The Express.
London, England, 1848-01-25 00:00:00

barks, and of tits managing committee. The poll was then
opened foe the election of 20 boys and 10 girls to the benefits
of the society. The receipts, including the proceeds of the
stock sold, emanated to 10,4831. 17s. 2d., out of which a be.
lanes remained of 1981. 2s. 7d.
THE LATE MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT AT Tne
RUSTON-SQUAKR TBAKINCII.—DIATK or ANOTRIR Sur.
rtaaa.—On Friday evening last a man named J. Hickey,
one of the unfortanate men employed on the building which
fell at the Eustonequare terminus of the London and North
Western Railway, died at the University College Hoepital,
Gower-street, this making the third sufferer who has died.
Though he fell from the top of the building, a height of
70 feet, he only received a fracture of one arm, a contusion
at the lower part of his back, and an injury of hiaeyes caused
by mortar fulling on them. There were eleven admitted
into the hospital, of whom two alone now remain, and they
arc going on favourably.
AN UNWARRANTABLE SHOT.—A very painful state
of anxiety has been caused in consequence of the folly of a
person on board the Sultan steamer, when at Trebisonde.
It appears that on leaving Trebizonde a gun was fired to-
wards the town, and the captain of the steamer thought
there was something peculiar in the sound of the report.
He immediately rnade inquiries, and was told that his sus-
picions were groundless. Not being satisfied, however,
he made further inquiries, and at length elicited
the truth that the gun when fired into the town
was shotted. The conduct of the party who was
guilty of an act so wanton and unjustifiable was brought be-
fore the proper authorities on the return of the Sultan to
this country, and he has been properly punished. News is,
however, anxiously looked for to know if any injury was
sustained, and it to probable that in a day or two informa-
tion will be received rid Constantinople. Should any one have
been injured, or any damage done in Trebizonde through
the firing of the gun, the matter will be very serious for
the party who so grossly misconducted himself.

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Times amount to at least SI. 101., or about thirty per cent.
The advertisement duty on one line is forty per cent. These
duties are retained, too, by a government which professes it-
self anxious for the diffusion of information and intelligence
at a cheap rate ; and is, moreover, desirous of being consi-
dered as at all times favourable to the exteneion of trade, of
which the newspaper is the fly-wheel. After having toiled
all the week, a poor man enjoys his newspaper. He thinks
that he, es well as his richer neighbours ought to know how
" the world wags." In this praiseworthy object he is op-
posed by an enormous tax, which seems intended for the very
purpose of keeping the people in ignorance.—Sheffield Tinter.
ACCIDENT TO THE STEAM-SHIP VICEROY OF
OREENOCA.—DetaiIs of this disaster, which we have already
reported, are given in the Greenock Advertiser. The
steamer left Greenock for Dublin en Tue,rlay shortly atter
mid-day, with about fifteen cabin and forty steerage pas-
sengers. At Miff-past five in the afternoon, when a few
miles below Cornwall, it was discovered that the vessel was
I on fire in the cabin; and before the engine hose could be
brought to bear on the flames they burst out of the after
sky-light, and the fire increased so rapidly that the vessel'.
course was immediately changed, and she made the best of
her way to Loch Ryan. 'I his change, though the only
1 one that could be adopted in the circumstances,
was, however, attended with great danger. The wind
being now right a-bead, the flames were constantly
driven eft, aced it was difficult, eften impossible, for the
pilet to remain at the wheel, and he had frequently to leap
over the taffrail, hanging there till the wind blew the flames
in another direction. The moment he left the wheel the
vessel was knocked about, and it was apparent to every one
that any hope at all of reaching the shore in safety depended
on him being preserved and keeping his place. To accom-
plish this, the passengers actively lent their aid to the crew
in keeping up a communication, and throwing water around
to save him and the wheel. This was a labour of extreme
difficulty, as the man was frequently hidden by the fire and
smoke; but they were ultimately successful, and at nine
o'clock the Viceroy arrived at Loch Ryan, where the cabin pas
sengers landed, some of them returning by land, and other.
proceeding to Belfast. The fire is said to have been occasioned
by the chimney-pipe of the cabin stove having become red hot,
and thus let fire to the ceiling. Smoke was observed for a
time, but was little heeded, and the alarm of the passengers
may be conceived when the flames suddenly burst in a large
sheet into the cabin. They instantly rushed on deck, with
the exception of two, • lady, who was in one of the berths
sick but was saved by a person who rushed in and carried
her out amid the flames. Some time afterwards one of tha
hands hiving gone down with a bucket of water in the hope
of doing some good, stumbled over some one, whom he imme-
diately removed, and found to be a gentleman who had
been overpowered by the smoke, and must, but for the cir-
cumstance of the man going down, have perished. The fire
was ultimately got out about 12 o'clock by the exertions of
the passengers and crew. With the exception of a few slight
singes, and very great alarm, there was no injury sustained
by any person ; but it was very providential that the steamer
was not further on her voyage, as had she been so, all,
or nearly all on board, would have been lost, as they had no
time to spare in getting ashore after the anchor was let go in
Loch Ryan. Of the three boats on board one at least must
have been burned, and the rush into the others would have
been fatal to not a few. Just before they anchored a num •
ber of boats came off to render assistance in saving the pas-
sengers. The injury, though very considerable, amounting,
we hear, to 2,0001. or 3,0001., was confined to the cabin and
afterpart of the ship, no damage at all being done to the ma-
chinery, by the use of which she again arrived at Oreeuock
on Wednesday morning, for the purpose of being refitted.
Being an iron-built yawl, no harm was done to the hull.
Great credit is given by the passengers to the captain and
crew, for their exertions after the fire was discovered, and no
doubt inquiry will be made as to the carelessness or error
which could have led to so serious an accident. She has
been surveyed, and we are informed will be able to proceed

on her voyige to-morrow.
BORON v. DENmAN. Sir, lam desirous of
correcting an error in your paper of this day, on the sub-
ject of Sir Fitzroy Kelly's retainer for the plaintiff in the
above mentioned action, relative to the nature of the commu-
nication addressed to me by the Lords of the Admiralty. In
this communication their lordships announce to me, not that
" the crown will dispense with the services of Sir Fitzroy
Kelly in the further conduct of this important muse," but
they merely state " that they have again referred the quel-
-1 tion respecting Sir F. Kelly to the Attorney-General, with
the expres.ion of their earnest wish that he may find it corn-
patible with his duty to recommend to the crsiern, under the'
peculiar circumstances of the case, to dispense with the
services of Sir F. Kelly." I have not wince been informed of
the determination the jAttorney-General has come to upon
the question; and, therefore, I can scarcely assume that the
result of the reference to bim will be such as anticipated in
your article of this morning. I beg the favour of your cor-
rection of this mistake.—Groitos GuN Har.-44, Lin-
coln's-inn-fields, Jan. 24.
OUTRAGE IN THE PUBLIC STREET.—Sir,—One or
the moat daring attempts at robbery occurred on Tues-
day afternoon in Jewry street, Ahigate. A lady, pass-
ing through the above street, with her daughter, twelve
years of age, was suddenly grasped at the throat by a
ruffian, who forced his other hand into the pocket of her
gown, from which he drew a canvas bag, containing eighteen
or nineteen shillings. The lady called es loud as possible for
help, and held the man with the utmost determination ; but,
unfortunately, there was no one passing at the moment to
render any assistance. Finding he was not likely to obtain
his liberty, he dropped the bag of money, and renewed his
strength in a fierce endeavour to escape, which at length he
succeeded in effecting—not, however, until he had severely
kicked and bruised the heroic victim of his savage attack,
who was carried in a fainting state to the nearest shop. It
is supposed he belonged to a gang of four other men and a
woman, who were seen a few yards in advance in close con-
versation, and, no doubt, were waiting the opportunity to
avoid any other passenger. The lichee were on the spot in
the course of two minutes after the occurrence, to whom the
appearance of all the parties was minutely described.—W.
AUSTIN Braise, London district Post-office, Jan. 24, 1848.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—SINGULAR ACCIDENT.—
By Mr. Baker, at the Bell, Ratcliff Highway, on the body
of a Luau. named Moredeen, sired 26 years, whe was
drowned in the London Docks on Friday last. On Friday
morning a number of labourers were employed in unloading
a vessel of tea, which wee lying alongside the west quay,
and they placed several empty casks across the quay to pre-
vent persons passing. The deseased approached them and
endeavoured to pass, by placing his hand upon one of the
casks, which was standing about ten inches from the edge
of the quay, and in doing so he slipped and fell into the
water, dragging the cask after him. He immediately dis-
appeared under several ships, and it was upwards of an hour
before he was secured. Verdict, " Accidental death."—..
SUICIDE ATTER A FIRE.—By Mr. W. Baker, at the
Five Bells public-house, Limehouse, on the body of Caroline
Ruston, aged 19 years, wbo commit ed suicide in the river
Lea. Mr. F. Wood, • pawnbroker, of Ratcliff, stated that
the deceased was his servant, and had been so for the last
nine months. She sways appeared low-spirited, and seldom
spoke to any one. On Saturdey morning lot, about two
o'clock, the deceased, while sitting by the bedside reading,
fell asleep, and tke bed-clothes caught fire. Witness was first
alarmed by the house being full of amoke, and went to her
bedroom. He found her standing by the window enveloped
in flames. She was in the act of throwing her dram, which
was on fire, out of the window, but made no alarm, It was
with great difficulty that the flames were extinguished. The
deceased said she had fallen asleep while mending her dress,
and ILI soon as she discovered she was on fire she seemed
frightened, and was unable to speak. There was a
child of witness's in bed, but was rescued before
the flames could reach him. While the clothes were
burning the deceased appeared very much agitated.
She was undressed and placed in bed. She got up jut be-
fore six o'clock, and when witness's apprentice came down
stairs she asked for the keys to open a side door which leads
into • court. She then left the house, and was not heard of
anti: her death. Witness never rebuked her, and considered
the tire was entirely accidental —Henry Walker said on
Saturday morning last, about eight o'clock he was going to
.cork, when he met the deceased by the side of the new cut
of the river Lea. Witness passed her, and when he locked
behind he saw her poll her bonnet and shawl off and place
them on the towing-path. She then jumped into the river,
and witness went for the drags. She was on the top of the
water, and when taken out appeared not to be quite
dead.—Mr. W. Giles, a surgeon, said he tried the
usual means to resters animation for needy four hours,
hut without success. Witness was of opinion that the
brain was affected by the sudden shock of the fire so
as to cause her to be in a deranged state. The
jury returned • verdict of "Temporary Insanity
Love AND SUICIDE.—By adjournment, before Mr. Bedford,
the coroner, at the Jolly Gardeners Inn, Westminster, on the