The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-31 00:00:00

WILTSIIIRE._

THE RECENT RETUBAIOPTHIiVICAR OP WAR MINSTER
to bury a pauper was brought Wore the board of guardians
of the Warminster Union, on the 19th instant, when the
following resolution was passed :
Resolved : Oa the motion of the vice-chairman Mr. t•. Morgan,
seconded by the Hight lion. Lord Heytesbury (the chairman being
present) that the refuisal by the Rev. A. lane, vicar of Warminster,
to inter the remains of the late Sarah Gerry; a pauper beton:zing to
Warminster parish, should not be allowed by the guardimm t, pass
unnoticed, and they therefore further resolve, That the clerk shall give
notice to each guardian, that at their nest meeting to be held on Mon-
day, Nov. 2, the subject will again be taken Into consideration, when
proof of the facts will be brought forward and a further resolution
entered into.

VIOLENT DEATHS A MUTHF.It AND SUN. Two in-
stances of violent and sudden death, of a very affecting cha-
racter, have just occurred, and remarkable, chiefly, as occur-
ring in one tamily in such a short interval of time. Mr.
Jabez Ball, a commercial traveller, in the employ of Mr.
Coleman, grocer, of Banbury, met his death by his skull
being fractured, on Friday night last, between nine and ten
o'clock, about d 4 miles from Banbury, on the Southam-road,
and in less than twenty-four hours afterwards his mother
net her death near to High Wycombe, by a coach wheel
passing over her head. She was on her way to Banbury,
and was spared the affliction of hearing of the death of her
con. Mr. Ball had been from home about a week, and on the
night in question, was expected to return from Coventry.
Ile was last seen alive at the Inn, at Fenny Compton Wharf,
perfectly sober. About ten minutes atter he left there,
another gig, containing two men, passes' in the same direc-
tion:these two men shortly afterwards gave an alarm at
Mullington Mill, a house by the road side, about five miles
from Banbury, that there was a man and horse lying dead
in the read; and proceeded on to Banbury, where they
made the same statement to the police. Parties went to the
spot, and found Mr. Ball lying there dead; his horse and
gig standing by, and the contents of the gig scattered about.
On examining the vehicle it was very clear that he had been
driven against by something going in the same direction,
which had occasioned a violent concussion. Suspicion fell
upon the parties in the gig, who gave the alarm. They gave
the names of Richard Webb, who said ho was a railway
contractor, and John Kemp, ostler at the King's Arms,
Suutham, who had been employed to drive Webb to Banbury,
The latter had returned to Southern, but not the way he
came ; he went another and a circuitous road. They were
taken into custody by the police, and before the magistrates
on Monday, and remanded until Wednesday ; but a verdict
of manslaughter being returned against them by the coro-
ner's jury, the coroner committed them to Warwick gaol for
trial, and the hearing before the magistrates was not pro-
ceeded with on Wednesday. Mr. Ball was the support of
his mother and sister, who resided with him ; and the latter
is now left penniless, and almost friendless. The mother
met her death under the following circumstances. A short
time since Mrs. Ball, who was widow of the Rev. Mr. Ball,
left Banbury and proceeded to Gravesend, to attend the
funeral of a son-in-law; and on her return, having a sister
residing at Wycombe Marsh, she determined to pay her a visit.
She remained at her sister's two days, and between one and
two o'clock on Saturday afternoon she left, to meet the
Blenheim coach, which usually passes through about that
time. On the arrival of the vehicle, Nash, the coachman,
got off the box to assist Mrs. Ball in getting up behind, the
fore part of the coach being engaged by four lathes, into one
of whose hands Nash had placed the reins. By some means
the unfortunate lady, whilst in the act of getting up, fell be-
tween the near hind and fore wheels of the coach, the hind
wheel passing over her head, and fracturing it in such a
dreadful manner as to cause instantaneous death.—An

inquest was held upon the unhappy lady. Verdict " Acci-
dental death."

EX.TRAORDINAItY CllOl. of WHEAT.—One grain of white
wheat was planted on the 17th of August, 1844, and the
plant was taken up and divided into six on the 6th of Octo-
ber; these were subdivided into 18 on the 24th of January,
1845. Five of these plants were destroyed by the frost, and
the remaining 13 yielded 112 can and 3,72.1 corns, which
were dibbled in November, and cut in July, 1846, and
yielded half -a-bushel (minus three-quarters of a pint) of
good wheat, which weighed 301 b. Goz. ; the straw weighed
791 b. 9oz. The superiority of dibbling wheat over the old
system of sowing it broadcast, has been well shown in one of
the allotment gardens of Horsham. One-eighth of an acre
was equally divided, one part being dibbled with wheat, at
the rate of two gallons of seed to the acre; the other part
was sown broadcast, at the elate of two bushels of seed to the
acre. The product of the first, or dibbled seed, was at the
rate of 13 sacks to the acre; while the produce of the second
was at the rate of 10 sacks. This experiment was performed
in one of the allotment gardens (which number 105) in
Horsham.

fllustc.
JULLIEN'S CONCERTS.— Monsieur Jullien com-
menced, last evening, his concerts in Covent-garden Theatre.
He has come out this season in more than usual strength.
His orchestra is increased in numerical power, and includes
the most eminent performers on every instrument that Lon-
don can furnish. Among the violins there are Sainton, Tol-
becque, Nadaud, Case, and Collins; the principal violon-
cellos are Roussclot, Hausmann, and Hancock; Howell is
the principal double. bass; and among the wind instruments
are Bauman, Prospere, Barret, Lazarus, Harper, Platt,
and many other distinguished names. Miss Birch, more-
ever, is engaged to sing—a new feature of these entertain-
ments. Last night the theatre was crowded to over-
flowing. The promenade seemed a luau, a non
lu-
cendo; for, spacious as it is, it was so closely packed
that promenading was out of the question. The audience,
however, in every part of the house, seemed to suffer no
inconvenience ; they paid the utmost attention to the music,
and, from the vehemence of their applause's, appeared
to enjoy it heartily ; and it was satisfactory to
observe, as a proof that the public taste is sound when it has
fair play, that orchestral pieces of a high order, evecially
the scherzo, fugato, and finale of Beethoven's great sym-
phony in C minor, were listened to as silently and applauded
as ardently, as if the audience had been habitue:, of the Phil-
harmonic Concerts. The public taste, to be sure, requires
cultivation, by placing before it objects of pure and classical
beauty in all the arts ; and this, in regard to music, is pre-
cisely what Jullien has been doing for some years. When
promenade concerts were first introduced, they consisted
entirely of dance music. Overtures were gradually intro.
duced, and still more gradually listened to ; and now, com-
positions of the highest order, performed in a way which
would satisfy the most fastidious taste in Europe, are the
things which afford the greatest pleasure to the mixed multi-
tudes who nightly fill Covent-garden Theatre. Besides the
portion of Beethoven's symphony, last evening's entertain-
ment comprised the overtures to "Euryanthe" and" Robert
le Diable ;" Pischeles famous song, " The Standard-bearer,"
played with a remarkably vocal effect by Prospers,
on the ophicleide; a very clever song, by Roch-Albert
(a nom de guerre, we believe, for Jullien himself),
sting by Miss Birch, and admirably accompanied on the
cornet by Herr Ktenig; a scene, from Ernani, sung by Miss
Birch ; and a capital selection of quadrilles and waltzes. It
has been somewhat too much the custom to ridicule Mon-
sieur Jullien and his concerts. The ridicule is misplaced.
He is improving the public taste by popularising excellent
music ; and he is giving employment to a hat of musicians,
with whom, as we understand, his dealings are distinguished
by punctuality, fairness, and liberality.

THE CONSECRATION OF THE NEW DISTRICT CIITICEI AT YROTEL,
took place on Wednesday bet. The Bishop of Bath and Wells, ac-
companied by hie Chaplains and Chancellor, was met, in the 72
by a large body of the neighbouring clergy, at the Mermaid H
wbo, with his lordship, formed an imp wing procession, and
to the church, which was crowded. The Consecration Sere=
the service for the day, having been gone through, a sermon
to the occasion was grmd, by the bishop, after which a liberal
collection woe made during the reading of the Off sentences.
Piartarmem—Rev. M. H. Becher, M.A., to -}e-beck V.,
Lincolnshire, vacant be the death of the Rev. C. Booth value,
1401. Patrons, Ch. 0 Coll.
' Ch. of SouthwelL —Rev. J.
rector of Ashwichen, Norfolk, Si be Rural Dean of the Damn/ of
Lynn Regis.—Rev. 0. W. Murray, MA., vicar of Kinlet and Geo-
bury Mortimer, to &endow V.,near LichAeld, vacant by the retire-
ment of the Rev. W. Villiers ; slue, 4881. Patron, Bev. J. Peel.—
Rev. E. Chllde, to aeobury Mortimer V. Shropshire, vacant by the
Cntiof the Rev. G. W. Murray. Patron, W. L. Chiba, Esq.—
ortnn Garbett, M.A., rector of St. George's, Birmingham, and
Rev. IL Seymour, M.A., recta? of Einwarton, Worcestershire, to
honorary Canonries in the Cathedral Church of Worcester, on the
nomination of the lord bishop of the diocese—Rev. Warre, to the
Incumbency of St. Saviour's, Liverpool, vacant by the resignation of
the Rev. W. R. Hunt.—The Rev. Sir Henry Thompson, Bart., to the
vicarage of Pareham, Haat; vacant by the death of the Rev. W.
Harriman ; value, 4301. Patron. the Bishop of Winchester.
Vscazer.—SC Augustine's Everton, P.C., near Liverpool; value,
300/. Patrons, the trustees; by the death of the Rev. T. Tatter-
shall, D.D.