The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-13 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

LORD LINCOLN ARRIVED AT on Monday
evening. He met his committee at the Albion Hotel, at
twelve o'clock on the morning of yesterday, and was intro-
duced by Mr. Ald. Neild, the chairman; but then spoke for
a few minutes only, not touching on politics, but avowedly
reserving an exposition of his political sentiments till the even-
! Big. His lordship said in effect that he did not come on this
occasion to receive the requisition, but that there might he
ne mistake or misrepresentation of his sentiments. We are
precluded from giving his lordship's words, because the re-
porters
were admitted only on the condition that they should
not produce their reporting-books. After Lord Lincoln's
brief address, the chairman invited gentlemen forward who
might wish to be " presented," and after some irresolution,
many of the committee went forward and were formally
introduced. The number of gentlemen present did not ex-
ceed 160. His lordship was afterwards introduced on
'Change, and was cheered, but the friends of Mr. Bright got
up a counter cheer.
THE INQUIRY INTO THE CASE OP ALLEGED NEOLECT
by a relieving officer at Manchester was concluded on Mon-
day evening. The assistanbcommissioner, Mr. Austen, will
transmit the evidence, and his report thereon, to the com-
missioners, whose decision will be made known in about •
fortnight.
DARtNO BiatoLanv.—On Monday three men were appre-
hended at Manchester on a charge of having been concerned
in a daring burglary committed at a farmhouse called Lady-
barn, near Burnages, four miles from that town, on Satur-
day morning. On that morning, at an early hour, a
of tea or twelve men, with faces blackened, end armedp:ra
bludgeons, broke into the house in question, occupied byMr.
John Wood, a farmer of 70 years old, supposed in the neigh-
bourhood to be a hoarder of money. They went to the bed-
room of the old man's nephew, Mr. Charles Wood, and
fastened him and his wife down, and then proceeded very
leisurely to demand the old man's money from him. They
remained threatening him and aearcbiag the house,
making his servant girl carry a light, for about
an hour and a half, and at last bore off a booty
of about 241. in money, a watch, and some other
valuables. It appears that though they threatened to hang
Mr. Wood, and to set fire to the house, he resisted all at-
tempts to get • disclosure of his hoards from him, and they
were indebted to the fears of his servant for what they did
obtain. There was uo conclusive evidence against the men
taken into custody, but after a long examination at the New
Bailey Court-house, before Mr. Trafford, they were remanded
till this day.
01,1211,11.1,9

LEEDS AND WEST RIDING BANKING COMPANY.-111
the Leeds District Court of Bankruptcy yesterday Mr. Cora-
miseioner Burge delivued his judgment in the case of the
disputed adjudication of bankruptcy under the fiat issued
against the company on the 12th December last. The prin-
cipal point upon which the objection to the adjudication
rested was, that a notice of the demand of the petitioning
creditor's debt had not been duly served ; hut his Honour,
after recapitulating the authoritative decisions which go-
verned the ease, ruled that due service bad been effected,
and consequently sustained the adjudication. As the credi-
tors who sued out the hat against the company have since
obtained payment of their debt under other processes against
individual shareholders of the company, they have no inte-
rest in further prosecuting the fiat, and it /Emilia** be seen
whether any other creditor will take up and continue the
proceedings.
COMMISSION NT THE LORD LIEDTENANT.—J. Todd,
Esq., to be Capt., vice Shore; M. J. Orimston, Esq., to be
Capt., vice Clubley,
.16.7 of East York
Ort MilitM.
"WITI ••••ISM • V /1

PUBLIC HEALTH IN NEWCABTLE.—The bilk of mortality
give a startling picture of the health of this town. Com-
paring the deaths in 1846 with those of 1845, there is an in-
ertias of 1,239, or nearly 68 percent. ! This high mortality
is ascribed to the prevalence of scarlatina and typhus hoer;
I but these diseases have their origin mainly in the disgrace-
fully defective arrangements for the sanitory eondisson of
the place. An abundant supply of water and adequate
sewerage are indispensable to the health of any town, and
of both these Newcastle is notoriously deficient.
ELECTIONEERING MOVEMENTS.--MllllOllll have been in
circulation this week, of the intention of Lord Ossalston sad
Mr. A. J. B. Creeswell, the two Conservative members for
the northern division of this county, to retire at the earliest
! opportunity ; and that they are to be succeeded, unless the
electors determine otherwise, by Mr. Hinde, one of the
members for this town, and Mr. Ord, of Nunnykirk,
who are both well-known Conservatives. We have not
much faith in vague rumours, especially in electioneering
Elkin; but we have reason to Mies.* that an arrange-
ment similar to the above is contemplated, and may not un-
likely be tried. Mr. Hinde is known to feel
.usensy about
his present constituency, and, having good clams upon his
y, must be provided for in smother quarter, where
he may be lees liable to disturbance. The eircuinstance,
Ihowever, shows the necessity of active efforts en the part of
the Liberals in the town and county. A Liberal candidate
to succeed Mr. Hinde has been nominated, but no steps
taken to elicit the opinions of the electors on the subject, or
to secure for him the support indispensably neceseary to pro-
cure his return. Such apathy and indifference are Men-
eusable, and contrast very strikingly with the secret yet
effective operations of our political opponents. If we are to
have two Liberal candidates proposed at the neat election,
the constituency should be made aware of it, and everything
done to secure their return. Public opinion is unanimous
in desiring the continuance of Mr. Ord's services, and of his
re-election there cannot be the slightest doubt; but, to ob-
tain the return of another liberal representative equally
popular and effective will not be quite so easy as some
imagine.—eVetecastie Guardian.
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NONTH LINCOLNOKIRI ELICTION.—TrEBDAT, NOON.
The election of a member, in the room of Loid Worsley, who
has succeeded to the peerage, took place to-day in the County-
ball, at Lincoln. There was no oppsition to the Whig
candidate, Sir M. J. Cholmondeley, and consequently the pro-

eeedinp passed off tamely. Shortly alter the time appointed,
11 o'clock, Sir M. J. Cholmondeley, and a number of
'the principal gentry of North Lincolnshire, entered
the County-hall. Weston Crscroft, Esq., then rose and
proposed stir M. Chohnundeliy, of Nortan.place, in the
parts of Lindsey, as a tit nod proper person to represent
them in parliament.—J. W. Yorke, Esq., of Wabasgate,
Louth, seconded the nomination.—Sir M. Cholmondeley said
he had always been a Protectionist. It was his conviction
that the measures of last session were impolitic. He would
not hesitate to give his vote for the repeal of the malt.tax in
preference to the duties on tea. But they must remember
the repeal of the malt-tax would create a great deficit, and
there would he a considerable increase in theta: on property
in consequence.

FIRE AT STOVILTONI3I;TI:E.6;---aturday morning a
fire broke out on the premises of Stourton Castle. near Stour-
bridge, in this county, the residence of James Foster, Esq.,
en ironmaster of great eminence. It is supposed that the
fire originated in the sleeping apartment of Miss Folder, who
on awaking in the middle of the night observed that the
room was in flames. By great eurtion the flames were
checked before they had spread further, but several of the
allotments were much injured. The property was insured
in the Phirniaoffiee.

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WARWICKSMRE.
THE DISTUPARED Nisi( .—Elforta arc just nnw•bcing
made at Birmingham to raise a subscription for the relief of
the starving Ire h. The work of benevolence has been taken
up by both the Protestant and Catholic clergy, and a consi-
derable sum has already hr en raised. This fund will, how-
ever,
it is to he feared, suffer diminution from the circum- '
stance of the amount of destitution in Birmingham being
just now almost beyond precedent. The workhouse is filled
to overflowing, and the demands upon private charity is
enormous. The price of all sorts of provisions in Birming-
ham averages twentv-five psr cent. higher than at the cor-
responding period of last year.
GLOUCEsTEMIIIRP.
. .

A Wn•n Klux's Br HER HUSBCCD.—An inquest was
held at Bristol on Monday aftt.rnoon, upon the body of a
woman named Catherine Welsh, the wife of a mechanic re-
siding in Mark-lane, St. Augustine's, who died in conse-
quence of injuries inflicted upon her by her husband. It
appeared from the evidence that at a lot hour on Saturday
night a violent altercation took place between Welsh and
his wife. As no one was present at the commencement of
the quarrel but the parries, the cause of it has not trans-
pired ; but at about half-past eleven o'clock that night, as
two females, ea•o.el 'larding and Scott, %ere passing down
Mark-lane, on their way home from market, they heard
quarrelling in Welsh's room, which induced them to atop
end listen. They heard Mrs. Welsh say, " For God's sake
don't beat me any more." The women went to the dour to
a place where they could see to the top of the steps leading
to Welsh's room. in a few moments they saw the husband,
who was stripped to his shirt, push his wife out of the room
against a wall on the opposite side of the landing. lie then
gave her another blow, and Bila fell over :be whole flight of
stairs, pitching heavily on her head upon some stone steps as
the bottom. She WES taken up insensible and ble' ding
from two wounds of the scalp. She died on Sunday night.
The inquest was adjourned tillWeJnesday, and the husband,
who is in custody, was removes to Briderrell.