The Express.
London, England, 1864-07-13 00:00:00

TILE BALLOON error AT LEICESTER.

A BORNE OF BARBARISM.
Mr. Coxwell, writing on the subject of the
wanton destruction of hie Dew Britannia tea oo° and the
burning of the car, in which Mr. °Weber and himself have
made all the scientific secenta, says that there wax no
barrier round the halloos, and that although 50,000 persons
were present, he had to beg bent for a eine' policeman.
" One person seated in my car wee a disgrace to his town as
by his gestures and foul language he excited the mob, Lid
induced the belief that there existed a disiaolinatioa an my
part to emceed, whereanl was imploring the opportunity of
so being able to do with safety to those w
themselves to my etre. The preen» of the mob' was so
great that my ear wee damaged, the network broken
in several plum, owing to persona hanging on to
the lower mesh.., and a bottle was thrown into
the balloon, which, by the bye, I was not aware
of myself at the time. I now threatened that mikes • ring
were made I would let out the gas, as se not to endanger
the lives of my passengers, among whom were two ladles.
As I only got abase for m earnest appeal, especially from
one or two in the car, I y forthwith executed my threat.
'There were no doubt around me the very scam of the
collected tholaands, but I should be sorry to charge
them or suppose thesis to be Foresters. A few, however,
certainly belonged to the order, as they wore the distin-
guishing marks, and I could readily identify theca. Is-
specter Haynes and Sergeant Chapman were sow dole;
honour to the police fore% sad were battling away
manfully with the crowd. It was brave but hard work,
for nothing short of the destruction of my halloos, and
indeed an attempt on my own life, appeared a sufficient
sacrifice. While the work of demolition was procentieg
Sergeant Chapeaus led me away amid yelling and &dike.
My clothes were soon torn, seed then the cry was raised.
" Rip him up," " Knock him on the bead,' Finish him,"
de., all of which would have inevitably been executed had
I not followed the impeder's advice. I wee Madly sheltered
I and protected by Mr. Stop', the town clerk of Leereater,
whose residence is sear the racecourse. It mos transpired
that the ear had hew made a bream d ; the beep, that
would not burs through, was pamded in the streets, the
balloon itself was torn to shred., and the Seem sold at
various prices ; and I verily believe that all this wee attri-
butable simply to • want of foresight in no:at=h3
sufficieut policeman to keep in cheek so large a
Foresters." A visitor to the NW nye, "I sever whammed
seen barbarous ignorance, baseness, and injustice in my life.
I feared Mr. Connell would have been killed. I was knocked
down thrice myself simply for eadeavottring to defend him."

Mr. B. Cochrane on Friday will call attention
to the diewepaaciee which exist Wilma the eadessiele
made by her Majesty's goverment sod thaw of the ad-
visers of the King of Graeae, respeetios the oceditions on
which the Liaise Wands have been aasexed to Onset ; sad
also to the oonveatioo between her Majesty and the Kiss of
the Hollows respecting the claims of British eubjede sad
others. dined at London, 29th March, 1864.

IMPORTS racy F R•NCR. —lt appears from a par-
liamentary return brood this looming that the valise of the
lists masufacttires—viz., Gambits and French lanes,
damask and damask diaper, sails and sail cloth, to., im-
ported into the Halted Kingdom is the year aided May 31,
1863, was 53,934/. la the year aided the 314 of May this
year the total valise of the imports was 231,949/. The
great ineweees is is linen yarn.
Carsrai Pas.acc.—A recital of M. Gounod's
opera of Minna will be given this day by the emieset
socalista of Her Majesty's Theatre. The characters will
be supported by Mdlles. Titans, &hoax, Greed, and vol.
rini, Mr. Smithy, Signori Junes, Header, aid Giugllai.
The open will be followed by a minsellaseces list, is which,
I. addition to the above singers, Wills &spice and Spas
Gestioni will appear. The band will be augmented for the
occasion, mid the fell chorus of the opera will atte•d. The
ecodoctor will be §lgsor Arditi
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ALLIOND MI:116111 IN DIRBI-SHIRI.—On Monday
afternoon lut an *art was opened at Clay-crees, b Mr.
Cormier Naaby, on the body of a man named John lir Mor-
row, aged 61, a lodgioghouee keeper, at Cla -cross, Derby.
skin. Is • &eosin= made by the he stated that
on the 22nd of June he went to Chesterfield to &Used a
funeral. On returning home hie wife and he quarrelled,
and he finally left the home. He did not return until 12
o'clock at night. She wee thee milting in the kitchen in her
bonnet end shawl, and refused to go to bed, saying she
would cut her throat. He ultimately took off his coat and
hat, and hung them up at some distance from the Sr.. He
awoke between 1 and 2 o'clock, and found himself as fire.
He cried for help, and saw hi wife Tanabe( away from
him upstairs and laughing at him. He would have been
soon burnt to death but that his cries roused the lodgers,
who threw buckets of water on him and male.
pitied the &OWL He was dreadfully burnt on
the beck, left side, and left area, the two 'hide he bad on
and hie walnut being surly coevained. As soon as the
ire wu extinguished the demised west for the police and
pokily charged his wife with setting Sr. to km. She
denied it, and maid be had falls. on the Sr. whiledruelr.
Evideace was prothesed at this inquest which eoetradicted
her. Although deceased WM attended by Dr. Wilson, sad
had everything dose for him that was passible, he died oa
the 9th inetaat from the bum. The *dry vas ad-
loaned until Friday sent The wife, Mary 11•11forrew, is
in custody, charged with the murder of her husband, end
km been reminded by the Alfredo° taegistrates to await
the result of the inquiry.