The Express.
London, England, 1848-02-15 00:00:00

WARWICKSHIRE.

SEIZURE OF BANKRUPT'S PROPERTY AT BIRMINO
RAM.—Yesterday an f2I•IIPiTO BeiZer• 01 a bankrupt's stock
took place on the premises of a Mr. Bate, a hatter, in Bull-
street, Birmingham. Thil parties who made the seizure are
W. Cax, a solicitor to the hat, and a messenger to the Bank-
ruptcy Court in London. In a large wine cellar, which had
the appearance of not having been opened for many years,
there were found conceakd 30 crates of hats, • quantity of
silk handkerchiefs, and other property, altogether valued at
about 1,0001. A great quantity of these goods on beiog
opened, ...plowed to have been recently received from
London. blessengers have been despa:chi.d to other towns
where the bankrupt is said to have had premises.

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TILE MURDER BY MIGHWATMEN.—The unfortu-
nate man, William Whyatt, who was shot on Friday, near
ftdlingtn, in Lancashire, by a robber whom he had just
rapturt d, died on Saturday morning. The inquest upon
his body was held yesterday, at the liming Hart, Putt Sbrig
Iry, before Mr. Roscoe, of Knutsford, coroner for the die-
trict, when the tollowing verdict was returned: "Wilful
Murder against John Walrnaley and William Bates." The
dceemed %Villiam Whyatt has left a wife and seven childrei.e
the 'lagged of which was only born last Monday. Thomas
Whyett ie said to be going on favourably.
aItROPSHIRE.

RIOTS BETWEEN NAVVIES ern COLLIERS.—On
Thursday a considerable excitement was created in Shrews.
bury by intelligence that a series of riots had taken place the
day previous at Shiffnal, Oaken Gates, and Wellington, be-
tween the colliers and the railway navvies working in those
.localities. It appears that the disturbances arose from a
jealousy entertained by the English navvies against Irish-
men employed on the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway ;
the former persuaded a number of colliers to join them, and
on Wednesday they walked in a body, to the number of 40
or 40, into Oaken Gives, arm, d with sticks and bludgeons,
in search of the Irishmen. They thence proceeded to Shill-
cal, stating that they were going to fetch the men employed
on Mr. Root's contract of tho railway to enah!e them to
drive awry the Irishmen working on Mr. Murray's contract
of the Mena line, near Wellington. Information having
been given to the nearest magistrate, he immediately
went to Shiffnal, and reasoned with the men, which pre-
vented any outrage being committed in the town. About 12
o'clock the mob, then about 200 in number, all armed with
bludgeons, marched to the Oaken Oatea,where a regular affray
was expected to take place, but the Irishmen, numbering about
500, Ling too many for their opponents, frightened them
away. Mr. Corbett went on to Wellington, ant consulted
with the magistrates there, and a strong force of constabu.
lazy was immediately on the spot to prevent any disturb•
ante taking place. On Thursday morning a body of the
county police was despatched from Shrewsbury to Welling-
ton to aid in quelling any disturbance that might arise.
Captain Mayon had previously gone over to the urns place
to take charge of the police. In the course of the day a com-
pany of infantry arrived at Wellington from Wolverhamp-
ton, whtre they will be for the present stationed. Ia the
evening the police conveyed two prisoners into Shrewsbury,
committed by the Wellington magistrates.