The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-19 00:00:00

TORY ELECTORS.

On Tuesday there was a meeting of protectionist
farmers and others held at the Harrington Gurney Inn,
Somerset, for the purpose of organising measures to remove
Mr. William Pinney, the present liberal representative of
the county, from the position which, since the death of
Colonel Gore Langton, he has held as the colleague of Mr.
W. Miles. The meeting west convened by Mr. Clark, the
landlord of the inn, and his co-committeemen of the Har-
rington Gurney Agricultural Association; in object Seine,
as stated in the placard, to "take into consideration the
propriety of calling on some gentleman to come forward at
the approaching election to represent the agricultural in-
terest in the.next parliament." The chair was taken by
W. B. Natag, Esq., of Ston Heaton.
Mr. JOHN MANNING, • fanner, rose to propose the
first resolution, and recommended his brother electors to
apply their shoulders to the wheel, and let their motto be
"Forward." He con:idered that it was their bounden duty
to get a man who should properly represent them in parlia-
ment, and that if they all put their shoulders to the wheel
they might do so. Ir was with great confidence that be
proposed the following resolution: "That it is of the
utmost importance to secure the return of two protectionist
members for the eutern division of the county of Somerset
to the neat parliament, and that this meeting pledges itself
to use all legal and constitutional means for that purpose. '
Mr. JOSEPH HILL, also • farmer, seconded the resolu-
tion with a few brief remarks, and upon its being put to the
meeting it was unanimously adopted.
Mr. CLARK proposed the following resolution : "That
this meeting pledges itself to support none but a gentleman
who is known to be a sound protestant and of conservative
principles—(cheep)—and who is determined to protect na-
tive industry."
Mr. THOS. KEALINO briefly seconded the resolution,
which was adopted.
Mr. KEALINO said he had much satisfaction in moving
the following resolution : " That this meeting having care-
fully watched the political career of the members for
East Somerset, and especially that of W. Pinney, Esq.
for the last five year., the greeter part of the electoral
body do not consider that they are fairly represented ; and
it is the intention of this meeting, at the forthcoming elec-
tion, to propose John Hippisley, Esq., of Stan Easton
House—(cheers)—as a fit and proper person to represent
the interests of the electors of the Eastern division in par-
liament." (elven.)
The foregoing rmoluticars were then adopted, together
with others directing teat the resolutions previously carried
should be communicated to Mr. Hippisley and to the com-
ing meeting at Ilath ; after which the meeting threw off its
" protectionist", and assuming its " protestant" character,
adopted a petition spirun the Maynooth grant.
A vote of thanks was then carried by acclamation to the
Chairman, and the proceedings sandwitsd.

FATAL AFFRAY IN THE COUNTY OP DURHAM.—
Mr. Feel the coroner for the northern division of the
county of Durham, opened an inquest on Monday forenoon
at Crewcrook, a village on the western edge of that county,
upon the body of Mr. Nicholas Codling, a tradesman
belonging to that village. At a hamlet called Itedwell
Hills, near Leadgate, an iron district lying south-west of
Crawerook, a public house, called the Jolly Drovers Arms,
is occupied by a person of the name of Wm. Teesdale. In
the early part of last ar this person made an usignmedt,
and pained through the Insolvent Debtors' Court at Dur-
ham. Before passing, however, he offered to give up his
interest in the public-house, and in August last it was sold
by auction to Mr. Codling. Teesdale got the usual
notices to quit, but at the expiration of the notice
he refused to relinquish the premises. On Monday week,
Mr. Codling, his lather, and Mr. Bruvie, • solicitor, at-
tempted an ejectment, but meeting a powerful resistance
from Teesdale and his friends, they were obliged to retreat.
Next morning, reinforced by half a dozen labouring men,
they again attempted to force their way on the premises
pi N oriole, but on approaching them they found them
strongly barricaded. After some conversation with those''
within, the besiegers suede a desperate effort to force their'
way in by the hack part of the premises, when • dreadful
conflict ensued. The besiegers broke open the back door,
thou from within rushing out upon them. A young man
by the name of Wailes, son-lb-law to Teesdale, was amongst
them armed with a gun, and taking aim at those forcing an
entrance, fired, the charge grand the breast of the fore
most man, and then lodged in the legs of Nicholas Codling,
who fell, and this put an end to the fray. He was taken to a
neighbouring house, and • surgeon sent for; some slugs
were taken out of the wounds, but he never rallied, and
expired on Friday night last. The coroner, after sitting all
day, adjourned the inquest, at a late hour in the evening,
until Thursday next.
TDB MURDER ON ALBURY HEATH.--Yestertlay
the prisoners John Keen and his wife, Jane. accustd of the
horrible murder of Charles Dreamer, otherwise Keen. • boy
three yeah of age, were brought up before the Guildford
magistrate., who had previously heard the charge, for final
examination. Evidence having been given as to tho iden- '
tity of the child by some portion of the clothing, which was
fouled with the body at the bottom of the well, the prisoners
were called upon for their defence. Keen reserved any
statement he might snake for a future occasion, and his
wife persisted in the truth of the statement she bad already
made. The magistrates then briefly infors.ed them that
they were both fully committed fur trial at the next assizes
on the charge of wilful murder, and in the course of the
evening they were removed to ilorsemonger-lane Gaol.
TAXES RETURNED BY THE ElCHEQUER.—lfeeter-
day, on an application made to the Court of Inland
Revenue, on the part of Sir Henry Menz, Bart. and Co.,
the brewers, the return of excise duty of 204 7d. per bushel
charged on 325 quarters of malt was ordered. The malt in
question was part of the height of the Naomi, which was
ran into by • steamer in Longreach, in November last,
when the vessel sinking • portion of it was loot and the
remainder rendered unfleee.

TUE MURDER IN MARTLEBONL—Yesterday Mr.
Wakley, M.P., opened, at the Piccolo, North-street, St.
John's-wood, an inquest upon the body of Emma Styles,
the wife of a stable-man, who, as has been already related,
under the head of our Police reports, was murdered last
Sunday morning, and for whose murder her husband is in
custody. Mr. Petry, surgeon, who had dissected the body,
said that it was one man of wounds, contusions, and
bruises. There was • cut ales( the right hand, as if by
triangular instrument. The ear appeared to have been
torn down with violence. On the spine there was a large
wound, a if indicted by a kick. Upon opening the body
ha found all the ribs broken into fragments of two and
three pieces each, and he also found the liver and
spleen ruptured, which caused a flow of blood
into thieavity of the stomach, in which was some undigested
food. Death was caused by suffocation produced by a com-
pression of the windpipe, and by the fracture of the ribs,
together with the shuck which the whole system sustained.
In his opinion the poor creature was dragged to the floor,
and then jumped upon by her murderer until he broke her
rib., and then he completed his murderous object by strangu-
lation. Us had examined prisoner's dress, which was
stained with blood, but without subjecting the blood to a
propere
tro:d.courhenocot sayer whether it was
adjourned the. inqhudeTtaLroar
teefortnight that the blood on the prisoner's clothes and the con-
tents of deceased's stomach might be analysed.
FALL IN TUE PRICE OP BREAD.--Tho greater
portion of the " second-rate bakers " throughout the me-
tropolis have reduced the price of the 41b. loaf from 641.
to old. The first.rate bakers at the West-end. the Strand,
and in the City still, however, charge from 7141. to 84.1
for the 41b. loaf. The beat bread in Paris and Brussels
is 61d. per loaf of 41b. Bos. English; second quality, 6d.,
or 10 sour.