The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-28 00:00:00

HIGHWAY ROBBERY AT STANWAY.

William King, hawker, and John Baines, labourer,
~f Seenway, were brought up before the magistrates at Cul
cneeter, on the 181 inst., in costAy of Mr. Superintend‘nt
'Sewn, charged with violently ',emitting and rebbirg
Rebut botcher, a market-gardener, of Foramen, on the
Ligherac, on the night of Tuesday last.
Mr. I'hilbrick appeared for K-ng.
Prosecutor, who is an aged man, presented an appear-
once truly pitiable ; his head was bound up, and his face
bore friehtful mark+ of the violence of the ruffians, the
cruel treatment he had been subjected to eliciting the com-
miseration of the court. He deposed as follows live at
Ferdhaut, where I carry on business as a market-gardener,
..nd bring fruit and veietabla to Colcheeter. Ou the night
of Tuesday last, about seven o'clock, I was on my way from
Calehester to k'ordham, about half a mile YomLeaden, in
&enemy parish; I was walking very slowly by the side of
my donkey, with a whip in my hard, when on a sadden I
heard a west noise, and at the same ume a man caught bold
of my right shoulder. I said, " What is the matter ?" and
is turning round to the left, I saw Willism King els sat
half a rod oil, approaching me with a thick stick in his hand
anent • yard long. On nearing me he lifted up the stick,
ied using an orb, struck me a violent blow with both
Lands. I have known King these twelve years, and knew
nis voice as well as my own mother's, from having base a
'treat deal in his presence, dealing with him In truit, and
am certain it was oint ; alter I staggered under the effects
,1 the blow, the other man pushed me bead downwards two
a deep ditch; King then set his foot upon my bead and
etushed it down in the ditch. I shrieked "Murder," and
lugged for mercy, when King said, "I'4 cut your throat;"
I said, " Play, don't, for God's sake," and begged of him
not to do it, when the other man said, " No, nu; don't do
that." King then put his hand down into the citch, and
peiling up a hanelnil of stud plastered it over my eyes. nee
es still as I could, without making any alarm, bemuse I taar
airaid if 1 did King would kill me. They then pat their
',ands into my breeches pocket, and drew out my purse;
but I could nut say which it wee, because King kept his
toot over my bead. the purse contained two half.crowns
atel two sixpences which I can swear to; there wee some
other loose Mitten Alter they had accomplished this they
whispered something between themselves, ane I suppose;
•luy were going to kill me, when the other man said, " No,
eila'e do that—all's right; let's leave hire." King thin
ened up his toot from my head, and they started off; but
King almost immediately returned, and again violently
crushirg his Met on my head exclaimed, " You shall not see
weed/ way we go." I said, " I will not look if you leave
inl." They then left me, and although I could nut see them,
I heard them go towards Leaden. I lay still a little while,
tearing they would return; but they not doing so, I got
hold of some bramble, and gram and drew myselt out of the
ditch as well as I could, and went home; I cannot pesitively
swear, but I think the other man was George Balms, with •
whom I have been well acquainted, as I heard his voice. I
met two fishermen going home, and another man named
halls and IVidiam bunting, woo went part of the way home
with me ; on remelting home I was quite sensible, and told
my housekeeper the whole circumstance excepting the par-
ties' name.. I also discovered I had lost a pocket steelyard
from my cost packet. I had n had an angry word
with these men in my life. King lives near Mr. Appleby'.
tarot, in a little cottage at Leiden, and Baines lives next
ewer to him.

Cross-examined by Mr. Philbrick.—l knew thin man wee
Will Kiog before he muck me. lat first told Mr. Julio
Wagstaff, whin be same to my house on the Wednesday
afternoon after he heard of the rubbery that I thought it was
William King. I aid not tell my housekeeper, or anybody
elm, that It was thee* parties, as I thought if I did they
w.wild be off; bat I thought I would wait tilt they earn* be-
fore the magistrates. I will not positively swear it woe

Baum, bu: I believe it was he who firet eanaht bold of my
right stoulder. The whole affair did not oncupy more than
two =Mmes. . _ _

Mr. Superintendent Brown here applied to the bench for
• remand of the pressers till the tollowinu week, u he b■d
no doubt, be said, l) that time be etould be able to bring
he cue home &genet bosh.
The bench decided to remand the prisoners till Tuesday,
t allow Mr. Superintendent Brown to obtain additional
asnience.
Application for bail for the prisontn wu refused by the
bench, and tney were consequently removed in custody.—
' eases Herald.

ItEoIONATION OP MR. ALDERMAN GIBBS.—This
gentleman resigned his aldermuis gown this mxnino ;
litigation with the parochial authorities of St. Stephen's,
Welbrouk, and private affairs, are said to be the muses which
led to the step he 111.1 tak-n. Among the candidates spoken
of in the ward are Baron RothWirld, M.P., Mr. Travers
the tea broker, Caeuon•stnet, and Mr. D. Wire. The
election II expected to fall on the honourable baron.

FATAL POACHING AVYRAY.—On Friday three men
natc.d Harley, Chew, and Rennisoa, were observed to be
pact-dog on an estate at Clanton Weld, near Scarborough.
The gamekeeper, having procured the acidities of six other
men, went in pursuit, and came up with the poachers up.n
land in the Lordship of Foxholes. Chew, who held a gun
In his bard, present,,d it at the keeper, desiring him to stand
tff, or he would fire. The other, however, net daunted,
seised hold of the weepon, and endeavoured to wrest it from
the poacher—an attempt in which he woe seconded by his
'wisest'''. Carley then came forward with a large and sharp
knife, and while he caught hold of the muzzle of the gun
with his left hand, attensred to cot the men's hands, so as
to force them to relinquish their grasp. He was, however,
pinioned from behind by another of the keeper', assistants,
• Just it this m cunt the gun went off, lodging its eon-
-1 tears us tte lower part of Ostlers body. The unhappy man
instantly fell bark mortallywounded, exclaiming with ae
oat. " Thou hut done for me now!" He expired in a few
moments afterwards —DisrAaws Advertistr.
GEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES AT JEDBORGB.-30110
curious geological dISCOVIITIII have lately been made in ler-
nthirst quarry, in rhi niighbourhood. They consist of very
strongly marked and lug* impressions of vales of the
I",kPtVebiall. a fish described in Miller's "Visit to the Oil
Red Bandaose." Theee remains are found in abundance
from the foot of Windbrugh Hill down the valley of the
Rule, but they had never before been detected in sifts in
Jedwater. Within these few days another di.covery has
been made in tbo rams place of smite fossil remains, but,
although apparently pretty well defined, it has puzzled fill
our geologists bore to identify it. As a fossiliferous part of
the rock (which is the old red san;l=thas now been come
upon, richer discoveries ars yet e —Kaiser &bromic:v.

REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX.

ST. ANDREW HOLBORN AND ST. GEORGE
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f arid Bt. George the tdsr:yr, Illtddlssex was held in the bah
of the workhouse, Oray'a-ion.leo, to Le ialo consideration
:he propriety of petitioning poll imeut cur a tom, hums
dist*, teed unoondetional repeal of the window t z; Mr.
M'Caateria in the chair. Letters of spA.cry were reed
troll Lard Dudley Stuart, M.P., Mr. Wild, M.P.,
Mr. Wm. Williams, M.P., Mr. Hume, M.P., Mr. T.
Dose:cobs, M P.
The CHAIRMAN said that the present meeting was
salted in the legitimate manner, according to their lonl act,
to consider the propriety of a total, immediate, and uniondi-
tioual repeal of the window tax. (Hear, hear.) They were
aware that the tax was imposed for the purpose of enabling
the country to carry on a long and very sanguinary wet.
(Hear, hear.) When the war was over it was naturally
expected that the tax would have beet remitted. Th
minister of that day, however, felt that this could not be
done, and every succeeding minister took the same view.
(Hear, herr.) Oue of the members of the lorou,o hof Fie.-
tory (Mr. Wskles) told them that it was not the fault
of the repreeentativte, bat et the occupiers and house-
holders et London, that this tax had been continued. He
entirely disagreed from the hon. member a. to the rem/racy of
that statement. (Hear.) lie was himself a living witness
that for '2O cr 24 years at least the pe.mle of London
petitioned every year against this iniquitous tax. He said
emphatically that it was the fault of the members of pules-
emit that this tax rtntinued to hang round their necks.
On the 9tn of April, IMO, Lord Duncan moved the repeal
of the tax. 77 member, voted for the repeal, 80 voted for
its contiuueoce —so that there was but a majority of throe
against its repeal. Mr. Wak:eyand Mr.T. Duneombe gagged
and disfranchised Finsbury on that eccasion. (Hear, hear.)
Had but two other so called liberal members been prevent
on that occasion, he would not have the Queen'. collector
eeLirg ou him within the last few days for a moiety of 111.
window lax. The chairman went on to speak at great
length on the subject of the reform bill and the emirs of
members of parliament, and was frequently intaggerpted
, with Mite of 'question," during which is. resumed Me seat.
Mr. ROGERS, in m Arias the first resolution, said
they mast put their shoulders to the wheel, and send
petitions from every pariah in London if they wished to
ensure: the repeal of this obnoxious sax. (Hear, bear.) He
eoucluded by moving the resolution to the following effect—
that the window tax had been long been telt by the public,
and .particularly by the inhabitants of this metropolis, as
burden•ome add oppressive, cot merely from Ps am tent,
but from its injurious effects on the iutlit,triJue classes, and
the gins inequality of its operation.
Mr. G. TAYLOR seconded the resolution, which he did
with great pleasure, because he believed the repeal of the
window tax would prove a great boon to that large class of
persons who in this m tropulis supported themselves by
letting lodgings. (Herr, hear ) Toe tax was so Rojas& and
tamped, that ho believed no one would dere to say a word
in its favour. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HUMPHtthYS,toaupportir.g the resolution, sea
that he had been heretofore a supporter of Mr. Wekley,
should wish to continue one it he could tio so consistently. Bt..
it members w. re unable from arty Anse to attend to their
perhamentary duties, the social they resigned their trust the
better. (Hear, hen.) He should like to know if the hon.
gentleman was not present in the Home of Comatose on the
evenieg of the night when the divtaion was taken on the
window duties.
The resolution was then put, and carried unanimously.
Mr. J. COOKE EVANS proposed the next resolution, to
the effect that the window tax einerved the utmost reproba-
tion, es it tended to prevent the proper ventilation of
dwellings by excluding toe light of heaven, thereby doing
serious injury to tee health and morale of the people.
Mr. Siesta seconded the resolution, whica passed

unanimouly.
Mr. PtiliDAY moved the next resolution to the effect
that this tax, having been impend for a temporary purpose,
it ought to have breen repealed when the access:my which
gave tt birth ceased to exist, the more especially all the
tenancya of the country wore in ouch a state as to allows( its
total, immediate, and unconditional repeal. When they
formerly naked for the teeniest= of this tax they were
taunted with en "ignorant impatience of taxation." lie
believed they had new wiped away that stigma, and thet
they would no longer suffer the imposition of any tax lot
which tl.. re was not an obvious necessity. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. HALL seconded the menet', which passed unaei-
[neatly.
Mr. WHITE, surgeon, in moving the next resolution for
a petition to parliament to be presented by one of the mem-
bers for the borough, designated the tax as an accursed one,
tied as being indirectly the cause of the death of thousands.
(Hear, hear.) he left utterly astonished that any gcverc-
ment could be tutted to unction the continuance of so in-
famous a tax.
Mr. DIXON seconded the resolution, snit was about to
melee some ol'servatinne upon it, but the impatience of the
meeting to hear Mr. Wekley prevented him from obtaining
a besting.
Mr. CEA B rose to propose the insertion of Mr. Wakley's
name as the member to present the petition, but wee unable
to make hie intention underetreed by the great body of the
meeting, owing to the coise and confusion which prevailed.
The CHALEM AN then pat the resolution and dictated it
to be carried unanimously. He then said that, it Mr. Wekley
wished to eddrese the meeting, that was his time to do to.
Mr. WAHLEY then rose. He said that the chairman bad
jest informed them that this was the proper time to =Deem
them, and yet, he said, that there wee nothing before the
messing. To whet, thee' was he to address himself ? Cer-
tain secueatiens had been made ageinec him, and thi se
aecusatiode had been made by the enrie. lie was too wca
acquainted with the mode of condo, ties public business to
allow this meeting to be dinette: or betrayed from the real
business for which it had met into a personal squabble. Let
the gentleman who bed made the attack upon him appoint
soy tab, r time and place, and he would then, it he was 'bee,
rise from eves his bed, and tell them why it had been made.
(Hear.) They (the meeting), had deafen him as their chess-
men, and he w,:uld so tar resin= their selection that he
would not return that attack on the present occasion. He
knew well why it hail been made : be would not then antici-
pate his answer, but whenever he chose to call a public
mewing, if he (Mr. Waklee ), was well and out 31 his grave
he would be present. (Chesty.) And he would now. held.
tarn, give his muter warning to be prepared to meet the seen.
action he (Mr. SVskley) would nuke serainst him. (Hear.) He
would now leave that subject; and, in reference to the
question before them, he pledged his word end honour that
when the motion for the abolition of the window duties
cetee before the house, he was threatened every hour with
paralysis, so that it was utterly icepurible for him to be pre-
sent in his place on that occasion to vote for the total end
immediate retied of this infernal and diabolical tax.
Toe gentleman spoke of reluctant and dishonest members.
He particularly marked the words, having a special reason
for doing so. (Rear.) Now, how did they diseherge their
duty in reference to the repast of the window Us ? There
was but one way of repealing the tax, and that they had
neglected to follow. What was that way ? Why by telling
their members strongly and earnestly to etop the supplies
till their grievances had been redressed. (Cheere.) In that
lay the pith and marrow of the whole queetien. (Hear,
hear) He believed there had been but one meeting
against the tax in Lambeth. Was that right? He
implered them to form a committee to communicate
witto the other portions of the metropolis. Let them have a
meeting of the metropolitan members at the London
Tavern, or some other locality, end let them there ascertain
the opinions of their representative' (Hear, hear, anu
" That's it.") Now, one word with regard to his hon. col
teepee. He did net believe that there was any man in the
kingdom who knowing the sufferings and the services of his
lon. colleague would raise his voice against him. (Heir,
hear) A mere sealoue, a 111.11.11feithful, or a mere honour-
able representative no constitueecy ever possessed. (Heir,
hear, and " We know it.") If, atter years of long and faith-
ful the services of such a man were to be
forgotten he an hour, at the voice of ill nature or
of celumny, then farewell to that course which
se many good men were anxious to advozate, for the dread
of such an ordeal would prevent them from undertaking
its advocacy. (Hear, hear.) He b. gged of the meeting not
to come to en impression unfavourable to his hon. collea toe.
Ii any attack was made on hie hon. colleague at any period,
and that be had notice of such attack, he would engage, and
be begged the peel making it to bear it in mind that his
hon. colleague, if et all able to stir out, would be present to
defend his past conduct. (Cheers.) He had stated that If
his health was not restored this session he would resign his
seat; ant. even now, if a fairly chosen meeting of his con.
stituents called on him to resign , his seat was at their
services tomorrow. (Cheers.) But till that hour arrived.
he would shape his future course by his put conduct.
(Hear, hear.) He bad
people, or for any private or personal Object, and he would
hereafter, as he had heretofore, endeavour at all has arils and
risks to discharge his duty fearlessly and faithfully. (Cheers )
Mr. CRASH moved that the name of Mr. Wekley be
inverted i.e the resolution, as the member to element the pe'i
lion, and that Mr. T. Buncombe be requested to support the
same. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. WYNCH seconded the motion, which was carried
unanimous'y.
was perfect!! ratiefactory. (Hear, bear.)
Mr. TAYLOR though that the explanation of Mr. Wekley
Mr. EVANS moved that a committee be formed to eo.
operate with other parishes, with a view of carrying cut the
object for which they bad met.
Mr. HUMPHREYS seconded the motion.
Mr. BELL,
the meeting, be felt great pleasure in co-operating by his
H.P., said that hating. been invited to attend
prennet there for the repeal of this most obnoxieas tax.
(Hear, hear.) He had already attended that evening an-
on. r meeting at St. Pancras for a similar purpose. (Hear,
hear.) It wee by thus mettle= in their several parishes and
preuesties numerous petkiees to parlament that they could
alone hope to effect en immediate and total repeal of this
obnoxious tax. (Hear, hear.) The resolution was thus
put and carried, and, at er a rota of thanks to the chairman,
the meeting stimulus!.