The Express.
London, England, 1851-02-18 00:00:00

CLERICAL DELINQUENCY AT SHEFFIELI.

Me clergy nod eimgrrgutinn of St. Mary's church..
hats' mei ntly lrrn scandalised exceedingly loy
the conduct of 0114• who has tarn officiating for a season 51.
tin assistant pastor at that church. The 'arson in question,
who is known is the Bev. J. W. Charlton, incumbent ail
Clonmivelosis, in Ireland, km been known to the respected
incumbent of St. Mary's, the Bev. 11. Farish, fora eonsi-
demistr tins., anol so gr at naa Mr. Emboli', confidence in
him that daring the terrihie fami ttt • in Ireland, in 18167,
he made him the nripiolit of money collected amongst his
congnariti tior the relief of the starving people in the part
of the no where ftlr. Charlton resided. Upwards of
2041/. was during that memorable period transmitted to Ire-
land by Earish, and about 1201. of that sum was
oratnistial to Mr. Charlton. whore• connexion with Shetfield
was brought about in the foollusoing manner. 't he delicate
Mate of Mr. Furish's health having necessitated some
additional piston.] aid during the winter months, he
arranged in Deremlar hot with Mr. l'harltiiis to rouse
hither and take part in the ministrations in St. Mary's dis-
trict hie three mouths. Arriving in Sheffield shortly before
Christaiiis he laninse the guest of Mr. and Mrs. tarish at
and pro arlioll his hist armor in St. Mary's
Church sin the Sunday prenslinit Christmas-day. (In that
and subsequent OCCUMOM his pulpit talents, made a strong
impression on the ningregation, and he Minn attained to
*MOM of intimacy with many of the principal Ninth, a
within the iseopo• of his pastoral clinks. Strangely enough,
his very popularity proved his hams'. An influential mem-
ber sof the emignaiition. a lady, prewnted a very glowing
amount of this ineomparatile pastor to a lady friend of hers
in the west of England with whom she (surmised.. The
description was in graphic that it at ollft 1114.11ght to the
lady's mold an instance of eds rind four par with which she
was requaintrol, and originated the suspicion if not the con-
•imion that the milli Wool connected therewith was lin other
than Mr t Attrition Without bass of time she conimuni-
tato el hi r thoughts to her Shit Meld friend. The affair
rem hill the oan of Mr. l'arish, and, together with other
rsinimunieatimee. pn)uslie i.ii to his new curate, caused him
to send a vs linen olivbartn• towards the clone of the week
before lasi %V illi••11t 4.lbi ring or asking for any explana-
tion Mr Charlton immediately doesimped, under eircum-
Manes •• • sp.-Mg him to scsen• animadversion. A lodging
had hei is obtained for him at the house of a respectable
widow is modi Armitage, in Faterton-strovt,
Fitxwilliaai-
stnrt, w Ins unwittingly turned out a worthier man to make
room fiir him. Ile wooers' her kindners by borrowing of
her, by false erste MC. a noun of money (which she in her
anxiety to oblige him Isirroonal of a hien:il)• and then ob.
seconded without paying anything for hue and
Ile even Is ft his lauudiass unpaid. But mine to this ikrioese-
swat -in fact, during the greater pen of his PninUrll in
SIMI/kW - hi. had IMMORriII usury or all has acquaintances
Not we !where there is no inatiowe on nisaril of hi.
keying tail any sum hark. Ili. personal property was not
an important in point of quantity an at all to retard his
flight ; lust has baggage would have been still more scanty
had hr restricted it to his own prosseasions. A elcrieM
friend. ltniSto-d by his iterasskitirs• hail eneouragial him to
make for with ha wardrobe, and he had the meanness to
take with him such or Om, articles as happened not to be
in the poosess• of tit, laundress.
Tarish, we an• intermit, and can readily believe, is
grieved la yowl mosioure on account of these di:sanative,.
To his honour be it riconleol, he has discharged or made
himself nsopsesilole f or the delinquent'sdebto.eontraeted while
in St., tlieM. One. singular ssnumstaner connected with Mr.
Charlton is this. About these months ago Mr. Farish printed
for circulation amongst his dock the substance of a mouth.
able letter that he had just received from that iadivis
dual in Ireland, illustrative of the good efforts resulting
EMI the contributions entrusted to him as trustee fur his
perishing countrymen during the famine. The narrative
was, that ..sins' tiros pre, musty Mir of Mr. Charlton's pa-
rishioner.. a Roman embolic, waited upon Mr. Charlton
and requested the loon of a Bible. Being one of those who
within.. family had participutod in the Sheffield bounty, the
rev. ineumbent felt sin intensot in bins, and nudity
supplied
him with a cope of the holy honk. After perusing it the man
&nowt d himself a consort to pratestantism, and he and his
family lloratnr members of Mr. Charlton's church, the man
being himself einployed by Mr. Charlton as scripture reader.
This interesting story gained credence amongst those to
whom it was communiested, as a matter of course, but we
cannot in so far as to say that its truth is still unimpeached.
Mr. Charlton is supposed to he at present in London. At
all events he is maw from Sheffield, and we would fain
sever lire the like of him again.—Sokellield Tinter.

thrILOV FlREs.—The metropolis was yesterday
visited by the outbreak of several alarming and aestructive
firm One happened at No. 34, Marylebone-street. St.
441111:1.4. 1104Mijilig to Memos. Foster and 6mith, artists'
iroloumon, sad extended to the property of Mr. ldonia,
the *tatiomsr, of aG, Quadrant, Regret-stmt. The fire-
men were unable to extinguish the flames until the back
portion of Messrs. Foster and Smith's premises was totally
destroyed, the roof burned of, and the remainder of the
building and its contents severely damaged by fire, water,
etc. No. 33, in the same street, belontt.tro Mr. Wilson,
hair dresser, ha also Ter e. i5...4 WOW e. The back
windows of the premises belonging to Mr. donia, in the
Quadrant, are demolished and the frames burned. At the
same moment as the stove tire commenced, another broke
out in the premise. belonging to Mr. J. Wilbraham, gun
matnifacturer, carrying on business at No. 280, Strand.
The firemen succeeded in getting the fire subdued, but not
until the valuable stock in trade, together with the fixtures
and the building, were seriously burned.—A third one hap-
pened at No. 73, Newman-street. Oxford-street, twinging to
Wt. lt. Shireell (private). It wit caused (non a spark
lying from a lighted candle in the basement. The engines
were soon on the .-pot. and owing to the exertions of the in-
mates and firemen, the flames were confined to the lower
part of the premise.. —About 11 o'clock yesterday forenoon
another outbreak took place at No. 1, Dudley-buildings, St.
Gilea's, belonging to Mr. W. Doyle, which, it is feared. will
he attended with a loss of life. The fire commenced in the
basement, at whkb time a boy. 6 years of age, was therein.
The engines attended, and the flames were subdued, but not
until the child was frightfully burned. lie was taken to
the hospihd, but uu hopes ran be entertained of his re-
covery.
LIMERICK, ENNIS, AND KILLALOE RAILWAY.—
Francis Sassiest, Esq., presided an Friday at a welting of
the shareholders of this essupany, for the pwpose of ascer-
taining the opinion of all as to the expediency of dissolving,
est allowing 'Batten to meads as they were until a future
MktTwo thousand one hundred sod alry-eix shares be-
g/Ostend, and the calls therm paid, were represented
at the aeseties; of these 1,62 d sweated to winding up and
diiesivhee the cospeay, eat 027 Toted apioet the pee-
pada&