The Express.
London, England, 1851-07-25 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL.

OXFORD, JVLY S.—MAGDALEN COLLEGE ELEC-
TION. —7lns evening the following gentlemen were elected
Damp, six.: —Henry Ilium.ll, Commoner of Ea 11101; Alan
Wear (Linliner, Commoner of University; Henry Omen-
wood, Lord Crewe's Exhibitioner of liitieoln ; and Edward
Mansell Miller, Seboliir of Brava:nice. There were t 2 can-
didates.

The Rev. llenry 'layman, Fellow of St. John's College,
and one of the present Masters of the Schools (Itesprin.ions)
in the Unirenity of Oxford, to the .A.sistant Mastership
in Charterhouse School, to succeed the 'ter. William
Meade, presented to the Rectory of Binegar, Somerset-
shim

Henry Ayling, to Frampton Cottenll Rectory, dio-
cese Mout-ester and Bristol ; value, &MI. ; vacant by the
decease of the Her. Henry Willoughby, on the premoni-
tion of the Duke of Beaufort.
Key. Robert Thomas Wheeler, to Minster in Menet,
county of Kent and diocese of Canterbury ; value, 7331.
with residence; vacant by the death of the Bev. Frederick
Vernon Lockwood.

Hey. William; FAIII, to Telmurthy Perpetual Curacy,
county of Cumberland; value, 481. ; void by the cession of
the Hey. C. C. Soot's; y ; patrors, the inhabitants.
Ker. Thomas Sedger, to !lust:mil Perpetual Curacy,
enurity of Lancaster ; value,ll)f.; void by the resignation of
the lire. 11. T. Baines; patron, Her. S. P. Clark.
Her. flipps, to Burslent Curacy, Staffordshire.
Rev. J. (toodwin, to Burstein Curacy, Staffordshire.
Her. 11. IC. Ilaslehunt, to Alrcwaa Vicarage, Stafford-
shire ; value, 32141.; patron, the Prebendary of Atreus,.
Her. A. H. Hubbard, to St. John Curacy, Derby.
Hey. J. Lane. to 'famworth Curacy, Staffinslshire.
Rev. T. it. Mayhew, to Handsaws Vicarage, Suffolk;
value, Celt ; patron. Earl of Stradbruke ; and to Weinrich
Perpetual Curacy, Suffolk ; value 401.; patron, F. Hume,
it's. 0. P. Vincent, to St. Michael Curacy, Coventry.

YAC•NT.

Ilarerthwaite Perpetuni-eurney— , county of Lancatter ;
by the re.ignatiou of the Rev. T. Troughtuu ; patron, liar.
S. T. Clark.

SPORTING.

TATTERS.tI.I.*S—TuvILSDAT.
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is 3 Er. Ihresses Nemirow*
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b *.C. Illwartrw bums (t)
In 16.1. Anwar* Prima (t)
fa ow Laid Worartiadlo IS. Dive.. (t and oft o 8)
Ile to lir. Orwrilkao Carlon

IS to le Mr. W. a. esawiles Taint
The advance of liseklater is the result of business trans-
attest at t►e Turf Club sad Ia the City ; the outlay this
anemias was ineousidieruble. After him. Presto, the MWs
Whip eel , and Pitsflud, were saint is request.
GwOrisrool) CUP.
sls .Pt Mr. Ortrwilleh (helot (t sad aft ad)
W. X wows'. Marry (t)
II b Mr. Gratatelte's Laadara.• (t, sad aft all)
II to harts Maluhea's W War Ilene (t ant of ea)
II r Cow HAW. Wawa
The pekes quilted against the two favourites were taken
repeatedly. the layer., at the elm,. offering to Ito ea aiming
the !tame. but not against the mare. na. boeoulb Mae
b.ickesl once at 1•. to 1, but left off friendless.

ST. LEGER.
4 to I root Lord Infleit'oHerrun.l^.2
111 to 1 r 4 J. Hooter'.. To limo yt)
II to I 14. Mroolo's Plro hula it)
DIARY,
SS to 1 •114 Maas( Itielootorre Iktoobrewod
rt 101 - • Mr. llottworbeo MtirlOotto (I)
The Item will be opined this day sad Saturday.

ST. Tonal ts. 4 IfosPITAL.—The annual distr.,
lion of prizes to the pupils of the medical school, took place
at the hospit it si•sterday. The Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
readed. the sueorrofial pupils were introdueed to his HOME CIRCUIT.—CIiELMSFORD, JULY 24.
lordship, and the following prizes were presented. Classical (tows eive.—fitroas Leap Cellar luvrics halls.
and mathematical examination—S. Jones, Crieklewood, MOON AT MaSSINOTREg.
bliddlea`li wind:stable. Medical scbolarahipe for the Brit George Couch Vial/ surrendered to be tried upon a charge
Year omMem.—E. Clayton, Stamford, Lined¢,Beat Prim; of haring wilfully and feloniously set fire to his dwelling-
J. Mahe. Hulls, Wilts, and S. Jones, eq.,:mond Prise. house, with intent to defraud the Essex and Suffolk Equit-
Physiokrgy —C. W. Calderott, T. B. Crosby, H. Lankester. able Insurance Company.
Mama medics—ll. Lankester. Comparative anatomy—J. This trial commenced on Wednesday afternoon, and was W. Ley worth. Descriptive anatomy—T. E. Crosby and J. adjourned until this morning, and it occupied nearly the
Clapton. Clinical medicine—J. W. Keyworth and T. J. whole of the day. It appeared from the opening statement
Coesphn. Surgical reports—J. W. Keyworth. Midwifery— of the learned counsel fur the prosecution and the evidence
Messrs. Carpenter, Wills, Timothy, Traub'', Gurney, Key- that was adduced in support of it, that the prisoner had
weigh, and Money. A variety of minor prizes and certifft carried on business in a small way. at Manningtree as a hair-
eats+ of merit were also awarded. dresser, stationer, and dealer in hardware for several
FIRE AT SCITALEIELDS.—SEVERAL MUSES DE- years, and it apps seed that in the month of March,
/TUMID.— Miami' 3 and 4 o'clock yestert.lay morning, 1850, he effected an insurance with the Essex and
an extensive ere' broke oat in the most densely populated Suffolk Insurance Company fur the sum of 3001. for
=2.• of Spitaltii lds—Bacon-strect, Brick-lane —end un- stock and fixtures is his shop. The fire, which
tidy resulted in the destruction of several ituildinp, funned the subject of inquiry, took plate about half-
most of them the habitations of industrious families. From past three Welork on the motmng of the l7th November
all that du since transpired in respect to the origin of the following, and a few days after the prisoner made a claim
fire, it is not improbable but that it will become a anle:set sf upon the company for 203/. for loss of stock in trade and
it
before the magistrates. When first 011•881"4. 331. fur dataree. This led to the usual inquiries in suck
it appeared to have commenced in a kind of doable how"ee cage., sad as the result the prisoner was taken into custody
the
portion occupied by a clothier named Ba ant' and etinmitted for trial upon the present charge, and the
e other by • greengrocer of the Dame of ppliams cue wield have beendisposed of at the last spring anises,
Almost immediately on the slum leis nised, the times %:,ut apse the application of the counsel for the prosecution
burst forth from every window in the
1.11,....._intil diem a e trial was postponed to these assizes. The evidence
being no party-wall to protect tie eke" „nowt tie prisoner wax of the same character usually quickly caught are. The positions( briaise=e laser eoldavel to support charges of this description, and con
inetenve. extremely perilous, bee inn* ea peamet edha thud A` • variety of minute facts all tending to show, THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN ON MoNDAT
afforded by the poliee, no lives ging gasalied; the soma ht the first place, that the fire was not an accidental :agcy.—Professor Airy, the astronomer royal, left the
and rceitement among the peer weateoes wesuer . One ; and: secondly, to exclude the supposition that the Vittoria Hotel, Hull, on Saturday evening,
.pier Courier
they rushed about the streets amen ands. By is ' act could go .7e been committed by any other non than moonier, en route for Gothenburg. It is nes^ra to gay
the engines arrived the an bad seared as a vast mint ; the ',hisser. It was shown that about the time the fire that the profemor's object is to obtain a favouraZde peaition
the houses mentioned were on Gm ems the Vera so the Weir wets the pt ;loner and his wife and children were in the for a scientific observation of the solar eclipse, u'llich will
rook and the fronts of half-a-dem home ea ihs appear radon of their loose. and one of them was heard to say— be a total one in those longitudes. Mr. R. Cloamb.ns, the
side of the street were in • blur eapedeges .., 'hey.. will be nfor,•ted," or words to that elect; and it well-known publisher, of Edinbuigh, and Mr. R. C. Car.
weed to bring the engines to pry Ili the bonds, agg—,o4,c that aitba,igh there were three water butts rington, of the obeervatory, Durham, with a pany tod'
4.4,
property ;it use WON fte bserseor the flee was naffs rill of water in the yard, the prisoner made no astronomers, left in the same steamer for Gothenburg
sheeted. The atrial roper ef the bripeiss sa the Ems. us tlhasa, and did not nt.45 any endeavour to extinguish Rome of the party will go forward to the North Cape, fa
Ism by the disedhee lea hewer lowesiel sal the Ike, which at that tills mild easily have been order to obtain the most favourable point for observation.
Wilt spree
dims pletho whoo woo la. dew, es the fireman gyb.:4otd it very speedily, Professor Airy will leave an assistant at Christiania, and
=Pit kw WE AB hardly sa the beardsp. mew Air whoa they arrived. It nemesis, that the pre- will himself prover& to Bothenbard, the object being, of
leaser ilharlesa lhelllsa, thy barks MI every =lbis of sswer's skint tor loss very he es. the value et the emune, en neempere notes "as to appal:awns at the two
hodlume thy ipanseL popery thee we• darned. esd ft was paired AM the pleces.—Sestsre Cowries Sonia

George Rhodes, of Worksop, innkeeper, saw Battersby
at his house on the morning of the 6th of May, and ho ob-
served he had not seen him for a long time, when Battersby
✓aid it would be longer before he saw him again as he was
charged with murdering a man. Witness said he hoped
it was not true, and in reply the prisoner said, " No, I'm
as innocent as you are." The prisoner did not mention
the murdered man's name, but said his death occurred on
' the previous Saturday night.
Meson. Wright and Carr, surgeons, practising in Sheffield,
described the injuries received by deceased, which consisted
chiefly of fractures of the skull, and were quite sufficient to
cause death. There was also • wound in the threat across
the windpipe, which, in their opinion, was inflicted after
death, and with the purpose of amusing it to be supposed
that deceased had committed suicide.
. ..... .

Ann Wilkinson, the deceased's daughter, identified the
shirt and Crowson, also the stockings found in the oven, and
the knife, as belonging to Battcrsby.
This closed the case for the prosecution.
Mr. °reread addressed the jury for the prisoners.
Mr. Justice Williams having summed up, the jury re-
turned a verdict of Guilty of manslaughter.
llis lordship having commented on the very heinous
character of their offence, and of the merciful view taken of
it by the jury, sentenced the prisoners to be each trans.
ported for life.