The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-22 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 22, 1849.

wI Obeli& mil. It is aft way to pt pembharnate which
see M Ihe, um time WENN and detesting. Discipline
mat he arneflerned at sap pies. Order mut Int be taken
kr that. Lad with smap of these abeadoned wretches, the
her 0102111 mm thee* istastive to pod beitaArnir.
Nor is a Isla and ostry severity sulkiest. The
fellows are beedesed, piedeak as well as morally. • merge
arisen*, sod the *aliolamidwtal to a lib of crime, have
taught them to amide as datit au, and to lamb at the
seeppw of • illomes. 1111/a Millie are so low din as wily
be by the m—ead tbie b especially the ease with
kealemsd striebbrai Jamie drain. Great Cando' is,
howrner, to be teed is applying the lash. It is very dos
gra•liae and eissaid be emeeted to °sly in eatremb.
The dark calked MAW* isto&l places, andeemetimes
melancholy Welshes are made to coarnitting poems to
Ulna. You deemed shoat tweedy steps from the groan&
door into • way dark pmeege lead's, into a corridor,
as one side of which the Bella—small, dark, 111.
ventilated, and doubly barred, are raved. No
glimpse of day ever SOWS to this fearful place.
The °Loder is locked up ix three days, sad led on
breed and water only. There is oily a board to sleep m—
ead the only furniture of the cell is a water-closet Oa a
former visit we were told there wee a person in me of them.
He was touched, poor fellow, in his intellects. But his mad-
ame was very mi d. He wished to fraternise with the other
prisoners ; declared that all mankind ere brethren ; gang
whoa told to be alma Iliad when reprimanded declared him-
self the governor. They said he pretended to be mad ;
which, seeing that his vagaries subjected him to continual
punishments, was very likely. They put him into darkness
to 'slights* his undentandine—and alone, to teach him how
uabrotherly men en. He was frightened with his solitude,
sad howled fearfully. We shall never forget his wail
as we passed age door of his horrid daemon.
The tones were quite unearthly, and caused an involuntary
shudder. Oa hearing footsteps, he evidently thought they
were coming to release him. While remaining in the cor-
ridor he did not cease to shout and implore most lamentably
far freedom whoa he hoard us retreating his voila roes into
a yell, and, ertpit the fall of the heavy boles told him that
we were pm, he gave a shriek of horror, agony, sad de-
spair which rang through the pentagon, and ma never be
forgotten. May God grant that we hear such sounds
I
am
ed
Oa coming to this part of the prison the inquiry naturally
arose—what has become of the man who pretended to be
mad ? The answer was—Hs b perfectly insane, tad in
Bethlem !

then end mks It available only Is, the sw■ reit end
aavemement. At the ran is 11133, wham the As-
son and W rottrthy lathiest unitett,ths nambere lisped were
—Anete, 3,196 ; lopstre, 3307 ; Wrottarkg, 3.009 DPW.
3,041.. There has not been..,.treed elegies in the &vi-
sion ernes.

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Stamm ow Carr. D. Bowwatt, K1.C.11.--An
in-
gaest wee held at &them, cm Friday, Devil Downes,
Wad 77, hie a saver septets is the UK India Ossapasys
service, who that himself is his bedew= • Themday last.
—Z. °rosewood, servant to deceased, eoliths% bra master
had lately tikes is drinking beady, sad inseminates. was
an shared UM sad sot In a mead stets of Ws& the had
so reams to appose then was any other eases for the
suicide bat the disk. He was perfectly happy with his
ihmily—nobedy mere eo—aod his eirossostaasse were very
. _He always kept four leaded *tMe in a case under
hoed
bed. It had been a prudes with kim during hie.— The
bey returned a verdict that deemed deemed himself in a
It ol temporary insanity.
DEVONSHIRL
FINANCIAL REFORM AT Ftwoovru.—The Ply- ,
leseuth Herald, of Satu-day, eayst—tt A preliminary meeting
of parties who feel that it is necessary to take immediate
steps to check the increming national =medicare, was held
at the Mechealcs' Institute, on Thursday evening. About
16 were present, among whom were several of the leading
=nitwits of the town, and other gentlemen, who contribute
very largely to the taxes of the country. Thies assembled
constituted themselves into a standing committee, with
power to add to their number and they will Immediately
put themselves into communication with the Financial Re-
form Associations of Manchester and Liverpool. The com-
mittee is formed totally irrespective of pilitice, and will con-
tinue to preserve that position—the sole object being to use
every legitimate object to prevent extravagance and ua-
necessary outlay by the government, without respect to the
party who may hold the reins of power, and Went down the
expenditure in alt departments of the state, taking care to
preserve their saliency—so that the enormous and inertias-
, Mg taxation of the country, which is felt so oppressively by
all classes, may be lessened."
Tea MURDER NEAR Exzwea.—On Fridai, the
magistrates heard further evidence against James Maack
and Jena Mills, the two men apprehended on suspicion of
having murdered Hrs. Holman, at Tedburn St. Mary". The
particulars connected with this case appeared is this journal
at the time. The chief evidence against the prisoners was
that given by their accomplice, a person nicknamed Cockney
Harry. He stated that he sees engaged by Landriek and
Mills on the night the murder was committed; and at nine
o'clock they all left Moretoa, and arrived at Westwater, in
Tedburn St. Mary, at half-past eleven, when Landiek en-
tered the house of the deceased by means of a prop found in
the orchard. He then admitted the others. They black-
ened their faces at the foot of the stairs. They tatend the
deceased's bedroom, and were there some time before she
awoke and bocams conscious of their presence. The witness
further stated that Mills held the deceased down in the bed
while Landiek rifled her boxes and drawers of their contents,
and that the latter ultimately threw a heavy box of clothes
on her body, exclaiming, " That will stop the old woman
from howling ;" They shared the money of which they
plundered the deceased.—The prisoners were fully cow
mitt el for trial.
trTLTSIIIRE.
FATAL FIRE AT Cotten/alt.—Afire which destroyed
a large amount of property, and, what is of far more cones,-
queues, the life of the owner, occurred at Coral's on Wed-
nesday. At about five o'clock in the morning of that day,
the premises of Mr. Spielman, wise castled on a large
business in the tows, were found to be on lire, and the
neighbours were first apprised of their danger b, the cries of
Mr. Speckman himself, who ran out of the house and gave
the atom. Having done u, he went in doors, for the por-
poise lit is 'apposed) of saving his papers or other pro-
perty. The premises were, however, by this time
in flumes, and the ant atunate man, in striving
to escape, was suffocated in the passage. The fire
now raged with fury, and many people were afraid
to approach the burning sus kola the dread of the gin
powder which was known to be kept under the roof; this
was sox reached by the fire, and exploded, the report being
hi and for many mi'es. The destruction of the house was
new complete; nothing but the tare walls being left stand-
ing. When the quantity of water poured on the ruins had
in some measure cooled them, the body of Mr. Sparkman
was brought out from the midst, in a dresdfally burned
state. The adjoining premises occupied by the Misses Shed
end Burman were considerably damaged. Not a particle of
Mr. Speckman's stock, which is estimated to have been worth
upwards of 4,0001., was saved. An inquiet has been held en
the body, and a verdict returned, " That the deo used died
fram suffocation 'timing from the smoke of an accidental
fire on his premises."