The Express.
London, England, 1864-11-25 00:00:00

SHOCKING DEATH PROM FIDE.

INQUEBT.—(TIIIB DAY.)
This afternoon an inquity was held before Mr.
Richards, deputy-caws, at the London Hospital, torch.
big the death by fire of George W. Sims., ;Fed 2 yens.
rs H. Ellen &mu, 24, St. Mark.atreet, hitechapd, tad
that she was the wife of a packing-cue maker. On /nes,.
she had occasion to leave the room to fetch a pitcher of
water, and she left the deceased playing with his tors on
the hearthrug. He was within half a yard of the fire, hut she
thought there wee no danger, as she eau only to be absent
• minute. But deceased went to the grate and set hiself
in a blaze. His shrieks brought witnese back to the room,
and she found him dreadfully burnt over the face, etas,
and limbs. He died on Wednesday in the London Hospital,
The Coroner remarked upon the danger of leaving each
young children near • limply* to which there war no guard.
A great many live, were lost in that way.
The jury returned a verdict of " Accidental death Ly
fire."

Tai LAW OF FINAL APPEAL IN CA,Es AFFE, TIN.;
Docraisrs.—The provisional committee of the Asoriation
for Amendment of the Law of Final Appeal in Cases
affecting doctrine have agreed to promote petitioos bated
upon the principle following :—That for the time to come no
Archbishop or Bebop have any place in the Court of i Ina I
Appeal, whether as member of the court or asses e ; but
that, in cases affecting doctrine brought before the court,
it is essential that the doctrine of the church be '• de-
clared iaterpreteed and showed" by reference to the
spiritnalty.—Civil cad State Berries.%
Mrrsorouttit lyneovrytwria.—Within the List
few days notices have beep given of intended applications
to parliament in the ensuing ma* to introduce bills foe
the improvement of the metropolis. The most importeat
of the notices issued are those relating to the construction
of new thoroughfaeee where they have long been wanted
viz., Hamilton-place to Park-lane. from Piccadilly; Cado.
gan.plane, Chelsea, to the South Kensington Museum ; and
the opening to the public free all the bridges as which toll
is now leviable—viz., Waterloo-bridge. Vauxhall-bridge,
Chelsea Saspension.bridge, Battersea.bridge, Lambeth.
bridge, and Deptford Cos bridge. The power to purchase
and throw open the bridges is to be vested in the Corporation
of London, the Metispelits• Beard of Works, and the Com-
missimiere of Woods and Forest; and the bill, if granted, will
amble and require the parishes adjoining the bridges to
contribute towards the expense of such purchase, and for
that purpose empower the levying of a rate. The Picea.
dilly and Park-Lee New Road Bill is to empower the
Metropolitan Beard of Works to form and open a sew
public our*, iced owsimooriorr agar the north and of
Hamilten.plam, and terminating in Park-lane, Dearly oppo.
site Pitts Head-mews, about 130 yards south of Stanhope-
pie. The South Kensington New Road Bill will give
power to the company intending to apply to parliament for
it to males a street or rand commencing at Poet-street, in
the parish of St. Luke, Chelsea, crossing Cadogaii-nlece
and Sloane-street, and terminating in the Cromwell-reed or
Brempteemenad, Old Bromptoo, near the east end of the
Booth Kensington Museum.
THE PAY OF

—Last evening a
very sissasremly attended martin of letter-oerrisra was
bold at the school-room Aldermate-street, for the purpose
of tale( late emaide4tion the beet means to be ad
for obtaisiug an Warsaw of their pay. Mr. Graves, of
ea
North- Western 011ioe, took the their. It appeared from
the various stalemate which were made that there are SO
mss in the lest alma who commence at 26e. per week, and
rise by lo snowily to 30s. per week; 962 men who cm-
reams at IL, and rim by U. to 2:ia. per week; acid 130
emplemetery wrier, who pt lees than '3.1• a
week. The higher rate of wars, however, was one
to which the epithets complained that it was
almost impossible to rise wider the present regulations;
and that in order to obtain it vacancies must our
either through death or dimmed. It was considered that
the carriers ought sot to have to depend upon such chances
as these, but that the wages should be pad upon such a
scale that the rasa would receive an increase indepeodatly
of death or dismissal of ethers. Mr. Padfield moved the
following resolution, which was mended by Mr. Burn, of
the South-Western Office, supported by Mr. Ward. of the
North-Eastern Office, and carried unanimously :—".After
ultra years and a halfs experience of the working of the
present soda of wages, which was issued in 1661, we find
that it la Madequate to meet the humblest expenditem
mosenary for ourselves sod families ; sod it is, therefore,
resolved that a memorial be presented to Lord Stanley, the
Postroseter-General, praying for a more liberal scale of
otitis, according to length of service. and that the seals
give an annual increase.. • vote of thanks to the chair-
man closed the psoceediar.
SIR TAITON SYKES 8 STOCK SALE& —On Monday
last Messrs. Bounce, of Mahon, completed the series of
large steak sales for Sir Tahoe Sykes, at Sledmere-oethe-
Wade, sear Mahon. At all the sales the attendance has
been geed, mid the fat stock was eagerly bought, and al-
though the season has been so exceptional that stock Dot
being ready for the butcher, being in good coedit inn, also
sold well. Al the Hurt sale 12 fat heifers and 50 strong
aeon mined a total of 9521. odd ; at the second sale 12
fiat heifers, 16 fresh 2.yrold and 3-yr-old steers, and 34
ordinary Erasing steers, mode 9921. odd; and at Moodoy's
sole 10 fat polled Boots (►elfers). 63 2-gold and 3-mold
steers and four other berth made 1,0701. odd ; making
total of 3,015/. odd. It may be said that the rat stock en
the average sold at something over Bs. per stoma estimate.
sad the other short-homed beasts sold at prices mite(
from 12 guineas to 171. per head. The scarcity of fat stock
is scab that most of the fresh steers, after s month or sir
weeks's** feeding, will be slaughtered.
HniciDE OP COLONEL 'PENNANT.— CORMIER'S
Isicteeer.—Mr. Davis, meaty wwoeer, held an aired
yeseerday on the body of Calomel Tannaut, who committed
suicide between 10 and 11 o'clock on Wedoesday morning,
at his resideace, S. Raglan-mad, Dublio. A jury haring
been sworn, Joke Harm, who was servant to the deceased.
sod Dr. Hamilton, gave *videos, and the fiedier of the
jury was " That the deceased committed suicide while
labourhg nadir tampaeary inseeity," as was shown by the
medical testimony.
Loss or • SHIP x, THE ORAN:M.—Another
heavy lass to the marine Waltman campsites is the City
sod at Liverpool was manomesd yesterday. The lost ship
Wafted to the same owners (Manors. Beasley and Co.. el
Liverpool) as the ship Roble Hood, bound from Hong Kong
for Leaden, which foundered last Tuesday morning in
Thellgeoess Bay, after being in collision with a harp timber
ship celled the Spirit of the Ocean, bound up (111800, oar
the previos evening. This mooed loss is that of the
Hneieoa, • Wl* 'hie 1.866 Moe burden, laden with a min-
able cargo from Calcutta, which port she left on the 15th d
July last. She formerly Wafted to an American firm, but
last year Ars t verse the property of British owner.. Her
largo complied 2.916 bales a jute, 501 toes of rice, 610
cwt. of Weasels, 000 tons of Messed. 300 tons of repo and
116 toss of oil sends. The only information that hes hem
received of her ices is costained In a telegram from Fel-
semely which dated that the Herima, Captain Brown, from
Oslestga for Lcedoe, was almandoesd with 10 fed of water
ba the held oe the 92nd w. ICO miles west of Scilly, and
UM the NW bad been picked asp by a Dutch schemer.
and the eaphda had hem landed at Pahneeth. Both ship
mod eerier repeesseted le have bese folly insured to
differeet eterine ineermee *Mesa
_ _ _

Aleiter from If avan*, dated Nov. 6, says :
" Yeetereday • oommitboe of balloso6l ponces waited ell
Gemmel Dales wi‘b • pslities,•• be promoted sbroog• hie
te Isabella IL, pray* dot •B aserces be &dared free
abet the emoiestio• of beniekrBmer you. from Jimeer7
111115, orb loathing • salary duelist the lut four yew og
8 dais. par masa. tbs maim part of which ma be fe"
Salmi me tiefreedom of Um slams Is isoo

LAW INTELLIGENCE.

(THIS DAY.)

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
sittings in Banco.—(Before Log Chief Justiee Cockburn
and Justices Crompton and Mellor.)
"Bs r. THE CORPORATION OF TM ROYAL EXCHANGE
ASSEILUICH. . . .

Thii use came before the court upon a purely legal
1,1 techniad point of practice. The facts, however,
shi..ll gave rise to it were u follows i—lt was an
aKbn on a policy of marine insurance, and the
oslercriters, conceiving that the liability on the
rol:c!" had not attached, paid the premium, about' ot., into
contesting their liability on the policy either for a
y,„; or partial loss. The court held that the liability on
:he robes bad attached, and it bad been agreed that it should
referred to the two &verge Asters, Mr.Grav being appointed
~iep.re to tax the amount of the loss. They accordingly
its sum over 2,000/. The question then anise whether
the sun paid into court ought to be deducted. Mr. Watkin
wasiss ohtaieed a rule to that effect, oontanding that
,he phintid could hardly be entitled to recover both the
int the premiums.
Pdir Mr. Milward showed cause against the rule, and
Williams supported it.
otirt took time to consider ite judgment.
. THE ROYAL ALLIANCE ASSURANCE COIEPAIIT.
etc a similar action, in which Mr. Cohen had oh.
s similar role. The learned counsel contended the
cu to indemnity, and that a plaintiff could not re-
-01,4 tae indemnity plum the premium be bad paid.
Ile court also took time to oonsider its judgment is this
one.

COURT OF PROBATE AND DIVORCE.
(Before the Judge Ordinary.)
lENtT r. PCNIY AND DIETIII.
spiu'as appeared for the petitioner, a router mariner,
51,,,,w w the respondent in 1837. On returning from a
recap he bud that his wife had broken up his home and
livirg with other men. Amongst these was the
with whom she wee now cohabiting at
Witham.
Peru nisi, without costs.
LAYIi r. LANS.
Pr. Slinks for the petitioner, who wu the wife of a
:ahinet ?esker in Ludo°, and who ought a judicial swarm-
two on the ground of his cruelty. The marriage was in
Jane. 1-44. and there had been two children, of whom one
vas •till living. The petitioner detailed various sobs of
leut.d violence and
Toe court decreed a separation as prayed.
►I.STIN r. AUSTIN.
NIL Seale for the petitioner.
The marriage took place in 1849, the respondent being a
ionrneyinan plumber in London. The cohabitation lasted
fer a short time, and was terminated by the desertion
cf tie petitioner by the respondent, he having first made
tte furniture into a heap and net fire to it. The petitioner
.pirsards discovered that he was living with another
vzaan. She therefore went with a friend and broke his
globe.. The evidence not being satisfactory,
The Court adjourned the case for further proof.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. COMIIIiiIIiODOT Goolbws.)

The hankrupt was a milliner, of Blackbeeth-road.
He was not io atteodaoce, and the certificate of a medical
zsa was prodimed, stating that he was laid up with low
her.
HI; I i.oonr said be must have' regular affidavit. arid upon
hrinc prcduced, be would grant an ad' t.
ILese appltestions on the ground of alleged thus. were
estretnely frequent--eometimee three or four in
ne d.e : and it was important to lee that the proceedings
war regular.

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