The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-03 00:00:00

Tns prisoner, on being asked what she had to my, end
big duly cautioned by the magistrate, denied all know-
bags of the way in which the old lady tame by her death ;
*ben (Abe ssid) nothiag whatever about it.
msgistrate remanded her fur further examination, and
• bge way from the court, to the prisonshe wee hissed
▪ sad booted by a large mob who had meembled.

WHITTINGTON FUND BILNETIT BUILDING SOCIETY.
woofing of members of the Whittington Club, and
Wet held on Tuesday evening, at the Crown and
strand, to bear an explanation of the objects of the
sum institution. The chair was taken by Mr. W. Chris-
in the absence of Mr. Doses' Jerrold, who was unable
to, '
• wide. Mr. Yapp, the weerrelary, raid a prospectus, of
wieh the following are the points
stdendent from the heaming mem oldie Whittington Club,
accommodative requital le ern eat thephkete of that
inoitstse cuald Dot be olgeleel aegjimzen au ware exprealy
le that thee uses the Nib elthth id
th` WOO&
os Th'"'inilta, eyythebb".6ll: the woes of the =fie: Orit "me:
c ky perdue! sEpeeiserVlsy eiembeee indiethealty,
nho eniihr ee the bthe ewe with elms tenputiest
sag
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wene bla wee* le Yawn* e= meths of hrseelment
e solegs, the slues the hug be ochrous .asset SL
by osidgy indeleennle et various eelleallts,
slue upward,. The char,, would be
es members week% Uwe tupertunity
,snitch trim
two yews et ihe soctetes esieleue. at dewing the
anw a aselea oaths, with Limed eserwereg to tables
2°o im in the rules; me gist there weal lie ell Ike bait, end
=7,1 s lugs' Math with nearly doable the Knee of interest.
As entwine-feed par slue wage be &gel le meet pre-
=she • isgerlse el ewe Anus pee seem
Lear:, igggibentef pereissingregestty through
us medium of the Illeginglen Furl, geoid hale Se emu mow,
et their shires advssug du% myth the thearAty et the ~rte
"'reused; such was le le mew bp =eddy tonahlegiag
wed amounts. to snitthe einethethe et theetheth need
bow, ieueuressd in the eelth eel veil the thespegeeth by
Yr. main Three, actuary la Se Nadir& liseerthe Aeseemee
ower..s further improvements( great pentigai who would le
im,„fted, vis, the enabling inneihses 811111.141 plaleneel for the
Cerproperty, to assure auk preputy Useets=entatius
ehoge. CiSe of their death pear lathe of these
piying a moderate sum gown. The disguises bed ger
lw to,vie Alamo( three differed Area, via, the den; the
mealy sub.' siphon upon which Is Ss. ; 1,000 eines F, all
„a a . and owe clew subsceptlou 60. Farther irenes=te
sale from time to time of all the various Awe of sharee, eargealag
to demand.
The °birds of the institution were further explained by
Mr. Edger, the solicitor, and Mr. Jenkin Jones ; and a dis-
cordant discussion ensued ea to the details of the proposed
plan, although generally it appeared to have the approval of
Om meeting. Some compliant. were made with reference to
she non-publication of the rules, which however were read,
glair publication being reserved, it was stated, until
a more full and comprehensive explanation of the
ethane could be prepared. A prominent subject of
debate was the connexion which would exist between the
Whittington Fund and the Whittington Club, and its effect
ape both ; it being the general opinion that the two insti-
gations should be kept as distinct as possible. In order to
establish such distinctness, a resolution was adopted, to the
egret that whenever any society proposed to borrow money
dew Whittington Fund, the business should be transacted
eotir having no connexion with the society, as far as
supled to the offices of surveyor or solicitor. The resolution
ens made thus general, and applicable equally. to all bode-
es, at the request of several gentlemen who wished to avoid
asking any invidious distinction with regard to the Whit-
tiegtot Club. The meeting was adjourned, after some busi-
ness of minor importance, until the rules shall have been
pddiehed and more conclusive measure. resolved upon.
SOCIETY OF ST. ANNE'S.—A meeting took place
yesterday, at the schools of this society at Brixton-hill, for
the porpore of distributing certain prizes annually given to
young men brought up at the school who have conducted
thareelv,l to the satisfaction of their employers. The Very
Bev. the Dean of Chichester distributed the rewards, the
highest of which were awarded to those who had remained
wish one master for seven years, and who bore an uniformly
geed character. To such were given if. and a handsome
quarto bible ; to others various smaller sums of money,
mgether with books. Letters were read from the em-
ployers of those receiving prizes, speaking in highly com-
mendatory terms of thir conduct. After the distribution the
riff rev. dean briefly addressed the young people. The
children of both schools sang a hymn, and the company ad.
joined to see the children take tea.
ORPHAN Wontaxo ScuooL. This charitable
*agitation, which was established so far back as the
year 1758, for the purpose of providing for, educating, and
afterwards apprenticing orphan and other necessitous chil-
e's of both sexes, and of all denominations, held a com-
memorative festival yesterday, at the London Tavern, to
celebrate the completion of their new building at Haver-
Meek-hill, to which the establishment is about to be re-
moved from their present and less commodious premises in
the City-road, which is capable of accommodating 240 chil-
dren. Alderman and Sheriff Challis was in the chair, the
Earl of Ducie, who had been announced as the chairman,
being unable to attend in consequence of ill-health. The
sahecriptiens reported in aid of the building fund, amounted
to 1,0291. ; and in the list of subscribers were the Earl of
Docie,2l/.; T. Gibson, Esq., 311. 10s.; S. M. Pets, Esq.,
El. ; Sir J. Easthope, M.P., 101. 10e.; C. Dickens, Esq.,
6L ; and Alderman and Sheriff Challis (the chair-
man), tut. 10s.
INTERCOURSE BETWEEN ENGLAND AND SITE CON-
TtNewr. —lt appears from the official returns of the Mairie
ef Boulogne, that the total number of passengers between
England and the ports of Collis and Boulogne in the course
of the week ending May 23, was 1,773. Of these, 1,517
(with 4 horses and 11 carriages) passed by Boulogne; 256
(with 1 horse and 2 carriages) by Calais. The numbers in
the rorrepeading week of 1846 were 1,317: 1,030 by Bon-
Wee, and 327 by Calais. The 1,517 passengers by Boulogne
efthe week ending May 23, in this year, consisted of 744 to,
said 773 from, that place. There were 533 to Boulogne
from Folkstone, 120 from Dover, and 91 from London.
Then were 3V3 from Boulogne to Folkstone, 139 to Dover,
and 106 to Landon. _ _ _ _ _

Ma. O'Z'.o;;;.l..i..—The admirers of Mr. O'Connell
Ws resolved to honour his remains with a grand and
'llene funeral procession through London, should they (as
SU expected they wM) pass through cn route for Ireland:
and the R man catholic clergy intend, it is said, to have a
solemn high mass and requiem performed over them in
Moorfields Chapel.
THE RECENT CASES OF POISONING AT KENSAL-
oaaaN.—Mrs. Hickman is gradually recovering from the
effects of the poison she received. She is now perfectly
sensible, and appears absorbed in grief. The only fear that
can be at present entertained of her perfect restoration is,
that sudden inflammation may commence.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—DROWNED.—Before Mr.
Carter, at the White Lion lon, Cobham, Surrey, on the body
of James Reed. The deceased and several of his companions,
es Sunday evening last, proceeded to the banks of the river
Mole, for the purpose of bathing. The deceased was unable
to swim ; he continued to walk about in the water until it
ruched his chin. He made an effort to swim ; but, after a
by strokes, his companions heard a struggling noise, and
when they turned round they found the deceased had disap-
pared. An alarm was raised, and every endeavour used to
lOd the body, which was not recovered until two hours had
*peed. The jury, after hearing other corroborative testi-
mony, returned a verdict of "Accidental death."—
A SPENDTURITT SAlLOn.—Before Mr. Payne, at the Crown
aid Shears, Sparrow-corner, Minories, on the body of Paul
Purnell, a seaman. The deceased had been leading a very
" e•cketty" life since this time two years, when he was paid
/Whom H.M.S. Illustrious, and, in addition, received 9001.,
a part of some property left him. All this money he squan-
dered away, and recently went to Portsmouth with barely
adieltat money to get himself an outfit. Hs was unable to
get &ship there, and by the time he got back all his money
via gone. On Thursday last he took lodgings at the Royal
Mint Coffee-house, and, from his wild manner and inco-
herent language, the landlord thought him out of his mind.
Oa Saturday he went to the Navy Rendezvous, on Tower-
kill, and shipped himself for H.M.S. Ocean, but soon after-
wards seemed to regret what he had done ; for, on returning
to his lodgings, he said that if they wonted him they must
come for him. He was to have gone on board on Tuesday,
bat on that day the servant of the coffee-house found him
lying in his bed-room weltering in kis blood. He had cot
its throat with a rum, and was dead. Though a common
Orman, he belonged to a very respectable family in Berk-
shire, and would shortly have had 1,4001., the remainder of the
money left him. The jury returned • verdict of " Tempo-
rary Insanity."

DEATH OF THE REV. DR. CHALMERS.
We yesterday announced the unexpected demise of
this eminent divine, who expired suddenly, at his residence,
Moraingside near Edinburgh, on Monday last.
Thomas Chateaus was born at Anstruther, in Fifeshire, in
April, 1780, and prosecuted his literary and theological
studies at the University of St. Andrew's. On becoming a
licentiate of the Church of Scotland, and even after his ordi-
nation as a minister of that church, he entered on
engagements! of a more general kind than those usually
filled in connexion with the clerical profession. Ile became
a member of a yeomanry corps, and delivered different
courses of scientific lectures in the neighbourhood of his
native town. After officiating for about two years as =St-
ant in the parish of Carers, he obtained a presentation to the
living of Hilmany, in Fifeshire. While there he continued
to prosecute his scientific studies, and when the Chair of
Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh became vacant
Sy the translation of Profeesor Playfair to the Chair of
Natural Philosophy, he was one of the many candidates who
Competed with the late Bir John Leslie for the vacant honour.
He withdrew, however, at an early stage of the protracted
contest which ensued. At this period the French war
was raging, and fired, with patriotic fervour Chalmers
produced a volume on " The Extent and Stability of the I
ffational Resources." It inculcated, amidst much that was
questionable, some sound views in political economy; but its
vehemence of tone, although at times lofty and eloquent,
prevented it from reeking any great impression, and it was
not reprinted in his collected works, afterwards published in
SS vols. For some years he slumbered in his greatness at
Ilibnany, enjoying little MOTS than provincial reputation,
till the publication of sane isolated sermons and bile con-
tribution of the article " Chridianity " to the " Edinburgh
Incyclopeedia," edited by Sir D. Brewster, an of which were
marked by evangelism of tone and expensed in a style
drugged and original grandeur. In 1814 he wee translated
to the -Tron church of Glasgow, and, while there, role to the
altitude of the greatest preacher of the day. He became one
of the lions of Scotland, and no visit to the country was reck-
oned complete unless Chalmers was heard pre -sdiing. A
socessfon of 'writers, from Lockhart in " Peter's Letters to his
Entafolk," down to °Millen; in hie " Literary Portraits,"
have all described the peculiarities of his pulpit eloquence ;
and the provincial Scotch accent, the guttural voice, the
heavy blue eye kindling into fury, the uncouth gestures, are
all familiar both to the LW and present gsassatko of readers,
arid need not be repeated. Bat not content with