The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-26 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

titrlttaterraTlore OF HEREFORIIBHIR6.—Awfacunow
Is expected shortly to take plan in the repreeentation of tare
county, for whin the sitter members are Mr. J. Burley,
Jun., Mr. F. R. Haggett, and Mr. 0. Cornwall Lewis, son of
Sir T. Prankland Lewis. In anticipation of this ninny,
Mr. 8. Holmes Godson, a conservative, residing at Tenbary,
is the adjoining county of Worcester, and who has conside-
rable property in this county also, has offered himself as •
candidate. whenever the expected • acancy occurs. Mr.
Godson is well known in Worcestershire and Herefordshire,
and is brother to Mr. It. Godson, Q C., the member for Kid-
derminster. Mr. Godson has just issued • lengthy address
to the enema.
WM.
FATAL COACH ACCIDENT,—On Sunday evening,
the Norwich Union coach, on its route to the Hasten Union
station, was overturned in Nothgate-ereet, Ipswich, and a
lady was killed on the spot, some nf the other pmsengees
boleg more or less injured. Upon Woodbridge-hill, the two
hones in harness, obtaining the materv' proceeded at a tre-
mendous rate down the road, and, in turning the sharp
POMP of Coleman-street., the auk foil over, with a tre.
mediae nosh, scattering the renegers and luggage
epos the pavement of the White Home hotel. Several
persons, attracted by the shrieks of the panniers, ran
to reader assistance. A lady in front, named Parker,
discovered under the luggage, was token up insen-
'Able, and eonnyed into the commercial room.
Mr. Holten, surgeon, was immediately in attendance, bat
the lady breathed her Ist in the course of a few minutes,
in °mecums of the bodily injuries she had received, it
being supposed that her ribs and spine were fractured. Her
age is supposed to be between fiery and sixty. The body
was permitted to remain in the commercial-rows, awaiting
the etwoner's inquest. The next passenger injured is a young
man, supposed to reside atColcheater, named Barker. Whet
conveyed to the White Horse, he was bleedinpr, and. under the
direction of Mr. Bullets, was pinto bed. Besides being Dinh
bruised about the body, it is feared that he has installed
eneession of the brain. Roper, the coachman, end another
insister, were alas braised, the former especially, being so
mac" eat about the head and face that be was obliged to
pr seed home and to to bed. Two other passengers were
slightly injured, but were able to proceed by the train tes
London.
FERRHFIIt4O.—As Mr. J. Purkio, of Esat Doay-
load, near Cslehettar, was sisperintend.ng some of his men
at work on his farm on the Ilth inst., he saw a man named
Penney, at the bottom of a field, who he considered waft
ferreting be jumped over a gap Into the road. and se soon
as he got into the road, tie saw another. man on the other
side of the faun, opposite to the rimier. He walked down
to the rend men, who made off. Prestney wee in the
ditch, with • net, tenet and a dog. He jumped out of the
ditch, but was collared by Mr. Bakis, whom however he
threw. They both wrestled for some little time,
until the other man jumped over the hedge, and
came to assist with a number of atones in his
hand, which he betas to throw at Mr. Punt; some of
then would be about a penal in weight. Preston then
took • knife from his posket and cut the back of Mr.
Ps's left wrist, ; the monad went *CMS the Undone of
thetaumb and two next adjacent Angers ; A
in completely
severed the tendons of the two angels, and jured that
of the tomb: great Ices of blood ensued, end he was ren-
dered so week as to be obliged to let go Prrstney. Both
men then retreated; Pallas followed them, his hand bleeding
twofuwely ell the while. Preetaey seeing that he was fol-
lowed again took the knife, and pursued Parkin, wbo ran
away. Printery was afterwar Is taken Into custody. and ex-
amined on the 20th inst. before the magistrates of Colchester.
en I He was remanded_
604.

LITERATURE.
Macaulay's History of Erigiarid. 2 vob. 1848.
An eminent man of the present day observed that
if history hitherto has been of so little value or influ-
ence, this is owing to literary men Laving undertaken