The Express.
London, England, 1851-05-17 00:00:00

THE CONSERVATIVE CLUB.

Mr. Walter, M.l'., has addressed the following
letter (referring to a subject noticed in our paper of May
15), to the secretary of the Conservative Club :
"40, Upper Grosvenor-street, May 16, 1851.
" Sir,—My attention has been called to a paragraph in
the Morning Ifreald of Wednesday last, in which it is stated
that ' at a very numerous meeting of the Conservative Club,
on Monday, two gentlemen, one of them a distinguished
member of the bar, were requested by an immense majority,
taken by ballot, to retire from the club, on the purely poli-
tical grounds that, in the estimation of the voters, the gen-
tlemen referred to hail ceased to be conservatives as the
term is understood by the club.'
" Although personally unknown to either of the gentle-
men who hose lwen thus summarily expelled from this so-
ciety, 1 cannot but feel interested in a proceeding which
threatens the independence of every member of the club,
and exposes them to a similar indignity, at the mere will of
an arbitrary majority.
"In what sense the terra ' conservative' is 'understood
bv the club,' 1 know not, but I would suggest that the ma-
jority who have excommunicated Mr. Bethell and Mr. Tindal
fur political heresy, ought, in fairness, to publish their arti-
cles of faith in terms so explicit as to leave no doubt in the
minds of future candidates for admission as to the doctrines
to which they arc expected to subscribe. Unless con-
servatism and corn laws be convertible terms, which I own
I never understood them to be, I am at a loss to discover
what these two gentlemen have done to merit the treatment
they have received.
" Under these circumstances, believing myself to be a
conservative in the truest sense of the word, yet not
choosing to place my political character in the power of a
majority who may understand the term in a different sense,
I beg to withdraw my name from the list of members of
the Conservative Club.
•' I have the honour to remain, Sir,
" Vour most obedient servant
"JOHN WALTER."

ALLEGED MURDER NEAR MANCIIE.:TER.—Joseph
Allinson, the man who was apprehended on suspicion of
having murdered a carter, named John Hunt, whose body
was found on the road between Ashton and Manchester, on
the Ist inst., was brought up yesterday la final examina.
Lion at the New Bailey, Manchester. Mr. Brown, surgeon,
of Gorton, said he had made a post Rodent examination of
the body, in conjunction with Dr. Harrison, on Monday
last. On opening the head it was found quite healthy ;
there was no congestion, nor anything to indicate the cause
of death. On opening the chest, it was found that tour
ribs on the right side were fractured. The upper lobe of
the right lung was ruptured, causing great effusion of blood
into the right cavity of the chest. The liver was also found
to be ruptured, and great effusion of blood was found to
have taken place in the cavity of the abdomen, which
would at [once account for the cause of death. It would
cause death almost immediately. It had probably been
caused by the pressure of some roll substance
on the chest, as of a man's foot or his knees.
There was no external mark of violence, as most
probably there would have been if it had been
caused by a blow from a hard substance. If a cart had
passed over the body it was probable that the ribs on the
other side would also have been fractured, but this was not
the ease. Dr. J. G. Harrison, of Manchester, confirmed
Mr. Brown's statement as to the result of the post mortem
examination, but thought the injuries might have been
produced by a blow from a hard substance, as an external
mark was not always produced. Evidence was then
adduced, showing that the two men had frequently quar-
relled, and been on bad terms with each other. A jealousy
existed between them about their horses, each stoutly
maintaining that his horse was the best. The prisoner was
committed to take his trial at the mires, but was admitted
to bail