The Express.
London, England, 1851-03-06 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL. i LANCASHIRE ANI) YORKSHIRE RAILWAY
CA.mnanxie, IL%acu 3.—At a congregation holden MEETING.
this day, the following degrees were conferred ;-13. A .: 11. W. .
Downes, Trial. Coll.; R.. 1. Livingstone, 'Fria. Coll. (corn-' Yesterday the general half-yearly meeting, of the
pounder) •C. J. Vernon, Trio. Coll. ;G. Armitage, John's; Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, was held at
C. Batleoek, John's; M. Bland, John's ;IL Lbw. the Exchange, Manchester. In addition to the ordinary
John'.; R. 0. Lloyd, John's ;W. O•ven, John's ;A. Vat- I it was proposed to forfeit certain shares on which
son, John's; S. J. Whottle, John's ; F. Sumer
Caius• arrears of call have arisen, and there was also a special
M.: E. Stanbrire, Caine; L. J. Stephens, Curls (corn- meeting to follow, to unction the lease of the Leeds and
e•
Liverpool Railway (either solely or jointly with the London
pounder) ; W. De Vcar, Queens' ; C. C. Wharton, Cath
rifle Hall ; I. 1,,,„,,„,,„„, ; J. simmond,, Jesus; F. J. and North Western and the Midland Coml.:my). The re-
/Rockdale, Emmanuel. port and accounts having been published were taken as
At the same congregation the following graces passed the read. An nlistr.ut has already been published in the
senate: To authorise each of the persons who may be em- Express. Mr. ROJIEUT GILL, ehainnan of the board of
ployed to make a catalogue of the MSS. in the University directors pr"ided•
Library, to take one MS. at a time out of the library with- I The ClainmAN, in a brief speech, alluded to the
out the usual bond, but under such conditions as the library . report, which he said contained a faithful record of their
syndicate may think necessary to preseribe for the sate . l'lneci'diug". He alluded to the Chancery procecdiugs in-
custody of the 3155. 'Fro authorise the Vice-Chancellor to , stituted with regard to the Fifth Shuns, and considered
;that although the shareholders might discuss the merit* of
present to the Rev. Ilenjantin Donne, M.A. of Queens'
College (who is repairing his church at Weston, liens), an ; the question, it would be better pulley fur him to have his
old pulpit beluoging to the Uoirersity, but now no longer lip. settled. Ile next alluded to the depreciation fund of
i 30,0001. set aside fur the replacement of roiling stock and
permanent way, and after some few further remarks, moved
the adoption of the report.
Mr. 11101IFIELD wished the accountant to answer for
the difference between the capital received and the amount
accounted fur. A letter from Mr. Ilighfield, dated " butte
Linacre, near Liverpool," was read by the secretary, ad-
dressed to the director., complaining of the sum of 30,0001.
being placed as a depreciating fund. The document was
signed by memorialists represeutind capital to the amount
?f100,00.11. Ile concluded by musing the following nu-

FINE OS A Cirrus OP A Solar.—At the Liver-
pool Police-office on Tuesday, George Bewley, master of
the ship Rotund., was fined oil. and costs fur neglecting to
supply suitable lime juice to his crew, on a voyage to I
Madras. It appears that 30 gallons of lime juice were sup-
plied to the ship by Messrs. ('saran cued Browne fir the
voyage to Ma roe and home. Thin was found unsuitable, I
and when the laved arrived at Madras five gallons Teo e
were purchased, and to thin one gallon of the old stuck was
added, which, it wan alleged, had spoiled the whole. St-
-whotiAktlia craw were arilicheil pithausgry in easswpantaa,
and one of the people had died. The information a this
case was laid by Chatles Jiaker, a coloured man, who,
was cook of the ship, and who produced a bottle of
lime juice as a sample of what wax used in the
Teasel. Another sample was produced by the steward,
who said the cook's bottle wax nut a fair sample.
lie said that a portion of the lime juice was on hoard, and
I to test the sampler with this an officer of the court with the
steward and cook were sent down to the Tessa in the Albert
Dock, the magistrate kindly payhog Mr a car for the cook,
who was too debibtsted to work. The sample was accord-
ingly drawn from the cask and hrouht into, court, when it
was bated by the assistant of Mr. M.Guffie, chemist, who
gave his opinion that it was very had and quite unfit for
use. The fine was paid by the defendant, and the 'muffs- I
trate advised him to settle the affair with the rest of the
crew, as he would be liable to a fine of oil. fur every man on
board should he bring him into court.
Tine SticlOfi PitoM LoNoux-nalonr..—Last evettH
ing Mr. Payne held an inquest at St. Bartholomew's'
ll.opital on the body of the young woman who threw herself
from the parapet of London-bridge into the water on Fri-
day night last, the particular. of which appeared in the
Express on Monday. The deceased was identified as
the daughter of Sophia hall, of Chatham, mid that her
name was Ann Loader. She was 19 years of age, and had
been in the service of Mr. Cranky, a pawnbroker, of No.
100, High-street, Shadwell, since November, as parlour
maid and nurse. Latterly she had become dishonest, and
her mistress had given her warning to quit her satiation.
On Thursday last Mrs. Cranky sent a letter to doetaxed's
sweetheart's mother, who had recommeaded her to her
situation, informing her of what had occurred. She was to
have been married in two months, and it was steeper-ed that
the letter seriously afficted her mind. The jury returned u
verdict of Temporary insanity." An elderly man, one of
the jury, while proveeding to view the body, accidentally
felt down some stone steps, and fractured his arm and one
of his ribs. Ile was carried to one of the wards where
he ref-pietd medical attendance. The steward of the
hospital add in future a light should be placed near the
steps to prevent similar accidents.
EXTENSIVE EMMERT ON THE LIVERNKIL RAlL-
WAT.—Yesterilay information was received by the metro-
politan police that (Intimt the passage of the 9 o'clock train
between Warrington and Liverpool, some daring thief had
contrived to get on to the luggage truck and cut open a
carpet bag, taking from it I'AP. in 1/. Irish notes' a 301.
branch flank of England note, &W. in 10/. and 51. Bank of
England notes, and 2201. in sovereigns, getting clear away,
and at present no clue exists to the perpetrator.
Swim. or Alas. Last night, Mr. Charles
Tomlinson delivered a lecture at the institution of the So-
ciety of Arts, in John-street, Adelphi, on " Small; its ma-
nufacture and uses, commercial and artistic." The lee- ,
lec-
turer commenced by speaking of the manufacture of co- '
halt, from which, he said, small was obtained by the pro-
cess of smelting (',,halt was altogether a foreign modue-
lion, and was obtained only front two districts—the ono in
Saxony on the horsier* of Bohemia, and the other in Nor-
way Its use had been first discovered by is Bohemian, as
far back an the year 1.1-10, but it had only been by means of
patient industry, and after many failure*, brought to its
present commercial and artistic value. The lecturer went
on to speak of the habits of the miners, and gave a detailed
account of the various properties of cobalt. It was a
curious fact that the manufacture of smolt, which had been

itiathisa the P.m of 21.1,111.,. now placed to the account of
aggint r repluctinenifund, be placed to the amount
of revenue for the half-year, and that in future no such fund
should exist."
Mr. LEEMAN proposed, by way of amendment, that
Mr. IliglitielfEs motion be earned so far only as relates to
the rolling stock, and that a sum of 20.01 M. be appropriated
fur each year to the renewal of the permanent way.
Mr. iiouLuswoirrti considered that the 30,00n1.
placed as a reserve by the company fur a gape: animated
fund (ho would call it), viz., fur reuewal of engines, &c.,
should he allowed to remain.
Mr. HEALD, M.l'., was much gratified to hear the
opinions of such practical men as Messrs. Leeman and
llouldsworth, but considered that an amount of such valua-
ble information us was contained in Mr. Wood's report
should be printed and circulated anunigst the shareholders.
Mr. Itawson, Mr. Marshall (a director), Mr. Parsons, of
London, Mr. Ilargrearcs (a director), and Mr. W. Garnett,
severally addressed the meeting.
On the motion of Mr. MAXWELL, seconded by Mr.
LEEMAN, • committee, consisting of Messrs. Parsons,
Maxwell, Leeman, Garnett, Coates, ilouldsworth, Vance,
Iliglifield, llardswell, and Hurter, were appointed to retire
and consult together as to the best steps to be taken to put
an cud to litigation respecting the holders of fifth shares.
They retired to a private room, and the meeting stood ad-
journed.

PARLIAMENTARY CONIIIITTEES.
AYLESBURY ELECTION AND ST. ALDAN'S ELEC-
TION.—The examiner of recognisance, has reported to the
house that the ret"Mtllisaßeel of the parties to the petitions
again-t the return of members at these elections are unob-
jectionable.
FALILIIM ELECTION.—The petition of the electors com-
plaining of this election has been referred to the general
committee of elections._

prospemus fur 300 years, was at the preeent time ruinous to
the manufacturer". (hi, new tariff imposed a duty of 10'..
per cwt. on %malt, and admitted a rival colour, called
nltra-marine, duty free. The low price at which ul-
tra-marine could be mild, coupled with the imposition
of the duty 011 malt, had rendered the production of the
latter colour a in mer of great loss to those engaged in its
manufacture. Amongst the uses to which malt was
appiied the lecturer enumerated the making of blue patterns
on pottery ware and poreelain, the ;eminent a blue colour to
writing end other paper., in order to cover the yellow tint they
generally have when made, the imprinting of blue patterns
, and grounds on paper hangings, and the manufacture of
glees with a brilliant blue colour. Llesidow these there were ,
many other useful and ornamental purposes to which 'malt I
was applied, and other. to which it could he applied with
advantage. At the close of the pmeeedings a vide of thanks
was tendered to Mr. Tomlinson for his lecture.
'THE SLAVF. Ilium—On Monday night a public
meeting, under the auspices of the Financial Reform Asos
eiation, was held in the Queen—greet Ilull, Edinburgh, for
the purpose of considering the propriety of the withdrawal
of the African squadron, etc. William Chambers, Esq.,
occupied the chair, and addressed the meeting. Ile eons
tended fur a reduction of the armaments of the country,
and subsequently qaoted returns, which went to prose that
the present squadron did not, by any means, accomplish the
end for which it was originated. Ile marimba', amid much
applause, in a %indication of the principles actuating the
Reform Association in taking this step, and urged that the
only way to suppress the slave trade was to withdraw the 1
squadron which was a great public burden, and which was
maintained ut an enormous expense. Resolutions were
afterwards passed, ununinaously condemning the slave
trade, approving of the withdrawing of the African squad-
ron, and urging the British government to enforce the
treaties entered into by this country with Spain, Portugal,
land Brazil.—NurfA British Mail.
•

MID h ENT AND DoVER RAILWAY (LANDOWNrits'
LINS).—The seket emumittee of the House of Common, on
standing orders have cided that the standing orders ought
not to be dispensed with in this caw.
CLAsnirWATIoN Or PRIVATE -earnmittee
of selettiou, under the powers granted to them by the
Standing Order, No. If 2, have formed into groups the fol-
lowing private bills which, in their opinion, it is expedient
to submit to the same committee, and have agreed to report
the same to the house, as follow :—Group No. 1. Turnpike
Road ; Appleby, Kendal, Kirkby Stephen and Market
Brough ; Cheltenham and Gloucester District; Cheltenham
and Painswiek ; Huddersfield and New Hey District;
Itrhen Bridge and Roads ; Manchester Parish Highways ;
Mildenhall Burnt Feu Road and Lakenheath and Hoek-
wold Roads; Millthrup and Levens 'Turnpike Rood; rye-
comb and Hicksted ditto ; Richmond and Lancaster (west-
ern district); Sheffield and Glossop; Shrewsbury and
Briagnurth ; Stroud and Gloucester; Tenter& n and Wood-
church ; Uttoleter to Stoke and Millwieh to Samlon ;
Wiveliseouthe Roads. Group No. 2. Liverpool Ducks
(alteration of management, &c. &c.) ; Liverpool Ducks
(amendment of acts).

ADMIRALTY, MARCH S.—APPOINTMENTS.—Lieu-
tenants E. Marshall to the Penelope, and F. S. llawkins to
the Impregnable.
Second Muster F. W. Rea to the Virtory.
Muster's As.isttuit S. Silby to the Banshee.
Mate F. Fyne to the Prince Regent.
11 Clerk W. S. F. Freeman to the Alert.
Midshipmen 8. Juke and 11. C. Wogan to the Prince

Regent.
Naval Cadets C. M. Thackeray, A. Murray, and A. W.
Inglis to the Pritwe Urgent.
.MEETING OF THE BIRKENHEAD COMMISSIONERS.—
The monthly meeting of this body was held at llirkenhead
on Tuesday evening. A great deal of miscillantsms busi-
ness, of gide public importance, was dispowal of, having
reference to the improvement of the township in a sanitary
point of view. The ferry commissioners reported that the
retriots up to the 28th February, 18.50, amounted to
1,1491.185. &I. To tb,., same date of the present year the
proceeds were 1,2081. 2s. 91. The receipts from 23e1 of
April, 1819, to the' Bth February, 1810, were 18,321/.45. 3d.;
and for the sante period ending 28th February, 1811,
18,416/. 80. The total expenditure for the latter period was
11,1111. Ils. Id.

INDIAN COTTON CILOP.—The Bombay Telegraph
am/ Courtier reports that the cotton crop of the present
season, from the cotton lands of Guoerit, is expected to
produce 300,000 boles, living 100,000 bales more than was
obtain, d lust year. The quality also promises to be good,
and jhe only measure nivess.iry to give the produce its fair
chance in the market is to prevent the hots and shippers
front adulteratim; tho article. This requisite vs di, it Is
said, be secured by the severity with which the law on the
subject has been carried out by Mr. Davies, the collector of
Broach.
DIsTritBANcES IN YARMOUTH UNION-110UsE.—For

some time time mug our workhouse (which unfortunately con-
tains a huge number of idle and dissolute characters) has
been the scene of frequent insubordination, to quell which 1,
much determination has been accent:try. Several of the
supernumerary police have been located in the 110113 e for
the purpose of ussisting in preserving order. On Saturday
an outbreak took plan., in consequence of the new. Track-
ing tome of the inntates that there was a riot in the town.
This was however subdued with some difficulty, but on
Thursday last ',vend of the ringleaders commenced hy re-
fusing to do any work, when one of them, a desperate cha-
racter named Girdlestone' was taken into custody. One of
the toen who took hint had a finger nearly severed from his
hand in endeavouring to secure him. Ile was brought up
handcuffed, notwithstanding which he conducted himself
most furiously, using the most awful imprecations. Ile
THE DUKE or TherN4wlrses AERIAL VOTAOI.I. sent, need to 12 days' hard labour, and when he conies
The Duke of Brunswick, who with Mr. Green, the aeronaut, . wa''. • • • . . •
lout be will he committed for trial for his ferocious attack
MR Vaushallsgardens on Tuesday in the Royal Nassau , .
on the policeman. Three other paupers were sent to the
Balloon, with the intention of crossing to Germany, about
treadmill for 21 days each, for refractory conduct—Bury
two hour. afterwardsdew, ntletl at Gravesend, the duke
having found the wind andilnly become adverse to the ; Poa.
e
course he meant to take. He is. however, Neill determined ; A NECROPOLL4.—As some workmen were oxen-
to carry out his intention, and will, it is said, amend again mating in the new garden, purchased by the governors of
as soon as the wind becomes favourable. i the Lunatic Asylum, nearly oppisite the north-west sally-
LompoN AND Nom' Wysyms RAILWAY,— • port of the cattle, they came to a quantity of human bones.
Traffic for the week ending March 2, 1811: Pasaengers, Above a hundred skeletons have already been unhoused,
pisseels, carriage •, horses, and mails, 22,7911. Lt. 74.; and, as the works are proceeded with, the numberciincrease.
rnerchandiw. 17,5ri4. 19‘. 441. ; cattle, 7001. 19s. id.: Two coins have been found—the one a Claudius 11., brasa ;
total, 41,0-W. :fa. 3d. Corresponding week, 18.10, the other one of Gallienus ; some bricks, with a few ca-
l-40,2041. os. 10d. Aggregate : ISA 346,7331. 18s. fid. ; cined fowls' bones, have also been discoveredr but none of
1041, 3.17,11101. be. 3.1. i these things tend to explain the matter. It us conjectured
Lomm,
~,,, sorni_WEsTERN RAingA;y,___ that the hones are the remains of soldiers slain during the
siege of the castle, iu the time of King Stephen.—Lincoln-
-1 Trak for the wsvk ending March 2, Itail :—Passengers,
6.4311. Ina. lid.; nests, 2,272/. 71i. 84.; total, 8,7071. ss. 91d. shire Times.
1111DLAND RAlLWaY.—Trattic for the week end- FATAL ItAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Ou londay morning
last, a fatal accident occurrs4 at the railway cruising near
lag March 2, 11411, 19,4521. Hs. OM. ; ditto, March 3, 18.10,
the Collins-ten-en station, 011 the Liverpool branch of the
20.511. W. Is. I Id. Aggregate, 1850, 171,9531. Us. Id, ; 1811,
, London and North-Westent Railway. An old woman named
176,640/. 2s. Id.
Ashton, who livedat a farm near St. Helen's, anti was in
1 WINDING l'P JOINT STOCK COMPANlKA.—Yester-
the habit of going thither every morning with milk, went
day, pursuant to an order of the house of Lords, the Mass
up to the gates as usual vvith her home and cart, and was
I tent an Chancery were called on to send in returns of the allowed by the gateman 's wife to pass through; but just
number of eases contested and uneontestetl that have been when tihe cart was upon the line the express train from Li-
brought before aial have been decided by them under the ,
iluth rt;tatr
old
dg overo it broke. the the. cart
theo
Joint Stock Companies Winding-up Acts during 1840. T.
et% and came part
Muster Brougham has directed that in making out the re- formerh ' bring thrown by the' forcew :la( tnhean shock inhtorsca 'field
j turn fmm bin office, there he added thereto the total num- ...,„ tide the line.
her of meetings that have been held before him, with the , at
STARVATION OF A WIPE DT HER HUSB.tND.—Last
duration of the same, in the 12 or 13 companies now being I
wound up in his office. , evening the coroner's inquiry at Bath into the melancholy
case of Harriet Sparing, the particulars of whose death
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE It.tTLWAT.—Traffie for.
have already appeared in the E.rpr4 ss. an resulting front ex-
' the week ending Feb. 23, 4,1121. ; corresponding week but -
haustion and starvation, was brought to a close. The police
year, 1,0971. • had not imecceded in apprehending the husband, from
(Advertisement.)—Tut WONDERFUL CCRES PEN- whose conduct the evidence showed death to have resulted.
1311111111/ as 1401.1.0flets, I.lW+ astonish every body, they remove : The coroner having summed up the evidence, and point...el
anmplands aluvb lb, (acuity promatoos incurable, debilitated con out the legal distinctions between wilful murder and man-
astaisimis see by their oar comPleteir ussitiorvled ; the "rv°u, ale slaughter, the iury after a short consultation, returned a
dslissra, sad the weak me made strops :sad there la an otte.r meth-! verdict oft , uviiyui . . ~ .
Pas khans that is WI certain and effectual in eurinn iadicestims ar.d . deceased. ruer against the husband of the
all Manua, liver, and vtomach compliinut, OP Holloway's Pills: they
on ono on exec tan remedy a,t, droasiest allutians, sad every disease Sklel DE AT CHARING-CROSS HOSPITAL.—Ttnter-
tnektent to knish, an I stoat unrivalled as an rilialatAW family day, Me. Bedford held an inquest at Charing-cross Ho-pi-
ta slicase, a. Uol purify the blood, clime's the system. a:mu:then the tat, on the body of Samuel Bridge, aged 32, a patient in
holy, mad re4heate it In the roundest healtn, and often after ever, • .
other
r....„) ~,. ,;,..d.
.sc,:d. by a:: ,tr,,,,,,, ~,d iit ppuf... Ha. that institution, who destroyixt himself by jumping out of
assay's esticAshount, 244. cuand, lows. a window of one of the wards on the third Boor of the
building, a height of about forty feet, on Sunday last, about
11/A.VCIIESTBR, March 5. two o'clock. M. skull was dreadfully fractured in coast-
- quence, and he died almost immediately in the area below.
.tlter hearing the evidence, the jury returned a verdict of
" Temporary insanity."

,
TM: I..ATY. EARL OP Il OtRINGTON.—The mortal
remains of the late Earl of Ilarrinstten were on Tuesday
brought from Brighton by special train, and were con-
veyed to his late reddens* in Whitehall-garden.. On
Friday evening they will again hr removed by special
train to Elvavoin Castle, Iltrhythire, for their final rest-
ing-place in the family vault of the chapel adjoining the
castle.

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