The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 23, 1846.

tor Court.
The Queen and Prince ftlhert rode ad Re iSI"lhell
On Saturday afternoon, in the shish; of Oases* S.
The Royal children rode on ponies ow Saturdays la dcs
pleasure-grounds of Osborne Howe. The followfathad the
honour of ,Sining the Royal aisle at OSILTS• EMS,* at
dinner on Saturday :—ftir Hercules Pakenhath, Sir Charlie
Ogle, Sir James Clark, Lady Lyttelton, Hen. Mao Lyttel.
ton, and Miss Carey.
Yesterday her Majesty and her Royal Consort 'Ws*
their usual morning walk.
Their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of
Cambridge, and the Hereditary Grand Duke and Grand
Duehess of Meeklenburgh Strelltz, visited her Royal High •
nes the Duchess of Gloucester on Saturday, at Gloucester
House.
BIRTHDAY OP THE PRINCESS ROYAL.--WINDSOR,
SUNDAT.—Yesterday being the sixth anniversary of the
birth of her r gal Highness the Princess Royal, the usual

N.A.;
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ben Dealt, Eq., .of Trieity teems, -_
Burton Archertairtem, Esq., of MWelers College, Canninuge,
M.A.; Edward Franeis Haball, Esq. of University Ckillege,
London; Augustus Frederick Mayo, Eq , of Oriel College,
Oxford, MA. • Richard bleredyth Riehards, Em. of Mer-
ton College, oxford, M.A. • Tom Taylor, Esq '
Fellow ,
Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A. •, John est, Esq., of St.
Peter's College, Cambridge, B.A ; James William Ferguson,
En et Calm College, Cambridge, B.A. ; John Coacher,
of Masdalen College, Difoni, 8.A.; Samuel
Ala Wade, Esq., of King's College, University of London •
Feed Kingston, Fag.• Matthew William Thompson'
of Trinity College Charles Cavendish Clifford, Eset
et Christ Church College' Oxford, M.A. ; Robert Anstruthee
'Strange, Eq., of Christ Church College, Oxford, M.A.:
Samuel Lucas, Esq., of Queen's College, Oxford, M.A.;
Alexander Kyd Curti!, Rig., M.A. ; George Henry Money,
Esq., of Trinity College, Cambridge, M.A.; Stephen Cave,
lbq., of Balliol College, Oxford, M.A. ; Charles GAM*
Smith, Req., of Clue Hall, Cambridge, M.A.; Timm
Franca Crosse, Esq., of Exeter College. Oxford, M.A.; and
John Charles Conybeere, Esq., of Downing College, Cam-
bridge, M.A.
THE WELLINGTON STATUE AND THE ROYAL
AeADSMT.—We have heard that all the Royal Academi-
cians whose opinion was sought by Lnrd Morpeth
the Wellington Equestrian Statue, were unanizaZa=
its location on the arch, with the exception of two—tielee
being Mr. W. M. Turner, the poetical author of the "
lscies of Hope" (M.S.), and Sir W. Ross, who is notations
fieovri4tZmatured easy acquiescence with everybody and
. As we have from the first moment of the argu-
ment laboured for the result which is now obtained, we are
glad to be relieved from further discussion of a eubject on
which the public had become somewhat weary and impatient.
The almost unanimous press has now been reinforced by the
almost unanimous Academy—and by the Institute of British
Architects; and if these be not, as is pretended, fit referees
on a matter of artistic principle and effect, it would be ElS-
cult to understand what is the use or meaning of Art-Aoadie-
Elia and Institutes.—Atherumens.
INTERESTING TO NATURALISTS.—In our naval de-
partment the arrival atlas Arlon is announced. Her com-
mander, Capt. Denham has brought home a number of live
botanical specimens in perfect health, with various seeds et
rare plants, some beautiful live Love-birds, and peissene4
specimens of the quadruped and insect tribes. He hes site
numerous specimens of the dresses, arms, and canoes, and
other objects of a rare sad interesting nature. A visitor tothe
vessel, who communicates this information, observed on the
I hearth-rug, in front of the fire-place in the captain's cabin, a
beautiful African gazelle, one of the smallest species of the
deer tribe, evidently in the enjoyment of the best health. It
is full grown, and only between 12 and 13 inches high, al-
though three years of age ; it is of delicate symmetry, the
thickness of its fore legs below the knees, being under half
an inch in diameter, with the hairs of its skin scarcely longer
than the soft surface of a piece of velvet. Its head is pro-
portionably small, and tapering to a point almost as pointed
as the bills of the feathered tribes.
ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS.—The examiners
of the Royal College of Surgeons assembled at the institu-
tion on Friday evening last, when the following gentlemen
having passed the required examination, were admitted
members, with license to practise :—John D. Ward, Ches-
terfield; William H. Boutflower, Manchester; Edward
Paley, Boroughbridge; John Jones, Dolgelly, Merioneth-
shire ; William Hull, Manchester.
THE WIDOW OF SEYM ()UR, THE ARTIST.—Mr.
Seymour illustrated the first number of the Pickwick Pepers,
originating the portraits of Pickwick and the members of the
club. His melancholy and frenzied suicide was soon after
committed. His widow and two children were unprovided
fur. Nearly ten years have since elapsed, during which Mrs.
Seymour has struggled on amidst much privation and endu-
rance. In this interval her children have been bred up with
a view to their providing for themselves and her in time to
come. Such maintenance, there is no reason to doubt, will
won he assured ; but to complete the education of the chit.
dren, which is to enable them to support their mother and
themselves, the sum of 501. is required, which Mrs. Sey-
mour's friends, out of respect to her many estimable qualities,
to say nothing of her husband's claims and celebrity, are
endeavouring to raise for her.—Douglas Jerrold's Weekly
Newspaper.
SUSPENSION BRIDGE OVER THE THAMES.—Several
surveyors and engineers have been employed during the last
week, in surveying and taking the soundings of the river
and levels, &c., for a proposed suspension bridge over the
Thames, from the end of Essex-street, Strand, to the oppo-
site side of the river.
ACCIDENT.—NEWSPAPER EXPRESS.—On Saturday
morning the express chaise which conveys the morning
papers to the Great Western Terminus, was travelling with
the usual rapidity to catch the train, when coming to a nar-
row
part of the road which had been broken up, near the
station, the vehicle struck violently against a brick cart,
which the darkness prevented the dnver from seeing. It was
completely overturned, and the driver was severely contused,
besides having his front teeth broken. A companion had
his collar-bone dislocated. The chaise was heavily laden,
the Dolly News being a double number. Above 1,000
papers were delayed in delivery to the customers of Mr.
Weeley, of the Strand, whose express it was to which the
the accident happened.
COLLISION ON THE RlVER.—Yeeterelay afternoon,
es the Waterman steamer 11, on its way to Greenwich, had
reached the Dreadnought, it attempted to pass between two
Urge brigs, when one of them struck the steamer midships,
and knocked down her funnel. Most of the passengers
were in the cabin, and the steamer having partially turned
on one side, so much so that the cabin was for a few minutes
thrown into darkness, the passengers, who imagined that
she was sinking, rushed in a body towards the deck, but in
their hurry to get out, choked the cabin stairs, adding to
I their terror. Those on deck were thrown down by the col-
Alien, and the funnel, having Wien on the deck, covered
them with soot and smoke. It fortunately happened, how-
ever, that the brig, by another motion, cleared the steamer,
and the latter escaped without any further injury than that
which the funnel and paddle-boxes sustained by the con-
cession.
ACCIDENT ON THE RIVER.—At six o'clock on Fri-
day morning, a Greenwich waterman, named Charles Webb,
about forty-eight years of age, having to pilot a vessel up
front Gravesend, made his skiff fast to a schooner going ra-
pidly down the river. Webb was supposed to have fallen
asleep, whilst his son, a lad about seventeen years old, kept
a look-out. Off Purfleet a government lighter struck the
skiff; and cut it completely in two. Webb sunk to rise no
more, but a boat having been lowered from the schooner,
the lad was picked up in a state of utter insensibility. Webb
has left a wife and seven children utterly unprovided for.
INQUESTS, SATURDAY.—FATAL ACCIDENT.—By
Mr. Bedford, at the Crown and Two Chairmen, Dean-street,
Soho square, touching the death of Mrs. Sarah Hand, aged
69, residing at Walker's Hotel, Dean-street. Previous to
the inquiry being gone into, the coroner informed the jury
that his attention was first drawn to the case by receiving an
anonymous communication, stating that the deceased female
had fallen down stain at the above hotel, on Tuesday even-
ing last, and, in consequence of the injuries she thereby sus-
tamed, she died on the following morning. The death had,
by some means, been registered, and the body was to have
been buried that day, Mr. Wade, a surgeon, certifying that
deceased had died of bronchitis. The coroner stated that
under the above circumstances, he felt no hesitation in issu-
ing his warrant for an inquiry. From the evid'nce it ap-
peared that for some time past the deceased had been in au
ailing and weak state, suffering from disease of the lungs,
for which she bad been attended by Dr. Wade. On Tues-
day evening, deceased was descending from her bed-room,
when her excessive weakness caused her to fall down a flight
of stairs, inflicting a wound on her head seven inches in
length. Mr. Wade, surgeon, was sent for, who dressed the
wound and saw her properly attended to. On the following
morning she complained of violent pains in her head, and,
Mr. Wade saw her again, but she expired in two hours after-
wards.—Mr. H. Jones, 23, Soho-equare, surgeon, stated that
from the post mortem examination he had made of the
deceased's body, he could not find sufficient organic disease
to account for her death. He attributed death to a general
decay, accelerated, in his opinion, by the fall she had received
shortly before her death. Mr. Wade, entered into an expla-
nation as to his certifying that the deceased: died of bronchites
which was still his opinion ; at the same time he had no
doubt the fall hastened her death.—Verdict, " Died from
decay, accelerated by an accidental fall."--DEATIi
Ciftai'lliE.—On Friday, by Mr. Bedford, the coroner for
Westminster, at the George IV., Bedfordbury, on the body of
Honoria Ahern, aged six years. Johanna Ahern stated that
she resided at 2, Brewer's-court, Bedfordbury. On Wednesday
fortnight she was in her own room when she heard the
I stamping of feet throughout the house, and a cry of
" Fire ! the house is on fire !" She had then a child four
months old at her breast, and when she had got down the
first flight of stairs to make her escape, she saw the deceased,
her child, come from one of the rooms below in a sheet of
fire. It was taken by some friends to the Charing-cross
Hospital, where she saw it every day. On the Sunday
following, she saw maggots crawling on the floor of the ward,
but she made no complaint, except telling the nurse of it;
she did not complain to the medical officers, though she
thought the child had not been properly attended to. On
last Sunday she went to see her child, and then saw four
maggots come out of a wound in the child's neck. These
she destroyed, and then insisted on having the child away.
When she had it at home she gave it wine and other things,
-Chanee
Nov. 19.—The Vice
Senate at the Congregation on Nov. 25, to
bat she died the same ilay.—Mr. Steggell, the hOlahe•gUrgeOn CAXBRIDOIL, cellor gives netice that a
of the hospital, deposed that he saw the child immediately on Pace
the offered_ to.
her admission. She was dangerously burned on the face,neck,
arms, and sides of the body. Everything that was proper was eTail'ip7 the the Rotank
syn•Luesteye __ apl,
_urchated.teidi
biemosithedeurwwpaersit
ts,tex
n yaz
done. He had no doubt that maggots had been found. In Dr. Deane., singer of mist,. Doom.. has declined to &wept the
cases of this character, it was necessary P envelop all the Bishopric of Soda. and Man; and it is now statedtedtb:htethapepotte.thiv..lenohnt.
burnt parts with cotton, in ordi r toeckeeTlem from the action of Griffith, DZ., Prebendal,' of RocheeteT. has _ .aceeP
the air, and to generate the growth of the new skin. To the John Da
three vid Gtledrie,ty Toirrat,7„,, hare ,bee. rontwdselectem.to
Ts
remove the dressing would be dangerous, and most likely
fatal.—Dr. Goulding, the physician to the hospital, stated p,,,,,,,,eceerseee., 3. H. Browne, incMr.umbent pro tem. of Si.
that extreme attention was paid to the child, having been Augustine' Ltverpool—Rev.
Duke of
LLGningre,
visited at least six times a day by the surgeons. In eases of
burns maggots were not usually engendered, but here the
I very means adopted to relieve the child had causedit. Cotton riet„',l",:sisjs;iir; 2411 L—Rev. H. Hill to Aston Cantlow V. War-
was
lato. St, .roin;ii.,:ch's, Fads' tyorkwre..Lancashire--__Bev.
E.Revni.62. T. Gt.. Fearnebut.
was applied with great thickness, and should the medical wi"cirhire; osj.—Bes. kenngsy to be. tames,' r.c„ Fa~rbaro,
officers discover the existence of maggots over a sloughing Vorkshire—Rev. w. s. miner to he Chaplain of 1113 L's ship
wound, it would be the choice of two evils to remove diem, resort —Rev. J. R. to St. Mary Msedalene .P.C., BarnstaplVe
which must be done by taking all the cotton off and removing
Vac t —Bootbby Penmen R. co. and dio. of Lincoln ; 376/., with
the new skin, which was the great object to effect the cure, giebea., far reekience; Pet., J. Litnagoed, Erg.: by the promotion of
Rev. J. Wilson, R. of Ardennes to be Dien Rural of Glensrm.
or to allow the maggots to remain, which did no real harm, the Bev. T. Foretell. Outlet:ad C., on and ambito). of York .by the pm.
however horrible it ought appear. The cleansing of the iiimacnof the Rey, B. W. Kemple,. poringiand,Oreat, C., Norfolk, dm.
child, too, had done much harm, and its removal from the Norwich by preferment of tae Rev. H.
hospital had undoubtedly accelerated its death.—Verdict, N0r194.."1. theP.°7°,°P °I. the
That the deceased died from an injury caused by sod. hall li-ilebtdr‘i;rt the W{gthiloerZ At for
dentally being burnt." giwistte, cnrutenuren, C., eo. and Mo. of Cheese : by the promo-
THE FIRE AT GRAVESEND.—GRAVESEND, SUNDAY, non of the Rev. T. G. Foam
mtor~.
ruins,
ran.l.—durinA cogneithd
creased violence, the flames rose in height, and it required ",,;,,,,d" —7,o7tienian Ina attended by her Majesty's Advocate by her
ti wholebWo, looef tame
nigehstillasretrie nwginindthine-andwooswo tety thesafrirglite7.ll-7WA:lic,- h.w4tgehm-robr,Fibt
the utmost exertion on the part of the firemen to keep the iceieeefe pec,eneneer_Deneni, De. Lee, and other
adjoining habitations from becoming *eked- Yesterday the dZiens,
the to 25, what he
agents for the Plicenix and Norwich Union officesofficesattendod, Tax VICAR (A ROCHDALE AND NM Lvesess.—By the act of last
and they found that the loss upon the several London in- session of pirliament, vicar is allowed to object

sursnoe °Mom will not exceed 25,000 i. we 27,000 i That
amount, it is needless to stf.'e, fsr below the menial loss.
His worship the Mayor has Nyednerday next, at twelve
at noon, for holding a public fuees:na to eonsider the best
means of securing the town agaiwt fun. The firemen, upon
making inquiries of the sufferers, have found out that a eon-
tiuerablt greater destrutticor of prop:47 had taken plane
than was before supposed.

PROVINCIAL.
LANCSSIIth,..
A Hesvr GALE was experienced at Liverpool otarldsv-
It blew from the south-west, and did mock damage. Iu
creasing in violence all the forenoon, it became from twelve
to two a templet. hurricane. The tide was untieure=h,
probably from the swell outside, and the river p a
most unusual appearance. The ferry steamers, Esterith.
standing the fury of the waves, did their best to keep wp the
usual communication with Cheshire ; but at ono 'peeled the
passage occupied nearl' an hour and a half. The
is a list of river casualties :—The iikerryvore tugboat sue
off George's Pier; crew saved. A quarantine tense drew
her anchors, and went ashore at Bootle Bay ; and lie Wake-
field, brig, just arrived from St. John's, and a schooner, also
parted anchors, and went ashore in Bootle Bay ; no lives
lam. A flat sunk on West Hoyle; crew was saved by the
life-boats. The Princess, Dublin mail steamer, ran into
the tug-boat Mona, and very much damaged her. It
was reported that one of the Dublin mail-bats had ar-
rived in a state of wreck, with her funnel blown out of her,
but this arose from the circumstance that the Princess,

which was undergoinq repairs, was towed into the river for
the purpose of going Into the graving dock. She was very
much blown about during the transit, and having no funnel,
the above-mentioned rumour naturally arose. Several small
steamers and flats parted their anchors, but without doing
any damage. The only life goat was that of a poor Irish
pawcenger, in a frieze coat, name unknown, who was blown
into one of the docks and drowned. The body was recovered
very speedily and taken to the receiving-house, but all at-
tempts to restore animation were fruitless. On land, a
few chimney-pots and tiles were blown off; and it
was found necessary in Church-street to barricade
the parapet opposite to Mr. Rawle's shop, in consequence
of a continuous shower of slates from the roof. The

shop-window of Mr. Rogerson, silk mercer, Church-street,
was also considerably damaged by the violence of the gals.
At Birkenhead, a newly-built house, at the corner of Ches-
ter-street and Ivy-street, the property of Mr. Walters, was
blown down, but providentially no person was near at the
time. Accounts from Wales state that a sloop, laden with
wheat, was driven ashore at Penwden, and she is likely to
become a wreck. The Harlequin, from Cephalonia, which
was off the Bell Buoy, lost her mainmast in the height of the
gale. Two men, who were aloft on the yard at the time,
were washed overboard and drowned. The vessel was sub-
sequently brought to anchor off the North West light-ship,
and abandoned by the crew. The President steam tug went
off to her assistance. The Green Isle steamer had to put into
Holyhead, and several vessels were put back.
JAMES SEDDON (one of the boys who was tried at the last
Liverpool anises for the murder of George Rae, the " black-
ing boy") was committed for trial on Friday for stealing
poultry.
THE CoustrY POLICE bare apprehended three men, iden-
tified aa having been concerned in the outrage at Preston.

CEIE.'4IIIRF.:

ANOTHER Exer.ostort.7llsWitursday last, a serious
accident occurred at the Victoria Pita, Dukinfield. It
appears that on the preceding night a number of the
workmen were employed in driving out the foul air
from one of the "jig brows," by means of the ventilator
fixed at the bottom, when the air took • direct course
along the level of the pit, sad there being a naked candle
lighted some distance off, in its course, the foul air
came in contact with it, and an explosion was the conse-
quence. Several men were at work near the place at the
time, four of whom were most dreadfully scorched; they
' were, however, all taken out alive. The names of the un-
fortunate labourers arc—J. Hibbert, aged 20; S. Gar
side, 40 ; J. Kenyon, 30 ; and J. Harris, 27. The two
latter were not expected to live many hours.—Another
accident occurred in the same pit, on Thursday morn-
ing, to a boy about sixteen years of age, named Thomas
Jones. 'his lad was • driver in the pit, und, while standing
near one of the " jig brows," he took up a pick and began
to strike near the root of the pit; he was cautioned not to
do so by one of the colliers ; he, however, persisted, when a
large stone fell and killed him on the spot. The father of
the deceased was killed in the same pit some time ago.

WARWICKSHIRE.
About twenty acres et land have been agreed upon by the
Ordnance at Ilandsworth, on the north-west of Birmingham,
and Infantry Barracks will be erected there shortly. The
new site is about two miles from Birmingham, and is a most
healthy locality.
SUSSEX.

A DEPUTATION Or TUE PAVILION COXMITTEE, accom-
panied by the High-Constable, the Clerk to the Commis-
sioners, and the two Members for Brighton, will proceed to
London on Wednesday, to have a second interview with
Lord Morpeth, and lay before his lordship a statement of
facts which is calculated to avert the sale of the Pavilion.
DEVONSHIRE.
THE GALE AND THE SOUTH DEVON LINE, The
Western TiIIICS of Saturday says : " The weather since mid-
night has been exceedingly boisterous, and this morning
blew a furious gale from the south and south-east. Every
storm at once calls people's attention to the South
Devon Railway, and we regret to hear that the
line is again in peril from the gale. The timber
truck of Mr. Hcnnett, the contractor, came safely up
as far as the boat-house at Powderham-park this morning ;
there a vessel had broken from her moorings in the river, and
been driven with great force against the railway, causing
considerable damage to the wail, and leaving the vessel in
such a position that her bowsprit was directly acros, the line;
the breaks were put on by the driver, but it NM impossible
to stop the train, which came with such force against the
bowsprit, as to cut it in two ; with this exception the train
arrived safe at the station. The first up tram was started
from Teignmouth at the usual hour, and passed safely over the
scene of the last disaster near the llolcombe tunnel and arrived
at Dawlish and proceeded up the line. On arriving the other
side of Langston-cliff, the line was found to be covered by
the sea, and much washed from the fury of the waves beat
ing over it. It was therefore deemed advisable not to
run the risk of paving until the tide had receded sufficiently
to ascertain the nature of the damage done. The train was
therefore backed to Teignmouth, and as it again passed
over the damaged part at Holcombe, it was apprehended
that from the violence of the gale, and the height
of the tide, it would be perilous to again attempt to
pass it. The line is therefore, for the present, altogether
closed, until the damage done can be clearly ascertain, d,
and the traffic between the station and Teignmouth is carried
on by coaches and omnibuses. This is the second interrup-
tion which this line has sustained since its opening in May,
both interruptions having occurred at spring tides. It
must, however, be borne in mind that the damage done
by the last gale has not been efficiently repaired. General
Pa.sley, the Government Inspector, arrived in this city
this morning, and at once proceeded to the scene of the
disaster. We are not aware what particular magic there is
in the General's name, but there certainly is not much con-
fidence in his inspections. Some people fancy he overlooks
the lines like a witch. The North British, according to the
Newcastle Journal, met with a very ugly fate immediately
after his late inspection. It is not likely the working of the
line will be resumed for some days. In the mean time, every
vehicle is put in requisition, and the company are convey-
ing passengers between Teignmouth and Exeter at railway
fares. an expensive game for them, and a very inconvenient
one for the public. No less than five vehicles arrived at the
Red Cow station, some time alter one to-day, about Svc
minutes after the up-train had started, although the superin-
tendent, Mr. Ashbee, had delayed the train a quarter of an
hour. The water in Starcross High-street, alongside the
Courtenay Arms, has been above the knees of the worthy host's
horse, and though he does not ride the high animal—the depth
indicated by this measurement has been sufficient to wash
back of tinhethrae
liil emnebebtankwettnn
the viaduct. At Teignmouth the gale has been blowing
laeawavrn etnhte stantitotteehoupselarna
with terrific violence this morning, and the sea on the bar
has been tremendous. A fishing boat, supposed to be from
Topcham, has been swamped in attempting to cross the bar,
and the two men in her drowned.

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.
Oxman, Nov. 21.—Disputations for the degree of B.D. will be held
In the Divinity school on Tuelday and Wednesday next. Disputants,
the Rev. W. Dalton, M.A. of Pembroke College, and the Rev. P. Aud.
land, of Queen's College. Questions to be disputed on Tuesday :-
1. An Epistola ad liebrreos a Paulo Apostolo conscripta sit ! 2. An
PeocatuniOriginis sit enjuslibet hominis vitium et depravatio nature?
On Wednesday :-1. An absque gratis Dei nos prseveniente ut
vell-
111UN rt cooperante dum volumus, ad pletatia opera facienda qua Deo
grata sort et accepts, nibil valeamus ! 2. An tent= propter marl.
tum Domini ac dervatoris nostri, Jesu Christi, per lidera, non propter
opera et merits nostra, }anti coram Deo reputemur 7
Loicoth Cou..—An election to a fellowship and to an exhibition
will be holden in this college on Thursday, Dec. 3. The fellowship
is
open to natives of the county of York with a preference to natives of
the old Arebdeaconry of York. Candidates for the exhibition moat be
natives of the diocese of Durham, or of Northallertonshire, or How.
desithire, In the county of York, of Leioesterthire, particularly of the
of Newbold S erdun, of Northamptonshire, or Oxfordshire.
'aissrish tlmonials of birth, good conduct, Ire., must be presented to the
rector on or before Tim. fty, Dec. I. The public examination in
mathematics will commence on Dee. 7.