The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1846.

vice they were rendering, when he assured them that in no
one year since the commencement of the atrocioussubjugation
of Poland, had that mud unhappy cou.itry been sulnt.eted to
more biting opi.:easion than in that which was approaching
to its close. _ _

GttAND LINE OP CITY IMPROVEMENTS.—Mr. R. L.
JONES rose to present the report of the Improvement Cora- •
mittee. He stated that he had frequently had the gratifica-
flea of presen•ing reports relative to improvemeets, in
which government hai lent their aid by sanctioning a tax
upon coals, and giving their powerful advocacy end autho-
rity as those improvements advanced. In the present in-
stance, however. he had to perform a ta-k imposed upon him
by the extraordinary liberality of the corporation, in conse-
quence of their vote of 20,0001. per annum to accomplish a •
series of improvements wo. thy of the exalted character of
the City of Leedom (Hear, hear.) There were many
points to which eiGrent interests and tastes directed inch-
viduals, as requiting mere immediate change; and the
committee had let _it di.igently occupied in selecting
the locality which pressed mast for improvement as
that with which the work of improvement should
begin. (Hear, hear.) They had come to the determination
in accordance with the principle thus laid down,
to recommend the f .rmation of' a street f out the commence-
ment of Cannon-street, at the corner of King William-
Street, to the south side of St. Paul's Churchyard. It was
true the line would not comprehend Watliug-street, but it
would, by cuttiug through several nerrow streets and lance,
of no comparative value, completely relieve that thorough-
fare from the caormous traffic which made it dangerous to
passeugers. It might be expected that, as was the case with
the Loudon-bridge impr tvements, complaints would pour in
against any project of improvement. The committee had
taken infinite pains to guard the public and the private inte-
rests, as far ax was :tracticable in a lade of extensive chenge.
(Hear, hear.) It might be expected that there would be
considerable difference of opinion as to the place at which
the improvement sms to begin. It was not to be forgotten
that in the great continental cities the widest approaches
were neiformly m de in the immediate neighbourhood of the
great markt ts. NJR let any one leak to Leadenhall-market,
with its vast trade, and say whether it was not necessary to
establish increased facilities fur the transit to the west-end.
The traffic from the docks, immense as it was, required a
capacious outlet, and there were other causes operating to
show that the selection of the spot recommended fur the
beginning of the alterations, by etre e ing a relief to all the
crowded streets from Tower-hill to St. Pate's Churchyard,
was the most advisable. He was led to believe that the
government, epee seeing the corporation proceeding in such
a spirit, would ;m on with the projected improvements in
the neighbourheed of the Tower. The committee knew that
the improvement would require several years for its comple-
tion, and that the sum of money would he considereble ; but
they at present were for confining the operations front Cannon-
street to Que• n-street, and tram Queen-street Sum St.
Thomas Apestle to Thomafeetreet. The expense of the whole
line was estimreed by the clerk of the works at 530,0001., but
that part of the line which he had pointed nut as the limit of
their immediat.• operations would cod (es our reporter under-
' stood Mr. Jone 'a rapid speech) about 240,0001. or 250,000'.
Mr. Jones concesded by stating that, as the works proceeded,
he er.tertained not the lime doubt as to the practicability or
applying to another source of revenue. (Cheers.) 'The
report was
. then read.
.M.r. Isomers was by no means satisfied with the report,
which did not contain the full ieferrnetion which the court
had a right to expect. He apprehended that the plat, would,
after costing p 'obably upwards of a million, be itothing better
than a deformfty alter all. The line would be broken, and
churches and t hurchyaris would he interfered with ; and the
portion proposed to be at once carried out would be quite
useless and absurd. It was rather too hard that the com-
mittee should have been two years occupied in coming to a
conclusion, and then demand that in two minutes the court
should agree i s their views (Hear, hear.) He wished to
have the cons• ituency informed of the true nature of the pro-
posed alterati en, and for that put pose he should propose an
amendment t e the effect, that all the houses to be effected
in each street in the line should be particularised, &e.
Mr. Roost. seconded the amendment. Mr. Ashurst and
several others of the committee strongly advocated the whole
of the recomtecndations in the report.
Mr. DE JE :sex said the pith of the argument in favour of
the report was the want of time. It was said that, if appli-
cation were not nude at the present moment, there must be
a postponement for a year. That was a fallacy. After a
long deliberation the committee, at that late hour, for the
first time, sabrnitted their views on a matter involving an
expenditure of 300,000, and asked for the hurried assent of
the court. Ilear.) The improvement proposed would cer-
tainly be a great one, but there were others equally so. He
supported the amendment.
Mr. R. L. Joeres said the committee were unavoidably
delayed till the present moment, by the extent of the labour
which the Berk of the works hail had to perform in making
estimates. Mr. PUENDENGAST said that, like other members,
he had had no opportunity of seeing or being informed of the
merits of the plan recommended. He had great confidence
in the committee, but they haul shown no confidence in the
court. They offered, at that late period, Hobson's choiee—
that partimlar scheme or nothing, for, if it were rejected,
there was no time for going to parliament. He urged that
the report should be sent hack to the committee. (Hear,
hear.) After some further discussion Mr. It. L. JONES re-
plied, and the amendment was lost. The report was then
agreed to, and the parliamentary notices were ordered to be
given accordingly.

TIIE CONSTABULARY FORCE OF ENGLAND AND
NVAL&i.—A circular has been issued from the Home-office,
in pursuance of a resolution of the House of Commons, to all
the Town-Clerks in the Kingdom ordering a return of the
constabulary force in each city, town, or borough, and the
rank of each chief or othcr officer ; the amount of pay for
each, and the date when each force was organised ; whether
there is a superannuation fund, and if so, what amount is
deducted from the pay of each, and what are the regulations
for superannuation allowance.

ACCIDENT TO TUE " RIPON " STEAMER.—Thin fine
vessel which sailed at the beginning of the week from
Southampton for Alexandria with the last India mails, and
about a hundred and fifty passenger, suffered so severely in
the recent heavy gales that she has been obliged to put back
into Torbay. to quiet the fears of the relatives and tritnds
of the passengers the secretary of the Peninsular and Oriental
Steam Navigation Company has considerately sent a circular
to each of them • of which the following iv a copy :
Sir: I am desired by the manaaing directoro, with a view to re-
lieve any anxiety which may be felt by the friends of the psatiengers
on board of the company's steamer " Ripon," to inform you that in
consequence of an accident to her rudder, iihich hnppened in the late
gale, that vessel has put into Tortuty, where she is in safety, and the
conk anv's steam-ship "Oriental" will proceed to-morrow (Friday)
to Terbar to embark the passenger and mail., and convey them to
Alex andiia. —Jam ks A LLA N.—P.S. Mr. Lane, the purFer of the" Ripon,"
who brought up the intelligence, ?flume to Torbay by special train to-
night to announce the above mentioned arrangements to the passengers.

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FLOATING THE GREAT BRITAIN.—Sir: Having
read, In your valuable paper of this day, a statement that Lieutenant
Gabriel was employed in getting off 111.M.'s s.v. Gorgon, at Monte
Video, I beg leave to state such is incorrect, as there never was any
such individual present during the laborious task I and my shipmates
pi dorms' in getting the said vessel off. As carpenter of that ship, I in-
vented the machinery toga her into her proper element again. I must,
therefore, contradict the statement made by Lieut. Gabriel, of whom
I never before heard. JOILN 111:PrM, 71, King-street, Woolwich,
October 21, 1846.
[We perceive by the Navy List that Mr. T. S. S. Gabriel
is not a lieutenant, but a clerk.]
FIRE ARMS ACCIDENTS.—In the letter from Nfr.Rip-
oingille, published in our impression of yesterday, he ex-
presses regret that no gunsmith has been sufficiently ingeni-
ous to invent a safety lock. To this we have received a counter-
communication, the writer of which remarks that " the very
precautions from accident of which he so much laments the
need, have been before the public for some months past."
This is the safety-lock patented by Mr. Baker. The locks
which have hitherto been invented require some preliminary
operation, such as the touching of a spring to disengage the
cheek ; and this delay, slight as it may be, does not suit the
rapid movements of the sportsman. Whereas, by Baker's
patent, the safety check is simultaneously removed with the
necessary pressure of the right hand against the stock, behind
the trigger guard, in the act of firing. Without this pressure
it in impossible for the trigger to act, and nothing short of a
miracle could accidentally give the pressure necessary to
remove the check and pull the trigger at the same instant,
so as to let off the piece.
SCHLESWIG, HOLSTEIN, AND DENMARK DISPUTE.
—Sir Allow me once more to claim your indulgence for my remarks
an behalf of the Schleswig and holstein affairs, in order to meet an as- I
sertion I find in the letter of " A German," in your paper of s este: day.
The writer nays: "Again, look at their (the Danish government
narrow-minded and selfish policy, ass evidenced in their refusal
to sanction a railway between Hamburg and Lubeck. The
inhabitants of Holstein are not opposed to such a line; but
in order not to lessen that disgraceful impost, the Sound Dues,
the oft-repeated applkation is refused. Here, then, is an instance
where the interests of Holstein and Denmark openly clash."
As this is a point which interests, not the countries in question alone,
but the whole intercourse of the north and east of Europe, with Eng-
Und, I think it right to enable your countrymen to judge of the true
merit of the assertion. The opposition to the estiblishment of the new
line from Hamburg to Lubeck originates precisely with the inhabit-
ants of Holstein; as it is the shareholders of the Altona-Kiel railroad,
and the merchants of these two towns, that fear the !UN this new line
may occasion to their interests. This is what I have had ample op-
portunity to be convinced of by my connexions and frequent inter-
course with the duchy. It offers, therefore, not "an instance where
the interests of Holstein and Denmark openly clash ;" but where the
separate interests of a part of the inhabitants clash with those of La-
heck in particular. However, the writer alleges an argument that, in
his opinion, at once proves this assertion, that is, the fear of
lessening the Sound Dues. Now, if the Danish government
was at all inluenced by this fear, they would certainly
not have sanctioned the construction of a railroad from
Altona to Kiel, still less have taken a third of the shares, in order
to render the execution of the project passible. Experience has also
proved that this railroad between Kiel and Altona did not lessen the
revenue of the Sound Dues, a result that no doubt might have been
foreseen as a natural consequence of the increased tacit ity of commu-
nication. However, this fear of Denmark for the Sound Dues is now
a favourite topic with the German press, just of the some nature as
the fear which you find constantly alleged as a reason for England's
not joining Germany against Denmark, I mean England's fright for
the Zelverein, its industry, tariff, activity, and Congresses. It is
not my intention to enter into any of the other assertions of " A
German," he is satisfied with the information he has picked up en his
I continental trip, and I do not wish to spoil his contentment, as I beg
, to assure you that I bear no ill-will toward " A German,' nor
inwards the German nation at large, but only wish that they may not
plunge into a struggle from which they may find it difficult to retire
with honour."—l remain, Btc., Tux SOS OP A NATIVE OF SCHLISIPIO.
October 22.
INQUESTS.--SEDUCTION.—By Mr. Bedford, at the
Star and Garter, St. Martin's-lane, on the body of Sarah
Brown, aged 19, who committed suicide by jumping into the
river from off Waterloo-bridge on Monday night. Three
years ago the deceased had been seduced by a gentleman,
under whose protection she had since been living. Through
some misconduct on her part, the gentleman had lately dis-
continued her allowance of money, and she had given her
child, aged fourteen months, into her mother's care ; from
which time she had been occasionally desponding, and talked
abont committing suicide by taking laudanum, or " making
a hole in the water." On Monday night, between eight and
nine o'clock, she met two female acquaintances in Regent-
Street, who told her that they had seen her " friend " in
company with another girl : upon bearing which she clasped

her hands together, and, hunting into tears, exc'aimed, " I
shall nut go home to-night" tier compeuions endeavoured
to soothe her, and she slid she would go home. On being
asked when they should see her again, she, after some hesi-
tation, said, "Never," and datted away from them. Know-
ing that she had to no over Wetesloo-bridge, and suepecting
from her memeer that she meditated violence herse't; they
resolved to witch tier, and reached the bridge first. Haring
hidden thems- lees beneath the seat in the fiat opening on
the Somerset House side, they taw her rim Feet, and before
they could gain upon her she stepped ou to the second settle,
and mounting the parapet (as the wit:ICS/Ica described it)
with the swittetee of a bird, plunged into the water. An
alarm was immediately raised, and several boats repairing to
the spot, after about a quarter of an hour, the body
was found; but life was quite extinct. The jury
having commented on the melancholy facts of the
case, returned • verdict of "Temporary Insanity."—
A DEOWNrD Biwa.—By M. Baker, at the Sportsman,
Margareteereet, Haggersione, the inquiry into the death of
Sarah Whiteorn was concluded. George Phesent deposed
to seeing deceased and her husband turn from the Cat-and-
Mutton a'aout one o'clock on Sunday morning, into
a path leading to the edge of the Regents Canal. They
were quarreling eiolently. Witness and police endeavoured
be arouse the instates of the Sir Walter Scott for more than
half an hour. Believes deceased was alive twenty minutes
after she was taken out of the water. She graved the humid
of s young man who carried her on her way to the Hackney
station. (Sensation.) Is sere she could have been saved
had asaistareie been given.—Mr. Colson disputed this state-
ment, and alleged that the person alluded to was unworthy
of credit. —Other evidence having been heart, the coroner
adverted at some length to the melancholy neture of the
case; and after some de'iberatioo, the jury returned
a verdict of " Temporary Insanity," adding that " great
reckleasne-s had been exhibited by deceased's husband, in
neglecting te prevent deceased throwing herself into the
Regent's Ceeal, and in endearouring to leave the spot
titer the seme' without offering assistance in rescu-
ing her ,• and the jury regret that the law cannot
punish him for his inhuman conduct."—SlNOrLell
DEtTII.-13eil,ro W. Carter, EN , at the William
the Fourth T..vern, Ewell, near Epeem, miJamesWaghont
Req., aged a wealthy farmer. The deceased was iu the
daily habit of driving round the neighbourhood in his pony
chaise, an.'. about one o'clock on Tuesday was entering
Eeell, who a person named Palmer touched his hat to
him. The deceased nodded, and bent slightly forw tett as if
to nave a basket at his feet, which seemed to he rolling out
of the chaise. In doing this ho palled the horse on one
side, and the carriage got into one of the rucks of the road,
which caused him as was thought to fall out by the road
side. Palmer instantly ran to his assistance, and found that
he was perfectly insensible. He carried him to the William
the Fourth Tavern, and Mr. Jullien, the surgeon, very
promptly was with him, but he died in about ten minutes.
—The Coroner asked if Mr. Jullien could state the cause of
rich sudden death.—Mr. Jullicu's impression was that in
the nodding to the mesa Palmer, and then the sudden
attemet to 4.,;7.: the basket, caused such a Now of blood to
the head that it brouglit on apoplexy, and deceased fell into
the road.—The jury returned a verdict of " Apoelexy,
accelerated by the fall."—The deceased was much re-
spected, but very eccentric in his manner. Those who have I
been to Epsom races will remember " Old Waghorn.".—
FATAL DRAT ACCIDENT.—At St. Thomas's Hospital, by
Mr. J. Payne, on the body of Alfred Coulson, aged thirty-
six, a drayman in the employ of elessrs. Whitbread, the
brewer". On Tuesday last, the deceased and another dray-
man went with two drays of beer to the Spread Eagle, at
Epsom, from whence they were returning, riding un the
shafts, when ie the Balhans-road, the attention of deceased's
mate was called by a foot passenger to deceased, who was
lying in the road. He was picked up, when he said that the
near wheel had passed over his body, but did not say what
occasioned his fall. He was conveyed in a cab to the hos-
pital, where ho died the same night, his death resulting, as
shown on a poet-mortem examination, from a rupture of the
liver and spleen. The jury having no doubt that deceased,
while during, had fallen off the dray, returned a verdict of
" Accidental death."