The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-13 00:00:00

Cps Court.

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WINDSOR, SUNDAY.—The Queen and court attended
divine service this afternoon in the private ehapel of the
Castle. The Hon. and Rev. C. L. Courtenay officiated.
Yesterday morning Prince Albert left the Cute for town,
travelling from B:ough by a special train on the Great
Western Railway. His royal highness returned to the
Castle soon after two o'clock in the afternoon. The royal
dinner party at the Castle yesterday eveniar included the
lhacheas of Kent, the Princess Elias and Prince Victor of
Hohenlohe•Langenbaurg, the Princess Aladin of Hohenlohe-
Schillingsfurat, Lady Aid. Dawson, 13noncse de Bpeth, and
Bir R. and Lady Gardiner.

Prince Albert en Saturday morning presided at a
moving at the office of the duchy of Cornwall.
The Duke of Cambridge attended a meeting at the
British Museum on Saturday morning.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer left town for
Brighton on Saturday. Lord J. Russell returned on Sa-
turday to his residence in Richmond Park.
Despatchea were received on Saturday at the
Colonial-office from the Governor of Canada, and also from
the governors of the other North American colonies.

J. Stewart, Esq., has been appointed Deputy
Queen's Advocate at Ceylon. Mr. Edward Palmer is ap•
pointed Solicitor-General for Prince Edward's laland.
Obseroe►.

Tin NATIONAL SOCIZTT FOR EDUCATION.—The
committee of this society have issued a report, whence it ap-
pears that during the Mat live years accommodation has been
provided in natienal schools for 265,642 scholars ; that the
total expenditure in building schools and teachers' residences
his been 768,0004., of which about one-sixth is contributed
by the society, and about two-sevenths by the committee of
council en educating'; that, in five normal institutions, viz.,
three for schoolmasten and two for schoolmistresses, 1,042
students hate received proper training ; and that, if the ra-
tio Mae list two years should be sustained, the society will
henceforth tend out annually upwards ot 200 trained teach-
ers ; that national diocesan training institutions have been
provided, with the advioe and help of the seedily, at Chester,
Yak, Durham. Carmarthen, Warrington, Winchester,
Sallsbary, Lichfield, Chichester, tic. The report concluded
with an earliest appeal to the public foe support, the means
at the disposal of the National Society for the building and
improving of schools in the country being entirely exhausted.
EDUCATIONAL REFORM AT OSFORD.—It has been
stated upon good authority that the board of heads of houses
have taken up the question of educational referee, and that
they contemplate early in the ensuing Lent form bringing
before 4:commotion a comprehensive measure far more ex-
tensive than the one recently brought forward at Cambridge,
and which will not only affect candidates for honours, but
also the general sass of students.
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PROPOSED NEW COUNTY PRISON.—At the Maryle-
bone vestry on Saturday, Mr. Helton having been called to
the elude, and the parochial receipts and disbursements for
the week having been read and approved of, Mr. Williams
(late )LP. for Coventry) begged to be informed by the
county 'magistrate present whether there was any truth in
the report that it was heeded to erect a new county prison,
at an enormous expense, (or the purpose of enabling the
authorities to carry oat their newfangled separation system ?
It was said that C.ldbath.tieldspr:son was to be thrown down,
and that a new prison would be erected.—Sir Peter Laurie
said that it was true that s •ch a proposal was contemplated,
which, if carried into execution, would entail upon the rate-
payers the expedites of 150,0001. ; and if the Pentonville
system were adopted in the new prison it would increase the
annual expenditure 15,000!., while the county was indebted
300,0001., and the county rates amounted annually to
70,0001., which twenty years ago only figured 40,0001. But
be was happy to state that the proposition to erect the new
prison was defeated; yet Messrs. notch end RCMP, the
magistrate. who brought it forward, were not to be baf-
fled, and therefore declared that they would petition govern-
ment in its favour. In order to attach popularity to it,
the parties desirous for its success spread a report that go-
vernment was favourable to the new building and the sepa-
rate system. That he emphatically denied, as well as the
report that it was intended to build barracks on the site of
the present prison. He inquired at the Horse Herds re-
'peeing the latter report, and was informed that there was
mot the slightest for it. He was astonished at any
poor pen= asp for workhouse relief, when, by com-
mitting Maas, mad obtain good living in Coldbath-tlelds,
and the beet in Pentonville, when the support of each cri-
minal cost 351., and where he has a room to himself neatly
fitted-up, end supplied with the luxury of hot and cold
water. Sir P. Laurie condemned the separate system, ridi-
culed the idea of converting, in this country, felons into
saints, and hoped that all the metropolitan parishes would
unite in opposing the project of erecting a new county prison
—Mr. Elliott, deputy-lieutenant of the county, assured the
board that the reepayen need not be apprehensive, for no
sew prison would be built. But, at the same time, he ex-
pressed himself favourable to the prisoners sleeping in
separate apartments.—Mr. Williams moved the appoint-
ment of a committee to inquire into the amount of the
county rite, and the mode of its expenditure.—The motion
was carried, and a committee appointed.

CUoLL&t.—On Saturday the Board of Health
received information of the following new eases: Stepney,
1, fatal; Lambeth, 3, 1 fatal; Southertuk, 4; Camber•
well, 2, fatal ; Ovenwich, 2 ; Hackae-rood, 1 ; lloniton
1; Edinburgh, 25, 14 fatal; North and South
artkhir 171 fataL Total new emu, 54 ; 22 fatal.
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from ell other satins, I thßik the TAM in Amur days
ter shown how mei straps end better the cause of the
Poles is thee that don ether mike ; bow they have COW
batted, not meg* like ealards, Pontegame, or Frame, to
=hada or establish a peculiar hem of geeenement, but to
rid their esnally from the dime and idelerable yoke of
the foreigner. BM I will net enter en the general question.
The Times lays to the sharp tithe POW Ye having_lmin
° the most sabre, (patois ruthless) ownhatinte at Paris,
Bu lin, Freakfort, end Vieitna." This I hams le be un-
true with regard to the three Best-named dim. As to
the lest, I think the public would de well to
suspend
its judgment until mere detailed egeosatev
been rtheived. The nowt, however, admits the peed
maul of the Poles here. "In Loden alone " they
have detained from thine *lnge whisk he so meek
reprobates on the °outlast. But it is kr the Poles in Lon-
don alone that our ball is given, and not for them at Vienna,
Paris, or anywhere else. The Insinuation about eseebid
sentiMentaliant, which has neither scrip, nor seat, me kindly
words for the misery whisk pram in ea Emilia lag or an
Irish hovel," need not meek distress us. Those who know
us will not apply it to its, for they know we ere always ready
to assist, to the utmost doer ability, our own poor, elthoagli
we can, at the time, feel ter the Poles ; and we are not,
by this Salem wholly unknown to the public as to be afraid
of mat remarks, or to fear that in consequence of them we
shall be denied is oar work of kindness and benevolence that
support which we hay so loog enjoyed.—The e mosaittes ad-
journal till Monday, when they will sit at the Cimildhall
daily foe the despatch el bulimia.
A Suausraaaa Exansmoit is about to be opened
in London in aid of the funds for the purchase and pet serve-
Um of the poet's house. The Earl of Ellesmere will contri-
bute the celebrated Chandos portrait ; and the Duke of D.
vanillin, it i. said, the several editions of the quarto plays
published M the post's lifetime—so curious from their rarity
and for their quaint and picturesque title-pages. Mr. Troward
will end the only known autograph of Shaspaare in private
hands—and Mr. Wheler, of Stratford, hie valuable collection
of Shakspeale documeata and curiosities. We are to have
mulberry cups, sad portraits, and engravings; a medley
museum, is short not unlike the attractive exhibitions which
the Archwoloscal Institute brought together at Winchester,
York, Num, and Lincoln. A sub committee km boon
appointed to conduct the exhibition, consisting 01 Mr. J.
Payne Collier, Mr. Charles Knight,and Mr. Peter Cunuing-
ham. An advertisement of the wants end intentions of the
committee will be issued very shortly. The Chandoe por-
trait is but partially known. When exhibited at Stowe it
was so badly hung that it wee warmly eeen.—Athermunt.

ritaiIOOATIVIS COURT.—EBTHER POWELL.—Aber-
gaveling, :Nov. 10.-81r,—On perusing the Ezpress of
Wedneedsy, the Bth inst., I find in your report of eases heard
in the Prerogative Court an error, which I am sure you will
be ready to correct. It is in the case of Esther Powell, de-
ceased, who is reported to have died at Abergaveany, where
she ezecuted her will and codicil—the one signed in tW name
of Powell, the latter paper in the acme of Watkins—and that
en affidavit was made by the clergyman of that town, stating
that he had witnessed the two instruments, and that Powell
and Watkins were the same person. Now, sir, I beg to in-
form you that I, the vicar of Abergavenny, never attested
either of the Eceiumeate shaded se, nor ever made soy sib.
davit on the subject. The gentlemen, whose semise mis-
takes end mere eatr affidavit provoked the strongest
reprehension of the learned udge, must have been one of the
officiating ministers of Monmouth.—l am, &e. W. POWILL,
B. 1). Vicar of Abergaveaay.

TEM P 01.1611 BALL AT GUILDHALL—On Saturday
last a meeting of the committee for conducting this enter-
tainment took place at Guildhall. Mr. Deputy Peacock
presided, and, in addressing the gentlemen present, an-
nounced that their prospects were of an encouraging cha-
racter. The Lord Mayor had given them most cordial sup-
port, and promised to attend the ball with the Lay
Mayoress", as had M. de Beaumont, the French minister,
and many other distinguished persons.—Lord Dudley Stuart
mid : I am rejoiced at seeing here so many members of the
committee since reading the attack on us which was placed
before me on sky entering the room. The Polish ball at
Guildhall must be of no small consequence wh. not only
the Morning Post declares war upon it, but even the giant
of the peens, the Times, devotes a leader to the subject, and
opens spas as his formidable battery. Thus bombarded, we
meat defend ourselves as well as we can ; your presence
Isere shows that yon at least, are not intimidated nor
disheartened ; and I 'believe we shall have little difficulty
in making such a defence as will be felt to be satisfactory by
all who will inquire into facts and take a calm view of the
matter. The article in the Timm of this day contains some
statements which are absolutely untrue; and i am really
surprised that a paper generally so well informed should
have fallen into such mistaken. Thus it propagates the im-
pression that the Poles are at liberty to return to their own
country. This notion it is which indispose' people here to
assist the Poles; this idea it was which prevailed when
the reduction of the parliamentary grant was pressed
in the House of Commons. But it is not the fact
The Poles have it not in their power to return
home. The Timm says in the article from which I am
reading, " Prussian Poland is open to the exiled patriots,
even it its Russian neighbour be closed against them." That
is a mistake. Prussian Poland is not open to the Poles who
are here; Prussian Poland is only open to Poles who are
natives of Prussian Poland, and none of the exiled patriots
who belong to Russian Poised are allowed to enter Prussia.
Now, all those belonging to Prussia, with some very few
exceptions, have returned home. The same is to be said of
those helong.ng to Austrian Poland. The last time I ad-
dreamed the committee I mentioned the case of a Polish re-
fugee who not long aso kept a shop in Piccadilly, and who,
having this summer (impelled by a sort of and desire of re-
visiting his native couutry) ventured into Russian Poland,
Yeas immediately captured and hung. 'the Times thinks
that at 'by rate the Poles can go to Fence, and says France
"will doubtless) employ them in many useful capacities."
Here again the Times is mistaken. Heartily do I wish the
writer of that paper would persuade General Cavaignae to
give such employment to the Poles now here. If ho could
do that there would very soon be no mere Polish refugees
in England. The short fact is, no Polish refugee is allowed
to go from England to Prance ; if he attempts it he is ar-
rested as soon as he lands, and straightway sent back hero
again. Toe Times speaks as if no refute*, had ever received
so much assistance as the Poles, and asks " to what other
body of men we can point as having been !twee-fourths kept
by us daring a period of 16 yeses ?" A reference to the par
liamentary accounts would show a long array of forefiners,
Frisch, Dutch, Toulonnese, C osican, American, Spanish, re-
lieved by the nation, all of them much more than 16 years—
many of them ever since the beginning of the o ntury—and
many, be it noted, still continuing to be relieved with larger
sums than are allotted to the Poles. The allow-
ances granted to the Poles are considerably less in
amount than those granted to any other refugees.
As to the inquiry, why should we treat the Poles differently

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 13, 1848.

for the inveninest of his money. TM remit of this .rea,
that the groat lame et the population had se memos Mt
the pain ratm 'ninon Awn by the mamba of bank
rapids@ in the AM, seas( om no Sian irons, woo
Old slat body down inn the mike of pauperism
Tem there was a oempleto sociel diesegesbation mathe d,
mime these nee Wife Ma, tliff weld& Wei a
mot MOO Sate of Wags Of this Beglishmes might root
mend, mine they raised the condition et the people of
that would ultimately bring down the poop!,
a ads to their own level, by eztendiag the
martian of Ireismile Weal After reviewing the lara-
mares gime* open Tali he Led voted, tho hen. member
I said he was may to dein' tbst be had been disappointed
in the progress of paled ream Yo regretted to have
Men that many wits had forms* mehand a to ad.
vanes the rights et the pupae had .at Muni to their psis-
' chess. He had been_
_dimpptimed in the people also who
had not allogense abibited the midis virtue which should
render thriven* of Mese rights. Both representatives and
conatitasesise had imam virtually mon swine voce the
Reform and Makin at these beM and Wri at s
state of Ireßill,land Mein my down ng
at week for its socithal
or Political regenerelin, he &dared when he saw him-
self working is that house he felt himaidt as working in a
forlorn hope. He did not see how any man acting
liclirs and with his views could flatter
ha could de any essential service in such a parlia-
ment as the present, and his only inducement to return to it
was a wish sot to abandon a ditty his constituents bad so
honourably Imposed upon him.—Oa the motion of Mr.
Ormerod, seconded by itr. Jacob Bright, a vote of thanks
and of confidence to the hon. member was passed by
aniamation.

COLLISION Oil THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE
RAILWAT.-0* Friday afternoon an accident of • very
alarming character occurred upon the above line. The
express train, whisk loaves Hachdale for Manchester at 25
ntiontre put 3 p.m. and is due at the Middleton station
en the Oldham Junction at 40 minutes past 3, came in eight
of the latter station at its usual time. Whilst going at its
full speed, and just before reaching the point', the engine-
driver noti ad a coal train in front of him. Seising that a
collision was inevitable, he immediately shut off the steam,
and tried to make the collision es dight as possible. The
engine, however, dashed into the fifth waggon of the coal
train, smashing it into a hundred pieces; at the same time the
engine-tender and the whole of theoarriages were more or len
shattered. The wet/gannet the coal train were also forced off
the line, and the mangers in the express train (about forty
in number) were all thrown from their seats and driven
against each other. A lady and two gentlemen were se-
verely injured, and one party had several of his teeth
knocked out. The other passengers escaped with bruises,
more or leas severe. The accident was owing entirely to
the raiamanagement of the driver of the coal waggon, who,
when he saw what had taken place, took to his feet, and
made his escape. His duty was to have waited for the ex-
press train to issas the points before he ventured on the line ;
but, in s 'to of the deal which was put up, he seemed de
termiaed to risk the hem of the passengers as well es his
own. The polio* were immediately sent in search of the
driver. The passengers, after waiting nearly two hours, were
taken to Manchester hy the Oldham train.
REGISTRATION ItzsticTs.—The following is the
result of the registration for the southern division of Luisa-
shire : Conservatives struck off cn objections, 1,013 ; liberals
ditto, 455 ; new dolma (liberals) sustained, 407 • new claims
(conservatives) sustainedT, 336 :ORK total pin to liberals, 629.
SHIRE.___

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REPRESENTATION OF THE WEST RiDING.—A
meeting of the delegates from the several polling districta,cot-
vested by the executive committee appointed at the meeting
of liberal electors held lust week, was held on Friday, at
Wakefield, to receive the reports from the several districts.
F. Carbatt, the late Mayor of Leeds, presided. After
the reports had been received, the second addrees of Mr. C.
W. Wentworth Fitswilliam was read and canvassed, and it
I MIS tv. 'staidly resolved" That the second address of the Hon.
C. W. Wentworth-Fitswilliam is unsatisfactory to the dele-
gates roost, and they cannot recommend the electors to
give him their ',import." Tne exveutive committee, consist.
ing of the delegates from Leeds, were deputed to wait upon
Mr. Fitswilliam to make known to him this resolution, and
to request him to retire from the candidateebip for the re-
proknotion of the Ridinx, so es to make way for a gentle-
man whose political opinions ware mare in accordance with
the views of the gentlemen who met at Normanton on the
17th September.

SUICIDE OF A Lit.Ellii774AN-illeßev. W. Browne,
of St. John's, Oxford, and for two 'airs past curate of St.
Stephen's, Swinton, one of the suburban districts of Not-
tingham, committed suicide on Friday last. The deceased,
who woe of good family, and much esteemed by his vicar
and parishioners had, about six months ago, formed ths ac-
quaintance of the Rev. B. 801 l Vicar of Pentlow, Faux, to
whose dauchter, a yoang lady of about sixteen, he showed
much attention, becoming at length a constant visitor at the
house. On Thursday morning, previous to leaving Not-
tingham for Woodborough, on a visit to a friend, the de-
ceased wrote to Miss Bull, inclosing her a handsome present,
which, with the letter, she placed in the hands of her father,
who the same day wrote a note in reply, which in friendly
terms thanked Mr. Browne for the kindness he had shown
his daughter, hit begged of him to discontinue his suit,
at least for the present, on account of her extreme youth.
Upon Mr. Browne's return from Woodborough on Friday
morning this communication produced a state of frenzy that
led to the catastrophe in question.—At the inquest held on
Saturday before C. Swann, Esq., several witnesses deposed ,
as to tile excitement of the deceased on receiving the note
referred to.—John Jackson, gunsmith, deposed that shortly
after three o'clock on Friday deceased came to his shop and
s pistol for 255 , with some shot of the largest
Cart :issf4ak of powder, a me caps, and wadding. Whilst
witness was serving another customer deemed loaded the
pistol, and then asked at what distance it would kill a man.
Witness replied that he did not know, but that it would
"make him tremble on the other side the street." De-
ceased then left the shop like a man in haste, but
without manifesting any observable agitation or ex-
citement.—Elizabeth Berry, daughter of the keeper
of the Castle lodge, deposed that deceased came te the
grounds about four o'cloca on Friday. Some 20 minutes
afterwards, she went up to the ruins, and on looking through
a window into one of the rooms of the castle, sew a large pool
of blood on the ground. The body of deceased was after-
wards found with the pistol grasped in the left
hand. Mr. White, surgeon, described the wand,
which was in the forehead, the shot having entered
the brain.—Dr. Aldersen (superintendent of the Nottingham
umiak Asylum) had known deceased about nine months.
Had frequently noticed his manner to be very peculiar, and
had remarked that he should not be surprised if he went in-
sane.—After a brief consultation, the jury returned a verdict
of " Temporary inanity.
KENT.

THE DIAMOND STEAM•PACICET COMPANY held the
sannatigeneral court of proprietors at Gravesend, on Friday
last. The report stated that the balance in hand enabled
them to propose a dividend of 6 per cent. ; this dividend
wee subsegaently declared, and Mr. Birchall having been
appointed managing director, with a salary of 2001. a year,
anal the directors and auditors having been re-elected, the
meeting separated.