The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-01 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 1, 1847.

the partite having mistaken identity. The question whether
the rev. gentleman wee liable to the conviction of ss. for
being drunk was not entertai+ed.
Tax BAPILFAIINTATION OF WIOAN.—The Manchester
Guardian of Saturday sass :—There being little prospect of
the recovery of Mr. Smndish from his pneent fen re illnese,
the Conservatives of Wigan are on the poi raze at the pros-
pects of en approaching election to the borough. Mr. T. B.
Crease, who is rarely seen in the town, wan, on Wednesday,
closely engaged with some of the leading members of the
party; hut rumour say., that, in the event of an election, he
is not likely to stand a contest. Another of the Lindsay
fsmily is also spoken of al likely to make an effort to share
the representation with his brother; this, ho vever, 111 very
doubtful. Should there be a vacancy, Mr. Thicknease in
spoken of ea the most likely party to be solicited to come for-
ward on the Liberal interest.

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place Amen is the low ground near Agecroft•bridge, in
Pendleton.

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THE Gaus-Lawa. Nriir Dewsbury, Jesse Senior, one
of the gamekeepers of E. Haigh, Req., was going to meet
the other keepers, about 10 o'clock, and in crossing the
fields had his dog shot, and wee then attacked by as..
parties with a sharp instrament and bludgeons, by which
he was horribly cut and maimed about his had and arose.
Nothing as yet can be made of the affair ; but the dog was
found dead in one of the eel& and there is every
appearance that • dreadful strugle hataken plane.
Senior was evidently left for dead_ bat he succeeded in
crawling on hie hands and knees, and arrived near the house
of the other keeper about one o'clock in the morning, when
he was discovered by his groans. He now lies in a state
of insensibility, without hope of ratovery • and hie arms
and head are so lacerated that identity is illost impossible.
It appears he was three boars in going about half • mile
and had to crawl from three to four hundred yards in thii
dreadful state of safferiag.
MURDER AT fin armato.—At the second adjourned In
quest on the body of Mr. T. Kiley, no further evidence was
adduced, and the jury returned • verdict of " Wilful murder
against mem person or persons unknown."
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11011D1k 01 • CHILD. LSD Arriurrip Satanz.—At
lissom, on Friday, at the White Lion, an inquest was
held on the bony of H. P. Taylor, aged eleven weeks.—
Hannah Taylor, of Hanninghani, said; My husband b
the brother of Jane Taylor. She was at my home on
Thursday evening about five o'clock ; she had the deceased
with her. When she went away she was crying very
much, ald I understood that she was going to Leamington. I
wished her not to go out, as it was quite niuseceseary, but
she persisted in rung. My husband had told her that she
must procure a fresh home, for be was unable to rapport
her. We had notice to leave our house in consequence
of her being there, which notice was up on Friday.
We have but one room for myself, husband, and three
children, and therefore had not room for her and
the baby.—Phineas Page said: On the previous evening, as
he was coming from the mill, he saw something floating on
the water on the opposite side. Having procured assistance
and got the female out, she then ejaculated, "Oh, m
poor baby." Her dress having been unpinned, the
was found clasped in her arms quite dead.—Elizabeth Tandy
said that she at with the female all the night of Thursday.
She asked her if anyone had pushed her into the water ;
she replied "No ; I went in myself." She mid, "If my
child is dead, I drowned it;" and she added that her
mother had threatened to send for a p diceman if she did
not leave her house some time bar-h.—Me coroner summed
up, and the jury having consulted, they returned a verdict of
" Wilful murder against Jane Taylor, who was fully com-
mitted to take her trial at the nest assizes.

Ton CHSITIO ELICTION took place on Saturday, to AU •
vacancy produced byli Lord Robert Grosvenor having
accepted the Chiltern undreds, in order to enab'e his lord- '
ship to become a candidate for Middlesex. The only can-
didate who appeared in the field was his lordattip;=,
Lord Grosvenor, son of the present Marquis of W
who will probably be the youngest member In the Hones of
Commons, being only • few months above twenty-one
years of age. At ten o'clock J. Rogers, Esq., sheaf of
the city (the returning officer), and a respectable body
of the citizens, accompanied the candidate into the
Exchange. The usual preliminaries having been com-
plied with, the mayor came forward and proposed the
Hon. Hugh Lupus Lord Grosvenor, as • candidate.
The nomination was seconded by T. Dixon, Esq., banker.
No other candidate being proposed, the noble lord was de-
clared duly elected amid loud cheers. Lord Grosvenor then
came foward to return thanks, and was very warmly re-
ceived. After observing that he should seek the advice and
assistance of their late representative as a guide for his own
conduct, he proceeded to observe that be was young, and,
therefore, it would be unwise to pledge himself to any par-
ticular line of politics ; but he could more them that any
measure which had for ite object the extension of our trade
and commerce, and which tended to promote the social and
moral welfare of the knople at large, should have his warmed
support . (Cheers.) His lordship concluded by proposing' vete
of thanks to the sheriff. Mr. Dixon then proposed, sad Mr.
Alderman Brown seconded a vote of thanks to Lord Rebut
Grosvenor for his attention to the interests of the citydedetr
the time he bad been one of its representatives. This VW
Lion was also carried by acclamation, and the rented=
was ordered .to be .igned by the sheriff on behalf of the
meeting. This terminated the proceedings.

RIPWINTATION or gritClWiii.=The expected candi-
data for this borough, Mr. J. Biggs, has written to the Elec-
tion Committee, declining an honour as unsought as
." 'The committee voted an expression of
tulleNftdiggs should have thought himself compelled to
come to such a conclusion, and their sincere desire that he
may yet be induced to fcrego his determination ; and that
the chairman communicate this to him." It was further
resolved, that a copy of a tesolution, by which the delegates
returned their trust into the hands of the electors, be for-
warded to Wynn Ellisi/Vio
PpeliTILE.

DILATH ACCILILATID iil;7liT.-011 Thursday, an in-
quest was held at St. Alban's, on view of the body of
William Gilbert. The substance of the evidence was r'
follows.—George Gilbert, son of the deceased, examined :
My father was a shoemaker, and in his eighty-third year;
he had been asthmatic, and suffered from occasional diffi-
culty of breathing for some time past. On Tuesday morn-
ing he was found dead in bed. I had not been able to pro-
cure my father as much food as he could have eaten, but
always gave him a full share of what I had. lie had been
a rate-payer of the pariah for many years, and had lived in
the game house in which be died upwards of fifty yeah.
Deceased had previously, to twelve months since, repeatedly
applied to the board of guardians for out-door relief
on one occasion when he was ill, he was allowed by
the board Is. bid. per week in provisions, which was discon-
tinued after two or three weeks. On the other occasions he
was positively refined relief except in the union house. My
father had a great antipathy to going into the union. During
the last twelve months, but for private charity, I believe my
father would not have had sufficient to sustain life. Since
the 1.. 6d. per week in provisions had been discontinued ha
had not bad so much food per week es that afforded.
Elizabeth Oladman was for many years a neighbour at
deceased. The old man was very badly off, indeed; believes
that had it not been for assistance received from herself he
would have been starved. Well remembers, soma months
since, deceased telling her he had been so frequently to the
board for relief, and had been refused (except the
house), that he would rather die than go again. In her
judgment. deceased was kept from applying lately from
despair of getting out-door relief. On Saturday last witnees
called to see deceased, when he told her he had had nothing
for three days. The jury unanimously returned the follow-
ing verdict :—" That William Gilbert died from decay of
nature, accelerated by previous want. The jury are of
opinion that the refired of out-door relief by the board atf
guar inns of the St. Alban's urine, to the aged and infirm,
especially where there is an antipathy to the union house
(all whi facts hare been brought in evidence in the me
now under investigation) is unjustifiable and inhuman."
The jury are further of opinion that the bye-law of the St.
Alban's union prohibiting permanent out-door relief ought
immediately to be rescinded. That the coroner be requested
to communicate thin verdict, with the appendix, to the board
of guardians at their next mledirig."
SOMERSEISHIRE.
Are BLOPIIKENT PROM BATH has given the gamer a
that watering-place an amusing topic for discussion. The
lady is stated to be the" grand-niece of a late eccentric in-
habitant of the vicinity of Bath, who, at his decease, be-
queathed to her a considerable portion of his enormous for-
tune, which he placed at her own unconditional disposal,
alter her arrival at the age of twenty-one. Like her well
known kinsman, the young lady was somewhat singular in
her habits, and refined in her tastes, aad, as a matter of
tonne, in a fortune-hunting place like the • Queen city of
the west,' the heiress attracted much attention. The funds
at tier disposal caused more than one needy peer and many a
half-pay hero to vow eternal fidelity. Like Mina Burdett
Coutts, she was pestered with lovers ; but had her face and
form been her only dowry, she might hate been deemed a
noble prize, for in the exclusive circles of the provincial toe
she was universally known to be the belle of Bath." On
Tuesday evening last she was mimed from the house of her
guardian. Pursuit was defeated, and on Thursday it be-
came known she had been married at Exeter to—a tailor.

By THE. DEATH of Slit T. C. BOOTY, BART., of FIAT-
ley Abbey, en office of Verderer of the Forst of Dean, the
election to which is vested in the freeholders, becomes
vacant. The Hon. Grantley Berkeley, M P., is in the field
(probably with a view to feeling the:puhe of the county)
arid will, it is expected, be opposed by Mr. John Probyn,
A Moaoula RANTID at Bristol, if the following cane
may be taken ao representing the general feeling of the in.
habitants of that city. An inquest was held on Friday last

on the body of W. Uvvings. H. Rite, of Pill, Interims,
deposed that coming up the river on Thursday in a boat,
they raw a dead body dotting, sod towed it to Rovreliam-
slip, but no one would take charte of it. He made it fast to a
ring outside Jones's dock, and left it floating about till *even
p.m. C. Mynett, a police ennstahle, deposed that be was on
duty at the time, and went to the public-houses to take in the
body, but all refused unleas they could be indemnified again 4
the expenses of burying it. Witness then got two min with
pu assist
rof trucks to 't him in conveying it to St. Pet. is
Hospital, where he saw the master, who refused to take it
in. Witness then brought it back to Rownbam Ferry, and
then placed the body on the beach (still on the trucks and
covered from sight) and left it there, the coustable on duty
being instructed to watch over it during the night. Witness
added that be applied to Mr. Bettershill, the relievingoffieer
of the Clifton Union, and took the body to St. Peter's Hospital
by his direction. Verdict, " Accidental Death."
NORFOLK.

WHO Au TO ■■ THR CANDIDATES ron NORWICH at the
next election is now exciting much contention in that city,
and it appears the liberal voters are determined to have •
voice in settling the question. At a meeting on Wednesday
it was unanimously resolved, " That the electors present
protest against any arrangement being made, in refermseeln
the candidates at the next general election, without the cen-
curre•ee of the liberal electors at a public meeting, to be
convened for that purpose. That the compromise effeeted
at the last general election was a violation of the comae-
tional rights of the electors, and that it is deairable dist
measures should be taken to prevent a repetition of each pro-
ceedings."
_ KENT. _

EMBIZZLIMENT or DlAMONDS.—Forrester, of the AlM-
sioa-housa detective force, has been in the neighbourhood of
Dover, on the out-look for • party who has absconded, with
diamonds of the value of 3,3001. in his possession. Owing
to the pains that have been taken, says the Dover Chronicle,
to conceal the whole affair from the reporters for the public
prim, we are unable to lay before our readers so full parka-
lam an we could wish. We learn, however, that the indivi-
dual who has aboonded with the diamonds landed
at Folkston about • week ago, from a vessel
(of which be was the commander) belongingo
to Greenock, bound from Monte Video to t
having the precious articles in hia pommies ; thai
he came to Dover on Monday night last, slept at the Hope
inn, Pier, and started on Tuesday morning, per rail, no one
knew where. The most vigilant search has been made to
discover the fugitive ; but he has, as yet, eluded detection.
The diamonds were contained in two bones, they formed
part of the cargo of the vessel, and were regularly entered,
with the amount of their value, on the bill of lading. A
person connected with the Hope, who accompanied the cap-
tain to the rail, describes hint to be about 28 years of age,
tall, and of ruddy compleziem.

ISLE OF MAN.

Ha somas or Flarcon : IsLe or Max.—A memorial,
lipid by three thousand boat-owners, masters, and &her-
nia belonging to the late of Man, praying that some reme-
dial asestsures might be adopted for the improvement of the
Fassut dangerous state of the harbours of refuge on the
island, has been presented to the Lords of her Majesty's
Treasury by Mr. William Kenniah, the Mane delegate. The
memorial was favourably received by their lordships, and
forwarded by them to the Tidal Harbour Commissioners
for their immediate consideration. The following sum-
mary of casualties, copied from the official report of
the Tidal Harbour Commissioners, and which have oc-
curred solely from the insufficiency of the present harbours
of refuge, will show the necessity formate better accommoda-
tion being afforded to vestals seeking shelter in the above
harbours. From the year 1822 to 1846, the number of
vessels wrecked off the tale of Mae was 144. Number of
lives lost, 172. Madames& MN ea vesela, tte., 249,7871.

lint SM.
SALE Or PICTURES.—Mews. Christie and Mattson
sold on Saturday last, a miscellaneous collection of pictures,
by ancient and modern muter'. The highest lot was a
Linglebarh, which sold for 391 18c ; a Cuyp (so called)
brought 241. 3s ; a full•length of Lord Halifax, in his robes
(by. it Joshua Reynolds), 211. ; and a gallery picture by
" The Dream of Richard III," dark and Caravaggio-
like, only 31. 15c If specimens of the so-called English
masters alone are wanted, some at least are to be had cheap
enough.
ROYAL ACADEMY STUDENTS' GOLD MEDALS.—
The subject selected for the best historical picture in oil co-
lours, is " The Young Men of the Destroyed Tribes of Ben-
jamin seeking their Destined Brides in the Vineyards;" the
subject for the best composition in sculpture, " The Murder
of the Innocents," and in architecture, " A Deign for a
Gothic Church." The premiums will be distributed on the
10th of December next.

The ART-UNION OP LONDON contemplates the
publication of a volume of engravings oa wood, from designs
by our best &nine, and engraved by our but wood engravers.
This surely would be a change for the better, with the
charm of novelty withal to recommend it. Shee's" Rhymes
on Art" hu been suggested as a book likely to afford good
material for illustration.—Mr. cossingham. the collector, has
written a letter to the Art-0150N JOSINaI contradicting a
statement made in that paper wherein he was reported to
have said " that the whole British school of painting was a
gallery of chalky absurdities." The phrase made use of in
his letter was applied, be says, "solely to the works of Mr.
Turner." Mr. Coninghara has recently appeared before
the public in the controversy about the late so-called mal-
administration of the National Gallery.
Ma. J. D. HARDING, the landscape painter, and
Mr. Frank Stone, have withdrawn their names from the
Society of Painters in Water Colour, and placed them on
the list for election at the Royal/rdademy.
Mr. J. P. KNIGHT, R.A., has been elected sub-
secretary to the Royal Aoademy,,,Mr. Howard, the secre-
tary, feeling himself tumble trout age to attend to the in-
creasing duties of his o&e.