The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-27 00:00:00

BEFISI. or VD: WINDOW TAI.—A meeting of
1111011spolitui delegates, for obtaining the total and uncon-
ditional repeal of the window tax, was held lust evening at
Ow Marylesbian. Court-house, " to take the most tangent
Illeinenres in nab rto secure the above object." There was
abase attendants: of delegates, including representatives
iliona the p trishes of Marylebune, St. Pancras, St. Anne's,
Sao; St. James's, Westminster, St. (tiles's, St. Luke's,
Old-strect ; and St. Marc. Islington. There were also pre-
sent Sir B. Mall, M.P., and Mr. Mowatt,
REGENT CAN %I. COMPANT.—Yesterdny • meeting
Of the proprietor. in this company took place at the com-
pany's °thee-, City-nod Mr. Alamo.' in the chair,
gm the purpose of approving of a bill, at prevent before
parliament, fur oMaining an enlargement of the powers of
the company, with a tit'W to enable them to increase the
wapacity of the reservoir iif water in the Brenta ('anal. The
bill was stews' us having been n-ail a emend time, and
ordertil for minutiae' on the 2nd of April. After some
discussion, consequent on an amendment proposed by Mr.
Greene, to the effect that the consideretion of the question
be postponed until the next half-yearly meeting, a resolu-
tion of approval of the bill was carried by an immense
majority. It was in it resolved to raise 60,11001. to carry
out the projected work by the creation of new 1001. shame,
at the rate of 161. per share. The proceedings then ter-
minated.
Ittfes.tt OF A CIT.ROTWAte TO trim A
The /jA•aei. h Express says: "We are extremely sorry to
mama.. the following extraordinary instance of refusal to
bury a child hr a gelltli man who at the present moment
stools as candidate for the ministerial office vacant by the
decease of the Rev. W. Harbor. Thomas Whitman, rend-
ing in the isiruh of St. Mary Key, lost his child by death
on Tuesday last, and as others of his family had been in.
terred in the graveyard attached to this church, he wished
liar,' the deceawil buried there on Sunday. The Rev,
John Dunintchain had engaged to perform the Sunday
mornimea service at the church, and application was of
course made to hint by the clerk to undertake the duty of
burying the child. Mr. Dimingham asked olf the child
had been christened ?" The clerk said, "He thought
it had been privately baptised, hut he did not
know by whom." Information was subsequently given to
Mr. Dilnincham that the child had been baptised by a
dissenting minister—the Rev. .1. Gay, of Salem Chapel.
Mr. Duningliain then asked to see the certificate of its bap-
tism, and the clerk was requested to go with the father of
the child to the dissenting minister to see that the cer-
tificate was not a fictitious one. In accordance with the
clerk's application, the certificate was given by Mr. Gay,
but in it no mention was made of the name in which
the infant bad hero baptised, although Mr. Gay verbally
informed the clerk that he had, of course, used the name
of the Trinity the only name he had ever em-
ployed. It stems Mr. Duningbam was not satisfied
with this certificate and the solemn assertion of
the clerk regarding the mention of the Trinity.
'Whitman expressed his surprise that Mr. Dunlnghtun
should doubt the clerk's solemn assertion, when he an-
f tiered that' "he couldn't place confidence in any man—
tic had had a sufficient proof of that that day." Although
it was twenty minutes past ten o'clock (Saturday night),
the clerk and the father of the child bad then to trudge
once more to Mr. Gay's. They found that the family
tad retired to 'rest, and each party then returned
to his home. Early the following morning (Sunday), the
brother-in-law of the father called on Mr. Gay and ex-
plained Mr. Duningliam's objection, when Mr. Gay gave
a second certificate to the following effect Emily
Whitman, daughter of Thomas and Louisa Whitman, was
baptised by me, March 16,18.51, in the name of 'the Father,
and of the Son. and of the Holy Ghost.' S*ned, J. Gay,
'lnsister." This was taken at 9 o'clock by Whitman tothe
clerk, who was in the church, and who at the father's re-
greet immediati ly carried it to Mr. Duningham. In a few
minutes the clerk returned with the message that Mr. Dun-
Ingham had looked at the certificate, and said " It was all
right," but had declined to hare anything to do with the
affair. Application was then made to Mr. Rigand, to whom
rune of the circumstances were related. This gentleman
expressed his surprise that Mr. Duningbam had refused,
and at once offered to attend himself and perform the ser-
vice at two o'clock. At the appointed time Mr. Unclad
was iu attendance, and kindly relieved the parents of the
great distress into which this extraordinary affair had
thrown them.
Tilt CHILD MURDER AT WINOPIELD.—On Mon-
day Maria Clarke, the wretched woman who stands accused
of having murdered her infant child by burying it alive in
a Mid near the village of Wingfield, in Suffolk, was
brought up for final examination before the magistrates, at
the Queen's Head Inn, Stredbrooke. On the previous
Friday a verdict of Wilful Murder was returned by the
coroners jury, and the proceedings before the magistrates
consisted merely of a re-examination of the witnesses pro-
duced on the inquest. The following evidence, which was
elicited in the course of the magisterial inquiry, would
Went to warrant the inference that the unhappy woman
insane:—Mrs. Bates said. The prisoner was pretty well
before her confinement, except Ming given to fainting
stray. After her confinement she did well at first,
bet another person was confined and died, and as
the prisoner was obliged to be in the same bedroom, the
surgeon said this upset her. After being confined a
fortuight, or it 'Meta be more, she seemed very much
fiarrkil, and we thought it was from weakness. She
thought dm saw something by her bedside, and called on
me to broil it away from her, and then she said it seemed
to coot SEIM to her. 81se woo wry weak and ill after
that Mg, Barton, the ompola to the house, had little
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commit the prisoner so the chaos of murdem She was sub-
seqaenUy conveyed to Ipswich psi.