The Express.
London, England, 1851-04-04 00:00:00

ST. ALBAN'S ELECTION.

The membyro of this committer, which stood ad-
journed from Saturday} la-t, to give un opportunity for the
production of the " acted— witnesses, re-asseinhh:al vester-
day, at 11. Present Mr. E. Ellice, Chairman ; it B.
11311, lion. F. tharteris. Mr. iI. Stewart, and Mr. Adair.
Mr. Seiyeant Wrungliam, in opening the prom ding, de-
tailed the steps that laid been taken by the agents fcr the
petitioners since Saturday, fur the recovery td the abducted
witninsan. Ile then called several 1A 11111,11,, 111111 applied
for a further delay, as he had onto just learned that five out
of the nine witnesses who had lasn abdueted, as it was
thought, by the ag. uts of the sitting member, had made
their appearance; and consequently it hail been impos-ilde
for him, by a previous esamination, to ascertain the nature
of the evidence which they would give.
Mr. Sergeant King-lake opposed the application.
After deliberation, the committee announced their reso-
lution of adjourning until this day ut cl Vail o'clock, then to
proceed with the cotta of bribery which might be ready to
lay before them.

ItAttwAY litus.—Yesterdav the preambles of the
following bills were declared provjil by the committees
Hereford, Ross, awl Gloucester Railway, London and
Blackwall Railway Bills, York and NI WeAAtic Abandon-
ment Bill, the Great North of Scotland Railway Bill, Kil-
larney and Valencia Railway Bill, North and South West
Junction Railway Bill —the three latter iu Mr. Bernals
committee.

TIIE EXPLOSION OF A BOILER AT
MANCHESTER.

The inquest on the bodies of the nine persona
killed by the bursting of a stram-boiler in Itlgu-street,
M.mcheeter, on the 2ith ult., was held by adjournment on
Wednesday evening, at the Royal Infirmary in that bo-
rough, and .11.111 adjourned, after hearing wine evidence,
until Saturday. Mr. W. FairbAirm the eminent engineer
who took part in the construction of tric Britannia-bridge,
will then present a report, found.. d upon invi.stigatiumi
which he hut been at great pains to make, after au twine-
thin of the premises and the (rapist uts of the boiler, as to
the cause of the explo,ion. Our corres;ondent states that
a growl deal of dissatisfaction prevailed as to the supposed
imudiMeney in point of strength 4,1 many of the boiler re-
cently constructed in the neighbourhood. It is u 'cry
general plan to give out orders for ',Mien upon estimate 4
which have previously been waght, and a practical man
assured him that he had seen boilers constructed at 11, GA.
Ito 12n. per cwt. which could not passibly be made of the
proper iron for the purpose at less than ris. or 16-. per cwt.
It was dated that the platen could not be bought at kw
than Its., and for the extra 6d. per cat. the boiler was un-
dertaken to be made, and carted a distane: which would
probably cost the maker 5/. or 61. In these cases the temp-
tation was to buy plates at Si. or Os., and these plates 11.. d
teen known to be of such inferior metal th..t they would
not bend with tit.: ordinary process of rolling.

APPOINTMENT OF A VICE-Clf INCEl.Loll.—Ye.ter-
day, the act which received the royal aosent on Tuesday,
(14 Viet., cap. 4) to enalde her Majesty to appoint a
vice-chancellor, in the room of Sir James Wigrum,
resigned, came into operation. It is declared by
the preamble that the state of busiuto4 renders
it •• expedient '• that a vice-chancellor should be
appointed in the place of Sir James Wittram. The new
Vice-Chancellor ( \ Ir. Oco. Turner) is to have a secretary,
usht r, and trainbe seer. The Lord Chancellor may appoint
one or more persons to keep order in court, at nut more
thin 801. each. The salarico of the other officers to he the
same as regulated by the act appointing the vice-chancel-
lors. The oalary of the new Vice-Chancellor will be the
same as enjoyed by Sir Jatlll, S iirnira...-5,004W. a year.
The new Vice-Chancellor will nut take his scat ton the
bench before the first day of the ensultur Easter term.
TEMPERANCE AEITATION.—A public fleeting was'
held at the British Culft,..hous.:, Edge ware-road, on Wed-
nesday evening, the first of a series intended to be held in
the metropulio, to consider the adoption of a petition to both
houses of parliuramt, praying fur a C0M2116,6•11 of inquiry
into the lasso, rogulationtt, manufacture, and -ale of intoxit.
rating drink+, and their influent,. tot the 111:14-4,1 of the pro-
ple. Mr. Bondi in the chair. 31....tr.t. ltruntly, Wettd,
Bowen, and others, addressed the meeting, and a petition
I was agreed upon praying the aepoiutment of a commission.