The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-28 00:00:00

but that his wages were then rained one pinny per day ; that
on the day he left his place Mr. C. told him he had " a whip
in pickle' for him, and that the boy left in consequence
The magistrates ordered the defendant to pay the boy his.
wages for two weeks, 4s. 6d., and to pay the clerk's costs,
9s. 6d. The farmer appeared very angry at the decision, and
said he should appeal against the amviction.

seteMEX.
A MEETING OF THE SUSSEX ARCHHOLOGICAL ASSOCIA-
TioN took place at the Town Hall, Brighton, on Saturday ; the
Dean of Chichester in the chair. It was well attended, and a
great number of curious rings, seals, and other antiquities
were exhibited, together with a great number of drawing. of
various churches and crypts, and " rubbings" of some fine an-
tique brasses, s yen,' of which were from Rome, and others
from various places in England.—Mr. Bleauw, hon. sec., read
a paper pointing out the subjects worthy the notice of Sussex
antiquaries.—Mr. Courthorpe read a paper on the antiquity
of the buildings still existing at Mayfield, in this county.—
Dr. Mantel, in a very anima 'd speech, expressed his regret
at the failure of the attempt to establish a Scientific Society
in Brighton, which he made some years ago, and his satisfac-
tion at the establishment of t!' is association. lie then gave
a rapid sketch of various antiquarian discoveries which be
had formerly made, and particularly called the at cation of
the members to a spot near the mile stone between Lewes
and Shoreham, where he had found some most intere-ting
remains, and was swished that others might be discovered.
He also alluded to the rings found at liollitigbury Castle.

F.SSEX.
THE DAGENHAM MURGER.—DEATII OT THE WIFE Or
SEAJEANT I'AUSON6.—There was a report on Saturday
that the constables who perjured themselves before the
coroner, as well US Serjeaut Parsons, wauld be charged
with the crime before the magistrates, and in consequence
the court was crowded, but the report turned out to be un-
true. In the course of the morning, however, it was stated
to the bench that the wife of Parsons had died under cir-
cumstances of a mantle:holy character, which appeared to
excite the curiosity of those present. It will be remembered
that when the constables gave their " second evidence " to
the coroner, stating that all their previous testimony with
respect to the serjeant being on duty on the night of the
murder, the 29th of June, they all appeared stripped of their
uniform, and attended by ether police constables, who were
directed nut to lime sight of them. The serjeant, althoagh
he had not diverged from his previous testimony, was
among them and under strict surveillance. This was on
August the 20th, and at that time Mrs. Parsons had bests
recently confined. What orders were given with respect to
her and her husband are not known, hut at the inquest. on
Tueadav last, Mr. Rawlings, the solicitor who attended for
Serjt. Parsons, said he had a complaint to make against Mr.
Superintendent Pearce of harsh conduct towards ?drs. Par-
sons, who, at the time, was in a delicate state of health, and
who at the present time was in an exceedingly dangerous
state, arisioc, as he had been iastructed, from the treatment
she received from the superintendeut Seeing Mr. Pearce
present, he had, on behalt of the friends, made the complaint
in order that he should be in a condition to give a denial to
it if it was untrue. The Coroner said, from what he had
seen of Mr. Pearce, he felt satisfied that he Wlll incapable of
acting in a harsh manner towards any female, especially to
Mrs. Parsons, who was placed in her present situation by
the misconduct of her husband.—Pearce said he could assure
the coroner that he pitied the situation in which Mrs. Par-
sons was placed, and, instead of acting harshly towards her,
he had treated her with the greatest kindness, consistent
with the duty he had to perform, which was one of great
importance and responsibility.—Mr. Rawlins (the father)
said that hi; child was then in a most dangerous state, aid-
tering from nervous fever, which she said had been caused
by Mr. Pearce's treatment of her, he having ordered the
police to watch her. That was what his daughter stated ;
and if anything serious happi ned to her he should insist on
having a coroner's inquest on her, the surgeon who attended
her paying that fright, so soon ;Ace confinement (only five
weeks) had caused her illness.—Pearce said he had never
ordered any of the police to watch her, but had told
the man to attend to any communication that might
pass between her and her husband. Ile felt deeply
for her situation, but had done no more than his duty.—
It
appears that when Parsolis could not move without a eon-
stable being in attendance upon him, it began to make such
a visible effect upon his wife, that it was thought advisable
to remove her to her fatly r's house at Barking Side. The
fright and Fria at her husband's situatiou had, however,
taken so deep an effect upon her system, that, despite the
active attendance of a medical gentleman, death terminated
her mental aad bodily suffering. late on Thursday night.
With regard to the c 'Testable% who committed such whole-
sale perjury the almost universal cry is, " What is to be
done with them ?" but no one knows. An indictment for
perjury eyeing them, it is statad by several lawyers, will not
stand, and, therefore, the only punishment will be diatnicad
from the force. It as said that it has been satisfactorily
proved to the police authorities, although for some reason
withheld from the coroner's jury, that Parsons was doing
his duty properly from half-past ten o'clock until twelve on
the night of the murder. The constables are still under sur-
veillance.—ln addition to the above, a correspondent states,
we know not how truly, that there has been a meeting or
the. several heads of divisions of the police at Scotland-yard,
for the purpase of devising the best means of discovering the
murderer or murderers of the ur.furtunate man Clarke. The
result of that meeting is the proposition of enlarging the
amount of reward for the discoverer of the murderer from
1001. to 5001.; and as the police feel that a certain odium
has been cast upon the force generally by the non-discovery
of the murder, they propose to raise_ by voluntary subscrip-
tions amongst thetuselvee the other 400 e, in order that the
perpetrator may be brouaht to justice. It will be left to the
men's discretion to subscribe to it o: not.
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Fiturrs or T E GAME-LAWS.—A polieemaa named M'Kay
was very at fiend), wounded at Fyfield on Tuesday last, by
some poachers. It appears from the constable's statement,
that about half-past one a.m., when on his beat between
Forest Ilall and Fylicld, he found a bag containing two
hares, and on looking round saw a man standing at a
short distance in a field. M'Ktty went towards
him, and asked him what ho was doing there, when
the fellow, 'without making any reply, whistled, on
which two others rushed out of the hedge behind the con-
stable, and without a word being spoken the three at once
fell upon and Lott him with large knobbed bludgeons, many
of the binsa falling on his head; ;and but for the protection
of his hat they would in all probability have proved fatal.
lie succeeded in wresting a stick from one of his cowardly
assailants, but before he could defend himself, he received
other severe blows upm his head, and one by which the
principal bone of his nose was completely severed, and he
was rendered insensible. Lie subsequently managed to reach
the cottage of the gamekeeper to B. Stage, Esq., and the
attendance of uourgenn was procured: he is not considered
to be in danger. M'Kay would not be able to identify either
of the felloms, and there is consequently little clue to their
discovery.
SPECIMEN or A Cttuttenwartnr.N.—ln n case of licensing
a house in the parish of range, the following document
(verbatim),in opposition to the license, was handed in by the
churchwarden of the parid), Mr. Pocklington, who, at a
recent meeting of the Board of Guardians, opposed the ap-
pointment of a schoolmaster on the ground " that the people
were too well educated already."

"yang—tyke arc of opinion tint on publiek lions is a nut for So
Smal a place has Van/ inhabitant IGS the pctiton was rot the beer
bone to be Lleence at yang ,hair 'scrag 3 public Howes Within 3
miles. TI/OXAS Pocrusoros, Sole Churchwarden of yang.
JOHN "blows, Overseer."
The document was put in too late, for the licence had been
granted to the house.
REPRESENTATION OF SOUTH EsSEX.—We (('he/MSford
Chronicle) are enabled testate, upon the best authority, that
W. Bowyer Smyth, Esq., eldest son of Sir E. Bowyer Smyth,
Bart., of Hill hail, will offer himself as a candidate for the
southern division of the county, in the room of T. W. Bram-
sten. Esq.
KENT.
SUICIDE AND ATTEMPT AT MURDER.—EarIy on Thurs-
day evening a woman named Chippenham threw herself,
together with her daughter, a child about four years old,
from the Sun Pier, at Chatham, into the Medway. A son
of Mr. Robertson, surgeon, who witnessed the circumstance,
gallantly rescued them from the tide. Every means were
used for their recovery, which in the case of the child suc-
ceeded ; but the muther died on Friday morning. Deceased
was the wife of a man formerly in the Royal Marines.
Family dinrences are said to have led to the rash act. An
inquest was held, when a verdict of "Temporary insanity"
was returned.