The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-20 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

ALLEGED MURDERS AT STONELEIGIL—IMPORTANT
Dt,,cLusuer.,.—Yesterday, Mr. Jones, &elicitor to le rd
1.ea0., entered the Police-court, Liverpool, accompanied by
an opt rative Mont mason, and they jointly mode representa-
tions to Mr. Rushton, which the magistrate wrote dos 1,
and sub equently read in open court. Before doing so, Mr.
Rushton said—The truth is, I bare no jurisdiction in this
question; I cannot entertain any judicial examination
against Lord Leigh and his family in this court. The flung
must be done in another place. But the man in court appear',
a respectah!e man. He has made a statement in writing, at
the truth of which I do not entertain a doubt, bath from the
mode in which he has given his evidence, and from the ac-
count which he gives of himself. He says--" My came is Win.
Billir ge. I am a stonemason, residing at Nelson-place, Edge-
hill, neer the town, doing the stone--work at Wavertrte-
bridge, over which your son, Mr. Rushton, is the
engineer. I was at Stoneleigh Abbey with my lath. r
anti my brother Joseph when the bridge was going on
in ISM My father died in 1325 or 1826. I produce a
letter from him which I received in Sheerness, dated
• Stockport, Feb. 16th, 1822.' My father is one of the
persons stated to have been buried under the abutme“:3
'of the bridge. When my I.tner dit dhe was buried in
Methodist Connexion Churchyard at Edgely, near Stock-
port, ant a stone put up at the Out: I was present at his
(niers'. I have seen the statement about my father being
buried undt r the bridge. Matthew Billinge was my (atilt ea
name. I never heard of any other stonemason of that name
except my son, who is now 16 years old. I shall be 51 ye-
.=
old re xt J ane."— Mr. Rushton added : The witness seem, a
-tr&ghtforward, hard-working, and honest tellow.—Mr.
Jones thanked the magistrate for the courtecus way in Tibiae
he had ,:ealt with the ctn.—Mr. Rushton : Every one is
interested in the truth.—Mr. Jones: Lord Leigh has b.. n.
subject to most atrocious calumnies, and this is the first ray
of light which has been brought to bear upon that abonii-
nable conspiracy.
YORRMIIRE.

PUBLIC MEETING AT BRADFORD REPPECTING TM;
t'N esteLolf l'oon.—Yesterday a very numerously at-
tended public meeting of the merchants, inatiufacturers, and
ether inhabitants of Bradford, convened by the Mayor, in
compliance with a requisition originated by tho acting ma-
gistrates of the district, was held in the Temperance-hall, "to
take into their serious consideration whether any plan can
b- devised by which the unemployed labourers may be
placed in a situation to support themselves and their fami-
hes by their own labour until such time as the ordinary
rade of the country recovers from its present depression.'
His worship took the chair, and said it was well known that
the distress which had existed in this borough was very ex-
tensive, end great sympathy had been felt for the sufferings
of tke labouring classes by the gentlemen who had re-
quested him to convene the meeting, and to hoped that
the resolutions which would be proposed would be able to
effect some alleviation.—Mr. Alderman Salt moved the first
resolution :
That this meeting regards with unfeigned sorrow the circumstances
of destitution and misery Into which en large a portion of the popula-
tion of Bradford is plunged, through went of employment, and es,.
preemie its hope that this cliques., will be met in a generous and Illx rat
spirit by the inhabitante generally, end by the guardians of the poor
cepeciahy ; and that, if possible, some means of employment will be
found, by which, fora semen at least, until the trade of the town re-
vives, the induetrioushibourer may be enabled to support himself and
his family by the labour of hie own hands-
The worthy alderman observed that, until the late outbreak
on the continent, he had been able to keep his workpeople
pretty well employed, but that since then his sales of goods
to the merchants for export had fallen off to the extent of
10,000/. per month; and he had, in consequenv,
been obliged to put on a trifling stint, but 'it
should be as little as possible.—The Rev. John
Burnett, Vicar of Bradford, seconded the resolution.
He observed that two means of relief were pointed
at by it, namely, by the renewed effarts of the relief
committee, emit., the strongest possible recommendation to
the Board of Guardians to be liberal in giving relief. He had
paid some attention to the subject of emigration, which had
be, n suggested at a former meeting as a means of permanent
alleviation, but did not think that England was yet over-
peopled. What was required was a Letter distribution of the
p ipulation of the kingdom. He was decidedly in favour of
trying the allotment System as a means of relief; and if par-
ties could be obliged to sell land for a railway, he did not
see why nn act of parliament should not he procured to
compel parties to sell land for the purposes of allotment.
The rev. ge.tleman read at length an address which had
been placed in his bands by Mr. Grady, the mastery of •
committee of the unemployed operative*, in which
they strongly recommended the adoption of a sys-
tem of reclaiming the waste lands of the country, ea $
powerful means of relieving the distresses of the working
clauses: and he expressed his cordial adprobation of the sen-
timents rxpremed in the address.—E. Henley, an operatives,
supported the resolution, rijoieing that Vie gentlemen round
him tiled come forward to devise some means of alleviating
the distress which now existed, for he felt persuaded that
anises some plan were adopted to effect that end, the peace
could not be preserved.—Toe resolution passed unanimously.
—Mr. W. Walker, an extensive worsted spinner, said he
quite agreed with their worthy vicar that if anything were
wanting to increase the sympathy which be and the gentle-
men arcund him felt for the present condition of the work-
ing', classes, the address from them which bad been read was
calculated to supply that want; for he considered it replete
with right sieves and right feelings. Whatever might be the
cause of the existing distress, and especially of tho great dis-
tress whi. h had fallen upon the town of Bradford sad its
trade, he thought this was not the time or place to env r at
keie into its discussion, especially as he tad a resolution to
propose, which was :
That a mined committee, composed of employers and workmen, he
appointed to ascertain the extent of the psi valling distress, an I tv
devise means for its present alleviation. That each committee be in-
structed to Inquire into the preeticability of einoloy lug the able-bodied
poor who cannot fin t work other...dee in bine use fol public work
connived with the borough, or in the cultiemiun of route of the beta
hind in the nogliburhood, if each work eau be foand. Bach eons-
mittee elm:Iola° inquire how the requisite funds cm be raised, whi-
ther by loan, by subscription, or from the Poor-rote, or by all them
methods, shall appoint a deFutetion to touter with the riding and
borough noimbeis, and with her Majesty', government, upon the
various points won which their advice and amistanee may he desired
and shall et tale the oonditions under *IVA such work shall he pen.
formed ; and that pending this in vestigatim the relict committee le
respectfully urged to increase its benefactions, ant the guardians ro-
commended to exercise a literality commensurate with the exigencies
of the times.
—The Rev. Dr. Acworth, President of Horton College,
seconded the resolution, and it was supported by G. Roberta,
an operative, who expressed his opinion that if this land
questicn were fully and judiciously carried out in all its
bearings, its results would tar exceed their most sanguine
expectations. He was opposed to taxing er restricting the
use of machinery; he would prefer that steam poser should
do all the work, and that the people, instead of being shut
up in th, it mills, so at present, should have opeortunities
of enjoying healthy and retreating out-door labour.—The
resolution was edopted unanimously.—Alfred Harris, Eel.,
banker, moved the appointment of a committee to carry cat
the last re-olution, comprising the Mayor, the Vicar, the
Rev. Des. Acworth, Morgan, and Black, Messrs. JO.. Pol-
lard, H. lLtr:e, W. Walker, W. Rand, Titus Salt, W.
Murgatrov B. AdAison, F. Siechel, W. }'icon, W.
Garnett, J. Gordon, J. V. Godwin, \V. By les, and 16360
Wright, and inch members of the w,nletug class as
the members of that body may select, with power
given to the committee to add to their number.—
Mr. I. Weight seccnded the motion, which was supported
by Joseph Alderson. an operative, who slake strongly in
favour of home colonisation, as • means of enabling the
working claws to procure to themselves some portion of the
benefits resulting from the use of machinery.—The motion
having tern adopted, J. Grady said that the leading
feature of the address which had been read by the rev. the
vicar bail been on rlooked by most of the speakers who had
referred to it—he meant that which would operate to
chetish and support that proud spirit of independence which
had so long cherac.ctised the people of England. It was
that spirit which they ought to cherish as the apple
of their eye, for in that spirit they had their surest
protection. It was that spirit to which Nelson alluded
when he exclaimed " Thank God ! the Spaniards cannot
build men," and which had augmented the power and the
glory of Great Britain. The present system of pauperism
destroyed that spir.t of independence. He, for one, whited
that the necessity for it should be removed as soon an retie
ble.—The Mayor expressed his thanks to the assembly for
the orderly manner in which the proceedings had been con-
ducted, and declared the business of the meeting at an end.
The gentlemen and operatives appointed en the cemmittee
were invited to meet forthwith, to confer as to the measures
recommended for adoption. The excitement which prevailed
in the early part of the -- •
EMEI.OIIMENT OF
mu) UNION IN B.ECLAISII
' three mouths ago the oe-
the able bodied paupers
eligible ma.ner than er
the consideration of the
' Times says they have co,
! by t Jung, at a nominal
under a lease from the.

e week ha, now become allayed.
IF" TUE PAUPERS OP T -
MECLAINIING WASTE " •
FF
te question of emple •
:roof the Shatield 01,
',finding corn at ba '
bard of guarili `i1".•7171•17r 1, ' 3
commcnced an ihurs • id •••T•
nil rent, about (,0 a ir__.
Dukes of Norfolk, r'
1,1
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is situated at Hollo road,adow, about tire miles from the
town, on the Oloesopand is now in a state of nature,
will he brought into eultii anon, and rendered productive by
the able-bod Lil paupers of the union, for whom work must
be found in s me shape or other, if it were aimpl
ands a test of
destitution. The change fr .m stone-breaking grinding
cern to spade husbandry will, it is expected, be felt by those
who hate no other resource than the union es a kind of
labour not in itself degrAing. Work of this hind inspires
cheerfulness, even in the unfortunate, while the ;moon-
like labour of the corn-mill or the atone-yard Inlets
a spirit of sullenness, if not of &me discontent. The spade
of a manly and healthy exercise, even to the affluent
Another advantage attending the cultivation of waste land is
its ads natives to persons of different degrees of atrength and
skill. These who are unabio to do the heaviest kind of work
can fill a harrow or spread manure. In stote-bri eking the
quantity' of material coon increases bet sind any reasenable
demand, and the continuance of the labour then becomes a
pis Pie: waste of resources--tint in the purchase ortho mate-
rial, and next in its accumi.l ition ; hut on the land labour
is *lwo a rep:oduetive in some di gyre, and on a term of the
extent of sixty acres work may he Lund nut only for oral,
n..ry p. riol-, but fi I times of unusuel lere,enrc ll'iC the pre-
rent. A superintendent Las been enhaecil to conduct the
agrieutural operations it Holow Meadows, and the number
of men employed will be manually iliac's. il. The outlay
need not be large, and will principally be fur iinplements,
mauute, and teens. The ;,... on account of buildings will
be rnllll,lll%nice ly small. As the laud is brought into a pro-
ductive state, the guardians may mentality let it to advan-
tage, and reclaim fresh laud from the waste.
LEICES [MIMI RE.
TIIR 411011 AT LEICESTER.—There teas a good deal
of .tone-throwing on Thursday night, and six p, none were
apprehended, and taken before the mavor on Friday morn-
Lig. Five of them were fined hi. eich and costs, and in
default were committed to hard labour for one month. Two
others w, re charged before the recorder of the borough, at
the adjourned quarter sessions, with riotously assemblothing
and eroding a disturbance. The jury found them b
guilty, and tiny were senfi need, one to eight months' and
the other to fuer months hard labour. The pensioners
are still on date. and a troop of yeomanry cavalry are eta-
ti-med at the B-ll Hotel, t, he in readiness if their services
are wanted. A deteehincif of the ;.7th Regt of Foot, from
Weedon, has arrived at L:
Masai o'er.
.
THE LAW OP SPTTLEMENT.—On Monday last Mr.
0. A. Alicckett, barrister-at-law, attended the weekly
meeting of the beard of guardians of the Witham union, and
informed them that he was appointed by the poor-law com-
missioners to in-titute en inquiry among the poor-law unions
of this county into the 'pin retions of the lee of eetttetoent
and removal. With a view to such amendments being pro-
posed as might be considi ern, alter a full investigation of the
subject, to be expedient. Mr. A'llecitett took the evidence
of nine of the a Ulcers of the union.
OXFORIMIIIRE.
COMMTASION BY TIIE LORD LIEUTENANT.—Lieut.
the Hon. H. 0. Spencer t.s be Captain in the Queen', Own
Regiment of Oxfordshire Ifeomneire Cavalry.
(Battler:St Elts1111:E.
COMMISSION BY THE LORD LIEUTRNANT.-- F. G.
Calthorpe,Oent , to Its Cornet in the Royal Oloncesterahire
Regiment of Musser Yeena.mry.
ASSAULT IN A RAILWAY OMNIBUS.—On Thursday
a well.drissed man named (hone Primer's convicted lathe
full penalty of five pounds before the justices of Cheltenham
for an unnrinly month upon • lady in a railway omnibus.
Defendant was stated in court to be a trseellee to a London
spirit merchant.
SUGOYSMIIN.
COMMISSION ST TOR LORD LIEUTENANT.—J. 11.
M. Merin, Gent, to be Cornet in the North Salopiau R. gi-
meat of Yiouasnry Cavalry,

CLERICAL.
Pitrrtnwrwrs.—R.r. s Ashby, to Waresley V., lions.;
dio. lily; 3, )ti , with resideties; Pembroke Co Csnatini ;
vice Rv. C. WiLma, dec.—ltev. 1. EauCey, to St. Stephen's P.C.,
Eironnotism; 131./.; pat., the Crown; vice Rev. E. Garbett, pool.
—Aral. T. Is •li% to the Welsh unity NWAR.C.I. 111111014,..thirt ;
$l. —Rev. T. Lmlibury, to St. Simon's P.C., Bristol;
lio/.; pat., the Bishop ol tiloneester ; vice v. J. T. Ilartliy, dee.
YAPANCIF.B.—Brown.t.a• D., Devon; dio. Raster ; Rev.
W. de Pone. dee.—Estabsston L, Warwickshire; dio. Wororsusr ;
5421.; pat., Lord CAM .:pe; Ile,. C. Pixel', dee.--Corpusty V.; ;
pat-, the Bishop of Norwich; sod eaxtborpe V.; ISW.; put., Vela.
brolie Cull., Csiabridge; NoriJA; din. Norwich; Ile,. S. Ashby,
prom., who also vacates a fellow-hip at Pembroke College.
The Rev. J. O. ileieribrd (Nuys Cie s soloed is about to
resign the
lady.f Wlii times K. Andrews, on aceount of the
health of his The livita in the gift of the Crown.

NAVAL.
Palls MONIT.-11111 ilytmA.—Last night's Gazette
gives notice Wit accounts are ..bout to to exhibited in the registry rf
the Court eAstmiralte, ash sa ing the aniount of bounties ret - :red for
the undermentmord .lavr comets, captured by 11.31. ex-
tinct. Hydra, and condemns. the Vice-Admiralty-Courtdot
-I.
Helens: captures 13 It Sept, 1446; Isabel, eaptun 30th
Sept, 18.6. Notice Maio t ova n that inkaccoont is about to be ebethe
bated in the registry of the Admiralty. showing the amount of
further bounties received for the African, a Rrarlliaa 01.1 We vessel,
captured by the Hydra, on the 30th July, 1413.-11a14tt, holnilson,
sad agent.
Too Kirmensaaa.—Notice 111.ewise given that an acconnt of the
proceeds and of the tonnage h only grunt44l for the rapture ot
the brigantine LMteiro, by It. M. brig Kuurfisher, In company with
IL M. sloop //WU, on the 12th of March, 1116, wit be delivered into
the regatty of the Admiralty, as the 2nd day of June nexL—Usts
3.41007 T, Sou, and Co., Agents.
Tua Rani..—Notice is algiven to the °Mater and company of U.
M. brig Rapid, who are entitled to share in the tonnage bounty
tel for the capture aim destruction lof a brigantine, name un-
known, on the 13th lin., 1044, that a distribution 41 the said tonnage
bounty will be made at No. 59, Charing-croFs, on the 1m day of June
mat ; and that the shares not then paid will he recalled at the Fame
place, agreculs!y to act of pariameot Lieutenaot and Wornanchf,
1341. 11,1; :231.1 clue, Si/. I/1. 10441 ; 3rd clads, 29L 644. 5,d.; ith
clam, IW. Ifs. 11441. ; sth class, W. ISt. 3;43.; Eth dams, 64. los. 31 ;
70 Mass, 31. Ss. lid.
PORTAMOUT)I MAY 19.—The Bellerophon, Capt. Baynes.
is ordered to be at 'Spithsad on We Ist of June. The Howe is to be
at !.pithead on the ISth of June.
ADMIRALTY, MAY 19.—ArrOINTWZISTS —Lieut.
De Maguire to Oanges.--Clerk tu Charge : E. E. O. Grey. to Merlin ;
Clerk : T. Itheses, to rowerful.hismcn: G. 11. Ferguson, to
Queen; 1. Idore4y, to tldin.—Naral cadet : T. M. S. Riddell, to
Amphitrite ; E. Foster, to 1 teary; Wilberforce, to Ilowe.—Gun.
ners : O. Buesie, to Merlin ; G. Emelt', to Medura.—Acting boat.
swains 0. Ilatria and W. Tyson, to Agincoart.

AIILITAItY.
Yesterday the head-quarten of the 26th nett., under the
command of LieuL-CoL slowiter, art iced in We Malabar. off braves.
end, from Bombay, haw.ng co.barkeil there on the 20th Jan. last.
This regiment left England in Aug., ISIS, fur New South Walesre-
;
cud in June, 1612, proceeded to Vw lkindsly preaideney; where It
mained uniil the bin:inning of V.:* 'ear, basing thtei *erred abroad
It years and 5 areitbs. As JbJer s,ur hundred mensolunteered et
Bombay to other reginirste, t c.opi has returriell to England moth
below I
to establlaliment in Lo.ht, of lAO9 rank OLd tile. 1b
mot ill woo' cluist ol rank idol lilt.

MEDICAL.
APOTHECAEIes. ames of gentlemen Oho pared
their essmination in the rendre end practice ot reedit:lot, and re-
ceived certificates to pr.ictise ea TUareilay, 31a7 J. P. livrrym
Penasact ; H. K. liovkius ; G. Dunn, houthmulton, heron;
C. Drage, Ipswich ; S. L. Pircl, Le...minor= ; E. W. P. Jug% Bad.
coin ;J. E. NOM, Chilton, near Leed. T. G. Cdpretake, Kira !Ans-
ley, Ikrbystr.re ; W. Perry. atiautioume, Devon; J. Murray,

BPORTINU.
TATTERIALL'.I.—FaII.AT.
DEftwv.-7 to 4 agat Surplic , II to 2 or:Pt Na DevpoTan•
don Oh t to 1 apt Glendower (t 6to 1;, Pi to 1 peg. t Springy hick Cti, 14
to 1 agAt Loalatoue, 15 to 1 apt Syria lloy, 15 to 1 apt Sbylock it,. 25
to 1 aget Stinger (0,13 to 1 ago: Sp4sge,l3 tot apt Great Westrin(t),
11 to legal (hear, 90 to I eg't Fiddler, 40 to 1 apt huirle'e
50 to 1 apt Telegraph, 500 even he..een Great Weetern and &oho-
rough, 1,000 even brt P.m UP at Ueda's and (heat. Tbure won not
much dope about the four leading Liroutitea, but they were /Seedy at
U.e pelc quoted. Swiss ]toy pa, pisiee to Sbyloek, who rat backed
rerh a gond Oral of spirit. The stinger and Ow= were in favour,
but wt make any material a Ivarce. Firtelbr Eugle'r
Porte wilt heut to the right iibuut , their etartirg appear. somcoluit
duabtful.
oaks.-4 to 1 oast D,;-it-agoio, 7to 1 sno C
t yrnba (t),
Sto art SOVer to Satkilt O.
n to 1 apt Queen of th^ lo to
apt Vorition, 11 to 1 sat Lady kale *heti, 14 to 1 tigot AltrUCtlO
(t),15 to I opt Mom; 16 to I opt Astr*a.