The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-21 00:00:00

WALES.

THE MURDER AT DOWLAIS.—At the Dowleis
Petty Sessions, held on Saturday, Margaret Davis, who
stands charged with the wilful murder of her infant daughter,
wu placed at the bar.—Mary Morgan deposed that the pri-
soner came to ber house to lodge at six o'clock on Monday
morning; she brought her child with her. The child
appeared very lively, and was running about all the
morning. Witness went out at about 10 o'clock. She
returned in ■bout half an hour, and found the pri-
soner bad gone out. In about twenty minutia the pri-
soner came back, carrying the child in her arms, and said
it had gone to sleep in the field. Witness told
her to put it to bed ; the prisoner did so, in the next room.
Witness did not then look at the child, but sent the prisoner
to fetch a pail of water, and after she had gone, witness
went immediately into the room, and saw the child lying in
the bed with its eyes open, and quite dead.—Evidence was
adduced that the clothes were wet, an if the child had been
held by the legs in the water.—Mr. White, surgeon, wu of
opinion that the child's death had been caused from suffoca-
tion produced by immersion in water.—The prisoner, who
appeared wholly unconcerned, declined saying anything in
her defence, or putting any questions to the witnesses.—The
magistrates committed her for trial.

PROVINCIAL.
LANCASHIRE.

A NEW HARBOUR OF REFUGE.— Wil-
liams, of the Iron Duke, Dublin and Liverpool mail steamer,
has written the following letter to the chairman of the Liser-
porl Underwriters' Association, pointing out a sew harbour
of refuge near Point Lynes.
Liverpool, Sept. 18.—Sir,-11aring ohnerred that Mort free roads,
situate in itedwharf Bay, near Foist Lynn,. ate not frequented by
steamers and wiling vessels so a ruadsuad during stress of weather,
I beg leave through you to introduce the same to the notice of the
captains frequenting the port, being fatly convinced of Ito advan-
tageous position and safety—the soundings vary from one to thirty
fathoms—haring made use of the same.—J. I'. WILILY,
CHURCH EDUCATION SOCIETY FOR IRELAND.—
Yesterday sermons were preached in several of the Liverpool
churches in aid of this society. It sppeared from the details
given by some of the preachers that the society has 1,899
schools in operation, in which there are 90,000 children,
22,000 of whom are Roman catholic,. The system of instruc-
Lion imparted is, as the name imports, scriptural. The income
last year amounted to 45,0001., three-fourths of which, or
33,0001., had been contributed by the Irish clergy. That
portion of the clergy of the establishment are now, however,
rendered so completely destitute by the heavy calls made
impossibility
of them caused by the famine, and the
of at present collecting their incomes, FO enormous ere
the poor-rates, that, unless some extraordinary efforts be
made and seconded in England, many of the schools must
be closed, and multitudes of the children will have to be
handed over to the teachings of the priesthood. The con-
gregations were called upon to evince their love fer scrip-
tural truth by adopting petitions to the legislature praying
that some portion of the grant of 110,0001., now made to the
Irish national board, be transferred to the societies for pro-
moting education in church principles. This evening is ap
pointed for the holding of the annual meeting, at which
the Rev. Chancellor Itaikes will preside, and the Rev. Dr.
Singer, the Rev. Mr. Verschoyle, and the Rev. Mr. Mac
Dwaine will attend is • deputation. Liverpool Albion.
YORKSUIRE.

THE FOROERIF.B ON TAE SHEFFIELD AND ROTHER-
HAN Bias x.—We glean from the Sheffield Times the fol-
lowing particulars relative to the issue of forged notes, which
we noticed a few days back :—On the discovery at the bank,
that • fain note had been cashed, the alarm soon flew over
the town and district ; and early on Thursday moraine pla-
cards were exhibited containing the offer of a reward of 1001.
for the detection of the offender or offenders. We have
compared the forged with the genuine note, and must admit
that the imitation has been executed with considerable skill.
The circumstance which first raised suspicion at the bank was
the difference in the quality of the paper. But this was not
likely to raise suspicion in the ordinary business of the town,
because the notes bore the data of the 30th of July last, and
had therefore the appearance of recent issue. The notes of
the Sheffield banks pus current over a large district, co-
-1 bracing Hull, York, Leeds, Halifax, Bradford, }ladders-
field, Barnsley, Rotherham, Chesterfield, Bakewell, Net-
, tingham, and intermediate places, and we are therefore pre-
pared to hear that the plans of the forgers wire sufficiently
ingenious to adopt some means of operating simultaneously
indifferent parts of the district. The plan seems to have been
to commence the issue in the first instance in distant towns.
At Nottingham, agents were at work so early as Monday
and continued to per several sourious M. notes to
various tradesmen. A man named Clough was apprehended
in that town. charged with uttering one of these, and being
unable to give a satisfactory account of himself at the police-
office was remanded. The issuers have also been at work in
Sheffield, but without much apparent success. The forged
notes have also been passed at Leeds, Huddersfield, Rother-
ham, and Doncaster: but in these places nothing appears to
have been done on a scale to remunerate the forgers or
issuers for the risk they ran. The authorised issue of the
Sheffield and Rotherham Bank, under the late act of Sir R.
Peel, is 52,9467.
THE CATASTROPHE ON THE LANCASHIRE AND
YORIMIIRE Rathwar.—On Saturday afternoon an inquest ,
was held on the bodies of Mr. Weston and Mr. Dillard, who
were killed by the accident of which we gave full details yes-
terday, at the Royal lintel, Sowerby Bridge, before J.
Dyson, Ex; , coroner, and a highly respectable and intelli-
gent jury. Capt. Bi•stead, R.N., the superintendent, Mr.'
Hawkshaw, the engineer, and numerous other witnesses,
were called, and subjected to a severe examination. It was
ehown, from their statements, that no blame whatever was
attachable to the officers of the company. The accident sp.
peered to have been caused by the breaking of a rail,
and the consequent oscillation of the conk, which
was the last carriage of the train of seven carri-
ages; that the train was under the guidance of two
guards and three breaks ; and that the former were duly at
their breaks, which were applied the moment the carriage
was discovered to be off the rails. The jury ultimately
returned the following special verdict:—" Accidental
Death. The jury cannot separate without suggesting the
necessity of having a luggage or break van attached to the
end of each express train, as an additional security to the
passenger carriages, and to obviate the dangers arising from
the great oscillation of the last carriage ; and they would
also recommend that some mode of communication should be
adopted between each carriage and the guard in charge, as
the fatal result of the present accident might have been
avoided if sach had been the case."

DISEASE AMONG CATTLE.—A distemper of a very
inveterate character, which in many cans bids defiance to
medical skill, is raging amongst neat cattle in the neighbour-
hood of Chapel.enle-Prith. Several cows have already died
of the distemper; one farmer has lost seven, and many are
now lingering without hops of recovery. The seat of the
complaint appears to be the lungs, and seems immovably
fined, so as to defy the art of medicine. It is feared the far-
men are likely to be great sufferers.
HUNTINODONSIHRE.
THE FIRE AT NEEDINGWORTIL—The calamity
which betel the village of Needingworth, on Thursday, has
produced the deepest sympathy throughout the eatin
county.—As already reported, the origin of the sad disaster
was the work of a poor female of weak intellect, named
Barnett Cousins, 30 year of age. She lived with her,
parents in one of the small five tenements, known as Pitt's
houses, situate at the 'apemen point of the village, and
if any one was disposed to fire it, with a view of entirely
consuming the place, this certainly was the most favourable
position to commence at, for the wind, which was blowing •
complete gale, was in the direction to waft the flames over