The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-12 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 12, 1818.

part well protected, but a sufficient supply of provision has
been laid in to last the men several days. The docks and
Tower of London are also similarly protected, the mere in
the employ of the dock companies have been re-sworn in to
act as special constables. The several gas factories is and
near London arc to be well protected by the military and
police, and so are the London and country stations of the
various milieus. From the formidable arrangements made
by the authorities, nothing in the shape of a papulor com-
motion need be anticipated; and it would be worse than
madness for any parties to offer the least re•istance at
Bonner's-fields.

The following are the arrangements made specially with
reference to Bishop Bonner's-fields, which it is expected will
be the chief point of excitement. A batty of 1,600 men from
the metropolitan police force, and 100 of the mounted police,
will at an early hour occupy the fields, under the immediate
command of Captain Hay. He will prevent any meeting
being held ; and if an attempt is made to address the mob,
the speaker will immediately be taken into custody. Fer the
more effectu d execution of these instroctione a strong reserve
of the police will be armed with civlasses, as they were yester-
day. Captain Hay's force will be supported by a squadron of
the Royal Horse Guards (Blue), stationed for that purpose
at Gardner's Barns, by a squadron of Life Guards placed at
the E.utern Counties Railway goods station, and by GOO of
the Pensioners posted in the Bethnal-green workhouse.
The London Docks will be closed ; and the whole of the
officers, mechanics, and labourers, who have been sworn in
special constables, numbering upwards of 1,000, will be on
duty to protect the property. In the West India Docks, St.
Katharine's Docks, and the Commercial Docks, similar ar-
rangements have been made. At Croydon, where one of the
monster meetings is to he held, large bodies of special con-
stables have been sworn in. Aow ruing of the magistrates
was also held yesterday, who were long assembled making
arrangements for the preservation or the peace of the
district.

Late on Saturday night the following proclamation was
issued from the metropolitan police office, Whitehall :
whereas barge meeting• of pril.llll calling thenvelve• Chartinte,
have lately been held in the open air, In and near the reetropolie, at
which wadi". and inflammatory ripeechee have been adiliewed to the
11.00110 there a...molded, ouch meeting* here created t rror and alarm
end have cooed aernoui ilieturhuor of the public pence, and have Led
to mania llllllllit, atillitlitr,.and violent needn't. to the law: and
whereas certain perwone • yang thein.e,vis member* cur the Executive
Committee of the ellettiet Avaociai ton have declared their intention to
call together other large ineetinge in and near the metropolin, on
Monday, June the 12th, whereby apprehension in entertained br the
traceable inhabitantsi of the rnetropolie that each will be of
the aline ilungeroue character, and will 1 ad la the elkturbance of the
public peace : notice iv hereby given, that each moiling* are illegal,
and that all neceeeary meavurigwill he adopteel to prevent any each
meetings taking place; and Orwell dispooed twrsone eec hereby cau-
tioned not to attend, be per:acid at, or take part in any such
meeting.
Several meetings were announced to take place yesterday.
At two o'clock crowds of persona wen observed moving in
the direction of Bishop Booner's fields, and it was evident
that it was the intention of the chartists among the crowd to
get up a meeting, as at that time not a constible was to be
seen. Soon after, however, a body 01 WO men belonging to
the X division, with inspectors Horne and Smith at their
head, arrived and took noseession of the ground. Thecrowd
at:this time assembled having moved off, a great numher of
the constab:es were marched into the workhouse clue by,
and the others without much difficulty kept the large space
clear. About 4 o'clock, Mr. Mayne, the police commis-
sioner, and Capt. Hay, the a<sistant commissioner, arrived
on the ground on horseback, and having rode about for
iii &fly an hour. and finding all perfectly qui,t, left. Some
cur osity, if not alarm, was manifested amongst the crowd of
idlers by the presence, at about 6 o'clock, of en orderly be-
longing to the 12th Lancers• who was the bearer of &despatch
train the home-office to Mr. Freslitield, the muter of thy
union workhouse.

At Paddington a great many persons collected, as has
been customary for several Sunday.. on a plot of ground
called Iron Gate Wharf, in the Harrow-road. The pro-
prietor of the property, though used as a public through-
fare, it not being strictly a public highway, was compered to
apply to the police for protection, and aceordb gly a p
of constables of the I) division, under the control of an in-
spector, occupied the ground, kept the people moving;
and though considerable numbers of them continued to pour
on to the spot, there was no attempt to hold a meeting nor
at disturbance. On a tree opposite the cottage, No. 9, Iron
Gate Wharf, from the window of which the chartist
orators delivered 'title addresses, was fixed a notice, that "in
consequence of the blood-hounds being out, there would be
no meeting."
A few persons collected alto in Sr. Pancras-fields, near the
model lodging-houses. One man mounted on a stack of
bricks, and affixed a copy of the placard which we have de-
scribed above. Ile was asked by some of the croed to
give them a speech," which, however, he declined to do in
the presence of the police, several of whom were in eight. An
inspector welt forward and pulled. down the bill, where.
upon he was saluted with a norm of hisses and yells. No
attempt was made to get up a meeting on Clerkenwell-
' green.
At 10 o'clock last night the whole of the districts which
have recintly been in a state of confusion by the open air
meetings of the thereat, were quiet. The police, how-
ever. wt re ready to &mist in ease their services might be
required.

MURDER OF A TURNKEY IN COLDBATR-

FIELDS PRISON.

On Saturday morning, about nine o'clock, a murder
was perpetrated at the above prison, in reference to which
the following particulars have been obtained, after much
difficulty, in consequence of the governor having refused,
for the present, to hand over the murderer for the purpose of
unite nfoit,g an examination before • police magistrate,
although an application was made for his body by Inspector
Penny, G division, on the opening of the Clerkenwell
Court, at the usual time. The name of the murile red man
is William Woodhouse, who has been a warder for many
years in the House of Correction ; and the perpetrator of
the murder is a prisoner named G. T. Ilewsos, who it will
he temembered was about nine months since examined at
Worship.vreet Police Coo. t and subsequently cm-
victed, together with his daughter, for the conceal-
ment of the birth of a child. Since his incarc ra-
tion he has betrased a sullen end refractory spirit,
and having rniecondurted himself, he was place!
in solitary confinement, in accordance with the rules of
the establishment. At the above hour the deceased visited
him, to furi.ish him with some refreshment, and was closing
the door of the cell after him wh,-n the prisoner rushed upon
him and stabbed him with • knife in the left side, up to the
hilt. The pour fellow was heard to make an exclamation
which drew to the scene another warder, who found the suf-
ferer on the ground weltering in Its blood, and in the agonies
of death, which ensued almost immediately. Mr. Chesterton,
the governor, and other authorities of the prison, assembled,
and thy, prisoner was placed in irons. The deceased, who was a
rnarrii d man, was coneidered an ere( pent officer. His father
is also a warder in the same aol. Au iuquest will be held
this day.

111-BLIN ELECTION COMMITTEE, SATURDAY.—Scru-
tiny resumed ; two votes struck off the sitting members' ma.
jority.
THE eIIisWICK FETE OF TTIE IiORTICULTCRAL
Suitt:TY—the second of the season—took place on Saturday.
It was a wet day. During the tours of exhibition one bong,
heavy, unrelenting shower of rain descended, drenching
everything, and fornidding all outdoor enjoyment. Instead
of the thous ends who on a fine day thro. g the well-kept
gardens of the society, the company on Saturday scarcely
numbered 500, and they seemed chit fly to be exhibitors,
their friends, and other II iricultural enthusiasts, whom no
amount of heat or rain appears to check in their search
of fine specimens or new varieties. Amongst these real ad-
mirers of chnic, pl-ints, the folios were, as usual, conspi-
cuous; and in spire of thin shoos, pl.he lawns, and muddy
paths, very gallantly they seemed to meet the disappoint-
ments inflicted by the weather. Indeed their courage con-
trasted well with the conduct displayed by the military
bands, who evidently 5 idled the day in thspair, and were
much more anxious to shelter .henvoelves under the canvas of
a marquee than to enliven the visitors by fulfi ling the pro-
mises of the: musical programme. But the showers, so dis-
tasteful to the promenaders, seemed heartily welcome to the
garden, which -looked more luxuriantly green than usual,
nor could it mar the beauty of the flowers arranged for exhi-
bition. It was too late in the year to hope for many azaleas,
but the pelargoniums were in great force and beauty, and the
technical eye was gratified by various novel varieties. These
latter indeed, in company with the pansies, appear to be en-
tirely displacing the calceolarias in the attention of floricul-
tural fanciers. The orchids, 0101101 numerous, were net so
abundant as on the first show of the season—yet many excel-
lent specimens were present. 'f he tall cacti as usual out-
shone in briFiancy of tint twiny f the humbler favourites,
which however, they are mo.t likely to displace. The
roses, both cut flowers and in pots, were abundant and good.
To say that they attracted admiration is unnecessary, for
these our own English fiJwers are always welcome,
in their many tints and familiar fragrance. The novelties of
the day inclu led a small collection of uncommon tropical
fruits. Amongst the-c the visitor was gratitio-d by the
rare sight in this climate of the nutmeg cut freshly from the
tree—not the dark, dry, familiar nut, but the new kernel,
bedded like a peach stone in au abundant green fruity cover-
ing. The yellow fruit of the gamboge was there also; and
other natives of the tropics, equally important anti well
known in commerce, but of extreme rarity in their green
and natural shapes in England. The prizes were thus
awarded:
CLASS I.—Flowrits, for which nurserymen aid private growers
exhibit indepentlently of each other—Pelargoniums, m collections of
12 new and Bret-rate varieties, with pet-tee:ly distinct colours, culti-
vated with superior skill, in 8-inch pots, Messrs. Cock, Stomas,
Robinson, Dobson, and Gabes; pelargoniums, in collection, of six
varieties, in 11-inch pots, Mews. Parker, Maine., Wiggins, and
Gaines; room, in pots, in collections of 12 ill4inct varieties, Metiers.
Terry, Lane, Paul, Francis, Dobson; yellow roses, best six varieties,
Messrs. Lane weal Paul ; rape lie the, in collection+ of 15 entirely die-
' tinct varieties, Messrs. Myla n, May, Rlli•-on, and Fairbairn ; Gape
heaths, in collection, of nine entirely distinct rarieties, Messrs. Green,
Taylor, Ayres, and Pamplin ; cape heaths, single specimens displaying
very superior cultivation, Messrs. Kinghorne, Bruce, Malyon, Primer,
Pawky, and Balaton ; caltholarias, in sixes, Messrs. Kinghorne,
Stanley, and Galilee; pinks, in pans, of 24 distinct varieties, Messrs.
Ellis, Halliday, Turner, and Norman; single specimens of very
superior cultivation, excluding everything which can be shown tingly
in other letters, and plants not in flower, Messrs. Ireton, Jack, Taylor,
Falconer, Green, Eraser, Epth, Pamplin.
CLASS ll. ELOWLRA, for which all persons are admitted to equal
competition:—`Stove or greenhouse pthnts, in collections of 35 plants,
Meows. Fraser and Donald; stove or greenhouse plants, in collections
' of 15 plants Mears. Green, Cole, and Kyle; stove or greenhouse
plants, in collections of 10 plants, Messrs. May, Taylor, Jack, Bruce,
Pawtey, Mayon, Carson, Glendinntng ; greenhouse .aleas, in six
distinct varieties, Mr. Green; exotic orchids, in collection. o(20 spe-
cies of superior cultivation, Mr. Mylant ; exotic orchids, in collections
of 10 species of superior cultivation, Mow.. Plant, Williams, Baseeti,
Donald, and Carson; exotic orchids, in collections of six species,
Meters. DoMon, ht.*, Bruce, and Eyles ; exotic orchids, single spe-
cimens displaying very superior cultivation, Meows. Veitch, Green,
sod Garde; pelargoniumot, In six distinct species, exhibiting mee-
t /joy cultivation, Mr. Stanley; lance pet. conjunct, in sixth, Mr. Gaines'
six distinct varieties of tali cacti in flower, Mr. Green ; rcees Of 50
varieties in tome bunch. s, each eurtistirg of three trwees as they are
• gathered, so as to exhibit as tar a• possible the habit of the variety,
Mews. Paul, lane, Laing, Rowland ; roses, of 25 varieties, Messrs.
• Terry, Driver. Slow. i etatioes, in collection of six sped.% Mr.

Gimsdinning: hardy tarns, in collection' of IS specisis. of very eupe.
riot cultivation, Mews. Williams. , Wool; lord, dwarf her-
beceoua plants, of very superior landladies of 20, Mr.
Wood, of Norwood; newly introduced or astramely tea ornamental
plants In flower, Meseta Velteli, Myles, Hendsestm. Green, and
Bassett; miscellaneous subjects, Mmes. Williante. Corson, Green,
Sack, Mylam, and Glendineung.
CLASS 111.--leneir' for which market prderre or rowers, not
fruiterer., in the habit of supplying the market. and prima gardeners
exhibit independently of each other. Uneunroon tropinal foots,
Mr. lesion, of Alowstatdena Pine-apples, In single speillealle ClWOrif
Mr. Brewin; Mack Jamaica, Mr. Chapman; Proeldenes, Mr. Davie.
Grapes, the heaviest mangle bunch of any kind: Mr. 8. Barnes, black
Hamburg, 21b. toe.; Mr. Davis, ditto, 3111. 4log. Grapes, In three
birches for private growers, and ea bunches for market gardeners t
1. Black liamkurg, black prince, kc., Meson. Ingram, Fleming,
Cox, Darla, Mitchell, and Chapman; aweetwaters, Mr. Challis;
Muaeate, Mr. Ingram, of Frograore.gardemt; Frontignans, Mr. 'fey.
Peaches, in ants, Messrs. Evans, Turnbull, Groom, and Davis. '
Nectarines% in sixes, Messrs. Chapman, Foggo, and Evans. Figs, in
slurs. Messre• Foggu and Braid. Cherries, in dishes of Ilb. each
Mack, Mr. Snow, for early purple Ouigne. suss berries, one dish,
each : British Queen, &c., Meaers.ElliotAt Rust, and Lidgud; Enna
seedling, MS/661‘. Persons and Stowe. Melons, one specimen such
The heaviest, Messrs. Canon and Gadd ; the heat Revound, Messrs.
Fleming, Ingram, snow, and Gadd.
INQUESTS, SATURDAY.—I/EATII IN Trig QUEEN'S
BENUE l'nieoe.—Before Mr. Payne, in the Queen's Bench
prison, on the body of William Capel Clayton, aged about
28. The deceased had held the rank of captain in the army.
Ile had Wen a prisoner for several months. He was be-
lieved to be in ill health, and was known to be habitually in.
temperate. On Saturday night last a disturbance was heard
in his reorn, and cries to Murder !" On the interference
of some of the official., the deceased was found lying in his
bed in a mate of intoxication. A young woman, with whom
he had lived for some time, was standing near, who com-
plained of ill. usage which she had experienced from the de-
ceased, who had turn her clothes and treated her with gre at
violence. The consequence was that the deceased was or-
dered to the strong room by the governor, where, in a
couple of days, bebecame ill, and was on Wednesday removed
to the infirmary, and becoming gradually worse' died soon
lafter two o'clock on Friday. The question which arose in
evidence was, how far the deceased was in a condition at the
time he wu taken in the strong room to undergo its confine-
ment, and the absence of stimulants which it involved.
Several prisoners gave it as their opinion that his death bad
been hastened by this means, and by his being prevented
Irons seeing his friends. It appeared, however, from the
evidence of the attendant at the strong-room and the turn-
key that the deceased was quite well when brought to the
strong room, that lie had received ample nourishment, and
that several of his relations ltd been allowed to see him—
the only person excluded being the person with whom he
had quarrelled on the Sunday evening. Mr. Morton, sur-
geon, deposed that he saw thedeceased in the strong room,
and several times in the infirmary ; he prescribed for him,
awl ordered him every nourishment and stimulant that he
required. The cause of his death was delirium tremens,
caused by excessive drinking. The deceased had told witness
that for some time past he had almost lived upon brandy.
Witness had not the 'lightest doubt as to the rause of his
death. At the conclusion of the evidence the coroner
briefly addressed the jury, who immediately returned
a verdict of '• Nature' death from delirium tremmu."—
ALLIGED MURDER NEAR MITCHAM. —During the last
fortnight Mr. \V. Carter, the coroner for West Survey, has
been engaged investigating, at the Old King's Head Inn,
Bebbingtun Corner, a remarkable case of alleged secret
poisoning, by which the lives of no fewer than seven per-
MOOS were placed in imminent peril, one of whom, we regret
to say, has since died. The unfortunate person was a lady
named Mrs. Elizabeth Johnson, aged 62, who resided with
a Mrs. Cook on Bebbington•common. She appears to have
possessed property, but of this or her relatives not the least
tidings could be elicited. Mrs. Cook, who is the widow of an
officer, took the house in question last Michaelmas ; the de-
ceased lived with her, also Mrs. Cook's daughter, two female
servants, and a tootboy. A young man named George
Chamberlain frequently visited the house as a suitor to
Miss Cook, greatly to the annoyance of the mother, who
disapproved of his visits. On the 12.1 i of this month some
angry words arose between Chamberlain and Mrs. Cook,
in consequence of his proposing to take her - daughter
to Brighton. The tourney was per-ieted in, and the young
man went to Brighton with Miss Cook and one of the female
servants. During their absence Mrs. Cook, the deceased,
and the remaining servants ate their dinner, which included
some apple pudding, and they afterwards drank tea, the
sugar for which was taken from a basin on the table. They
were then taken violently ill. A surgeon was sent for, and
he was unable to account fur the cause of illnem, and the
deceased died a few days afterwards. When Min Cook re-
turned home she and the maid servant were similarly
attacked after drinking something sweetened from the same'
sugar-basin. An inquiry was then instituted, and it was
discovered that the sugar and basin had dieappeared.
Whether they had been intentionally destroyed it was im•
pwsible to say. A pose morlem examination of the deceased
took place, but no trace of poison could be found. The
coroner and jury had but one opinion as to the cause of
death, but, iii the absence of direct testimony, an open vet
diet was returned. The police were ineructed to continue
their investigations. Some of the sufferers have not yet
recovered.—Aeezaeo M taLDEU.—Bt tore Mr. W. Carter,
at the Albert Tavern, Battersea-fields, upon the body of a
gentleman unknown, who was found lying on the bank of
the river near the above mentioned house. The deceased is
apparently 26 years of sae, stout figure, fair complexion,
dark brown hair, close cut whiskers, his height about 6 feet
5 or 6 inches, and he woo attired in a black dress coat, a
striped vest, tweed trousers, white shirt, spotted with red
dogs' heads, long cotton drawers, coloured socks and Oxford
oboes, black sick neck tie, and web or canvas braces, em-
broidered with flowers. A pair of kid gloves were found
in his coat pocket, bat there was no other property on his per-
son. Two men, named Norris and Snow, were emptying mud
out of a barge into a dock, about 300 yards from the Albert
Tavern, on the Red Houle side, on Teerlay morning last,
when they observed the bony of a man lying on the inner
side of a rise of ground forming a portion of the embank-
ment adjoining the Albert Tavern. and about 100 yards from
the house The body had not been left more than 10 minutes
by the tide. The men brought the body to the land, and,
as they left it, blood began to Row from the face, and after
washing that part a deep but small wound was discovered in
the centre of the forehead, one of the eyes was blackened,
and the face was altogether much bruised ; the wound con-
tinued to bleed fur some hours. The deceased was searched
in the pra 'epee of the police. The witness Snow said he
thot:ght that the body had not been in the water more than
10 or 12 hours. He had never seen the body of a drowned
man bleed like the deceased, and he thought the injuries
were received before death.—The Coroner said the incision
in the forehead appeared to have been canted by the deceased
falling on some Beare instrument.--G Muguard, 243 V,
proved that he was present when the body was searched,
and he found three percussion caps in his waist-
coat pocket. In consequence of seeing the blood
How from the wound on the forehead he sent for the
nearest doctor, and Dr. Wing attended. He examined the
deceased, and said he could not exactly state whether the
wound in the forehead was inflicted before or after death
until he had removed the skin. After some further evidence
the inquest was adjourned, that a post mortem examination
might be made. On Saturday, Inspector Busain had an
terview with Mr. Beadon, the magistrate, and anted
that Dr. Wing had extracted a pistol bullet from the
deceased gentleman's head, and had stated it to be his firm
convicti that the deceased was murdered. The forehead
hail been healers in by such an instrument as a life-preserver.
"Ihere was no trace of powder in the woruid, which there
would have been it the pistol had been fired close to the per-
son. The back of the hands were much bruised by being
beaten with a thick stick. The body bad evidently been
carri.d in a dead state and thrown into the water.