The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 1, 1847.

rbe Court.

ARDVERIME, SUNDAY, AUG. 29.—0 n Friday, the
Earl of Aberdeen arrived on a visit to her Majesty. On
Saturday, the only additions to the royal party were the
Marquis of Abercorn and the Earl of Aberdeea. This day
(Sunday) her Majesty and the Prince and the royal house-
hold attended the performance of divine worship at Ard-
vertkie.

Despatches were sent off yesterday evening from
the Colonial-office for the Governor of New South Wales,
and also for the Governor of Van Diemen's Land.

(From last night's Gazette.)
THE NEW PEERS.

WHITEHALL, AEG. 28. —The Queen has been
pleased to direct letters patent to he peed under the Great
Seal, granting the dignities of Viscount and Earl of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland unto General
the Right Hon. John Baron Strafford, of Harmondsworth,
in the county of Middlesex, G.C.8., and the heirsmale of his
body lawfully begotten, by the names, styles, and titles of
Viscount Enfield, of Enfield, in thesaidcounty of Middlesex,
and Earl of Strafford.

The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters
patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dig
nity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom to Archibald
Acheson, Esq. (commonly called Viscount Acheson), and
the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name,
style, and title of Baron Acheson, of Clancairney, in the
county of Armagh.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters
patent to be passed under the Great Seal, granting the dig-
nity of a Baron of the said United Kingdom to Richard
Baron Cremorne, of that part of the said United Kingdom
called Ireland. and the heirs male of his body lawfully be-
gotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron Dartrey, of
Danny, in the county of Monaghan.
The Queen has also been pleased to direct letters
patent to be plumed under the Great Seal, granting the dignity
of a Baron of the said United Kingdom to Sir Rickard Bul-
keley Philipps Philippe Bart., and the heirs male of his
body lawfully begotten, by the name, style, and title of Baron
Milford, of Picton Castle, in the county of Pembroke.
WHITEHALL, Arc. 31.—The Queen has presented
the Rev. D. Munro to the church and pariah of Coldingham,
in the preabytery of Ch reside, and county of Berwick, va-
cant by the death of the Rev. J. Robertson.
DOWNING-STREET, AUG. 31.—The Queen Imis
pointed W. Walker, Esq., to be Government Secretary and
..,.91;;;;y to the Court of P_olicy for the colony of British
Guiana; and the Rev. T. Griffiths to be Colonial Chaplain
for her Majesty's settlements in the Gambia.

OFFICE OF ORDNANCE, Ara. 27.
Rl. Engtheere.—See..OM R. C. Mealy, to be mt., vice Wynne,
placed co wooded ; Lieut. G. Sorel, to he apt, Woe
Moody; Sec.-Liam H. Williams, to be Ent lieut., ,to. Bore&

ADMIRALTY, Aro. 23.
RI. Marina—Plret Lieut. C. A. Parker, to be cep., vice Leonard,
to !emceed half-pay; S. Lieut. E. L. Pym, to be Mst Rest., rice
Tacker, prom.

BANK OF ENGLAND.-ELECTION OF A

GOVERNOR.

The proprietors were assembled yesterday in special
general court, for the purpose of electing a director to serve
u governor during the remainder of the year, in the room
of W. R. Robinson, Esq., who vacates, or " disqualifies " as
it is termed, by reason of the lets ttoppage of his tires.
At 11 o'clock several of the directors entered the court,
when Use Secretary (J. Knight, Esq.), read the advertise-
ment oonyealag the seesaw ;
si immaintely after which the
won gamed, and the tedsm by ballot commenced.fit= mated that sense questing might have been asked
of the depstylrovernor who presided, in reference to the
affairs of the late governor, several proprietors wire early in
attendance, but not one word on the subject was uttered.
The ballot was completed at 4 o'clock, and the glares were
closed and handed over: to the scrutineers, who declared
raq., malty Wen ampvactild. The number
of votes was 78.

INTERNATIONAL COPYRIGHT. The Gazette of
last night publiske en order in orausil, announcing that
copyright is secured to authors and sompaerre in the Thu-
ringen union, for such works as way be printed and sold in
Great Britain and Ireland, and vice rend. The Thuringian
union consists of the following states —Baze•Weiesar-
Eisenech, Saxe-Altenburg, Haze-Coburg-Gotha, Sue-Mei-
ningen, Schwanburg-Hudolstadt, Schwarzburp-Benders•
Kasen, Reues-Oreits, Reuss-Lobenitein-Bberderf, and
Reustßckleits.

A COUNTY COURT IN THE Crnr.—On the 29th inst.
an act of pi:limiest, peeled on the tad July, will come into
operation, entitled " An Act for the more easy recovery of
Small Debts end demands within the City of London and
the liberties thereof," The act contains 128 sections. with a
sehedule of fees; a number of provisiotui have been copied
/}ex the New County Courts Act, la also the table of ANC

The Court of Requests in the City is to be abolished, and by
the 40th clause it is declared that a summons (the action
being by plaint and not by writ) may bane, provided the
defendant, or one of the defendants, shall have dwelt or car-
ried on his business in the City of London, at some time
within six calendar months next before the time of the action
brought; or if the cause of action woes therein. The
recorder and the judge of the Sheriffs' Court are to frame
all new rules and order', subject to the epproval of the three
chiefs of the common law courts. The parties as well as
their wives may be examined on the trial. Any gaol in the
City of London may be used as a prison for the purposes of
the act. A bailiff and other officers are to be appointed, and
by a special provision (the 19th section), it is declared that
the officen performing duties in the Court of Requests, may
be appointed under this act
THE EXPLOSION OF THE CRICKET STEAMER.—
At twelve o'clock yesterday the coroner and jury met
to view the shattered remains of the vessel and machinery.
The first object which presents itself to the spectator
is that of a fearful rent in the vessel, from the engine-room
to the stern. The whole of the flooring of the deck has been
blown up, and the lining of the right aide of the after-cabin
completely removed, leaving exposed the bare iron shell of
the vessel. On the left side of the same cabin some portion
of the lining yet remains; but in the bilge of the vessel, and
near to the paddles, tbo whole of the lining is gone, and I
the shell broken and torn in almost every direction.
The flooring of the cabin is also swept clean out,
while an immense opening in the stern chows the spot
through which the boiler itself was blown, sweeping every-
thing before it. The whole of the case of the boiler is
blown off, leaving all the tubes exposed to sight;; but there
does not appear to be any fracture in any of them, so far at
least as we were able to see. The safety-valve and the
steam-gauges seem to have been entirely blown away. A
portion of the massive iron framework to which the engine
is attached, is twisted in a most extraordinary manner. The
thickness of the metal in that part cannot be less than four
inches; but it appears t• have been capable of affording no
more resistance to the temfic power than some of the com-
mon deal timbers with which it was surrounded. The
massive cranks, with the pistons and cylinders, were the
only portions of the machinery which were sufficiently strong
to endure the shock, but the left crank is slightly bent.
There is no doubt that this more solid part of the machinery
tended, in some degree, to secure the fore part of the vessel
from that destruction which has befallen the remaining
portions. The floor of the engtne-room is covered with frag-
ments of the smaller and more delicate parts of the
machinery. The jury remained on the spot for about half-
an-hour, during which time every facility was afforded by
the servants of the company, to enable them to view the
various portions of the wreck.

THE CRICKET STEAM-BOAT.—Sir,—Your paper of
to-day states, incorrectly, in the report of the inquest on the
sufferers by the explosion of the Cricket, that the boilers
were mule by Messrs. Joyce. They were made by Mr.Trotrami,
of the Borough. The boat was built under the superinten-
dence of Messrs. Joyce, and the machinery was made by
them. Allow me also to say that I did not express any wish
that Mr. Joyce should be present when the jury inspected
the vessel. The coroner stated that he should arrange that
the vessel be inspected and reported on by some engineer of
eminence, independent of all parties. I then suggested that
Mr. Joyce, or some one on his behalf, should he present when
such inspection was made, to render any assistance or fur-
nish any explanations, which was assented to; and it was
finally arranged that another person should be present on
behalf of the proprietors. May I bee you to give publicity
to these facts ? —P. RICH 4 RDS ON, 3, Bloorgate- street, solicitor
to Messrs. Joyce.—Aug. 31.

LABOrRERS' DWELLINGS.—Sir,—I observe your
observations:on labourers' cottages. In the village I have
just left I can say it is strange, but it is most true ; strange,
because the Squire wishes to be thought somebody—even
better than many, in respect to labourers, for he gives them,
once a year, a holiday to play cricket, &c. ; but then they
must walk miles to and from their work. The cottages are
many pulled down ; why, I certainly cannot say, but here
is a fact. I had several labourers, six married men with fami-
lies ; two only could find residences in East Tisted, near Alton,
Hants. I give you their names, who worked constantly for
me at OldpUce Farm in that parish : George Allem, William
Nuthall, and Ben Vidler, resided in Newton Valance; Jacob
Butt, Selborne ; this last man eventually got into a small
house with his father, but left, and came to London to work.
I had three men and two boys lived in my house, otherwise
my horses could not have been attendedto.-0 Roams DYES,
bi.R.A.S., Upper Holloway, Aug. 28.

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REGISTRY or VF_SEL-4.—A suggestion having been
made by a member of the Board of Customs in his report, on
a recent inspection of one of the outports, that the book kept
at the several ports throughout the kingdom, in the appen-
dix to the officer's instructions, for the purpose of recording
the transfers of property, and change of masters in ships,
may be discontinued, insomuch as all the occurrences are
recorded in the registry book. The board have concurred in
the suggestion, and have issued orders to all the ports
throughout the United Kingdom for the book to be forth-
with discontinued, the reflectors and comptrollers at the
several ports taking care that the account of these transac-
tions, which is prepared for transmission periodically to the
registrar-general of shipping, be duly recorded at the same
time as the several transfers, &c., arc entered in the registry
book.

INQUESTS, YESTERDAY. CDARGE OF MAN-
SLAVORTER.--Before Mr. W. Carter, at the Bedford Arms,
East-lane, Walworth, on the death of Mrs. Mary Olds,
which took place on Thursday lam, and whore husband is at
present in cii•tody on suspicion of having caused it. The
deceased had managed to hoard up upwards of 901. ; and her
husband, on the night of Saturday week, insisted on having
a part of it; and she refusing to give it to him, he made a
most violent assault upon her. He caught her by the
throat; and, while on the ground, knelt on her chest. The
son, a lad of 16 years of age, ran to the station-house for the
police, stating that his father was " murdering " his mother.
The police interfered, and on the following Thursday the
deceased died from the effects of the injury she received.
Soon after her death it seemed that her husband had made a
distribution of her savings ; and the consequence was that a
scene of drunkenness and riot was kept up for some days ;
and the accused, when taken into custody, was drinking
hard.—Mr. Gower, the medical gentleman who had attended
the deceased before her death, and made a pool ',torten' exa-
mination of the body, expressed it as his decided opinion
that death had been produced by violence, and the jury re-
turned a verdict of " Manslaughter " against the husband.—
FATAL AFFRAY Ire WIIITECHAPIL.—MANSLAUGHTIII.
By adjournment from Aug. 23, before Mr. William Baker,
at the Union Flag, Union-street, Whitechspel, respecting
the death of William Cuney, aged 61 years, who died from
extravasation of blood on the brain, produced by injuries he
received in an affray with a man, name unknown, on the
7th of August. The man accused was described by the
witnesses as being a costermonger. He was about 5
feet 7 inches in height, and about 25 years of age. He was
dressed in a skull cap, fustian jacket, and corduroy trousers.
Police Sergeant, Foxy of the H stated that he had
been engaged for several days past in endeavouring to dis-
cover the man, but had been unsuccessful. Deceased was re-
turning home from Aldgate on the night of Aug 7, and a
young man, dressed as above described, put out his foot and
endeavoured to trip him up. The deceased expostulated
with him, and the man instantly struck him. A scuffle en-
sued between the man and the deceased. The man struck
the deceased several violent blows on the face, and he fell
heavily on the street pavement. He bled profusely from the
nose and also from wounds on his face and forehead. Foxy,
the police sergeant, came to his assistance, and the man
instantly decamped. The deceased was removed to his
house, where he soon afterwards became insensible. Mr. L.
Llewellyn, a surgeon, said the deceased had two black eyes,
and whin he attended him he appeared to be suffering from
severe ill-usage. The deceased expired on Saturday, the
14th of August. He had since made a post *sorters ex-
amination of the body, and attributed death to extravasation
of blood on the brain, which he had no doubt was caused by
the injuries he had received. The coroner then summed up
the evidence, and the jury returned a verdict of " Man-
slaughter " against Nome person unknown, and all the wit-
, names were bound over to prosecute.