The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-03 00:00:00

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ARDVEREKIE, TUESDAY, Aoo. 31.—Yesterday her
Majesty went out in her barge on Lake Laggan with the
Prince of Wales, attended by the Visoountees Jocelyn, the
Marquis of Abercorn, and the Earl of Aberdeen. The
Prince went out into the forest, deer-stalking, and returned
to the lodge with a line stag. The Earl of Aberdeen took
his departure. There was no vldition to the royal dinner.

Sir John Rae Reid transacted business yesterday at
the Colonial-office. _ . _

Hia Excellency Major-General Sir Harry Smith,
the newly-appointed Governor of the Cape of Good Rope,
is expected to embark about the 16th inst., accompanied by
Lady Smith, (or the seat of his future government. The
Vernon is appointed to sail about the 12th inst.
MINISTERIAL MOVEMENTS.—Viscount Palmerston
left town yesterday for Loch Laggan to rticoeed Raul Grey
in attendance on her Majesty. Lord .1. Russell is still residing
with her ladyship and family at Richmond, and intends to
'remain there two months longer. Public business will pre-
vent the noble lord from going to Scotland this autumn.
The Marquis of Clanricarde has returned to town frost
visiting his estates in the county of Galway. The Lord
President of the Council and the Marchioness of Lansdowne
are expected home from Germany in about a fortnight his
lordship has greatly improved in health.—The Right Hon.
Sir G. Grey arrived in town yesterday morning, from his
seat near Alnwiek, Northumberland. —T Lord Chancellor
and the Ron. Miss Pepys are making a tour in Wales.

MEETING OF MIDDLESEX MAGISTRATES.
Yesterday, a court of the magistracy of the county
of Middlesex was holden at the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell,
for the transaction of general county business. Mr. Pownall
presided.
PLIBON Itsroure.—Some unimportant ,:....uminary mat-
ters having been disposed of, the deputy Clerk of th- Peace
laid before the court the reports of the visiting justices of
the various county prisons. That from Coldbath-flelda
House of Correction mated the number of prisoners at pre-
sent unlined therein to be 1,169: viz., 907 males, and 262 fe-
male,, including 14 children. The report spoke approvingly
of the sanitary state of the prison, but recommended the
erection of two additional schools, of which a plan bad been
prepared, the estimated cost being 2711., and the labour
being proposed to be performed by the prisoners. Some
disunion arose, but ultimately the court passed a vote,
INSINISatory of the suggestion in the report, and granted
the ease required for the erection of the schools. The report
from the Westminster House of Correction showed the num-
ber of prisoners to be 815: viz., 6,96 males, and 219 females.
Among the latter sickness prevailed to the extent of 7 per
cent, while among the males it was only 31 per cent.
Sewn] cases of fever had occurred.

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Palso• DORMITOII.IIO.—The report from the visiting
justices of the Coldbath-fields Prison, laid before the court
on the last county day, urged the entire abolition of the
dormitories at present occupied as aleeping apartments by
the prisoners, and the substitution of separate cells for all
female prisoners, when the matter was appointed to be con-
sidered at the present meeting. A discussion arose, in
which Mona Rose, Tulk, Retch, and other magistrates
took part. The general feeling being that the dormitories
should be abolished, Mr. Tulk then moved, " That the plan
suggested be adopted and carried Into effect, at a cost not
exceeding 6,0001. ; and that that sum be granted by the
court for that purpoee. The motion was seconded, and Mr.
Rotel, in waking in its support, deprecated the dormitoriee
as mid ' 'ors in their effect. He had, he said,
to the Coldbath fields Praia (our dis-
sd scientific end literary men, two Germans,
SY Pole, and one Permian, all peculiarly interested
in piton discipline, and who were intimate with the
n of, and the principles upon which continental
were conducted ; and when they were shown these
illiisilw
orssitarise, and had their use pointed out, they expressed
very grams amain that in an English prison should exist en
abase of so abeannable a nature. They were member of the
". Penitentiary Association," which was to meet at Brussels
on the 20th September, their object being to establish a
solid bans of prison reform. Further, one of them was a
number of the Prussian Diet ; and to show that great into.
rest was attached to their object, he (Mr. Botch) would only
say that Secretary Sir George Grey had issued directions',
that every facility should be affdrded those gentlemen in '
inspecting the metropolitan prisons, awl that every informa-
tion should be given them. lie (Mr. Botch) was a member
of that usociation, and he hoped to meet at Brussels as
many of his brother justices as Gould possibly attend. The
object was of great importance, and one which the magistrates
of this country ought studiously to take into consideration.—
The motion was unanimously carried.
On the motion of Mr. Botch, an annuity of 2661. 13s. 4d.
was granted to Mr. Thos. W. Kilsby, late governor of the
New Prison, Clerkenwell, in accordance with the 26th sec-
tion of 4 Geo. IV., c. 64. Mr. Kilsby filled the situation
thirty-two years, and resigned on account of ill health and
age. Some further business having been disposed of, the
loam adjourned.

THE BRITISH LYING-IN liotiPlTAL.—Yesterday
append mart of the governors of the above institution was
INNIS HIS hospital, in Brownlow-street, Drury-lane, for the
MCMaking into consideration the proposal for rebuild-
bem/Mal.—Mr. B. Mann having been called to the:
shale, 'bed gendomma submitted to the meeting a statement
whir{ le lad draws up, explanatory of the position is which
the ht=ell Need, sad the grounds upon which they sought
the 'apron to rebuild and carry on the efficacy of
the omit•L It appeared from the statement that the hos-
pital writes ant of its kind established in the metropolis, it
having boss opened in November, 1749, under the
patrosep of the then Duke id Portland. From
that period up to the present the benevolent object
of its headers sad sapparters hed bees diligently
weeded wt with inceseing and salaried upward or
411,0110 patients
of remind the lima el ;be Wear
tea. The object of the mend appeal we. to dada brie
te isband the hospital—em mmeal whisk the seven=
WWI sow compelled to make by the hoes of airessisiones•
Dales*. anon* of May last the party walls between the
wells alike lisopieil and the adjoining bosom were (mod to
he dolective sal wan examination by _the district 'severer
were seadmiused and mimed te he Wed down, end else to
be meant ; bat the whole of the war IMO found en he in
seek • state of dilopiLnisa *lamella weer sr ear bays
hies irpecatelat but impreeladsW The ralwrft_Orse•
kee, wars sompiled to mks seesenres for ibeilisest
the hospital. The sharer:km lueully mob by bar Majesty's
Board of Wood' and For horoairdy afjerlag the
hospilel acedsd the deabable oppar•mig el pad* it in
gatSN Sh• paha, dr" aria pros of
lin Beilell-strest ,tberc. bees yeeerri it that
pawn, wpos which it was pimps* M osion4his brat of the
maw baseeta4 which it was bitesdeidradi beadeplat Sir the
reeplea elan enlarged number of pats % ea ell the
siodere skill and 10111116111•141/61a. The
rulds"eriltbe bridal being quite inanimate ilk the pur-
pose. the 'perms whit aealliare wed lbe berm-
blase el tin DM& pudgier arirese ht tie
intuerbey imiertiaft. TherelatedeMdthSbnlliep
was onieed to be shoat 4,0001., aid dr bedding Med, err
taterial ea be be the Elisabeth's syled rebbeetara.
From for Lot report printed by the peesoneri, it appeared
that, hem tin 72nd of I uly, 1812, to the Oa of Angeek 1815,
no fewer elm 1,059 women wire codas& in the hospital,
and of that large miner mete dear MEM died. It was
further stated that, hem lie lesneftg of Yr ineratution up
to 1836, the total number of HEM esdasd amounted to
36,042, and that the total amine of children born was
36,457, of whom 18,195 were boy; end 17,281 girls.
Scorrua HOSPITAL—A quaterly general meeting
of this excelleat charitable institute= was kid et the roam 1
of the eseperatics, in Creastemein. Irieseetreet, on Thurs-
day het ; Mr. J. A. Simons la the chair. The minutes of
bresat=birm:realeadleaeleard, sad, es the motion
of Mr, seconded by Mr. Hamilton, it was agreed
that the mat el ~ part of the capital 54thof 20,0001.
belonging to the corporation, be phi to dotray the eurreut
'apnoea of the institution, labial have beset neatly very
greatly inereased, in consequence dim having tern evolved
to Weems the number of child ant timer sex) in the
esiceL The number of boys now Wag situesied k 100 sal
of gra 46. It is greatly to be wished tint *spade at loge
would devote some portion of the fuses &Was& to benevo-
lent purposes in aid of this admirable inelbatisa.—

SIGNAL STATION, ISLE or WIGHT.--YOl6lllllll
the following important notioe to owners and toplaima af VOW
seta, was posted at Lloyds : Vessels ina=imheir bow
bets by, " Matryat's Code of Signals," is D.
Isle of Wight, will be gratuitowdy reported ll
the oonunittee of Lloyd's by their agent, at tie sapid
a quarter of a mils tram of Donato*, from widalt etgaals

be inswered and telegraphic communications forwarded. A
gun fired, should it be found neocesery, will command in-
stant attention. By the above arrangements arrivals will
be reported at Lloyd's a day before the usual time.
THE WELLINGTON STATUlL—Yesterday the re-
maining portion of the ponderous scaffold by-which the
bronze monster was raised was removed.

THE SALE OF SHAESPEARE'S Housa.—Mr. Robins
has now published the conditions of sale of Shakspeare's
house. Tee elucidation of the title will be exceedingly in-
urea:ma—it commences with the will of the immortal poet.
The vendor it appears sells in the character ofheirsd-law of
the devisee in fee in trust for sale of the late owner, Mr.
Thomas Court, who, by his will, directed thepeoperty to be
sold alter the death of his wife (who died in thl46) bppuhtie
auction or private coat:net, and the sale nionieitto b. &aided
among his children, or such of them as should be then Eying,
the shares of thechildren then dead being given to ths-cbild
or children of the deceased parents respectively. The testa-
tor left six children, of whom four are living and of age, and
will join in the conveyance ; but the other tee ere dead,
having leg children, who are minors. Counsel has conse-
quently advised that ths sale of the property take piece by
public auction.
ANNIVERSARY OF THE FIRE OF LONDON.—The
Royal Exchange was clued until twelve o'clock yes-
terday morning, it being the anniversary of the great fire
of London, in the year 16G6, ever since which time this
custom has been uninterruptedly observed.
IMPORTATION OF PIRATED EDITIONS OF BRITISH
Woeits.—An application having been made to the Lords of
the Treasury with regard to the admission by a lady,
for her own use, of American and French editions of British
copyright works, that had long been in her posses-
sion, and which, from old association, she still wished to
possess, their lordships have directed, in mitigation of the
severity of the law, that when a party can obtain the
'mitten consent of the owners of the copyright the books
may be delivered to the importer, on payment of duty.
THE MEDICAL PROFESsION.—Sir,—The medical
profession in this quarter are much pleased with the manner
in which you have given your support to medical reform.
In England the profession have some little protection against
the unqualified practitioners ; but here, in Scotland, not
only can a quack prescribe and dispense medicine, and mil
himself a doctor or surgeon with impunity, but as their ser-
vices can be got at a cheaper rate, the parochial authorities
in several instances have preferred them to the qualified prac-
titioner. This is really too bad, and ought to be looked into.
—l.lltYslC.—Banff, Aug. 29.
CURIOUS IM PORTATIONS. —ln evidence of the in-
dastry of our friends in America and at the antipodes, and
their wish to supply us with every necessary, may be ad.
duced the recent importation of 11 barrels shoe-pegs from
Baltimore, and 3,787 wheel pokes from Sidney.
LocAL COURTS.—Sir,—Observing in your paper of
the 31st ult. a letter of an Irish barrister, permit me to say
that I apprehend it will be found the barristers of those
courts in Ireland do not possess all the " independence" that
your legal correspondent would lead your readers to believe
they do. He must, and perhaps you may, remember the
case in which the magistrates of a midland county, during
the lieutenancy of Lord Normanby, deposed the assistant
barrister, and appointed • " chairman" from among their own
body, thereby making evident the fact that they were the
judges, and the barruter,' as his appellation implies, only
their '• assistant"—i.e., I suppose, their legal advisier.—NoN-
PaorsamoissL.

MASSACRE OF ♦ SHIP'S CREW.—Acommth have
been received giving the details of a massacre on board •
vessel called the Paul Jones, Mr. Moulton master, whilst on
a voyage to the Swan River, with a passenner named
Middlecut, his servant, and two Malay seamen. On the 24th
the Malays attacked the European portion of the crew while
they were asleep, and murdered the captain, Mr. Middlecot,
Groisel, the mate, and two seamen. Not understanding
navigation, and fearing they would not only lose their ship
but their lives, they spared two of the sailors and bade them
steer for the nearest land, their intention being to possess
themselves of the cargo. Subsequently, however, the Eng-
lish whaling-ship Brothers bore up, and the Malays
hired her to tow their vessel to Copang. On its arrival
there, the seamen contrived to give notice to the authorities
of the murders the Malays had committed, and they were
seized, and now await trial for murder and piracy.
CLIEAP Bae♦n.—Yesterday morning an accident
occurred on the premises of Mr. R. Turner, a baker, carry-
ing on an extensive business at 46, Lower.marsh, Lambeth,
whereby several persons received very severe injuries.
Shortly before 10 o'clock a great crowd amembled round Mr.
Turner's shep, in consequence of his announcing by large
placards that he was about to sell his bread at a very
low price. After frequent applications the doors were
opened, allowing a tew in at the time; but the pres-
sure from the rear being too much, the crowd rushed
in, and took possession of the premises. They had
not been in the shop many minutes before a loud crashing
noise was heard, and immediately afterwards the whole
flooring gave way, precipitating them into the bake-
house at the basement of the building. A body of police
and the neighbours came to their assistance, and, alter
a few minutes, the whole of them were released, fortunately
not much injured, although several bad sustained severe
braises and contusions.

INQIJEnT, I ESTERDAY.—THE SANITARY QUES-
Tv:lN.—Before Mr. Baker, at the Windmill, Rosemary lane,
on view of the body of Mary White, aged two years, who
was living with her mother and father, a labourer, in Hayes-
court, Glasabouse-street, Rosemary-lane, whose death was
the effect of lever and diarrhea, brought on by the impure
state of the atmosphere of the neighbourhood, resulting front
want of drainage. The inquiry was called by the medical
officer of the Whitschapel union, connected with that
district, in consequence of the many deaths which have
taken place from a similar cause, and, it was stated that
several days ago, an inquest was held on another child,
whose death was produced under similar circumstances.
Anne Briant, a married woman, said that she had lived in
the court about a week, and that, during that period, there
had been one person buried. There was scarcely a
house but in which some one was ill of fever. The
child, her mother said, had been labouring under
a fever two months. Witness, for the last week,
waisted the mother to attend the child. It died on Tuesday.
Several et the jury observed that the witness seemed to be
ia a state of fever, and Mr. Webb, the summoning officer,
said that the whole of the inhabitants of the court had the
same appearance. Mr. J. Liddle, surgeon, of Whitcchapel
Union, said that he was first called to see the deceased on
the 20th of August, in compliance with an order ; it was
then suffering from fever and diarrhea. The parents would
not let him go into the room, alleging that it was so offen-
sive sad dangerous ; when the mother brought it to him, at
the nest house. He prescribed for the deceased, but the
medicine. would not act, as they would have done in •
healthy state of the atmosphere. NVitness had now six
patients in that evert. He has no doubt that the same effects
will arise with them in respect to the medicine.—
The coroner remarked that a fortnight ago he held an in-
quest on the body of a child which was living in that neigh-
bourhood, which died of mortification, and its death was
imputed to the impurity of the atmosphere. He then un-
derstood that the board of guardians would have had an
application made to them.—Mr. Liddle said that course had
been taken, but without effect. —Mr. W. Strachan, foreman
of the jury, stated that he was • trustee of the parish, and a
member of the board of guardians, and that both bodies had
taken the steps they were empowered to do by the act of
parliament, but that the act was so loosely worded that
they were unable to reach the owners of the property.—
Verdict: "That the deceased died of diarrhasa and fever,
caused by the notions and poisonous effluvium In Hayes-
omitt, from want of drainage., '

FORMAIION OF A " COMMERCIAL ASSO-

CIATION

AT BLACKBURN.

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For some time peat the question of supply of "the
raw material" Au premed itself rasa the consideration of
cotton-spinners and manafacturers is Blackburn, as well u
other districts of Lancashire. The absolute necessity of an
extended media ke 01, maaufsetana and the co-lateral
necessity of a aims pientheal aad lila" supply of the staple
ierawial of the diallers mestaketare—ootsou—become daily
more apparent to a porno ramie a tolerable range of
Atka. The immeseeeV loceowell amount of mechanical
power capital, and wankilea, whisk beat hme serefill, ab-
eeebed by the cotton inesalecture kaki the pact hw peas,
render the profitable mutation and employment Mimes a
question of urgent importance • while, at the same time,
the intveasing Consumption and importance;
stationary
of cotton by America. by whom we have been hitrrfarst.
plied with almost the whole of the cotton we import, render
it equally urgent that a more adequate source of *apply be
opened up. The popularity of the 'contmerciel.progreeston''
school, conjoined with the recognised truth that commercial
progression can only be effectually promoted through the le-
gislature, or in commercial circles by enlightened sad per-
severing co-operation, have induced the formation in Black-
burn of a "Commercial Association," having the same ob-
oes in view as the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, and
similar institution'.

On Wednesda , agreeably to announcement, a public
meeting of mane merchants, tradesmen, and others
Interested In the trade of Blackburn and the district gene-
rally, was held in the Old Ball Ina. The meeting was
attended by a considerable number of influential gentlemen,
although not so numerously as was expected. The
comparatively defective audience was attributed to the rather
inconvenient hour at which the meeting was held, being
nearly that of high change, and the time when the miscel-
laneous business community are molt busy. Among the
gentlemen present were D. C. Aylwln, , of the firm of
Aylwin and Co., merchants, Catoctin; Mr. J. Pilkington,
M.P., Mr. W. Pilkington, Mr. M. J. Feilden and Mr. L.
Psilden, of the firm of Sir W. Feildea and Sore; Mr. R.
Hopwood, jun., Mr. J. Emir, Mr. T. Eccles. Mr. J.
Bayne', Mr. J. Sparrow, Mr. T. Simpson, Forkill Bank ;
Mr. J. O. Church, Mr. W. Folding, Mr. Heywood, Mr.
T. Sparrow, Mr. Shackleton, Ac., dm. On the motion of
Mr. J. Bodes,
M. J. IZILDEN, Req., took the chair, and, having Toad
aver a oopy of the intended rules of the association, briefly
stated the advanterdcelculated to result from such en ear-

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