The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-14 00:00:00

Lion is stated to be 10,000, and still on the increase. There
are two manufactories of soap, paying duties to government
amounts g to 109,0001. per annum, with several large
ropery establishments. The docks, wharfs, warehouses.
and quays, comprise an area of 100,000 square yards, and
the docks now formed will accommodate Tessa, of 500 tons
burden or even larger. In 1845 they were used by nearly
3,000 sea-going vessels. The weight of goods imported
coastwise, during that year, was upwards, of 189.000 tons,
and of goods exported, during the same period, 95,000 tons ;
making a total of upwards of 284,000 tons in one year.
Since May last it appears that 22 vessels from the northern
ports of Europe have eischarged upwards of 3.500 tons of
timber and other goods there, paying a duty of 4,4871. 1 Is. 9d.;
and, in the year 1845, about 26,000 toes of grain, meal,
and flour, were brought in. In addition to this it is stated
that 1,250,000 tons of goods passed through Runcorn in the
course of the same year.

DURHAM.
SPEEDY APPREHENSION OP A RUNAWAT CASHIER.—
Considerable excitement has been occasioned in this county
by the absconding of W. H. Cowap, the clerk of Lnrd How-
den's colliery, situated near Hartlepool. The following par-
ticulars have been obtained from authentic sources:—lt
appears that on the 23rd of October, Cowap received, as
usual, a cheque for the colliery pay, and proceeded to Sunder-
land the same morning. He got the cheque cashed at the
branch bank of the Northumberland and Durham District
Banking Company, the colilery bankers, and received the
amount, about 7001., chiefly in gold and silver, but did not
return to the colliery. Much surprise was naturally occa-
sioned by the circumstance. On investigation being made,
it appeared that atter getting the naoney, he had, at Sunder-
land, purchased a gold chain ands rin at a JewwellWhia
er's—
pair ot mustachios, imperial, and wig,at the sPhop
ot te-
law, a hairdresser, Whom he ale° employed to cut his hair
short ; an amusing book, to beguile the tedium of a journey,
at a bookseller's, and then obtained a tiel-et at the Monk-
wearmouth station of the York and Nev-castle Railway
for Leeds. Inquiry being telegraphed to Leeds, as to whether
a Sunderland ticket had been received at that p'ace on the
Friday, and the answer "No !" being speedily received, he
was at once pursued to York, and on being searched for, it
wee ascertained that he had been at a house of ill-fame,
living in a reckless manner, and had departed in company
with a young woman for Hull. Ore thearrival of his pursuers
at that port, they learned that he had sailed for Antwerp
only about an hour before they reached the place. To Ant-
hadthe srtisfactioned to find that from the prompte measures
taken by his noble employer, he was already arrested by the
authorities in Belgium, and may shortly be expected in this
country. Cowap had only been a short time at the colliery,
and highly recommended for the situation. On inquiry,
however, it now appears that his past and present conduct
did not warrant these recommendations,which have involved
the parties who gave them in a justly painful cecsure and
heavy responsibility, for which (it is arid) they should be
held accountable as an example to others.
WARWICKSHIRE.
CENTRAL BARRACI.S. BIRMINOIIAM, THVRSDAY.
Government have at length decided that this town should he
the spot for a great central military depot. This matter has
been for some time in contemplation, and we are now en-
. abled to asnounce that the ground has been actually pur-
chased ; the site is between the London and North-Western
and Birmingham and Derby Railway stations.

THE SUPPOSED CASE OP PUISUNING.—On Wednesday
last, the adjourned inquest was resumed upon the body of
Abraham White, which had, the week before, been exhumed
in All Saints-churchyard, Loughborough. Mr Hyde, sur-
geon, in continuation of his previous evidence, said,—During
the past week, in connexion with Mr. Davis, he had sub-
jected the parts taken from the body of the deceased to a
strict analysis. They first examined parts of the liver, but
found no indication of arsenic there. They then took the
stomach, which, after preparing they tried strictly by all the
various tests applicable, hut without finding the slightest in-
dication 01 arsenic being present, nor could they discover any
mineral poison ; and they were satisfied that no arsenic was
in the body. After investigating the case thoroughly, it was
his decided opinion, as from the first, that the man had ro;;
come by his death tram any mineral poison which had been
administered to him, hut from constitutional mortification.
—Verdict, " Died from natural causes."
NOTTINGLIAMSIIIRE.
SIIAIL,PERE'a DE.,,CENI).I'sr4.—A Nottingham paper
says :—There is now living in the village of Hesston, the
wife of a mechanic, a daughter of the late Mr. William
Hart, and sister to Mr. Thomas Hart, of Tewkesbury, lineal
di scendants of Sbakapere.

0••••••••
THE EXTRAORDINARY itOIIUEIIY RY A YOUNG FRENCH-
WONAN.—On Thursday Malviva Florentine de Saumarez was
brought before the magistrates of the county, at Fareham,
to answer a charge of stealing a cash-box containing about
2001. in sovereigns, two double sovereigns, a guinea, and a
cheek on the Fareham bank for 991. 135., the property of
Mr. Purkass, a ship-builder, at Fareham. Thu prisoner,
who appeared dreadfully ill, was led into the magistrates'
room in a fainting condition. Two metrical gentlemen were
in attendance upon her, and several times during the exami-
nation she WAS carried out in fits. It was stated that since
her apprehension at the Rallis ay Hotel, Niue Elms, on Mon-
day last, she had tasted no food, and it was with the utmost
difficulty she could be induced to swallow a cup of tea that
morning. When asked her name, she said it was Malvina
Florentine de Saumarez, but as to who her friends were, and
at what part they resided, she p 'pities-1y refusal to answer.
The prisoner arrived at Southampton from Guernsey
about two months since, and took apartments at
a very respectable boarding-house. to the proprietress
of which she represented herself as the niece of
Lady De Saumarez, of Guernsey, to whom she had been on
a visit, and that, after spending u few (lays in England, she
intended to go by way of Havre-de-Grace to Paris, where
her mother resided. Her ladylike deportment and fasci-
nating manners so won upon the lady at whose house she
was staying, that she introduced the prisoner to the family-
of Mr. Purkass, of Fareham, at whose house she was in-
vited to pass a week. It was during her stay there that
she discovered where the cash-box was kept. The prisoner,
after the expiration of a week, rett.rned to Southampton,
first promising that she would call and bid them farewell be-
fore she left for France. About a fortnight afterwards, the
prisoner having previously purchased a cash-box in South-
ampton, went to Mr. Purkass's house, under pretence of
bidding the family adieu. She then complained of a severe
headat he. and asked permission tolie down on the bed, which
was readily- granted. The prisoner finally left her unsus-
ecting friends, and walking back to Southampton, she told
her landlady that she had that day received a remittance of
201. from Paris, and would discharge her account, which
amounted to 101. She then said she would take London on
her way to Paris, and immediately left for the metropolis.
The robbery was not discovered until Saturday last, when,
suspicion lighted upon the prisoner, and 201. reward was of-
fered for her apprehension. Her arrival at the Railway
Hotel, and what transpired during her stay there, was proved
in evidence by Mr. G. Howse, the proprietor of the hotel, and
Mies E. Howse, his daughter. Mr. Richards, the ironmonger
at Southampton, identified the prisoner as having purchased
the cash-box produced by Superintendent Gow, at his shop,
about a fortnight previously.—Mr. Purkass, sea., in the ab- '
aence of his SOD, the owner of the property, who is now in
Ireland, was unable to state the exact amount of money in
' the cash-box when stolen, but he identified the check an.-, an
old guinea which were f.,und upon the prisoner.—Superin-
tendcnt Clow then recapitulated the confession the pnsoner
had made to him, after which the depositions of the wit-
nesses were read over —Mr. Thresher asked the prisoner if
she wished to make any statement relative either to herself
or the charge ; if so, she was at liberty to make it.—The
prisoner, in a faint voice, said " No ;" but afterwards, in a
vehement manner, said, " Do not let the world know that I
am a De Saumarez."—Mr. Fresher fully committed the pri-
soner to take her trial at the general quarter sessions, to be
holden at Winchester on the sth of January next.—The
prisoner was removed, sobbing hysterically. She was after-
warlds taken by the South Western Railway to Winchester
111 0
OSBORNE HOUSB.—Upon the arrival of the Court in the
Isle of Wight, next week, the planting of several thousands
of trees, consisting of oak, elm, and chesnut, will take place
upon the grounds around Osborne House. and at Barton,
under the immediate superintendence of Her Majesty and
Prince Albert. Various additions will also be made to the
ornamental shrubberies in the immediate vicinity of her
Majesty's Marine residence in the island.
NORFOLK.
WINOLAND, THE NOVA TERRA. IN THE COUNTIES or
Noel-out AND LINCOLN.—In addition to the large tract of
land which has already been reclaimed from the sea, a fur-
ther reclamation of five hundred acres has been made during
the last few weeks, and measures arc now being taken to
bring it at once into cultivation. It is said that such is the
productive nature of the sail that the greater portion of the
land will not be sold for less than 1001. per acre. The suc-
cess which has attended these and other operations con-
nected therewith, entitles to high praise the chairman of the
Commissioners of the River Nene Outfall, Tycho Wing,
Esq.. after whose name this district has been called. Much
credit is also due to the engineers, Sir John Rennie and Mr.
Hamilton Fulton, for the economy with which the works
have been carried out.
SURREY.
COMMISSION HT THE LORD-LIWUTENANT.—TIon. A.
Onslow, commonly called Vise. Cranley, to be Major of
2nd reg. of Surrey Militia.
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THE LORD WARDEN'S ANNEAL VISITATION TO Devea.
—The Duke of Wellington, as Lord Warden of the Cinque
Ports, presided at Dover, yesterday, at the Harbour Sessions,
held annually before the Commissioners there. The pro-
ceedings, which are generally of a mere routine character,
possessed unusual interest on this occasion, from the fact
of the extensive improvements which hare been in pro-
gress in the harbour during the past three years having
been just brought to a close. The opportunity of the gallant
Lord Warden's visit was chosen by the Commissioners to
open, for the first time, a very beautifully constructed
swing-bridge, which has been thrown across a portion of the
newly-constructed dock, for the purpose of affording a com-
munication between the Esplanade or Marine Parade, and
the body of the town. This intention on the part of the
Commissioners having become very generally known, the
harbour and its vicinitl/4:sresented an unusual scene
P. of
activity. Sir B. W. Bri , Bart., W. Deedes, Esq., M.
and
,
J. P. Plumptree, Esq., .P., the Mayor of Dover,
other of the commissioners, attended by Mr. James Walker,
C.E., and Mr. P. Hardwick, architect to the board, were in
attendance to receive the Duke, who inspected the works
and declared his approval of them. The bridge was named
" Wellington Bridge." These improvements were com-
menced in May, 1841. They consist chiefly of an extension
of the outer harbour to the eastward; the additional surface
of water thus obtained covering upwards of
furfo a cresd-
To gain this space a number of houses standing he or
nance property, and nearly the whole of Union-street (ex-
cept Lathom's bank), have been pulled down. The new