The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-24 00:00:00

YORKSHIRE.

CONSECRATION.—On Tuesday last the chnrch recently
erected at Middleton, in the pari.h of Roth% ell, near Leeds,
was consecrated by the Lord Bi3hop of ltipon, in the pre-
sence of a numerous assemblage of both clergy and laity.
The sacred edifice has been erected upon a site given by th 3
Rey. K. H. Brandling, of Gosforth, the proprietor of the
Middleton estve, and has been mainly raised through the
aid of the Ripon Diocesan Church-building Koch ty. The
miners, and other workmen employed by Mr. DraudlirG,
subscribed a sum of 100!. towards the erecuon.

CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
AN EXTRAORDINARY ELOPEMENT took .CC at Had-
denham last I.riday, when the wife of a publican left her
hr Me with a man described as a returned convict. The
" frail fair one's " weight is between sixteen and seventeen
stone, and her age upwards of fifty. The guilty woman has
left a largo family ; the man has deserted he third wife.
He also is irewards of half a century oil, and is said to
have sidled) disposed of what property he had, leasing his
family destitute.
The GAME INFORMATIONS again occupied the magistrates
in prtty mew ion at Cambridge on Saturday. David Tarrant
wa-ilsouged with e nooses: in narrctit tptre on laud in
the eectipat: In of Mr. iisegis, at-Gnuttcheater, on the Ist of
September. Stephen Diley deposed that on the day in ques-
tion he saw the defendant in a clover field occupied by the
Messrs. Haggis, of Cambridge. He was with Mr. Buller,
who was shooting. Tarrant was beating for game. Crass-ex-
amined : \': as appointed to leek after the game hyMr. Pote,
Hume, Mr. Bumsttad, and Mr. Walker, Fellows
of King's. Tarrant was walking quietly in the field; he
hail no stick in his hand. lie was going up and down the
WA following Mr. Buller. Witness was formerly in the
see, ice of Mr. Lilley, of Grantehester, to whom he paid IN.
for cruelty to a horse, and wrisdismissed hissery ice. —M r. Bass,
for the defence, said that the defendant was already includedin
the information against Mr. Buller, and on Saturday last the
ir.formation against that gentleman had bee:.. withdraw:: at
tit, suggestion of Lord Godolphin, whose absence to-day was
muelt to be regretted. Mr. Buller had taken Tarrant as his
servant, and his right to shoot as one of the fellows of King's
College *was fully proved on the Saturday previous. Mr.
Haggis, the occupier of tho land, did net complain of any
trespass; but the information was laid at the instance, of
Me. Hume, of the fellows of King's, who had had
a dispute with Mr. Buller. But the question was simply
this—tit Tarrant was attending Mr. Bailer, who was
properly qualified, and it had been held repeatedly that
a growl or servant in attendance on his master was
not to the penalties of the act. 112 cited the
clie of hex v. Taylor,l•l Ea t, in support of his view of the
case. The magistrates having retired for a short time
(which was occupied by a very spirited discussion on the
game 1 vies, between the respective advocates) returned, and
Mr. Cotton said that the magistrates thought the infor-
mation proved, and fined the tefeadant Gd. and 163. 6d.
costs, or a week's imprisonment. —There was a:tot:wr infer-
against the same defendant fur trespass on laud in
the occupation of Mr. Ringer, at Graatehe.lter. Tice facts
were imilar to those in the fermer case. After a vain
attcmd to settle the case which elicited an angry discussion
betwc en the advocates of the parties, Mr. Cooper was
about to examine his witness when Mr. Bays said lie was
willing to admit the trespass, nud the magistrates inflicted
Gd. fine and the expenses 133. Gd. or a week's imprisonment.
—Another information against the same defendant
for using a dog in pursuit of game was then
gone into. A witness named Ablett proved the case.
Tan int was in one field and Mr. Bully r in another ;
the slog was one which Mr. Buller had with him. Tenant
had nothing in his hand, nor did he attempt to catch the
witness did not see that he had any aazt in his hand;
the birds Hew away without being shot at by Mr. Buller.
At this stage of the proceedings it was found that the de-
fer hint had quitted the court, and a messenger was an-
y:- shed for him, hut returned unsuccessful, and after
iting a short time the magistrates decided in his absence,
as 1 dismissed the ir.farmation.—Mr. Bays applied for time
to pay the money for the two convictions, but the magis-
tz tea refused, and the money V:l9 paid.—Tlr: next case
an information for trespass in pursuit of game against
TO a Thomas Lilley, of Grardehester.—The magistratas dis.
missed this case.
• A Fists:took place on Monday morning on the farm of Mr.
S:nith, at Tydd St. Giles, near Wisbenth, which des-
toyed a barn with a quantity of beam and implements; also
a stack of beans, another of hay, and a third of straw.

Great praise is due to the labourers of the neighbourhood
for their exertions, which saved six stacks of wheat. The
property was not insured.
NORFOLK.
PROVIDENTIAL ESCAPE.—The Ocean coach, runr.ing
between Cromer and Norwich, left Cromer at eight o'clock
on Tuesday morning with a full load, and had proceeded to
Ay'sham, a distance of some ten miles, when the horses were
changed. The coach had not proceeded on its journey with
the hesn horses more than slew hundred yards when the
off-wheeler, a spirited mare, not long accustomed to harness,
commenced kicking furiously, and caused the remaining
horses to take fright and gallop furiously down the hill. The
coacitman vainly endeavoured to pull up, and in the attempt
the "quarter rein" of the restive mare was broken. There
were three ladies seated in front, and, although the coachman
and several per-ensrers implored them to retain their seats,
in which they retained them by force for a few seconds, two
of them contrived to throw themselves oft', and were pre-
cipitated over a wall about six feet high int* a field. Sin-
gularly enough, they sustained no injury. The coachman
now perceiving that the vehicle would be upset unless
speedily stopped, contrived to pull one rein suddenly, and
with such force as to swing the horses round and to dash the
coach against the wall, over which the ladies had leaped.
Two of the horses were severely bruised by their contact
with the wall, and remained perfectly still, but bleeding and
exhausted. A labourer who was engaged repairing the
road then ran up and secured the leaders. On the pas-
sengers descending, it was found that the bar of the coach
was smashed, and ►
that the mare, which had originally
caused the mischief, was seriously injured.

HERTFORDSHIRE
AT ST. ALBANS it is understood that Mr. B. Bond Cabbell
LS about to hold a preliminary meeting for the formation of a
national Anti-Poor-law Provident Union. A gentleman fa-
vourable to the intended association has been staying for some
days in St. Albans, making the requisite arrangements for
the meeting, and a public dinner afterwards. Many distin-
guished members of parliament, without reference to politics,
will be invited, including Lord Ashley, Mr. Walter, Mr.
Wakley, Hon. W. F. Cowper, and others.

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ta'ssEX.
A Tarr large quantity (500 quarters) of wheat has again
been ofd this week by one of our local dealers for exporta-
tion to France.—Brighton Guardian.

Music.

THE Two ITALIAN OPERAS.—SIR,--The only let-
ters on the new Italian Opera at Covent Garden, at all worth
reading, have appeared in your excellent paper ; to me it
seems that yours is the only correct view of the case, and I
am happy to find that you have held aloof from siding with
either party to plead the cause of the public, entirely lost
sight of by all other newspapers. The Times began the
attack, was followed by the Herald, and then by the Pest,
all full of flattery towards Mr. Lumley, to which I, for my
par', most willingly subscribe ; hut, at the same time, they
deity the want of another Italian company, and tax the
originators of the new scheme with ingratitude and !ntrigue,
two propositions, the first of which the public will soon
decide for itself, and, as to the second, the quarrels of the
rival managers do not interest it in the least, and had better
be left a private affair, to be decided by the respective par-
ties. The excellent letter of one of jour corre-
spondents, last week, is a faithful interpretation of the
sentiments of a great number of opera frequenters.
The gallery stalls are a complete le..a a, as he justly remarks;
their nominal price is five shillings, but I, myself, have fre-
quently wished to take places a fortnight, nay a month in
advance, and I have been refused them. I have argued with
the box-otlice, but could never obtain redress, and have been
obliged to pay seven, and sometimes ten and twelve shiaings
for a place. As regards the pit. the disgusting conduct of
the men who frequent it, the pushing, crushing, and
hurtling of an English crowd forbid the idea of any lady, or
even ET, ntleman, attempting to enter it. When you get in,
it mostly happens that all the seats are taken, and you have
paid half-a-guinea to stand all the evening. Such a state of
things surely speaks far itself. I care not a straw for Mr.
Lumley or Mr. Costa, but I wish to go to the Italian Opera.
and I cannot do so under present circumstances. A letter in
your paper of t,-day seems to hint that the speculation must
fail. I ant coatident of the contrary, as, without a ballet, the
expenses arc diminished by more than one-half, and I believe
there is no intention of having one ; as regards the locality,
some pretend that the nobility wi!l not wade through the
singenial neighbourhoods of Long-acre and Covent-garden.
Let them stay at home; the puidie will, and a speculation to
succeed now must court the million.—ANit-Moxo