The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-07 00:00:00

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from the Vice-Chancellor—with an illness, which terminated
on Thursday last in death. On Friday and Saturday 0
coroner's inquest was held on her body. The jury visited
the cell in which the deceased had been confined,
and one of their number described it to the
slept w coroner,
thus :—" The bed in which the deceased as
even then very damp. It bed two blankets and a
rug. There were no glasses in the windows in an)
of the cells. The windows were blocked in with iron
shutters, with& small square left in the middle, in neither of
which wee glass. The iron shutters did not fit close, so that
a great draught was admitted. It went direct:y over the
.
head of the bed. The walls of the cells were damp. The)
(the jury) inquired of the keeper how long the glass had
been out of the windows, and he said six or selbt days.' r
hearing a mass of evidence,.
g which fintdwctbhdaatyE e_
re% Howe diedthoef rill'eu°7olnatic fever, caused by a violent cold
caught at the Spinning-house on the night of the Gth of
November, she having been conveyed thither in the custody
of William To
Kingsley, of the Unisersity,
and confined for that night in aad demand damp cell, from the
effects of which she died. The jury cannot separate without
expressing. their abhorrence at a system which sanctions the
apprehension of females when not offending against the
general law of the land, and confining them
e; a gaol unfit
for the worst of felons. The jury also requ the coroner
to forward a report of the whole of the proceeding to the
Secretary of State for the Home Department."
wORCESTER-MIIRE.
REPRESENTATION Or TUB EASTERN DlN'is—A
numl er of Liberal electors have signed a requisltim to W.
liodgetts Foley, Esq., of Prestwood, a moderate Whig,. to
come forward as a candidate to represent the Eastern Division
of the county in place of Mr. Burneby.
NORFOLK.
REPRESENTATION OP NOILWICH.—WS (Norfok News)
have heard, from the best authority, that Mr. Smith, in con-
sequence of the state of hia health, will not offer himself
again. We believe no urgency on the part of the electors
could iuduce him to resume his seat in Parliament. Two
new Liberal candidates will, therefore, be wanted
o. We
mem-
have
heard strung feelings expressed
in favour of one f the
ben of the influential banking establishment in this city.
Their high personal character, their general benevolence,
and the deep interest they take in all that concerns the wel-
fare of this district, would give to any member of that firm a ,
good claim upon the ;support of their fellow -citizens. A
strong desire,Unked by a requisition, signed by several hun-
dred electors, has been expresoed, that Mr. S. M. Peto, of
Somerleyton Hall, should also become a candidate.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
A COMMISSION OP LUNACY was opened at Cheltenham on
Friday, to ascertain whether Eliza Catherine Garland, of
No. 1, Oriel-terrace, widow of the late P. Garland, Esq., was
of sufficiently sound mind to manage her own attain.—Mr.
Woolrych appeared in support of the commission. lie said
Mrs. Garland was entitled under her marriage settlement to
tho dividends of 10,0001. or 11,0001. stock, and also to the
rents of some property in the county of Sussex; the commis-
sion had been issued at the instigation of Mr. A. Garland,
with the concurrence of his two sisters, who are married,
and of all the surviving next of kin.—Dr. W. Conolly had
known Mrs. Garland for above 14 years ; he was called upon
in 1840 and 1842, both before and after the death of her
husband, to examine the state of her mind; on thou occa-
sions she was very guarded; the first time he lied an oppor-
tunity of accurately testing the state of her mind, and dis-
tinctly ascertaining that she was of unsound mind, was on the
14th of September last; she was then in a state of great
excitement; her language was extremely rapid and incohe-
rent, principally consisting of accusations against her son and
her servants. File accused her son of being a Mahommedan,
and her servants of robbing her and taking all her clothes
away. On the 22nd of October he found her in a similar
condition, but with the addition that her language was ob-
scene, and she was swearing ; he believed her to be of such
unsound mind as to be incapable of managing her affairs.—
Mrs. E. Hays had known Mrs. Garland for about 20 years.
Met. Garland had repeatedly made the following statement :
That some years ago, when she ()lrs. Garland) was a little
girl—that must have been before she was born, for Mrs. Gar-
land was nearly 60—she (witness) came to Carmarthen with
a regiment of soldiers, and that she was confined on the
bridge with a number of canary birds, which flew away over
the bridge, and that she was ou that account called " The
Singing Canary." On other occasions she has told her that
she (Mrs. Garland) once saw a funeral procession at the ofd
Church, and the clergyman was dressed in a coloured coat,
with red bands ; that on inquiry she was told that it was
the funeral of the spinster, Miss Cooke, from Oriel-terrace
(meaning witness, whose maiden name was Cooke), and
that she went into her pew and offered up a prayer that
she might never more be troubled by her. At another time
she said she heard a mouse at her dressing-case; that she
looked up and saw a white statue which vanished; that it
afterwards returned and replaced two sovereigns in the ink-
stand—Mrs. Garland was sometimes very violent, and
struck her ; she would have her dinner served at 11 o'clock
at night, and her tea at 4 o'clock in the morning ; abe would
remain in bed all day and wander about the house at night;
she would go into the drawing-room in her night-gown and
bring up burning coals in her hands or on a book cover or
slate; she (witness) had been obliged to walk the house,
night and day, to keep guard over her; she had no doubt
of her insanity; she had tried to get her up to-day to at-
tend this inquiry, but Mrs. Garland refused.—There were
other witnesses in attendance, but it was not thought neces-
sary to examine them.—The jury then appointed the fore-
man and four others, as a deputation, to visit Mrs. Garland.
On their return the jury returned a verdict that Mrs. Gu-
ise: `::•as of unsound mind and incapable of managing her
affairs, and had been so sines the 14th of September last.
DORSETSIIIRE.
REPRESENTATION OP WEYMOI-FIL The Sherbo,7lC
Journal says :—" Colonel Freestun's canvass proceeds most
satisfactorily. The Liberal interest is now so powerful, that
no doubt exists of his return, in conjunction with Mr.
Christie. The latter gentleman left us for London on
Thursday last, having fully completed his canvass, which,
we are warranted in saying, has been more successful than
that of any other candidate excepting Mr. Buxton, just after
the passiog of the Reform Bill.
HAMPSHIRE.
IP RAILWAYS HAVE INJURED THE TO
LLKEEPER in other
parts of the country, they appser to have benefited him in
the Isle of Wight. The tolls derivable from the different
turnpike gates and bars throughout the island were let on
Monday last for one year. Then tolls for many years let for
about 4001. per annum. They last year realised 1,3651. At
this lest auction the late lessee advanced 1351. upon his pre-
vious taking, but was outbidden by Mr. J. White, to whom
they were allotted for the sum of 1,5051., being an advance
of 1401. upon the preceding year," showing (says the local
paper) the great increase or ti One and travelling expected
from the facilities given by railroads and steamers for visiting
the varied beauties of the island."
Pounmourn. The coast-guard officers, stationed in
Stokes Bay, captured 133 tubs of brandy and gin on Friday
night, near the Hyde shore. On Saturday morning the
capture was deposited in the Queen's warehouse. The
weather during the week past has been very severe
in this vicinity. With the wind at N.E., the mercury has
been 6 and 7 degrees below freezing point, and on Saturday
morning the ice was two inches thick. On Saturday even-
ing, the wind veered round to the south and some heavy
rain fell, but towards morning the wind was to the north
again, with sharp frost.
A PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE FROM DEATH happened on
Tuesday last, at Portsmouth, at the dam made near the Gun
Wharf Gate, to enable the workmen to continue the excava-
tions beneath the new iron bridge now erecting:there. —The
excavators had only a few minutes left the place, when the
dam burst in, followed by a tremendous rush of water, broken
timber, barrows, &c. Had the men been on the spot the
consequences would have been dreadful.
HERTFORDSHIRE.
DANOER OP FIRE ARMS IN TER HANDS Or BOYS.—The
practice of allowing lads to use guns for " crow keeping,"
has led to a case of manslaughter in this county. At Ilitchin,
last week, James Lawrence, aged 15, was charged with
shooting George Tomlin, aged 16. In consequence of the
precarious condition of the boy Tomlin, the Itev. F. Sulli-
van went to his bedside, and took his deposition, which was
as follows :—I work for Lord Dacre, on the Hoo farm in
the parish of Paul's Walden. On Sunday last, in the after-
noon, I went into the timber-yard, and asked James Law-
rence whether the odd boy had gone to church. Lawrence had
a gun on his arm, and I suppose he was bird-keeping. After
some talk, Lawrence said he had shot at a hedge-sparrow,
and broken its leg, and that it was somewhere in the hedge
beside the timber-yard,and asked me to look for it with him.
We looked for the sparrow, but did not find it. We then
crossed the road to Lord Dacre's cart-shed, where a plough
was lying. I asked Lawrence whether he ever drove a
plough and he said " Yes." I then said, " I think I must
go." Lawrence said, " What for ?" I replied, " I must go
to my horses." He then asked how long it would take me,
and, Laving answered him. I went towards the farm-yard.
Lawrence then said, "I will shoot you," and pointed his gun
at me. I cut behind a tree, and he came peeping round the
tree, and poked the gun at me. I then bolted to the other
aide of the tree, and he came after me, and poked the
gun to my forehead. I then ran away, and he shot me
in the shoulder. I then run in the yard to the house-
keeper,
who pulled my things off, and took me into
the bailiff's house. I did not see what became of James
Lawrence, I was so frightened. From other evidence, it ap-
peared that the wounds of the bey Tomlin were of a very
dangerous nature, and that the gun had been charged with
peas. The/distance at which Tomlin stood from the gun,
when he was shot, was only five yards. Lawrence was pro-
vided with powder for the purpose of frightening the birds,
and bad improperly used the peas as ammunition. Lawrence
was present, and heard the deposition of Tomlin. His state-
ment was to the effect, that Tomlin asked him to let him
have a shot with the gun ,• that prisoner told him he should
bad done with his horses; and that Tomlin then
old of the gun, and afterwards ran behind a tree,
prisoner followed him, pointing the gun at him in fun.
• that, Tomlin was going away, when the gun caught in
'er's coat and went off. Mr. Sullivan committed Law-
n> Hertford for trial, on the charge of shooting, with
to do grievous bodily harm. The unfortunate boy
died on Wednesday last, from the effect of his in-

fI"NDRED PANES OF GLANS WERE DESTROYED by
_le and two female paupers in the Eton Union-house
.at Saturday. They were sentenced by the magistrates to
imprisonment and hard labour, but declared they would
rather be in gaol than in the workhouse.
ESSEX.
LIBERAL PARTY in this county are, it is said, making
preparations for the next general election. The
Tit division will probably be left undisturbed. In the
Mr. Bramston retires, and the Conservatives have
' Mr. B. Smith, the eldest son of Sir Edward Smith,
Hall, to succeed him. As this gentleman has had
Irtfrwatched for him by the Conservative Association
ell'rotection Society, his friends calculate upon his
Walking into Mr. Bramston's vacant seat without dispute
The Liberals, however, arc likely to disturb this snug ar-

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