The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

WALES.

CUANGES AT MILFORD I{AVEN.—A correspondent,
under date Nov. 18, 1849, writes " It may at length he said
th►t the mail packet station between this place and Water-
ford is fairly abolished. The lest of the steamers, the Jasper,
left during the past week for Woolwich to be paid off. The
services of Com. Dunn, R.N., borne on the book. of the
Royal Sovereign Yacht to superintend the establishment,
have also been dispewed with, all the engineers sent to
Woolwich, and each of the packets paid off at that port. The
two light vessels placed on the Weir tongue and the Carr
rocks for their convenience, have been also removed, and are
now offered for sale by the Admiralty. Buoys, how-
ever, for the safety of the navigation (which cannot be
made too generally known) have been placed at their
moorings. By these arrangements a saving of nearly 30,0001.
a year his been effected. It has not yet been definitively set-
tled to what purpose the pier, built at a considerable expellee
for the accommodation of the,packet station,will he devoted;
but it is expected it will be turned to account by the Board
of Ordnance, at whose charge it was originally constructed.
A cavalry barracks in that vicinity is in conternplvion by
the Ordnance, the ground for which has recently turn pur-
chased, and the site determined upon by the author:lies."

PROVINCIAL.
lANCASIIIRE. _

A POLITICAL AUCTIONEER.-SALE OF CHARTIST
Pll[6lE—About noon on Thursday last, Mr. John Howarth,
an auctioneer, resident at the village ot Heady hill, near Hey-
wood, was selling by public auction, in the market-place
Heywood, some goods which had been taken und, r a warraai
of distress for arrears of rent (about 51.), from the house of
Edmund Crabtree, a fustian cutter, at liardfield. Amongst
the articles offered forsale were a number of Chartist pikes,
a grind-atone for sharpening them, &c. At the opening of
the sale the auctioneer said he bad something to VII by public
auction which no other auctioneer in England, he believed,
had ever been called upon to sell ; and it would be requisite
for him to make a speech. He then gave a historical
account of the late chartist drilling, its rise, progress, and fall.
He said that at the village where he rtsided, a few months
ago, there were 37 private chartists, one colonel or general,
two captains, two lieutenants, two antiwar turee sergeants,
and a Corporal Horrocks. The last-mentioned never wore
• hat in his life. He believed the whole corps had deserted
their ranks. The auctioneer then offered three pikes and •
screw driver for sale in one lot. There were five bidders,
but finally the articles were sold to a person named Fielding,
from Middleton, for 3a. 3d., but no sooner had he purchased
them than a person called him aside, and request, d them to
be sent te a magistrate in the neighbourhood, who wanted
them as a curiosity in commemoration of the late intended
rebellion in England. Mr. Fielding instantly consented, and
the pikes were forwarded to the magistrate. They are of the
following description One of them has • sharp blade, 13
inches in length; the iron socket is 12 inches long, asd the
staff, which is painted green, is 8 feet 6 inches in length The
other is a blade 12 inches long; the iron socket 2 feet, end
the staff, made of ash, 8 feet lcng. The next I. similar to a
Spanish dagger. The blade is 7 inches long. The handle,
which has • brass hoop, is 5 inches long. The three pikes
and screw driver are said to be of the Mollineux kind, and
were worth at the time the English rebellion ebonld have
taken place, about 12s.
TORKSIIIRE.__

REPRESENTATION OF---TIIE---WEBT RIDING.—The
lion. Chas. Wm. Wentworth-Fitzwilliam is announced to

commence his public canvass of the West Riding to-day, at
Leeds; after which he will proceed to Otley; to-morrow to
Kitaresborough and Pateley Bridge. It is expected that he
will meet with a noisy reception, as orange bills were plenti-
fully placarded yesterday, inviting the electors to attend and
hear Mr. Fits william, "and to express their opinion of his
fitness to represent the West Riding !"
_ _unxreufßE.

TEE NEW FOREST:atilo7l;nts Telegraph ti;-
Hakes the following extract of letter from Isaac Low,
deputy commissary genre, to H. C. Compton, Eirk., M,
dated Lyndhurst, Nov. 11, 1848:—" Also, if it is or is not
intended to take any steps to get rid of the deer previously to
the severity of the winter; and if not, why not? officially.
And all that could not be kept at New Park, should be en-
closed elsewhere, or got rid of by transferring, killing, or
' selling en mare, or given away ; in which I am borne out
by the evidence before the committee of the House of Cod
mots, which contains the list of those for whom the deer are
kept; and they ought to blush to think that they are con-
tinuing to tolerate an abuse, and one of the greatest
nuisances, at the expense of cottager', whose vegetable
gardens are often destroyed is a few hours, which have
most them hours of labour after they hays been toiling
throughout the day to gain a scanty sufficiency to allow
the necessaries of life, merely to afford an additional pam-
pering luxury to men who can best afford to pay for any
and every luxury they wish for; particularly as the 120
deer for the Queen never go to her Majesty's tab:e or con-
tribute to her amusement in any way. The same subject
had been discussed with the Right lion. Sturges Bourne
and myself, which led to unpleasant letters passing to no
purpose ; and the keepers have now orders, as Mr. Low has
been informed, to shoot all the does, and which has already
been carried into execution to a large extent, and given to
proper persons to distribute in their respective parishes. I
should feel indeed more than happy if I could be the means
of promoting the same unhesitating decision and prompt
action, with reference to every abuse and nuisance which
has been proved before the committee of the House of
Commons, according to the printed report."