieeerted std the yeeleaded aimed am az.
ebsweed away the said the we Be IMO he had
imeit time lbw end masted of by Ink glom
W~senstidi with the and bells. After sem
ialuiry, the stoke sae wee discovered et
The mat memos, of the fellow wee at
Si rehire, as the elk isetrat, at whisk plan he
peollweeti le • Mbar, joet @Mud from Lo=set:
marl a Geis Ia the allabbeerbeeL Here he
two dam aid an the 11th babel he stele amass/
mare and reds het 'ef M Paseley deir,pMae he said her
with the saddle sad bridle whisk he had tikes from Milan
Wawa. At We pine be led a sum serape from being
eaptated by the press, The elm, as an latimatisa being
edema that the awe he had meld wee a Weise one,
week of bin, has be wee permed ea the reed byinn
o beseelsesk, who mete* the Mew, eel it is supposed
Weeeded la oak* him team the messy which ha bun
paid he the mare; this dawns gave Ida we intimetien of
the imenleset danger he was in, sad he eaareeded In get.
tin est el the way. It is to be bawl that his
sum Mille speedily brought to a dose.,

FMB ?LDS MUTING AT DOTER.—A large meet-
le,soreed prci of the middle and working
I dms. was held at the New the
middle
ea Tuesday even-
ing Isst, At the purpose of hearing a testes, ea free trade
by Robert R. R. Moore, Beg. TM es** was We* under-
stood lit loalwous the late thuds* wed the Duhg sauinis-
trade* The bell, which, it 1 aimpoledo will WM about
2.000 palm* woo threo-seuribo thoulkir Tim*
Esq., thetwiedl the emir, awl the meeting by
blastulae( 0111 lostaror_ who, Onto edema The ammo-
bly at isalie km" II win to adept petitions
to parliament a Mien eff Ow deaden system—
eoe
iaea
an eisswee• Mot they With bo peels**
in the id thuN me a netheistere
tin,peti-
oho that those to tibia is wafted the twit a
nprmafEns them my be nab& illosindiesly to Ws-
theme that task. The mooting ass sepostled.
Ran Buzazy Rabuorirrzon.-Bir W. B. Rid-
dell, the levliog Minister, bill his court yesterday at the
Fria* Min sad Half Mora, Wealsworh. Mr. Corner
and Mk Jams attended, se began, ea behalf of the But
ternrrey Rohm Association Mr. Dorm and Mr. James
the Trirktendrneiwwealbailety. Mr. Batt was pre-
sent es boliM of the iliiierVagill4lll. Ito point arose during
presseelspd swasint hapeetassoo to require a report.
sad the only thet to be mentioned was the circumstance that
the whole the eldoitions salved on behalf of the con-
wreathes lensed out to be intental, and consequently the
parties spas 11111= they Ni been *erred could cot be
called gm to prove their queltheation, and all their names
with /Wood ppm Os if.

BUTCHERS' CHARITABLE INSTITUTION.

The twenty-fourth anniversary of this institution
was held yesterday evening at Freemasons' Tavern. The
chair was occupied by Sir J. V. thisttsr, Bart., 11. P.,
who was supported by the president of the institution, Mr.
J. Sharp, and Hr. C. Pearson, the City Solicitor. There
were about 200 gentlemen present, including many of the
leading members of the trade.
After the loyal toasts had been gone through, including
the health of Pnoce Albert as the Wren of the institution,
The Cleat/MAN rose to propose the toast of the evening,
"Prosperity to tha Butchers' Charitable Institution, and
especially to the building fund." lie said he should feel
overwhelmed with diffidence, considering that that was the
fist time he bed been milieu upon to take the chair in such'
a frost and infiumstial assembly, were It not that oa
looking round the room he saw such a large number of
gentlemen where present* showed their interest in the
institution. They were all proud of their country; and
having been abroad • good deal, looking to the right and
the lett, he thought there was much of which they might
boast, but nothing of which they might mere justly be
proud than of the number and extent of their charitable
institutions. In particular was such an institution as the
Butchers' Charitable Institution of essential benefit to all
classes of the community; for it brought together in the
bonds of union those who were carrying on the same trade,
and it led those who were in prosperous circum-
stances to think of those who were in adver
sity. They had at that moment a peculiar illus-
tration of the good which might arise to individuals
from subscribing to that charity. It did so happen, from
some unfortunate circumstances, that amongst those who
were likely to become applicants for relief at the next elec-
tion was a person who was one of the earliest eurocriben to
the institution. lie mull say he bed never heard of • ease
in the course of his life more deserving the support of all
classes ; and it was a great satisfaction to believe that the
subscriptions which that individual had made to tho associa-
tion would ensure his election, so that he would be enabled
to pass the remainder of his dais in oomparative comfort
Lod happiness. (Cheers.) He was happy, in the posi-
tion which he then held, to be able to congra-
tulate them on the prosperous state of the funds.
They had somewhere 11buut 13,5001. invested. But let
them recollect that as the trade in which they were en-
gaged increased in numbers, they must expect to have ad-
ditional applicants for relief; for the wheel of fortune was
such, that some who were at the top to-day might be at the
bottom to-morrow. He found from a paper before him that
there were 68 pensioners receiving relief from that institu-
tion. They were equally divided among men and women ;
and it appeared that four of tho male pensioners were now
receiving an additional five guineas a year, in consequence
of the number of years that they had been subscribers to the
institution. He did not know anything which ought to
he more thoroughly promulgated and known amongst those
who were starting in the trade ; it showed the vicissitudes
to which they wen subjected, and even if they could not
themselves benefit by the institution, they would have the
satisfaction a haring contributed to the benefit of the
poor sad do seedy. (Cheers.) It mast be known to all
pram* *at Pa member% in the trade had of late consider-
ably inanamd, mad that there was, therefore, every pro-
bability that in the course of events the number of appli-
cants for relief would increase also ; and it was no doubt
with this view that the committee bad thought it
their duty at once to enter into contracts for increasing
the number of almshousep. It was right that he should tell
them that the contracts for the new houses amounted to
2,5001., whereas the money in hand amounted only to 6001.;
and he hoped the company would recollect that by contri-
buting to the building, which was distinct from the charity
fund, they would be enabling the committee to elect the
additional number of pensioners to reside therein. In this
way the number of subscribers would increase the number
of elections ; and as after the next election there would be
eight male and four female pensioners in addition to the
present number, it was evident that this addition would
increase the roll. upon the association. Under these cir-
cumstances he confidently called upon them to drink the
toast.

The toast was very heartily responded to.
Amongst the remaining toasts were, " The Chairman,"
proposed by Mr. C. Pearson ; " the President of the Insti-
tution, John Sharp, Esq. ;" " the Treasurer, Francis
Healey, Esq. " the Worshipful Company of Butchers ;"
" the Vice-Presidents, the Trustees, and the Committee of
the Institution ;" " the Visitani ;" " the Stewards ;" " the
Ladies ;" and " the Secretary."
The subscriptions announced during the evening com-
prised the fellowicg the Chairman, 10 guineas to the cha-
rity, and the Lune amount to the building find ; General
Evans, 10 guineas ; Mr. Sheriff Croll, 10 guinea' ; Mr.
D. Scott, 10 ouinesa ; end 22 subscriptions of live guineas
each, including one from Mr. C. Pearson.

THE FATAL DUEL NEAR WINDSOR..
CORONER'S INQUEST.
Yesterday Mr. Woods, the coroner for West Surrey,
and &numerous jury, assembled together at the Barley Mow
tavern, Inglefied:green Egham, for the purpose of In-
quiring into the mzeunsitances connected with the death of
M. Courtnet, who died from the effects of a gun-shot
wound, inflicted whilst fighting a duel, on Tuesday after-
noon last. Some particulars of this melancholy ease have
already appeared in this journal of Wednesdaxlast.
Thejury having been sworn, they proceeded to view the
body, which was lying in en upper room in the sane
tavern. Upon the return of the jury to the court the fol-
lowing witnesses were examined
Mr. Ileyward, tarpon, of Egharn, deposed that as Tues-
day aftermoos be was patsies along Prtest'ahill on horse-
back, and an as Bing to a gate communicating with a
' field, a goademen came out and asked him the way
to Winder. lie the asked him to accompany him to the
spot when dossed was lying In the field. The
person es the was about id years of age, and he
was by a friend, who we endeavouring to
swami the Weed. Nothing at that time transpired as to
the seam of the deal. Abell had passed through the body
end ammo set Cu the *lit dd.. There were two persons
on the gremad, bat be saw three Wm who inquired the
road to Witchtor. Alan the diseard rallied a little he
directed bit le be removed. He psi no window to him,
nor did he to whams. He did not harm the maw et the
deceased. He nedeteMed that the same of sae of the par
sons he saw wee Hartbsearap. He 1111111k11 with the de-
ceased till fire Vete* awl he rimabted esseibledeang
that period. Ha made as eimmemiesika le Wm, exempt
that ke felt cold sad wee le paia. I. did seism him alone
after that. He mtamed at heillmeet six, end head his
dead. Alien. @sear of the was is the neon
during the time he wee preen% bat between
them. He bed else the dimmed% dee:aim:die a posB-
.91041114 imambedia, sad he bed ao heatatioa in goyim
that thewcesd mos the cause of death. _

Fronde Famniena—Oa Tondo last he saw several to-
ragmen who ems &wallas t
than fteia. Theyteleateo in tert:
ClTirratratarlhaes.j anid"they esli. Ho. re! Bone of irtliene
went lan the Zed Um, and same into the Adam and
En. They ell wand tip the WI etterwards. He thought
they were a . They walked op the bill, and
went tato the Gapes One Masan tone oat
and west to • ossiee sad bang ht lone seat. They
then proceeded in the dant= td the lowg2it Witt&
tor Ones Putt. He bad seas ems et the sae.
About Itelf-pset easehe sourthem et the who ap-
peared to have hann alder I. and ad gran He went
to Dania with them, alli bed GUM bread end eases
them One el tam bed sonethiss
tarise Neer&
=lin be • ewes!. but he did an Oahe as-
. They add twang to bin es le what had been
amt. He raw no dreams of any destriptim t than,
has they Wei:juin had firearm. One of them wee a fine
sleet Ilfteg as dm sad stoat es you, Mr. Chair-
men." .)
ear witames spoke to had sees the party
inmediatelpereviseirai whom wt to as ad. saiblea:-
litilirwalseetilteriat,":llll:ll tt=st, Yam-
=ldendiall the body of the domed. The deserved
In Yuan, at 41 Knight sillsrilisst lie was
43 peen et ispe. He knew bin well. He last law bin alive
cm away evening the 17tb. (The witness wee are greatly
eneenne.) He and with sin es that mesing. He
parted with bin in the snag. Netblog per asiar es-
can,d is eansantisa that be add me. _ _

tieiaser-64 w Mil b &iii 'We testa.
The whom addell—Deoeseal tell Ws that he sae going
to a 454 but le 4M use Sae with mhos. He (wh-
e=to eneslft the sae of the pulls
—Ton are blush to &dose ~Oda,.
wits..--I coast de ea
The thesear—l then thee tell yea the sseecteneee.
gall hear them
The Cosner—Do I miens's& that you positively
refuse

oeitalaly.
The Coroner—l suppose that you know something' of
what led to this duel /

Witness—l knew it was political, but he did not tell me
when or where the duel was to take place. I did not me
him after the Sunday night.
The Coroner (addressing Mr. Biddlecombe) said—Mr.
Superintendent, you must keep this gentleman under your
supervision. I shall not examine him farther at present,
but it is necessary that I should see him
The waxer was removed in enetody ofegtheltolice.
Mr. Madigan, station muter at Wbedaer, said that four
persons came to the station on Tuesday one of whom CM.
reed a sword. He observed them particularly tram their
manse sad appearance. They took plans in a train ht
Landon by the 2.25 p.m. train. Afterwards a gendssaan
0411111 is who wished to have a rehire sawed ulhas ticket hi-
,' dared for the first elms. Upon hearing et the orwureses
a Islarraphio weave was sent up by the Greet Western
1101 to Letlebury, sad from there to the Waterloo ter-
mite!".

Joia ljakeweed, police tieestalle 66 L, produced a couple
of light swords which, in ecausgweese of a telegraphic mes-
sage, he took on of fisgs M foretastes, who came
up by the 7 s pm. teals. la essempmes of the tele-
graphic memege be leek three laNsweeedy. Several
I other foreigners wore at the llalerbe.road station, and one
of them clans up to him sad ANA him a sovereign to lot
one of the parties go away. its did not, however, do so.
One of the parties got rut before he came to the station.
The missing party was a frequenter of Vanzhall Gardens
and other places of 111111111M1L No pistols were found on
any of the parties.
Thos. Smith, a police constable, repeated the evidence he
gave at the Town hall the previous day.
Mr. Iliddlecombe, the superintendent of police, produced
the various articles found on the persons, which were
published yesterday.
In answer to the Coroner witness said the flattened bullet
had not been weighed to see whether it corresponded with
she ethos ballot' tonal.

14a17 Day said that she had been in attendance at this
bouseand had laid the body out since death. She was not
present when he died. She found, as she was removing tle
body, a leaden ball between the sheets and under tbs de-
' ceased. She gave the ball tee police constable.
Tim four persons in custody were, at this siege of the in-
vestigation, brought into court. One was a tall, gaunt,
military-looking man, with hard features ; the second per-
son was a stout short man, with an amiable expression of
countenance; the third wee slightly built, of apparently 40
years of age, with a bawd and an imperial ; and the fourth
a man apparently 60 years of age, was of middle stature,
strongly built, and of firm and somewhat repulsive features.
After giving their names in broken English, they were con-
veyed away in the custody of the police.
Immediately afterwards additional parties were brought
into the room by the police. They were foreigners, and
several police officers were called for the purpose of identi-
fying them as persona who had been in the company of
the deceased a short time before the duel took place.
After a great deal of contradictory evidence bad been ad-
duced in order to identity one of the persona brought for-
ward as one and the fifth of the party connected with the
duel, the inquiry was adjourned until Teasley next, and
the jury were bound over to appear on that day to further
investigate the case.

SPORTING.
TATTERSALL'S--TunnsnaT.
At the commencement of business Azad was in
great force at 11 to 2, and was first favourite, but subse-
quently gave precedence to Babette, who, after several
offers of Bto 1, left off at sto I (taken). Asset receded to
6 to 1 on the advance of the mare, afterwards rose to 5 to
1, taken to several hundred pounds, and finally closed at
II to 2 takers. A good deal of money was laid out on
Ephesus at 10, 11, and 12 to 1, the lost bet being 1,100 to
100. Convulsion, Hyacinth, Weathergage, Ilabbie Noble,
and the Knight of the Shire were backed fur small same,
nothiog else was in favour.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE STAKES.
6 to 1 agst Mr. R. E. Oliver us Babette (taken)
11 to 2 Sir W. Booth's Ansel (taken)
11 to 1 Mr. Waller's Ephesus (taken)
14 to 1 Mr. T. Parr's Weathergage (taken and
afterwards offered)
16 to 1 Major Martyn's Convulsion (taken)
20 to 1 Baron Itothschild's 117acinth (taken)
20 to 1 Mr. Merry's Hobble Noble (taken)
20 to 1 Lord Broce's Knight of the Shire (taken)
26 to 1 Mr. Morris's Huntrerford
25 to 1 Mr. Phillips's Le luif
90 to 1 Lord Wilton's Lady Evelyn
40 to 1 Mr. Waring's Manifold (woe)
1000 to 500 Babette and Ansel (taken)
CRITERION STAKES.
7 to 4 apt Duke of Bedford's Sittingbourno
2 to 1 Lord Exeter's Filbert (taken)
The room will be opened this day and to-morrow for com-
paring books on the Cambridgeshire.
RIOEIMOND RACES.—TRUItSDAY.

WRIGHT STAKE) of 6 00•8. each, fur 2-yr-olds ; cults,
84. 71b. ; fillies, fist. 41b; wiuners, extra, dtc. Grey stone
in. (7 suhs4
Mr. C. Wright ad bk a hatchet 1
Mr. Heaseltine's b e by Fitsallen out of Mn. Bum's
dam 2
Mr. Blackburn's Goorkah 3
Five ran. Won b 7 a length.
GOLD Cut' STAKES of 10 guaneas each ; for 3-yr.olds
and upwards ; winner to be sold fur 300 son., &c. Once
round. (7 subs.)
Lord Zetland's Radulphue aged, 34 1
Mr. Dawson's Farmer's Bo i, 3 yrs, 7st 61b 2
Won by half a length.
RUBBISH PLATE WY won by Child of the Miat, beating
Baotou and Dismay by a length.
.WILTSHIRE CHAMPION COURSING
MEETING.—WRDNISDAY.

FIRST TITS roll GRIST WESTRILY PUPPT Cur.—
Derby beat klangonel, Whirlwind beat Bacchus, Esprit
beat Rebecca, KW Hannah beat Slut, Lufra beat Rabbi,
Brandyball beat Vitals, Crystal beat Roderick, Madcap
beat Harlequin.
FIRST Tim Ton Tin DAVID Cur.—Bedlal3lll.: brat
Tramp, Pilot beat Merry Boy, Motley beat Katty Hayes,
Beverlac beat Willis!, World's Fair beat Busybody, Raven
beat Lapwing, Lady Dalton beat The Dutchman, Merlin
beat Blanche Ainsworth, Friar Tuck beat Sir Shooter,
Sawmill beat Calms.

STONKINOI Smite or 80L—Mr. Dlenkiron's Magna
Charm beat Mr. Parkinson's Sting, Mr. Hall's Raund
Robin beat Mr. Jebb's lodine, Mr. Foley's Paddy O'Rat-
ferty beat Mr. Lawrence's Ludovic, Captain Besant's Billy-
boy beat Mr. Jenner's Judas, Mr. Wyndham's Whynot
beat Mr. John Day's Leonard, Mr. Jatdi,.e's Baron beat
Mr. Longinaa's Lissard, Mr. Hole's Gambler beat Colonel
Clowes's Cardin, Mr. Etwall'a Uncle Tom beat Mr. Riley's
Rupert.
ELSTON STAVES or BW.—Mr. Rale'. RO4lO beat Captain
Wyndham's Wolga, Mr. James's Jolly Lass beat Mr. Jar-
dine's Weilder, Mr. Brown's Ballet Dauer beat Mr. Penn's
Annie, Mr J. Day's Frenzy boat Mr. Biggs's Bohemia, Mr.
Miller's Maid of the Mill beat Mr. Minton's Maria, Mr.
Randalre Remnant beat Mr. Lawrence's Lady Evelyn.