The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-17 00:00:00

HER MAJESTY'S VOYAGE.

On Sunday, at one o'clock, the royal squadron was I
descried in Carnarvon Bsy, and the movements of the
vessels were immediately signalled from the pilot station at
Llanddwyn up to the town. It was soon manifest that her
Majesty intended to pass throneb the Menai Straits, and Car-
same became a scene of excitement. As her Majesty had
been folly expected on the previous day, everything was is .
readiness. Colours were hoisted on all the principal building., i
the Porthyr-aur, Custom-house, Town hail, te., and the
varionsveseels in the harbour aid straitswere gailydeoerated. I
The quays, town wall, pier head, sad every available spot
of gromid were crowded with people, all anxious to obtain a
view of the royal party, who, however, were not distinctly
visible, oV to the distance from the there. At half-past two,
the two yachts, the Fairy and the Victoria and Albert,
with her jesty, Prutoe Albert, and the suite, &c..,0n board,
arrived at Carnarvon, somewhat to the surprise of those who i
had, judging bra the dangerous navigation of the 'traits,
predicted predictedhat, with their precious freight, thew in command
would not venture down that way. The burthen of the four
accompanying steamers was considered too great to admit of
their passage and they proceeded down the channel,
through the eta-roads, to join the yachts in Beaumaris Bay.
Four cannon had been placed on Carnarvon Pier,
and the appearance of the yachts was the signal
for repeated salutes. The pier bead and neighbour-
ing heights were crowded with spectators, and nothing
I could be more animating than the seen.. The royal
party did not land, but the yachts waited in the river oppo-
site the town for about ten minutes, and the mayor, Thomas
Turner, Esq., with Dr. Roberta, the deputy•constable of the
castle, proceeded in a boat to pay their respects. They were
received with extreme affability and kindness. Caruarvon
L memorable as the birth-place of the first Prince of Wales,
and, ea a matter of course, the young prince, who was
dressed an a nellama. wee introduced. Her Majesty appeared
in excellent hod* era spirits.
The yeekte stayed trout ten minutes off Carnarvon ; and
r the Miens' ass skiing, it was found desirable to proceed
dews the talus at a geed speed. Two steamers, laden with
IbilewoL As the yacbta proceeded, they were
raps/1111.1116.05110iie the neighbouring heights by salutes
of 11=100. Hie Agel Highness Prince Albert, who re-
mained cm deck *Meg the whole time, appeared
charred with the bank of the scenery. On the
pats reaching the arms Menai reread= bridge,
they cast anchor ; his royal highness, *MOM.
pared by Sir G. Grey and another, leaded is a boat,
and proceeded to view the kddige. He appeared deeply in-
terested in it, travailed it tree" and the party remained
there nearly an hour. Here her Majesty appeared on deck,
and took a sketch of the bridge. She was plainly attired in
a black dress, straw bonnet, and brown veil ; and the twe
royal children were seen playing around her. She was
hailed by hearty cheering, moderated by the feet only that
it was Sunday. About a quarter to five o'clock the yachts
left the bridge, and steamed down to meet the squadron in
the cross roads.
After leaving the bridge, the royal yacht preesected about
two miles down the river, and then mat anchor oppadte to
Bangor, near Garth Prat, oa the Anglesey shorn Prince
Albert, with two or three members of the suite, disem-
barked, and proceeded in a boat to Bangor, for the purpose
of inspecting Penrhyn Castle, the noble and princely man-
sion of Col. Douglas Pennant, the new member for the
county. The visit to this place was a totally unexpected
honour, so that no carriage was in waiting to receive him;
but one belonging to a slate merchant in the town, who hap-
pened to be with it on the spot, was immediately placed at
the disposal of the distinguished visitors, who speedily drove
off, passing through Bangor irscog.
The royal yacht, with her Majesty on board, lay in the
river upwards of an hour awaiting his return. This afforded
to several parties who crowded out in boats an eagerly-
sought opportunity to see the Queen. Her Majesty, with
the young Prince of Wales, was on deck a considerable part
of the time, and graciontly acknowledged the salutations of
those who passed. The Mayor of Carnarvon, the deputy
constable of the castle, with the other authorities of that
ancient town, who bed followed in carriages the royal pro-
gress down the river, also availed themselves of the oppor-
tunity to go on board and present the following congratn-
latory ad&ses
Moit Gracious Sovereign.—We, your dutiful aid loyal subjects, the
Inhabitants of this ancient town, most humbly approach your
Majesty, to give utterance, in far as we arc able, to our feelings of
exulting joy at your presence among as; and to tender the
haune of our sincerest gratitade, attachment, and revert. We

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teously received, and came to shore Fond el the privilege
which they had enjoyed.
At seven o'clock, the vessels of the royal squadron which
had gone round by the main channel emerged from the
cross roads, and moored off Puffin Island, and in lees than
half an hour afterwards, the prince having re-embarked, the
yacht got under weigh, and with the Garland proceeded
down the river. The event was announced by the firing of
cannon on Beaumaris•green; and as a general opinion
had been entertained that her Majesty would die-
embark at Beaumarie, and stay there during the
night, the inhabitants and the numerous straw!, re in
town ran crowding to the pier. Here, however, they
were destined to disappointment, for the royal yacht, which
was within 200 yards of the shore, steamed directly post, and
proceeded to join the squadron off Puffin Island, where
anchor was cast for the night. Her Majesty waved her hand-
kerchief, in acknowledgment of the cheer with which she
was greeted on passing Beaumaris Pier.
At break of day (half-post 4 o'clock) the royal fleet stood
out to sea; and as it would reach the Isle of Mu by 10
o'clock, the general opinion entertained was that it would
make but a short stay there and proceed at once with the
voyage, anchoring off the Scottish coast last night; but this
is only conjecture. The weather wasdelightful, and the sea
smooth.
Our Scotch correspondeate are getting more and more ex.
cited as the day and hour of her Majesty's advent approaches.
From Rothermy, an honest gentleman writes in iambics, at
the prospect of the time-worn castle (and fishing village)
being visited for the first time by a queen of the line of
Brunswick, leading in her hand her little duke, who derive,
his title from it. One piece of intelligence wo gather
from his Ossianic period*. Captain Charles Robinson,
who is to pilot her Majesty through the "Kyles of Bute," and
is to have the honour of knighthood conferred upon him.
From the banks of Loch Fine, another friend sends a
glowing description of the intended muster of his clan, " all
plaided and plumed in their tartan array." Of course oar
friendly informant will take his place as one of the clan elder,
who clustered round the banner of Maccalltimore. Will he
allow us to suggest, that seeing he adds to his hereditary
honours those which the Scottish bar confers, he can only be
completely characteristic and correct in his costume by in-
duing the gown and wig of advocate over the tartan jacket,
philabeg and sparran mohr. And when he blazes forth is
all these compound honour*, " may we be there to see" their
effect on the astonished gaze of royalty.

ENGLISH CONSTITUENCI
through roar piper, to draw tb
readers to an anomaly in our
the following beta will abunda
Timm Members. Voters
Buckingham 2 ... 393
CUlppemlasm
Coelermouth 2 ... 399
Desire.
Dorehooter 2 .. Sie
Haddon
Huntingdon
Marlborough 2 25
Richmond
Moon
Wycombe
&dodo
Kordesbomagh 2 ... 24
Tolam
Harwich 2 193
Thetford .
Lymlogton 2 30
Ludlow
Marlow
Teristocl.

TES. Sir, Permit me,
de attention of your numerous
representaetavesystam,
muy prove

Towne. Magibra Vim
Geteshead
h e lls
Mil ytton-with r-Lyedi
Dudley
althe roe .. as
Be ..... 41111
Wet t Nary »..I
Bodo dele -
Clutha=
Wakefield ........-- 711
Trueulouia fel
Whitby ..
loath 71$

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Sbafteeleery 1

Total
From the left-hand column, then, it is evident that each of
the 42 member is returned to parliament by 168 voters,
within a fraction, it we divide the total number of voters by
the total number of member; but from the right-hand
column we find, in pursuing the same course, that each of
the 21 members is returned by 689 voters, within a fraction.
These figures, I trust, sufficiently prove that a minority
of voters send a majority of members to parliament.
Let us further cons he two following columns with each
other, in which this anomaly in our representative system is
even more glaring
Towns. Member. Voters.
Burr SL Edmund's.. 2 ... 741
Macclesfield
Stamford. 2 ... 838
mermouth 2 . 727
Hertford 2 . 823
Leorahtster 2 ... 333
Lichfield 2 . 724
Melton
Peterborough
Scarborough 2 ... 337
Tantesorth

Towns. Member's. Voters.
Coven 3,124
Exeter
Leeds
Hanchester ...,.
Newelualaair Type
Liverpool
Woreciter
Dewonport
Preston
Bristol
Birmingham
Total
Here we observe, by dividing the total number of Totem by
the total number of members of the left-hand column, that
each member is returned by 315 voters; but in the right-
hand column each member is returned by 3.099 voters. In
addition, it must be takeninto consideration that the popish-
hen of the towns in the right-band columns is by far more
extensive, and the towns themselves of much greater impor
tance. Prior to any extension of the suffrage, I think it-
' highly necessary that an alteration should take place with
regard to the overwhelming number of members who are
returned by the smaller towns and boroughs, in opposition to
the more important and extensive ones. No honest politi-
cian, I am pure, can for one moment doubt the immediate
necessity of a reform in this matter.—Joux Isonessi Locx-
HART, Fulham, Aug. 16.
THE EXTRAORDINARY FLIGHT OF INSECTS.—
Sir,—The singular insect immigration recorded in the in-
twsting paragraph in this day's Express was not pecu-
liar to the Essex coast. About mid-day on Friday my
chambers were visited by numbers of the insect wendwara
Ply table, which was situated near an open window, was in
the course of a few minutes completely sprinkled with them.
I am no entomologist, but, in sweeping off several dozens
Oren my papers, I observed at least two varieties ; so, at
=
took
them to be, from the difference of hue and the
of spots on the wings. Some of these " lady-
Was^ were of very large size.—W. J., New-inn, Aug, 16.
A/seems correspondent says • " Brighton was swarmed with
then keen visitor: on Saturday and Sunday. They were
wished by thousand, upon the pavement of the Grand
Penis aid the aijoining streets; whilst the houses, the
hems, and even the cloths of all pedestrians were dotted
over by the tawny strangers Children were seen gather-
fog them up for amusement literally in bandsfull. A similar
swarm visited Brigbtoo about seven years ago, sad a
slighter visitation of the same kind wax experienced three
years since." We learn from another source that a similar
visitation was experienced at Itarnsatate and Margate, where
what appeared to be a long cloud bent its course to the
southern coast, from the direction of Calais and (Mend,
which bad the appearance of a long column of smoke
from the Rue of a steam-ship on a calm day. In the evening
the promenaders on the several promenades and eat
of the' above plata were literally covered with lady-
birds. Thus, many of those persons who had been
most exposed, on their return to their homes Ina
themselves not only enveloped with this compact little shell
insect, but so regularly dotted on the clothes, that it had the
appearance of scale armour. At an early hoar on Friday
morning, the whole of the line of coast was found to be
covered with them. In order to give the reader a correct
idea of the extent and quantity of these unwelcome settle",
five bushels were swept from the Margate-pier, and nose,
the same from that of Renovate Harbour. To walk on
them might be readily compared to walking on snow tie a
frosty day.
THE LAW OP CHURCH-RATES.—A question of the
Mrimportance to the church and to parishioners gene
,ilitas just occurred, and which will probably tend to a
nahlement of this hitherto bitterly agitated question. At
no Bishop of Gloucester's visitation, now In course cite*
hold. Ws lordship summoned before him the cburchwerea
ofadmineter, Mr. BristoL In newer to questions bow
the row. prelate, the churchwarden replied that the
man extremely large, that there was very inn&
West essonstodation for the parishioners, and that tin
elm& lank so dilapidated a state that unless speedily to
stared mould inevitably fell. He added, as a reason he
this gnawekd neglect, that vestry after vestry had bow
called for the purpose of levying a church-rate, but that the
parishioners invariably opposed it, and them were arse
quently no funds in band with which to make the necemer7
repairs. The bishep inquired whether or not ths chart&
warden was acquainted with the decision of the Lord Chief
Justin os the subject of levying church-rate. irrespective 01
the votes of the vestry ? to which the churchwsrdeo replied
that he was aware oldie law as laid down by the lemma
judge, but had abstained front acting upon it. The bishop
ordered that another vestry meeting should be moose
within a month, and that in the event of the rate being aril
refused, the churehwardena should proceed to teams 00
under the decision of the Lord Chief Justice. The pc
rishioners,it appears, are determined to oppose the izliesi•
tion of a rate, so that in all probability the mattes'
long be brought before the Ecclesiastical Court.
INQUESTS' YRSTERDAY.—DEATH PROM Fort All.
—Before Mr. Bedford, by adjournment, at the Crown, Icor
acre, on the body of George Groin, aged 30, a labatun',
lately residinentNo. 5, Langley-court, in the above thormA
fare, whose death was alleged to have arisen from the NO
air coming from the drain of the house which was stated, in
conjunction with others in the immediate neighbourbraite
be in such a state as to endanger the lives of the inhabittuda
—Mr. Le Breton stated that Long-acre was wittiest a
regular sewer. The commissioners bad laid before the owe-
en of property in that district several plans some years ago, he
the hope that they would build a sewer, though up to the pm'
sent time nothing had been done. In the last session of pulite'
most an set was pined which conferred a power epos tbe
eomtniegioners to carry out Inch an arrangement—lces
Davis, surveyor to the commissioners said he had cousin
the premises, and found an open closet in the back yard,
esd
there was an old sewer running at the backs of the bosh'
which communicated with another one in Hart street. The
closet had no cesspool, hat its contents rsn directly in the
sewer. The houses on the eastern side of the court did not
communicate with the sewer; they ran into the old serest
the rear of the houses. The mouths of the drains wartime/
choked up. The old sewer had never been cleansed ley
Court of Sewen.—Bv the solicitor The soil was 3 ft*
3 inches in depth at this end, and 1 foot 8 inches in Hirt.
street, and the accumulation of filth was evidently from the
improper construction of the sewer. The attestase

▪ tbe jury was here called to the fact that de- I
sewed sees in perfect health up to a few minutes
to Ms death eh Friday week, 'am, on going into
:dz..... Meet milt, last occasion, he was impound
. p have Millen down la tba yard, tendered Insensible by Use
sal sir, and was shortly adiereggis heed sited.—Them
Brawn, in the employ of Mr. Nlerldloaf "wed-acre, bier
worker, deposed that on Friday week lh• yew to the Mere,
No, 6, sad threw about three quarts of lame vitriol into
she yard, and an immediate effervescence was she rash
bet wiener did not experience any unplowed omoil at dm
tune ; but rustroting there would be ea odour arising, he
skew about thirty plebs of water down over the*** to lush
mtenty. The vitriol was very impure.—Mr. &fry, 11111111100,
• shetbe had made a post oleoresin wasslaation. All
skg mos WPM healthy except the lunge, width were eon-
armed with blood, and emitted an cdhaelve odour.
was perfectly satisfied that death wee the result of
dhe yelesseas vapour In the longs, which was evidently
gahhemeded hydrogen and carbonio mid gas, caused by the
einielle acid coming in contact with some other similar
E
; there would have been no danger but for the vitriol.—
E deal of evidence was gone into, and after a very pro-
umispd investigation, amidst various suggestions by the
esomioicncrs end others as to the best mode to be adopted
gg she general improvement of the locality, and to prevent
the maarreme of accident, the jury returned the following
vegag:—" That deceased died from inhaling sulphuretted
gee, caused by vitriol having been poured into a
and foul drain.' —Aticosn NLOLIICT •OAINST
AUTHOIIIIIIS or HOLBORN UNION WORK HOBBS.
MOD Mr. Watley, DLP., by adjournment, in the board-
room ef the Holborn session workhouse, to investigate the
eleemenesoth attending the death of Wm. Ben, aged 50,
whit Wok place there on Saturday week last, from the
that at the common necessaries of life. The body of the
adsded, who was admitted on the Friday as a casual
paper, was frightfully emaciated.—Mr. H. Simpson said,
*Ale the afternoon of 'Friday week he saw deceased lying
mar the entrance of the Royal Free Hospital, Gray's-inn-
me, .ported by the wall. The porter of the institution
less hits ad raised him up, saying there was no room for
hies be west go to the union. Deemed, after going • few
Tads, being assisted by his stick, fell down. Witness
herd him up, and took him to the Holborn union work-
bags, where he was admitted. He said that be had been
is the West Loudon union" workhouse the previous night.
Witness falkd about four o'clock, and was w-
heeled that the doctor had not seen the deceased.
On Tuesday he called to make inquiries, and 'ascertained
that deceased was going to be buried that day. He was told
that the certificate of the medical gentleman was that di-
ttoed had died of general debility, aid that death was
accelerated by suet. He then thought it his duty to give
information to the coroner, which he did. Several wit-
nesses (inmates of the workhouse) were examined, and de-
posed that deceased was seen by Mr. Jones, assistant to
Mr. Gibson, surgeon to the union, a little after four o'clock;
that he had a warm bath by the surgeon's order ; and it was
stated by a man of the name of Chickleday, that he went
for the nod iciae ordered for deceased. It was also deposed
that the deceased bad come from Rugby, Warwickshire, a
few weeks ago, and that he had bad nothing to eat for the
last six days. Mr. B. Joao, assistant to Mr. Gibson, surgeon,
Relbombill, saw deceased about 4 o'clock on Friday afternoon.
• pubs was feeble, and he was labouring under general
debility from want of food. Witness ordered him a warm
bath, and to be put to bed immediately after, when be was
to have some gruel. He also prescribed carbonate of am-
monia.—Coroner: The man wanted some stimulant. On
the last occasion you said when you ow him that he was in
a sinking state. Did it not occur to that he required wine,
or something stimulant and reviving ?—Witness and he was
in rob estate that he could keep nothing on his stomach. It
we. a hopeless case, and if he had seen him again he could
have done nothing more for him.—By the Coroner: Did
sot mention the case to Mr. Gibson; had no medical
entry of it.—Plummer, wardaman of the sick ward,
aid he received deceased between 4 and 5 o'clock on the
. . . .

Friday afternoon ; he was assisted into bed, being in a sink.
Me state. Witness gave him some gruel, about four spoon-
fah. He could take no more. Witness did not report that
he meld not take the gruel. The medicine was brought be-
Men 8 and 9 o'clock, the usual time fur medicine to be sent
to the sick ward. Two table epoonsful were to be given
every four hours. Deceased lost his speech about 9 o'clock.
He died between 10 and 11 o'clock on Saturday morning.
By the Coroner He did not receive anything between 9
o'clock at night and 11 o'clock the foUowing morning. They
have no orders to send for a doctor.—By the Jury Deceased
had some tea besides the gruel, which he retained on his
stomach. He did not vomit while in the ward. —The Muter
of the West London onion attended with the books to show
that deceased was not in the house on Thursday night.—The
Coroner observed that the more they entered int* the in-
quiry, the more there appeared a necessity for further
ia-
gatry. Here was a man in a dying state, and no second visit
was paid him by the medical officer, while the man Plum-
mer saw him dying and dia not send for one. He should
adjourn the inquest, for be was anxious to know where the
deceased was on the Thursday night —The inquest was ad-
journed to Thursday night at 7 o'clock.