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

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To E. Chaderiek, Esq.
At the conclusion of the above reply 'discussion arteeen,
the propriety of sending it, when the question wu at
put by the reverend chairman, and was carried titanic...a`
Some other business having been transacted th
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adjourned.

STRANGER'S FRIEND SOCTETY.—A m
subscribers and friends of this benevolent instil
held last evening at the office, Exeter-hall, for the
of receiving the annual report, and electing ofEcetsPftt
ensuing year ; T. Farmer, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. 1,
appeared by the report, which was read by the '
that the funds of the satiety are not in so prosper tee'
dition as at the last annual meeting, or as the friends of
nullity would wish ; the falling off being chiefly attribuok
to the mildness of the season, and the dram upon the rep..
of charitable individuals by railroad speculation". --*
PARISH OP Sr. BRIDE.—NOMINATION OP Cot
mON COUNClL.—Yesterday Mr. Deputy obb,g, ~.
has represented the ward tor 20 yearn, expressed Ida gujim
to retire, with thanks for the long-continued emihdeaci ga.
had reposed in him. Eventually, at the request of Eases--"
Bacon and Baker, and several others, the worthy 4433
allowed himself to be put in nomination for the 21st by'
Messrs. Burn and Elkins, also the present Comae', co,ci i,for the precinct, were also prop. Bed ; and as in aggin.,„, •
candidate, Mr. George Walter, of Shoe-lane, citim7...A
innholder, an old and highly-respected inhabitant, Lis —."
posed by Mr. Dean and seconded by Mr. gk,att '
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show of hands was in favour of the first three geggften ."'
Messrs.. Obbard, Burn, and Edkinit, who (evenly nzi,
thanks.
TIT E SMITHFIELD CLUBCArf LE SUOW.—ENR„..,
Highness the Duke of Cambridge arrived at the •1'
1 Wyday shortly before one o'clock, and was ruing 1tY,,..1'
teatrance to the show-yard by his Grace the Duke of it,:r:
mond, the president; Mr. B. T. Brendreth Gael, th
secretary, and the stewards of the club. His Royal Rows
was accompanied by Baron Keesbeck, and expressed hew(
much gratified with the exhibition generally. A 5,...
other noble and distinguished personages who viunai
show during the day, were the Earl of Bard** Iced
Portman, the Earl of Warwick, Viscount Torrington 4
Earl of Leicester, Earl Spencer, Sir, R. p. jodai:l
and; Mr. Pusey, M.P. At 12 o'clock the annul 1
meeting of the club took place in the committee-fon a tie
Bazaar, which was presidid over by the Duke of Ricluants,
and attended by most of the noblemen above-manors;
and a large number of distinguished agriculturists. Amen
the principal matters determined on -by the club vets i,
renewal of the lease with the proprietor of the Bareb,
the annual show of the club, it having expired yesterths.
and a resolution rendering, for the future, symmetry iti
other points of perfection in cattle a test of their supi•nagi
rather than the over-fatness which has hitherto bee, li,
criterion. This resolution also applies t.i the 'beep sadu
classes. The other matters discussed were the mere mi.,
business of the club. The Bazaar was crowded free in
opening to its close by thousands of most respectable paw
LORD BROUGHAM AND TUE MAN IN HE MOOS.
--During Mr. Ellis's argument in the Duchy of luau
ease, in the Privy Council, he referred to a case when .
meteoric stone having fallen, a question arose betreelts
Crown and the Lord of the Manor as to whom glide*,
Lord Brougham inquired whether any third party hal*
tervened for the man in the moon ?
DESERTING WIVES AND CIIILDREN.—Within is
last few days eighteen men have absconded, leaving the
wives and thirty-five children chargeable to the pitts4 d
St. Matthew, Bethnal-green.
THE CAMBRIDGE " SPINNING" HOUSL—Sif,—l;
your remarks with reference to an unfortunate wen
who died at Cambridge in consequence of being placed g t
damp bed at the " Spinning-house," I observed some at
strictures on a system which allows of the apprehenam it
females of a certain class found in the streets, although tar
Iniscortclucting themselves: but there is one evil rent*
therefrom, which you omitted to mention. At Cambnies
(from fear of consequence-) the unf irtunate class allaledis
endeavour, as much as possible, to conceal their real chain
' ters, by dressing and behaving as modest women; hewn
not unfrequently happens that the " proctor" of the La
versity, by mistake, accosts a respectable female. °Jame,
if she choose to tell who she is, and where she is ,ate
is immediately released, with a courteous apology; be
surely it must -be grievously wounding to the d i
modest female, under any circumstances, to be taken kg a
street-walker, and the liability to such occurrences 1:108 i
restraint, which is often (to say the least) itBo9olBBl
Although only an occasional visitor at Cambridge, tiro ts
three cases of the kind hare been roticed by me; so that I
speak not from hearsay, but from personal observation. 1
feel confident that the willingness you have always evinced
to make known existing abuses will not be lei with respect
to one which affects that sex of which man is the natant
protector.—A CONSTANT READER.
SIGNS OF CIIRISTMAS.—The steamer Triton, fruit
Ostend, has brought 64 cases of poultry, being a large a•
crease upon former importations of the kind, even from Bel-
gium, from which state the more extensive of the wink of
poultry take place. The Sir Edward Banks, which fn.
viously arrived from the same Belgisn part, brourht lima
of poultry and 30 cases of rabbits, which 'boned In the

country.
ACClDENT.—Yesterday morning an amid& to
curred to the servant of Dr. Dakin, No. 40, Naked.
square, Notting-hill : while shaking a rug out of theies
floor balcony, she fell head foremost on the refines d
the area beneath. Dr. Dakin instantly ran to her mistime,
and found her hanging with her hcaddownwards, her swd
being twisted between the torn of the area rails. She ra
extricated with difficulty, apparently lifeless. Shen's. ins
ever, still alive ; everything that surgical skill weld West
was done to alleviate her sufferings, but not the
yrgdre
hope is entertained of her surviving.
FIRE CAUSED DT A CINDER.—Yesterday aftertoe
a fire broke out in the workshop of Mr. 'Edwards, mete
and turner, Lower-street, Islington. While a workman;
employed watching a pot of melting pitch, a cinder Ikea
amongst some sacks of shavings, and set them in a Wu.
The parish engines instantly arrived, and there beings nod
supply of water, they were set to work, and Ming mhos:
succeeded in extinguishing the flames, but not befit the
whole stock in trade and dwelling were much damaged.
INQUESTS, YEsTERDAT. ALLEGED MCRDEL--
By Mr. Payne, resumed from Wednesday, at the Itne
Tuns, Red Cross-street, Cripplegate, on the body of Elton
Elizabeth Wright, mentioned in our paper yestercky.-Ir
Taylor,surgeon, whohad analysedthe contents ofthertoanch
I stated that he had not been able to detect ay sigtoor I
poison.—The coroner had little doubt that the brutal new
usent the deceased received from her husband had swelerstel
her death, but as there was no direct evidence to that egm
the jury must return a verdict accordingly. Vedirs
"Natural death."—SCICIDE OF MAJORR. F. Isar
—By Mr. Bedford, at the Prince of Wales hotel, Leiter*
place, Leicester-square, on the body of Major R. F. BUIS
—Mr. William Ling, of No. 61, Jersiya4treets
known the deceased nine months. lie had recently retornd
from India with the 47th Regiment, and, for the lin fire
alive was on Wednesday morning,
sight, had lodged with witness. The last time he oaks
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then appeared not so cheerful as usual. Re ,ass ren
glib: in his habits, and the gentlemen who were in the Mid
of calling upon him were Major Ball, Captain White,
solicitor, named Clarke. He had not paid witness 07
but he thought him a gentleman of independent alma
Ann Lindtield, chambermaid at the Prince of Wake gaol
deposed to the deceased coming to that hotel about half,
nine o'clock, and asking for a chamber. At his recto':
took him pen, ink, and paper, and a glass of grof
room where the body now lies. In half an hour be uloidis
and water, which she took to him. About three Or!
when he went ot, lit
she went up to the room again, and on knocking st %Wn
and receiving no answer, she entered sad saw the d
lying upon the floor, with his head over the fender If:
being a shooting-gallery at the back of the hotel, the M
of the pistol was not taken notice of. A gentleman
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sleeping in the next room said he did not hears sof T;
The deceased appeared to have been sitting 1(1001
the time he fired the pistol into his breast. k1e,.111,„
appear at all strange when he came into the
.071,
Charles Wright, the porter, said he found one pssw
charged lying upon the floor, and one loaded upon them;
—Mr. Robert Cross, surgeon 21, Leicester-Et
called in. The deceased appeared to have been dor
for
or four hours. The wound was immediately oset 70'7
of the heart, and he had no doubt about its having ht's
by a pistol shot. The ball had broken the fifth
buried itself in the heart. The deceased most hoe
the muzzle& the pistol as close as possible to heard
which would account for the report not being L'.•A,
quest was adjourned for the attendance of decesswlrnirs
—ANOTHER SEICIDE.—By Mr. Mills, at the Orres,,m,
Inn, Finchley, on the body of a man, unknown, of ".•_1
genteel appearance, about 4.5 years of age, 5 feet 10 Trj,
high, with black eyes, hair, and whiskers, dressed 'M-
oan and trowsers, no waisicoat, black satin and velvetwr„
still alive, with one of his braces tied
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and a French silk hat, purchased in Newinite-stree% 7111
Deceased was found on Monday, last in a hrtj
Squire's-lane, Finchley, lying on his back. Drte7os
with a double knot. The unfortunate man ,EM ren°
the Green Man inn ; but expired on the way. A itse
at Finchley recognised the body to be that of a ti
the '
he accidentally met on Saturday last, and who in the co s
twenty minutes' conversation he had with deceased
bat 1
was " hard up " and was on his road to Liverpool
did not tell either his name or abode. In d
pockets were found three or four false collar! ill
small comb, but no money, nor anything lih,elY„,t°
tify him. Verdict, " Died from BtElngu'at"'"44l
SEICIDR OF A SERVETOR.—By Mr. Bedford, at lotKail
seer Tavern, St. George's-row, Pimlico, on the
Frederick Roby Davey, Esq., aged 27, a wercllsig
Robert Norris Fashion Davey, the resident surgeo,„so
Millbunk prison, deposed that deceased was h 6 7,7-11
About nine weeks since, witness was informed that
week,"
left his residence for the purpose of spending a ,
Continent. Nothing, however, was seen or hear.d
for seven weeks after he lett. The first time maw%
him was on the 28th of list month. lie then entets,
ness's apartment in the orison speak peared vs 101
tightly round Doi
so much so that he could not pe Basing taro
ale
self on a chair he sobbed aloud. Witness and Drr
who was present, were of opinion that he ought to car,
under medical treatment. Witness made ought has