The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-17 00:00:00

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SCOTLAND.

EDINBURGII, APRIL H.
Last week the cost to the Glasgow Parochial Board
for transporting Irish paupers back to their own
country amounted to 271., and the previous week to
W., being, according to the chairman, an average
rate of 1,0001. a year ; but before a yearly average
excites alarm we should be informed how many weeks
in a your this cost is incurri d.

After considerable discussion it was resolved that the town
councillors in each ward should make such arrangements
for the purpose of obtaining signatures to the address as
they might think lest, and that the sheets should be for.
warded to Mr. Cloy.—Rev. J. Clay said, he wished to have
them as early as possible, in order that ne might make an
analysis of the occupations of those who signed the ad-
dress. It was further agreed that the addresa should be
entrusted to the mayor for presentation, after which thanks
having been voted to the chairman, the meeting seperated.
CHESHIRE

APPEAL AGAINST AN ORDER OF AFFILIATION UPON
THE VICAR OP MOTTRAM.—The very extraordinary evi-
dence produced before the magistrates et Hyde on the 10th
January last, when a factory girl and church Sunday-school
teacher named Mary Green arylied far and obtained an
order of adi.iation against the Hew. David Seddon, vicar of
?domain, was given in the Express at the rime. and it
will be recollected that notice was given on behalf of the
vicar that he would appeal against the orde r a the quarter
sessions. These sessions commenced on Thursday last, at
Knutsford, and the appra' tame on for hearing early on
Friday morning, before Trafford Trafford. li-q., anti a very
full bench of magistrates. Mr. Leigh Tr..fford and Mr.
Townsend were the counsel engaged by the appellant, and
Mr. M'lntyre conducted the case for the reepundent. The
respondent's case occupied the whale of Fndity. Mary
Green herself, who appeared in court with her child, was
under examination four hours, and her testimony was similar
to that given on a form ,r occasion, but in the course of her
orosa-examination it was weakened by the admission, after
a stout denial for • quarter of an hour, that the vicar had
shared her favours with a rival in humbler circumstances.
The corroborative evidence of the vicar's frequent
visits was as strong as before, and of a character in some
of the scenes described too gross for publication. A good
deal of evidence was given with a view to showing that a
treaty had teen attempted of a pec.iliar nature. The girl
had been asked (if the evidence is to be believed) to affiliate
the child on a former lover, and also on the son of Mr. Ralph
Sidebottom, a surgeon. Mr. Sidebottom was called, and de-
scribed a scene, at the vicarage, where he had been in-
duced to meet the lieu in the presence of Mrs. Seddon and
the vicar's attorney, when the vicar said, " This is • life and
death care to me, as a clergyman, hut you, as • medical man,
it would not harm." On Saturiley morning the appellant's
ease was opened, and upwards of a dozei witnesses were
called and examined at considerable length, with a view to
throwing discredit on the girl's evidence, by showing that
she had made statements in private inconsistent with her
present evidence, and with a view to showing that the Tien
could not, from the nature: of his rngagtments on the 24th
December, 1847 (about nine months before the birth of the
child), have been with her at the place describt el The trial
lasted till six o'clock in the evening of Saturday, the second
day, when it ended in the order beteg quashed.
BERKsHIRE.
A CHARGE OF ASSAULT Has heard at the Pollee-
court, Reading, on Monday last, its which Mr. Richard
Welsh, the editor of the Ber4shire Chronicle, was prose-
cutor ; and Mr. T. Wilsbin, Isle a therms'. in that town,
defendant. The transaction arose out of two articles which
had appeared in the plaintiff 'a paper, reflecting on a trans-
action in which the accused had been coneerned, and with
respect to which be had demanded an explanation from Mr.
Welsh, who not immediately complying with the demand
made upon him to give up the home of the author, the de-
fendant shook a whip in his face, end created a disturbance
in the front of his house. Alter a mass of evidence had
been given on either side, the presiding magistrates decided,
inasmuch as Mr. Welsh merely wished to show that such
conduct was net to be tolerated, and did not press fur • se-
vere penalty, that the defendant should pay a fine of 305.,
including costs, with the usual condition of imprisonment in
, sue of default

OLOUCE-aTERMILRE.
ONE OF THE MOST ENT V.NSIVE CONFLAGRATIONS
that has taken place at Brutot or the neighbourhood fur
many }ears occurred in that cite yesterday morning. The
tiru broke nut at about two o'clock in the wholesale ware-
houses of Mr. Davh, tea-dealer,which form the corner of Old
Market-street and Lower Dastl,-street. The male in which
it originated can not be ascertained, but the cmtlsgration
spread with great rapidity, and soon wrapped in flames not
only the warehouses and store-rooms of Mr. Davis,
bat the pledge depositories and other parts of the
premises of Mr. Stone, pawnbroker. Engines were
speedily on the spot, but the fire was not subdued
until nearly the whose of Mr. Davis's and Mr.
Stone's premises had been destroy.d, together with the
valuable stock of the former, and about 1.2001. worth of pro-
perty belonging to the latter, including some thousands of
pledges by poor persons. Premises in which there is an
exhibition of wax models were jrcipardimd; and the pro-
prietor, deeming it prudent to remove his figures, consider-
able merriment was (despite the terror which prevailed)
excited among the crowd to see.the omen mullet's way in
which the "great onoof the earth" were handled. Her
Majesty and Prince Albert wrez, MAIM' in the arms of two
lusty policemen, and carried to and deposited in so adjacent
beer-house, the Duchess of Sutter rlsod h d to submit to
the rude embraces of a sweep, while S:r Hobert led was
unceremoniously thrown from a one-story window to take
his chance of bang caught in a blanket which was spread
out below.

fine iiTtile
NEW SOCIETY OF -PAINTERS IN WATER COLOURS.
The private view of the fourteenth annual exhi-
bition of the New Sosiety of Painters in Water Colours took
place on Saturday. and, notwithstanding Vie desertion of
Metiers. Topham, Duncan, Dorlgson, and Jenkins to the d
society at the other end of the street, the exhibition isf ally
equal, and in some respects superior, to any that the society
has as yet put forth. The PnilihitiOn consists of 413 works
of art, contributed by 52 exhi'iitors, eight of whom are
ladies. The president, Mr. Warren, contributes "The
Return of the Pilgrims from Mecca," a large camel picture
with an Egyptian sky (which no sne succeeds more happily
in), and pilgrims and asses and erieutal tteppings suitable to
the country and the particular occasion. With all its merits,
and it has many, we prefer another picture by the SUMO
artist (No. 393), " The Seven Ages of Women," a
lunette-shaped picture, representing " Infancy," " The
Student," " l'resentation," " The Bride" (the central
picture), "The Mother," " The Matron'," and " Old Age."
Some of the grouping is particularly good, and many of the
heads extremely simple and gentle and Stothard-hke, and
yet without any servile imitation. Mr. Warren, however,
has materially injured the effect of his very poetic picture by
inserting a tea-tray border of open worked gold round the
seven subjects, giviog. ir. this way a gaudy appearance to
representations simple in themeelt es. Mr. Regne, hitherto
content with sending a single plc' ure, contributes three very
characteristic works on this occasion. The largest ectided
" Capuchin Monks at Matins, in their Cenvent at Bruges"
representing twelve or thirt,en monks grouped about a read-
ing desk, lighted by a large lantern with a side shade. The
effect of light thrown full upon the beads and figures ct the
monks is quite a triumph in water-colour art ; the grouping,
ton, is good, and the picture itak perhaps the hest in the ex-
hibition. A second picture by the same artist r pre-
sents an " Interior of the Town Hall of Mons," with an
ample fireplace of the olden time, with one group of pea-
sants warming themselves at the tire, and (Wail, at their side
with smoking soup. The third is entitled " Michael Angelo
attending on his sick servant, Uthine." The servant is re-
presented in bed clasping the hand of the mighty artist and
indulgent master, who sits by his side with hi. crayons and
isortbilis. The head of Michael is finely conceived, and, like
the whole picture, full mei tielily coloured. Mr. Wehnert
sustains the expectstiens of his friends in a large picture re-
presenting " Sebastien Gomez (the el ive of Murillo), dis-
covered by his mister at work." Murillo has just entered
his studio, and startled at peeing his slave seated at his' easel,
painting in the ear of a child, is a picture with some preten-
sions, puts its band out to keep the students in his train trim
disturbing the patient industry of the youthful artist. The
scene is well imsgined : the slice is intent on what he is
about, and Munllo equally surprised and pleased • while
the studio of an artist has allee:est the introduction of nurse-
rous accessories' which materially mist in relievin g and enrich-
ing the general grouping and effect. Another picture by the
same artist (No. 332), " A Light liurtlen," a peasant cross-
ing a shallow streamiet pith a pretty laced girl upon his
shoulder, though with little in is is not se successful. Mr.
Edward Corbould has nothing better then (No. 11), " The
Lily of the Valley," a hare- tdoted girl, with a pitcher at
her feet, and a piece of lily of tee valky in r hand. It is
arch and pretty, Slid in rs way .lifisitely superior to his
mere ambitious efforts. Me. Weigad exhibits n wcP-cou-
sidered and in some reap eta a weil-printed picture, from
" The Rape of the Lock ; ' Mr. Ahsolon, a triptick or pic-
ture, in three compartments, from Tristram Shandy • ?dr.
Chase, a clever imitation of Liaghe (No. 297); and Mr.
Hardwick, a clever imitation of Nash (No. 336). In the
landscape line the palm of excellence belongs to a new ar-
tist, Mr. Charles Davidson, who ext.ibita A Country
Village" (No. 120), and " houlswood Cum—on" (No. 401),
both egoentiallydiff. rat and both ,ery bee stiful. The country
village is a Lee-like English landeel,e , an.; teen-13101Mo seme-
thing between Viotti and De W Mr, Pi nl y exhibits a
'• Scene nr ar Flambornughllsail," h gaol, but too yel-
low • Mr. D'Egville, frost-like v;,..y Vimice,eapitall:i
and broad and characteristic in its touches; sad Mr. Vacher,
a triptick of Venice, large and somewhat hard, though
pompous and faithful, but not at all tonal to a much smaller
picture he has here (No. 368), " Catopazna of Itome—the
Sabine Mountains is the Distailee—Sunset," where there is
nothing hard, and all is beautiful and true. We have pur-
posely reserved the lath, s to the last, though in real merit
they deserve a very different position.—Mrs. Mergetta
ex-
celimg, as heretofore, in gioupiao and iurtraying carved
ivory cups, rich purple grapes, and hne lull trusses of scarlet
geranium" ; Miss Fanny Curbaux, in her " Leak " and her
" Rachel " (though somewhat undivine), maintaining her
old character for representing sec etfaced mothers and pretty
children; and Miss Sarah Setehell, after a long illness re-
tender, we are glad to think, to her favourite art, and in a
touebing picture from the well known song (unfortunately
by an uuknown author),
And yc shall wall in Pik attire,
maintaining the reputation she acquired from her engraved
picture from Crabbe of "The reacher, or the Momentous
Question." Her present performance consists of two figures,
an old woman, offering silken gowns to a young and pretty
girl to consent to be the bride of another,
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