The Express.
London, England, 1863-10-21 00:00:00

COURT OP ALDERiaIf.

A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday in the
Aldermen's Chamber, at Guildhall. The Right Hun. the
Low MAYO& is the chair.

The return of the election of an alderman of the Ward of
Litigate in the room of John Humpherv, Pau., desessed, was
given, announcing that Andrew Lusk. Veg., being the only
modidate for the office, had been umnimausly ideated.
Mr. WHITLIIDE then proceeded to introdees the new
alderman, and in doing so said he appeared with a harps
number of the inhabitants of the Ward of Aklpte, to intro-
duce to the Lord Mayor and the member of the Court of
Aldermen a gentleman who had recently been noenimonaly
elected to reprised that ward in that highly pri-
vileged court, ia the penes d his trued and neigh-
' hour, Mr. Andrew Lusk. They did not mute before
the court so much bermes they did sot know the gentlemee
who bad been bet became it was • timehanoured
custom, and they, sen, wished, se much me pee&
Me, to retain to me those newest custom which
had been heeded down from time immemorial. They, as
members of the ward, were pleased to be able to testdy to
their satisfaction at Irvin the tight mid privilege to sleet
whom they pleased to fill the office a/aldermen- end 'magistrate
for their ward. They had greet Owen L ietroduciog to
the court • gentlemen who bed for • ember of yean oar-
rid on Meioses is the City, and who. as a member of the
Court of Common Conseil and Sheriff, had given the court
Pale insight as to the meaner in which he fulfilled
his duties, and he was quite sure he would with *qua
satisfaction fulfil the dotes of the office to which be lied
beau recently elected. He felt with the *Mae gentle-
men present that it was a great and valuable privilege
which the inhabitants of every ward had in the right of
I electwg whom they chose to fill the post of magistrate, and
he trusted that the gentleman whom they presented would
discharge his duties with credit to the office and honour to
himself.

ii4newly elected alderman then took the usual oaths,
and wee afterwards handed round the court by Mr. Sewell,
the sword•bearer, and received the congratulations of each
member present.
Some other busters was transacted, and the court ad-
journed.

TAM MURDER IN WA/VililltD.—Cl4NlilL MON-
DAY DIENIXG.—The terrible detail. of this hi:Wow
murder, so circumstantially diecnbed by the girl Hennessy,
the wife of the grandson of Theme Coonolly, the deceased, ,
hive just nosiest' full coofirmatiou by the discovery of the
mutilated remain.. The story told by the young wife—that
bar own father. Thomas Walsh', was found us her return
home upon that fatal morning kocelieg beside the corpse of
i Vie old me, and with batches in hand, bearing the appear-
' sacs of baying bees the murderer—was somewhat incredible;
the painful account fof Walahe's obliging her to assist hill
in carrying out the body sod removing the stains of blood
from the cabin floor, with the dmaript On of Shoe. monads
that proceeded from the adjoining outhouse, when it ap-
pears be had locked himself up with the mangled cones—
mounds as if the body were being chopped up—this story,
notwithstanding the discovery of the blood.stidnal clothes
and hatchet by the energetic coostabalary, misted by the
plink of the locality, win deemed by many to he beyond
credence; but that • murder has been committed there
en...out any longer be entertained the shadow of • doubt.
Up'. &inky lam the search for the body wall
»awned, and was prosecuted in • direction punted
out by the coastal teary authorities, who had private
I information is to the primmer Walsh. haying
bees seen in a particular neighbourhood on the
morning of the 'murder, as if looking out for some *as
of conceebnent. The constable at Bellymecarbery
was asekted by nine sub-constables and twenty
_onuntry-
people, who, we should observe, kneel' through displayed a
✓est desire to boat up this barbarous ease, and to give the
authorities envy andelanee in peecurog the infoematioll
wormary ter the ealabbehmeat of Suitt. At about belle'.
lulls from tbe cabin of the murdered man, concealed ia • beg,
was found the heed of old Coonolly, animated from the
trunk. It boa been bleattied by the grandees (Nriesseay); a
panel tie body at oboes Mee or tea yards off was also die. •
owned. and ens et tho lest within a few nide of tho spot
when the head was fesed.—Saiusders' Nam
MODEL Dwirmawom is ST. PAscsia—The Me-
tropolitaa Board of Works have wanted to as application
from Mr. .1. N. Wm the secnestry of the Improved le.
dusk's' Dwellings iNsaminy, asking for lean to dried on •
piece of lend dame to the Great Northern Balliway Statics,
lion'oerosin several large tdocks of des aliners after the
and 4 of the, reeintly balit for Alderman Waterlow le
Finsbury. The 4.llladde (the colutrootion of which k about
So be imandieutely comaineed) will oompoiso oopando sal .
tail WM Mum for oboes 1I familia.