The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-01 00:00:00

MILITARY AMUSEMENTS AT MALTA.

The Malta Times publishesa long account of some
di turbans which took place at Valetta on the night of
Friday, the 15th of July. The disorder, it is stated, bad its
origin in the misconduct of one or two young military oat-
ten, said to belong to the 22nd Regiment, who were the
worse for, liquor. "On the evening referred to, than was,
in honour of the festivity of the Mahan& del Carmine,
grand illumination on the Piazza Sea Giio (in front of the
Governor's pleas), when • military played for the
amusement of the sasembled public, and all the spproashis
to the Carmelite church containing the shrine of this much
worshipped madonna, were also lighted up. At about half.
pest ten one or two officals were seen to amuse thimaelves
in lifting up, with • hooked stick, the capacious
outer garments of some highly respectable native ladies, '
with whom they also, as if by accident, contrived to come
into contact, sad whose flounces were wastonly rent thereby.
Such ungentlemanly °Deduct naturally drew forth the ire of
" Young Malta ;" blows ware struck, and to use • pugilistic
term claret was drawn. 011ioan of the army and navy cams
to the rescue of their brethren in arms, soldiers sad Milan
to the aid of their officer,, on the one side, whilst the
Maltese, by far the most numerous, sided with their country-
men, and to our way of thinking on this occasion in • good
sad just cause. From little detached knots of combatants
the fight got general, increasing from tens to hundreds, and
at • quarter past eleven some two thousand people were
amusing themmdves in breaking each other's heads sad '
shins with the legs and arms of • number of chain which
at the onset had been hurriedly roosted by • number of
ladies seated on the square, listening to the dulcet strains of
the bead, and sipping Shunt's and Said's delicious ices and
cooling beverages.
" The few polio& in such a crowd could not be expected to
do much, and so it would seem his Excellency the governor
thought, for, after witnessing from the palace Woozy the
commencement of the fight, and, deprived of the services of
his military, civil and private secretory, Major Brett, who
happened to be dieing out at Slimy' he majestically
desosoded the palace stairaise, and valiantly walked right
into the thick of the row, thinking that his personal pat-
ellae* aloes would have proved sufficient to sliest its further
progress. In this however his Excellency was grievously
disappointed, and it was soon manifest that he would have
done bettor to have remained in the palace balcony, or con-
tented himself with merely coming down and removing from
the square the female members of his family.
" On the governor's reentering the palace, orders were
despatched by the governor to St Elmo and Florian
barracks for reinforcements, and the square was thereupon
cleared by the military, but it was past one o'clock before
tranquillity was gamed.
" Several arrests, as well of English officers as of natives,
were made at the time by the police, but all these were set
at liberty next moraine. We have since heard that two of
the lower orders (Maltese of course) have been condemned
to several weeks' imprisonment for resisting the police, but
we do not hear that either the officers who commenced the
disturbance, or others, English as well as Maltese, who, by
taking the law into their own hands, fanned the flame into •
blaze. and who are all welt-known, have been summoned
before the magistrate."

MELANCHOLY DEATH or • YOUNG LADY.—The
ishabitanto of the town of &output, Woresedenhire, have
been greatly alarmed by the discovery in the caul of the
body of Mies Jane Worth, the daughter of Mr. William
Henry Worth, carpet manufacturer, of Kidderminster, and
who met her death under very melancholy circumstances.
From the evidence given before Mr. Hughes. the coroner,
at the in nest holden at the White lion Hotel, Stourport,
on y night, it 'paean that the body was found in
the basin of the canal by a brick/eye', named Tipper, about
10 o'clock on Friday morning, aad it was then stiff and cold.
Mr. Alfred Seidel°, irocfouoder, of Stourport, deposed—
My sister married the deceased's brother. On Thursday
evening I was present at a tea and evening party
at the house of Mr. Thomu Worth, in Bridge.
street, Worcester. Several friends were there, iocludieg
the deceased. We were all merry and happy together. The
party broke up about one o'clock. and the deceased went
home with me and Mr. Finch. Nothing occurred out of the
ordinary way on the journey. Deceased was very cheerful,
and in her usual spirits and nothing happened to distress
her. Mr. Finch and I left her at her owii door, where she
was received by her sister, Miss Mary Worth. Her father
is dead, and her mother was away from home. I saw nothing
more of hes till the was found in the canal basin. Miss
Mary Ann Worth. the sister, said that her mother was
visiting in London, and the deceased and herself and a
female servant were alone at home. When the deceased
came home witness said that she was very late, and if she
had thought that she would not have been home earlier,
she should have had the latch key. They slept in
different rooms, and retired as soca as the deceased came
home. Soon afterwards witness heard a noise and went to
her sister's room, and inquired if she wanted anything.
Deceased replied "No," and wished her good night. le the
course of the night wither heard a noise as if a window had
bees opened, but took no notice and went to sleep. Is the
waning her deter was miesiog, end the front door was ajar.
The latch key was also missing. Witham saw no more of
her aster till her body wee found in the canal. Deceased
was as well ae usual, and there wee nothing on her mind
that witness Meow of. She used to walk is her sleep ; had
clone so occasiseally. She had • hysterical affection about a
month ago. and Mr. Warden, surgeon, Weeded her. The
jar! returned a verdict of " Found drowsed."
RBGIsTRAR IN BANKRUPTCY.—The Lord Chan-
cellor has appointed Mr. P. R. Welch, of the Middle
Temple, barrister-at-law. to be a registrar of . the Court of
Bankruptcy for the Leeds district. in the room of Mr.
Wilde, retired. Mr. Welch was celled to the her in 1E39,
and has for sway yeast gou the Northern Circuit.

LAW INTELLIGENCE.
(THIS DAY.)