The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-05 00:00:00

with earth, coffins, and black cloth bombe Imo shot into the
public reads at three different places, the bidabbasmimast of
Eing'aeross, in the parishes, we believe, cl and
Islington. We forbear to give the detail of
proceedings: but we must all on the parish 0110111":1:=
tutu inquiries into the matter, and bring before Ike psalm I
magistrate all the parties concerned in such an outrage em
public decency and public feeling.
THE NEW RIVER CONlCANY.—Yesterday the plugi
connected with the mains of the New River Company,
throughout the district that receives the apply of water
from that source, were pulled up, in order to al.bw a rapid
flow of water to cleanse the piss—alqleagtit of new
pipes having been recently laid down. IMlNwEllp=
that it was the commencement of a system the
cleansing of the sewers, and it bad that effect.
A NEW MISCHIEF.—On Friday night, as Mr. Davin,
the postmaster in Acton-place, liiimugge-wells-road, was re.
thing about half-put 10, he perceived a strong smell of burnt
paper; and on searching for the cause at length saw smoke
iosoiag from the letter-box. He then found that a piece of
ffghted brown paper bad been thrown in, and that one of the
biters was burned, and several scorched.' The fire was ex-
tinguished without further damage, and on the following
morning the occurrence was reported to Colonel Maberly,
Ilimintery to the Postmaster-GeneraL Mr. Davis can in no
Ira/account for the commission of this vicious act.
DARING STREET ROBBERY.-0n Saturday after-
noon Mr. Leila, of 9, Castle-greet, LOnraere, was passing
through Argyle-street, Regent-street, when he was robbed
of his pocket-book, containing an lOU for 51., a bill on
Alexander Brunswick for 3001., and other valuable papers.
The robbery is alleged to have been committed by a young
man whom Mr. Lfi. immediately afterwards seised, but
Ike delinquent was rescued from him, and escaped, and is
described as apparently about seventeen years of ege, five feet
six inches high, of fair complexion, and wearing a brown
Oat aai sop.—Sunday Times.
DEATH OF A CENTENARIAN.-011 Friday night,
Mr. H. Harris, of the Jewish persuasion, who lived at-No.
5, Holywelbstreet, Strand, died at his late residence, at the
extraordinary advanced age of 106 years. Up to the last the
months of his long life, he was able to walk about, and had
the possession of all his faculties; about that time his
aving
sight
began to fail him, and he was confined to his bed, h
been since constantly attended there by his grand-
daughter, son, and other friends. His appetite was,
however, always good nearly to the last moment. Mr.
Levy, jun., of the Strand, with a few friends. as is
the practice, were present at his death. His wife died
a few years ago at the age of 93, and his eldest son is 73 years
of age. He has dwelt above 70 years in Holywell-street,
notwithstanding the alleged insalubrity of the locality, and
where he carried on business many years. He has left a
large family of grandchildren and great grandchildren.
INQUESTS.—DEATH FROM STRANGULATED HERNIA.
—On Saturday at the Weaver's Arms, John's-row, Goswell-
etreet, on the body of Mary Hopkins, aged 61, the wife of a
sawyer, living at 7, Hull-street. It appeared that Mr. H. P.
Ree, the parish surgeon, had attended and prescribed for the
deceased, but that his medicines had been neglected, and Mr.
Millard, a honuepathic doctor, had administered to the de-
ceased a portion of a white powder in water. Mr. Ree had
intended to have performed an operation, by which the pa-
tient most probably would have recovered. Verdict,
" Natural death from strangulated hernia."—Btrauen TO
DEATH.—On Saturday, by Mr. W. Baker, at the London
Hospital, touching the death of Ann Elizabeth Hollingdale,
aged five years, the daughter of a locksmith residing at No.
1, Ann-street, Stepney. Oa Thursday afternoon violent
screams issued from the house No. 1, Ann.street.—Henry
Read, on proceeding there, discovered the deceased standing
at the top of the staircase, enveloped in fire. Ile immedi-
ately threw his coat over her and extinguished the flames.
On his carrying her down stairs the flesh of the unfortunate
child came off on to his clothes. She was conveyed to the
hospital, where she died in a few minutes after her admis-
sion. The fire was extinguished before any material damage
had been done to the premises.—Webb, the constable, stated
that all the neighbours were complaining of the mother's
conduct towards her children ; she was of very intemperate
habits, and on the day in question was intoxicated, and had
left the deceased and her twin brother by themselves. The
deceased was lighting the fire against her mother's return,
when her clothes ignited, and before any person could render
any assistance, she was all on fire. The jury returned a
verdict of " Accidental death," and severely admonished the
mother for her shameful neglect.—Diarit BY PALLING
PRONE A SHIPS' YARD.—AIso by Mr. W. Baker. at the Lon-
don Hospital, on the body of John Laxon, a sailor on board
the St. James, an American ship in the London Docks. On
Wednesday deceased was on the main-yard unloosing a
block, when one of the straps gave way, and he fell into a
lighter lying alongside. lie was conveyed to the hospital,
where he expired the following day. Verdict, " Accidental
death."—Fam, PROM AN ONNIRI/B.—At the Three
Brewers, Islingbm, by Mr. Mills, on the body of Ephraim
Napoleon Fletcher, awed eleven years. The deceased had
obtained leave from his parent. to fetch a dog from Holloway,
and on his return he got on the lower hind step of the
" Favourite" omnibus without permission. The conductor
told him to get down, and while doing so, the dog, which
he held by a strieg, pulled him backwards, and the lad fell
with his neck against the edge of the step. The conductor
instantly stopped the 'bus, and carried deceased into Mr.
Dawisan's surgery, but life was already extinct, from disleca-
' tioia of one of the cervical vertebrie.-11Ir. Mills ohs:Toed that
one of the Metropolitan Police Acts contained a clause ren-
dering any person who lays hold of a carriage proceeding
along the street liable to a fine of ss.—No blame being at-
tached to either driver or conductor, the jury returned a
verdict of " Accidental death."
TILE GREAT BRITAIN STEAM-SIITP.—The following
letter was received at the Underwriters' Room, Liverpool,
on Saturday:
"Great Britain steam-ship, Tyrella, Oct. 2.
"T. Court, Esq.—Sir: I beg to acquaint you of the arrival of the
steam-tugs Noss. 1 and 1, with anchors, chains, and hempen cables, from
Liverpool yesterday. All have been run out from the ship in the beat
possible direction, in orde4 to heave the vessel off the shore. Al
depends on the state of the weather for a few days, In order to amen-
plush our intended object—that of getting the vessel once afloat. All
hands are busily employed heaving the coals overboard, and carting
them above high-water mark. The weather appears settled, and I
trust it will continue so for a few days. We expect the Sea Nymph on
Sunday, to our assistance.-1 am, air, yours respectfully, LionalLD
Wsesoe."
GREAT WESTERN MANAGEMENT.—Sir: As you
have been pleased to admit a letter from R. N., in your paper of Oct.
I, severely reproving and complaining of ladies on the part of the
Great Western Railway Company, in respect to one trains' porsengere
of the 28th ultimo, in justice to that company, whose number of
throughout trains daily, both way!, perhaps reach near a score a-day,
please ,aimit the testimony of another traveller, who, in the course of
the twelve months peg, has travelled from 10,000 to 12,000 miles on
that railway alone, and who can assure your readers in only one In-
!dance has he experienced a delay exceeding one quarter of an hour,
on 120 miles journey each way. Fair play is a Jewel, and if you, or
other journals, show up a railway by such letters as It. N.'s instances
of delay, let It be known to be the exception of the general practice,
and not the custom. I have no motive, but the justice of the case, to
bear my most willing evidence to the almost =gown punctuality and
gout management of the Great Western officials in their train.. How
thankful ought we all to be that they do not gusd their engine-drivers
to rash on to keep time, heedlees of the lives of passengers, and as
passengers we cannot know what it is before our train that has hap-
pened to check our speed. Hard words break no bones, but hard
blows will. Spare me, by the judicious judgment of the superinten-
dents of the Great Welders!, from the latter risk, I say. It is my im-
press! in the exercise of this judgment saved those of "R. N." on the
occasion described, for it Is absurd to suppose anything less than
neeeesity dictated the slow movements described by your complaining
correspondent, and I congratulate him on the a whole skin by
the prudence of those who regulated rs that evening, and who
doubtless knew much better what they were about than those in the
tntin. I, for one, regret the recent onslaught of the Times and other
papers on the different railway companies, apparently forgetting that
casualties 111114 !meter the movements of the railway companies, and
dictate the slow as well as the quick march.—l am, sir, a Gloucester.
shire Resident (and one of your subscribers), G. M. D.

THE LABOURERS OF DORSETSHIRE.
A public meeting was held at Ryme, in Dorset-
shire, on Thursday last, for the purpose of investigating the
truth of certain statements made in a letter written by the
lion. and Rev. S. G. Osborne, and published in the Dimes
of the 24th of September last,in which he stated that the
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farmers have been in the ha 't of paying their men on the
truck system, and palming u them articles of an inferior
quality, for which there would be no other market, such as
meat from animals which died of disease; and that the
wages of able-bodied married men were but 7s. a week, with
an addition of about 3s. a-week from task-work during the
two months of mowing and harvest. This letter excited
considerable attention, and the more so from its mentioning
the fact that Ryme is the property of the Prince of Wales, as
Duke of Cornwall. Some time after, a Dorset paper printed
a letter signed by Mr. Daniel Brake, the principal farmer in
Ryme, denying the truth of Mr. Osborne's allegations. Fi-
nally, after some recriminatory correspondence?, Mr. Brake
demanded a public investigation. The meeting thus called
for was held on Thursday, and was attended by Mr. Brake,
Mr. Osborne, and several other farmers; the rector, the Rev.
J. Blennerhassett, and his brother, were also present.
Mr. Vining, solicitor, of Yeovil, commenced the proceed-
ings
by announcing that he attended to take notes on behalf 1
of the farmers.—Mr. Osborne then proposed to call the
labourers who had given him information; and, .if he had
stated anything wrong, he should be most happy Ea give the
farmers the opportunity of contradicting it.
After some conversation, Benjamin Barrett was called in,
and gave the following testimony: I am a labourer, working
for farmers here, just as I can get employed. Last spring
twelvemonth I was working for Mr. Brake. I remember
finding a bullock dead in a ditch at that time; it was
pulled out by horses. It was quite dead, and appeared to
have been so for some hours. Mr. Brake was with me when
it was found. Mr. Brake sent for a carving-knife, and
Farmer Ring came and stuck it. Blood came out, but it
was watery blood, not the same as when a live bullock is
knocked down and stuck. Mr. Brake said, "he had no
doubt it was good," and told me to go for butcher Dodge. I
did so. William Bartlett told me he had some of the meat
of that bullock.—William Bartlett said, on examination, that
meat made him sick. Mr. Brake paid me 7s. a week wages ;
that was what he paid me in harvest time. I was paid
in money. I have a wife and three children, a son 22 years
old, a son 18, and a daughter about 14. Upon cross-exami-
nation nothing was elicited to shake his evidence.
Sarah Barrett, the wife of the last witness, deposed: I
generally receive my husband's wages. I have never in any
one year received much more than 2/. in money for his work,
unless when he has been working for Mr. Blennerhassett.
It is all ready money there. We are sometimes out of work
a month at a time.—By Mr. Vining : I cannot tell how
much I have received in one year for my eldest son's wages.
I dare say I have taken more than Is. a-week upon an ave-
rage for each of my sons and for my husband. I have not
heard of a bullock being killed in consequence of the
" quarter-evil " for these three or four years I surpose.
There have been some, but I do not mind how long.
—Can you state now that it was within ten years ?-0h
yes ; I suppose it was within ten years.—Just under-
derstand, woman, that you are bound to answer as much
as if you were sworn. Yes ; hut I cannot answer that
to a certainty. I am not here to answer all these things
and I don't like it.—Then you should not make these