The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-19 00:00:00

Hairston-ball; and Julius John Angerstein, Esq., Lirmerly
M.P. for Greenwich, and who possesses a very large estate
in the county. There appears to he not the slightest proba-
bility of any opposition being offered by the Conservative
par:y ; the popularity of the Pelham family, coupled with
the enormous influence they possess 1.. the division, and the
inclination towards Liberalism by a very large section of the
constituency, being at all times sufficient to secure the return
of at least one member whose opinions were in consonance
with these. At the first eleetion after the passing
of the Reform Bill, two Liberals were returned to
Parliament for tnis division—Lord Worsley and Sir William
Ingilby, but at the tlectien in 1815 a conservative stepped
in, consequent on some differences of opinion, and the absence
of any union between the noble lord and the hon. baronet.
Bit Wilman Ingilby lost his seat after a very severe contest.
From the year 1837 down to the prevent time the county has
been represented by Lord Worsley and Mr. Robert Adam
Christopher ; but at the general election in 1841 a very des-
perate effort was made by the tories to oust Lord Worsley ;
Auld they plat in nomination the Hon. Charles Henry Cast, •
younger son of Lord Brownlow, the lord-lieutenant of the
county. The fAlowing arc the numbers polled on that
occasion, and will abundantly illustrate the weakness of the
Varies: Worsley, Lord (L), 5,401 ; Christopher, It. A. (T),
4,522 • Cunt. Hon. C. H. (T), 3,819. Of the votes polled by
Lcrd Worsley, about 3,700 were plurnpers ; and at the pre-
sent time the number of registered electors is about 11,000.
SoTrINGIIAMsIIIRE.
A FATAL ACCIDENT occurred at Newark on Wednesday.
Two men were engaged in carting earth from Beacon-hill
to the Newark Railway station ; and whilst filling the ve-
hicle a portion of the soil above suddenly gave way and
killed them by its fall„Verdiet, " Accidental death."

DEATH INFLICTED BY A POLlCEMAN.—Considerable sen-
sation has been created in the neighbourhood of Northleacb,
owing to an affray between a county policeman and some
country people, after the feast and wake at Great Barring-
ton, on Sunday week, which has resulted in the death of
one person, and may possibly be attended by the loss of a
second life. A great number of persons were collected in
the rooms and in front of the Fox Inn. Although they were
occasionally noisy, nothing had occurred requiring the in-
terference of the police, a party of whom, consisting of two
serjeants and two privates, were parading the village. Sud-
denly, however, one of the privates, named Probert, a young
man twenty years old, separated from his serjeant, and pro-
ceeding to the Fox, entered a small parlour, which at the
time was filled with men, women, and boys. What
occurred there between the policeman and the com-
pany we do not know ; but soon after Probert had entered
the room he drew his staff, and beat several persons about
the head; so furiously, indeed, that two men were struck to
the floor senseless. One of the men, named Reuben Busby,
expired early the next morning, hosing received a forked
fracture of the skull, extencliug down behind the ear to its
base, while a portion of the brim protruded from the wound.
Clifford, the other man who is hurt, was removed to his
home in the adjoining village of Great Rimington, and the
latest reports of his condition arc decidedly unfavourable,
though it is probable that he may recover. Probert, the
policeman, surrendered himself into the hands of his serjeant
previous to the death of Busby ; hut in order to appease the
excitement of the populace, he had been temporarily trans-
ferrei to the custody of a constable resident in the village
which was the scene of the wretched affair. The inquest on
the body stands adjourued.—Gloucester I'aper.
CHESHIRE.
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A MI/STEMMA CASE.—Early this morning, the body of
Mr. T. Cheetham, of Hazel Grove, a clerk in the goods de-
partment at the licton Norris station of the Manchester and
Birmingham Railway, N% AS found in a field, near Strings,
whirs, last evening, he hail been to see an acquaintance,
Out of respect to the feelings of the family and connexion of
the deceased (who are very respectable in this town), we
will not indulge in any of the many causes which rumour
has assigned fur this melancholy event. A pipe which he
lad been smoking was found close to his side, his arms being
folded and his legs crossed. A small sum of money was
found upon him. the post-mortem examination and inquest
are fixed for to-morrow (Friday), at Marple. It will be
gratifying to his friends to know that the pecuniary transac-
tions of his situation are perfectly satisfactory.—Stockport
Advertiser.

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A DISTRESSING ACCIDENT occurred on Saturday hut, at
the works of the Sommetshire County Lunatic Asylum. A
very large blast wee about to be made in a rock near the
building, and all the workmen were ordered to place
themselves under cover of the kitchen, at the back of the
building. One man, named Martin, who was working at a
distance of about forty yards, neglected to do so. and a frag-
ment of the rock, weighing about twenty pounds, pitched
directly on his head, and carried away a part of the skull,
leaving a portion of the poor fellow's brains exposed. lie has
left a widow and fire children. _ _ _

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AN ALARMING Fier occurred near Bath on Tuesaay,
upon the premises of Mr. Cottle, of Englishcombe. The
whole of the farm barton, with six ricks of wheat, eats, and
barley were destroyed. There is every reason to believe that
this tire was the act of an incendiary, for it broke out simul-
taneously in more than one of the ricks, and in an incredibly
short space of time the whole of the ricks in the harton, the
wheat in the outhouses, and a cottage were in flames. The
total value of the property destroyed is not yet stated, but it
is unileratotal that it t, nearly, if not entirely, covered by an
insurance in the West of England Office.
alas Ex.

A RECENT VERDICT OF A CORONER'S JURY declared
that the death of a prisoner in the Lewes gaol had been
hastened by the rigorous mode in which his sentence had
been collared, and by the insufficient diet allowed in the
prison. 'I his has since induced a consultation amongst the
magistrates at the county hall, where they examined wit-
nesses as to the condition and treatment of the prisoner, and
after the evidence expressed themselves satisfied with the
officers of the gaol. Nearly the same facts were deposed
before the coroner's jury, who returned the verdict. One of
the magistrates gave notice that he should bring the subject
before the bench at the Michaelmas sessions.

KENT.
THE CANTERBURY limo's, according to the Kentish
Observer, arc in a happy state of confusion respecting their
accounts. The late clerk's accounts are not complete, certain
vouchers, which had been inquired for, not being forth-
coming; whilst one of the relieving officers is a defaulter to
a consiecrable amount.