The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-14 00:00:00

PUBLIC SALES.

Manen 13.—8 y Mr. EDWAILD llewr, at the Mart.—
Ground rent of 101. per annum, arising from four houses in
Frederick-street, Wandsworth-road, held fur 80 years at a
peppercorn, and underleased for the whole term-1741.
Two houses, Barker Cottages, Upper Ann-str..xl, 'Wool-
wich, annual value 321., less taxes, held for 70 years at 41.

-1901.
Four homes, Ordnance-place, Woolwich, annual value
16!. each, term 70 fears at 21. To. each —2.10/.
Four cottages in the rear of the preceding, let at rents
amounting to MO/. per annum, less taxo, held Icor 70 years
at 4/. 10s.-3741.

LORD BROUGHAM'S PISCATORRL ADVENTURES.,
These adventures of the learned lord will be fresh in the
remembrance of the country. The Egmont and Eden
Angling Association, who were bold enough to dispute the
right of his lordship, or his lordship's men, to tilt with a
net in the river Eamont, which a certain act of parliament
declared to be illegal, have, since his lordship's nom were
tined by the magistrates, been subject to many annoyances.
For instance, several farmers of land have funned them-
tones into an association fur the purpose of preventing uuy
member of the Angling Association from setting foot on
their property for the purpose• of killing lid.' ; further than
that, they have instituted a prosecution for the purpose of
depriving the anglers of the privilege of fishing in any river
or rivulet whatsoevercommunicating with the Solway
unless lie have the have or authorityof the owner orowners
of fisheries or liveries in the said axon of the sea or the
rivers communicating therewith. At the l'cnrith petty
114i:4011S ins Tuesday last William lioutledge, a member of
the Samoa and Eden Angling Association, was charged by
William Bind with having, on the '6th of February last,
taken fish in the river Peterel contrary to the 44th Geo. 3,
e.fsi,see.e,which section provides, that " from and zifter the
passing of this act, if any person or permons, not being the
owner, occupier, or farmer of a fishery, or the agent, servant,
or fishenuen of some owner, weepier, or fanner of a fidiery,
or other person b them, some ur one of them thereunto
lawfully authorised, shall, at any time in the year, take,
kill, or destroy any salmon, or other fish whatsoever, in
any river, &c., which communicates with the said arm of
the sea (Solway Frith), every such person or parsons
for the first offence, pay the suns of five 'mends," &e.—
Mr. Jameson appeared for the complainant, and Mr. Ed-
ward Bleagmire for the defendant.—Witnesses were called,
who proved that the defendant was fishing for common
trout in the river Petered, on the 14th of February, and
that he caught at least one fish. On behalf of the defend-
ant, it was, contended that the act was intended to protect
salmon, and did not apply to persons killing trout.
The contrary was maintained on the other side, and
after considerable discussion it was agreed that Mr. Jame-
son and Mr. Bleagmire should conjointly draw up and sub-
mit questions relative to the knotty points in the Solway
Act to the most eminent counsel. The ease was then ad-
journed. The hearing of the case lasted several hours. The
greatest possible anxiety prevails, because if the anti-anglers,
or Lord Brougham's party, as they are generally called,
prevail, there will be of course an end to all angling in the
rivers communicating with the Solway, at least till a new
set of parliament can be procured.
A SERIOUS EXPLOSION OF GAS OCCURRED ON
SATURDAY, at the manufactory of Mr. Samuel Whitfield,
brassfounder, Oxford-street, Birmingham. About half-past
eight o'clock Mr. Whitfield's son entend the front ware-
house for the purpose of extinguishing the gas, and turned
the handle of an iron rod communicating with the meter in
the cellar. Ile had scarcely done so when an explosion
took place, and the entire front of the house was blown
out, shattering the walls on both sides, and causing the
ceilings of two stories to fall in, leaving the house a wreck.
The upper rooms were filled principally with brass goods,
most of which were destroyed or greatly damaged. Mr.
Whitfield, jun., providentially escaped being railed, hut his
face and hands were much burnt. The exact cause of the
explosion is not yet ascertained ; but it is supposed it arose
from an accumulation of gas in the packing-room between
the time the gas was turned on in the evening and when
Mr. Whitfield, jun., entered with a light to turn off the
main. Two men who passed the premises a few seconds
before the explosion narrowly escaped injury from the fall-
ing of the brick work.—Birmingham Gazette.
REPEAL OF THE WINDOW TAX.—YOSICHIRy a
public vestry of the inhabitants of the extensive parish of
St. Mary, Whitechapel, was held in 'the vestry-room, ad-
joining the church, Mr. W Freeman, the senior church:
warden, in the chair, to consider what steps should be
adopted with reference to the window tax. Resolutions
condemning any longer continuance of the tax, or the sub-
stitution of a house tax in lieu thereof, and demanding its
total, immediate, and unconditional repeal, were carried
unanimously.—Last evening a very numerous meeting of
the ratepayers of Lambeth was held in the vestry-hall, S.
H. Taylor, Esq., in the chair, at which a petition to the
Rouse of Commons for the unconditional repeal of the
window tax was unanimously adopted, to be presented and
supported by the member for the borough.