The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-17 00:00:00

chasing a shooting-box near Reading. He was a natie ro
of
Ireland, and was generally moat cheerful. Mr. Wm.:De,
solicitor, of 1, Queen-street, May fair, was applied to by the
deceased to negotiate for the purchase of a small estate near
Maidenhead. He then appeared °fa very nervous temperament
The night before he committed the act of suicide, witaeee
received a letter from him, in which he requested him, if he
had not gone too far, to break off the purchase. The follow-
ing letter, found in the room where the deceiieed shot himself,
in his handwriting, and addressed, " James Clarke, Reg
Post.oflice, Dublin," was read :
Prince Albert.llotet, Leionster-equare.—Dear lames,.—Loar berm
this reaches, the hand that penned it will be elated is death. Pim
sinuatioas ;and inuenclosi, thrown out at various times, that I have
sacrificed my honour and reput ition in rime way or the other, why,
I know not, I find Ibis world no longer worth living in, and threw
off the mortal and become an immortal. The run whir knows ! roe
must take are how you break the news to my dearest sister, whose
fondness) and goodness of heart I have so little deserved. On pal
mu,t devolve the task of breaking it out to all. My things you wai
find at 61, Jennvu-street, and my body, I suppose, will remain hem
I have been mt.:ring much in body and mind far the last throe days_
in fact, from fancy' or some ch race or another, I am more like a maa
beside himself. Coutta and Co. are my blunter% and the cheque book
is at my lodgings. I have 10,000 rupees; let 5,0u0 remain at interest
for my daughter. Now, God bless you and yours. I do not know
what my poor dear brother If nimbi will way. Kiss them .all, re,
the sake of their unhappy uncle.—Yoursa&etionately, K. F. Earn.
The inquest was again aejourned.—DEATH PROM HA.
CHINERY.—By Mr. W. Payne, at St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, respecting the death of Henry Jame Purdue,
aged 15 years. Deceased was in the employ of Mr. Powell,
the marble paper manufacturer, of Wilson-street, Fiasbury.
square. On the 10th of October he was engaged in the
manufactory, where a large dazing machine is kept is
motion by horse power. Deceased had just passed by it, with
a ream of paper, which he placed on a bench, and, whilst is
the act of returning to his bench, he missed his teeing, and,
in endeavour ing to save himself, he put his right arm oat,
which, unfortunately, was drawn between two rollers, sad
before the machine could be stopped, the arm was fright.
fully crushed. The limb was subsequently amputated, but
he died on Tuesday. Verdict, " Accidental death.
FOUND DHOWNED.—By Mr. Biker, at the Queen's Read,
High-street, Poplar, on the body of a boy unknown. On
Tuesday morning the body of the deceased was found lying
in the mud, opposite Fully House, Blackwell. He op.
peered Le have only been id the water a few dare and saw
about 14 years of age, fair complexim, and lieht. hair. He
was dressed in a light Guernsey frock, canvas treweees, bias
stockings, and Blucher boots. Verdict, "Found drowned."
--DEATH PROM AN UNKNOWN CAUSE.—AIso by Me,
Baker, at the Horse and Groom, Curtain-road, on view of the
body of Sarah Evans, aged 55. Mr. W. Lloyd, 1, Cumberland.
street, said he heed opposite to the deceased. On Monday
afternoon, about 5 o'clock, he saw her husband at the street
door, who had knocked repeatedly. As he was unable to
get admission, witness ass;sted him with a ladder, by which
he got in at the first floor window. Ile soon let witneu in
at the door, stating that he could not find deceased. Wit-
nese searched with him, and then discovered her in $
room on the ground their of a lodger named Jones. She
was lying on her face, and on lifting her up h, r lips were
observed to be swollen, and on the floor was some blood,
which had come from a cut on her lips. They subsequently
saw the drawer of a bureau open, and from it had been re.
moved some money, and near it was a ekeleten key. gene
Jones, a married woman, said, that she had Si. 10s. in the
drawer, and that she had not mired any money.—Me.
Bowen, surgeon, Curtain-road, saw no mares el violence to
account for death, which might have been the effect of
sudden fright —The coroner observed that there may hare
been a noise to cause the deceased to cuter that room, sad
that some person there was disturbed, who had pushed
the deceased down, and made his escape, which would amount
nearly to a case of murder. The better way was f thejury
to return an open verdict. Verdict, "Found dead."—
I)ISATHe IN THE HOUSE (D. CORRECTION.—By Mr. Mills,
deputy coroner, at the House of Correction, on view of the
body of Joseph Thomp-on, aged 27, a sailor. Deceased saw
sentenced on the 3rd instant, from the Thames police court,
for a violent assault upon the peliee, to 14 days imprison.
mint. He had been for several days successively in a state
of intoxication, and on entering the prison was placed in the
infirmary. On the 13th he was nearly suffecied, in conee-
quence of inflammation of the larynx. Dr. Wa ,efield ob-
tained the assistance of Mr. .Morton, of the London I:ne
yersity College, who made an incision in the windpipe, u
the only means of saving his life. The operation was at lint
successful, and deceased was able to hreethe freely. On
Tuesday night inflammation came on, after which he sank
rapidly, and di. d that morning.—Two prieee re were ens.
mined, who stet d teat the deceased received every possible
!attention, and that he expressed his thanks for the treatment
he received. Verdict—" Natural death."—Also on John
Potter, aged 35, who was lame, and who used to walk with
the assistance of crutches. He had been a vagrant, and was
sentenced to ame nth's imprisonment for vagrancy. He yes
admitted on the 26th ult., when he was placed in the vagrant
ward. On the 9ch inetant he was observed by Allen, the
assistant-surgeon, to he unwell, who ordered him into the
infirmary. On Sunday he was much wore, and while the
surgeon was attending to the deceased, Toompson, he
expired in a chair. Verdict—" Natural de oh "—Tea
ACCIDENT IN ST. JAMES'II PALLY.—By Mr. Bedford, at the
Star and Gar! er, St. Martin's-lane, on the ()oily of George
Wright, aged 19, who lost his life by the breakage of the is
in St. James's Park, on Monday last. The only evidenceof
• importance was this. Mr. T. Thomas, of 5, Grove, Mile-end,
said, that whilst he was skating on the afternoon in quesion,
the ice, near the fountain, opposite Buckingham Palace,
gave way. The Royal Humane Socieey's men rendered
every assistance, and he believed the deceased het his lite in
endeavouring to save witness.—Thos. Pavel, iceman, (No.
9). said that he had previously cautioned the witness
Thomas, we well as other pennons from going on the ice, but
he replied that it was strong enough to bear him. Had it
not been for the deceased and other persons going to his
assistance no life would have been lost. Al it was witness
nearly lost his own life, for he was under water upwards of a
minute, and was obliged to crawl through a hole in the
breaker ladder.—Verdict, " Accidental Death."

IRELAND.
DUBLIN, Dec. 16.
A very important circular has been issued from the Board
of Works, making some very useful changes in the mode
hitherto adopted of employing the people, and varying the
objects to which labour is to be henceforth directed. Great
apprehensions are entertained that the diversion of the labour
of the country to public works, which afforded immediate
relief, and shut out at the same time the real prospect of the
future, would produce a very serious effect on agriculture.
Not only ordinary labourers, but the farmers with small
holdings, and their families. thronged to the public ways, and
the exertions which should have been directed to the prepara-
tion of the soil—to fencing and clearing and draining—
for the operations of spring—were bestowed on less profit-
able but more immediately remunerative public works.
The better class of farmers were unable to employ labour
from the avidity with which the public works were sought.
This condition of things excited very great alarm. There
was no hope front a general system of reproductive works,
and in truth the exigency was too pressing and the season
too late to try them on any extensive scale. The Board
of Works seeks a remedy for this disastrous state,
and applies it at the ptoper and critical season when
the public works shall hate tirrain..ted, which must
be in a few weeks more. Reproductive works must
then be subtituted. The intention of the Board is a wise
one, and if fairly carried into effect, cannot fen to be pro-
ductive of the must beneficial consequences, namely, to in-
dividualise as it w. re the labourer, and give to each person
hie own defined and specific contract. There will no gang-
work—no association—but each will he coo on his own in-
dividual exertions, to work as a self-reliant agent, and receive
the full reward of his well-applied industry. His family will
co-operate with him in collecting and breaking the stoma
for drainage; and out of their combined exertions full relief
will be afforded, while the land will be prepared for a boun-
tiful crop to meet all deficiencies, and plenty will once more
repair our disordered social balance. The great difficulty of
carrying out this great scheme will be the insufficiency of
nroper instruments. But, it is to be presumed, the Board
pas made all its calculations to attain the result before the
change was promulgated. This, their last, is also their
greatest and wisest movement. The following is the
circular :
DRAINAGE ACT (IRELAND).
Board of Public Works, Dec. 9, 1846.
The employment of the destitute on roads and other public works
must soon terminate, and reproductive works be substituted for them
To render such works really beneficial and morally tofettil, the landed
proprietors must join hand in hand with the Board of Works. Every
proprietor or farmer will be interested in the practical suoressof lame
local work, and as the numb, will be great, the MICA'S, will be in 9,6*
portion to the zealous co-operation which the board may creel.,
VISAS connected with thorough draining and
ec salksedl2l.
with the spade must be etuted systematierilly and callmf
—no external force, no hurry, can be admitted. 'The Mialeg
of Labourers required for each particular work tan be 0-
curately known, and etch individual labourer should have a talk
allotted to him, say sufficient for a fortnight or three weeka
enable each labourer to till his own farm, or that of a neigh
farmer, and at the same time earn the support of his family
employment on drainage works, It is propored that the task 10
allotted to each labourer should consist of a certain length of arils.
and the collection and breaking of stones for the drain; Where °la.,.
stance arc to be gathered from the same or noighoouring befits,
children of the labourer may be employed by hint iu collecting
into heaps, and if sufficiently near, drpouting them un the tide of the
drain cut by the father. If, with the awisto.nce of his childreik
the
teak, sufficient for a foci eight, be completed in kis or eight dirk
the labourer will receive his money and be at liberty to devote
the remainder of the fortnight to farm labour, and -till
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bare earned sufheient to support his family until the time arrives he
commencing a eecond tusk, and so on. To render the drainage soots
sutetantially beneficial to the landed proprietors, it is nceesker! ...
the most approved system of thorough draining khonl,l be adopted. Tia
effect this object, the commiusioners of puklic work:, mean to appoint
district inspectors ot drainage, whose duty wille, in the first instance,
to examine the site of every work presented for; to determine the ex-
tent of land to be drained, and mark its boundaries on the °When.
plans; to lay out the works connected with the main or opendrains_A,
to
determinethe depth and all the detail belonifill4 the c°?°;,,,;
draius ; to estimate the cost of the drainage I" aert
the land in its present state, and give his opinion as to the
eacreamed value which will result from the drainage, ord "-
port on the whole to the commireioners. During the time
pied by the inspector of drainage in the pertormanee of foeduty, the landed proprietor, the agent, or steward, ,llould inttUla
the purpose of receiving instructions as, to the particular works to
who
executed in each ewe, and should recommend guit,ble
may be employed as local overseers to carry them out. The Ste
or farmers, us the caw may be, to act without salary ; but
overseers recommended by them, when w;prov,st of by the meperl;
of drainage, will be paid according to their qualifications dex .
hots. The sanction of the Treasury having been received an
for llt6
drainage works of any district, and the number of labour
to be employed in each determined, on due Donee being 11";
to the relief inspecting of of the of Works,
will name labourers fur each from the list of the destitute rcoo
within the electoral division or barony, as is usual for the road
workv
and it is expected that the landed proprietors, farrocr.:, and stev.fr,
connected with each work will use every exertion to scrutinise 163
list of the destitute, to insure that none who have abet allesf!'o2r,
support be employed. The land will be assetees: for the expeot.%,
and consequently the adini.eion of perilous not mowing rei
_l.•_;.
ro adding to the number, will poortionahls in .reace the as.
hence it becomes the interest LW well as the duty of all erva-Par`
to limit the admission of labourer* to those who arc wholly deddilds
(By order) Jot. C. WALKEN Seen-WY',
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There was an investigation before the lemPtetor