The Express.
London, England, 1852-01-03 00:00:00

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NEW FICIION, ST THE AUTHOR OF " PRIM"
Now nod,. Is throe volumes.
AGATHA BEAUFORT ; or, Family Pride.
By the Author o(•• ?Igoe."
Jost omen to two olio. pow he,
THE TWO FAMILIES: NI BfiwWiwiw eiCharaltalL BY
the Author Bar Dove a."
Looks: Smith, Miry OWI OW. rd, (Yoruba].

.1. W. Si seems to be
great didleulty is arriving at anything like certainty with
respect to Turner's age. Last week we stated him to have
died in his seventy-oath year; and a contemporary who
has searched the register of Bt. Paul's, Covent-garden,
makes his age, on that authority, nearly the same. It so
needless to say that • register of baptism is but loose evi-
dence as to the mite of a man's birth—as many reasons may
occasion an interval between the one Brent and the other.
The age iaacribed on Turner's collie is, we are informed,
seventy-aine but we are immured that he was
some years older. Mr. Andrew Wilson, the painter)
of Edinburgh, used to relate that he and Turner
were born in the same year, and that would make
him at least 81. The rumours which have long been
current reavectieg Turner's enormous wealth have, it
teems, greatly overstated the case. Ilia property, excise
sive of his pieturea, does not exceed 100,000 f. ; and the
whole of this, we believe, he has left to found almshouses
for the benefit of unfortunate and ineretorious artists. His
pteturis he bas bequeathed to the nation—on the express
condition that within a given time • suitable place shall
be provided for their deposit and exhibition. This
is a wise proviso. It is amusineingly characteristic
of the mental habits of the man that to each of his
executors he has left • legacy of IW. 19s. &I. ;
the fractional character of the sum being a prudent
precaltion for saving the legacy duty. We mentioned last
week that Mr. Turner died in an obscure lodging in Chelsea
—hut we purposely omitted to state that he was living at
Chelsea under an assumed name. The story is as follows:
Its loved retirratent, and entertained a peculiar dislike to
basing his belging known—sharing with all his immense
wealth the feeling of the poorest bankrupt. Ile ssw lodg-
ints to hi. liking, asked the price, fount them cheap,—and
that was quite as much to his liking. But the
landlady wanted • reference —" I will buy your
Meuse outright, my good woman," was the reply
somewhat angrily. Then, an agreement was wanted
—met by an exhibition of bank notes and sove-
reigns and an offer to pay in advance :—an offer which
pruned of course perfectly satisfactory. The artist's dill
taffies ware 5,61, however, yet over. The landlady wanted
her lodger. name—" in case any gentlemen ehould call."
This vies a worse dilemma. "Name, name," he muttered
to him% It in hia usual g ruff' manner, " W hitt is your name ?"
--" My name is Mrs. birook."—" 0," tea. the reply, " then
I am Mr. Bnicik :"—and as a "Mt. Brook" Turner died
at Chelsea. Zhu only xrtistic pnack rty Ixdonging to Mr.
Tenter likely to pans under the hammer of the auc-
tioneer. is hi collection of " proofs" and certain cop-
per and steel plates from his own work.. His inva-
riable bargain with printaellere and engravers was, that he
should have fifty proofs of every plate—and he went even
sit far with some as to demand that the " toothed" proofs
should he returned to him. Certain engravers, however,
property in.:sting on the custom of their craft not to recurs
pm*, eontintsed to retain them in epite of every threat
•turh Terser (soda auks that the smiles who insisted on
keeping hi. touched proofs should never be employed again
en iagriving. from his works. Some gave in; and the
touched" proofs—if it is 'aid, realise very high
peso..—ArArtireeas.

•
lit LAW X PROM= DT JOY.—A aerials inci-
dent oreurp.-d in • family the other day at Birkenhead. in
11)1..11 a husband &quietly host his frowns with escanive
The
at the announcement that he hod become • father. The
man so e piton, sad resales in Brook-street, Birkenhead.
U• Ilnoday night *seek he returned from hie wady
when h.. ass informed that his " better half " bmi
borne hint • ehi!.l. The circumstance, although by no
means antes. cud, seemed instantly to produce a most joy-
ous Get spin his mind, fur ho immediately danced and
jumped about the room in • very recited state. Soon
aim-fnaid• ht hecanie frantic., and after shouting that the
Flier were penmen; him, he hurriedly left the pm-
mists Nothing wasleard of the man for two days. al-
though • diligent marsh was swede for him, but on Wed.
needs, night be made his appearance at his house,
and had seareely tab red when the cries of his new-born
dull wire heard, which produced on him the greatest 'R-
eiterant. Without speaking to any one, he sallied forth
iota the yard, where he stripped him. If of all his apparel,
*spirt his shirt and trousers, which he threw into an
adjoining yard. Ile then rushed out of the house, and
fled is the direction of Claughtne-park, after which he
was wea to enter a plantation at Bideton. Several persons
item +Toted to endeavour to discover his whereabouts,
hut. :-:though ha had been seen rambling shout Ilidaton-
kill in his wild and asked state, none of them succeeded
is wearing him. On Friday morning, after being worn
Ind with hunger and fatigue, he entered a small cottage at
the fo.ot of Mikhail, kept by a person named Davies, and
r"lo dh el to be supp.ied with some milk. An old woman,
Iteq.nor the forlorn condition of the wreaked man, pre-
P,r.'i him some bread and milk, which he ate with
aridity, after which he again made his way into the plore-
teem. On the following morning Davies met the manias
en tI a tnp of Ilidston, and after a few words of salutation
the latter inquired whether be (Davies) bad aces anything
of the police. !king replied to in the negative, ho asked
to be taken to the old woman who had, ua the previous
wsupplied him with the bread and milk. Davies at mice
eed him to accompany him to his hover, where the old
woman again served him with a quantity of food. At this
lime the unfortunate man presented • wretched aspect, his
lett and legs being torn and lacerated by walking 'monger
the briars is the plantation. Whilst be was asleep, Davies
sent word to his friends, who took hint home, and ba
to row i• • fat, way of recovery.—. Lierrp.sol Aferrary.
ACCIDEVT.—An inquest was hold on
elinstinis.elay, by Thomas Badger, Esq., coroner, respect-
Mg the tollowitur shocking oecareence. A day or two pm-
vi..usiy • child, (hive years old, moo of William Bennett,
inasoil, Ft atroft, was in the elarjp, of his brother a boy
tieyi ars of age. While nursing him he went into the yard
of the F•leco-inn at the top of Peacroft and looked into
the brevihouse. Ile was leaning against • door, with the
ebdd is his arms, when the door pero day Si.! tlell tot thee Ode the Moloor-000ler, whisk olohdood Id 4
of hot loofa. The eletkl winKolood to dank, sad El-741
sal( nd .0 much that his recovery is doubtful. The Jury
returned a verdict of secitkotal death.—Doneasfee

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MU awed. Its.. et antes,. nowipts.
1850. 1861. 1860. , 1851.
Inmsn. --o-
-72 72 Aberdeen
371 371 Belfast and Ballymena
17 17 Belled and County Down 153 273
33 33 Birkenhead, Lane., & Cheshire 1,277 -
261
26 Blackburn ti.s -
86 Bristol end Exeter
189 189 Caledonian
94 Cheater sad Holyhead
- Cork, Blaekruek, and Passage - 126
22 49 Dublin and Belfast Junction 4Bl 716 '
63 63 Dublin and Drogheda 877 1,002
6 6 Dublin sad Kingstown
161 161 Dundee and Arbroath
31 81 Dundee•Perth,Aberdershme 604 633
19 19 Dundalk and Eunaskillen
68 68 East Anglian -
79 79 East Lancashire
' 322 322 Racers Counties and Bert& 16,246 16,5,56
' 96 96 Eastern Limbo
841 891 Edinburgh and Glasgow
81 78 Edinburgh, Perth, & Dundee 2,077 2,121
- 6 Exeter and Crediton
18 19 Furness
1711 1711 Glasgow and South Western 3,330 3,786
236 2413 Great Northern& E.Lincolnsh 8,80511,833
186 188 Oreat Southem & Western(lr) 3,678 3,9.5.3
264 264 Great Western 14,844116,820
26 26 'lrish South Eastern
101 101 ' Kendal and Windermere ... • 125 163
90 90 Lancaster end Carlisle
260 260 Lancashire and Yorkshire 13,456 16,997
39 39 Leeds Northern
12 12 Liverpool. Crosby, & Southport 261 284
617 639 London and North Western 41,6.53 41,680
6 6 Loudon and Blackwall
171 173 , London, Brighton, and B. COW. 6,073 8,294
244 244 London and South Western
16 16 Londonderry and Enniskillen 111 149
111 11 Man., Buxton, & Matlock, &e. 114 106
167 1674 Manchester, Sheft, & Lincoln 6,368 7,527
0 9 Manchester and SouthJ unction 396 508
28 28 Maryport and Carlisle 6BB 666
4961 4961 Midland 23,609 24,542
60 126 I' lidland Great Western (Ire ) 1,003 1,762
37 37 Mouklands BOB 870
60 60 Newcastle and Corbels
146 149 North British
722 222 North Staffbrdahire 4,626 4,73.5
47 47 North Western 638 667
46 46 Scottish Central
32 32 Scottish Midland 445 6M
294 293 ,hrewsbury and Birmingham 649 661
47 47 ,hrewsbury and Chester .. • • 1,222 1,441
29 20 Shropshire Union
68 IA South Devon 1,645 1,593
234 261 South Eastern 10,5101 11,118
75 931 South Wales 9781 1,469
69 77 SouthYork.,Dsmeaater& Goole 1,203 1,63.5
- 39 Stockton and Hartlepool - 1,204
i4O 40 Taff Vale
36 36 'Ulster 837 947
2.5 26 Waterford and Limerick ... • 336 266
13 13 West Cornwall 316 287
12 12 Whitehaven Junction 2Ol 215
293 294 York, Newcastle, and Berwick 13,866 14,667
966 279 York and North Midland ... • 6,899 7,766
iroaaloa.
162 163 ,Central of France
67} 671 Dutch Rhenish
11 214 Maria Antonia
63 63 Monterean and Troyes
63 Namur and Liers•
412} 442} Northern of France
71 134 Orleans and Bordeaux
1661 240 Paris and Lyons
82 82 Paris and Orleans
84 84 Paris and Rouen 3,627 5,642
107 194 Paris and Strasburgh 4,699 7.388
60 60 Rouen and Havre
67 121 Tours and Nantes

• The receipts are exclusive of the azzosat received
from the Belgian government.

LOCAL NHARB NAILICETS.

LIVIIIPOOL, JAN. 2.—Our 'hare market hew been flat
to.day, and pnees of meat stocks lower. The transactions
few, and are aa follows ;—Aberdeen. 121—ainbergate and
East Junction, 3 3.15 e. 1 d.—Cakdonian, 181—Lanca-
shire and Yorkshire, 811 I—Ditto jfifth shares), 71 d.—
London and North Western (new -shares), 3$ p.—Man-
chester, Sheilleld, and Lincoln, I—Midland, 681 1—
Soath-Eaters and Dover, 21i 1 I—York and North Mid-
land, 231 3 21.
JAN. 2.—We have had a moderate busi-
ness, with firm prices. ,Leeds, 611, 1 ; London and North
Western, New Quarters, 31 pm.; Sheffelds, 341, 34 ; Mid-
land, 681 ; South Eastern, 211 Caledonian Pref., 7 13-16.
BIRNINONA3I, JAN. 2.—This market war heavy to-day,
sad very little business was dose. Prices wen stationary.
North Stafford& closed at 71 8 410.; and Birmingham and
Stour Valleys (buyers) 91 per sham.
Liam, JAN. 2.—We have had on the whole a rather
flatter market this monde', but without any alterations
in the quotatinas of importance. Midlands still remain at
; Lied. Northern., 161; Lancashire and Yorkshires,
61 North Western pref., 14.
sterol., Jaw. 2.—The market remained much the
same se yesterday se regarded prices, but without any par-
ticular activity. Great Western., which commenced at 88,
afterwards slightly needed, but closed at the opening

ACCIDENT TO MR. T. B. HOREFAIX, or LIVER-
Poot..—Ne. T. B. Honfell,lllln of the most eminent mer.
chaste in that town, met • severe accident on Tuesday I
night. He had been spending the evening at the house of
• friend, Mr. Anderson, of Everton, where there was a
party of pions preppie, who were amusing themselves with
• fire balloon, which got entangled in • tree. Among the
ggeefftletaew who west to estriesta the balloon was Mr.
. The night was dark, and he fell into a soak
fence, and fractured his leg, between the uncle and the
knee. He was removed to Mr. And,rson's, and is said to
be going on favourably. Mr. Iforsfall was to have headed
the deputation from Liverpool which waited on Mr. Laboe-
there ea Thursday, on the subject of Casio's.' reforms.
The amidest prevented him, sad his place was taken by
Ear Thomas Birch, M.P.
THE STRIKE AT HTLTON.—On Monday last the
worshipful the mare of Sunderland, James Hartley, Esq.,
gemided at • meeting of the masters and men of the above
held at Mr. finest's Commercial Hotel, Hylton. I
were 12 maters present. and 10 men me • deputation
fiema their fellow-workmen. The differences were four, of
whisk the three following were agreed to, viz.: let,
In sulking and launching il.tys only. 2nd, No limn
M boon Ile yard lentil the bell rings. 3rd, To commence
alionne• at halt-prat 12, and work until four o'clock on
ffalsellapre, winter and ennuaer. One point the men would
art esionde, vie.: That the masters employ as many
Mature?' or bones as they think proper. At the termina-
tion of the meeting • vote of thanks was given to hismor-
Alp the lb Madam in endeavouring to nettle their points
itaselleseek by boa mosso and men ; and it was agreed
'fist dr ors .it the dijoirfte wergild unteelt with tie
grata both wilruseld Ink lipso hie warship sit Ad: hen I
tedinatta, ,l thre Sri leaserer.—Neweassi• Chronicle.