The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-14 00:00:00

COURT OF ALDERMEN.

SMITHFIELD MARKET.—A petition was presented
from eome of the principal salesmen and butchers in S mi th field
market, complaining of the interruption of the business of
the market on Mondays by carte, waggons, &c., and
praying that an order be issued by the court to prevent any
future interruption within the market hours. After
some conversation, it was unanimously agreed that the
thoroughfare through the market be closed to carte, waggons,
&c., from four in the morning till twelve in the day en
market day., and that due notice of such arrangement be
given by advertisements in the newspapers, as well as by a
placard in Smithfield.
OVERLOADING Sties as- VEsszt.n.—Th e nmater.warden , and
other officers of the Watermen's Company having appeared
to be sworn in before the court, Alderman Copeland said he
hoped the gentlemen at the bar would do all in their power
to prevent the steam-vessels from admitting more passengers
than could be safely conveyed to and horn London. He re-
gretted to be obliged to acknowledge that notwithstanding
the passing of the by-lace expressly for the regulation of
steam-vessels, the appearance of no regulation at all was
much more apparent than ever.
Alderman HUMPRERT said the overcrowding was not at
all to be wondered at, when the magistrates themselves were
personally instrumental to that very fact. He had seen some
of the gentlemen who considered that the steamers were in
so much danger of going to the bottom actually forcing their
way on board. (Laughter.) He was very desirous of pre-
venting danger or inconvenience in adapting rules to the
public accommodation, bat the gentlemen to whom Alder-
man Copeland addressed himself possessed so authority re-
garding steam-vessels. They were part of a body appointed
before even steam-vessels were thought of, and nothing bad
taken place since the application of steam to navigation to
give them any additional power. As for the by-laws, they
were ineffective altogether.
The RECORDER said the steam-vessels were certainly re-
sponsible in penalties for receiving more passengers on bwird
than they were licensed to carry.
Alderman COPELAND said the by-laws had been made by
the company, confirm by the court of aldermen, and sanc-
tioned by the Judea. There was nothing else to be done
but to carry them into execution ; and it was, he considered,
the duty of the Watermen and Lightermen's Company to
take measures for giving full effect to them.
Alderman Wimiox was surprised at the difficulty which
was complained of. The court had taken the greatest pains
to establish a system of regulations calculated to benefit the
steam navigation of the Thames. They had heard parties
on both sides of the question, all then that was required was
that these by-laws should be carried into effect.
Alderman RUMPHERY supposed if it were in the power of
the Court of Aldermen to inflict a penalty of forty shillings
for overloading it would be in their power to inflict 101. for
the same offence.
The RECORDER said there seemed to be some misunder.
standing upon the important by-law particularly alluded
to. By that by-law the penalty of forty shillings was in.
Elided for every passenger carried above the regulated
number.
The Clerk to the Watermen's Company stated to the
court that every one of the convictions for violations of the
by-laws had been appealed against successfully. All of
them had been quashed. Several aldermen said that the
quashing of the convictions ought not to prevent further ex-
periments upon the efficacy of the by-laws.

A FANCY SALE, TO AID THE FUNDS FOR THE
ERECTION OF SCHOOLS for Christian Education among the
Poor, in Crown-court, Drury lane, was opened yesterday at
the Freemasons' Tavern. The somewhat small, though
elegant, show of articles, did not materially differ from those
venally offered at such places. The scene was refreshed by
a collection of beautiful boaqueta of all shies. The only
novelty, (and a most pleasing one), was found in some halt
dozen little girls, who, with baskets on arm, offered their
bouquets, or their printed " Flee for the Schools," with a
grace that set stoics= at defiance. Credit is due to the
originator of this pleasant way of coaxing people into being
charitable, on an occasion when they often go predetermined
not to buy anything. The sale, we believe, continues daring
this day.
BOOKSELLERS' PROVIDENT RETREAT.—A year
Et. ces it may be remembered that an interesting meeting took
under the auspi of Sr E. L. Balser, Bart, to oele-
e the completion of the retreat (or decayed member of
the bookselling undo—a picturesque and healthfully situated
range of seven cottages, designed with great taste, and fitted
up with every convenience, standing on aslip of land at King's
Langley, given by J. Dickenson, Esq., near the K ing's Langley
station. Yesterday, an anniversary festival in honour of
that event was held, and the occasion was raised as the most
fitting opportunity for laying the first stone of a handsome
and appropriate entrance-lodge to the asylum, and which
was necessary to complete the foist ~stable of the building.
The mummy was conveyed to the foetal in two by a special
train; and the important operation in masonry having been
performed by Mr. E. Hodgson, misted by Mr. &Mock, of
Holborn, the company adjourned to a maim marquee,
erected on the green sward, to Chien= the arenas deli-
cacies provided for them under the name_ et a_ pulls break-
fag. l'he chair was occupied by 111. Oatesq Nom,
who was supported by some 160 el the besbadiss
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THE ST. KATHERINE DOCK Co II hold their
half-earl y general meeting gishsrelay, (1r Or mimes of de-
claring a dividend for the half year ended dale* et June
last, and for the election of twentreas pespieliesa as three-
tors of the sompany for the make yesi.-17. Team Esq.,
said : The directors prepaid that a divined sbedd he dr
dared of 21 per cent. it the half yam =kid Se Nth et
June last, on the capital Mott et the calamity, and apse the
instalments paid on the additional stock subscribed
the amount of income-tax payable on such dividends to be
defrayed by the company ; and the dividends to be payable on
the 2lst inst. The chairman next adverted to the business
unnamed in the St. Katherine Docks during the last six
months, and referred to an abstract of the statistical and eotn-
rustive returns, which bad been laid upon the table for the
information of the proprietors. They showed a large increase
in the landings, and in the stock of goods in warehouse on
' the 30th of June last.
A MASQUERADE last night at Vauxhall, drew toge-
ther a Large company, who enjoyed the novelty of a fine
night, and wereascheerfalu is usual on such occasions in Eng;
land. The popular costume appeared to be the " Ethiopian;
although it a certainly more economical in " getting up "
than ornamental in effect, and a more dreary- display
unless properly supported. Notwithstanding the brilliancy
of the festivities, and the general good hymnal- with which
they were kept up, their nature is so fluniliar to the public
as to leave little to remark upon them. Everything went
off in a satisfactory manner, and promised no lass emolument
to the lessee than gratification to the company.
THE COLLISION ON THE BRIGHTON RAILWAY.
With reference to the accident which occurred at New Cross
on Monday night, it has been found that the report circulated
was somewhat exaggerated. In the early wt of the day an
excursion train had left the London.bri terminus fur
Brighton, in addition to the ordinary trade trains, and
it wu due ea a return train at the New-moss station

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was told to muse on, with all powiible expedition, as the Croy-
don train was just due. Thi• Jones attempted to do, but he
found that the engine would not move. Upon an in-
vestigation into the ;talon of this, it wu found that from
some canes or other, supposed to be the neglect of the
driver, in allowing the hoe to get down too low, he could
not obtain sufficient power to drive the engine out of the
, way of the in-coming trains. Men were sent bock
with red lights fur several yards along the rails,
and the Croydon train wu stopped about forty
or fifty yards from the pick-up train. The excur-
sion train was immediately behind the Croydon
train, and the result was, that notwithstanding the weight
of the middle or Croydon train, the great momentum cased
by the pleasure train, consisting as it did of .cineteen car-
riages, all fully laden, which coming down the incline,
caused the train standing at the station to be forced against
the luggage train with greet violence, and one of the trucks
ran up against the hindermost carnage and forced in the box
fitted up for the use of the guard. The consequence of this
collision was, that several of the passengers became greatly
alarmed, and many of them commented leaping over the
side of the carriages, which was the chief ci..se of the
wounds and contusions, which resulted. Several passen-
gers were much injured these were removed into the
waiting-rooms, and Mr. Collison, a medied gentle-
man of the immediate neighbourhood, attended to the
parties, and had some removed in cabs to their own resi-
dences, and others were taken to Guy's pital. One
party, Mr. Was. Stammers, of 10, Little Cadogan-plate,
Bond-street, had some of his ribs fractured ; ar.other person
had his leg cut ; two had their eyes injured.; two ladies had
their knees contend, and some others received minor inju •
ries. Except Mr. Stammers, none of the parties taken to
the hospital were so injured as to cause their detention
It is not true, as stated, that there was any of the required
lights alpent. Tke luggage train was furnished with the
extra red signal at is tail as usual, and the other trains had
their full complement of lamps. The red light on the pick
up was shattered by the collision, Au investigation was
gone into yesterday afternoon at the London terminus, before
Mr. P. OrenfeU, for the purpose of inquiring into the cause
of the accident. Several of the company's servants were
interrogated, but they were unable to throw any light upon
the affair, and the investigation was eventually adjourned,
A CASE OF MURDER AND SUICIDE occurred yes-
' terday in Bermondsey. It appears that • cooper, named
Griffin, resided with his wife and family at No. 6, Hick-
: mane Folly. For some time past a daughter of Griffin, a
fine young woman, named Matilda, 19 years of age, had
been corresponding with one Henry Parker, a linen draper,
about 21 years of age, who lodged in the same house.
During the past few days Parker had accused the girl of
being attached to another person, and added on more than
one occasion that rather than any one else should gain her
affections, he would lay violent hands not only upon himself
but also on her. During yesterday the young woman was
at home nearly the whole of the day, and Parker was noticed
to go in and out of the house more frequently than usual,
yet nothing transpired during the morning to excite the
suspicions of any party. About five o'clock the people living
in the place were alarmed by hearing loud screams proceed-
ing from the upper part of the house. A Mr. Cremen
hastened up stairs, when he met Mr. Griffin's boy, who
cried out, "My sister is killed !" On going into the back
attic, Cremen discovered a sad spectacle. Upon the floor
lay the bodies of Matilda Griffin and Henry Parker, covered
with blood, which was then issuing from both their throats.
In a few minutes a surgeon arrived, and he at once pro-
nounced life in both came extinct. A razor covered with
blood was found lying by the side of Parker with which
the tragical deed had evidently been accomplished. There
can be no doubt that the man first cut the young woman's
throat, and afterwards added to his crime that of suicide.
It is not a little remarkable that the unfortunate female
whilst talking to Mrs. Cremen, in answer to an inquiry as to
how she felt, said, " Oh, pretty well, but I am going to have
my throat cut." She no doubt at that period alluded to
some threat held out by Parker.
INQUEST, YESTERDAY. WILFUL NIURDER.
Before Mr. Mills, in the Maryle hone workhouse, on the male
infant of Mary Anne Gamble, wife of Henry Gamble, hair-
dresser, 35, Homer-stmt. A great mace of evident* was
produced, from which it appeared that the prisoner bad been
for a long time separated from her husband, and a child, of
which it was proved she was the mother, was found in the
water-closet, smothered, she saying the birth wee unex-
pected.—Police-constable Bannister, D 124, deposed to find-
ing the infant. —Mr. G. Wilson, surgeon to the police of the
district, stated that on a post-nsortem examination, he found
that it was a full-born and a full-developed chili, and that
it lived sometime after its birth. It was suffocated by the
soil.—The jury, after a very lengthened deliberation, re-
turned a verdict of " Wilful murder" against the parent,
who was conveyed to Newgate. The enibrtunate woman,
who hitherto bore an irreproachable character, is the mother
of four children, all of whom, with the exception of one, have
I died.