The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-19 00:00:00

TILE ALLEGED CARL) CHEATING AT

BRIGHTON.

BRIGHTON, SEPT. 18.
To-day Mr. Roberts, attorney for James, who with
Broome and Stadden is charged with basing cheated Mr.
Ramp at cards, applied to the Brighton bench to admit his
client to bait. Mr. SW, attorney for the prosecutor, ap-
peared to oppose the application, and a dome discussion
ensued, from which it appeared that a writ of habits corpus
bad been obtained to bring up James before Mr. Baron
Martin, but that prisoner's attorney having altered his in-
tention had sent notice to the gaoler, and neither bail,
prisoner, nor counsel presented thetnseives to keep the ap-
pointment at judge's chambers ; hence Mr. Sill contended
the local magistrates could have no jurisdiction. This gum-
tioa was terminat by Mr. Roberts consenting, so that the
case might proceed, to pay 15/. to Mr. Sill fur the torts and
expenses incurred through the abandoned proceedings.
The bail now; offered were David Wean°, of Oxford-
street, Swansea, Glamorganthire, moister, and Joseph
Morris, of the same street, wheelwright. At one o'clock
Mr. sill made his appearance before the bench, C. Carpen-
ter, J. Boner, N. Borrer, and Montagu Scott, Esqrs., and
took au objection that the magistrates had no jurisdiction
to take bail. After a lengthened discussion the magistrates
decided on examining the sureties, and ultimately decided
against accepting the proffered bail. The Welehmen then
left the court, much chagrined at being dragged from
Swansea for nothing.

THE CONFLAGRATION AT THE EASTERN COUNTIES
RAlLWAY.—Subjoined is • copy of the official report of the
damages : " Thursday, Sept. 18, 1831.—.1 fire broke out
this morning, at a quarter past three, in the premiers of
Mr. F. Robinson, timber-merchant, in North-street. Beth-
nal-green • landlords of premise!, the Eastern Counties
Railway dompany. The stock in trade in open yards and
under arches Nos. 76, 77, and 78 of the railway all but de-
stroyed ; insured in the Sun-office ; cause of fire unknown.
Engines present : 5 of A, 3 of B, 1 of D, 1 of the parish,
and that of the West of England Company.—The Eastern
Counties Railway arches, Nos. 76, 77, and 78, together with
the walls and coping-stones, seriously damaged by fire.
Insurance unknown at present.—No. 1, North-street ; G.
Sherwin, beer-shop keeper; back premises used as skittle-
Found considerably damaged by fire and breakage. 1/n-
-insured.—No. 7, North-street ; 81r.Westerlee, greengrocer ;
front of premises damaged by fire. Not insured.—No. 11,
North-street ; J.Thurlow, bedstead-maker ; side front con-
siderably damaged by fire.—Nos. 12 and 13, let out in
tenements; fronts seriously scorched.—Nos. 1,2, and 3,
London-street, let out in tenements ; back of premises da-
analtby_fire, and contents by removal, &e.
HE YELLOW FEVER AT OPORTO.—On Thursday
morning notice was issued at the Genetal Post-office that,
in consequence of the prevalence of the yellow fever at
Oporto, the contract steam-packets from Southampton will
cease for the present to touch at that port. The Oporto
mails will, therefore, be landed and embarked at Lisboa
until farther notice. The Montrose steamer will convey
the Peninsular and Gibraltarian& of this morning.
WORCESTER lior DlNass.—The annual hop din
aer was held at the Rop-market Inn, on Saturday evening
last; Mr. Giles, of this city, in the chair, and Mr. Walker,
of Kaightwick, vice-pregdent. About fifty of the princi-
pal growers and merchants sat down. Ibe result of the
"set"—which is a private estimate made by eachindividual
present of the probable duty on the growing crop—was an
average of 18,271. fur the Worcester duty. The proceed-
ings of the evening combined business with pleasure.
Nearly forty pockets of new hops were brought into this
city on Saturday, by Mr. Smith, of Wick, but they wens
not exposed for sale in the market.—Worgssfershire Chro-
nicle.

TUE HEREFORD HOP DISTRICT.—Reports are
this week of an unfavourable character; at least, every-
where great damage has been done by the wind ; in some
yards tire per cent. of the fruit is " tagged," while every-
where the sharp frosts have quite checked the growth. Oa
Tuesday night week there was ice as thick as a shilling to be
sees in the neighbourhood of this city. Picking has par-
tially commenced, and will be general on Monday nest; we
have seen several waggon loads of the "fair sea" par
through this city ess route to the hop-grounds.—thunford
Times.

THE BURMESE BELL AT LIVERPOOL.—This
=We, which was one of the spoils taken during the
war, but which is now erected on the Liverpool
boding same, for the purpose of giving warning during a
a fog, is found not to emit so loud a sound as was anti-
cipated, and therefore proves to be comparatively useless.
During the dense fog on Saturday night last, when the
guns of the Canada were heard for some hours before her
position was discovered, the Burmese:bell was rung, but
could saaeely be heard on the shore clove to the landing
stage. The metal is so thick that an ordinary clapper is
wholly ineffectual in causing the full tone of the bell,
which requires a power equal to that of a steam.hazamer
to ring it effectually. In the endeavour to bring out the
sound in all its power, on Saturday night, the tongue or
" clapper" was several times unshipped and fell upon the
landing stage, making indentations nearly an Inch deep
upon the oak Sm., but providentially doing no other
damage. Had this occurred during the day time, in all
probability loss of life would have been the consequence,
from the number of people usually congregated oa the spot
&bora which it is erected.

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 19, 1851.

THE RECENT DEATH BY POISON AT
WRINGTON.

The coroner's inquests on the bodies of Sarah Ann
Roberts and Caroline Barge, of whose deaths from the
effect of poison, some particulars have already appeared in
the ExpresT, were resumed on Wednesday afternoon,
at the Golden Lion Inn, Wrington, before R. Uphill, Esq.,
eoroner for the district, and a most respectable Jury. The
first witness called, was
Elizabeth Ridley, who deposed that Sarah Ann Roberta,
one of the deceased women, was her daughter. On Mon-
day week the 3th instant, she saw her in a yard at the back
of her house. She complained that she was very unwell,
and that she had been sick. It was on the evening of the
dry. Deceased had been subject to sick headaches, and
witness did notstherefore think so much of it. At about
11 o'clock the same night witness was called to her and
found her very sick and ill. She vomited a great deal, was
greatly purged, and was in much pain. She continued ill, '
and as her symptoms grew worse a' half-past 1 o'clock ou
Saturday morning a messenger was scut for Mr. Chadwick,
surgeon, whose assistant, Mr. Christy, almost buniviliately
came and brought a mixture with him. A spoon-
ful of this mixture was given to her at periods
according to Mr. Christy'a directiuns, and he re-
mained with her u long time. She continued ill,
and at 7 o'clock in the morning Mr. Chain irk himself saw
her and prescribed tor her, and lie afterwards called in Mr.
Coates in consultation upon her case, and both gentlemen
saw her together. Witness knew that her daughter was in
the family way six weeks before and ileceasea confessed to
her upon her pressing her that she had taken some h,r1.1 tea
rind some pills to procure aliortion. About a month ago,
witness's daughter-in-law, Amelia Ridley, was repairing a
dress bele:iglu; to deceased, and found some green herb in
the packet of it, which had a very nasty smell. Wheu de-
ceased was asked about it, she said it was some herb which
she got from a garden, and that if a woman took it it would
prevent her having children. She said that Fanny Marsh
told her where to get it, and advised her to take it, and
that after she hail gathered the herb she took it to Fanny
Marsh and asked her if it was right, and she said it was
the right thing. A person, named John Vain, had had
connexion with deceased. She told witnesa that he bad
promised her marriage. When witness found out that de-
ceased was iu the family way, she said she would give up
housekeeping, and she quarrelled with deceased, who went
and took a lodging next door. Deceased was 2'2 years of age.
Amelia Ridley, sister-in-law of the deceased, confirmed
the evidence of the mother as to finding the green herb in a
pocket of Sarah Ann Roberta's dress. Witness saw deceased
on the day that she was taken ill. She was very sick, and
complained of being poorly in her head. Caroline Burge
was with her that afternoon, helping her at shoe-binding.
Witness had no conversation with deceased about the
matter. She was aware that she was in the family way,
having learnt it from her mother-in-law, but deceased did
not know that she knew it.

Henry Thomas deposed to having had a conversation
with the deceased woman, wlio told him that Fanny
Marsh advised her to take Cie stuff—that she told her in
the singing gallery of the church (both women sung in
the choir), that she took some stuff and she should never
have a live child.

In reply to one of the jury, the witness •aid ho had
been told by a person named Ashley that they hooded
the stuff about to one another in the singing gallery.
Mr. I'. J. Chadwick. surgeon, deposed to having been
called in to see the deceased, whom he soon perceived to be
suffering from the effects of sonic vegetable poison. lie
taxed her with having taken something, and she acknow
lodged having taken some decoction of herbs and some
pills. Ile p id every attention to her case, and called in
Mr. Coates to consult upon it, but the deceased continued
to grow worse, and died on the Saturday. The witness
then deposed to having made a post nwrtens examination of
the bodies, the appearances of which he described. The
womb contained a (tutus from 10 to 12 weeks old. Witness
came to the conclusion, from all that he had seen, that the
deceased died front having taken some vegetable poison. Ile
could not state what poison it was which eke took, as the
symptoms were very similar, but he had no doubt that she
died from the effects of some poison.
Mr. Coates, surgeon, also deposed to having been present
at the post mortar,' examination. Wit111:68 afterwards
searched the apartment occupied by the deceased, and in a
box underneath a table he found five quart bottles. One
of them was partially and three quite full of a lightish co-
loured fluid. Witness found that it was a vegetable in-
fusion; he believed of horehound. Ile also found a num-
ber of pill•, which had the appearance of having been made
by some unskilled hand. Ile found that the great bulk of
them was made of flour. There was also some particle of
herb, which, upon examiuing them by means of a powerful
microscope, he found to be horehound and ground ivy.
Witness considered that deceased died from the effects of

vegetable poison.
The Coroner—Taken to procure abortion ?
Mr. Chadwick—She admitted to me that she took it with
that objt et.
This being the whole of :the evidence, the Coroner
summed up, and the jury, after a short consultation, re-
turned &verdict of filo-de-4e against the deceased Sarah Ann
Roberts.

The jury then entered upon an inquiry as to the death of
the other female, Caroline Burge, in regard to whom va-
rious witnesses were examined, vim* testimony was similar
in character and tendency to that given in the previous
case. Several of the witnesses were however examined, to
show that the poison had been taken fur a criminal
nor Pow.
Emanuel Ridley, brother •in-law of the deceased, deposed
that he tookher home from Roberts's how.; to her mother's.
She was sick on the road. She also said to witness that she
hoped her death would bo a warning to all young women ;
that Sarah Roberta gave her the stuff. Site further said
that Sarah drank a teacupful, and gave her a teacupful,
which she drank. Roberts told her it would do her good,
and that if it did not it could not do her any harm.
Harriet Priug deposed that deceased was her daughter
bye former husband. She knew that she was in the family
way, and she was sometimes low about it, but had never
said anything about drowning herself that witness heard.
On the Sunday she exclaimed, just before her death, "Oh
Sarah, Sarah. ' Witness understood her to reflect en Sarah
Ann Roberts.
Amelia Ridley said about a fortnight ago deceased came
to her and told her that her young man, Francis Ford, had
been to see her • that she could get no satisfaction from him
and did not believe he would marry her. She said she
must have seine beer to drown her thoughts, and that she
had a mind to make away with herself.
Ann Derrick, a neighbour of Mrs. Piing, sat up with
the deceased during tho Saturday night. The night pre-
vious to her death witness was sitting by her side, holding
her hand in hers, and she said, " What a foolish girl I
have been." She said that she had acted very wrong in
what she had done, and that if the Lord should spare her
life, she would act very differently. Witness asked her
how she had acted wrong, and she confessed to her that she
had taken stuff for the purpose of causing abortion. She
further said that she was induced to take it by Sarah Ann
Roberts, who also took some, and who told her that it would
do her good, and could not hurt her at all. There being no
further evidence,
The coroner summed up the ease, and the jury, after
some consultation, returned a verdict of felatk-se against
Caroline Burge.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, Si,?. 18,

A special meeting of town and harbo.ur commis-
'loners was held in Galway yesterday, for the pur-
pose of presenting an address to the American
minister, who had test arrived in that town. In
reply to the address, which was read by the chair-
man, the Itev. Mr. Daly, his excellency said—
I am taken entirely by surprise, and I beg to offer to you
my humble thanks on behalf of my country for the kind
expression towards it contained in the address which has
just been read. It is true that we have in the United
States a very large Irish population—natives of the Eme-
rald Isle, and the descendants of Irishmen now in-
habiting the country which I have the honour to repre-
sent • end I beg here to; say, that, generally speaking,
11 they are persons of a most valuable and necessary class to
the maintenance of our institutions. I think 1 know the
character of the Irish nation and I have a sympathy,
whether in Ireland or the United States, for Irishmen.
(Cheers.) I have come to your country, believing it to be
me duty to do so, representing, as I do, a very large body,
as I before remarked, of persons who were bred and born
in Ireland. (Hear, hear.) I came here, not from idle
curiosity, but I came to look at the physical formation of
the country, and particularly at its people. To-day,
gentlemen, I have had the satisfaction of visiting your
beautiful bay ; I have been on Mutton Island, as it
is called—l have had a view of the ingress and egress
of your town, and I must say that I have rarely scan
anything in any country that promises more for the
accommodation of ships than the bay of Galway. (Cheers.)
I can only say, in regard to the project in which you are
all interested, and which is interesting not only to Galway
but I should think interesting to all Ireland, that I wish not
only to Galway, but to every other town, village, and
hamlet in Ireland that degree of prosperity which it would
seem from its position and its resources it ought to possess.
It will give me great satisfaction if you are able to carry
out the plan which you propose to adopt, and which would
bring you and the United States nearer together.
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His excellency continued to address the assem-
blage to the same effect at some length, and was
greeted with the most cordial applause.
It is expected that the visit of Mr. Abbott Law-
rence to the west will give a fillip to the proceed-
ings of the Packet Station Committee.

ATROCIOUS OUTRAGE. —On Monday morning
about one o'clock, a poor girl, named Margaret Rowland,
was brought to the station-house, Cardiff, almost dead. it
appears she had left her situation in Chepstow, and had
gone to Swansea in order to procure another. She did not
succeed, and was coming into Cardiff about twelve o'clock.
over the c est bridge, when a fellow overtook her, and told
her be would show her into the town. As she was a
stranger she thanked him, and he led her towards the tan-
yard by the castle, and then took her Into the park, and
endeavoured to commit a rape upon her; but not succeed-
ing, he threw her down, robbed her of about 21. and all her
clothes, and then threw her into the feeder, which was
close by. After struggling for a little while, having sunk
once or twice, she reached the opposite bank, where she
remained some little time, and then crawed as well as she
could to the town, when she was taken tol the station-house.
The man has not since been heard of.—SISSMIen Herald.