The Express.
London, England, 1863-09-08 00:00:00

LOSS OF FOUR LIVES.

During the heavy squall and rain last Sunday
evening • shocking collision happened a few miles
off Dammam, which Gamed the foundering of Ike
barque Elvin., Captain Haus, and the lose of several
of the crew. The barque wee on a voyage from
Jamaica, with • mixed cargo of rum, sugar, and In-
wood, and was booed to Hamburg. She put into Ply-
mouth on Saturday for orders, mid resumed bee voyage the
same evening. According to the few particulars whieh
have been gleaned from the Deal boatmen, she was making
I her way up Channel, the wind blowing strong from the
N.W., with heavy rain, when she was run into by the
Ocean King steamer, and sustained such fearful injury that
I she foundered. The owner of the Elvin, Mr. Bellamy,
was on board his barque, and he mid Captain Hans, the
commander; Mr. Wilson, the mate; two apprentices, bro.
then, named Willy; and Edmund, the steward, were rued.
The second mate, named Green ; Holmar, • mamas;
Yamblin, an apprentice, and another are believed to have
perished. The steamer is reported to have ham much
damaged.

SHOOTING A GAMEKEEPER IN ESSE".

(From the F.stex Herald.)

We deeply regret to learn that the commence-
ment of the shooting season has been marked by one of
those desperate conflicts often leading to murder, which,
though beard of in other parts of the kingdom, are happily
not frequent in Reset. No serious persocal injury hu is
this Matinee been sustaitied, though as a band of game
watchers were twice fired upon by poachers, it appears to
have bens mare chance of the moment that life was not
notated. . _

It seems that early os Sunday morojag four keepers oaths
estate of r. B. Western, Esq., of Fen/ Hall, were watching
the preserves known as the chicks, at &weaken. expecting,
it would seem from their strong force, an attack upon the
game in that quarter. About 6 o'clock they beard several
reports of fire-arms, and on reaching the spot from which the
sounds proceeded they encountered two poachers with guns,
one of whom was reccenisied as Henry Towns, keeper d
the Cherry Tree, • small public-house in the oat-
skirt, of Witham, and Thomas Agar, • labourer,
of the same place. Of course the keepers prepand
to close with the depredators, and William Burrell, Gee
of them, Whig in front, attempted to take Towns, who
turned upon him, raised his gun, and deliberately fired.
Fortunately the charge failed to take effect, hot the swain
was very narrow indeed, as it paired between Burrell's arm
sad body, and cut down the brushwood immediately behind
him. The keepers iattaistly closed upon him, and after
• desperate struggle they obtained presestitio of the gun sod
.word bins. Burrell thee observed Agar, the other man,
making his soups with • gun in his hand. and being the
youngest and appareatly the most active of the keepers, he
at once gave chase and rapidly gaMed upon his man, who,
finding he most be taken, turned when his pursuer
was within a few feet of him, pointed his gun at
him, and fired. The charge struck the keeper to the
side, and knocked him down, setting fire to his clothes and
injuring the flesh, but fortunately none of the shots entered
his body. Ager then camped. The other keepers imme-
diately ran to Burrell's assistanoe, and found the poor fellow
lying or the ground. Oa examining him they found him
clothing shot away, his breast very much bruised and dis-
coloured, but, es we have said, most fortunately now of
the shots had penetrated. Towns was handed over to the
police, and quickly transferred to the Witham statioa. Mr.
Superintendeot Catchpoole, with hie men. immediately went
in pursuit of Ager, who was eporehended between ewes and
eight o'clock is the evening. Ager at first denied having
been at itisenhall, hut afterwards observed, "The fns
went off by accident.' The prisoner was takes to Bpnog-
field polionat,,tion for the night, sod yesterday he was coo.
veyed to Witham far esuimiestioa.
Ager is a young and powerful man, and be has previously
been convicted of poaching and theft. —Ewer Herald.

THE AVETRALI•N RIFLE MATCII.—On Mon lay
next the rifle match between the Australian and E..glish
Hite Volunteers will come off at the Sudbury rifle butts.
The challenge wu gore by the Hamm Company of Austra-
lian., and accented by the Nu. 1 (Castle) Company of the
Nottiogliam Rubin Hood., who were the best shots in
England for the peer 1862. The ten markamso to rera.i.
sent the Castle Company will he selected from the follow-
ing :—Lienterrent Brans, Essig° Porn, Corporal W. Smith,
Corporal Redfern, Sergeant C. W. Siinkiee, awl Privates
Shepperley, Coles, Baas, Haddon, &seater, J. Waite, and
Kirk.
GRAVE CHARGE AGAIENT A LEEDS CLOTH Mu-
CHANT AND COVIHAPION AOHNT.-06 Saturday, at the
Leeds Town.hall, Charles Henry W. Hirst, cloth merchant
and commission agent, Victornecbanibers, South-parade,
was placed in the duck on the charge at having committed •
misdemesisour under the Bankruptcy Act. He absconded
from Leeds on the previous Saturday, his liabilities being
upwards of 5,000/., to meet which his meets ware not ex-
pected to realise more than 2001. Oa Tuesday, he was
mode bankrupt by News. North and Son, at the sail
of • creditor, and it being understood that be intruded
to leave the country, the bankrupt was followed, and
apprehended at Friday by Detective-officer Hayden, cue
of the metropolitan force. He had taken berths for biased'
lie the name of Waterhouse) and for • friend to New Z s-
lam!, the peamgremoaey Wog 421. each. lo his pockets he
bad upwards of 60/. in notes and gold, sod also a large
quantity of property. Mr. North, who appeared to prow.
cute, asked for an adjournment for a week, which Eli
granted. Bail was refined.

THE POLICE 00DRTt3.
(MIS DAY.)

GUILDHALL.
.1. auxos or miret..tooirria.

Leonard C;ilverhowe, a cab driver, wee charged before
\dem= Waterlow with causing the death of an elderly
eatleman, named lionize, under the following eireum-
:•rocea : . . ... . .

siergeant Fencing stated that on the previous seeping,
about 7 o'clock, he was at Holborn-bridge, where he saw the
defendant driving a four-wheel cab, He was coining
with a fare from the rank in Farriogdonetreet, and driving
at the rate of about five Dille* an boar. The deceased was
standing in the road, sod although defendant called out
several times he did sot attempt to move. He appeared
quite bewildered, and to hose lost all control over himself.
The defendant endeavoured to pull up, but before be could
succeed in doing ea the shaft of the cab struck deceased on
the bead, and knocked him down. Witness assisted
deceased to the hospital, wham on recovering con-
scioustam he complained of his bead, and later in the night
be expired. The surgeon said the wound in the head was
dangerous, but only ou account of the advanced ego of da-
mmed, who was about 75 years of age, mid apparently
without friends or relatives. lie had ascertained that de-
ceased was beanie and chemist residing all aloe* at Hol.
land-street, Brixton.
dkiennea Waterlow asked if ►here was room, sad if the
road was clear, so as to allow the defendant to pull out of
the way on easing the deceased.
Sergeant Penning said there was plenty of room for him to
have dons so _ _ _

Alderman Waterlow said he would remand the prisoner
for a few days, to order that he might know the result of
the impost, as he should like to know to what extent de-
fendant was culpable with regard to negligent driving.
The defendant was then remanded on bad until Thursday
nest.

WORSHIP-STRUT.
ILLEGAL PLIWGING.7OIIOBB LNNOIALTIT,

Mary Wall, 28, a respectably dressed woman, but with
careworn features, wag charged with pledging without
authority so to do, a watch, a gun, and other articles value
in all about 155.. the property of Joseph Parmiter, in
Buck's-row Old Ford.
Prose:at:3e said that he discovered much of his property
had bees removed from his house, Sad on anowtaistinp that
primmer wee the person who pledged it, he pm her into
custody. (The watch and gun were produced by the pawn-
broken,)

(clerk)—What do you know d the woman—
was she • nerveat is your house?
Pivesentor—No ; I °ambito' with her there, bet I did
not give Mr authority to dispose of my things.
Mr. Safford (observing a wedding ring ea the priemesee
fisher)—Do you know whether she ie • married woman! a
Prosecutor ibmitetiegj— Well, I believe she is.
Mr. Ss/ford—What I that she has a husband Dying?
Prosecutor—Yes.

Mr. Saffesd—And you base the impudence to come hare,
ud prosecute heron this charge!
Countable is charms of tbs coos—She admitted haring
pledged the articles, sir, sad said elm had dons so before. I
believe that she has determined oa returning to her hue

Prosecutor—She bee gone back to him.
Mr. Safford—The best thing she could do, if he would
have her.

Magistrate—l dismiss the charge.
Prosecutor, oo heartug this decision, appeared very much
estooished, sod left the court amid the derision of those
in it.